The Business Times, 17 April 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 TUESDAY, APRIL 17,1184 60 CENTS
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  • 488 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH ROWS upon rows of Housing and Development Board flats, condominiums or bungalows could be a common sight in the reclaimed Marina South and Marina East if the suggestions of a pioneer in Singapore's urban renewal programme are taken up
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  • 93 1 Reuter THE Hngktng economy could expand more rapidly than official forecasts Indicate, the Hongkong A Shanghai Banking Corporation said. In its monthly Hongkong economic report It said gross domestic product growth in 1184 could be higher than the f per eent
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  • 509 1  -  By ALVIN TAY THREE leading finance companies have raised their housing loan rates, a move which is likely to spark off similar increases in the finance industry. Potential car buyers are a luckier group, at least for the time being, as hire purchase
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  • 471 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Banking Correspondent KEPPEL Shipyard, which has successfully issued a US$lOO million commercial paper, plans to tap more funds from US markets. A Keppel spokesman told Business Times yesterday: "The successful launching of the commercial paper programme means the
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  • 337 1 AFP AP THE trial of the alleged killer of a Malaysian banker opened spectacularly in Hongkong yesterday with a prosecution suggestion that the victim might have been murdered for holding up a loan to the collapsed Carrian empire. Prosecuting officer Anthony Duckett
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 81 1 UPI A SIKH Akali Party leader and a tea-shop owner were shot and killed yesterday in an apparent power struggle among Sikh militant groups to direct a campaign for autonomy in the Indian state of Punjab. Officials in New Delhi said the bloodshed came in the wake
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    • 61 1 AFP CHINA'S top businessman yesterday disclosed a massive project to transform part of the flood-ravaged Pearl River estuary near Hongkong into a sugar-based agri-business zone. Wang Guangying, chairman of Everbright, a Beijing-owned corporation run on capitalist lines, said that 170 square km of land would be reclaimed from
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    • 84 1 Reuter A TWO-DAY meeting of South-east Asian trade ministers and US officials led by Special Representative William Brock opened in Manila yesterday to discuss ways of further expanding trade and minimising protectionist policies. Philippine Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Romulo Lumauig said the meeting would focus on
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    • 83 1 Bernama MALAYSIA had a trade surplus of M 52.198 million last year. The country's Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Haji Muhyiddin Yassin told Parliament in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that the overall performance of the external balance was good, especially when compared with the trade deficit of about $859.2
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    • 72 1 AFP VIETNAMESE troops have captured and burned a third Cambodian resistance enclave on the Thai border. Military officials in Bangkok said yesterday that about 1,000 ground troops seized the camp on Sunday at Sok Sann, opposite Thailand's south-eastern Trat province. Sok Sann was the southern-most border camp under
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    • 89 1 Reuter THE Australian Meat and Livestock Corp is seeking concerted government and industry action to prevent the European Economic Community from dumping highly subsidised beef exports in the Pacific region markets now supplied by Australia. The corporation has prepared a paper outlining the potential dangers of EEC selling
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  • 258 1  -  By' TERESA LIM HONGKONG aewspapers reported yesterday that Ctrriu laywer Jthi Wlmbush committed saleide. However, the colony's police would not confirm the reports, saying his death had not been classified. Whether or ant his drowning was the resait of suicide would have to he
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  • 256 1 THIS is definitely not a job for the postman. DHL, a courier company which normally carries urgent mail, has landed itself a job that will make its competitors turn green with envy. Early this month, the company began seeing 300 three-metre newly "uprooted" angsana
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 608 2  -  By JOANNE YAP FEWER than half the expected number of visitors turned up at Asiatex '84, yet the 15.4 million worth of sales transacted during this exhibition on garment and textile machinery was an improvement over that of the first exhibition in 1961.
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    • 264 2 THE city of the future will see greater decentralisation. Increasing use of computers will reduce the need for physical contacts in the exchange of information. Home computers can be linked to office computers, enabling more people to work at home, and leading to greater decentralisation.
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    • 161 2 CHANGI Airport's $158 million Runway n system will be officially commissioned today. The system, operational since Feb I, consists of a 3,555-metre long runway, taxiways, airfield lighting system and aeronautical landing aids. The $158 million is just a fraction of the $1,744 million that has
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    • 312 2  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF SINGAPORE workers ire m*rt (•rtuute than their counterparts In BrngkHg. For example, then are no ceutral provident hud HV| lags and employees' welfare Is minimal In the British colony. Mr S Vasoo, one of the People's Action Party's candidates la
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    • 421 2  -  By ALVIN TAY CIVIL service officers will no longer work within the confines of a small cubicle, separated from their colleagues by four walls. Instead, they will sit together under the new openplan office layout, which will result in a saving of 30 per
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    • 358 2  -  By TSANG SAU YIN TALENTED account executives and account managers from the advertising industry will be given recognition in Singapore. This is the promise held out by a new advertising award called "The Fraser and Neave Young Advertising Executive of the Year". In spite of its
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    • 243 2 THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) should not be too critical of Asean labour laws and policies Just because they seem incompatible with international standards. Instead, the ILO should play a more positive role by helping Asean and other member countries create the right
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    • 42 2 THE general repair and maintenance of the Singapore Conference Hall, which is scheduled to be carried out from July to October, has been postponed to AprilJuly 1965. The Hall is now available for booking from July to October 1964.
