The Business Times, 18 April 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 380 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO JAPANESE eempaaies have «N five eat «I the seven electrical aad mechanical coatracts fer the Mass Rapid Transit system se far. The latest eoa tract fer the sappiy and Installation ef power eafeies fer Phnnes I aad
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  • 630 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH SINGAPORE will be manufacturing about 10 per cent of all electronic goods to be imported by the US this year, if current trends continue. Unofficial trade indications suggest that the total value of these products could be
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  • 639 1 _The_ Jalil Trial Agencies THE spectacular opening of the trial of the alleged killer of Malaysian banker Jalii Ibrahim continued in Hongkong yesterday, with the prosecution putting forward more allegations of the events surrounding his death, and statements of details
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 62 1 Reuter CHINA yesterday reported fresh border clashes with Vietnam. The Xinhua news agency said 20 Vietnamese were killed or wounded in three clashes along the border of China's southern Guangxi region between April 9 and 12. Chinese militia forces returned machine-gun fire when Vietnamese units tried to
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    • 66 1 AFP THAI airforce jets have strafed a suspected Vietnamese position on a hillside in the Thai-Cambodian borderlands, sources said yesterday. They said jets struck on Monday at a peak designated Hill 450 in Surin province, north-east of Bangkok. A military intelligence official said the peak stood
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    • 84 1 Bernama ASEAN, currently engaged in a two-day ministerial meeting with the US in Manila, is proposing new tariff arrangements on a concessionary basis modelled after the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) to improve trade relations with its major trading partners. Sources said the US representative, Ambassador William Brock,
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    • 68 1 UPI MACHINE-GUN fire from inside the Libyan diplomatic mission in London against demonstrators outside wounded at least 11 people yesterday, including a young policewoman and another officer, witnesses and police said. Witnesses said a police anti-ter-rorist unit was dropped onto the building by helicopter and a radio
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    • 63 1 Reuter BRITISH Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe will meet China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping today after two days of crucial talks in Beijing on the future of Hongkong. Confirmation that the meeting with the 80-year-old Chinese leader would take place appears to suggest that the discussions
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    • 56 1 THE Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) crisis deepened further following the resignation yesterday of the party's deputy secretary-gener-al and national organising secretary, Datuk Loh Fook Yen. His resignation is with immediate effect. Meanwhile, about 5,000 MCA members in Selangor will assemble at the Hokkien Association tomorrow night to show
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    • 70 1 AP JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said yesterday that he hoped to settle trade frictions with the US in one package when VicePresident George Bush visits Japan on May 8-9, sources said. The prime minister said his government planned to work out a resolution for opening Japan's financial
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  • 287 1  -  By LUCY NG THE number of foreign visitors attending trade exhibitions and business conferences in Singapore will increase by at least 10 per cent this year. The Singapore Convention Bureau (SCB), a division within the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, based this estimate on
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  • 437 1  -  By I LOH HUI YIN TRADING company Intraco and the Singapore National Oil Company (SNOC) are increasing their interests in the oil industry by trading in marine bunker. The two companies, which wield considerable influence in their respective spheres, have formed Sintra Oil Pte
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 270 2  -  By CHEN QINGSHUN TRADE in the little-known South Seas islands has jumped four times in the period 1971 to 1980, presenting more business opportunities for Singaporean exporters. A survey of 25 Englishspeaking South Seas islands by Pacifecon reveals that world exports to the region
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    • 121 2 YOU can now make International Direct Dial (IDD) and number-to-number telephone calls to the Republic of Maldives. Previously, only person-to-person telephone service was available to this Indian Ocean country. The country codes for making IDD calls to the Republic of Maldives is 960 and there
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    • 141 2 SPEEDPOST Service is now available to Macao. Business and commercial papers, business samples, and merchandise may be sent under this service. There is no limit to the weight of a consignment, but each individual item must not exceed 15kg. The charges for Macao are
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    • 380 2  -  By LIM SOON NEO A LOCAL developer is turning the former Bright Cinema at Upper Paya Lebar Road into a seven-storey industrial complex at a cost of between $7 million and $8 million. Mr Sam Lew, a director of Guang Ming Development Pte
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    • 547 2  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF SINGAPORE'S fashion houses which took part in the recent Sydney Ready-To-Wear Festival have returned home with mixed feelings. Several participants felt that the festival was a success, while others thought that it was badly planned and did not
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    • 159 2 A LOCAL lecturer has been picked to receive the Society of Manufacturing Engineers 1964 Award of Merit. Mr Natarajan Varaprasad, 35, a senior lecturer in the National University of Singapore, was among 15 people from more than eight countries to receive the award. The award is
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    • 131 2 THE Science Faculty at the National University of Singapore will benefit from the installation of a second electron microscope at the Zoology Department. Donated by the Japanese government and manufactured by Jeol of Japan, the JEM-100CXn is capable of 450,000 times magnification. This compare# with the
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    • 293 2 SMALL garment makers and fashion designers in Singapore may benefit from the setting up of a $500,000 computerised service centre. At the proposed centre, users can create designs and paper patterns, and make gradings and marking with the help of a computer software programme,
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    • 456 3  -  By A JAIME LYE SINGAPORE'S tourist industry should tailor its services to the demands of tourists if it hopes to keep them coming. One area which requires improvement is the treatment of visitors from Japan, a lucrative market to the republic. A seminar on Japanese
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    • 303 3  -  SHAHRIR ARIFF By MORE Bavarian businesses trill invest and establish Joint venture companies here in the near future. This is because Bavaria, like Singapore, is involved in high-growth and hightechnology industries. It is mutually beneficial to cooperate rather than to compete with one another, said Mr
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    • 237 3  -  *y PENG AILIAN HOUSEBREAKING and jobberies are on the increase in commercial and Shopping areas in Singapore. Both the number of housebreaking and robberies went vp by more than 60 per cent petween 1981 and 1983. The Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Chua Sian Chin, ■rho was
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    • 200 3 JEWELLERY designers can (ave a crack at the Singapore Diamond Design Competition '84, one of the high- i Ights in this year's Jewel- 1 time, the fifth International Jewellery and Watches Exhibition. Jeweltime '84, organised Ijy ITF Pte Ltd and spon- j sored by the
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    • 295 3  -  By MONICA GWEE MANAGERS and executives should participate in community service because it offers a different kind of challenge in leadership and motivation. The community leader working at the grassroot level must win the trust and respect of volunteer workers who may not respond readily
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    • 305 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG THE value-added per worker in the electrical/electronics industry has almost tripled from $10,500 in 1972 to 130,400 today. Minister of State for Education, Dr Tay Eng Soon, said this increase was a measure of the qualitative changes which had taken place in the industry as
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    • 79 3 SINGAPORE ranks sixth on the list of the top 30 popular convention cities in the world last year. In Asia, Singapore was the number one city for association meetings. These statistics were provided by the Union des Associations Internationales (UAI), an international body which monitors the
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    • 237 3 CHANG I Airport, with two runways and two passenger terminals, is expected to meet Singapore's aviation needs, at least until the year 2000. New facilities, which are part of the airport's Phase II development, are essentially the second runway, that was commissioned yesterday, and a
