The Business Times, 17 August 1990

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  • 10 1 Business Times MCI (P) 170/12/89 Friday August 17 1990 75*
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 59 1 US CONSUMER prices rose 0.4 per cent in July, the US Labour Department said yesterday in a report that is likely to be followed by a major acceleration in inflation this month. Last month's rise followed a O.S per cent gain in the June Consumer
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    • 34 1 THE PUBLIC Works Department is close to clinching another overseas project the building of the 150 million Zomboanga International Airport in the Philippines, a senior PWD official said yesterday Page 2
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    • 29 1 THE VESTEL electronic group of companies, which sources Usl3o million worth of components yearly from the Far East, has opened a representative office here. Page 2
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    • 28 1 US Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter called for broad support yesterday to pressure the European Community to abandon its policy of farm subsidies Page 7
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    • 32 1 INDONESIA overcame the threat of heavy foreign debt burden and weak oil prices last year to register a robust 7.4 pc economic growth, President Suharto said. Page 7
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    • 38 1 A DISPUTE between the US and Japan over the country's corporate groupings and their alleged monopolistic behaviour could resurface following the release of a Japanese government statement praising the efficiency of these corporate families. Page 8
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    • 26 1 A NEW study shows that the French people are turning away from wine and that their favourite replacement is water. Page 17
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    • 42 1 SHIPPING lines in the Middle East trade have announced a fresh increase in freight rates by up to US$2OO per 20-ft container for shipments out of Singapore and West Malaysia to Arabian Gulf ports. Shipping Times Page I
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  • MARKETS SUMMARY
    • 30 1 US STOCK prices dropped in early trading yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks fell 24.01 points to 2,724.26 in the first hour of trading.
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    • 41 1 SHARE PRICES on London's Stock Exchange were lower at midday yesterday. At 1112 GMT, the FT-SE 100-share index was down 6.7 points at 2,232.6, near the mid-point of its intraday trading range. Volume at midday was 213.0 million shares.
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    • 20 1 UIC surprised analysts by including its $37 million gain from the FCC sale in operating profit Page 2
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    • 19 1 SINGAPORE Aerospace plans to set up a major aircraft and maintenance facility in Mobile, Alabama Page 3
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    • 18 1 SUPERIOR METAL Printing's (SMP) new share offer has been warmly received by small investors Page 3
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    • 16 1 AMERICAN insurer John Hancock takes over Singapore's British American Life Assurance Co. Page 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      30 1 Thursday Chance BT-MGA 6%. 14 -0.84 Kuala Lumpur ....566.71 -2.01 Hongkong 3,183.29 -5.02 Tokyo 27,549.44 -562.68 Sydney 1,557.0 -5.3 Wednesday Change New York 2,748.27 +0.50 London 2,239.30 5.30
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    • 23 1 rirh—p rates US$ S$ 1.7960 Yen SSl.2143 MS SS0.6662 ILyuM mjrknf vfnjvroy Mnwi ifliv* Overnight 7 1/8 -3/8 3-month 6 3/4 -1/8
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    • 35 1 London Gold PM fix US$402.60 US$4.20 S'porc Sep156.50*/kg unch M'sia Sep M234.50 */kg 0.50 KL Tin Turnover 54 tonnes -II Spot M$ 15.86/kg -0.09 Crwdt pain oil Turnover 789 lots -252 Sept. M$676/tonne +1
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  • 486 1  -  By Lee Han Shih SINGAPORE has shot past New York to become the fifth most expensive city in the world in terms of office rents, a survey by consultants Richard Ellis showed. According to the survey, it now costs US$74l a year
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  • 398 1 Iran renews demand for Iraqi withdrawal IRAQ'S Foreign Minister said that his country is ready to negotiate with the United States and would neither start a war with America nor invade Saudi Arabia. But the minister, Tariq Aziz, also claimed Iraq could defeat the
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  • 182 1 ASIAN bourses closed generally lower amid fairly quiet trading yesterday while the US dollar ended steady. In Tokyo, the 225-share Nikkei index fell 562.68 points, or 2 per cent, to 27,549.44. Many investors are holding back ahead of Japan's money supply Figures due today, said Masahiko
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  • 78 1 THE Trade and Industry Ministry's meeting with oil companies yesterday saw the latter explaining to ministry officials the basis for introducing the latest pump price increases. But sources say the discussions were mainly for "infor- mation exchange" purposes, with little suggestion that the ministry is likely
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  • 154 1 AFP JAPAN is planning to extend financial aid to Middle Eastern nations troubled by mounting tensions in the Gulf after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, government sources said yesterday. They said Japan's plans would be conveyed unofficially to the potential recipients by Foreign
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  • 438 1  -  B* David Gabriel INVESTORS with temporary liquid funds now have access to a new interest-bearing account in which to park their funds. Citibank launches today what it calls "The Money Market Account". The product is aimed at investment-minded individuals who move in and out
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  • 117 1 MALAYSIA does not foresee an Iraq-Kuwait type confrontation emerging from its disputes with its neighbours, Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan said yesterday. He said Asean had always resolved problems through dialogue. Furthermore, arms build-up was not a priority with
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    • 147 1 CONCERT PIANIST Executive Jobs Dennis Lee (right) may be Businessman-turned-living in England now, but he diplomat Francisco hasn't quite forgotten his Benedicto harbours a desire Malaysian roots nor the to return to business when people who helped him go his tour of duty ends. With business down, major Which is
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    • 119 1 mFD®© Quadruple 2oom+Auto IWo-Cotor. Saddam's hand strengthened, Pg 9 Oil analysts oven the slip, Pg 9 An unlovely war, Pg 10 Lines in Mid-East trade raise freight rates, Shipping Times Pg 1 TAIWAN is pressing ahead with its ambition to become an international financial centre. Catherine Ong assesses the island's
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  • HOME NEWS
    • NEWS ROUNDUP
      • 71 2 THE CONSUMER Price Index in July remained at the same level as in the previous month. Dearer seafood and cooked food prices were more than offset by cheaper vegetables, fruit and poultry, resulting in a 0.5 per cent drop in food prices. As a
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      • 106 2 THE OPEN market values (OMV) of the smaller cars have dropfwd by between $200 and $400 while those of bigger cars risen by between $300 and $5,600, as compared with a month ago, according to figures compiled by the Registry of Vehicles. OMV is the
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      • 64 2 SINNATHAMBY RAJENDRAN, 51, will be appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on September 1, said a statement from the Prime Minister's Office yesterday. The appointment is for one year. Mr Rajendran spent many years in the public legal service before going into private practice in
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      • 56 2 TWO AMERICAN congressmen, Senator Richard Lugar and Representative David Dreier, arrive in Singapore today for a two<lay visit. They will meet First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng to discuss ways of increasing US exports to Singapore. They will
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      • 60 2 A TWO-DAY conference on the current issues and future of the building services industry will be held at the World Trade Centre on Oct 3-4. The conference is jointly organised by the Institute of Engineers, Singapore, the Singapore Construction Industry Joint Council and the International Trade
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    • 339 2  -  By Dexter Lee THE PUBLIC Works Department is close to clinching another overseas project the building of the $150 million Zomboanga International Airport in the Philippines, a senior PWD official said yesterday. Together with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Indeco,
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    • 355 2  -  By Schutz Lee LOCAL businessmen are open to the idea of doing business with Turkey, despite the Gulf crisis and the fact that Turkey shares a common border with Iraq. Over 70 of them turned up at yesterday's seminar on "How to do business
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    • 288 2  -  By Claire Leow THE VESTEL electronic group of companies, which sources Usl3o million worth of components yearly from the Far East, has opened a representative office here. Vestel is a large whollyowned subsidiary of Polly Peck International (PPI), a London-based conglomerate with interests in food, electronics
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    • 210 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) will be the sponsor of the Singapore Zoological Gardens' Special Enclosure housing exotic or rare animals brought in under shortterm exchange programmes. In recognition of its sponsorship of $75,000 annually over a 10-year period, the enclosure will be renamed the
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  • SINGAPORE – MALAYSIA COMPANY NEWS
    • 590 3  -  By Conrad Raj UNITED INDUSTRIAL Corporation yesterday surprised analysts by including its $37 million gain from the sale of its 28 per cent stake in First Capital Corporation in its operating profit for the first six months of this year.