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 668 3 Reuter BRITISH Foreign Secretary -Sir Geoffrey Howe began sensitive discussions with China yesterday on the future of Hongkong as hopes rose in the colony for an end to more than 18 months of uncertainty. Some 50 Hongkong reporters and cameramen joined foreign newsmen packing
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    • 234 3 Reuter MALAYSIA yesterday proclaimed the tiny island of Labuan a federal territory to block secessionist moves in the state of Sabah. Announcing the move, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh said: "There have been attempts in this part of Malaysia in the past to
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    • 325 3 Reuter SIKH extremists shot dead a Hindu priest and set fire a second time yesterday to one of 37 Punjab railway stations burned in attacks which started on Sunday. Police in New Delhi said the attacks early yesterday morning were carried out despite stepped-up
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    • 509 3 Reuter VIETNAMESE and rebel Cambodian forces traded heavy artillery (ire yesterday in the second day of a major Hanoi offensive that has sent 75,000 refugees fleeing into Thailand. The coordinated Vietnamese offensive on at least three fronts was the heaviest of the current dry season,
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    • 438 3 Reuter THE US yesterday began a fresh effort to secure a nuclear cooperation agreement with China before President Reagan's visit to the country later this month. A team of US officials headed by Richard Kennedy, ambassador-at-large for nuclear policy, arrived in Beijing on Sunday
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    • 328 3 Reuter THE US-supported mining of Nicaraguan ports has not seriously affected trade at the height of the cotton and coffee export season. Shipping agents in Nicaragua's main port of Corinto said yesterday that the port, which handles about 90 per cent of the country's
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    • 764 4 Reuter A NATIONAL coal strike which could close Britain's mines for months now looks almost inevitable as miners rally behind their leftwing leadership. After five weeks in which regional action by militant miners has shut three out of every four collieries "the phoney
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    • 181 4 Reuter ITALY'S apposition Communist Party yesterday looked set to force a revision in government legislation aimed at catting Inflationlinked wage rises. The government has now all but given np hope of converting Into law a M-day decree which cats by a quarter indexed wage
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    • 290 4 NEW YORK, often called the Big Apple, perhaps ought to be known as the Big Office. A report prepared by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (MHT), America's fourth largest bank, shows that white-col-lar workers in New York are rapidly replacing factory workers. In 1983,
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    • 236 4 Reuter US presidential economic adviser Martin Feldstein said congressional action on a deficit reduction package should prevent any significant rise in US interest rates this year. Mr Feldstein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said in an NBC television interview that the
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    • 148 4 AFP TWO businessmen face 25 years in jail after pleading guilty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to selling Apple II home computers made from imported, Taiwanese-made c o un t e rfeit components, court officials said on Sunday. They said Albert Chua and Alfons Keh admitted
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    • 248 4 UPI THREE months into the election-year session, Congress and President Reagan are at war. There is no truce in sight. The confrontation, increasingly hostile, has engulfed virtually every issue facing Congress as the elections draw increasingly near. And not since he took office, a little
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 23 7 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.65 per cent.
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    • 181 7 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at 5 pm on April 16: US Dollan Offer Bid 7 days 1011/16 109/16 1 month 1011/*****/16 2 months 10'n 10%. 3 months 11 10H 6 months im nw 0 months 117/16 11 5/16 12 months 11* 11* Dm>. Sw-Fn. (Middle Price.) 1
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    • 46 7 RANGE of price* offered by discount houses on April 16: Overnight: 3 3VI Call deposits: 3 —3 V. ClosiSf Rdtuim Seilisf 3-month Treasury bUls 2% 2* 3-month Bank bills 89/16 87/18 3 months CD 8 7% 8 months CD 8 7% Source: National Discount Co
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    • 99 7 THE US dollar eased against other major currencies yesterday on sporadic local selling in the afternoon after a steady start. Dealers described the day's trading as dull and featureless, with Friday's US March wholesale and industrial production data having no influence on the market. The US dollar drifted lower
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    • 385 7 THE US dollar remained easier against major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Dealers said the market was quiet with no significant factors. The US currency opened at 552.0855/70 against the Singapore dollar. It rose to a high of 2.0885 and a low of 2.0850 before ending
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    • 279 7 THE dollar closed easier at 225.00 yen against the 225.25/40 New York finish on Friday after thin trading in line with its fall against the mark. "The dollar/yen is still in a boxed range between 223 and 226 yen, failing to show a clear trend," said Shuichi Fujimori, foreign
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    • 220 7 TRADE in gold futures was at a standstill in Singapore yesterday with no business reported. Prices were easier on weaker overseas advices. Prompt closed softer at US$379.50/381.50 an ounce against New York's Friday $382/383 close, June at $384.50/386.50 against $386.80/387.20 and August at $391.50/394.50 against $393.50/394.00. Retail prices as
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    • 34 7 New York 9.23B 9.12B 9.28S 9.17S Zurich 9 10B 9 15B 9.1SS 9.20S Mm KVt Singapore 9.12B 9.158 9.17S 9.20S Closing price* In US dollar* a troy ounc Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore.
