The Business Times, 21 December 1988

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1988 75 CENTS
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    Lock icon FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    258 1 AP Dow up WALL STREET stocks were higher in early trading, following strong blue chips gains in the past two sessions. The Dow jumped nine points to 2182 and gaining issues led decliners by two-to-one. Some bond dealers said the GNP figure was more favourable than expected
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    NY rise fuels regional markets
    209 1 REGIONAL STOCK markets, except Hongkong, took the cue from the overnight rise on Wall Street to close at higher levels. The follow-through rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from Friday, plus the strengthening of the dollar gave investors at least some positive leads in
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    Lock icon Malaysian ringgit hits record low
    134 1 Reuter THE MALAYSIAN RINGGIT yesterday fell to a record low of M 52.7001 per US dollar on commercial demand for the US currency in a thin market in Kuala Lumpur. Dealers said trading was influenced by a stronger US dollar overseas. "It's the end of
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    Influx of Japanese securities houses
    497 1  -  Many paving way for setting-up merchant banks By ALVIN TAY AT LEAST half a dozen Japanese securities houses are preparing to set up merchant banking subsidiaries here a trend which will boost Japanese investments in Singapore and regional equities markets in the next few years.
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    Salomon seeks representative status
    496 1  -  By ROSIE TAN NEW YORK'S SALOMON Inc, which recently expanded its Hongkong office, has applied for a licence to set up a representative office in Singapore. Bond market sources say that Salomon, one of the biggest investment houses in the US in terms of capitalisation and
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    Lock icon Indonesia to allow regional bourses
    213 1 Reuter INDONESIA, whose only stock market is enjoying its first boom, announced that it would allow the private sector to set up stock exchanges in cities besides Jakarta. The Finance Ministry, announcing the third set of economic deregulations in as many months, said it wanted
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    SBC Radio Ten to duel with FM Zoo
    426 1  -  By JAIME LYE A NEW radio service with the New Year: This is how the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will meet the demand from Singaporeans for more and better entertainment. SBC yesterday announced that its new 24-hour Radio Ten, on FM 98.7 MHz,
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    SIA may be forced to build hotels if others won't
    597 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH SINGAPORE Airlines may be forced to build hotels in Singapore to stave off what could otherwise develop into a critical shortage of hotel rooms in three years, SIA deputy chairman Lim Chin Beng said in Hongkong
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      219 1 Full report, PAGE 16 Regional markets, PAGE 18 Editorial Comment: 10 Five days a week Hampers 10 The two Noels Palaatlnian polltica 11 The distant goal seems nearer Hong Laong Group 2 Investing $1m on hotel upgrading Trade 3 More disputes with Japan likely Oil 4 UAE rejects request to
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Hong Leong spending $1m on hotel upgrading
      371 2  -  By MARTIN SOONG THE HONG LEONG GROUP is investing $1 million in the Oai-lchi Hotel as part of a renovation, name-change and repositioning plan. Renovation worth a total of $1 million recently began on the 428-room Anson Road property, opened in 1985, according
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      Completed — Supreme House upgrading
      252 2 Completed Supreme House upgrading A TWO-YEAR upgrading exercise to improve the interior layout of the 13-storey Supreme House along Penang Road has just been completed. An official of Supreme Holdings. the owner, said the renovations were aimed at making the 18-year-old office-cum-shopping landmark more competitive with other newer complexes that
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      SPH buys a $7m computer system
      169 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday signed a contract with IBM for a $7 million computer system. At the signing ceremony at Raffles City, SPH chief executive officer Frank Yung said the acquisition of the IBM *****50S was in line with the group s objective of
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      Pan Pacific wins merit award for service
      129 2 TWO-YEAR-OLD Pan Pacific Hotel has won a merit award for providing excellent hotel service in this year's round of Tourism Awards. Held annually by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board for the past four years, the Tourism Awards event is supported by hotels and
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      A colourful start for new MRT service
      337 2 A GAILY decorated train was used yesterday to launch the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) service in the north from Yio Chu Kang to the Khatib and Yishun stations. At a ceremony at the Yishun station, Or Yeo Ning Hong, the Minister for Communications
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      Defendant convicted and fined a total of $16,337.29
      461 2 FRANCIS SEOW TRIAL THE DISTRICT COURT yesterday convicted and fined lawyer Francis Seow a total of $16,337.29. including penalties, on two more charges of income tax evasion. District Court Judge Sarjit Singh fined Seow $5,000 on each of the two charges, and
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      BM S'pore's top man to head Tokyo tie-up
      210 2 THE TOP MAN in the Singapore branch of public relations firm Burson-Mar-steller (BM) will move to Tokyo following a tie-up between BM and Dentsu. the biggest advertising firm in Japan. Mr Peter Kingsbury will end a six-year stint in Singapore come February
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      Higher food prices push up November CPI
      127 2 HIGHER food prices pushed the November consumer price index up marginally by 0.1 per cent over October to 104.7 A Department of Statistics statement released yesterday said higher prices for vegetables, fresh poultry, and hen eggs more than offset cheaper fruit, pork, and
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      BP postings up
      50 2 BRITISH PETROLEUM has raised its posted prices for jet A 1 and premium kerosene. said a BP Oil International statement yesterday. Postings for Jet A 1 is now 57 US cents per gallon while premium kerosene is 60 US cents per gallon, both four US cents higher.
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      277 2 SIGN UP AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS EXCLUSIVE TO OCBCS NEW GOLD STANDARD (m) i VfSA V. 0000 1 'ERSEA-CHMESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED I THE OCBC WORLD ASSIST PROGRAMME In its continuing programme to reach for higher standards, OCBC is proud to introduce the OCBC WORLDASSIST PROGRAMME. Another first from OCBC,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Lange confident he will be re-elected
      395 3 Reuter, AFP PRIME MINISTER David Lange says he is confident New Zealand's ruling Labour Party will re-elect him as leader today despite a strong challenge from dismissed Finance Minister Roger Douglas. Mr Lange, speaking at a press conference at parliament yesterday also sought to
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      Lock icon Australia relaxes curb on sugar imports
      159 3 AFP THE AUSTRALIAN government has suspended a 73-year-old embargo on sugar imports to counter a refinery strike that has resulted in hundreds of Christmas season layoffs in sugarusing industries. Primary Industries Minister John Kerin made the announcement in Canberra yesterday, as a strike by
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      Lock icon Move to dismiss Vanuatu president
      323 3 Reuter VANUATU'S Parliament moved yesterday to dismiss the South Pacific nation's president, accusing him of gross misconduct after he swore in his nephew as an alternative prime minister. A parliamentary motion called for the country's electoral college to meet within two weeks to discuss the
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      Lock icon S Koreans look at joint venture possibilities in the North
      234 3 UPI SOUTH KOREA'S major business groups are seriously studying the possibility of direct investment in North Korea in the form of joint ventures. The nationally circulated Hankook llbo said yesterday that business leaders think joint ventures are more promising than
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      Lock icon More trade disputes with Tokyo expected
      466 3 Japanese trade surplus on the rise again FT A SERIES of international trade disputes may be in the offing because of the renewed growth trend of the Japanese trade surplus. Economists have been surprised by strength of the trend, confirmed on Monday when the
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      Lock icon Malaysian trade surplus edges up 0.4 per cent
      268 3 Bernama MALAYSIA'S trade surplus for the first nine months of this year rose only 0.4 per cent to Ms9.o billion when compared with M 58.97 billion during the same period of last year due to higher imports. The statistics department said that
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon UAE rejects request to reduce oil output
      538 4 UPI GULF ARAB oil ministers have ended a meeting on a sour note as the United Arab Emirates rejected requests from fellow Opec members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to reduce oil output. "The meeting ended on a note of discord because the United
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      Lock icon US Electoral College votes
      330 4 AP SIX WEEKS after the country voted, 538 Americans carried out an antiquated but surviving ritual mandated by the US Constitution 200 years ago. The members of the Electoral College cast the votes on Monday that actually elect George Bush and Dan Quayle president and vice-president.