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    • 67 3 ORCHARD Hotel Singapore has established a marketing link-up with three other hotels in Perth. These are the Kings, the New Freeway and the Perth Ambassador. With this link-up, all reservations and enquiries pertaining to the various hotels can be made through Singapore. The 115-room King's and the
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 431 4 AFP HONGKONG property tycoon Li Ka-shing yesterday denied reports that a huge cash bonus announced by Hutchison-Whampoa reflected a "pick-up-and- run" attitude in view of the colony's uncertain fu- ture. y On March 28, Hutchison, y a major conglomerate, declared a cash
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    • 215 4 AFP CHINA asked Britain to stablise the Hongkong dollar during its nose-dive last '•j September. The Hongkong magazine r Pai Shing, which specialises v in Chinese affairs, yesterday quoted "a well informed L Beijing official" as saying that China made the request, fearing
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    • 178 4 UPI PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand's Socialist government, under attack tram Laboar for Its economic policies, has received more bad news with the alienee meat that aaempioymest shot ap to 11.4 per eeat la March. As the flgares were released oa Monday, Paris newspapers predicted aa alloat
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    • 342 4 Reuter THE French government has sharply revised up its forecast trade deficit for this year to between 20 and 25 billion francs from an original deficit target of seven billion francs, sources said. But the forecast deficit is still about half the size of the
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    • 180 4 AP GENERAL Motors Corp will insure for US$lO,OOO each of the lives of persons wearing seat belts in new GM cars and light trucks in the US and Canada. The US carmaker announced on Monday that the insurance on each occupant would pay $10,000
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    • Article, Illustration
      81 4 A CHINESE wMnu holds t |nm by the neck aa she leaves a tree market near BdjUg's Temple ef Heaven. The late Chairmaa Mae Zedoaf's collectivisation system has virtually been scrapped; the new "responsibility system" allews peasants private plots and tree enterprise alter they have fulfilled certain government quotas, lie
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 613 4 Agencies POLICE have banned visits to the pyramids near Cairo after reports that a mysterious gas is leaking from one of the pharaohs' tombs, sources reported yesterday. It said that a group of tourists on Monday told police that a colourless gas was gushing
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    • 403 5 Reuter WORLD trade is set to grow this year by around 6 per cent above 1983's level. West Germany's five leading independent economic research institutes yesterday forecast that the current recovery will continue for the rest of the year and the real gross
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    • 175 5 AP SOVIET troops have staged amphibious landing maneouvers on the coast of Vietnam for the first time in a fresh display of a broadened presence in that South-east Asian country, US intelligence sources said on Monday. An estimated 400 to 500 Soviet naval infantry, the
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    • 295 5 Reuter A SERIES of interviews with King Hussein of Jordan won the Wall Street Journal a Pulitzer prize when the US' top Journalism awards for 1964 were announced on Monday. US State Department reporter Karen Elliott House took the prize for international reporting for the interviews,
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    • 315 5 AFP FAMILY plaaalag greaps la Malaytfa have givea Ml sappert la Prime Mlaiater Datak Serl Dr Mahathir Mitamir» eali far a flvefaM laerease la the eeaatry's pepalattoa to II nil. Ilea, tormlag tt a realistic target. J after ladet, a vice-preei-deat at the Federattea
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    • 708 5 Reuter THE recent rise in US interest rates has brought new worries to Brazil, the Third World's largest debtor, just as there is rising optimism that the country is making progress in containing its debt crisis. Bankers and economists in Sao Paulo said yesterday
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    • 258 5 Reuter MORE than one million people took to the streets of Sao Paulo on Monday night in Brazil's biggest demonstration for more than 20 years to demand the right to vote for the country's next president. The rally was the latest in a series mounted by
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    • 285 5 UPI THE White House has refused to comment on reports that President Reagan has approved pre-emptive strikes and reprisal raids against terrorists abroad. "What directive?" Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes asked on Monday when told of the newspaper reports that Mr Reagan had signed
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    • 755 6 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From PAA PA5 0225 JFK SFO HKG MAS MH681 0820 KUL KAL KE624 0840 KUL CAL cioio 0825 JED DHA MAS MH601 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN RBA BI421 1000 BWN SIA SQI03 1005 KUL CPA
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    • 524 6  -  By AMY BALAN SINGAPORE, together with Taiwan, Hongkong, South Korea and India, had a "most pronounced" recovery from the world economic recession compared with the other countries in the Asian Pacific region. The Asian Development Bank annual report for 1963, released yesterday, said that economic
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    • 435 6 UPI PRESIDENT Reagan is "very excited" about his upcoming trip to China and is expected to confer with former president Richard Nixon, who made the breakthrough journey to Beijing in 1972. A senior US official said yesterday that Mr Reagan had had five
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    • 175 6 UPI TO BOOST American wheat exports, the US Wheat Association is using imaginative ways to tell everyone that wheat is good, nutritious and economical. For one promotion in Indonesia, Kansas Wheat Commission member Don Turaquist visited that country this month. "Wheat is a foreigner in Indonesia,
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    • 400 6 Reuter FORECASTS of accelerating growth and expanding trade cheered West German industry on Monday, but the good news was tempered by the threat of nationwide strikes if crucial talks between labour and management yesterday went wrong. West Germany's five leading economic research institutes, in
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    • 234 6 AFP THE Tin Control (Amendment) Bill which empowers enforcement officers to search, seize, arrest and investigate smugglers of tin ore in public places, was passed by the Malaysian Senate on Monday night. Presenting the Bill, Deputy Primary Industries Minister Bujang Ulis said that 20 people
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    • 273 6 NYT The state-owned Malaysian Airline System, MAS, is considering seeking a public listing and raising between Mssoo million and 11,000 million. Its paid-up capital is now $70 million. Datuk Aziz Rahman, MAS' managing director, said the funds would be needed for the
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    • 215 6 UPI US MANUFACTURING industries operated at 81.1 per cent of capacity in March, the highest level in four years, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday. Overall capacity utilisation in manufacturing, mining and utilities combined edged up 0.2 of a point in March to 80.9 per
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  • 1398 7  -  After the two oil shocks of the seventies, New Zealand plunged into an ambitious energy scheme designed to make it at least 50 per cent selfsufficient. To date, the Think Big' policy of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon has galvanised major exploitation of gas
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 776 7 nßminD g SINGAPORE 5 D 2.30 SBC Text Live Sample Pages 3.00 PM Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Hotel: (Mandarin with English subtitles/r) 4.35 Exercise with Gloria 4.55 Animals, Animals, Animals Grand Canyon 5.15 Romper Room 5.45 Home The children start squabbling over the rules of staying together in
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  • 502 8 TWENTY-FIVE years ago, Singapore's electronics industry was just one black-and-white television assembly plant. Now it is the fastest growing sector of the manufacturing industry with the potential of removing Singapore's longstanding trade deficit with the United States this year. Though $6 billion worth of electronics
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  • 1767 8  -  Singapore must plan ahead if it wants to keep its place as the premier exhibition centre By LUCY NG THE shows must go on in Singapore. Exhibitions, trade fairs, seminars and conferences are needed to replace the missing tourists. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) knows
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 88 8 County Bank International Merchant Bankers is pleased to announce the opening of a Representative Office for South East Asia in Singapore County Bank Limited 29th Floor, Shell Tower, 50 Raffles Place, Singapore 0104 Telephone: (65) 225 9822 Telex: RS ***** COUNTY Oliver J.W. Pawle Regional Director, South East Asia Corporate
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    • 254 8 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED r IN THE K.L.S.E. IN THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE STOCK MARKET IN THE LISTING REQUIREMENTS FOR r PUBLIC COMPANIES. IN THE PROPOSED SECOND BOARD. THEN, "THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA" jointly organised by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Organizational Resources Sdn.