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    • 83 7 THE dollar yesterday opened more than 1.5 pfennig higher in moderate trading and in line with New York's Friday close with dealers wary of being short of the US currency ahead of the coming long weekend for the Easter holiday. Opening quotes yesterday: US 1.4232/4242 Can 1.8210/30 Cross 1.2800/03
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    • 456 7 Reuter THE LIBERALISATION of Japan's financial markets is not likely to have an early specific impact on the value of the yen, said Hywel Jones, director of the London-based Henley Centre for Forecasting. In the next few weeks Japan is likely to announce some more
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    • 210 7 Reuter NET profit at Bank of China (BOC) rose 13.2 per cent to 1.2 billion yuan last year on a 15.1 per cent rise in total assets to 137.85 billion yuan, the bank's annual report said. Taking away abnormal items not usually
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    • 76 7 Reuter NATIONAL Westminster Bank PLC has Increased its floating rate note with no final maturity to a total sf USsstt million from $3M million beeanse of widespread demand. 1W bank said the Initial tranche was Increased to $3M million from $2M million and the on (standing tap
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    • 311 7 Reuter THE RECENT rise in US interest rates will only brake the fall in the dollar against major currencies temporarily and the rise in rates could even be shortlived if the economy slows in the second quarter, Lloyds Bank International said. In its monthly
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    • 136 7 Reuter MALAYSIA'S central bank, Bank Negara, has told banks they must report all loans above one million ringgit made by foreign branches, bank officials said yesterday. The measure follows disclosures in Hongkong that a subsidiary of Bank Bumiputra had at least HK$4.7 billion
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 315 9 THE rubber market closed slightly lower in Singapore yesterday with May One RSS buyers quoted at 231.25 cents a kilo, down 1.25 cents from last Friday's close. The morning session was marked down slightly on lack of follow-through support in quiet trading, after a firmer opening. Prices lost further
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    • 248 9 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Close Noon (per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 227.50 228.50N 226.25 227.25N Int. 1 R.S.S. May 232.50 233.00 231.25 231.75 Int. 1 R.S.S. June 232.00 232.50 230.75 231.25 Int. 2 R.S.S. 224.00 226.00N 223.00
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    • 96 9 NOON SSR ud SMR prkee yesterday: HAS May June (Correal Mtk) (Forward Mtk) SSR 20 Buyers Sailer* Bayer* Seller* (1-too pallet) 212.50 213.50N 213.50 215.50N SSR SO (1-ton pallet) 210.50 212.50N v 212.50 214.50N MRELB May Jaae SMR CV (1-ton pallet) 271.00 273.00N 273.00 275.00N SMR L
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    • 30 9 Rubber April 16 Singapore: May 231.25 cents (down 1.25 cents) Malaysia: May 252.25 cents (down 1.25 cents) Tin: M 529.15 per kilo (unchanged) 132 tonnes (up 27 tonnes)
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    • 90 9 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday held at the ITA floor level of M 529.15 a Idlo. The price has been unchanged since March amid a continning absence of foreign buying and little support from local interests. Dealers said the premium over London remained at £451 a
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    • 172 9 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed lower yesterday in quiet trading on profit-taking after last week's surge and lack of interest, following Pakistan's rejection of RBD palm oil offers at its Friday tender. In the April position, south region fell Mslo while central was unchanged, both at $1,480
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    • 159 9 CHINESE Prtiite Exchaage, Singapore, n*on clasing prices per 1M kg yesterday. Caeaaat *11: Bulk fob $194.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $207.00 sellers, new drum fob $211.00 sellers. Capra: Mixed (loose) $110 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $632.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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    • 195 9 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cattaa Yara: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,470, 32 s 3,960, 40's 4,100 (per bale of 400 lbs). Ptece Gwdi: China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq, Dragon Head unq. Five Lamte unq. Flower and
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    • 323 9 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.05, 100 per cent second class 0.82, 100 per cent third class 0.78, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B--10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.63, Special
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    • 1023 9 COFFEE: Robusta futures ended a fairly active morning session yesterday. The market opened about £20 lower, around £5 easier than expected, because of mixed trade and commission house selling reflecting the transfer of one million bags in export quotas into the current quarter. The second July position reached
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 403 9 TRADING in BHP shares dominated a quiet day on Australian stock exchanges yesterday. In Sydney, options were exercised covering 1.4 million BHP shares, which the brokers linked to the stock going ex-bonus and ex-divi-dend today and so forcing the closing-off of April option positions. BHP finned five cents to
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    • 329 9 HONGKONG SHARE prices closed little changed yesterday after a day of slow trading, recouping an early decline on some late short-covering. The Hang Seng Index closed 0.22 down at 1,075.48, after a 12.60point loss at mid-morning. Most investors were on the sidelines, awaiting developments from British Foreign Secretary
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    • 462 9 THE market closed slightly higher yesterday after a day of light trading with late profit-taking and liquidations offsetting most morning gains. The market average rose 4.46 to close at 11,019.67 after gaining 48.06 on Friday. It briefly rose 32.17 at mid-morning. The turnover was 330 million shares against
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    • 206 9 SHARE prices closed generally higher yesterday in quiet trading with the cement group again leading the activity. The Book Club Index rose 0.23 to 116.30 on turnover of 43.8 million baht with 355,547 shares changing hands. Siam Cement rose 12 baht to 372, Siam City Cement eight to 350
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    • 168 9 SHARE prices closed firmer reflecting higher prices of copper in the United States. The Commercial and Industrial Index was up 0.76 at 131.04, the Mining Marker rose 19.24 to 1,096.53 and the Oils Index firmed O.OIBHO 0.796. Lepanto B was up to 0.0725 from 0.07, Philex B to 0.*****
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    • 247 9 APR 16 NT I All Sincere Indus AjU Cement Cathay Cons Chanf Hwa Bank 10JD 31 40 32.90 5650 -04 0J 0J unch Chen Loong Chla Hsln Cement China Chem China De* China Elect Wire 32.90 17-30 25 90 16.40 +0J -0J -02 unch ♦0.1 China Quit Plas China
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  • 453 10 FTVE years from now, reporters from this newspaper could be following a Cabinet minister on his Sunday walkabout in a constituency called Marina South. During the tour they will meet some very privileged Singaporeans, those who actually walk to work in Singapore's intensely built-up central area.
