The Business Times, 5 October 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    259 1 Dow Jones lower PROFIT-TAKING kept the American stock market mixed yesterday. Blue chips were soft after early gains but the general market was little changed overall. The Dow 30 was off two points at 2755 and gainers were about even with declining issues. Reuter Footsie down LONDON
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    Strong showing by local stock market
    252 1 SHARE PRICES in Singapore surged yesterday, taking the Straits Times Industrials Index confidently past the 1,400 level while regional markets posted marginal gains. The STII jumped 19.94 points to close at 1,408.26, adding on to the previous day's 13.07-point gain. The broader-based Business Times
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    Occupancy rate for hotels in Singapore reaches 10-year peak
    379 1  -  By JOHN TAN HOTEL OCCUPANCY hit 90 per cent in July, the highest level in almost a decade. According to the latest report from the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB), the hotel industry collected $357 million from room rentals for the
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    OCBC, Hoare Govett to launch Sesdaq investment fund soon
    584 1  -  JAMES CAPEL TO SET UP ASIAN FUND By MAGDALENE NG TWO BRITISH-BASED investment funds in Asian stocks will soon be launched in London, with one specialising in Singapore's Sesdaq shares. BT understands that OCBC Bank and Hoare Govett of London are
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    Lock icon Senate panel approves tax package
    162 1 Reuter THE US SENATE Finance Committee has approved a package of spending cuts and tax rises that would boost government revenue by US$5.4 billion in fiscal 1990, which started on Oct 1. The approval, by voice vote, came after a marathon session that lasted into
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    HK needs confidence-boosting tax incentives, says committee
    447 1  -  PANEL POINTS TO EROSION OF CONFIDENCE AND STORE'S RIVALRY By FOO CHOY PENG Hongkong Correspondent THE HONGKONG government has been urged to come up with a package of tax incentives to bolster confidence in the colony and to ensure that it continue to
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    Lock icon Federal Reserve chairman heading for Moscow
    152 1 Reuter IN AN IRONIC TWIST to the changing political climate, one ot the world's leading capitalists US central bank chief Alan Greenspan heads for communist Moscow this weekend to listen, to learn and to offer advice on the Soviet Union s deepening economic crisis.
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    US study on job skills In industrial nations to include Singapore
    459 1 SINGAPORE is among seven countries to be studied in a US programme that will examine ways of making American workers more competitive with those in other industrialised countries. According to AP, the study will be undertaken by the 34member
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      303 1 Full report, PAGE 22 Regional markets, PAGE 24 See PAGE 2 How Canada sees the Pacific ATTEMPTS to institutionalise economic cooperation in the Pacific could encourage efforts by Canadian business to integrate itself into the region. Foreign Editor ASAD LATIF, who visited Canada last month, analyses the country's Pacific trade
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      26 1 i fs:• II v**' t:":t 6]b:-;:-*:;* w "According to figures released today, last month's gains In productivity were completely negated by this month's gains In counterproductivity."
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  • HOME NEWS
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      STPB revises hotel room forecast upwards
      643 2  -  BY 1994, ROOM INVENTORY LEVEL WILL REACH 29,995 By SUZANNE SOH A REVISED FORECAST on hotel rooms in Singapore by the tourist board stated that 1992 will see some 26,185 rooms instead of the 24,606 rooms originally projected earlier this year. In the 1988
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      Jeyaretnam starts libel proceedings against govt
      176 2 FORMER OPPOSITION Member of Parliament J B Jeyaretnam said yesterday that he had started libel proceedings in London against the Singapore government, the Singapore High Commissioner and The Straits Times. Mr Jeyaretnam said in a press release that he was seeking exemplary damages from
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      Esso raises diesel price
      59 2 ESSO raised the price of its diesel last night, following moves by the four other major petrol companies to raise their prices the day before. The company raised its diesel price from 42.90 cents per litre to 44.60 cents per litre. Shell, BP, Caltex and Mobil
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      TDB leading 30-strong trade mission to Middle East
      317 2 THIRTY Singapore companies are leaving for the Middle East this month on a trade mission organised by the Trade Development Board. To be led by TDB directorgeneral (special duties) Ridzwan Dzafir, the mission will visit six Middle Eastern cities between Oct 20
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      Indian Tobacco Company plans to use S'pore as springboard
      413 2  -  By SUZANNE SOH INDIAN TOBACCO Company Limited (ITC), one of India's top corporations with turnover of $3 billion last year, plans to use Singapore as its springboard for ventures in Asia. With India's relaxation of restrictions on trade and investment. ITC.
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      Creating a stronger bond with Mandarin
      329 2 SPEAK MANDARIN CAMPAIGN THE MAIN GOAL of the Speak Mandarin campaign is to forge a stronger bond with the Chinese language among Chinese Singaporeans. This was explained by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in an SBC interview on Tuesday night. He said that if
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      Usage in public places up: survey
      208 2 CHINESE Singaporeans are increasingly using Mandarin instead of dialects in public places, according to a survey by the research department of Lianhe Bao. Conversations in English are excluded from the survey. The survey covers three categories of public places food centres and coffee shops,
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      Expert on Hungary calls for more joint ventures
      521 3  -  By DAVID CHEW A VISITING EXPERT on Hungary's trade laws has caHed on Singaporeans and other foreign investors to form joint ventures with Hungarians. This will enable them to cash in on the incentives that are increasingly becoming available from trade opportunities
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      Dynasty Hotel offers guests hand-held phones, telefax
      180 3 ONE STRATEGY that the Dynasty Hotel is taking to upgrade services for its guests is the offer of handheld telephones and a telefax machine for rental. These facilities are aimed at giving greater flexibility and privacy to guests. A personal cellular telephone will
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      KL minister visits Singapore
      94 3 THE MALAYSIAN Minister for Science, Technology and Environment begins a three-day official visit to Singapore today. Datuk Amar Stephen Yong's visit is part of the annual exchange of ministerial visits which started in 1979 between the two respective ministries, according to an Environment Ministry press release
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      SIA lauded by Japan for service quality
      256 3 SINGAPORE AIRLINES received Japan's recognition for its service quality recently, via the Japanese Management Association (JMA). When the JMA decided, for the first time, to invite a foreign company to share its success formula with members, it picked SIA. The decision saw SlA's