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    • 222 3 Bernama ASATSU and Fortecomm (M) Sdn Bhd, a joint-venture advertising firm between Fortecomm (M) Sdn Bhd and Asatsu of Japan, intends to become the first advertising company in Malaysia to go public. "Definitely the intention is there, said A&F managing director Muneo
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    • 688 3 MARKET TALK Reuter RIDING ON AN ECONOMIC BOOM, Malaysia's financial sector is set to grow 7.5 per cent this year after recording 9.5 per cent growth in 1989, say industry analysts. The sustained growth means banking and finance companies, rocked
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    • 406 3  -  By Magdalene Ng SUPERIOR METAL Printing's (SMP) new share offer has been warmly received by small investors in spite of jitters in the world's financial markets resulting from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Small investors or applicants for I,(XX) to 9,000 shares accounted for twothirds of
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    • 265 3  -  By Selva Kumar SINGAPORE AEROSPACE is embarking on a bold plan to maintain and modify commercial aircraft, including Boeing jam bos, in the US. The newly listed defence contractor announced yesterday that it intended to form a new subsidiary to set
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 75 3 THE PETROLEUM SHORTAGE expected to result from tf* Gulf crisis should not affect Malaysia Packaging Industry Bbd, immediately, chairman Tay How Seng said at the debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's second hoard yesterday. Malaysia Packaging started trading at M 53.50, before
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      • 137 3 LEMBAGA TABUNG ANGKATAN TENTERA spent r about MsB7 million to secure a 50.01 per cent majority stake in Boustead Holdings Bhd during its extended conditional offer which closed yesterday, stock market sources said. LTAT, the Malaysian armed forces superannuation fund, which previously held 32.5 per
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      • 97 3 MALAYSIAN PACIFIC INDUSTRIES BHD is set to di versify its operations into manufacturing-related areas in' view of its vast expertise in the field. "We're always looking for good opportunities to diversify into, especially in related activities," group managing director Nga Been Sing said after the company's
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      • 98 3 FOR 2.45 MILLION bumiputras in Malaysia, the next feipmonths will see a great deal of discussion and debate of the" relative merits of two unit trust schemes which will begin operations in the new year. They are the unitholders of the Amanah Saham Nasional Scheme
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      • 115 3 TIMURAN HOLDINGS managed to post an 18 per cent increase in its pre-tax profits for the first half of this year over the corresponding 1989 figure in spite of a dip in turnover and said profitability in the second half of the year should be
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  • REGIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 118 4 PACIFIC DUNLOP Ltd said it has launched a As4B million takeover offer for consumer products manufacturer Vita Pacific Ltd. The A 52.40 a share bid represents a significant j premium over the market price and will enable shareholders to realise the underlying value
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      • 63 4 fORAY INDUSTRIES Inc, Japan's top synthetic fibre maker, said yesterday it would invest eight billion yen to expand production of polyester filament at its subsidiary in Indonesia. PT Indonesia Toray Synthetics (ITS), established in 1971, will soon start constructing a facility with a monthly production capacity
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      • 86 4 TOYOTA MOTOR Co was the largest income earner among Japanese companies which closed annual accounts last year. Toyota, the top automaker, earned a taxable income of 573.3 billion yen in the year ended June 1989. Nomura Securities Co, the largest stockbroking firm, was second in the
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      • 126 4 JAPANESE COMPANIES plan an average investment increase in plant and equipment of 16.4 per cent in the year to March 1991, according to a survey by the Japanese financial daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The newspaper surveyed 1,280 firms as diverse as food manufacturers and realtors. Among
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      • 85 4 OIL AND gas producer Santos Ltd said it plans to issue 40.93 million shares at As 4 each to provide additional working capital and to reduce interest bearing debt. The one-for-10 rights issue, which is set at a discount to the current market price of
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    • 269 4 AFP SAN MIGUEL Corp (SMC), the Philippines' most profitable private firm, suffered a 27.2 per cent drop in net income in the six months to June despite higher sales, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Consolidated net income in the first half of 1990 dropped
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    • 143 4 Reuter THE INDUSTRIAL Finance Corp of Thailand (IFCT) has launched a one billion baht convertible debenture issue for subscription by Thai and foreign investors. The Industrial Finance Corp said that it has mandated Salomon Brothers International Ltd and nine Thai brokerage firms led by Phatra
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    • 480 4 THE DUSIT Thani Hotel Group has called off a US$26 million takeover of the five-star American Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas, after failing to have removed a clause that forces it to seek the approval of the old owner before going ahead with
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    • 196 4 Bernama FOUR more companies are expected to sign agreements with the Pahang State Development Corporation (PSDQ soon to join three other companies in undertaking exploratory and gold mining activities in five districts in the state involving a total area of more than one
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    • 280 4 A RISE in jetfoil traffic and higher than expected earnings from the recently purchased Aberdeen Restaurant group lifted first-half figures for Shun Tak Enterprises, Stanley Ho's flagship company. According to the South China Morning Post, profit attributable to shareholders grew 24.5 per cent to HK5151.53
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 300 5 Reuter ENGINEERING group Mannesmann AG, which announced earlier that its group net profit rose 2.2 per cent to 183 million marks in the first half of 1990, said that good business developments would continue in the second half. As late as July, Mannesmann had said that it
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    • 303 5 Reuter REAL ESTATE magnate Donald Trump has assets valued at up to U554.62 billion, heavy debt of USS3.2I billion and is the target of a slew of lawsuits, according to papers released on Wednesday that the developer had tried to keep secret. Trump's financial status
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    • 360 5 Reuter CANADIAN real estate and retailing magnate Robert Campeau, shoved from the driver's seat of his own company, may be down but few believe he is out of the picture in efforts to resurrect debt-ridden Campeau Corp. The board of directors dumped
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    • 195 5 AFP BRITISH hotel chain Queens Moat on Wednesday announced a 64 per cent interim profit rise and said it had acquired a 49 per cent stake in French company HI Management for £30 million (US$56 million). Queens Moat said it had taken an
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    • 294 5 Reuter RUBBERMAID Inc, one of the world's largest makers of kitchen and office products, is setting its sights on expansion in Europe, with a keen interest in new acquisitions or joint ventures. Company chairman Stanley Gault said on Wednesday: "In the 1980s we concentrated
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 85 5 AMOCO CORP said its Amooo Chemical Co unit i|itcd to study the feasibility of a US$2OO million plant on Java, that would make the raw material for polyester fibre, film and plastic containers. Amoco said it would hold a 50 per cent interest
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      • 104 5 SIR JAMES Goldsmith's Anglo Group pic said Sunnihgdale Holdings Ltd has reduced its stake in UK food gropp Ranks Hovis McDougall pic (RHM) to 27.1 per cent from 29.9 per cent. Anglo has a 37.8 per cent stake in Sunningdale. The reduction in Sunningdale's stake follows
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      • 94 5 GUINNESS PLC has acquired the 23 per cent shareholding in Harp Lager Co Ltd owned by Greene Kin| ft Sons pic for £6 million. The deal also involves the acquisition of Greene King's loan stock interest in Harp. The acquisition will mean Harp is now a
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      • 68 5 UK OIL group Ultramar pic said its subsidiary, Ultramar Canada Inc, had agreed to acquire the former Texaco refining and marketing assets in eastern Canada from Canada's Imperial Oil Ltd. Ultramar said the consideration, which will be payable in cash, will be finalised on completion. The assets
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      • 60 5 POLLY PECK pic said it had appointed Morgan Grenfell ft Co Ltd and Chartered West LB Ltd as financial advisers on a possible bid from Polly Peck's chairman and chief executive, Asil Nadir. Mr Nadir, who holds 26 per cent of Polly Peck stock, is considering