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  • 1362 10 FT AUSTRALIAN passports are changing hands in Hongkong for US$lO,OOO. In Canada, "immigration consultants" are pocketing fat fees for helping Chinese entrepreneurs through the red tape. Estate agents in San Francisco report a surge of small investments from the British crown
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  • 481 10  -  By RICK GLADSTONE AP WITHIN eyesight ef Mae Zedong's milsoleum la RelJUg lies a faded building where government baahers have qaletly scrapped his revetatteaary teachings, embraced capitalist savvy aad earned the Ml 11am of dellars. It Is the state Baah ef Chlaa, specialist la
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 661 10 TWO-I H-ORE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Slip a novice into the team (5) 8 Peg gives the beast heart (5) 10 Supporters, for life, of the Mariners? (5) 11 Punishment of opera plagiarists (3) 12 Like a tame tiger? (5) 13 Overseers right among enemies (7) 15 A teetotaller,
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  • 776 11  -  The developing world is afflicted with a virulent form of hepatitis known as hepatitis-B and the Chinese are particular targets. 808 KING reports on efforts to combat the virus in Taiwan, where it kills one in ten. BOB KING FT ONE in
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  • 848 11  -  By LEONARD SILK NYT WHILE the economic recovery increases the odds of President Reagan's re-election, relatively high unemployment persists in different parts of America and could hurt him in some key states. The impact of unemployment on voting patterns is already evident in
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  • 419 11  -  By JONATHAN SHARP LEVI Strauss and Company installed a new president and chief executive officer this month as part of an effort to make sure that the company's financial position does not fade like its renowned blue jeans. The San Francisco-based clothing
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  • 194 11  -  Letter Ortega Lee Pnhbc Relations Officer for Principal Singapore Polytechnic I REFER to the article "More space by July for Polytechnic" in the Easiness Times (April 13, 1S84). The Singapore Polytechnic academic session 1184-85 will commence on June 11, 1184, not In Jaly as stated.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • 221 12 I AM most happy to be given this opportunity to say a few words in conjunction with the official opening of the Port of Kuantan today. The opening of an international port in the East Coast of Malaysia had been a dream long cherished by
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  • 150 12 FIRST and foremost I wish to convey my gratitude and thanks to the Kuantan Port Authority for giving me the honour to say a few words in conjunction with the official opening of the port. On. behalf of the government and the people of
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  • 2002 12 THE government and various related authorities should have good reasons to be happy and possibly will feel relieved when the King decjares the Kuantan port officially open today. It puts an end to nearly six anxietyfilled years which cast dark shadows on the future and
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    • 97 12 IJM •VsSas*-"-* ->:# e s *HKl S W i a* -mm w > fli :i£ 1 -w. >¥ «4"t >* tr. ■4 41 *5* r^-v. uawselamat Kami mengucapkan Selamat Maju Jaya kepada Lembaga Pelabuhan Kuantan sempena pembukaan rasmi oleh Kebawah DYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Haji Ahmad
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    • 121 13 Congratulations to Kuan tan Port Authority on the official opening of The Port of Kuan tan by His Majesty The Yang DiPertuan Agong March, '82 August, 82 iHnt IP m J MfeuX; I. Removal of Existing Facilities May, '83 PR •iwS i n*> -i> .it f Pile Driving and Excavation
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  • 1738 14 It is suggested that with the creation of the FTZ at Kuantan Port it would be possible to replicate the Cree port conditions in Singapore and therefore encourage traders to export through Kuantan Port. The existence of a free trade zone at the
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    • 340 14 To Kuantan Port Authority on the official opening of the Port of idjantan by Kebawah Dnli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Di PertuanAgong From PNSL PERBADANAN NASIONAL SHIPPING LINE BERHAD HEAD OFFICE: 3RD FLOOR, ANNEXE BLOCK, MENARA TUN RAZAK, J ALAN RAJA LAUT, P.O. BOX *****, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.