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  • 1338 9  -  Nissan-VW team up to bring out the Santana Japanese-style The made-in-Japan Santana beara no aurface sign of ita mixed parentage, whereby VW auppliea the engines, tranamiaaion and ateering gear and Niaaan does everything else. It is indeed, to all intents and purpoaea, a German car
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  • 502 9  -  By CAROLYN BELARDO UPI THEY are used and abused, and most people handle them dozens of times a week, bat they have one thing in common with a priceless painting, aa important letter or the Declaration of Independence. In the US, the lowly paper
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 679 9 -IN-ONE CROSSWORD IJ CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Easy to get in panto, possibly (2, 3) 6 Half a mile by taxi with a message (5) 9 Arrears of support money? (4, 3) 10 A watch may be kept on it (5) 11 They may take steps to plague you (5)
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 362 10 THE RUBBER market in Singapore yesterday closed slightly lower with May One RSS buyers quoted at 230.00 cents a kilo, down 1.25 cents from Monday's close. The morning session opened slightly lower following easier London advices but recovered later on light buying of May One RSS. Prices declined in
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    • 267 10 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon Close (per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f o b. 226 50 227JON 225.00 226.00N Int. 1 R.S.S. May 231.50 232.00 230.00 230.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. June 229.50 230.00 228.00 228.50 Int 2 R.S.S
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    • 100 10 NOON SSI I and SMR t I HAS May June (Carreat Mth) (Forward Mth) Bayers Seller* Bayers Sailers SSR20 (1-tOf i pellet) 211.50 213.50N 212.50 214.50N SSR SO (1 tOf i pallet) 210.00 212.00N 212.00 214.00N M RELB May JBM SMRCV (1-toc pallet) 288.50 271.50N 271 JO
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    • 30 10 Rubber: April 17 Singapore: May 230.00 cents (down 1.25 cents) Malaysia: May 250.50 cents (down 1.75 cents) Tin: M 529.15 per kilo (unchanged) 150 tonnes (up 18 tonnes)
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    • 83 10 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday remained at the International Tin Agreement fleer level ef M 529.15 a kilo en continuing absence sI (ereign demand. Dealers said the bailer steck manager eontinned te absorb the balk of the disposals while loeal Interests provided little support. Sentiment was
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    • 158 10 CHINESE Produce Exchaage, Singapore, noon closing prices per lMkg yotenUy. Coconut oil: Bulk fob $194.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $207.00 sellers, new drum fob $211.00 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $110 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $632.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq
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    • 321 10 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ 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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    • 154 10 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) C+tfm Vm: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,470, 32's 3,980, 40's 4,100 (per bale of 400 lbs). PakMaa Haw C*ttoa: LSS 8.06 4F 8.04, 289F 8.40, NT Roller Ginned 8.10 (per lb). CLOTH in
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    • 1050 10 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended an active morning session with gains from the previous close of £21 to £4, below new contract highs reached earlier on all positions except near May. July finished at £2,058, £18 above Monday and below the new high at £2,068. Dealers said gains
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    • 226 10 CHICAGO soybean futures closed off one cent to 2 l 2 US cents a bushel on Monday, with May ending near the top of a nine-cent range. Early weakness was tied to the lower financial instrument and precious metal markets. But strength in soyoil values and a recovery in
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    • 150 10 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday closed 4 3 US cents a bushel lower in nearby May, with distant May ending unchanged. Spot May finished near the bottom of a 7V4-cent range. Overall weakness in the relatively light volume was tied to lower financial instrument
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    • 207 10 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday finned on strong covering and renewed buying interest, sparked by the presence' of Pakistan and India in the market. However, Pakistan, which is seeking RBD palm oil for second half May shipment, rejected all offers at its tender. April deliveries in the
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 459 11 THE US dollar eased slightly against major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Trading was quiet with dealers reporting no significant events. The American currency started off at 2.0850/60 against the Singapore dollar. It reached a high of 2.0685 later in the day before going down to
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    • 132 11 THE dollar opened steady yesterday in quiet trading with dealers expecting volatile but contained dollar moves on US economic data due ahead of the Easter break. The US unit opened at 2.6345/55 marks, in line with the previous London finish and closings in New York and Tokyo. Sterling was
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    • 23 11 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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    • 140 11 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at 5 pm on April 17: US Dollar* Offer Bid 7 days 10* 10H 1 month 10% 10* 2 months 10* 10* 3 months 11 10* 6 months 11(4 life 9 months 11* 11* 12 months 1113/18 11 11/16 Dm*. Sw.Fr*. (Middle
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    • 46 11 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on April 17: Overnight: 3V« Call deposits: 3 3V« Ckxiag Buyinf Selling 3-month Treasury bills 2H 2* 3-month Bank bills 8 9/16 8 7/16 3 months CD 8 7'* 6 months CD 8 7 7 <* 9—roe: Nattaaal DtaMUtO.