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      • 89 5 SUPERB SUMMER sale results mean West German retailers are heading for record profits this year, helped by soaring East German demand, a Bonn tax cut and West Germany's highest ever employment rate. "Our optimistic expectations (for this year's summer sales) were fulfilled completely," said a spokesman
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  • FINANCIAL NEWS
    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 103 6 DAIWA Securities Co Ltd will launch a US$6O to US$lOO million fund to invest in firms in Eastern Europe in early October, a Daiwa official said. The fund will be operated jointly with subsidiaries of British fund management company Jnvesco MIM pic. The
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      • 75 6 THE Commodity Futures Trading Commission will focus on breaking down regulatory barriers between US and overseas futures markets in coming years, CFTC Chairman Wendy Gramm said in an interview. Gramm, who was last month easily confirmed by the Senate for a five-year term after holding
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      • 51 6 WBST Germany's Commerzbank AG on Tuesday announced plans to raise 500 million Deutsche marks to help the bank expand its operations in Germany and elsewhere. In a statement, the bank said the planned issue of convertible non-vot-ing certificates would boost the bank's funds to 7.3 billion
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      • 64 6 THE Thomas Cook Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Midland Bank pic, said it received approval from the US Federal Reserve Board to buy the US retail foreign exchange operations of Deak Intl Ltd. Deak's retail operations reported US revenues of USS3S million for the
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    • 323 6  -  By Quak Hiang Whai A RECENT SURVEY by the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee has revealed that the local securities market is continuing to expand while other major financial centres are showing signs of reduced activities. The committee said the number of securities traders,
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    • 398 6  -  By Abdul Hadhi MAJOR AMERICAN insurance group John Hancock, which failed in its attempt to buy into broking firm G K Goh in 1988, has acquired almost all of Singapore's British American Life Assurance Co Pte Ltd (BA Life). As part of the deal to
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    • 290 6 THE BANK of Thailand has taken a firm stand against admitting foreign banks into Thailand for the time being and has adopted the policy of promoting maximum competition among local financial institutions, The Nation has reported. Senior central bank officials also said
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    • 217 6 Reuter CHEMICAL Banking Corp will add more to its provisions for loan losses in the second half of 1990 than in the first half and its problem loans will rise, reflecting a continuing softening economy, it said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange
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  • THE REGION
    • 417 7 AFP US Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter called for broad support yesterday to pressure the European Community (EC) to abandon its policy of farm subsidies. "We don't see any redeeming quality in subsidies," Mr Yeutter said in Kuala Lumpur, adding that distortions in agricultural
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    • 214 7 AFP INDONESIA overcame the threat of heavy foreign debt burden aad weak oil prices last year to register a robust 1A per ceat economic growth. The prime mover of such a growth was the increasingly aoa-oil and gas exports/* Prestdeat Suharto yesterday said, adding that the
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    • 203 7 Reuter FRENCH FASHION house Cartier, saying copycat producers are ruining its image by selling fakes even in Indonesia's smartest boutiques, took eight firms to court yesterday. "Shops shamelessly sell Cartier-labelled watches, glasses and leather goods supplied by local producers which are sometimes not even
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    • 249 7 Reuter THE Philippine Senate on Wednesday approved in principle a resolution asking President Corazon Aquino to negotiate a 30-month moratorium on payments on the country's US$26 billion foreign debt. The Senate resolution was passed on second reading and still requires a third vote.
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 111 7 INDONESIAN Defence Minister Benny Murdani called for, an end to social segregation of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia, saying a wealth gap between them and the indigenous people' was partly caused by such division, press reports said yester*' day. "We did build such dividing
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      • 66 7 THE SHORTAGE of skilled and unskilled workers and the] lack of industrial land in Malaysia will affect investor' interest from Taiwan, a Taiwanese entrepreneur said o< Wednesday. Mr CY Lin, president of Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd, said that in view of the problems, Taiwanese investors were
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      • 62 7 SABAH's trade surplus fell by 12.2 per cent to MsBl3.> million in the first five months of this year from Msl,oS£.9> million in the same period last year, the Statistics Depart-, ment reported on Wednesday. The M5245.4-million drop in the surplus was caused by the
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  • THE WORLD 1
    • 355 8 FT A DISPUTE between the US and Japan over the country's corporate groupings and their alleged monopolistic behaviour could resurface following the release of a Japanese government statement praising the efficiency of these corporate families. Japanese corporate groupings, or keiretsu, were high on
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    • 469 8 Asahi AS MORE Japanese companies seek out new business ventures, a growing number of them are attempting to tap into the creative abilities of their workers by conducting job transfers through an internal recruitment system. According to Kozo Hino, president of 02 Japan, a firm that
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    • 310 8 Reuter EAST GERMANY'S fragile coalition government, plagued by economic problems on the road to unity with West Germany, faced another crisis yesterday after conservative Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere sacked two ministers from his Social Democrat (SPD) partners. De Maiziere cited incompetence
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 82 8 AUTOMOTIVE OUTPUT dropped sharply and stalled overall industrial production in July. The Federal Reserve in Washington said on Wednesday that while overall output was unchanged from June, "excluding motor vehicles, industrial output rose 0.2 per cent last month, about the same rate of growth that has
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      • 72 8 BRAZIL'S privatisation programme is expected to make only US$2 billion this year, US$5 billion short of previous forecasts. The head of the programme, Eduardo Modiano, said on Wednesday that the earliest sale, originally planned for June, would be delayed until December. President Fernando Collor is expected to
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      • 103 8 PAKISTAN'S foreign exchange reserves fell sharply to 7.89 billion rupees in July from 10.40 billion in June. The State Bank of Pakistan said yesterday that reserves totalled 5.50 billion in July 1989. Reserves in June were at their highest level of the financial year 1989/90, the bank
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      • 72 8 PRESIDENT George Bush on Wednesday issued an order allowing the Export-Import Bank to operate its loan guarantee and credit programmes in East Germany. Bush's order waived the so-called Jackson-Vanick law that is generally used to set criteria for granting the most favourable US trading relations with other
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      • 113 8 CAPITAL SPENDING by Japanese corporations in plants and equipment will grow by 16.4 per cent on a construction basis in fiscal 1990 compared with a year earlier. A survey by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday said the corporations' capital spending plans for the fiscal year ending in
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    • 1005 9 Impact of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait NYT IF IT LASTS, the peace settlement that began developing Wednesday between Iraq and Iran could significantly prolong the stay of US troops in the Persian Gulf. Iran is the natural counterweight to Iraq in the
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    • 607 9 Reuter ON THE evidence of history, crisis in the Middle East ought to mean higher petroleum prices. Short term, perhaps. But it may be wrong to bet that Iraq's invasion erf* Kuwait signals a long-term shift to escalating energy costs. The consequences of the present
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    • 453 9 AP US ENERGY Secretary James Watkins on Wednesday outlined oil production and conservation proposals that he said could, by the end of the year, replace up to 90 per cent of the supplies lost because of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Half
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  • 514 10 EDITORIAL XHE FINDINGS of the Richard Ellis survey of world office rentals are a sobering reminder of how fast and igh rentals have gone up in Singapore. Unless the Gulf crisis takes a drastic turn for the worse, the high office rentals are likely to be