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  • 342 15 The port is expected to handle about 950 ships this year compared to 884 ships last year. Its throughput is expected to increase to about 858,000 tonnes. THE Kuantan port consists of an inner harbour and an outer harbour. The inner harbour is enclosed by
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    • 164 15 WE PURSSIA SDN BHD, CEMENT PEOPLE raftlte KUANTAN PORT AUTHORITY ON YOUR OFFICIAL OPENING DULI YANG MAHA MULIA SERI PADUKA BAGINDA SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH AL-MUSTA'LN BILLAH IBNI AL-MARHUM SULTAN ABU BAKAR RI'AYATUDDIN AL-MU'ADZAM SHAH, YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG MORE THAN 180,000 METRIC TONS OF HIGHEST STANDARD PURSSIA CEMENT ARE IMPORTED
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    • 195 15 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO KUANTAN PORT AUTHORITY ON THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PORT OF KUANTAN BY KEBAWAH DULI YANG MAHA MUUA SERI PADUKA BAGINDA YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONG SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH AL-MUSTA'IN BILLAH IBNI AL MARHUM SULTAN ABU BAKAR RPAYATUDDIN AL-MU'ADZAM SHAH We are proud to be involved in the
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  • 887 16 WHEN the Kuantan Port became fully operational since January this year, it marked the belated realisation of a project initiated by the late Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, in the early *****. Its official opening today marks the accomplishment of a major development
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  • 334 16 KUANTAN Port is one of the few ports which allows keen competition among private stevedoring companies to offer services to shipping companies. There are about half a dozen stevedoring 'contractors who are li- censed by the port authority to operate at the port. The companies have to
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  • 370 16 Several shipping and forwarding agents had established their offices in Kuantan in anticipation of the port commencing operations. Some even setup offices as far back as in 1975- THE quality of service offered by a port depends also to a large extent on the type of ancilliary
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 100 16 m i HH i ki Kuantan Port Authority on the official opening of The Port of Kuantan by His Majesty, The Yang DiPertuan Agong from 05) r-v* AG-10, Block A, Happy Mansion, Jalan 17/13, Petaling Jaya. Tel: *****7, *****2, *****5, *****0. Telex: TIJARA MA ***** We ewe pleased to be
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  • 546 17 According to projections, containerised direct industrial throughput at the port could reach 312,000 tonnes or about 7,805 teus by next year. In the initial years it is envisaged that container traffic at the port would be on a small scale,
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    • 114 17 Congratulations to Kuantan Port Authority on the official opening of The Port of Kuantan by His Majesty, The Yang Di Pertuan Agong. Boustead Shipping Agencies Sdn Bhd 2nd Floor, 54, Jalan Gambut, Kuantan. Tel: *****/722 Telex: MA***** Congratulations Kuantan Port Authority on the official opening of The Port of Kuantan
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    • 191 17 coNcaumiLsnmis Li to Kuantan Port Authority on the official opening of The Port of Kuantan by His Majesty, The Yang Dipertuan Agong MAWARIA SHIPPING MALAYSIA SDN BHD 36 JALAN BERANGAN, PORT KELANG TELEPHONE 03-*****9, 03-*****1, 03-*****4, 03-*****8 TELEX MA ***** MAWAR CABLE-MAWARIA PORT KELANG BRANCHES KUANTAN TELEPHONE 095-*****2 TELEX MA
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  • 2467 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 3536 18 Gr"« Gr's Nat IM4 Last DW Dtv YTd P/E Vol Day dick L»w Conpany Sal* or- C»r (-000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 172 120 A M D B 50e 125 -3 1.8 0.7 26 127 124 310 252 Ac ma 270 7.5 2.7 308 200
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  • 188 18 Managers' prices far April 11 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST The Commerce 3.36 3.57 The Savings Fund 1.96 2.08 S pore Prog Fund 1.42 1.51 S pore Sec. Fund 2.1$ 2.33 S pore Invest Fund 1.17 1.24 S pore Equity Fund 1.42 1.51 ASIA UNIT TRUST Mai Invest Fund 2.66
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  • 2003 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INIH'STKIALS A|MOMto (4 00S) (2) 3.92 Airwn (2.288 2.365) (8) 2 36
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  • 805 18 IN A DULL, (Mtareica session yesterday, share prices closed broadly lower at the Singapore stock market. Vol sine slowed dramatically as Investors kept away, waiting for clearer market signs. At the clone, the Straits Times Indnstflal Index lost Ml points to 14N46 while the brooder
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  • 534 18 A DISTINCTLY easier mood prevailed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, taking a broad range of shares lower. Share prices held up well in early trading but softened around tea break. As trading progressed, prices yielded more ground to close at the day's
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 220 19 PRIMA Limited: Twentyfourth AGM to be held at 201 Keppel Road, Singapore 0409 on Tuesday, April 17 at 3 pm. INCHCAPE Berhad: Seventeenth AGM to be held at Inchcape House, Third Storey, 450/452 Alexandra Road, Singapore 0511on April 24 at noon. SEMBAWANG Shipyard Limited: Fifteenth AGM to be
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    • 906 19 FEARS that the British miners' dispute may intensify and lack of institutional support drove share prices sharply lower yesterday, dealers said. At 3pm, the FT 30 Index dropped 19.0 points to 876.2. Falls of lOp were widespread among leaders, including GKN at 196, BTR at 477, ICI at
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    • 388 19 DUNLOP Estates Bhd's pre-tax earnings for the year ended Dec 31, 1983 amounted to a hefty M 529.06 million, exceeding the group's earlier conservative estimate of |18.6 million by 56.2 per cent. This even surpassed the more bullish estimate of $21 million made by
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    • 147 19 Reuter CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd will invest more than HK$l billion In Hongkong this year, chairman Li KaShing told the South China Morning Post. Mr Li said in an exclusive interview the company had already committed some of the money but he did not give
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    • 621 19  -  By CHAN MAY PENG GANDA HOLDINGS Bhd has made a hefty capital gain of $22.8 million from the revaluation of two of its prime properties W ism as Central in Kuala Lumpur and Penang. These property assets, which were retained by the group for long-term investments
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 188 19 SOUTH EAST aha development corporation rerhad Notice To Shareholders Your Directors are pleased to announce the results of the operations of the Company and of the Group for the year ended January 31, 1984 as follows--31.1.1984 Company Group $*000 $*000 31.1.1983 Company Group $'000 $'000 Operating Revenue 4,855 14.032 13,126
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    • 751 19 Cold Storage Holdings R L.C. The Directors are pleased to announce the audited results for the year to 31st January, 1984. The Group The Company 1(A) Turnover 786,500 747,100 5.3 2. Operating profit before interest, tax, minority interest and extraordinary items 26,100 25,052 4.2 1,118 1,020 9.6 Interest (2.481) (938)
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 188 20 Rises Indices K L Industries 610 23 Apr 13 Apr 16 Times Pub 890 20 Wilkinson 650 20 15 10 6 BT Composite: 931.27 923.73 I C B H Leong Credit Utd Plantations 780 810 484 BT Indicator: ST Industrials: *****60 1007.36 *****22 1000.55 New Serendah 434 6 ST
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      159 20 Rises Indices KL Ind 920 35 Apr 13 Apr 16 Falls MBT Indicator: *****67 *****42 N ST 2360 70 NST Industrials: 1485.29 1470.76 Talam 1600 -70 NST Finance: 2842.96 2815.48 P Chem 1710 -70 NST Hotels: 659.77 659.65 Kuchai 1830 -60 NST Properties 934.38 929.02 Taiping Con 3600
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    • 50 20 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 764.0 Week Ago 758.1 Monday 1075.48 Friday 1075.70 Week Ago 1070.27 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 895,2 Thursday 888.6 Week Ago 865.4 Monday 991.0 Friday 989.8 Week ago 979.0 ALL ORDINARIES Monday 764.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 1150.13 Thursday 1157.14 Week Ago 1132.22
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  • LATEST RESULTS
    • 34 20 Group pre-tax profits of $531,000 for the 13 months to Jan 31, 1984, against a loss of $1.79 million in 1982. No dividend has been recommended in order to conserve cash.