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      Lock icon Four scenarios for exploring Mars
      173 4 Reuter MAN could set foot on Mars by 2007 if decisions are made soon on how to get there, US space agency officials said. The agency's Office of Exploration outlined four scenarios for exploring Mars, including interim manned missions to the far side of the
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      Lock icon Birthday song to get new owner
      108 4 Reuter THE SONG SUNG at birthday parties all over the world is being sold as part of a US$25 million deal, the New York Times said yesterday. 'Happy Birthday to You', which brings in an estimated US$l million a year in royalty fees, will
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      Lock icon World cereal stocks low, says FAO
      326 4 NYT THE UNITED NATIONS Food and Agriculture Organisation has issued a gloomy year-end assessment in which it said the world stood at a crucial turning point between food security and supply shortages. For the first time since World War Two, global cereal production has
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      Lock icon EC-Czechoslovakia accord signed
      164 4 AP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY on Monday signed a four-year trade and economic cooperation pact with Czechoslovakia. The move underscored fast improving economic relations between East and West Europe that began last June when the EC and Comecon, the Soviet-led trade bloc, signed a mutual recognition accord. Since
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      Lock icon Soviet schools beginning to treasure individuality
      263 4 AP SOVIET SCHOOLS that have churned out tens of millions of graduates formed in identical moulds are now recognising individuality as a treasure that must be fostered, the country's top educator said. Students will be allowed to choose elective courses and teachers will be
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      59 4 ro 17/16 Rain 10/07 Cloudy 09/01 Ooor 24/19 Cloudy 31/22 Ooor 29/21 Cloudy 05-06 Ooor 12/10 Shown 02-05 Cloudy 06/04 Roto 21/16 Rain m Now DoN Now York Nicosia CHio Porit Porth Rio 'Janoiro Romo San Fris'co San Juan Santiago Soo Pauio S#cml *ln rliti II I II JtvQulOlfTi Sydnoy
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      162 5 IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT ONE CANT MAKE A MAJOR FINANCIAL DECISION BASED PURELY ON EMOTION. WE BEG TO DIFFER. i i m r' v ml V t V" v i <£•,<; y ./-v ,v SISBi k r;V« 200E KM THE NEW MERCEDES-BENZ 200 E. THE MOST ADVANCED 4-CYLINDER, 2-LITRE
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Precious Metals
      318 6 HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly lower yesterday in quiet trading on the firmer US dollar. Bullion ended at U*****.70/414.20 an ounce against an initial U*****.30/80 and compared with New York's close of U*****.10/60. On the local market, gold fell HK$4 to end at HK53.859 a tael The Krugerrand fell
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      Comex gold/silver futures
      190 6 Gold futures on Doc 19, 1988 100 troy ounces. US$ par Iroy oun 08 Op— Loa teste OK 4)4.00 415.00 412.80 414.40 +0.40 Jon 90 413 JO ♦040 Fab 417.JO 418-50 413.80 418.00 0.40 A»K 427.00 424.20 421.40 42X50 ♦0-40 Jvr 428.50 429.70 427JO 428.90 O40 434.10
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      Asian dollar market
      248 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed at opening levels in quiet trading. The market was awaiting US November consumer price index figures at 1330 GMT. Short-dates were narrowly mixed at the outset and remained unchanged in subsequent trade. The Tuesday/Wednesday rate closed at 8-13/16 8-11/16 per cent. Wednesday/Thursday
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      IMM
      222 6 IMM foreign currency futures ended mixed in lacklustre activity on Monday with price movement largely determined by interest rate considerations. Firm US interest rates and end-of-year corporate demand for dollars pressured some contracts, but so-called high-yield currencies such as sterling and Australian dollars met renewed buying interest. Volume was
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      Money markets
      69 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore money market fell 1/8 point to close at 5 per cent yesterday. The one and two-month rates rose by 1/8 point each, while three months rose 1/16 point. S$ Interbank rates at the dose yesterday: ore* mo Ow n*M i 4 3/4
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      Goverment Securities Market
      97 6 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity bid OfFtt HIGH LOW 3 months BQ*****T 16.03.89 3.95 3.90 4.02 3.95 6 months BY*****Z 23.03.89 3.95 3.90 1 year RY*****H 23.11.89 4.32 4.27 Government notes and bonds Period issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing Day's code rate M0
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      World interest rates
      173 6 Indicate* ths avtreg* at ths prim* landing rates o4 12 major banks In B'pors Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Dec 20 uss DM SWfC Y«n 7 <«; is/u n/u U S/« J 1/9 1 4S/I-4I/I 4 ii/u n/u 1 mtk n/u t/u J 7/9 3/4 t S/4
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      Options
      888 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Tuesday, Dac 20, 1988 DEUTSCHEMARK (SIMEX) JMNHH Mgk Low Saa Jam Hlfti i 88 pvM Lot SaS 54 55 56 57 it 59 60 18 2 I21A 2IA 7A 3A 117 IS S 2 1S8 508 1138 3008 4 18 S3 117 204 53 Pa* 88
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Oldest life insurance firm gets ready for 21st century
      433 7  -  By SOH TIANG KENG GREAT EASTERN LIFE, the oldest life insurance company in Singapore, has come out with insurance policies to meet the challenges of the 21st century. A Great Eastern spokesman told BT: "The 21st century is just around the
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      Forex markets
      1558 7 SINGAPORE: The US dollar ended firmer in the Asian session yesterday, closing at D-mark 1.7695/ yen 124.70 /sterling 1 8195/551.9455 after a range of D-mark 1.7710/1.7628. yen 125.00/124/13, sterling 1.8215/ 1.8180 and 551.9460/ 1.9437. Apart from year-end corporate demand, support came from comments overnight by Fed Governor Angell
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      Lock icon Simex
      486 7 BA Futures MARCH Eurodollar futures opened unchanged on Simex yesterday from the previous close at 90.56 and continued to trade higher following a firmer US dollar. Yesterday's CPI and the final revision to third quarter GNP are not expected to provide new incentive to the market. Range trading from
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      Lock icon Malaysian banking changing fast
      151 7 Bernama THE BANKING INDUSTRY in Malaysia is going through rapid changes as a result of innovations and increasing liberalisation, Bank Negara adviser Dr Jaafar Ahmad has said. These changes, both institutional and structural, have created keen competition among banks which would provide a more sustained and
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      Lock icon Aquino warned against ceiling on debt payment
      323 7 Reuter PHILIPPINE banks and businessmen have warned President Corazon Aquino against proposals to impose a unilateral ceiling on foreign debt repayments, saying it could be disastrous for the economy In a letter to the President made public yesterday, the leaders of six private-sector
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      Lock icon China makes first loan to Soviet Union
      181 7 AP THE STATE-RUN Bank of China has joined in a syndicated loan to a Soviet bank, marking the first time China has provided such credit to the Soviet Union, the official China Daily said yesterday. The daily said the nation's special foreign exchange
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      Lock icon Bush to undertake major review of Third World debt plan
      363 7 Reuter FT PRESIDENT-ELECT George Bush of the US said on Monday that he would undertake a major review of the strategy for tackling the Third World s US$l.3 trillion foreign debt burden but ruled out forgiving the debt The present
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      Lock icon G-7 may meet in February for talks
      177 7 Reuter WEST GERMAN Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said that the Group of Seven industrial nations might meet in February to discuss economic cooperation but a final decision on a date would be made next month. Pressure has been building for finance ministers of
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  • COMMODITIES
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      RAS and MRELB
      271 8 RAS prices In S cents/kg, FOB In bale* NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RS5 Prompt 199.50 200.50N 197.50 198.50N Int 1 RSS Jon 88 200.50 202.50N 199.00 200.00N Int 1 RSS Feb 202.50 203.50N 201.00 202.00N Int 2 RSS OP 196.00 198.50N 194.00 196.50N
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      Rubber
      330 8 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices ended lower yesterday with January 1 RSS buyer quoted at 199 00 cents a Kg, down one cent from Monday's close Dealers said prices rose slightly in quiet morning trading on some speculative buying and short covering. But they fell back in moderate afternoon trade on
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      SSR and SMR
      78 8 (cwiti/kg) JANUARY 1989 FEBRUARY J 989 (current month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON twr«n S*lt*r» lwy«n S»H«n SSB 20 unav una* unav unov SSB 50 unov unov unov unov MRELB kytn S«ll*n •«y«r» SMR CV 303.50 305.SON 305.50 307 50N SMR L 300.50 302.SON 302.50 304JON SMR
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      KL Tin
      151 8 THE rlngglt's wssknsss •gainst the dollar promptad demand from Europe, Japan and locally, pushing the KLTM price up four cents to M 519.85 a kg yesterday. The market opened with bids of 170 tonnes but miners were holding back for better levels. Turnover settled at 105 tonnes, down
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      154 8 Telerate FUEL oil prices dipped lower in quiet trade yesterday. Traders attributed the downward movement to high supplies in Singapore and poor overall demand for CST-180 cargoes Japanese refiners continued to cover their January requirements from the domestic market due to its current high inventory levels.