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  • WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
    • 266 10 THE near-universal howls of protest over the oil companies' decision to raise petrol pump prices by some 10 per cent is clear proof that Singaporeans regard this a major shock. But having lived so long with oil prices being regulated by the Government deregulation is, after
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    • 134 10 THE Gulf crisis and its implications are upon Sin- gaporeans. Oil companies have raised their petrol prices. But, the question to ask is, why the hasty and hefty increase? What was the formula used to determine the rise? The oil companies owe it to the public to
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    • 141 10 THE fact that Singapore leaders had cited the fate of Kuwait as a warning to Singaporeans does not mean that the republic sees itself as the Kuwait of the region. But that country's fate should serve as a timely reminder that peace should never be taken for
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  • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
    • 201 10 WHILE the Japanese are not among the best-loved and their aggressive inroads into the economies of Asian countries can sometimes cause others to feel threatened, many of these states aspire to share in the rewards of Japan's vast wealth, a hope which is already being fulfilled
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    • 134 10 FINANCIAL and commodity markets are now flashing warning signals that trouble lies ahead for the Japanese economy and financial system, and indeed for the other two North Asian economic powerhouses, South Korea and Taiwan. The Bank of Japan and the Ministry of Finance are all too
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    • 179 10 SOUTH Korea is in such a strong position that it could unilaterally declare its border with North Korea open for an indefinite period, allowing its citizens to go North if they wish, or North Koreans to enter South Korea. President Kim 11-sung would almost certainly reject an
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  • 847 10  -  When Israel bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad in 1981, the world cried foul and the Arabs, the West and Soviet Union hurried to re-arm Iraq. But who will now guarantee that Saddam Hussein will not carry out or threaten a nuclear strike? A
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    • 1037 11  -  The food distribution system in Poland is seen by economic planners as a success story, an area in which private enterprise has seized a big share of the market. Still, the transition in Warsaw and many of the outlying cities has
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    • 1017 11  -  It does sound farcical, but Taiwan is pressing ahead with its ambition to become an international financial centre, never mind China's efforts to isolate it diplomatically. Mechanisms such as lower entry requirements for foreign banks are being put in place. Its stockmarket's casino image has been
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    • 873 11 The party's over at last NOT TOO long ago, when share prices were soaring, Taiwan, which calls itself the Republic China (ROC), was living up to its new nickname: the Republic of Casinos. At its peak, an estimated one in every five Taiwanese played the stockmarket. "It was a wild
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  • FOCUS
    • 842 13  -  Privatisation is on the lips of not a few governments from Latin America to Australia. Singapore is no exception. Down Under, a major decision will be taken next month on whether to end a longstanding ban on the privatisation of major public companies and
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    • 678 13  -  Jim Bodgener FT vPTl URKJTY'S privatisaI tion programme has A had a short but chequered history since its i launch in the early 1980s. It been promoted as a key component of the free-mar-n»|et policies of the new civil•tian government of the "ihen-prime minister, Mr
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  • SPORTS 1
    • 734 14 Agencies TOP PLAYERS at the Volvo International tennis tournament in New Haven have found that being seeded doesn't provide much of an advantage. Top-seeded Ivan Lendl was the first top player to leam the lesson when he lost on Tuesday. Third-seeded Brad Gilbert and fourthseeded
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    • 461 14 AP IF IT'S AUGUST, John McEnroe must be making another comeback Indeed, the beleaguered New Yorker is trying to whip his body and spirit into fighting form in time for the US Open beginning on Aug 27 in his hometown of New York. But McEnroe's
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    • 291 14 AP SECOND SEED Monica Seles rode a high-powered serve to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Audra Keller on Wednesday in third-round action at the Virginia Slims of Los Angeles tournament in Manhattan Beach. A Seles ace that won the seventh game of the first set
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    • 443 15 AP MERLENE OTTEY of Jamaica became the second fastest woman ever to am the 200 m, powering within 0.32 seconds of Florence JoynerGriffith's world record in Zurich on Wednesday. Ottey's combination of power and grace was the lone highlight at Weltklasse, the Grand Prix circuit's
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    • 177 15 AP PAT BRADLEY won't get obsessed anymore. At least not about golf. Bradley, the Player of the Year in 1986, was easily on her way to reaching 30 victories, the requirement for enshrinement in the LPGA's Hall of Fame. But in 1988, she was diagnosed
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    • SIDE LINES
      • 86 15 A MAGICAL INNINGS by David Gower was not enough to stop Northamptonshire scraping through to the NatWcst Trophy final with a breathtaking one-run victory over Hampshire at Southampton on Wednesday. When Mark Robinson Parted the final over in near darkness, Hampshire at 279 for eight needed
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      • 46 15 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES pitcher Terry Mulholland pitched the record eighth no-hitter of the year in Philadelphia on Wednesday as his team beat the San Francisco Giants 6-0. Mulholland's no-hitter broke a major league record of seven set in 1908 and matched in 1917.
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      • 106 15 SPORTS GOODS MAKER PUMA AG Rudolf Dassler Sport has said that it will probably not make a profit this year, reversing its June forecast of a turnaround this year after last year's break-eveuresults. Delivery capacities were currently impaired due to a large fire at the production
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      • 83 15 ALEX ENGLISH, the leading scorer in Denver history and eighth highest in NBA history, signed a US$l.5 million contract on Wednesday with the Dallas Mavericks, who hope the 14-year veteran can give them some offensive firepower off the bench. English signed a one-year deal with an option
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    • 223 15 AP MICHAEL COOPER, the graceful defensive specialist who was a key player in five NBA championship teams in the 1980s, parted company with the Los Angeles Lakers cm Wednesday to seek a new basketball career in Italy. Lakers assistant general manager Mitch Kupchak said
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    • 406 15 AP THE NEW YORK Yankees, long accustomed to George Steinbrenner's theatrics, should have no trouble adjusting to their new boss: Broadway producer Robert E Nederlander. Steinbrenner chose Nederlander on Wednesday to succeed him as managing general partner, and the Yankees' limited partners approved the
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    • 481 16 TELEVISION AND RADIO A*l •A 1 A 1®^ —wpyrrrrr Choice). 4JS N Tahaa a IMaf —To Steal A m teiueec !^IP^ political storm gftLagif »a En..-. 'JISHIiL:* The Delicate Balance (pP 3) Choice, cartoon). US fiaOdag (Cartoon). 7.lfMn, 12S—, IJM, in mm dca s w th multi-racial and 11Jf R#eh
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  • LIFESTYLE
    • 702 17 French drinking habits showing marked changes NYT THERE IS a water shortage in much of France this summer thanks to a three-year drought, but in Paris it seems that only Badoit is affected. Badoit is a popular mineral water and since the recent spell of record-breaking
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    • 182 17 AN AD agency that was in the news recently for its unique technique of recruiting staff is planning a two-hour original musical production. Henen Advertising, which is strong on original ideas and techniques, is, however, short on good acting staff for its 20-strong
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    • 500 17 AN ACTOR who played Soviet founder Vtatimftr Lenin on the stage will portray Mikhail Gorbachev in an upcoming US film. Vladimir Troahla of the Moscow Khudozhestvenny Theater will portray the current Soviet trader in the film Final Warning, the newspaper Moscow News reported
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    • 253 17 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tai Yow Wah Tai Kok Wah of Blk 27, Telok Blangah Way #13-1024 Singapore 0409, have applied for a First Class Beer House Licence in respect of premises at M/s Win Feng Enterprise Pte Ltd at 133, New Bridge Road, #81-01, China Town