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    • 35 20 Group pre-tax profits rose to M 542.65 million in 1983 from $38.11 million the year before. A second final dividend of 10 per cent less tax will be paid on July 5.
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    • 39 20 Group pre-tax profits amounted to M 58.04 million in 1983 on turnover of $18.62 million. A final dividend of 10 per cent gross is payable on June 23 to shareholders registered on June 7.
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  • 666 20  -  if Companies Editor: ALAN LEE By NAJEEB JARHOM ALONG with the release of flat year-end results. Cold Storage Holdings PLC has announced a revaluation of its properties, giving a total market value of about $350 million as at Jan 31, 1984. The food-based group,
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  • 234 20 VAN der Horst has announced that the agreement among its three substantial shareholders to grant to each other "a right of pre-emption" In respect of their shareholdings In the company has been dissolved. The substantial shareholders are Commonwealth Development Finance Co Ltd, which was
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  • 527 20  -  By CHAN OI CHEE DEPRESSED conditions in the hotel trade last year did not exactly lead to unfavourable performances by the hotel-owning companies. Results of Hotel Grand Central and Sealion Hotels for 1983, released yesterday, reveal mixed fortunes. Hotel Grand Central
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  • 235 20 MBf HOLDINGS Bhd has reached agreement to acquire 1.02 million shares, representing 85 per cent of the paid-up capital of Harding Carpets Sdn Bhd for M 51.25 million cash. In addition to having the sole agency rights to sell and distribute carpets manufactured by Harding
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  • 200 20 HEAD of Civil Service and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance's Public Service Division, Mr Sim Kee Boon, will be appointed chairman of Straits Steamship Co Ltd on May 4, succeeding Mr George Bogaars. Mr Sim will soon take over from Mr Bogaars as chairman of both Keppel Shipyard
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  • 222 20 MR LEE Kim Yew, chairman of United Industrial Corporation (UIC), has disposed of another block of five million shares in the property-cum-chemicals company through his privately-held companies. The sale, at $1.90 per share, was made on March 26, but was only disclosed to the
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  • 404 20 ENTREPRENEUR Datuk Azman Hashim has confirmed that he is buying a stake in wire rope manufacturer Berjaya Kawat Bhd via Nautilus Corp Bhd. He told Business Times yesterday that he has replaced lawyer cum businessman Megat Najmuddin bin Datuk Seri Megat Khas as
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 109 20 SEE PAGE 19 FOR LONDON STOCKS THE LEGAL PROFESSION DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE A compendium of valuable information on the legal system in Singapore, its operation and the organs involved in the administration of justice in Singapore. A Directory of Judges, Lawyers, Legal Officers, Law Lecturers, Law Publications and persons connected
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    • 176 20 Aiailable at all leading Opticians. fashioned to last. Stile Agent: Neuvista Agency Pte Ltd. > II I 111 rl I k of the latest developments in Japan's Steel industry by regularly subscribing to JAPAN STEEL JOURNAL, the one and only English daily journal in Japan, supplies Quick, accurate and authentic
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 59 20 OUTLOOK for today: Showers over several areas in the mid-morning and early afterReport for 24 hours prior to 7.3* pm on April 1C at the airport: Maximum temperature 30.9 Associated humidity 62 Minimum temperature 22.8 Associated humidity 98 Hours of sunshine 4.65 Rainfall in millimetres 34.2 Total rainfall for the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 323 21 THE state-owned Thai Maritime Navigation Co (TMNC) has plans to buy two new vessels as part of its modernisation plan. According to the Bangkok Post, the chairman of TMNC's board of directors, Admiral Adul Tulyanonda, said the two new ships to be bought
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    • 551 21  -  By G DURAIRAJ KUANTAN Port, which is expected to play an important role as the principal sea outlet on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, will be opened today by the Malaysian King. Backed by a firm guarantee from the contractors who carried
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 180 21 Reuter KARMAHOM Conference has imposed a port surcharge on cargo loaded at Indian ports with effect from April 16, a spokesman for the conference said. Conference chairman CC Modi said this is being done to seek compensation for the additional costs that ships may incur while waiting
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      • 65 21 Reuter TAIWAN imported 77 old ships for breaking, or 771,000 light displacement tons (ldt), in the first quarter of 1984, the Taiwan Association of Old Ships Demolition Engineering Industry said. This compared with 50 vessels totalling 652,000 ldt in the same period last year, an association
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      • 38 21 THE Straits/Bombay/Karachi/Gulf Conference will introduce a congestion surcharge of 10 per cent at Bombay effective April 23. The Straits/Calcutta /Bangladesh Conference will also implement a congestion surcharge of 10 per cent at Calcutta effective April 23.