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      Palm Oil
      403 8 MALAYSIAN CRUDE PALM OIL FUTURES on the KLCE closed slightly steadier yesterday in dull trading. A dealer said prices were holding about steady at current levels after suffering a drop recently. The market lacked fresh factors, apart from Chicago soybean leads, to move prices. Spot month, January added
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      Wheat
      165 8 WHEAT FUTURES closed on or near the highs, up 3-1/2 cents per bushel in old crop March at U554.39-3/4 to unchanged in new crop December on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday. Steady commission house buying supported wheat futures through several local sell-off attempts, Keeping the chart picture
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      Produce Prices
      238 8 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon dosing prices on Doc 20 (S$/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 112.50 Old drum FOB 1 2 2 50 New drum FOB 126.50 Copra Mixed (loose) 65.50 itlltn Pepper Moofok white FOB NtW 7)5.00 Sarawak white FOB foq NIW 705.00 Sarawak special block
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      London markets
      280 8 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller closing prkei on Dk 19, (£/tonrw unless specified). Previous closing prices in parenthesis. CoffM lotii in-»tof« London, tellers option OF London Jon 1177/80 (1141/1143) High/Low 1185/55 Mar 1186/88 (1150/1153) High/Lo« 1200/1167 So lei (9342) Cocoa Dec 815/817 (796/797) High/Low 817/809 Mar 847/848 (832/833) High/Low
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      Soybean
      162 8 SOYBEAN FUTURES opened slightly lower on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday, then rallied on steady commission house buying to close on a technically strong note, up seven to 13 cents a bushel in moderate trade. January settled at US$7 93-1/2. Drexel/Burnham was the featured outright buyer of
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  • FOCUS
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
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      Lock icon The unmaking of a newspaper baron
      980 9 NYT Bernama EDDIE SHAH, whose espousal of revolutionary newspaper production techniques changed the working habits of Fleet Street, left the world of newspaper publishing on Saturday when he announced the closure of his latest venture, the Post. Mr Shah shut down the Post, his
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Five days a week
      493 10 WE ALL welcome weekends. They are periods of escape from what can be a punishing pace at work. Weekends can provide some of the most pleasant moments of our lives. The length of our weekends is, however, not uniform. It depends on who you work for.
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      Putting goodwill in one basket
      1452 10  -  It used to be that provision shops and florists sold hampers during Christmas. Now, big hamper companies sell flowers during the S rest of the year. LIM SOON NEO checks out the $20 million goodies-in-a-basket trade ugHfc and finds still more ■SSL room for growth
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      No stopping this market leader
      716 10 WE STARTED around Christmas time,'' recalls Mr Alfred Wong, founder and managing director of Noel Hampers Gifts Re Ltd. "So we called our company Noel, French for Christmas." That was 12 Christmases ago. Mr Wong was then 23 years old, as tall then as he
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      Lock icon The independent Palestinian state
      1180 11 NYT The Palestinian dream of an independent state is slowly being fulfilled. But it will be no easy journey for Yasser Arafat and the PLO. A Palestinian political science professor has put it succinctly when he said: 'We should not underestimate the years of violence, hatred
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      Lock icon The Middle East challenge for America
      565 11 NYT THE DECISION to open official US talks with the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) lets US president-elect George Bush off the hook. It opens the way for a new phase of American diplomacy in the Middle East, and a badly-needed overall review of US
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      Lock icon The lost opportunities
      915 11 AP IN THE 40 YEARS since Israel became a state, diplomatic efforts to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict have resulted in a string of partial successes and lost opportunities. Saeb Erakat. a Palestinian political science professor at An Najah University in the West Bank, said the Middle East
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      426 11 ADVERTISEMENT The business magazine people are talking about SINGAPORE SB FROM SINGAPORE WITH LOVE J Local toy boys move into high-tech gear FROM SINGAPORE BUSINESS WITH LOVE Whiz! Bang! BrnT!Toys are supposed to reflect real life, right? Well, two feature> of real life in Singapore are high technology and high
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      Karpov wins active championship
      381 12  -  CHESS lUI o -by Dexter Lee SOVIET GRANDMASTER Anatoli Karpov walked away with US$4O,OOO last weekend when he won the Ist World Active Chess Championship in Mazatlan, Mexico. Ex-world champion Karpov lust managed to stave off a determined challenge from countryman Grandmaster Viktor Gavrikov by forcing
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      Soviets prove their mettle
      493 12 DEXTER LEE reports on the right moves in team events THE SOVIET UNION proved its superiority in chess yet again when its team of eight Grandmasters took on and defeated eight fellow-Grandmasters from "the rest of the world" in a benefit match last Sunday. Held in
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      414 13 SURVEYS OF PERSONALITIES BY U S INSTITUTES UPI IF YOU ARE TIRED of hearing about the adventures, misadventures and latest ostentatious purchases of Bill Cosby, Mike Tyson and Donald Trump, then Alan Caruba is your kind of guy. The man issued in New Jersey
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      546 13 UPI IF CLOTHES maketh a man, they may also make a president. And vice-president. US President-elect George Bush and Democratic vice-presidential hopeful Lloyd Bentsen "form a fine fashion ticket" and won the votes of tailors and designers as the "best-dressed of 1988", the Fashion Foundation of America
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      633 13 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Decided to see stockings (5) 6 Disney character lacking no conclusion as a child (5) 9 Sportsman's companion showing an interest in the game (7) 10 Where there s one point to gain, possibly (5) 11 It's very hard on the cloth (5) 12 Persons viewed
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      1371 13 THE NATURE OF THINGS Dinosaurs: Remains To Ba Sean 9.30pm, Channel 12 Artist Eleanor Kish from the National Museum of National Sciences in Ottawa, Canada, pieces together a lively and accurate portrait of life as the dinosaurs knew it. INSIGHT: 60 MINUTES 1) Bankers Away; II) Robert Maxwell; III) Sanctuary;
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      465 14 TENNIS AP THE WEST GERMAN team brought home the Davis Cup to a triumphant welcome on Monday, crowning the nation s remarkable rise to the top of the tennis world that began with Boris Becker's Wimbledon title in 1985. Becker sparked the boom that has made
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      Lock icon Female trio steal the show in Indianapolis
      262 14 SWIMMING Reuter A WOMEN'S TRIO turned in World Cup swimming doubles on Monday at the second meet of the new circuit, including allconquering Krisztina Egerszegi, who stretched her unbeaten backstroke streak to five. Egerszegi of Hungary, a Seoul gold medallist, and Anna Petricevic
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      166 14 AFP THE ASSOCIATION of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is determined to go ahead with its plan for a separate 1990 tour, in spite of warnings from the Men s Tennis Council (MTC) that it will lose money. MTC administrator Marshall Happer predicted in New
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      925 14 BASKETBALL NYT KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR is retiring after the season. Mychal Thompson, the Los Angeles Lakers' back-up centre, is 33. Robert Parish of the Boston Celtics is 35. Moses Malone is 33 and nine other US National Basketball Association starting centres are 30
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      615 14 MOTOR RACING Reuter HE MAY NOT LOOK the most imposing figure in the paddock, but British businessman Bernie Ecclestone is virtually unrivalled as the central and most powerful man in the high-speed, highfinance world of Grand Prix motor racing.