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    • 239 17 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Urn Kok Chen of Blk 774 Yishun Avenue 3 #10-179 Singapore 2776, have applied for a Public House First Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Han Garden Restaurant at 906 Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore 2367, and that this application will
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    • 176 17 TRADITIONAL *1 M PS JG\NTONESE M c DIAN XIN IN TOWN I I E fe?SiiS!SISSS«cSSnuBL I T^S^^^^TCOURS^elicacikl k fit 9 BONUS ITEMS I /grw J Enjoy the following bonus Items now! <D Free tea refreshment UIIIUIIHWWBBB*!® Free-flow of stout A beer 111. ASSORTED COLO CUTS S <3> Suntax 35mm camera
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE 1
    • 4560 18  -  By Abdul Hadhi NEW LISTING General Magnetics kept up trading levels on the Singapore stockmarket yesterday. The counter, which made its debut yesterday, was the most active stock, trading on a volume of 14.26 million units. It closed at $1.22 against its issue
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  • 4156 19 Main Board DBS Foreign 1190 30 +2.6% Asia Pacific 895 20 2.3* OUE 705 20 2.9* Semb Shipyard 570 20 3.6* OUB 462 +18 +4.1* Hind Hotels 170 +17 +11.1* Isctan 50* 690 +15 2.2* Spore Bus 500 494 +14 2.9* Spore BusF 500 494
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  • BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    • 177 20 Tmninj Mt Ymt «rw» Nat PW ean*gs6rw mm to prallt/toM (L) 9* star* <M4nad ('000) (cMto) Sonata to Aaf 14 Mar 90 $3,537($5,87tt) MTP HUp Am| 3 M* 90 $2,334($2,754l) 2 6(—) JC-MPH Auf 3 Mar 90 $15,408(812,840) 8.5(7.1) 10h(3) Marata M 27 Mar 90 18,3091(20.9251) 94.2(107.2) 30(30
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    • 164 20 CMpMqi Bate YMr tmp pn-tn N«t Mraings Gms mm to prvfft/tou (L) par slurt dhrldwd ('OM) (cMts) Sal Or* Aug 10 Mar 90 M$2.452(M$164l) 2(1) Mm loo* Aug 8 Mar 90 M$9.855(M$7.742) 15.5(11.8) 10(10) MC8 HMgj Aug 8 Mar 90 M$1.304L(M$1.914) 2.5(3.5) StraiNfe A* 8 Mar 90 HK$30,940($74,410)
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    • 301 20 CaapMjr Bait Nalf-yMr Cravp prt-tax hrtwtan mm to praM/tott (L) 4hMmi cm) out Aug 16 Jun 90 $13,289($6,830) 6(4) OUT Am 16 )un 90 $4.049(J2,835 4(4) Hm Par Aug 15 Jun 90 $19,187(114,963) S«( In* Fin Aug 15 Jun 90 $8,424 ($7,505) Tiger Battn Aug 15 Jim 90
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    • 484 20 Aug 15 Bancaft international plans to expand m Thailand and Malaysia within the next few months. Ghie is building its first process development facility outside Britain in Singapore. The $24m technical centre will be in Jurong. adiacent to its production facdrty, Glaxochem. Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tent era has
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    • 556 20 Cwwt Ex Inki Date Titalhr TaMfcr WHt date d*M MyaMa tta yaar last yaar Nei rtdp 6* Aug 28 Sep 7 Sep 26 6% 6* MOB 2.51 Sep 14 Sep 28 Oct 27 15% 2* MM 10% Sep 21 Oct 5 Nov 1 10% 1 -5%(»> Mm 7.5%TE(I)
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    • 330 20 Stag*** Stocks Last Fri Y«ar C«9»q NM DaM Tor him Oat W Mr« I'WC I mm Hal Menu Mar 30 Ok 89 S3SL(k) OB Manm Apr 26 M 90 9.3(a) 2 311(a) 4.747 Tal Lm Franc* FraJ Jm 1 Ok 89 113 8.0 2.206 FM Manm Mi 23
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    • 366 20 Company Rights Issue KMa Krfas (KM) Often tor nit by or on behalf of Utd Enpmers (M) Bhd of 25.2m shares by way of i nghts offer to entitled shareholders of KK on tot bass of tour tor-one MSI 25 each b-datc Jul 20 Books dose Aug 3
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    • 653 20 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS CWMnlMP«M CBNNNlMtMlfcr C»C Nt Bitot 26/4/S3 1 warat ptos C M ca* I CaaewayNI 2/10/89 to 20/10/94 fwarant ptos $1 cs* a 1 mm* ptos J $1 nonanal amount ot laa stock. Qmm H* Mn -5 CImmMp Ml Madt 87 to 31/12/91 1.55 warrals ptos >1.55 at
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    • 539 20 Company Rights Issue Man One-tor-tour fe MS2 00 per start. Causeway tov Caprtal reducton scheme to reduce par otue of shares from SI 00 to S0.G0; Afhts ssue of 3:2 JO 60 per share CUM One-tor-one MS4 00 per share. Every tow njhh shares would be ssued vwth
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    • 154 20 Carcbos Ltd: EGM at Singapore Hilton International, Indonesia Room, sth Floor, 581 Orchard Road. Singapore 0923 on Monday, August 20, at 10am. HIF takings Ltd: AGM at Mandarin Hotel, Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 on Friday August 24, at 10am. lack Cfe IffH
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    • 137 20 RECORD HIGHS LOWS BT Composite Index ST Industrials Index 1990 M(k: 1435.43 (16/7/90) 1990 W|k 1807.12 (27/3/90) 1990 Int 1209.24 (13/8/90) 1990 tar 1288-89 (13/1/98) 19S9 Nflr 1322.00 (28/12/89) 1989 H* 1487.78 (28/12/89) 1989 far 917.42 (4/1/89) 1989 Inr 1030.69 (4/1/89) 1988 M0t 1043 88 (8/8/88) 1988 ta* *****7 (8/8/88)
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  • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 3771 21 Bernama, NST MALAYSIAN share prices closed lower yesterday with investors still lacking confidence in the market because of renewed concern over the Gulf crisis. The KLSE Composite Index fell 2.01 points to 566.71 while the Industrial Index was S.tS points lower at 1,107.17.
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  • TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    • 2233 22 Reuter TOKYO STOCKS closed lower yesterday after a day of increasingly thin volume. After early morning declines on heavy program selling, the market grew quiet with the indices sliding slowly as investors waited for fresh news from the Middle East and from world oil
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONGKONG
    • 2384 22 Reuter HONGKONG share prices were marginally firmer at the close of trade yesterday after making up ground lost in an early sell-off sparked by a poor performance in Tokyo and profit-taking, brokers said. The Hang Seng index finished 5.02 points higher at 3,183.29. It
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  • REGIONAL STOCK MARKETS
    • Aussie gold, resource stocks end weaker
      • 999 23 THE AUSTRALIAN sharemarket finished weaker yesterday after quiet trade, with the main features being weakness iirthe gold sector and major resource stocks. One broker said uncertainty ajftput the Gulf crisis was keeping most investors sidelined. The All Ordinaries index ended 5.3 points weaker at ti57.0. **One broker said there
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      • 382 23 SHARE prices reversed early Hoses and finished slightly higher on glfllall investors' late buying yesterday, dealers said. The weighted index gained 54.79 points, or 1.3 per cent, to close at 4,303.28 compared with Wednesday's 4,248.49 finish. Turnover was NTSSI.4 billion against NT$52 billion. Dealers said some big players bought
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      • 87 23 CIom Previous A«f IS SYDNEY All Ordinaries Index 1557.0 IS62.3 -3.3 All Industrials Index 2337.0 2336.6 +0.4 All Resources Index 951.5 960.1 -*.6 Turnover (million) 80.53 103.51 +22.98 BIWflKftK SET Index 934.13 909.58 24.55 Turnover (nearest *000) 75.924 44,909 31.015 JAKARTA Composite Index 585.15 584.16 0.99 Turnover (nearest *000) 4,150
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      • 593 23 THE JAKARTA Stock Exchange was unusually active for the second day yesterday, with the index recovering Wednesday's losses to close up 0.99 point at 585.15 on turnover of 4.15 million shares. Cigarette maker Sampoerna was once again an attention grabber. On the big board which trades blocks of 10,000
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      • 693 23 BANGKOK SHARE prices moved sharply higher in heavy speculative buying yesterday but brokers said it was a technical rebound which would not last as the situation in the Gulf was still unstable. The composite SET Index rose 24.55 points to close at 934.13. Advances led declines 141 to 28.
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      • 357 23 NEW ZEALAND shares ended steady yesterday with limited activity distorting movements in the Barclays index. "It looks okay in the short term but I think people are sitting back and waiting for developments in the Middle East," Baden Carter of Ord O'Connor Grieve said. The Barclays index estimate,
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      • 285 23 la local cwieac} la S$ la US$ %day year day year day year Aag IS lade* cfcaag c dmm Wortd 397.8 1.9 -14.4 II -17.3 15 -12.5 $EAFE 543.4 13 -20.2 3.4 -21.6 3.8 -17.0 Europe 415.1 0.5 -7.9 1.1 -1.6 1.5 4.1 Pacific 917.3 3.8 -27.6 5.3 -318 5.7
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      • 763 23 SEOUL STOCKS could not be shaken out of the Gulf crisis doldrums yesterday, despite some buying by the market stabilisation fund, and were further depressed by reports the government might delay opening the market to foreigners. Brokers said the composite stock index dropped another 7.27 points to 625.03, with
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      • 497 23 PHILIPPINE SHARES finished narrowly mixed in quiet trading yesterday as some early buyers sold stocks for profits before the close. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index inched up 0.47 of a point to settle at 844.33. Firmer gold and copper prices buoyed mining shares, but losses in commercial/industrial blue
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      • 41 23 BOMBAY SHARE prices ended mixed yesterday after a bullish opening triggered scattered profit-taking on rumours of a possible increase in petroleum prices. The Bombay Stock exchange index fell 4.47 points to 1,088.08. But the national index gained 6.35 to 561.30.