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      Lock icon S'pore the preferred choice
      346 3  -  VENTURE CAPITALISTS KEEN ON REPUBLIC By GENEVIEVE CUA SINGAPORE has emerged as the preferred site for venture capitalists. according to a survey conducted earlier this year by the Economic Development Board An EDB spokesman said that about 100 survey forms were sent out to Singapore-based venture
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      CEI in joint launch of peripheral device for personal computer
      479 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG GOVERNMENT-OWNED Chartered Electronics Industries (CEI) and the research arm of the National Computer Board will launch today a peripheral device for the personal computer. CEI, a part of the Singapore Technologies group, worked with the Information Technology
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      195 3 WEATHER^ and weather forecast city Max/ Note OUTLOOK: Shower* m n over lew areas In the morning. Report for 24 hour* prior Aberdeen 16/10 Breezy to 7.30pm on Oct 4 at the Amsterdam 22/09 Sunny airport; Athens 25/14 Sunny Max lamp 30JJ 18/10 WW, Bangkok 34/26 Showers A humldltv t7
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      US pleased with S'pore offer: Tower
      610 4  -  VISITING FORMER SENATOR SPELLS OUT AMERICAN VIEWS By JOHN THOMAS WASHINGTON officials are "extremely pleased" with Singapore's offer to host certain US military facilities, John Tower, President George Bush's first choice for the Defence Secretary's post, said in Singapore yesterday. "And I can say,
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      Lock icon Vietnam wants to promote tourism but admits lack of infrastructure
      402 4 AFP VIETNAM has decreed 1990 as a year for tourism, but officials in charge of the project said they expect no immediate results. Both government and tourist industry officials say Vietnam needs to improve its infrastructure and its service industries
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      Lock icon Matsushita Electric encouraging workers to buy foreign goods
      312 4 NYT ONE OF the world's largest consumer electronics makers is asking its employees to buy foreign products in a bid to offset a portion of the company's massive exports. a source of continuing trade friction for Japan. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. better
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      Lock icon Japanese get assurance on 1992 EC market
      271 4 Reuter JAPAN need not fear that a unified European market might pose a threat to Japanese investors, a leading European Community official said. "1992 really is happening," said Leon Brittan, a vice-president of the European Commission. "Europe is an open trading bloc and
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      Lock icon Noriega survives coup attempt, blames US
      395 6 Agencies PANAMANIAN leader General Manuel Antonio Noriega has survived a second coup attempt and vowed to punish all those involved in the rebellion that he blamed on "permanent aggression" by the United States. Troops loyal to General Noriega crushed an attempted coup on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon France invited to make arms, helicopters in Thailand
      392 6 AFP VISITING Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan has devoted considerable attention to economic questions during his current visit to Paris, and has invited France to produce weapons and helicopters in Thailand. On Tuesday, General Chatichai and French Economy and Finance Minister Pierre
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      Lock icon EC ministers adopt television proposal opposed by US
      146 6 AP EUROPEAN foreign ministers adopted on Tuesday a measure strongly opposed by the United States to press local television stations to use mostly homegrown programmes. The officials, representing the 12 nations of the European Community, approved the proposal during the start of
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      Lock icon Mexico, US agree to expand trade, investment ties
      301 6 NYT IN THE LATEST sign of closer ties between the US and Mexico, Presidents Bush and Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed an agreement on Tuesday intended to enlarge bilateral trade and investment. The accord, the highlight of a five-day visit to Washington
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      Lock icon Jakarta ready for forest talks
      101 6 AFP INDONESIA is always ready to discuss the issue of tropical forests with non-gov-ernment organisations in advanced countries, the official Antara news agency on Wednesday quoted Forestry Minister Hasjrul Harahap as saying. "We are prepared to dialogue with whatever nongovernmental organisations as long as they
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    DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
    653 6 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time CPA CX713 1455 HKG/BKK MAS MH63I 1520 BKI GIA GA951 1525 TPE MAS MH642 1535 KUL MAS MH643 1630 KCH A1X UL455 1635 NRT SIA SQ027 1645 CPH/IST UTA UT566 1700 CDG TRY MIS 17 1705 HKT SIA SQ111 1705
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Lock icon 'Bank collapse won't affect NZ credit rating'
      256 8 Reuter NEW ZEALAND Finance Minister David Caygill said the appointment of statutory managers to investment bank DFC New Zealand Ltd should not affect the country's credit rating or the ability of local companies to borrow abroad. When asked yesterday what effect the news
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      Money markets
      61 8 THE overnight rate on the Singapore money fell by 1/8 point to 5-5/16 per cent yesterday. Term rates remained unchanged. The overnight mode was 5-3/8. S$ Interbank rates at the close yesterday: OFfH MO night 5 5/16 5 3/16 I -month 5 5/16 5 3/16 2-month 5 5/16
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      Government securities market
      102 8 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's closing Day's code Maturity WD OFFER HIGH LOW 3 months BQ*****Z 04.01.90 4.34 4.29 4.34 4.25 6 months BS*****V 18.01.90 4.30 4.25 4.29 4.25 1 year BY*****F 24.05.90 4.37 4.22 4.36 4.35 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing
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      World interest rates
      215 8 Indicates the average of the prime lending rates at 12 major banks In Singapore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Oct 4 US$ DM SWFC Y«n r darn 9 1/16 8 15/16 13 IS/16 13/16 7 3/4 7 5/8 7 1/2 7 3/8 5 1/2 5 3/8 1
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      Lock icon Bank Negara's gold, forex assets down slightly
      127 8 Bernama BANK NEGARA's gold and forex holdings as at Aug 30 stood at MJ17.115 billion compared with M 517.424 billion a fortnight earlier. Total assets and liabilities stood at M 528.540 billion against M 529.134 billion previously. Its holdings of Malaysian government papers
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      641 8 Reuter EURODOLLAR FUTURES closed higher yesterday on short-cover-ing and some position adjustments ahead of today's Bundesbank meeting, dealers said. "Traders were still anticipating possible increases in West German and Japanese interest rates," a dealer said. Activity picked up towards the close on late buying interest ahead of tomorrow's release
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      Asian $ market
      292 8 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates ended at their opening levels after a quiet day's trading yesterday. Dealers said operators were cautious ahead of the Bundesbank council meeting today amid speculation of a possible increase in West German interest rates and the release of the American September employment data tomorrow.