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      378 14 AMERICAN FOOTBALL AP WALKER LEE ASHLEY intercepted Mike Tomczak's foolhardy pass near the goal line with 2:37 to play and rumbled 94 yards for a touchdown, as Minnesota held off Chicago 28-27 to give the Vikings the home-field advantage in
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      479 14 BOXING AP FIVE YEARS after it was first discussed, former lightweight champions Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Hector "Macho" Camacho agreed on Monday to meet in a 12-round fight in Reno, Nevada, on March 6. The match will be a pay-per-view. closed-circuit presentation and will
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      182 14 Reuter BRAZIL'S South American heavyweight boxing champion. Adilson "Maguila" Rodrigues, knocked out American Floyd Scaff in the second round on Monday as he continued his campaign for a shot at world champion Mike Tyson. The victory in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, for the hard-hitting
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      635 14 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Eipfcy/ Coupon Conversion period MirMl I 1 i maturity data <%> payable •hare CK Tortg Wrti 1990 1990 Anytime to May 31. 1990 1 warrant plus $2.25 cash Chuon Hup Wrt* 1991 Anytime on or after Mar 1987 1 6 warrants plus $1 60 cash until
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      499 15 mm mm™ By HOCK LOCK SIEW AFTER showing the iron fist to stockbrokers last month, the Malaysian government slipped on the velvet glove this week and picked the most popular man to be the first full-time head of the
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      Lock icon NSTP group profit doubles to M$25m
      274 15 NST THE NEW Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) has reported a 111 per cent increase in group unaudited after-tax profit to M 525.24 million for the year ended Aug 31. 1988. compared with M 511.92 million previously. Group turnover rose by 28.9 per
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      Causeway buys 60pc stake in Safetytech
      573 15  -  By ELAINE KOH CAUSEWAY Investment Ltd, formerly known as Dah Yung, will take a 60 per cent stake in rubber glove maker Safetytech Sdn Bhd for M 55.25 million, which will be partly paid for by its proposed 557.25 million loan stock issue. BT
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      279 15 NST DATAPREP (M) Sdn Bhd is considering applying for a listing on the newlylaunched second board on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Chairman Ronald T S Khoo said: "We are very close to a decision We are currently weighing the pros and
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      King's Hotel raises stake in Apollo
      153 15 KING S HOTEL Ltd has further raised its stake in Apollo Enterprises Ltd to 15.51 per cent from a stake of 14 per cent last week King's latest purchase of 280.000 shares on Monday at S1 49 each raises the number of Apollo shares
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      Kamunting acquiring 32.5pc stake in M Plant
      654 15  -  Purchase expected to be financed by bank borrowings By AMY BALAN IN ITS MOST significant acquisition since a reverse takeover by the Seri Angkasa group 12 months ago, Kamunting Corporation Bhd has agreed to pay about Ms 62 million to Ms6s million cash
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        1119 16  -  by JOCELYN TOH ALTHOUGH the Singapore stock market's leading index chalked up further gains, pre-holiday sentiments prevailed as institutional investors continued to avoid the local market. The Straits Times Industrial Index climbed another 6.9 points to 1,014.75 on top of the 5.3-point
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        142 16 AMALGAMATED INDUSTRIAL STEEL Bertiad: Bth AGM at the Registered Office, Jalan Utas, Batu Tiga Industrial Estate. ***** Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, today, Dec 21 at 10.00 am. KAMUNTING CORPORATION Barhad: 11th AGM at Penang Room, Shangri-La Hotel, No 11, Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow, Dec
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        49 16 Company OTHERS lr»d Oxygen (•ttrictad oH#r lor iol« by P«gi Mwo of 54.I79.7S0 ofdinory shore* of SO c*nt] eoch in IOI (Offer Sharel on bosis of 1 Offer Shore for every 4 shores held at 65 cents per Offer Shore Ei-dote Dec 6 Books dose: Dec 22
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        300 16 Compony RIGHTS ISSUE C 1 Holdings 27 million loon stocks in the ratio of 13 loon stock lor every live ordinary shores held D C Bonk One-'or-two JO'5 per shore Duto Cons One-lor one $1 10 per shore F A C B One lor one $060 per share
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      5518 16 19M High Low Tel Code Company Last Sal* DEC 20 crVol (•000) Day High Low Last Quota Buysr Sailor Gr'a Dlv Dlv C'vr Gr'a YId Not P/E M Cap Smll SESDAQ 187 120 170 60% 110 130 75 199* 144 92 135 126 122 114 70 63
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        3364 17 BUYING interest continued on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as share prices closed broadly higher with a number of counters posting double-digit gains. Newly-listed stock-broking-based Rashid Hussain in finance again dominated operators' interest. It was the volume leader for the second day running with 1.527
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        588 18 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices were higher yesterday with investors picking up bargains after three days of losses, but shares ended off their peaks in thin volume as some of the holiday lull engulfed the market, brokers said. "People are quite happy to do very little at
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        527 18 Australia Reuter ANOTHER RISE on Wall Street sent Australian stock prices surging for the second day running yesterday. The narrowing gap between the physical and futures markets, six days before the December futures contract closes, was another reason to chase stocks, one dealer said. At the end
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        1416 18 Hongkong THE HONGKONG stock market slumped in the afternoon session yesterday. erasing morning gains and closing lower on profit-taking, brokers said. "Sentiment is not bad and there's not much downside support. It's just one or two guys profit-tak-ing in the slim holiday trade," a broker
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        154 18 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index fell 4.27 points to 369.19 yesterday on a turnover of 4,025,073 shares worth 297.62 million baht. DCC M BAHT b 6 .5 Ao Kham Thai 306 Ayudhya Investment 32 -1 Bangkok Agro-lrxJ M -2 Bangkok Bank 265 unch Bank Of
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        Lock icon Taipei: Sharp drop in prices
        474 18 Reuter TAIWANESE share prices dropped yesterday as investors clung to the sidelines and profittaking swept the market after Monday's strong rally, dealers said. The weighted index dropped 252.19 points, or 4.6 per cent, to finish at 5,214.11 against Monday's 5,466.3 close, while turnover fell to
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        104 18 Reuter MANILA share prices continued to benefit yesterday from a rising trend, fuelled by investors beefing up their portfolios ahead of the long Christmas holiday. Manila's composite index rose for the third day in a row, gaining 11.67 points to 816.67. Turnover rose to a 1988 record
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        150 18 Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND share market was well supported yesterday with most companies registering healthy gains. The stimulus came from buoyant offshore markets with off-market transactions dominating proceedings. The Barclays Index rose 27.60 points to 1.838.89 Some brokers said there could be some window-dressing ahead of the
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        145 18 Reuter HEAVY BUYING by state-owned financial institutions helped shares on the Bombay Stock Exchange recover yesterday after a week-long slide, brokers said. They noted that institutional support boosted the market while most traders kept to the sidelines ahead of the holidays. Sentiment was helped by reports that
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        173 18 Reuter SHARE PRICES on the Seoul stock exchange fell sharply yesterday on profit-taking in active trading after Monday's rises, brokers said. The composite stock index near the close was down 17.44 points from a close of 916.94 on Monday. Turnover stood at 366.3 billion won against 475 billion
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        Lock icon Late buying lifts blue chips
        844 19 New York Reuter SOME LATE afternoon program buying lifted Wall Street blue chips to their best finish in two weeks on Monday. Traders cited some follow-through buying from activity stirred by Friday's "triple witching" futures and options expirations. Firm bond prices offered support as well.