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    • 205 11 GOLD futures in Singapore yesterday closed firmer in very quiet trading following the metal's afternoon rise in Hongkong. Total sales for the day were recorded at one lot. Prompt closed firmer at US$3Bl/383 an ounce against New York's $379/380 close, June at $386.50/386.70 against $384.30/384.70 and August at $392.50/394.50
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    • 68 11 New York 9.15B 9 23B 9.2QS 9.2BS Zurich 9 10B 9.10B 9.X5S TB M 915S U Singapore im 9.16B 9.12B 9 as 9.17S Closing prices in US dollars troy ounce Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore. OCBC exchange rate index THE OCBC trftde-wetghtod index for the Singapore dollar feU MS
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    • 99 11 THE US dollar eased against other major currencies yesterday in moderately active late trading. Investors were reluctant to extend positions ahead of the Easter holiday, while US interest rate uncertainty also subdued trading. The US unit drifted down to 2.6346/56 marks from an early 2.6353/63 and New York's 2.6370/80
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    • 298 11 THE US dollar yesterday drifted to a low of 224.80 yen from the 225.40/50 New York finish in dull trading before ending at 224.90 yen, but no clear trend was detected. There was no particular reason for the fall, though market sentiment no longer favoured buying the dollar because
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    • 295 11 Reuter THE JAPANESE bond market is likely to edge gradually higher, after the sharp upturn last week, before entering a consolidation period, bond traders said. Bond prices on Monday inched higher, confirming a firmer market undertone to traders. The underlying firmness is still
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    • 415 11 Reuter THE UK Treasury expects sterling to strengthen against the dollar in the medium term as the US currency's apparent overvaluation against the mark is corrected, financial sources said. Analysing the government's five year mediumterm financial strategy, economists said the Treasury's assumption of a rise in
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    • 316 11 FT THE 120 main creditor banks of the collapsed Banco Ambrosiano group have decided to end their embargo on lending to Italy in advance of the completion of the US$6OO million settlement of the long-running affair. Bankers involved in the Ambrosiano settlement talks
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    • 97 11 BANK Negara Malaysia said its gold and foreign exchange reserves fell to M 59.12 billion in March from $10.06 billion in February. Total assets fell to $14.06 billion at the end of March from $15.21 billion at the end of February. Holdings of federal government securities rose
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    • 168 11 NYT THE FEDERAL Reserve Board has said it had not provided funds or credit guarantees on a US$lOO million loan extended to Argentina at the end of March by 11 banks. It was replying to inquiries prompted by an article published recently in the New
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 969 12 Where to wine, dine and entertain 77»e total card that incorporates the features of a credit card, charge card, cheque card, arrf and purchase card neatly into one. Call Julia at *****97 (20 lines) for an application form. An evening with the stars. <r A v Dine alfresco. On a
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 1054 13 NEW YORK AN AFTERNOON buying spree helped Wall Street record a moderate gain on Monday, but the upturn was again centred mainly in the blue chips that are preferred investments for individual retirement accounts. The Dow Jones industrial average, IVi points down at midsession, finished
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    • 188 13 APR 16 m CORBEILLE Alr-Llqulde Aqultalne Nat 562 ♦1 De« Petrol* B S N Gervals Danone C S F (ThomsonC»f) Ml 2635 321 -X >10 -13 CVe Frmnealse <Jes Petroles Credit Foncler 238 -44 De France Hachette (LI brairie) 648 14TO 13 -n Mlchclin (B) Omnium Pemeot Philip* (Nv
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    • 193 13 apr io Francs Actions 3ulaaes Alusulsse Br. Alusulsae Rea. Brown Boven Br. 310 on 203 1910 ♦4 -a ♦l 5 Cite OclCJT Br Cite Oder PCCite Oelgy Ret Credit Sulaae Br Credit Sulaw Ret Elektrow%tt Br. George Fischer Br Olobus Pc Hero Br. 2275 1746 0(3 2235 425 MOO
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    • 87 13 APR 18 Aet-Telefunken BASF Dm 86 JO 182J0 -Ij8 -U Hoeach Hortcn Karstadt KHD 117 JO 198.00 387 JO M7.00B 375 00 144.80 -ft7 -as -u Bayer BMW 171-20 401 JO -4 Linda Mannesroann -1 -0.2 Commenbank ***** 1.5 Philips Kotnm S18.10 -4-3 Conu Oumml Dalmler-Bena ***** ***** -0.5
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    • 107 13 APR 16 Bastofl Bel Lire 148J0 33*700 tU -300 M llano aii Ort Mondadorl Ort Mondadoii Pit* Montedison 3880 1880 214 +40 unch unch 9 Centrale Ort 1803 -ft Olivetti Ort 4400 M Cond Acquit Roma 142J0 -03 Pirelli And C 3880 -37 Erld an la 8530 440 Pirelli
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    • 76 13 APR 18 Frs FORWARD MARKET Acee 70S unch Or Bru Lamb a*30 unch Hobok M00 +J» Petro W0 Rjrl Dutch 2M0 -5 Sldro 2225 -129 Soc On Bel( 1175 *15 Softna MOO +*> Solvay A «M0 V Mont «2>6 -5 can pee i860 -30 Cock 86 -5 De Been
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    • 161 13 APR M n« ApM 3*100 -2 Aefon uojo AhflM 198-50 Afcao 1X40 AMEV 154.00 1J Amrobnk 71.00 -07 Berk 40J0 0J Boll MJ0 uneh BorsumlJ moo •10 sxto IX Buriet (too -U Cmland 3700 ■►0.5 Cilv 340 00 -1 Dell Mlj 1 nx 0-5 E L»e ner ***** Fgh
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    • 60 13 APR 10 Kronor Alfa i jwi B Free, rn unch am B Free JC Astr& B fi'M m unch Attas Copco is -a Ertcuon B Free S3 ♦j Eaab Free 330 ♦s S. E B&nken 343 ♦1 Stndvik B FiM 400 unch Standi* 306 tl Skf B Free 111
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    • 214 13 APR 18 Rand Un Steel Untaec 133 sao iaooB uneh uneh A Alpha Abercom AE And CI Amaprop AMIC sao MS 835B 10 uneh uneh uneh Anglos Anglvaal Bljryoors Buffels MININGS 2490 ***** 10 3300 1840 7SOOB -10 uneh 450 -10 Cons Oold 1030 -10 CNA 1550 uneh 858
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    • 407 13 NEWS OF a 3,276 bpd (barrels per day) oil now from the Harriet Three well in the Barrow Basin offshore Western Australia provided the main action in afternoon trading on Australian stock exchanges, dealers said. Among listed partners in the well, Bond Corp recovered the nine cents it lo6t