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      Lock icon W German insurance giant expects good 1989 profit
      80 8 Reuter ALLIANZ AG Holding. West Germany's biggest insurer, expects good profit in calendar 1969 and strong premium income growth in Europe. "We expect a good result." management board chairman Wolfgang Schieren told the annual share- holders' meeting in Munich yesterday. Earlier. Allianz
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      313 8 Reuter CURRENCY FUTURES on the International Monetary Market closed lower on Tuesday and in the lower half of the session's ranges, with yen and sterling futures posting sizeable losses. Futures opened weaker. Selling intensified when coordinated central bank intervention failed to materialise early in the session, traders said. "Central
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      Options
      1286 8 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Wednesday, October 4, 1989 DEUTSCHEMARK (8IMEX) D«c M call* Om M puts 52 53 54 JAPANESE YEN (SIMEX) D*c M calt* Dm M puts CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS •MM Tuesday, October 3, 1989 BRmSH POUND £82,500; cents \Mr C C»ll« Pwt» >—1« Mm OcK Mov-c Dec-c Oct#
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Super secrecy banking a hot issue
      334 10 FT A CONTROVERSIAL practice of "super banking secrecy" has been developed in Switzerland, the International Bar Association conference heard on Monday. Or Peter Honegger, a Swiss lawyer, told the London conference that the practice, which involved interposing a lawyer between customer and bank, was
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      Lock icon Report criticises Japan's financial system
      313 10 Reuter THE BANKING FEDERATION of the European Community has taken a critical stand against curbs on Japan s banking industry, saying they often have heavier consequences for foreign banks than for domestic ones. The criticism of Japan s financial system is contained in a report
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      Lock icon G-7 to let Bonn raise rates
      102 10 AFP LEADING industrial countries have agreed to let West Germany raise interest rates in exchange for supporting central bank intervention to depress the US dollar, a Japanese news agency reported on Tuesday. Kyodo News Service quoted Japanese government sources as saying that the agreement
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      993 10 HongkongBank SINGAPORE: The American dollar ended sharply lower yesterday on concerted intervention by three central banks. The Bank of Japan intervened actively, selling dollars for yen in the morning and later sold dollars for sterling. A wave of nervous prof-it-taking was triggered on word that the Bundesbank and
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Coffee prices slump to 14-year low in London
      251 12 DROP FOLLOWS GLOOMY ASSESSMENT BY BRAZIL Reuter COFFEE PRICES fell to their lowest in London for 14 years on Tuesday after Brazil, the world's biggest producing country, said it saw no chance of reviving an international pact to support prices. Coffee for
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      Lock icon KL cocoa traders welcome Ivory Coast price cut
      160 12 AFP IVORY COAST'S move on Monday to slash by 50 per cent guaranteed prices paid to its planters for cocoa will firm up prices, now at their lowest levels in 13 years, a Malaysian Cocoa Board official said. "We feel this should
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      Lock icon Opec output at year's high of 22.45 m bpd
      332 12 Reuter CRUDE OIL production by Opec's 13 members hit its highest level so far this year in September at 22.45 million barrels per day (bpd), up more than 700,000 bpd from August, a Reuter survey showed. Last month, Opec reached a
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      418 12 Reuter HONGKONG: The metal closed slightly firmer yesterday in quiet and sluggish trading on short-covering due to central bank intervention in the US dollar, dealers said. "The market's lack of fresh factors encouraged a tight-range and thin trading," a dealer said. The metaKs price movement was closely linked
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      416 12 Bernama A A h^ke' A ?a^ R h?fr!f LM O,L F y TUREB ended eaBier the KLCE yesterday, broker said bearish news of stocks figure for the month of September I Btay n the Bideline awaiting further fresh leads. He added that there was also no news about
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      Produce Prices
      194 12 Chinese Produce Exchange SoHors' noon ckxlng prtcot on Octobor 3 (S$/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 94.50 CMd drum FOB 104.50 Now drum FOB 108.50 Copra MJx»d (loot*) 53.00 sollon Peppor LuKk. munro* wiwiw FOB NIW 490.00 Sarawak wWta FOB faq NIW 480.00 Sarawak ipadol block FOB NIW
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      193 12 Reuter SOYBEANS closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday, with the spot November down 3/4 cent and August up 1-3/4 US cents. "This was a consolidation day," s floor source said. November soybeans were slightly overbought at Monday's highs after a sharp rally. They regrouped after
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      176 12 Reuter SOFT RED WINTER wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade crept steadily higher throughout Tuesday s session in spite of a lack of fresh fundamental news and settled with 1-1/4 to 3-1/4 US cent gains. Spot December advanced 2-1/4 to US$4.O9-3/4. Although the weather and growing conditions
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      London markets
      246 12 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller dosing prices on Oct 3 (£/tonne unless specified). Previous dosing prices in parenthesis. Coffee Basis in-store London, Miters option CIF London Nov 715/720 HH High/Low 739/695 Jon 713/715 High/Low 745/693 Sates (6591) Cocoa Dm 727/729 High/Low 734/705 Mar 717/719 (-/-> High/Low 724/705 Sates (*****)
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      Lock icon KL Tin
      132 12 Reuter INCREASED SELLING saw the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) price fall 16 cents to doee at M 522.09 a kg yesterday. Tuesday's weaker London Metal Exchange (LME) brought higher offerings of 110 tonnes against Mds of 21. "There are no fresh leads locally. However, there wee some
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      Rubber
      322 12 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices closed slightly easier yesterday following lower Japanese advices, dealers said. The afternoon market was very quiet in the absence of fresh factors. November One RSS buyer was quoted at 168.50 cents a kg, down 75 cents from Tuesday's close. The TSR-20 Award market ended marginally lower
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      150 12 Telerate NEAR TERM sentiment for CST-180 cargoes held firm yesterday. Most traders however believed that prices were near the top of the range and did not expect further upeide. The steady HSFO futures market continued to provide underlying sup- port to prices. The availability of straight-run
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      RAS and MRELB
      282 12 RAS prices In S CWMS, FOB in bates NOON CLOSE Bwyors Sollors &uy«rs S*t*n Int 1 RSS Prompt 167.25 168.25N 166.50 167.50N Int 1 RSS No* 169.25 169.75 168.50 169.00 Int 1 RSS Doc 171.75 172.25 171.00 171J0 Int 2 RSS OP 166.50 168.50N 166.00 168.00N Int
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      Lock icon SSR and SMR
      122 12 Reuter "Prices are easy to collapse because of rubber's weak fundamentals," said one dealer. However, stronger energy prices still supported the downside, dealers said. Reuter (canti/kg) NOVEMBER 1989 DECEMBER 1989 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON •wy*n tvy«n SfNtri SS» 30 157.00 159.00N 158.00 160. OON
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      226 12 H NPB Institute for Productivity Training M WORKSHOP ON B PROFITABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT E9 Date 19 -20 October, 1989 Venne NPB Building Efl Tine 9 00am-5 00pm Fee $650 (inclusive of lunch, Closing Date: 11 October. 1989 refreshments and course KI3 materials) The workshop takes participants through a systematic strategic
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      164 13 T R A I) Fj FINANCE i-x" ©148 1 Security Pacific National Bant i ft j y H f\. |4 |J: if your business is in the process of expanding into handle any of your trade finance and capital investment needs. U H P\ new markets, you need a hank
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      STPB to sell S'pore as the world's most colourful city
      291 14 THE SINGAPORE Tourist Promotion Board has launched a new advertising campaign to sell Singapore as the world s most colourful city to its Asian neighbours. Some of the images conjured up for this $1.2 million campaign include dining at the
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      Asian agency network to embark on an aggressive campaign
      441 14  -  By SANGEETA MULCHAND A NETWORK of seven advertising agencies from six Asian countries has launched an aggressive marketing programme aimed at securing clients with stakes in the various Asian countries. At its first regional training meeting in Manila recently, the Asia
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      Gamut in $500,000 drive to promote the Trussardi style
      392 14  -  By SUZANNE SOH GAMUT TRADING has launched a half million dollar drive to sell the Trussardi style in Singapore. The advertising and promotions campaign over the next 18 months will seek to get across the message that Trussardi is synonymous with
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      Michael de Kretser sets up HK office
      399 14  -  By SANGEETA MULCHAND LOCAL PUBLIC relations firm Michael de Kretser Consultants has taken its first step into the regional marketplace with the opening of a MDK office in the heart of Hongkong's business district. MDK Hester, which opened for business early this week,
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      Tom Tan springs a surprise with merger
      526 14  -  By SUZANNE SOH, SANGEETA MULCHAND TOM TAN ASSOCIATES, one of the older advertising agencies, last week surprised industry watchers by teaming up with American-Japanese firm DDB Needham Worldwide DIK. Tom Tan, managing director of Tom Tan Associates, has in the past 22 years
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      Euromoney magazine to start Asian edition
      196 14 EUROPEAN financial magazine Euromoney will launch a regional edition called Asiamoney this week. Asiamoney is targeted at financial institutions and multinationals with Asian business concerns, said the director of the magazine's South-east Asia operations, Mr Peter Kennedy. Initially, promotions are done through direct mailing.