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        986 19 London Reuter LONDON EQUITIES were traded firmer at the official opening yesterday after Monday's 22-point rise on Wall Street, but seasonal considerations kept volume low. The FTSE 100 opened 2.9 points up at 1,773.4 with 58 million shares traded in the first hour. Dealers said the
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        435 19 Company may face criminal charges Reuter DREXEL BURNHAM Lambert Inc. the investment banking group already facing civil charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has refused to accept a government offer to plead guilty to criminal charges, a source close to
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        Lock icon NatWest subsidiaries' role in takeover under investigation
        413 19 Reuter TWO SUBSIDIARIES of Britain's biggest commercial bank. National Westminster Bank pic, are under investigation for their involvement in a 1967 corporate takeover. A Trade and Industry Department spokesman said the investigation would concentrate on the roles of County Nat West Ltd and
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        Lock icon CSV trims number of stocks on its market-making list
        213 19 Reuter UK EQUITY market-makers Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers (CSV), a subsidiary of Citicorp CCI Bank of the US. has trimmed the number of stocks in which it makes a market on the London Stock Exchange from 600 to 401. CSV managing director
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        1572 19 Reuter MILAN: Italian shares were firmer at mid-morning yesterday. boosted by strong foreign buying, dealers said. The MIB share index was up 1.3 per cent at 1000 GMT The Ferruzzi group continued to attract interest. Montedison was set 40 lire higher to 2.050 but then slipped to
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        222 19 Reuter SOTHEBY'S, the world's largest fine art auctioneers, has reported 1968 worldwide sales of US$l.B billion, claiming an annual sales record for any auction house. Sotheby's Holdings Inc said in a statement in London yesterday the sales represented a 27.5 per cent increase over its
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      Lock icon Industrial world most buoyant since 70s
      563 20 Reuter THE LEADING non-communist industrial economies which looked on the brink of a recession a year ago are now at their most buoyant since the early *****, the OECD said yesterday. A half-yearly report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, said industrial
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      Lock icon 'Better Japan-USSR ties depend on resolving islands dispute'
      489 20 AFP Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita told Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday that their countries' long-standing territorial dispute had to be solved before relations could improve. "The problem is unavoidable for Japanese-Soviet relations. Once solved, clear new prospects for better
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      177 20 AFP THE THREAT of US trade protectionism win not go away although the administration of president-elect George Bush would resist the trend, a top US government official said yesterday. Protectionism "is a real issue and it is certainly not going away," said John Bohn,
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      253 20 UPI PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus says security officials have, for the first time, dropped objections to expanded trade with Moscow and has predicted that Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze s visit would lead to improved ties. "We are finally overcoming the bias that we
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      292 20 AP INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Rajiv Gandhi and China s President Yang Shangkun discussed China's troubled region of Tibet yesterday, and Mr Gandhi said his country will not interfere in China's internal affairs. The official Xinhua News Agency said Mr Yang explained China's
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      211 20 UPI CHINESE PREMIER Li Peng, in the clearest indication yet of flexibility on Cambodia, said in remarks published yesterday that Beijing is willing to gradually reduce military aid to the Cambodian resistance as Vietnam withdraws troops from the occupied nation. His comments, published by the official
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      Lock icon Sutrisno vows unflinching support for Suharto
      319 20 UPI INDONESIA'S most senior general yesterday pledged unflinching support for President Suharto, declaring the military was solidly behind Suharto's 23-year leadership. General Try Sutrisno also strongly denied that there was a rift between the army and the civil administration over the political direction of
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      271 20 AFP, Reuter ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Shamir has threatened to resign as head ot the right-wing Likud bloc if its central committee rejects an accord to form a new coalition government with the Labour Party, informed sources in Jerusalem said yesterday. The committee was scheduled to
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      205 20 UPI THAILAND, leading the way for other Asian countries, has moved to upgrade business and official contacts with the military regime in Burma that is still ostracised by most Western countries. The official Rangoon Radio said private companies from Thailand, Japan, South Korea,
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      96 20 Reuter COMEX gold futures slipped on modest selling in the first hour yesterday following the dollar's strong advance. The 0.3 per cent rise in US consumer prices and revised third quarter GNP had little impact on gold, analysts said. Gold for delivery in February fell US$l.3O to U*****.70
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      466 20 AFP, Reuter PRIME MINISTER Ranasinghe Premadasa of the ruling United National Party has been elected president of Sri Lanka for a term of six years, the government said yesterday in Colombo. Immediately after the announcement of his victory, Mr Premadasa made a televised nationwide
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        41 20 Bernama FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn yesterday offered to mediate to resolve the current conflict between the two sides in Umno. He said his first step would be to meet Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's group.
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        42 20 Bernama ASEAN has agreed to jointly develop an optic fibre submarine cable system to improve intra-Asean communications. Jonathan Parapak, president of Indonesia's state-owned international telecommunications agency, PT Indosat. said the project was expected to be launched soon. Bernama
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        31 20 Reuter JAPAN'S defence spending in the 1987 fiscal year ended within the controversial limit of one per cent of gross national product (GNP), the Defence Agency said yesterday.
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        58 20 AP A RECORD 6.83 million Japanese travelled abroad last year, taking advantage of the yen s continued strengthening against the US dollar, the government said in a report released yesterday. The number was up 23.8 per cent from the previous record of 5.52 million in 1986,
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        43 20 Reuter THE BRITISH government has approved construction of a second international terminal at Manchester Airport, northern England, which it hopes will ease delays for passengers. Transport Secretary Paul Channon gave the go-ahead for the £557 million (US$l billion) terminal.
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        55 20 AFP THE European Community (EC) has decided to uphold a ban against US exports of hormone-injected beef from Jan 1, and agreed a riposte against threatened US retaliation, it was announced in Brussels. The dispute, officials said, could lead to a new and potentially
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        51 20 AFP THE UNITED NATIONS Children's Fund (Unicef) has called in its annual report for a "summit for the children" noting that at least half a million infants under the age of five diea this year in the Third World as a result of economic hardship.
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      92 15 CURRENCY INVESTMENT AMERICAN HXPRI SS BANK TEL: 321 3333 UJ ANDREAS CHRISTIAN DIOR PIERRE CARDIN GUCCI VAN LAACK GIRBA Cl. This is What Marco Polo And The Regent Singapore Have In Common Business Suits $800 Casual Suits $500 Business 8, Casual jackets $600 Business Pants $250 Casual Pants $120-$ 140
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      522 18 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SOUTH SEA TANKERS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of South Sea Tankers Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 10 Collyer Quay #21-01,
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      251 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SINGAPORE BUNKERING SERVICES (1977) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before 21
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      534 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SINGAPORE BUNKERING (HOLDINGS) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary Gen- eral Meeting of the members of Singapore Bunkering (Holdings) Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 10 Collyer Quay #21-01,
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      733 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION »o<2)<b) AND IN THE MATTER OF ATCO MANUFACTURING SERVICES PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road. #12-01 12-11 Golden Mile Tower. Singapore 0719 on Tuesday
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      576 19 -<:|/^"~'(>*,/]\.$@''\=:<_{}}^: IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BUNGE RUBBER PRIVATE LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at it 17-03 Carlton Building, 90 Cacil Street, Singapore
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      168 20 Focus on insurance IN RECOGNITION of the increasingly important role played by the insurance industry in Singapore, Business Times will publish its first Insurance Supplement on Jan 26, 1989. The theme of the forthcoming supplement is: "Meeting the challenges of the *****." Senior executives and leading professionals in the industry
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      430 21  -  By JEAN FOONG BRITISH-BASED Offshore Monitoring Services (OMS) has established a subsidiary company in Singapore to market load transducers and telemetry monitoring systems. The Singapore subsidiary, opened last week, is a joint venture between OMS (UK) and the Mendez Group (Singapore). OMS owns
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      205 21 Reuter A GROUP of die-hard strikers paralysed operations at South Korea's biggest shipyard on Monday even though union leaders voted to end a week-old strike, company officials said. Nearly all 23,000 workers at Hyundai Heavy Industries' shipyard in the south-eastern city of Ulsan had
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        94 21 Seatrade Week PHILIPPINE NATIONAL LINES is to cease operations by Jan 31 next year in a major pullout by the government from the shipping business. The decision to shut down the company appears to have been hastened by its failure to open a liner service
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        91 21 Reuter FREIGHT RATES on the Israel-north-west Europe and the Israel/Britain routes will rise 4 per cent for Israeli imports and 2 per cent for exports from March 1 under an agreement reached in Haifa between the conferences and the shippers' council representing importers and exporters.