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    • 662 21 Shipping Line P»g« C«l Abe* Transport IV 4 Afea VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner vn 5 Alpac VI S Antara Shpg IV 1 A PC Line V 4 m 4 5 ASCL m 1 Asia broker V 5 Austasia Line V 1 Bali-Orient vn 4/5 Bangkok Cont VI
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    • 154 22 THE London-based International Maritime Organisation has approved the Philippine government's proposal for technical assistance and financing for the training of prospective Filipino seamen on board ships of developed maritime nations. Captain Victorino Basco, administrator of the Maritime Industry Authority, said that the IMO has agreed in principle
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    • 1121 22 THE company was founded in Esbjerg in 1884 by Ditlev Lauritzen, the son of an industrious timber merchant in Ribe in south-west Denmark. As well as being in the timber trade merchant Jorgen Lauritzen also owned two schooners. It was in this working environment that Ditlev, who
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    • 262 22 AFP HEAVY chartering in the Gulf states area, mostly on Japanese account, featured on the tanker market last week. In addition, a considerable amount of private business was arranged, mostly in the supertanker range, although this lacked confirmation. Rates in this sector were unchanged to marginally softer. Very
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    • 1719 22 INCREASED grain chartering on Friday is reported from the US at generally steady rates while ore charterers also showed more interest, shipbrokers said. The unchanged level of U5510.25 was paid (or grain from the Mississippi to Antwerp-Hamburg and two vessels were booked with corn from the Gulf to
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    • 193 23 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines ACE (FAR EAST EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line.
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    • 442 23 Lloyd's List ROYAL Viking Line, one of the world's leading cruise ship operators, is to be sold to American investors for U*****.3 million along with its three Californiabased luxury liners. The unnamed buyers, represented by venture capital firm J H Whitney, will
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    • 337 23 THE Australian Shippers' Council has urged the Transport Department to revamp the shipping provisions of the Trade Practices Act. ASC is the body designated by the act to negotiate freight rates with shipping conferences on behalf of general cargo exporters and organisations. The essence
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    • 333 23 THERE is a note of optimism within the Nedlloyd group which is predicting a return to the black this year after heavy losses in 1963. In line with its own gloomy expectations, the Dutch group last year suffered a net loss of Fls
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    • 139 23 Reuter FINNISH shipbuilders have received orders worth about half a billion dollars from the Soviet Union, and employers said layoffs previously foreseen at major yards will not materialise. The Finnish state-owned company Valmet OY said it signed a deal with Soviet buyers worth about US$27O million. Private
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    • 5706 28 BCHEDM.E A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 828 29 c SmE RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godowns FCL Ship Voy Arrival for LCL Movement Date/Time Operator Cargo Schedule Location As Progress 177 17.4.84 2200 IAPL FSB 0900-1000 L3 Bl/Fl Hamburg Exp 62/529 17.4.84 2200 Segani FSB 0800-1000/0900-1000 B Surla 092 17.4.84 2359 Ned-EAC TA
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    • 1701 29 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afra-EaraaU Lime Transgroup (S). Ahreaktel User Service Kim Shpg (S). Alfred C Taepler Sea Consortium (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK Alpac Intrasea (S) Binlang Shpg <KL) Island Cargo Handling and
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    • 668 30 April 24-27 Charterparty disputes (dry cargo), Lloyd's of London Press seminar, The Royal Horseguards Hotel, London. May 1-3 30th annual conference of the Marine Librarians' Association on board the Dana Anglia. Details: Witherby Co, 32-36 Aylesbury St, London ECI. May 2-4 World Port Development conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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    • 529 30 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES 17.4.84/1500 Angela Smlts 24 Kim Shpg alongside Balantang 27/8 Lian Soon alongside 17.4.84/1500 Kota Megah 13/4 PIL alongside 17.4.84/1500 Marlta Leonhardt 35/6 Borneo alongside 17.4.84/1500 Mount Sabana 44 P Simons alongside 17.4.84/1500 Santa Rosa I 19 Sharp
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 494 21 TIMES Business Directory of Sinj£i|M>rc (BUKII MKRAH) GIVES YOUR PRODUCTS SERVICES THE PROMINENCE THEY DESERVE <™rr. 1 K L>l 1 AM All H SOOCL OiqintOveiqeas Codeine* lINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIS SUEZ Sport H I CHNA CONTARO 25N In Port 18/ •QCVM.O HQS 3IW 70/4 21/ IN GARfCT
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    • 474 21 HSEALORDU UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO SAG) NATIONAL LINE Of BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE KROM JAPAN TAIWAN lIOMikONI. AL MAIHYAH* 7/4 V* AL HUM 17/4 20/4 AL MMMKH If 27/4 30/4 HAMMUiABI V<+ 5/5 7/5 ALSO CALLOWS
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    • 24 21 imm LONDON Freights H/HI CONSORTIA HI SHIPPING Schedule vm/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO Acts for Whom IX SHIPPING Events X SHIPS In Port X