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      COPY LINES
      183 14 KELLOGG has appointed Leo Burnett to handle its $500,000 breakfast cereal advertising blitz in Singapore Previously, the account was split between J Walter Thompson in Malaysia and Leo Burnett here In a statement issued recently, Burnett s managing director Martin Copus revealed that the Kellogg company is one
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      Lock icon Gillette unveils US$175m sales campaign with new razor
      259 14 AP GILLETTE CO has unveiled a new razor and a US$l75 million multinational sales and marketing campaign that it called the biggest ever undertaken in the shaving industry. But analysts said the company could nick itself in the pocketbook it consumers don't
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      BMI relaunching Girard-Perregaux brand of watches
      165 14 LUXURY WATCH brand GirardPerregaux, which has gone without a marketing campaign for five years, is being relaunched with a bang with its distributor BMI. BMI, the watch subsidiary of luxury goods trader FJ Benjamin, kicked off the launch of Girard-Perregaux earlier this week with
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      111 14 FOR THE H VIEWS OF FINANCIAL EXPERTS exchange rates affect your business. BANKING FINANCE brings to you the views of experts in Singapore as well the other financial centres, from Hongkong and Tokyo to London and New York, on a sector which is getting more unpredictable and volatile. Find out
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      19 14 MRT POSTERADS. GREAT COVERAGE OF KEY MARKET SEGMENTS. NOW SRS FIGURES PROVE IT! Pearl Dean po MRT 732 9088
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      Better corporate disclosure
      487 16 tes NOT SURPRISING that public relations firms $re pointing to financial PR as the single most important growth area in Singapore. It reflects the growing sophistication of investors who, while nowhere near as assertive as investors in the UK or US, are showing signs of discontentment with
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      Lock icon Weaving a network of regional interests
      1901 16  -  Canada's economic relations with other Pacific nations could gain, at the macro level, from moves to institutionalise greater regional cooperation. ASAD LATIF, Foreign Editor, spoke recently to Canadian officials and business leaders on the country's Pacific policy, as well as Canada's relations with the
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      Straight talk from Ontario's Premier Peterson
      533 16 DAVID PETERSON, Premier of Ontario, has a problem: he can neither mince words, nor does he have patience with those who do. Were Ontario a country, he says, it would be the eleventh largest in economic terms in the world. Is it not natural
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      Lock icon Meeting the challenges of wealth
      1643 17  -  JAPAN Japan is undoubtedly the Number One economic power in the world today. But does it possess the political will and the means to manage a foreign-aid programme of the magnitude the United States and Britain are demanding? And are Tokyo's own financial markets open
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      Lock icon The man who would not take even one step back
      568 17 DICTATORSHIPS AP GENERAL Manuel Antonio Noriega dealt with everyone from the CIA to Colombian cocaine cartels as he climbed to power in Panama and defied US efforts to oust him. On Tuesday, elements of the Defence Forces claimed they had
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      29 16 /SRUS*G£S, eGGS CMiPS. bJMy TH6-SuDDeN tSS5~s\ SS-SKSSSgev ISSSSS.tU-c»..J US TODRV STOR 9 Ve>LP>CK PUDDING muSHRoomS J V IPi 1-f J§®iQ ft. r L 001*7 fVCNMQ tTANOAMO CO LTD IHJ-IMI
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      406 17 f. I SALUTING BUSINESS SUCCESS I An Invitation To Nominate I I This Year's Winners [I I I Help us find this year's BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR and a company I H that deserves THE ENTERPRISE AWARD. Business Times, Singapore's II I ft# business daily, and DHL, the world's leading
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Moulin Rouge: 100 thrilling years
      605 18  -  ENTERTAINMENT By MICHELA WRONG Reuter PARIS Moulin Rouge, bastion of the exuberant French Can-Can, this week celebrates 100 years o( (filly petticoats, high-pitched screeches and excruciating splits. (fcfined it has never been, ner«did it ever aim to be. The cabaret, which opened in the capital's
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      Lock icon Learning about humanity the tube way
      823 19  -  TELEVISION By RUSSELL BAKER NYT I SAW Tip O'Neill come out of a suitcase the other night. That's right: the large man who used to be speaker of the House of Representatives. Out of a suitcase. Sure it was on television. You don't think
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        Lock icon Charlie Brown and the Peanuts turn forty
        179 19 AP CHARLIE BROWN, the gentle hero of "Peanuts" who has won love and pity from comic-strip readers in 68 nations, has hit middle age. Charlie and the rest of the "Peanuts" crowd have reached the age of 40, a mid-life passage known to
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        Lock icon Soviet Union's coldest offer
        94 19 AFP THE Soviet Union is offering foreign tourists a new attraction record cold in the Yakut autonomous republic of eastern Siberia. Trips "To the coldest place in the northern hemisphere" will allow tourists to visit the Tomtor settlement, near Oimyakov, where temperatures are said to be
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        Lock icon Judge rules in favour of William Hurt
        94 19 Reuter ACTOR William Hurt (right) on Tuesday won his court battle against an ex-lover who claimed she was his common-law wife but her lawyer vowed to appeal, saying the judge had fallen "madly in love" with the blond Oscar-winning film star. Manhattan State
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        Lock icon Agreement signed for Andy Warhol museum
        118 19 AP A FORMAL agreement has been signed to establish The Andy Warhol Museum to display the late pop artist's works. Signing the agreement on Monday were the Oia Art Foundation. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, both of New York, and The
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      254 18 BBQ Dinner at the Poolside Amidst the bustle and hustle of Orchard Road, enjoy a BBQ Dinner in the peaceful surroundings of our Rooftop swimming pool A gourmet range of chops and seafood to your favourite local items like satay and otak. To end the meal with all kinds of
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      98 18 m DIAN XIN TEMPTATION! Treat yourself to a Delectable Dian Xin lunch. All-you-can-eat for only $13.50'* per person. Lunch Hours: 11.30 am 2.30pm Hus 10\ e crxyge 3\ government toi hwt reg&jcy(J)Simgapore 10-12 Scofts &ooa Singapore 0922 tel *****86 CLAYPOTRICE Enjoy our new local favourite... There're nine tempting claypot meals;
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      242 18 jam °v Swing at Club 5 i with the I delightful mundsof the golden oldies liappv Hours DaiK >Hpm for ONE prices Fashion show ever> Mon Vied. i Plaza Hotel G r unc^ J t\°° r hours daily fk Temptations served round the clock... Only at Cafe Excelsior A delightful
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      260 18 hlsf This month, you can taste delectable Sichuan dishes in llljU a sumptuous lunch buffet. lgWC—l) a choice of over 35 j.Mh floor favourites so deiiciousJy spicy you'll keep coming back to the Pine Court for more. Sichuan Lunch Buffet 1-31 October 1989 12 noon-2.30 pm Adult: $25 Child below
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      251 19 Taiwan's I Master Chefs I Cook Up I A Feast I In The Park. I For eleven nights only, the master chefs of the Lai H Lai Sheraton Hotel, Taipei, will be cooking up a feast H at the Cafe-ui-The-Park. I And what a feast: Taiwanese specialities like H Deep-
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      71 19 QUICK LUNCH oN tHz HOP Hop down to Oscars for a quick lunch at the bar 30 minutes is all it takes Tasty bar snacks Great salad bar A la carte too. Light on the pocket. easy on the mind OPEN 11 30 AM MIDNIGHT DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
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      19 19 I 1 SINGAPORE I A BUSINESS MONTHLY MAGAZINE «HyLiTHi OF ■Oidix 5f •r=r- •assl *il«aM Cllta* AIIBV OCTOBER 1989
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      597 19 TWO-IN-ONE CROBBWOBD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS ACROSS 1 Dwellings (6) 1 Can they possibly warp 7 Hindrance (8) two ways when boiled? 5? 1 P*. e 6) 10 Superficial (6) 7lt gives sinners a hot fn c^f e ,6) time (6) 14 Co,our O) 8 The ring of goodness (4) Alcoholic
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      1460 19 TV and RADIO 1 T m Injustice redressed among SIMON WIESENTHAL STORY, 10.30pm, SBC 5 Ben Kingsley portrays the trauma that one man underwent during the Nazi As Simon Wiesenthal, he one of the few who survived exter- Hup mination and the horrors of the Ma- I^7 thausen death camp.