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  • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
    • Small gain for Dow in quiet session
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        961 24 US STOCK prices, dogged by uncertainty over the Mid-east conflict, fresh signs of a sagging economy and a recent sharp decline in the dollar, managed to eke out a small gain in a quiet session on Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.50 point to close at
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        837 24 LONDON SHARES were around their opening levels in late afternoon trading after Wall Street came off its early highs, but dealers said volume continued very low on Wednesday. Trading was dominated by ICl's early placing of its near 25 per cent stake in independent oil producer Enterprise. "If you
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      • 83 24 Aug 15 CIom PrcvtoM NEW YORK Dow Jones 2748.27 2747.77 +0.50 NYSE Financial 132.19 131.93 +0.26 SAP 500 340.06 339.39 +0 67 Turnover (million) 135.21 130.32 +4.89 LONDON Financial Times 30 1748.20 1742.60 5.60 FTSE 100 2239.30 2234.0 5.30 Turnover (million) 538.9 250.6 288.3 AMSTERDAM CBS General 187.50 186.20 +1.30
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      • 316 24 JOHANNESBURG GOLD shares steadied at slightly firmer levels during a quiet morning session yesterday after Wednesday's sharp retreat from their highs. At noon the JSE all-gold index was up slightly at 1791 after advancing to 1812. It had plunged over 100 points to 1774 on Wednesday when the gold
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      • 165 24 SOME BUYING emerged after a quiet start and helped lift prices on the Milan market yesterday, although business was still unusually subdued for the last day of a trading month, brokers said. The buying came mainly from position squaring by those who were still short, although some dealers said
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      • 194 24 TORONTO STOCKS closed mixed on Wednesday after trading within a nar- row range, dealers said. Developments in the Middle East had little effect on the market, they added. "The market, all in all, is taking the whole thing with a yawn," said analyst Ivar Liepins. The composite index climbed
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      • 194 24 WEST GERMAN share prices ended moderately lower in thin bourse trads yesterday, with investors waiting fos more news from the Gulf to provide them with direction. With the negative influence of the Gulf crisis in the fore* ground and the economic problems of East Germany in the background, sham
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      • 242 24 THE GULF crisis kept a lid on yesterday's midday trading in Dutch shares as investors waited for more clarity on possible effects of the Gulf crisis, dealers said. The market was slightly lower in line with other European centres. At 1145 GMT the CBS all-share index was 0.2 points
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      • 254 24 SWISS SHARES traded steady at midsession yesterday. Dealers said volume was light as investors were reluctant to open new positions in the light of what was happening in the Gulf. The all-share SPI index stood at 1,088.4 points, eight points above its earlier low and 0.7 point higher than
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      • 112 24 BELGIAN SHARES opened narrowly mixed in low volume trading yesterday. Dealers said the continued absence of some operators after Wednesday's national holiday was compounding hesita- tion caused by the Gulf crisis. Brussels A* 14 Fraacs FORWARD MARKET Acoc 3345 +45 Arbcd 4600 +100 Astur 1130 +100 Brascan 532 -8
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      • 160 24 FRENCH SHARE prices hovered near the day's highs in midday trade yestef* day but dealers said the market wm swimming in lethargy. "All the stuffing's been knocked out of Paris," oqs dealer said. "Volumes ate tiny, mog people are on holiday and frankly I'm surprised the market is up
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  • CURRENCY, MONEY & FUTURES MARKETS
    • 1206 25 FOREX MARKET REPORTS THE US dollar yesterday closed steady in Tokyo but off its highest levels after short-covering aimed at correcting sharp declines made earlier in the week, dealers said. The yen weakened on fears over higher oil prices
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    • 340 26  -  By David Chew MALAYSIAN PALM oU refineries earned between M$lS million and Ms 36 million from toll-refining some 300,000 tonnes of Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) last year. In toll-refining, the Malaysian companies will offer to refine the CPO for Indonesia in return
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    • 351 26 AFP, AP THE UNITED STATES has promised to stop subsidising its soyabean oil exports to India, China and the Soviet Union, three of Malaysia's biggest palm oil markets. Malaysia's Primary Industries Minister Datuk Dr Lim Keng Yaik said on Wednesday that US Secretary
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    • 793 26 REPORTS THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) drifted lower in thin trading yesterday on continued selling pressure and poor fundamentals. The tin price fell another nine sen to M 515.86 per kg while turnover was reduced to 54 tonnes from
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    • 589 26 NOTICES NOna NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I Low Kim Leng of No 12A Lorong 14 Geylang, Singapore (1439), have applied for a wholesale liquor licence in respect of premises at M/s Premier Brands Distributors at 21 Kim Chuan Terrace, Singapore (1953), and that this application will be heard in
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    • 701 26 IN TEE MATTES OP TO CMPANOB ACT, CAP. > TERRAY PRIVATE LOOTED (MMes(bars' Vetatary PINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 90 that a Pinal General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company will be held at 111 North Bridge Road,
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    • 1007 27 Ctty nm n FHW ETD MaOteW GA976 OOIO 1 SR187 1955 GA890 2240 GA970 2255 I I SQ225 2215 i«ia RJ182 1445 RJ183 2320 fllllwd— KL835 1415 KL836 2115 SQ23 1810 SQ24 2200 QF16 1820 GA890 2240 SMI 0825 SQ24 22W QF16 1830 OA471 2205 AaddMd
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    • 715 27  -  LETTER FROM VENICE By Jill Serjeant THEY sleep on the coach on the long overnight drive from the East. They eat the sandwiches they brought from home on the steps of St Mark's Square and drink free from Venice's fountains. They are the new
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    • 152 27 As at 3pm ytsterday: Load dollars to o«e unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 1.4370 1.4570 Canadian dollar 1.5550 1.5750 NZ dollar 1.0950 1.1350 Sterling pound 3.3900 3.4200 US dollar 1.7930 1-8030 Local dollars to 100 aaits of forefra cmrtmcy Austrian schilling 16.00 17.00
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    • 182 27 Duration Title Venue Organiser Td Duration Title Venue Td Sep 7-17 International Switzerland Schwcizcr Muster 61/686.20.20 Sep 25-30 International Spain Feria Muest- 6/*****00 p air Mustermcssc Furniture Fair rarto Interna Sep 10-16 International Spain Foirc 3*423.31.01 f K>nal TV Sound and Dc Barcdone Oct 1-12 Singapore Business
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    • 330 27 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATT Eft OF ALL-SMOOTH TRADING CO PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary GencraJ Meeting of All-Smooth Trading Co. Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 219 Rangoon Rd Singapore 0821
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    • 361 27 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Heng Sai Huay of Block 23 Grange Road #07-25 Grange Heights Singapore 0923, have applied (or a Public House, First Class (extended) licence in respect of premises at M/s Round Midnight at 117 Killiney Road Singapore 0923, and that this application will be
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    • 365 27 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Gota Fuat Chye of Blk 434, #04-87 Tamptaes Street 43 Singapore 1852, have applied for a Public House, 2nd Class Licence in respect of premises at M/s Cias Pte Ltd at #1341 World Trade Centre, 1 Maritime Square Singapore 0409, and that this
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 242 27 around say returned 5 across (5) 11 Beginning without money 15 I can be frightening (9) 13 To keep a check on care-down-to-earth individual CLJ —^^^5 17 Anger shown with one jiH Hi |Hl again! (3) 19 Meadow in which cattle |H|~J ways thrive HLJ^-L^—4|J— wrap (6) asm(9) f I
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    • 208 27 Singapore Outlook: Showers over several areas ia the morning Report Max temp. 31.1"C Assoc humidity 75% Min temp..'. 25.2"C Assoc humidity 94% Hrs of sunshine 4.60 Rainfall in mm Tracc Rainfall this mth 117.5 Rainy days this mth 6 World forecast Asia-Pacific Hi/Lo* Cond. Auckland 16/10 Rain Bangkok 34/26 Showers
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  • 419 28  -  By Sangeeta Mulchand THE PLOT of land next to Amara Hotel was put up for sale by tender by the Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday, together with three other sites earmarked for hotel development The 6,340 sq m site at the junction of Tanjong
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  • 262 28 AFP PRESIDENT Suharto has ruled out changing the Indonesian political system or returning to liberal democracy but promised greater tolerance for differences of opinion. In his State of the Nation address yesterday, Mr Suharto said reform and modernisation of Indonesian political life had started in the late
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  • 156 28 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee has sent a congratulatory note to President Suharto on the occasion of Indonesia's 45th Independence Day today. "On behalf of the Government and people of Singapore, it gives me great pleasure to convey to Your Excellency and the people of the Republic
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  • 313 28  -  By Shoeb Kagda IF SINGAPORE continues to concentrate on the essentials that have made it successful while at the same time remaining flexible enough to adapt to changing world circumstances, it will come out on top of its problems, Prime Minister Lee
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  • 375 28  -  William Chia THE JOHOR authorities may pass legislation to ensure that local residents and companies are given the opportunity to take part in the numerous sports and recreational projects that are coming up all over the state. The Mentri Besar,
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
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  • Shipping Times
    • 292 29  -  By Selva Kumar AIR NEW ZEALAND'S expanding network in Southeast Asia will soon include flights to Bangkok after stopovers in Singapore. The New Zealand national carrier said that from Oct 30 it will fly its Boeing 767 twice-weekly from Auckland to
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    • 317 29  -  By Dexter Lee SHIPPING LINES in the Middle East trade have announced a fresh increase in freight rates by up to US$2OO per 20-ft container for shipments out of Singapore and West Malaysia to Arabian Gulf ports. The increase by members of the
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    • 401 29  -  By AJ Leow EIGHT THAI AIRWAYS international flights were grounded at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport on Tuesday because of a pay dispute involving technicians and shortage of available aircraft. As a result, one flight between Singapore and Bangkok was cancelled yesterday.