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    • 353 13 HONGKONG SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday, mainly reflecting late speculative demand, brokers said. Most investors remained sidelined ahead of the Easter holiday, and also because of uncertainty over the outcome of British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe's current visit to Beijing. Among leaders Cheung Kong rose 25 cents
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    • 474 13 SHARE prices closed sharply lower yesterday depressed by speculation that last week's margin buying positions may have reached record levelf and by foreign selling, dealers said. The market average fell by ***** points to close at 10,906.40, The first fall In seven sessions, after rising 4.46
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    • 158 13 SHARE prices closed generally higher yesterday as some investors began to position themselves in preparation for the Easter holidays, dealers Said. The mining marker was up 4.33 points at 1,100.86 and oils rose 0.001 to 0.799. The Commmercial and Industrial index remained unchanged at 131.04. Atlas Con B rose
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    • 142 13 SHARE prices yesterday closed mixed with the cement group moving lower but industrial shares making some gains in slow trading, exchange said. The Book Club index fell 0.15 points to 116.15 on a turnover 0115.8 million baht with 141,484 shares traded. Siam Cement eased four baht to 369 and
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    • 170 13 ami n All ttncara lata* rr i •Jl -At r< SIJi A1 ♦A1 i» Com 4Chflfi 1 iwwa Chik HttCmM sam MM 1T« ■Jl -4.1 4-A1 •U -A1 -0.1 •At Da* ,'f "f: 1 Waal T" n« ■^"T 1 TT' uncfa *iE Cbtn Tta 1 unrh 7TT Hwa Pulp
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 333 13 CLUBHOUSE Vietnamese Restaurant T A division of Singapore Tennis Centre One of the best tennis complexes in A sia. 1020 Casi Coast Parkway, Singapore 1544. Tel: *****28 *****66 50 Popular Genuine Dishes At Your Choice Have a traditional dinner in a tropical atmosphere. Right by the sea-side. Sfc Enjoy a
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    • 6 13 SEE PAGE 15 FOR LONDON STOCKS
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    • 283 13 ,OH SL &L< ge^ WE MAGAZINE could replace much of your management and business reading If you are a busy executive, businessman or professional, hard pressed for time to keep up with your reading, you'll find a solution in World Executive's Digest, a monthly condensation of many 'must read' articles
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  • 2626 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock 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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  • 3590 14 Gr". Cr*a Net IM4 Rich Laat Div Div YTd P/8 Vol Day Law Co* pa ay Sale OP- f?yt COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL 172 120 A M D B 50* 124 -1 1.8 0.7 46 125 123 310 252 Aetna 270 7.5 2.7
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  • 188 14 ——§maf' priM is for April 18 HNGAFOKE UNIT TBU The 0—— 3 35 The Saving* Fund 1 96 S'pore Prog Fund 1.42 S pare Sec. Fund 2.19 S'pore Invest Fund 1.17 S'pore Equity Fund 1.42 UUtlMTRWr Mai Invest Fund 2J4 Hal Prog Fund 1.42 Mai Security Fund 1.52
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  • 1899 14 810 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. DIDWRUU -jr (3.525) (1) 3.90 tleM (2.338 2J6S) (1) 2 31 (3)
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  • 804 14 LACKING the iceM lmpetal U tnde, iivcitm te aed the lecal stork market yesterday. Maay eeaaten MMBdad iaakUJUM 1 1 It vl UCTi DVilNMUgli iMMB aad the galaers were mtaer la eempartaaa wtth the talk. By the ctatag Ml, the Straits Time» ladastrtal Mex last
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  • 532 14 SELLERS maintained their grip on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, extending Monday's (all. Most prices were barely steady in early trading but light selling later emerged, taking a wide range of stocks lower. Prices continued to yield in the afternoon session to finish at
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 846 15  -  /Mnf-fi&mK,/ By CHAN MAY PENG MARINE and engineeringbased Pan-Electric Industries Ltd is looking abroad for diversification, particularly in its marine division. Pan-El's marine activities, which are grouped under the Selco umbrella, currently extend from Suez to the Western Pacific. It intends to maintain a strong
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    • 393 15 UNITED International Securities' massive tax problem continues to hang in the balance as nothing definite has emerged which could clear up the Inland Revenue Department's stance on gains from sale of "long- term" investments. In the company's latest annual statement, group chairman Wee Cho Yaw
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    • 901 15 THE STOCK market yesterday closed quietly mixed after a firm start as participants scaled down operations ahead of the Easter break, dealers said. Deepening worries over the British miners strike ahead of the union delegate meeting tomorrow dampened sentiment. Hawker ended 47p higher at 461 after higher-than-expected 1963
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    • 335 15 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 held at Admiralty Road East, Sembawang, Singapore 2775 on April 24 at 9.30 am. PAR Eaat-Levlagsten 8hlp» boildlBg Ltd: Eighteenth
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    • 50 15 H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 1088.12 Monday 1CT75.48 Week Ago 1098.12 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 993.5 Monday 991.0 Week ago 977.7 ALL ORDINARIES Tuesday 783.1 Monday 764.5 Week Ago 758.5 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 875.2 Friday 895.2 Week Ago 887.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 1160.28 Friday 1150.13 Week Ago 1133.90
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 264 15 Bank Group Midland Bank pic, one of Britain's leading banking groups, has just published its Report and Accounts for 1983 and the Annual Statement to Shareholders of the Chairman, Sir Donald Barron. PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION £225,000,000 PROFIT AFTER TAXATION £125,000,000 RETAINED PROFIT £56,000,000 ASSETS EXCEED £52,613,000,000 OVER 4,000 BRANCHES AND
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    • 420 15 ETIP STRAITS STEAMSHIP (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Company which will be held in the Straits Room, 10 Collyer Quay #29-00, Ocean Building, Singapore 0104,0n Friday, 4th May 1984, at 11.00 a.m.to transact the