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      Lock icon Lendl, McEnroe lose in Stuttgart Classic
      352 20 TENNIS Reuter IVAN LENDL and John McEnroe both fell victim to lower-ranked players in their opening matches in the U*****,000 Stuttgart Classic tennis event on Tuesday. World number one Lendl was upset 6-4 7-6 (7-5) by Henri Leconte of France, who looked extra sharp
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      Lock icon Top seed US out-classes Denmark in Federation Cup
      222 20 AFP THE United States. West Germany. and Czechoslovakia lived up to their billing and blasted their way into the quarter-finals of the U*****,800 Federation Cup women's tennis tournament in Tokyo yesterday. The top-seeded US. the heavy favourites, out-classed Denmark behind straight set
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      Lock icon It's time for EC tournament
      103 20 Reuter JOHN McENROE and Ivan Lendl and a diamond-studded golden racket worth more than US$l million will again be the main attractions at the European Community tennis championship starting on Oct 23. Tournament director Pierre Darmon said in Antwerp on Tuesday that eight of the
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      Lock icon Rocky Graziano hospitalised
      270 20 BOXING AP FORMER world middleweight champion Rocky Graziano has been hospitalised after collapsing at home, according to his family. Graziano, 68. was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York after he "went limp all over" on Sunday at his apartment, his daughter, Audrey Weisman, said. "It
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      Lock icon Gilbert, Agassi score easy victories
      377 20 AP TOP-SEEDED Brad Gilbert and second-seeded Andre Agassi cruised to easy, straight-set victories on Tuesday night as first round action wound up in the Prudential-Bache Securities Tennis Classic in Florida. The 28-year-old Gilbert, who has won five singles titles this year, needed only 1 hour
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      Lock icon Chief counsel lashes out at world athletic federations
      444 20 BEN JOHNSON INQUIRY AP THE CANADIAN inquiry sparked by Ben Johnson's positive test for eteroids ended after eight morflhs on Tuesday with its chief couasel sharply criticising world athletic federations. "There is a moral crisis in spoft not only in Canada but
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      Lock icon Art Shell becomes NFL's second black head coach
      358 20 FOOTBALL AP WHEN THE National Football League hired its first black head coach, the country was keeping cool with Calvin Coolidge. In 1923, the Hammond, Indiana. Pros made Frederick Douglass Pollard, better known as Fritz, its player-coach, and the NFL became the
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      Lock icon Horse breeders attack low-flying fighters
      232 20 HORSE-RACING AFP THOROUGHBRED horse breeders in Sydney went on the attack on Tuesday against low-flying air force jets that they say can literally scare their prized animals to death. Breeders around the Hunter Valley town of Scone, Australia's richest thoroughbred stud area, have written to
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      Lock icon Graf, Evans win sports honours
      548 20 AWARDS AP TENNIS Grand Slam winner Steffi Graf of West Germany and Olympic swimming champion Janet Evans of the United States were named Sportswomen of the Year on Tuesday by the Women's Sports Foundation in New York. The 10-year-old women's sports lobby also inducted four
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      Lock icon Oakland comes from behind to beat Blue Jays
      361 20 BASEBALL AP THE Oakland Athletics combined power, pitching and speed on Tuesday night to come from behind and defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-3 in the first game of the American League championship series in California. Rickey Henderson, who was acquired from
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      Lock icon Aouita slams IAAF's decision
      154 20 Reuter SAID AOUITA, the world's top middle distance runner, has slammed what he called lenient treatment of disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson and said athle*»s who took drugs should be banned from competition for life. "Any athlete taking drugs should be disqualified and stopped from participating
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      Inter-Pacific to provide direction for its subsidiaries
      632 21  -  By KEVIN GWEE INTER-PACIFIC INDUSTRIAL Group Bhd, which has grown by leaps and bounds in a space of less than a year, is placing priority on providing strategic direction for its subsidiaries. Taking the approach of a holding company, Inter-Pac intends to be
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      Sun Hung Kai teams up with Thai broking firm
      262 21 SUN HUNG KAI, the Hongkongbased stockbroking group, has ventured into the booming Thai market by teaming up with Union Securities Co Ltd to form a broking unit. The Thai broking arm will focus on the sale of Thai securities internationally. The
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      Corrections and clarifications
      34 21 QAF's trading and servicing arm, Osa Marketing Associates, is NOT under receivership as reported in our story yesterday headlined "OAF rationalising operations of Osa Marketing". We are sorry for the error.