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        91 21 WORLDWIDE UTILISATION of rigs fell 0.5 per cent as a result of declines in the Gulf of Mexico and Europe last week. Usage stood at 71.2 per cent, said Offshore Data Services, with 501 mobile rigs working out of the world total of 704 units. Rigs
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        68 21 Reuter THE 37,518-DWT Greek bulk carrier, Flag Epos, was being towed on Monday to Rio de Janeiro or Vitoria following an engine breakdown, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service reported. The 2,918-grt Maltese vessel, Eden V, was also reported to have run aground in gale force winds near
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      451 22 International Transport Journal IN SPITE OF being late and plagued by considerable difficulty, containerisation is nevertheless making progress in Brazil's transport trade It is true that even last year less than 23 per cent of all general cargo to and from Brazil was containerised, but in
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      1116 22 AB Shpg V s ABSS Shpo n ABC Ctyuointi IX 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiel liner x 4 Alltrons VII AC Toeple. XI s Amoncon Tpt X 4/5 Ajiro Service IV 2/3 Arrow lines a 5 Ason Oceon XI 4 Assoc Comoge XI s ANl 1
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      313 22  -  By JOHN SPIERS THE AUSTRALIAN defence forces are considering purchasing or leasing a merchant ship, probably a container vessel. The vessel will be fitted with flight deck and hangars for use as a helicopter support ship. Details of proposed acquisition programmes were
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      205 22 AFP A FREIGHTER sank in heavy seas oft the the eastern Philippines over the weekend and at least three crewmen are missing. The cargo ship, which was loaded with logs, was cut in two and sank off the small island of Ra-pu-rapu
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      184 22  -  -By Al O Labita Jr THE CONSTRUCTION of a nationwide maritime communications system is under way in the Philippines. The system, costing US$3B million, will provide adequate maritime mobile services for port operations. ship movements and distress/safety communication through telecommunications stations in 12 ports in
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      457 23  -  By AL O LABITA Jr THE PHILIPPINE CONGRESS is considering passing a bill seeking to establish a financing agency for the shipping industry that will be similar to Japan s maritime credit corporation. The bill was filed by a group of Filipino lawmakers following complaints from
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      711 23 AFP THE dry cargo market recorded further gains in the early part of the week, before turning downwards. After rising to 1,524 points last Thursday, the Biffex (Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange) index ended at 1.518 points, still showing a 24point gain on the week The market's initial
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      1413 28 UNCONFIRMED reports on Monday suggest heavy grain has been covered from the US Gulf to Japan but there is some confusion regarding the rate, shipbrokers said The vessel involved is said to be the Anadulu Koparan with 52.000 long tons for December/January loading but it uncertain whether the
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      7122 28 AARMUB Anna Mm* Mssrsk Lin. Dk 22 Ever Glowing Evergreen Dk 22 Fen He China Ocaan Ok 24 Ming Plenty Yang Ming Ok 24 Qing Ha China Ocaan Ok 28 IJ Bontang Diasegetn Ok 25/27 Ev.r Glaatul Evergreen Ok 28 Ming Comfort
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      1297 28 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Smor Mega Jl olongside 21 124)6® Star Treasure JB olongside 21 12/15® VMMI Bart h Arrival >0 Chuon Departure Wid. Seroyo )4 olongside HIS oiongs.de 21 12/2389 21 124)5® KEPPEL WHARVES Aulio Seroyo Bwlion Mas Jl 21 1240® J2 21 124X30 21 12/23® 22
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      191 32 Seatrade Week THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION is to allow a cartel of marine paint manufacturers to escape from EC competition rules for another 10 years The Transocean Marine Paint Association, which groups a large number of me-dium-sized marine paint companies from the Community and elsewhere,
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      270 32 HONGKONG s container throughput continues to surge, with a 16.39 per cent jump in containers handled in the first nine months of this year, said the South China Morning Post. The Hongkong daily quoted Marine Department figures which showed that Hongkong handled 2.97 million
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      93 21 mm IN SPITE OF being late and plagued by considerable difficulty, containerisation, is nevertheless making progress in Brazil's transport trade. Page II THE PHILIPPINE CONGRESS is considering passing a bill seeking to establish a financing agency for the shipping industry that will be similar to Japan's maritime credit corporation. Pag«
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      561 22 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT P KELANG I SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP TOKYO BAY LONDON EXPRESS CARDIGAN BAY BENALDER KOWLOON BAY BENAVON 1 OSAKA BAY ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS, BELFAST, DUBLIN, COPENHAGEN, AARHUS, GOTHENBURG. MAIMO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM. CARIBBEAN S AMERICA CONTAINER SERVICE FROM
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      105 22 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association. EES C S A V Compjnu SudAmcncjna dc Vjpores S A Chilean Line i U 107? EXPRESS SERVICE TO/from CHILE FEEDER VESSEL CSAV I CSAV 1 CSAV 2 a 112 1/1 m MOTHER
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      560 22 POLISH OCEAN LINES TO EUROPE CONTAINERISED SERVICE (MEMBER OF EACON SERIVCE) VESSEL/VOYAGE [PNC PKL [SIN CBO LCA M M CEGIELSKI/2W (11/12) (2S/12) 31/12 05/01 14/01 23/« CF. KLEEBERG/22 (23/12) (23/12) Jl/01 FANRLAND 2JK (09-01) (09-01) 13/01 28/01 0M HAVELLANO 2JB (17*1) (17/01) 21/01 25*1 OMB K/0 FROM EUROPE CONTAINERISED SERVICES
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      1387 23 a The Straits Steamship Group P&O Containers CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT: ICONTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT KOWLOON BAY BEN A YON KASUGA r OSAKA BAY PILAR TOLAGA BAY NIPPONICA H'burg ffhavon R"dam IWI S'tgn P Klang S'oore M'Koni Kao Sailed Sailed SaM SaiM Satod I 22/12 26/12 2S/12 Sailed Sailed Sailed
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      100 23 asuwiWHEN IS THE LCL AND FCLCLOSING TIME? WHAT IS THE VOYAGE NUMBER? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE VESSEL? WHEN IS THE ARRIVAL DATE OF THE VESSEL? WHAT ARE MY PREPAID FREIGHT CHARGES? IS MY BILL OF LADING READYOR AVAILABLE? WHEN IS THE DATE OF DEPARTURE OF THE By a