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 168 16 Rises Indices New Serendah 456 22 Apr 16 Apr 17 A Enterprise* Kkoaf Guan Saangyong 50« 535 332 15 10 BT Composite: 923.73 918.10 346 8 BT Indicator: *****22 *****46 C arlaberg 645 5 ST Industrials: 1000.55 993.82 U O B 535 5 ST Finance 2960.83 2940.20 Grand Central
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      162 16 pagt 15 for Li Rises Indices NST 2410 60 Apr 16 Apr 17 N Serendah 500 18 MBT Indicator: *****42 *****80 Falls NST Industrials: 1470.76 1469.57 Kuchai -100 -80 -70 -60 -50 NST Finance: 2815.48 2797.24 1750 NST Hotels: 659.65 659.52 Troooh BenU 1180 1200 NST Properties: NST
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  • 772 16  -  Goodwood-MUI showdown Companies Editor: ALAN LEE By CHAN OI CHEE THE Goodwood group is heading for a showdown with Malayan United Industries Bhd over the chairmanship issue at Ming Court Hotel Ltd at the latter's extraordinary general meeting tomorrow. The EGM has been
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  • 567 16 MR ONG Leng Chuan, who was first appointed director of Ming Court on Nov 11, 1981, and subsequently as non-executive chairman from Nov 15 last year, has given a point-by-point reply to the various issues raised by the former Ming Court director, Mr
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  • 257 16 SUBSTANTlALshareholder of Van der Horst Ltd, CommonwealthDeveloment Finance Company Ltd (CDF), has reduced its stake in the former from 9.45 per cent to 7.73 per cent, following the disposal of 300,000 shares in the company. News of the disposal came
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  • 560 16  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM MULTT-Purpose Holdings Bhd, long a non-favourite with the market for its poor profit record, has proved sceptics wrong by turning in triple-digit earnings growth last year. Group pre-tax profits soared 119 per cent to M 547.96 million from $21.9 million in
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  • 228 16 CHEMICAL Industries (FE) Ltd has reduced its stake in limited Industrial Carp Ltd from 17.25 per cent to 17.11 per cent. This was a result of the sale of 150,000 shares (from Jan 10 to Feb 14), which fetched a price of $1.61 to $1.64 a share. A
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 124 16 TH tr tA-i, i Lti 1 25\ PROFESSIONS FINES? CENER3 3 Shenton Way, #03-12, Shenton House Singapore 0106. Te1eph0ne:*****77 SI ■v mall or large meeting, you get abig welcome. m V The Palm Beach Hotel in Penang offers a warm welcome whether you have a meeting for 10 people of
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    • 232 16 Vital One Day Briefing For Ail Professionals Legal Structures for Business and Investment In Australia 10th May, 1984 Shangri-la, Singapore 11th May, 1984* Regent Hotel, Kuala Lumpur PROGRAMME KEYNOTE OPENING ADDRESS Malaysia: D.W. Evans, Australian High Commissioner Singapore: Graeme Hargreaves, Senior Trade Commissioner THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESSMEN AND
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 61 16 jWIECTiHIPR! OUTLOOK tor today: Showers in several areas in the late morning and mid-afternoon. Beport for U boors prior to TM pm on April 17 »t tbr airport: Maximum temperature 32.0 Associated humidity 65 Minimum temperature 24.7 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 6.15 Rainfall In millimetres Trace Total rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 315 17 JAPANESE shipping may break with tradition and allow foreign ere wing of Japanese flag ships in a bid to remain competitive. This is one of the proposals being considered by an advisory group to the Japanese Transport Ministry. The Council
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    • 514 17  -  By LOH HUI YIN NEPTUNEShipmanagement Services, a whollyowned subsidiary of Neptune Orient Lines, is adopting an aggressive strategy to supply bunker barges to oil companies and traders. The move into the barge business represents a diversification from its primary role, and was taken following
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 132 17 AFP LLOYD'S Insurance Group, arbitrating between Spain and Britain, has recommended that the British Defence Ministry pay £478,500 in salvage fees to a Spanish vessel which served as an emergency landing pad for a Royal Air Force jet last June. Informed sources said Lloyds recommended that one-third the
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      • 109 17 AFP AT least 10 Indian cargo vessels and over 23 smaller craft (dhows) on regular service between India and Gulf ports had been destroyed since the start of the Iran-Iraq war in September 1980, United News of India (UNI) reported. Five of the cargo vessels and almost
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    • 685 17 Shipping Line PMf C«l Shipping Line C«l Abe* Transport IV 4 Evergreen IV ACToepfer VI I Fargo Shpg vm AIM VI 3 Fesco vn Ahrenkiel Liner vn S FMG-CAVN VI Alpar VI s Franco Belg m An Lara Shpg IV 1 Frata Shpg VI A PC" Line
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    • 319 18 THE cyclical nature of profitability in the shipping industry has led to the need for shipowners to spread their sources of income out of vessels alone. Marine Midland Bank senior vice-president, Michael Revell said: "If one analysed the return on capital for
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    • 797 18 AFP FIXTURES were slow to 1 emerge on the freight mar- 1 ket last week, although en- i quiry appeared healthy, particularly in the time- charter section. 1 Charterers, keen to avoid < boosting rates any higher, were reluctant to release details in several cases. Of the comparable
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    • 1718 18 FAIRLY active time-charter business is reported on Monday on an otherwise dull freight market with grain fixing out of the US very slow to develop, shipbrokers said. Featuring the time-charter activity was the chartering of two ore/oil carriers of 152,000 long dwt with delivery 1984 for two years
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    • 194 19 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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    • 384 19 THE prospect of prior consultation between marine underwriters and shipowners ahead of market increases in premium rates has been ruled out by the chairman of Lloyd's, Mr Peter Miller. But he conceded that there was a case for relating war risk rates more
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    • 334 19 CAR-CARRIER specialist Hoegh-Ugland Autoliners (HUAL) has managed to make significant inroads into the Far East trade since extending its traditional service between Europe and the Middle East to include ports in Malaysia, Singapore, Hongkong and Taiwan, according to HUAL (UK)