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      Consplant plans to create man-made forest in E M'sia
      585 21  -  REFORESTATION SCHEME PART OF DIVERSIFICATION By ANDREA BORCH AS PART of its crop diversification efforts. Consolidated Plantations Bhd has embarked on a large-scale, reforestation programme in East Malaysia. The company is focusing on reforestation to diversify its business and to position
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      Lock icon DM IB to embark on M$35m expansion plan
      176 21 Bernama DMIB BHD plans to invest a further Ms3s million in the new financial year to modernise and upgrade its automotive, earthmover and aircraft tyre, footwear and golf-ball factories, and to complete the new condom factory. Chairman Datuk Syed Nahar Shahabuddin said
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      Lock icon MISC's foreign-held t shares hit 30pc limit
      172 21 Bernama MALAYSIAN International Shipping Corporation Bhd (MISC) has disclosed that the foreign-owned equity in the company for the third quarter, ended Sep 30, amounted to 30 per cent comprising 150 million ordinary shares. As a general rule, foreign shareholders include all individuals who
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      Wing Tai's associate to spend M$40m to upgrade nine factories in Malaysia
      455 21 WING TAI Ltd's 41.6 per cent Malaysian associate. Dragon and Phoenix Bhd (D P), has committed about Ms4o million to upgrade the existing nine factories across the country. Of its investments in Malaysia. the factory in Kuala Kangsar
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      419 21 HTP HOLDINGS Ltd (formerly Hotel Tai-Pan), replying to queries from the Stock Exchange of Singapore. said it has purchased an additional 3.1 million shares in Boustead pic, taking its stake in the British company to 17 per cent. YEO HIAP SENG Holdings Pte Ltd, a substantial shareholder of
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        Prices rise strongly as foreign buyers return
        1117 22  -  t>y ABDUL HADHI WITH THE RETURN of foreign institutional buyers and bargainhunting by retail investors, the Singapore stock market posted one of its strongest gains in recent weeks. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 19.94 points to end at 1.408.26, led by Wall
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        Unit trusts
        217 22 Managers' prices for Oct 5 Singapore Unit Trust T He Commerce 123 130 The Savings Fund 107 1 13 S pore Prog Fond 047* 0 51* S pore Sec Fund 077 082 S pore Invest Fund 082 087 S'pore Equity Fund 058 062 Asia Unit Trust •Mol Invest
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        COMPANY MEETINGS
        49 22 THE BUKIT KATIL RUBBER ESTATES BHD: 75th AGM at No. 22 (Upper floor of No. 20). Jalan Hang Jebat, ***** Melaka, tomorrow at 11am. GULA PERAK BHD: AGM at Malacca Room, Lower Lobby, Shangri-La Hotel. Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur, on Oct 16, Monday, at 10am.
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      SES SHARE INFORMATION
      6750 22 Gr's Gr's 1989 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Dlv Dlv Y'ld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +or- ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mll OCT 04 SESDAQ 275 120 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20« 264 +1 40 264 261 263 264 12
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        3658 23 Bernama PRICES rallied at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday on active institutional and individual buying. A surge in the prices of blue chips pushed the New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index up 28.21 points to a new high of 2.586.35 Shell reported a
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        Lock icon New capital structure plan for Malayan Railway
        340 24 Bernama THE MALAYAN RAILWAY expects to receive the report on its new capital structure from the Bumiputra Merchant Bank by the end of the year. Secretary-general of the transport ministry Datuk Mohamed Nor Qhani said yesterday the Malayan Railway had appointed the bank
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        Lock icon Western Australian state agency to sell 19.9 pc stake in Bell Group
        320 24 Reuter WESTERN Australia's State Government Insurance Commission (SGIC) has put its 19.9 per cent stake in the Bell Group Ltd up for sale. Chairman of the state-owned SGIC, Wyvern Rees, said in a statement its stake was being
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        Lock icon Nomura enlists help of US expert
        216 24 AFP THE WORLD s biggest securities firm, Japan's Nomura Securities Co, has appointed a leading American Wall Street expert to be co-chairman of its US operations. The appointment of Max Chapman, 46. a former chief executive officer of Kidder, Peabody and Co, to head
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        Lock icon Prices end mixed
        644 24 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices yesterday barely budged through the day and ended mixed. "(On Tuesday). New York was at a new high, but the dollar rebounded and this left the Tokyo market mixed." said senior trader Toranobu Sugai at Shearson Lehman Hutton Asia Inc. "There is
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        Lock icon Stocks close firmer
        531 24 Sydney Reuter AUSTRALIA'S share market yesterday drifted in afternoon profit-taking to end the day only slightly firmer, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished 3.3 points up at 1,775.4, but well below its early peak at 1,785.2. A 41-point gain on Wall Street on Tuesday inspired a
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        Stocks close at post-June 4 high
        1286 24 Hongkong HONGKONG'S blue-chip Hang Seng Index ended at a post-June 4 high close yesterday, but light afternoon profit-taking pushed the index below the psychological resistance at 2.800 The Hang Seng Index rose 7.74 to 2.794.39 Foreign investors have only recently reentered the market after
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        Lock icon Seoul: Weak trading
        285 24 Reuter AFTER a two-day public holiday. Seoul stocks resumed yesterday in steady decline with lethargic trading reflecting the lack of fresh factors to encourage investors, brokers said. The composite index closed at 929.28, down 13.13 points from Saturday's half-day trading. Turnover was 157 billion won against 233.4
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        Lock icon Taipei: Stocks take a plunge
        572 24 Reuter THE TAIWAN stock index yesterday plunged to a sharply lower finish after a brief attempt by big players to stabilise prices ran out of steam. The weighted index fell 374.02 points, or 3.72 per cent, to end at 9.669.94 against Tuesday's 10.043.96 close. Turnover,
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        Lock icon Bangkok: Technical rebound
        269 24 Reuter THAI STOCKS yesterday moved sharply higher in a technical rebound that focused on electronics shares and new listings. The market was given an extra boost by overnight gains on Wall Street, brokers said. The SET Index gained 11.81 points to close at 680.63. Advances led declines
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        Lock icon New Zealand: Strong rally
        193 24 Reuter NEW ZEALAND share prices rallied yesterday despite the collapse on Tuesday of investment bank DFC New Zealand. Brokers said the surge was inspired by New York's record close and a resurgence of foreign interest in New Zealand stocks. The Barclays Index closed at 2,327.11. up
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        Lock icon Bombay: Second sharp fall
        140 24 Reuter BOMBAY share prices fell sharply for the second day running yesterday after doubts about rumours of moves to decontrol steel prices sparked heavy long liquidation. "The more you read into it the more you feel it was orchestrated by vested interests," a broker said of
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        Lock icon Dow soars 41 points to new high
        977 25 New York NYT THE NEW YORK stock market climbed to another historic high on Tuesday as investors focused on the underlying strength of several blue chips, a firm bond market and a strong US dollar. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 40.85 points,
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        Lock icon Early gains wiped out at midday
        873 25 London AP SHARE PRICES in London were lower at midday yesterday as an initial surge was turned back by nervousness over the pound. Dealers said shares were buoyed early by Wall Street's strength on Tuesday. But jitters over the outlook for sterling got the
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        Lock icon EUROPEAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        1850 25 Reuter AMSTERDAM: Traders said yesterday's firmer start of the Dutch bond market also supported share prices. Dutch state bond prices were an average 1C guilder cents higher in early trade, backed by short covering Electronics firm Philips added another 0.70 at a new year's high of 49.70
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        Lock icon General Motors expected to enter battle for Jaguar
        462 25 FT THE SHARE price of Jaguar cars surged again on Monday, closing up 26p at 599p, as the conviction grew that General Motors (GM), the world's largest car manufacturer, will soon disclose how it intends to intervene in the battle over the
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        Lock icon BAe buys at least 2pc of Ferranti
        325 25 FT BRITISH AEROSPACE (BAe) is believed to have acquired a stake of at least 2 per cent in Ferranti on Tuesday when shares in the beleaguered electronics group resumed trading after a three-week suspension. Ferranti's shares opened in the middle range of market
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        Lock icon Guinness set to report healthy increase in profits for first half
        476 25 Reuter GUINNESS pic should see a healthy increase in first-half 1989 pre-tax profits to between £228 million and £245 million from £183 million in first-half 1988, drinks analysts in London said. A buoyant market for Scotch whisky and a
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        Lock icon Analysts cautious about Zenith's long-term future
        298 25 Reuter ZENITH Electronics Corps decision to divest its computer business will enable the company to cut its debt and earn a US$22 million net gain, but analysts said they are cautious about its long-term future. If the company sticks to its core consumer electronics
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      153 21 Gerald genta AUSTRALIAN MARKET DUTY FREE ACCESS The Australian Territory of Christmas Island, under a new policy, allows exporters to bring duty free raw materials and components, and with 50% value added on the Island, to sell the finished product duty free In Australia. For further Info, contact: Peter Cullen.