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      103 23 EUROPE <§L SENATOR LIMIE General Agent: i-Bf 1 :i ■iim.III b" i ii a ■<: ■.ii'i'iM USA/PANAMA Ik MO2 7.12 11.02 IJ3 05 03 1.03 21.03 IREMER SEN VESSEL KOREAN SER GERMAN SER TAINAR SER WA 023 12.11 VIA 024 22 II WA Nl 07.12 14.11 15.11 2111 2111 01.12
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      499 24 MSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC Of IRAN SHIPPING LINKS IRANIAN SERVICE Singapore loading for IRAN MAHALLATI PJL666 SID BANDAR ABBAS El KYOWA LINE SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE MOTHER VSL HK LOAD FOR KYOWA HIBISCUS V 34 2/1 VILA. NMA. LTK. SUVA. PACO. APIA KYOWA VIOLET V 23 29/1 VILA. NMA
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      961 24 HANJIN SHIPPING CO., LTD. FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE ITO EUROPE VIA SUEZ A member of the Ace Consortium J S port LoMivrt Ftlow* R dam H burg I'htvan OOCL DOMINANCE 1W 2542 13/1 14/1 16/1 17/1 1»/1 KOREAN CHANCE «M 1/1 17/1 11/1 20/1 21,1 22/1 HUMBER BRiDCE IN 7/1 26/1
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      67 24 INDIA STEAMSHIP FORTNIGHTLY EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO INDIA SRI LANKA Ag©nts:- SHARIKAT TRANS-ORIENT SDN. BHD. SINGAPORE *****10, *****56 PORT KELANG: *****94/5 LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1 Road ate 01 Central Building Smftport 01 OS Tel 533M14 I 43*922 WEEKI* SERViCE SPORE '0 KUCHtNG SiBU SARIKEi PASIR GUDANG SI6U.SABKEI US
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      1050 24 m Leas EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) ever «rr EVER GOLDEN EVER GLOBE EVER GENIUS EVER GIANT EVER GENTRY EVER GATHER EVER GOLDEN SGP NKG «C KIC PUS OU TYO CMS 21/12 jsoj viu mu mm mm aw M 1W iw iw 1W M on :«i via
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      945 25 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES \V\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE JAKARTA CONTAINER SERVICE SURARAYA/SEMARANG CONTAINER SERVICE SIN SBY SMC SIN Sld Sid 21/12 24/12 SM 22/12 27/12 24/12 27/12 29/12 1/1 1/1 4/1 6/1 6/1 »/1 12/1 14/1 17/1 VESSEL KOTA MAWAR
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      497 25 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT HAVEN ROAM HAVRE 11/1 m m nn m an an an an an 12 W V 2 V 2 WW WIUW 1W W 13/2 I*2 an on EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHIPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANG AND EAST MALAYSIAN
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      454 25 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SIN6APORE TO EUROPE VSI/VOY L.J. BONTANG/16WB SRIWIJAYA/25W8 KUTAI/16WB ANTWERP HBURG, RDAM/ADAM BREMEN nil 2/2 S/2 10/2 23/2 26/2 Subject to Inducement Also accepting cargo lo Casablanca, Port Said,
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      375 25 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES HTONEYWA V24IW PA-AN VU2W PAGAN VI3SW BURMA FIVE STAR SHLPPIWC CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore P Kelang Penang Bangkok 17/19 Dec 22/24 Dec 2S/30 Dec BANK LINE SERVICE HLAVY LIFT CAPARII ITV NORTHBOUND TO UKC FORTHBANK V23N IVYBANK V23N TAUSALA SAMOA VI4N SPORE ROAM
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      709 26 13 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. Klini ORIENTAL FAIR RAINBOW BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET ORIENTAL FREEDOM N. AMERICA-ATLANTIC COAST ORIENTAL FAIR RAINBOW BRIOGE NEPTUNE GARNET ORIENTAL FREEDOM VIA FEEDER N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST MOTHER VESSEL MANHATTAN BRIDGE HENRY H BRIDGE MACKINAC BRIDGE BROOKLYN BRIDGE N. AMERICA PACIFIC NORTH-WEST EUROPE (Member of ACE)
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      307 26 Accepting LCL and containerised cargo** Direct to South Africa S pore 1 Durban P Eli* NEDLLOYD COLOMBO SB3BF OSAKA MARU 6943F CANOPUS 1103F 1/1 10/1 11/1 20/; 22/ i an 11/1 4/2 6/2 DOIUGNAMA LINE S PORE P KELANC PENANC INCHON RUSAN MALAYSIA GLORY VIOS 31 Dk 1 Jan 2
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      689 26 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* HAHDAS VC TULS'DAS v 39 HALIDAS V 41 TUISIOAS V 40 Singapore P Kelang Penang loading lor Mother Vsl By e*Qt' By Feeder 3 Jan 2b Dec 2b Dec Frem Melb S»dn AOel 31 Jan 24 Jan 2* Jan Frem Melb Sydn AW
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      527 26 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 23. T*(ot StrMt SINGAPORE 0104 TEL iMJSB (10 LINES) fai U43SM STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE GOLDEN BEAR CotomOo Hvactii Duba< GOLDEN HARVEST CokxnOo Kjr«cH, Out*. Berlin CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Huangpu Slunjtai P Kelang Penang YONG NING XIANC JIANG CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING
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      353 26 r PHIU ORKNT LINfS PTf LTD HEW OfflCE S3 ROBINSON ROW) «07 12 AFRO ASIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 0106 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76 23/12. 26/12 22(12 H KONG KOBE TOKYO KEELUNC KAOMSIUNC MANILA. BANGKOK BUSAN JAKARTA COLOMBO KARACHI. BOMBAY MADRAS CALCUTTA CHITTAGONG EAST/WEST AFRICA/MED. FCL A LCI SB VICE
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      706 27 \\NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Penin nepline SON BHD a*** WWw Jgjhfu NEPLINE SON BHD IWMiI: FAR EAST/EUROPE FUUY CONTAINERISED SERVICE A member of the ACE Consortium NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD FE General Enquiries Tel: *****77 Terminal CFS BOOKINGS *****22 *****53 NEPLINE SDN BHD MWf NEPLINE SDN BHD *****33 NEPLINE SDN
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      448 27 HEUNC-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG, PENANG, KEELUNG. BUSAN, INCHON STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE Veuel i Name ETD BS S PORE PKIC KEE BUSAN MOJI #DRAGNUtt4N 14/12 27 271U K »/U 04 0*1)1 10 10/01 11/01 •CIORIA SUN 21/12 01 02/01 03 03/01 17 U/01 19/01 NO
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      570 27 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** PENANC P KELANC MESSRS HAI THONG SHIPPING 127 Penang Street. Penang. Malaysia M S HANDLING SYSTEM
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      218 28 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TEI 225 6868 |34 Lines) FAX *****39-*****76 TELEX RS ***** A B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAD I i.wtaß ;i*.h I VEB DEUTFRACHT SEEREEDERE! ROSTOCK INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER OF EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE -Vl* LARNACA ACCEPTING CARGO FOR UMASSOI