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    • 297 19 AMERICAN President Lines has started calling regularly at the recently completed Fujairah Port, on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates. The addition of Fujairah is part of an overall enhancement of the company's service in West Asia, said W E Plymale, managing
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    • 5349 24 SCHEDULE 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
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    • 634 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godowns FCL Arrival for LCL Movement Ship Voy Date/Time Operator Cargo Schedule Location Maria 34A ***** 0030 Mansfield FSB 1100-1230 B7 Annapurna 408 19.4 84 0600 Sea Consort TA 3 0700-0900/163a 1800 F2 0800-1000/1500-1630 G2 Sea Hawk 31 19.4.84 0700
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    • 1772 25 The leading shipping lines operating from loeal ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies <S). Afra-fCaraals Liae Trans group (S) Mimklrl Liaer Service Kim Shpg (S> AKrrd C Ttrpfrr Sea Consortium (S) Manntex Enterprise < PKI Alpae Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo
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    • 576 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Chidambaram Contender Argent Demodar Ganga Jun Liang Cheng Kota Megah Maxim Gorkiy New Bear Schwarzburg Song Thao Thomasverett Als Confidence Bandundu Cresta VII Feng Guang Fukuzaki Maru Fushimi Maru Jenhol Kota Banteng Overwave Permina Supply No 19
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    • 382 17 BOOKS FOR PROFIT Times iffr 35 l?tTl I \RI.)I\I AM Ml OOCL OIQENTOvEIgEAS Container LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ I Calling Biemerha*en atter Hamburg 'Closing Times (S pore > AicepLing Cargo ttom E Malaysia Biuret I I FCt 21/4 0500 HRS LCI 20/4 1500 HRS TO/FROM KO«TH
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    • 344 17 iUj UASC JNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO SAG) NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN, IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM JAPAN TAIWAN HOMiKOMi STOW 21/4 1/5 11/5 U/S ro ARABIAN (,l L 11 MAftIYAH *6 11 NAM VI 11 MANAKH V 7 RED
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    • 2 17 .1 HMDS
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    • 820 17 REACH YOUR AUDIENCE EFFECTIVELY ■TIMES" lousiness l)irr< !<>r> of Sin&i|)<>rr *r MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES N—iST!s—fcA ■?•!«'*n'.'li'l",'in:i> r.'lgy TT v T^M M. M M. M M RANDO R7 3/6 10/6 16/6 17/6 23/6 24/6 30/6 1/7 SMGAPOft CLOSING TMES *CY 23/4 IIOOHRS CPS 22/4 2300 HRS tCorndia connecting
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 277 18 H M§= FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE Mm Fv 1) Barcelona Genoa, 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp, I.Havre, Baste UK. 3) Bremen. Bremerha*en. Aartus. Copenhagen, Helsinki 4) Malmo. Stockholm Oslo •Accepting [ixope ciffo tor feeder na S pore 'Also direct carfo tor Spore I Bangkok Pts contact PEWBC P Kelang tor feeder arrangement
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    • 637 18 9 M Singapore k W~ I Vj Jakarta Nedlloyd —your direct link to New Zealand It's not a boast but a commitment to the thousands of satisfied I clients of Nedlloyd. Our name has been synonymous with first class serv ice in this part of the world Southeast Asia. New
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 940 19 The Straits Steamship Group OCL Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINER SHIP SERVICE TO/FROM BANGKOK OSMtMT ?S 4 214 17/5 15/ i KMKM 04/5 06/5 23/5 25/5 KITAMO MMU 13/5 15/5 03/6 05/t CMOIGM Mr 20/5 22/5 o*/( 10/1 FIAMFURT EXPRESS 27/5
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    • 402 19 NOTICE Tientsin Marine Shipping Company Direct container shipments from Singapore via Hong Kong to Hsinkang, Tientsin and Beijing Tientsin Marine Shipping Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Sealord Shipping Agencies Singapore as their local agents to offer full container service to the subject People's Republic of China ports
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 736 20 EXPORTS CKjki Ba» Benaron Kitano Man Cardan Bay Franfclwt Eipress Luff pool Bay Bremen Eipress Hatntourt Eipress S pore r Helang 13 5 lb 5 70 ■> 22 5 10 6 1? 6 18 6 20 6 S ton H burg B ha»en Rdam It Havre Antwerp S pore P
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    • 404 20 m JtG.&.LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 MjwnbwjMhMc^ojjMrtium 1 1 CKVM.KR *oa 31 *r KPTWf GARNET 19W MERCMOR 35* Vl> SLK^^lTTtfmoe^Hh^c^orttortitr^ FULLY 19 4 20 4 28 4 29 4 CONTAINERISED -TO '"OM NORTH *MfRICA (AST COAST 1 L Btxh CMon HK 19/5 30 5 2'6 2
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    • 273 20 EVERGREEN LINE EAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE EUROPE 'FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST/MED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE MEDITERRANEAN SEA/FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE I FAR EAST, U S WEST COAST CONTAINER SERVICF AISO ACCEPTHG CARGO TO LONGBEACH OAKLAND SAN OK GO. RICHMOM) STOCKTON. AIAACDA HDWOOO CITY AND SACRAMWO VIA MCKO-BMDGE TO CHKAGO.
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    • 878 20 Everett Steamship Corpn.S/A Clifford Cantra Harrison* A Croafiald 36, Baach Straal Panang, Singapore PKalang K L Rm 36/ 103 O C B C Bldg Tal *****01/9 *****1/4 *****/9 *****4 Tal *****/2 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE to U*s WESfCQAST Mm acct|li«| uqi tar Lai ta|Mt Saa f nacuca D Em ■223E221 i
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    • 252 20 JdSINOSE U u MARITIME PTE LTD KYOWA LINE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC Smgapore KYOWA COSMOS 9/5 PKeUnf Lo4<fen{ tor 11/5 Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaii Honiara. Noumea, Lautoka. Suva. Papeette FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO MICRONESIA/ SOUTH PACIFIC via KOBE Feeder Vsl Spore 'A' Vsl 6/4 Mother Vsl Mariana Lla
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 613 21 PIL GROUP KOTA E WISATA p°^ GE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTA CEMPAKA E 503 HOOEIOAH, JEOOAH, AOABA, PTSUDAN KOTA WANGS A lIS HOOEIDAH, JEDOAH, PTBUOAN, AOABA WANGSA E-501 10 -i 5 /5 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH, ADEN, MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO HODEIDAH/AOABA/PT.SUDAN/MOGADISCIO VOYAGE E-499 E-503 E-501 KOTA MAKMUR KOTA CAHAYA
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    • 258 21 MALAYSIA SHIPPING CORPN SDN. BHD. *W. PENANG P. KELANG LOADMG FOR 4/«4 11-22/4 LBN/KK/TA 4/M 25-30/4 KU/KK/SKN 4tM 2-7/5 KK/SKN/TA 4/»4 9-14/5 KU/KK/SKN KOTA HARAPAN KOTA BAHAGIA Agents SINGAPORF Pll TEL *****33 P KELANG SELATAN AGENCY TEL *****6 *****32 KL SELATAN AGENCY TEL *****9 *****2 PENANG LEAN BEE &CO TEL