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      317 24 NOTICES I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND LONGSON (FAR EAST) PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 25 September 1989 at 9 Swan Lake Avenue. Singapore 1545 the following resolutions were passed:— SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That Longson (Far East) Pte
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      487 24 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 GIM HOA COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (In voluntary Liquidation) Special Resolutions passed on t 28 September 1989 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at 561 -C Balestier Road. Singapore 1232 on 28 September 1989 the following Special Resolutions were passed (a) That Gim
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      300 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HERITAGE TOURS PTE. LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 75 Tanglin Road #02-00 Singapore 1024 on the 2nd day of
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    398 26  -  PILOT PROJECT TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT YEAR By GENEVIEVE CUA AN ELECTRONIC data interchange (EDI) system may be launched for international procurement offices (IPOs) and their suppliers. Mr Eugene Yap, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industry and the Environment), said six IPOs
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    431 26 NEWLY-ESTABLISHED international procurement offices (IPOs) are taking off with a relatively modest buying budget, but a number are keen to expand to support new manufacturing facilities in the region. For instance, Japan-based manufacturer of car audio and stereo systems Clarion
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    250 26 Reuter US FACTORY orders posted their biggest gain in four months in August while home sales slowed just slightly from July's extremely fast pace, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday in an encouraging sign for the economy. But economists cautioned
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    238 26 AFP INDONESIA yesterday announced new rulings on trade with the Soviet Union and other East bloc countries, removing travel restrictions on their citizens and ships. The move followed a highly successful visit by President Suharto to Moscow last month,
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    193 26 Reuter NON-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES in South-east Asia should spin their own defence web and not depend on others to go to their rescue, Indonesia's armed forces chief said yesterday. "We want Asean to create regional resilience through military cooperation but not military pacts,"
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    85 26 Reuter MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP will start mass production of four-megabit dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips to meet growing demand. It announced in Tokyo yesterday that it would spend about 13.5 billion yen on expanding the produc- tion line at an existing plant on
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    240 26 AFP BURMA has signed a pro-duction-sharing contract with a South Korean firm, opening its onshore oil reserves to overseas investment for the first time in 27 years. The stated-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise and South Korea's Yukong Ltd signed an agreement in Rangoon
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    129 26 AFP THE EUROPEAN Commission has allowed France to suspend imports of some textile items from Hongkong and China which have transited through other European Community countries The suspension on imports of sweaters, waistcoats and other items from Hongkong and items from China including nightshirts, pyjamas, dressing
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    827 26  -  PM LEE'S LIBEL SUIT AGAINST FEER By SHOEB KAGDA FATHER Joachim Kang, a key defence witness in Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's libel suit against the Far Eastern Economic Review, yesterday said he honestly believed that the Catholic Church and four priests were the main
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    110 26 Agencies JAPANESE Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu. opening a head-on parliamentary battle with the Socialist-led opposition yesterday, rejected a call for snap general elections and promised to review an unpopular sales tax. "Recent opinion polls and (the LOP victory in) the Ibaraki by-election last week
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      38 26 AFP THE Tokyo Commodity Exchange, the world's biggest market in platinum futures, is considering whether to accept platinum made in the Soviet Union for delivery against expiring contracts, said its spokesman yesterday. AFP
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      37 26 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S airline pilots said yesterday they were withdrawing the 30 per cent pay claim at the heart of a dispute that has disrupted the nation s domestic air services. Reuter
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      40 26 AFP ABOUT US$BOO million will be made available to the Philippines for use in a debt reduction scheme involving the buy-back of the country's debt papers, Economic Planning Secretary Jesus Estanislao said yesterday. AFP
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      36 26 AFP DEFENCE Secretary Fidel Ramos warned yesterday that enemies may attempt to kill President Corazon Aquino if the body of the late Ferdinand Marcos is brought to the Philippines. AFP
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      32 26 AP CAMBODIAN guerillas claimed to have captured another key town Kandoul yesterday in the fifth day of their offensive against Phnom Penh troops in northwestern Cambodia. AP
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      30 26 AP CHINA sharply criticised Hongkong's government yesterday for allowing Chinese swimmer Yang Yang, who sought political asylum, to fly to the US on Tuesday. AP
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      42 26 AP A NEW GENERATION of digital audio tape recorders, including one small enough to slip into a purse and others capable of near-flawless direct digital recordings from compact discs, debuted yesterday at the Japan Audio Fair. AP
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      64 26 Reuter COMEX GOLD futures activity was slow early yesterday with prices mixed in the three contracts trading. December gold gamed US$O.lO to trade at U*****.50 an ounce. The February 1990 contract was up US$O.2O to U*****.70 and April fell US$O.3O to US$379 40. Silver was slightly
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        42 27 Reuter THE FREIGHT conferences covering trade between Europe and the Far East said they are adjusting the Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) for trade from West Germany/Benelux to 53.5 per cent from 49.5 per cent from Oct 7. Reuter
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        116 27 AFP THE US Coast Guard has seized more than 1,000 kg of cocaine from a freighter in the eastern Caribbean and arrested the crew of six Colombians and four Peruvians. The freighter Argovind was seized on Sunday off the coast of the Dutch island of Saba
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        157 27 AP A MALAYSIAN boat rescued 12 Burmese crew members from a sinking Burmese cargo ship in the Straits of Malacca on Tuesday, the national news agency Bernama reported. The 120-ton Dragon 535, en route to Burma from Singapore, sent a distress call, and a supply
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        56 27 Reuter THE Cypriot bulk carrier Barbara Morgan, 19,514 dwt, is reporting stern tube/tailshaft damage at Algeciras, southern Spain, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence said. Due to the lack of a drydocking facility at Algeciras the ship will be towed to various Mediterranean ports to discharge its cargo