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    • 292 29  -  By Rahita Elias HONGKONG-BASED feeder operator Gematrans (Asia) is expanding its coverage of the Vietnamese market with the addition of Haiphong as a port of call and more offices in the country. The company, a tie-up between Compagnie Generale Maritime of France and
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    • 272 29  -  _?y K Vara WITH BETTER refining facilities in Pasir Gudang for direct exports, liquid cargo traffic through Johor Port rose 35 per cent to 1.09 million tonnes in the first quarter of this year. The liquid cargoes including palm oil, fuel oil and chemicals made
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    • 223 29 YET ANOTHER shipping group has reacted to the oil crisis in the Middle-east with plans to levy a bunker surcharge. This is the Singapore/India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka Rate Agreement (Sips), which will beat two other groupings Anera (Asia North America Eastbound Agreement) and TWRA (Transpacific
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    • 183 29  -  From Al O Labita in MANILA THE PHILIPPINES is considering declaring the Persian Gulf a "war zone" to warrant additional compensation of Filipino seamen, say officials in Manila. Messages have been sent to international seamen's unions and shipping federations asking them to declare
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    • 94 29 IRAQ is no longer dependent on the Shatt al-Arab waterway since capturing and annexing Kuwait and its extensive port facilities. Though fighting between Iraq and Iran halted in 1988, the Shatt which forms part of the border between the two states remains silted up and largely
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    • 132 29 NIPPON Express Co Ltd is launching a transport firm in Malaysia that will start operation as early as this week between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, a spokesman for Japan's largest integrated transporter said in Tokyo yesterday. Nittsu Transport Service (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, located in
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 104 30 SEABORNE container cargoes hauled between Japan and China, totalled 108,977 TEUs in the first half of 1990, a drop of 0.09 per cent from the same period last year, a Tokyo shipping daily reported. The Shipping and Trade News, quoting figures released by
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      • 71 30 AMR Corp paid Eastern Airlines USSSS million on Tuesday in the final payment for its purchase of Eastern's Latin American routes, an Eastern spokeswoman said. AMR, the parent of American Airlines, paid Eastern a total of US$3O4 million in the transaction rather than the US$349 million
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      • 89 30 FROZEN Food Express Industries Inc raised its fuel charges between 3.4 per cent and 4.7 per cent. In an Aug 7 announcement, the company said it would begin adding fuel adjustments to its regular shipping rates by Aug 15 due to turmoil in the Middle
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      • 84 30 THE drop in Rhine water levels which has disrupted barge traffic in recent weeks and sent freight rates sharply higher is unlikely to continue, according to the Dutch transport ministry. Ministry spokesman Harold Hameleers said that "although the river is still very low, there is
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      • 75 30 CONVOY Capital Corp said its Communications Corp of America Inc unit has filed a US$35O million lawsuit against Telecom USA, which completed its merger with MCI Communications Corp. Communications Corp is alleging fraud and breach of a 1989 contract with Telecom USA, which Telecom cancelled in
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      • 95 30 CONTINENTAL Airlines, a unit of Continental Airlines Holdings Inc, is cutting fares up to 30 per cent for autumn vacation travel. The airline said the fares must be purchased by Aug 29 and are good for travel between Sep 5 and Dec 16 except for
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    • 1134 30 "If there's space problem on a given flight, a passenger will be spurned so a shipment can fly" Cathay Pacific's no onboard-courier approach on "first-class freight' flies in the face of traditional thinking on the air freight industry. Journal of Commerce CATHAY Pacific's
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    • 989 30 July 17-Oct 30: International Freight Forwarding IL, conducted by the Singapore Freight Forwarders Association. The Manager, SFFA, 7500 A Beach Rond, #13-314 The Plaza, Tel no: 296-4645 (for members only). Jnly 24-Sep 4: SFFA Standard Trading Conditions gives an overall perspective of these conditions, conducted by the Singapore
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    • 12240 38 This is a list of ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world. It tabulates, by destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore. Advanced dates are published for a maximum
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    • 599 45 tB* h** Oy**t £»atol!?*07M(r *33 Itomade 16-08/1400 Mw« 9005 K29 alongsde 21.08/2300 Mi Bertan 36/30 K32 alongside 16.08/1500 tota Ratna E 862 K31 atoogsde 16 08/2100 Octama Quee 38 K30 atonprie 17 08/0600 Preeba P09A K18 alongside 1608/1500 Ynho Mara 1 K34 alongside 17.08/1200 Arnw Pnnce 2512
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    • 1229 45 receiving of export fcl containers AND La CARGO Record Boottf/Mwco Mb SUp Voy No Period From To From f of DbcU Spact H Shamtad 73A 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900 _3 17/0700 17/1159 17/1400 An« *****N 1 16/1500 16/1659 16/1900 3 17/0700 17/1159 17/1400 4 17/1200 17/1459 17/1700 a
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    • 889 45 CHARTERING on the dry cargo freight market was again quiet on Wednesday but details emerged that grain on the key US Gulf to Japan route had been secured at a firmer U5521.50, brokers said. Also seen on this route was a fixing at US$2l a repeat of business
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    • 314 45 Pft King (auth Part on Aug 15: Roxanne berth 1; Alchimist Lansana B2; Mdaka Jaya berth 4; Mutia Hayu berth 7; Pernas berth 7; Swee Long Satu berth 7A; Petro Mulia berth ■mi She*. ICT: Anro Adelaide berth 8; Ever Ocean berth 8. North Port Momoshtma Maru
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    • 310 46 NYT IN AN ATTEMPT to satisfy the needs of its customers and match recent moves in other Western nations, Japan Airlines will expand its ban on smoking on domestic flights to include all flights of less than two hours beginning Oct 1,
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    • 105 46 Reuter US Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner met separately with officials of three airlines to discuss the impact of rising fuel prices stemming from the Gulf crisis. He was to meet officials of two other carriers yesterday. Mr Skimmer wanted to assess the cost of the
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    • 368 46 Lloyd's List SOUTH KOREA'S Hanjin Shipping is resuming Pacific north-west (PNW) service calls at Yokohama after a break of four years. A call will be made once every five weeks beginning Oct 1 by one of the five ships in the company's PNW service.