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      94 28 I.H. LINE WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WITH FIXED DAY ARRIVAL TO TAIWAN JAPAN ■QflOimEJEJliiliaililElEll GIBBIQIfSIQIBIBiIBiIBI piIQIBIUIG LjaejaatiaLiaa KABUKI vie S ACCORD VI7 CONTINENT VI7 HERMES ACE Vl7 KABUKI VI7 "Weekly LCL services to Kiohsiung. Keelung Tokyo and Kobe FROM JAPAN TAIWAN G99 S ACCORD Vl7 CONTINENT ¥17 HERMES ACE Vl7 KABUKI
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      165 28 ta t Regional Weather 5* m fi 1 A r 1 Vj. m fc J?* 9 it: Wind direction »ith speed in knots SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. Doc 21, IMS LEGEND R ThurwJetstotm Tempetoture c V Weather Wind d«rec'ton with speed trt knots Rom Ck>odv Sky
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      586 29 sMFARGO shipping Tel:SB4 01SS REGULAR EXPRESS FCL& LCL SERVICE t Nud>| 215 ■ruuai 217 Afltwvrwn 211 C. VtroMM 2H Only 12 days to Melbourne! TO USA/CANADA Alto Kcaptinf cjrfc to USA Houston Savannah. Tampa. Jacksonville. Wilmington (D*l) Norfolk Baitimort New York. Boaton CANADA Montrul. Toronto. St John FROM USA/CANAOA/EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN Vsl
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      240 29 CSP SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. LCL CONSOLIDATION TO 25/12 29/12 22/12 25/12 26/12 24/12 21/12 21/12 21/12 21/12 KEELUNG/KAOSHIUNG HONGKONG/CHINA BUSAN MANILA TOKYO/KOBE COLOMBO/BOMBAY FELIXSTOWE/LONDON HAMBURG/ROTTERDAM BANGKOK JAKARTA (FULLY CONVENTIONAL) VESSEL ETA SIN TBN 25.12.88 CHITTAGON6 CALCUTTA/KAOSHIUNG Special TWIN 25 TOM HEAVYLIFT TEL: *****66 (16 Lines) Tlx: ***** CSPFRT Fax:
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      616 29 tea PLUSCOL INTENATIONAL PTE LTD TEL: 223 9988 THE BEST DIRECT/TRANSHIPMENT RATES JAKARTA 24/12 31/12 SURABAYA 25/12 31/12 BELAWAN 24/12 28/12 BANGKOK 26/12 31/12 PTKELANG 24/12 28/12 PENANG 24/12 28/12 PERKINS PERKINS SHIPPING PTY. LTD. Darwin, Australia DIRECT SERVICE TO DARWW4/PT. HEDLAND'/BROOME* Accepting Braafcbu*. Hcavy-INI. Contain* ft RO/RO Cargoaa MARKKA*
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      145 29 Tatsumi Marine DIRECT BAIUNQ TO PAFUA NEW GUINEA (ACCEPTING BREAKBULK) I Direct call to other ports sub/ect to inducement (also accepting transhipment cargo OPOBA Y MADANG KIETA. WE WAX KIM BE RABUAL via LAE) yPORE: NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD Til: *****77, Z*****4, *****71 omct 11MMK nVKO PTE. LTO. (TPOtE) TIL:
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      317 29 TRANS. TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE TEL: *****44 (9 LINES) FAX: *****90 4> cn a n \IJ mil UjJif J —1// Algerian National Line FAR EAST I MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE S PORE LOADING FOR MV BISKRA 30/12 ALGIERS, ORAN. ANNABA. TUNIS MV BEL ABBES 10/1 JAPAN ALL VESSELS ACCEPTING FCL CONTAINERS
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      454 30 m FINE-LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD /O Shenlon Wiy 04 0?C Minna House S pore 0707 TEL *****77 (8 Lines) TLX RS ***** FLINER FAX *****56 EUROPE SERVICE (FCL LCL) FAR EAST SERVICE (FCL LCL) mu in m i(>i mY.S.N.LINE REGULAR JAPAN HONGKONG/STRAITS SERVICE f SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD f T«fc
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      678 30 ZIM FULL CONTAINER SERVICE accepting FCL/LCL urfoet to USA East I Nest Co*« Carribbun.Ejst Canada. HAITI Costa Rici El Salvador Guatemala. Hondura Venezuela. Peru Ecuador Colombia via Miami Trinidad. Barbados Antigua S Lucia. Montserrat Cuayana via Kingston T nrTMTV« lil 'T»"771 ~7M IM IBERIA IM IBERIA IM MONTREAL IM HAIFA
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      325 30 OTHER REP. OF PHILIPPINES PORTS* Penan** P. Kelanf Singapore MANOLOEVERETT 22/24 Dae ROSE EVE RETT 27/21 Dk JOHNEVERETT AND CALCUTTA#, ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO CHITTAGONG AND CALCUTTA# Singapore P. Kelang* Penan** THOMASEVERETT 24/25 Dec HUGHEVERETT 1/3 Jan M Jafl ROSEEVERETT 24/26 Jan 21/2J j an PREFERENTIAL BERTH IN CALCUTTA AT
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      408 31 Seabtfdgfe fnimuniTii i INFS INTERCONTINENTAL UNES B iriton APCUAN/IRAN'IRAfI WEEKLY FCL/LCL GROUPAGE FROM SINGAPORE PORT KELANG PENANG UK, HAM. RTM. L. HAVRE. ANT. GENOA. ARAHUS. STOCKHOLM. HEL. CPH. GOTBG. MARSEILLES. OSLO ALL INLAND DESTINATIONS POINTS SUMOKE FAR EAST. VIETNAM S CHINA SEMKES WEEKLY FCL/LCL GROUPAGE FROM SINGAPORE PORT KELANG PENANG
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      273 31 Consolidation Service PAPUA NEW GUINEA SIN: 4/1 PT MORESBY/LAE PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN: 22/12, 22/1 NOUMEA/PT VILA/SUVA/ PAPEETE MAURITIUS REUNION ISLANDS SIN: 27/12, 28/12 PORT LOUIS/REUNION 0 TRANSTAINERS WEST AFRICA SERVICE TUNIS/ALGIERS/CASABLANCA/NOUAKCHOTT/ DAKAR/BANJUL/CONAKRY/MATADI/LUANDA/ LOBITO Thru direct B/L to BAMAKO/NIAMEY/YAOUNDE/OUAGADOUGOU/ BANGUI/KINSHASA TTA Freight Pte Ltd Tel: *****55 tlx rs ***** JAVELIN SHIPPING
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      527 31 k 1 TEL: *****11 FAX: *****47 TELEX: RS ***** SKHST LCL/FCL SERVICE JENWEL V 95N 21/12 JENHOL V 96N 25/12 DESTINATION BANGKOK PORT KELANG HONG KONG. CHINA PORTS KEELUNG. KAOHSIUNG MANILA BUSAN KOBE. TOKYO SYDNEY, MELBOURNE. ADELAIDE. BRISBANE DUBAI CHITTAGONG LOS ANGELES JAKARTA JAKARTA ETA S PORE 24/12. 26/12 24/12.
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      598 31 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SP PKI PR BIN KAOH GLORY SELATAR IX Voy 82 In Pt 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS ON REGULAR LINER SERVICE FROM TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE
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      353 31 PTC CONTAINER LINES FCL/ICL SERVICE PIC GfiOUP r/rj CARGO IN CONTAINER CO LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED/RO-RO VESSEL SHI AFGHANISTAN 29/12 HAIRATAN/KABUL/TOURGHUNDI General Aganta POH TIONG CHOON SHIPPING (PTE) LTD TEL: *****66 FAX: *****41 TLX R*****6 Port Kalartg Agent SHAPADU TRANS-SYSTEM SDN BHD TEL: *****40 FAX: *****77 TLX: MA***** (MEMBER OF THE
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      363 32 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd I LrL TEL *****06 (20 Lines, TLX HS ***** RS ***** fc\ I \NI 1 R\ \K I l\l k I I). STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-R0& HEAVY LIFT 'For Discharging Only NOTE: ALSO CALLING OTHER JAPANESE PORTS, HONGKONG, TAIWAN t CHINESE
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      496 32 o COLUMBUS LINE REEDERE! GMBH (A SERVICE OF HAMBURG-SUD) EXPRESS SOM-CONTAMER SERVICE TO NORTHBOUND TO UKC S PORE ROM/A DAM HBG HULL (U.K.) FORTHBANK V23N 25/12 23/1 27/1 28/1 IVYBANK 20/1 11/2 22/2 25/2 TAUSALA SAMOA VI4N IS/2 17/3 21/3 27/3 •Alto Accaptint FCL to Anhwrp/BrMwn/FtliutoiM/Southamitfon/BslfaiVGrtlMiiburf a-M': m (ASIA SPORE
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