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        55 27 Reuter THE JAPANESE container ship Seven Seas Bridge, 35,331 dwt, which had earlier been refloated after running aground in dense fog 3 km from the mouth of the Columbia River, sailed for Japan on Sep 26, Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Service said. A survey had disclosed
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      143 27 THE SOVIET UNION has agreed to set up joint ventures to cut diamonds and manufacture sea cargo containers in Colombo, and to send its ships to the Sri Lankan capital for drydock repairs, a government statement said Tuesday. The Trade Ministry said agreements would
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      199 27 Seatrade Week PLANS TO MAKE the Oslo Stock Exchange a major market for shipping stocks foreign as well as domestic may come to fruition by the end of the year The Oslo Stock Exchange is working on changes in its regulations to
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      73 27 CHINA S STATE shipping company Cosco is pledging improved management and service in northern Europe to meet rapid shipping changes and stiff competition Part of the improvement is the company's new 2,716 TEU containership Taihe which started it maiden voyage (to the US
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      359 27  -  By ZULKIFLI ALWI THE IPOH Cargo Terminal (ICT), an inland clearance depot in Perak, is now scheduled to begin operations on Oct 16, two weeks after the original date. Planners are confident of a smooth progress for the project despite lingering
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      461 27  -  By JEAN FOONG NORWEGIAN SHIPOWNERS R S Platou has launched a regular forest product service covering the Far East and North America. The service, known as PlatouPacific Shipping Services, stemmed from the "big increase in the production capacity of wood pulp and
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      286 27  -  -By JEAN FOONG NATIONAL CARRIER Neptune Orient Lines is spending Ssl4 million on new reefer boxes as part of its replacement programme. The agreement was signed yesterday with three foreign companies Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, Samsung Company of Korea and Thermo
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      1255 28  -  This fortnightly column is aimed at transport companies and anyone else interested in the movement of goods by trucks and trailers. It will discuss issues such as maintenance, new equipment, overseas and local developments, and new products. Should you have any queries
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      211 28 Reuter BRITAIN'S STATE National Rivers Authority said a prosecution was likely after 20 tonnes of crude oil spilled on Sunday from a chartered tanker unloading at Exxon Corp Esso Fawley refinery on the southern English coast. "Subject to the evidence, it does appear
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      519 28 Oct 2-5 Insurer solvency assessment, Insurance Reinsurance Research Group course, Royal Horseguards Thistle Hotel, London SWI. Oct 2-6 International Bar Association conference, Strasbourg, France. Oct 3-5 Protecting the environment from hazardous substances, Advisory Committee on Pollution of the Sea international conference. International Maritime Organisation, London. Oct 3-7 Transport
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      131 28 AP THE WORLD Food Program (WFP) said on Tuesday it will supply US$lO.2 million in emergency food aid to Malawi, Iran, Senegal and Laos. A US$5 8-million shipment of 10,000 tons of maize, 3,500 tons of pulses and 1,000 tons of butter oil will
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      93 28 Reuter NEWS THAT US troops had been called on full alert after what was termed as a "insurrection" in Panama by a Pentagon spokesman had no initial impact on shipping markets, brokers said. The shipping world always keeps a keen eye on any developments
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      267 28 MARITIME CRIME is the topic for the first of a series of debates which will address matters of crucial concern to the maritime industry. Organised by Lloyd s of London Press. "Maritime Crime" will be held at Le Meridien Hotel
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      2173 28 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy Arrival Tranatalner Schedules Blk Op Gdn Data/Time Time From Time To Booking Gate AiAtwoAoh S9A 0810« 07® 06,01® 06XHM NA 2 N3 00 TO Aloifco M 06.495 *****9 2359 05,1500 05/1M0 TM®. 2 13 00 TO
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      194 29 Reuter THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT should stimulate reinvestment in the UK's merchant shipping sector as its present fleet would have difficulties in providing the capacity for defence in a time of crisis, an analysis by the General Council of British Shipping (GCBS) has
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      1000 29 DRY CARGO freight rates on Tuesday are showing a steadier tendency, and the Baltic Freight Index rose 12 points to 1.436, but actual volume of reported business remained small, brokers said. Reports suggested the Soviet Union may have purchased up to three million tonnes of US corn and
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      452 36 TWO 1978-BUILT bulk carriers, the 37.880-dwt Argo Trader and the 37,990-dwt Argo Explorer, were sold to Greek buyers for US$l2 million en bloc. Meanwhile, US buyers paid US$l24 per light ton for four vessels tor eventual resale to breakers. These were the 1945-built. 4,247-light-ton Bessemer Victory, the 1945-built, 4,243-light-ton
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      232 35 I S'pore P.Keiang Loading for I I HIRA 111 10/10 15/10 Rdm/Antw/UK/Nantes I I SAMMI FORTUNE 30/10 2/11 Antw/UK/Nantes I I S'pore Loading for I IpAN RISER I/IO Dubai/Damman/Kuwait/Umm Qasr I I MERCHANT PILOT 12/10 Dubai/Oammam/Kuwait I ■CAPE BRETON 15/10 Jeddah/Hodeidah/Aqaba I I J I S'pore Loading for I ■pan
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      896 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING SS Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Line*) Terminal Office: 22W241/2 Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** PTPIAVHe p orri Atar sr.amßH&Braaa'- rsss^arji.*. sr-res iLissFJUir .«-"rev Tel *****1021® ITb MA (0214 "FEBLOS" 22* fTuMBC Maw
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      689 36 INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER OF EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN A NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND SIN ICA ANT ROM HBC RST N. CEGIELSKI V* 11/10 24/ M 2/U 2/U Vll l/U~ I. THAELMANN W» 2JU 11/11 U/U 13/11 11/11 RUEBCLANO Vl/B a/M~ 14/11 24/11 24/11 21/11 21/11 W ULBRtCHT tm
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      321 36 fea SANWA LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE W" STRAITS/HONGKONG/TAIWAN/JAPAN M/V ANDROMEDA STAR VOY 4 VOY 5 VOV 8 PORT KLANG 30/07 29/08 07/10 HONG KONG 05/08 14/09 13/10 KAOHSIUNG 07/08 15/09 15/10 SAKAIMINATO 11/08 19/09 19/10 TOMAKOMAI 14/08 22/09 22/10 SHIBUSHI 10/08 18/09 18/10 MANILA PULL CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOY
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      968 36 ASEAN PORTS BANGKOK sailings week Wlw Hod Co Ltd BKK ff«t: a723T0 «na vot miwwi Bangkok taw TW tm P«rt im «/M tmana aw am rn tot mm m moana pacific aw aw ya jam una m» mm taw aw una si una »ua taw tw una sm iya tmana
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      1121 38 HYUNDAI BtaHiHlll MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. EASTBOUND TO USA WESTBOUND FROM USA TO PSW SIN HKC LBM OAK' SEA FROM PSW LBM OAK SEA NK6 SIN HYUNDAI INNOVATOR 27E 06/10 UAO WO 02/11 06/11 LALANDIA W W «N UN W «/l« HYUNDAI EXPLORER 2SE 13/10 I*lo 01/11 o*ll 12A1 HYUNOAI
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      899 38 bsi JE CONTAINER LINE f TEL: *****59 FAX *****63 GUARANTEE LCL CONSOL SERVICES (ALSO ACCEPTING FCL BOOKINGS) FAR EAST K*T KELANG *10 ft LlflO I MANILA VM WfM PCNANC MO* 1101 BUSAN 12/10 A Ufli BANGKOK &10 4 I*lo TOKYO WlO WflO HONGKONG C A 12/10 KOBE I*lo W/M CHINA
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