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    • 191 46 AUSTRALIAN National Line has decided to make a submission to the Price Surveillance Authority inquiry into the country's stevedoring and container depot industry charges. Mr Stephen Bradford, executive general manager of ANL's international liner trades, also said it was disappointing that
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    • 257 29 HSWB hemg MET*. CO PTC LID IS. TUAS Ave 14 SINGAPOWC 22M TELEX 2M7« SHMCPI. TEL: Ml S9S9 iSknwi TELEFAX: Ml 9*4 K Mwfii tnutammrtm m rrun ogg Aaii IFV ill! 1 B»c#k ■JHE OMIIM BffS lICHlni leTivww* 1 *»<i— Tw«— A»o buy rOTM i r«p«r BWTISH OeStGN INNOVATION OCRMAM
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    • 143 30 Executive Style STYLE- The executives want it. It makes a statement. It sets them apart from the mainstream. It gives them that added edge In a world where Impressions, like It or not, do last. You, as the purveyors of style, should know what we mean and we invite you
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    • 94 30 Far East/Pupua New Guinea/ Solomon Islands Trade New Guinea Pacific Line, The Bank Line and Columbus Line have agreed to align their schedules with effect from "Nanchang" Voyage 13S sailing Hong Kong on/about 4th September 1990. Under the new arrangements, the Lines shall make space available to each other such
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    • 1899 31 JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES 200 Cantonment Road #12-05 Southpomt Stngipoft 0201 Alllfr T«l 2218)11 TELEX no IB wnnra teminal/cfs T«i *****11 220 i rujoujl BOOKINGS T«l *****34 235 1 VXQf J PESAKA JAR DINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON. BNO. PORT KELAN6 TEL 36*4111 TELEX NO. MA*****/MA***** PENANG TU *****4 TELEX NO MA*****
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    • 1056 32 IROTTERDAM/ VOY NO S'POBE P. KELANG SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ANTWERP LE HAVRE TOKYO BAY 00/508 10/0 5/9 7/9 I I<V9 OSAKA BAY 96/586 23/8 17/9 11/9 14/9 10/9 16/9 LONOON EXPRESS 13/500 27/8 13/9 15/9 18/9 MONTE ROSA 09/502 30/8 24/9 18/9 20/9 17/9 23/9 HONG KONG EXPRESS 96/506 2/9
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    • 463 32 SOUTH m I. FLOREANA 30/8 13/9 16/9 21/9 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO VIA SUVA TO: LAUTOKA, ("AGO PAGO. APIA I NUKUALOAFA DIRECT CHILE SERVICE SIN IQQ ANF VAP I. FLOREANA 30/8 5/10 6/10 10/10 Alm KMfrtifif Cargo to CjIUo (Peru) via Valp* Aflente:lWMW lllilll S. JAYA: 03-*****15 BOOKINGS: *****0 NORTHBOUND TO
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    • 1820 33 ssSSfSteamers Maritime Holdings Ltd p&o I m STRAITS SHIPPING 11 j Containers ■li■^*'JS' wl EnvlnlS^KH^iVMTv^flfls^lll^lll gy^|jyggjyyQygy|ggyi|l|||iyggygg||y||g| Vty to Ml»i* Sport S to* H'burf B Njvwi R'da« L«H ACCEPTS DUE SAILS TOKYO MY W* lEXIVM IM* 0M» 0M» 1W CARGO 04AKA4AV ana -HOXMfM 23« 17» 11* UfQt lOrfß IMB BINTANC BELAIT
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    • 1625 33 TQ: EMRQPE JQ; FAR EA§T SP LN ton NAM B'HVN FLX SPORE M RAO KM BU CHOYANG SUCCESS 010W 11/1 4/1 7/1 1/1 Ufi 11/1 CHOYANG CHANCE MK 21/1 W SH W OH HAN JIN HAMBURG OHW M 13/1 14/1 IS/1 17/1 U/l HANJIN LEHARVE 000E V* M Sjl 3/1
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    • 540 34 f im!if ""is;" 11 -Wr-i'i pV gwfcjig n ffi i' I CR NBR **********0-D EXPRESS SEMt-CONTAINEISHIP SERVICE VSLWOY SPORE R'DAM/ H'tURG BREMEN ANTWERP ABM KUTAI/20WB 23-210 23fl 9ft 2/10 S/10 HATAAAM|77WB gaff 22A0 26/10 2»/l0 2/U FAST TRANSIT TIME ACCEPTING BREAKBUUC/COMTAMCRtSEO CARQO ftytlNMd. IW Ai—rtii. OHnca!THaa?" r -l, IIB >
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    • 963 35 —z NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD SINGAPORE TEL: *****77 (CR NO: **********0E) S BOOKINGS: UK/EUROPE SERVICE— *****19 USA SERVICE— *****16 a AUST/INDIA/PAK SERVICE- *****18 FAR EAST SERVICE- *****48 afigg TERMINAL OFFICE .*****022 DOCUMENTATION DEPT: *****44/ *****14 MM CFS: M 2 -IMPORT: *****69/*****50 CFS:M2 EXPORT: *****53/*****04 K Mo3)^ *****87, Penang-(04) *****0, J.Bahru-(07)
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    • 423 35 Specarge N KEELUNG Tel: *****55 > (19/8) \o\ KAOHSIUfIG PN FOR BOOKINGS 1 l TEL' *****17 k BAN6KOK j TEL. *****17 I COLOM&h (18/8). V\/ VylS'S) HjV JSSj y ISpecargo's Own \(J )(Vw /V\/ Operated Vx» y Warehouse at 2\) FTZ Warehous«T«l: *****50 Hschenker S«oncs in 5 ComincnU (WEEKLY LCL/FCL
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    • 1063 35 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD BOOKING: *****51/ *****64/ *****59 (FESCO LINE) ENQUIRIES: *****33 KL: 03-*****75/697 PORT KELANG: *****43/ *****40 PENANG: *****4/ *****8 JOHORE BAHRU: *****1/ *****1 DKCHtHaHC OK* EASHOUHP LOADIHC fO« WtSTWXJIIO iams wim |y« |majula mo*t varum. got wut mum nuxoi n*m »qtt imrmm il wwiuw not
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    • 1400 37 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD I gmm PIL Putting, 140 Cecil Street *0300, Singapore 0106. sin B*B sih nirrt Mi. MM TT. mm r, PEQASUS PROGRESS 830N 1M 21/8 2VI OJELTA MAS WM IM ITJ w« KOTA MA OA UN 1M 21/S IH i IAMfI !!T. 22 S3 KOTA MNQA
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  • Page 40 Advertisements
    • 807 40 INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER OF EACON SERVICE FROM FAR EAST TO NORTH CONTINENT OUTBOUNO SIN FIX MV ROM ANT HK RST T WENOA W ST* 7ft Ifl W> Ufl AMERICAN StN WFOM ~n/T "u/T MM lift 170 lift ~IT 0 OKJTEWOML 100 !W 2|l Oft 25ft Oft EUROPEAN SCN 4ft
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  • Page 44 Advertisements
    • 1035 44 xG\ CB SHIPPING (@£3} MARINE SERVICES QUEENSLAND/PAPUA NEW GUINEA SERVICES CMTAMBt/Ld/HIEAIIBUiK SERVICE "ANKE" SERVICE SPE LAE MISIMA POM. T'VILLE V.1658 21/1 1/9 3/9 4/9 8/9 V.1758 16/9 28/9 1/10 2/10 6/10 MUMS ACCEPTED FOR EMT MLMMTMI ill aapfeptet art irtiiiPLATOU PACIFIC t 1 SHIPPING SERVICES V REGULAR FAR EAST N.
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    • 242 44 ZffM ADKRIS BUSINESS Irtm CORPORATION PHILIPPINE CALSOURCE SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD REMOVAL NOTICE Please be informed that with the effect from 11th August 1990 our office will be at: 3, Shenton Way #09-08 Shenton House Singapore 0106 Tel: *****88 Tlx: RS ***** Fax: (65) *****11 (65) *****35 (aSG)*SQ FORWARDMG (SMOAPORE)
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    • 447 46 CHARTPOINTI Every Saturday in Business Times PAKISTAN NATIONAL -|Ssr SHIPPING CORP., KARACHI. INDONESIA MALAYSIA KARACHI MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE FOR KARACHI, DUBAI AND DAMMAN. VESSEL KUANTAN PT. KLANG PENANG TBN 25/8/90 INDONESIA MALAYSIA EAST ASIA SERVICE FOR HK TWN S.KOREA JAPAN VESSEL BELAWAN PALEMBANG P. BAHRU JAMBI TBN 15/8 INDONESIA
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