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    • 948 21 FESCO LINES FAR-EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Services To SOUTH EAST ASIA, JAPAN, INDIA, USA CANADA. Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co Pte Ltd TEL: *****3 n*r MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U5. PACIFIC, OU Saied A m SWGAPORE CLOSNC TMES »CV 16th April 1100HRS CFS 15th April 2300 HRS
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 249 22 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. From Europe Mm Auapltog hr. 1) Barcelona. Genoa. 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp, I Havre. Basle, UK. 3) Bremen. Bremerhaven. Aarhus, Copenhagen. Helsinki 4) Matmo. Stockholm. Oslo. •Accepting Europe carpi lor feeder ma S pore 'Also direct carfo lor Spore t Bangkok Pis contact PtRMSC P
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    • 446 22 USA/CANADA MIDDLE CAST Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES Pacific South Wml Pacific North Wast Atlantic/Canada Faadar at Tokyo Faodar at Koba Faodar at Koba V IMm VS. LA/LB OM Mrther «i. SEAT 22/4 ASM M 22/5 25/5 J AMUO 23/5 29/4 1. MJJMKC 28/5 1/6 IKBMU M 21/5 4/5
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 844 23 The Straits Steamship Group OCL Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok "ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: Hantouri :I* Copenhafen Aart*. GeUwnburf. SondcrtMrt Rotterdam :to AnhMrp, Airatardam BrcmarVu«en to Brtmn Southampton IK NgM. Mast t Out*. Stockholm too, Hohrtu. CARMAN RAY SaM Mri UH Sal
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    • 623 23 Franco Belgian Services pfg hir hast hrench Service With Helgian Fur h. us tern l.ines (Member of Ace Consorttuni) MMK ('ten HW| B'HaiTM A »arp UKawe PlM| Sport mi contarbsw soma to mm* STOK t. KELANG It Hair* Ida* fSlowe Ham BKavw Ant I ten HW| B'Haven «>trp It Httrt
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 768 24 Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS Hwibuft Eipress Os**i Bay Beiuvon KitMO Maru Cartkf *1 Bay Frjnkfwt Eipress luMpool Bay Bremen Eipress S pore P Kelatis 1/4 19 ft 4 27 4 45 6 5 jl3 S 15 5 ?0 5 22 5 27 5 29 5 36 5 6 10 6 12 6
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    • 414 24 M S LINE KOHfM o**n*J FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 Membtf ol the Ace Consortium CHEVWH *03 31* (CPTIK GMHCT IWI MERCATOR 35W 12/5 11/5 17/5 18/5 20/5 23/5 24/5 26/5 29/5 SUEZ Vl* fUROPf fROM FULLY A Memoer o» the Ace Consort urn CONTAINERISED 10 FROM
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    • 391 24 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE T EUROPE 'FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST/MED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE A s MEDITERRANEAN SEA/FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE STRAITS/TAIWAN CONVENTIONAL SERVICE FAR EAST/US WEST COAST CONTAINER SERVICF ALSO ACCEPTOC CARGO TO 10NG8EACH. OMIMS. SAN OK GO RICItIOND STOCKTON. ftIMCM REDWOOD OH AND SACDMEKTO VU
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    • 508 24 COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loading to< Callac Matatarx Ho and all other Peru«ian ports witti tfanslmwvent at Hongkong and ot Hot* On CPV Th'oug* Bills ot lading to tmal destination Penary P. KcUnf Sm(apore JOHNEVERETT* 21/23 Apr 24/25 Apr MURRAYEVERETT* 26/21 Apr 29/30 Apr RAMONEVERETT* »/9
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    • 293 24 rxsiNosE u MARITIME PTE LTD Ktfvl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF !RAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Sin( apart Loadaif tor VESSEL 20/4 6 Abbas. B Khamaea AUNTS SWGAPOW SMOSE MARITR* PTE ITD TEL *****44/7 I *****70 PORT ft RANG MAI OSL MARITME SON BHD 1H *****2/3 PENANG MALAYSIA TRADE I TRANSPORT ITO
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 761 25 PIL GROUP 1 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES KARACHI/P.GULF SERVICES KOTA MAKMUR KOTA CAHAYA COLOMBO/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON SERVICES /84 24-26/5 KOTA JAY A VOY: W414 26-27/4 INDONESIA SERVICES KOTA PELANGI KOTA JAOE KOTA ANGKASA 24-26/4 3-5/5 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PTE LTD PIL BLDG. t 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 S'pore 0106 Tel: *****33 (20 Lines)
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    • 840 25 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE 10 EUROPE Hamburj fiprns Osaka Bay Bena»or Kitano Maru Carifegan Bar Franklurt Eipress Lncrpaol Bay Bremen Eipress Hamtowg Eipms FROM EUROPE Senaion Kitano Maru Kaluga Matu Cardigan Bay EranAturt Eipress 'otio Bo luerpool Bay Bremen Eipress Hambur| Eipress europi HAM B HAVEN SaAed
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    • 600 25 1 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE f*lt EAST FULLCOWTAfO SOtWCE S1>0« MAIAPAHT V S 06 11/4 gowa v i oe ?/s MAIAPAMT V 10 oe H/5 YOKOHAMA KOH 27/4 29/4 11/5 U/5 n/i 27/S EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE SftIMMTA V 10NB S PANIANG V 6NB STOW LDN InPt Gdn3l
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    • 584 25 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon PA AN V 69 PHASHWEGYAWYWA V 241 PA-AH V7O S'pore 17/20 Apr 25/27 Apr 5/8 May P Kelong Penang BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT ISPORE R'OAM HULL HMBG FORTHBANK Sailed 27 Apr 3 May
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 1229 26 K ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE FEEDER MOT** *SL STOK 0R su ,w J BUDGE V3O -OCEAN ELITE *4322 »to 2t May CENTRAL AMERICA /CARIBBEAN SEA FEEDER VSL MOTHER VSL STORE KOBE M7ANU IJ. BMDGE *30 A VSL 2* Apr 25 May 19 to ALSO ACCEfTMG PUERTO QUETZAL (24 UN) S lOKTCO (27 *IN)
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