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    • 708 21 (KJJEBSEN LINE NEW ZEALAND SOIffH EAST MM S»ya W S psr« (Htn| Mmot Busan Ouka Sl7 1/5 5/5 U/5 14/5 i t/5 u/5 'Mf*A WSCH *7 2/6 j3/( 17/ c 21/| 2«/« 77/4 TO/FROM r KELANG WO BANGKOK BY FEEDER CARGO FOR NOUCA AMD OTHOI SOUTH MCfC PC* TS ACCEPTED
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    • 560 21 BOUSTEAD shipping agencies BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon PA-AN V 69 phashwegyawywa V 241 PA-AN V7O HTONEYWA V 192 Spore 18/20 Apr 26/29 Apr 4/7 May 10/13 May P Kelang Penong BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT FORTHBANK ;;°J M H ULL HMBG
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    • 909 22 K KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND vU IPI MICROBRIDtiE ft MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER/ ASIA STAR V 22 MONTE RUBY Vl6 J. BRIDGE V3O K. PIONEER V 33 ASIA STAR V 23 MOTHER VESSEL H BRIDGE V 25 ASIA MARU VO 740 L.G BRDGE V 22 PLANTIN
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    • 391 22 r.in! Accepting Brcakbulk and contaiiwriMd cargoes Direct to South Africa wir// BEBO JARDINE SHAPING AGENCIS (Ref. *****4/ 00K) 70 SMfNION WAY 304 0j MARINA HOUSI SWGAPORf 0207 Tfl ??***** TEIEX NO RS ***** CFS OIC 2nd fir IPC unit 730 lei <.«d i-rnunai oti ?nd (loot IPC Un.t ??9 lei
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    • 659 22 v// CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE lo«4n| tor lOS ANCELES SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE. It COM* VANCOUVER BC Acceptanf FCL/FCI Conluwrs •mm- YC 72T AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepta* Fa/Fa Contaown Aho accept!* from P Ktiang lor Auct'Rtaß lrtt S pore IMb S Ah. K«pt, »21 Apr 22 ?4
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    • 634 22 SANKO ASIA ZJNESSft FROM JAPANESE PORTS AND HONGKONG 1 BflWt* DIM 2 URANUS STAR 3 SANTA ROSA 1 4 FUKU2AKI MARU 5. NTfO MARU (EDO HRH 7 GREAT MOUNT Gdn 19/19 Apr 21/23 Apr 23/25 Apr 24/26 Apr 20/21 Apr 24/25 Apr 26/27 Apr 27/21 Apr A,ent. Singapore C f
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    • 641 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road »27 16 International Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 11 0 Lmesl ALPAC LINE ALPAC ASIA 165N8 S pore P Kelang Loadnf for: 2 May Durban/Tamataw/ SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION runmp \Sftl P Mang LM<fc CWKX.iI P 30 Apr Hcowflad tedoaf Agents Sngaport MTIASEA (Pit)
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 494 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) C Roze S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo LCL Cargo 1500 21/4 0300 21/4 TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: TO/FROM NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC COAST EXPORT 9/5 15/5 Mso accepting cat go to los Angeles
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    • 515 23 I HEUNG-A SHIPPIN Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON i SEMI-CONTAJNERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG. CHALMA CALCUTTA Vessel BUNGUCRAH 40 3S SPO« A&INIS NEPTUNE AGENOES PT[ LlO Ttl *****77/*****34 (BOOKING ONLY) NUIAVSIA AGINTS TUNAS SETIA SON BHO KL Tel *****0 *****4 PK Tel *****4 PEN
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    • 1054 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Market Street Sinjapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Tele* Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG P£HANG M/S SHARK AT NAN SOON SON BHD. IST AND 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS HAI THONG SHTPMG 23
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    • 62 23 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN JOHANNESBURG. MAPUTO. MAURITIUS REUNION WESTBOUND ALS CONFIDENCE 6W/84 JAMAICA FAREWELL 7W/84 WATER GEUS4E/84 11/4 20/4 7/5 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pie Ltd 63 Market Street. *08-06 Tat Lee B*dg S pore oto4 Telex RS ***** KIMTRA. Tel *****8 ETA PT SIN LOUIS DURBAN 18/4 GDN
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    • 592 24 lte<|ional Container Lilies 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing PS A 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday GUI SINGAPORE ISLANDS LINE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER S'pore PK ASIAN FALCON 21/30 Apr STAR CAPELLA 10/12 May KUSU ISLAND 18/20 May •Heavy SH 80 tore Pnf Loadmj for: Muscat. Abu Dhabi. Bahrain. Doha
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 59 25 f—H Cntt* Mailim LICOKNE >*.=«= GENERAL AGENTS SEALION SHPHNG (S) PTE LTD. SINGAPORE SALES/BOOKINGS TEL *****<1 (S LUES) DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES ammi t ams ORKNTAI SE AMINOS UNfR AGtNCr PIF I ID SINGAPORE TEL *****81 SALES/BOOKINGS MALAYSIA GENERAL FREIGHT (M) SDN BHD PK *****8 KL *****4 PEN *****3 (Accepting
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    • 357 25 r ,r Nedlloyd Lines Loximg lor: CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAI CARRIBEAN/CENTRAL/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA accepting containers to Carribean ports via B'town EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA VESSEL jS'POREI P. LOUIS S'TOS P'GUA R. GRA M'DEO B. AIRES N Lauvs 30/4 8/5 26/5 2/6 4/6 7/6 9/6 'Aconcagua 1/5 Opt 24/5 N
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 525 26 la C.Y. LINE (A Mtmb«r Of Th« ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) S pore Ml** FttMK HWi Brem Antwerp CHEVAIB ROS 3SW 20/4 71/4 »/S 11/5 12/5 MA 15/5 17/5 KTTUK GMNET 1M 7S/4 77/4 15/5 16/5 11/5 70/5 71/5 71/5
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    • 747 26 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mile Tower, Beach Rood, Singapore 0719 Tel *****44 Tlx R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE STORE P. KELANG PENANG PHUKET LANGS* V 51/14 20/21 Apr 24 Apr LANGS A V 52/84 21/29 Apr 1 May LAMPUNG V 59/ M
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    • 640 26 [™Z I M NON CONFERENCE MDEPENKNT FULL CONTUO SERVICE accepbnj FCL/LCI cargoes to USA East Nest Coast. Panama. Carribbean and East Canada ftt&tf Mtotr Sat 111 Kst Sua) Hh/Ml/ Mt Mpc w *SSEI m MONTRIAI Apr IS Mar M*r 27 Mat 2S Mir 31 Mar WSSEI OM HM 30 Apr
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 135 26 c cr"* Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R, Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rain Wave height Cloudy Sky Surface winds are Indicated by arrows which fly with the wind One
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