The Business Times, 19 April 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 420 1  -  By JOANNE YAP A |6 million professional institute to train engineers, surveyors, draftsmen and architects in Computer-Aided-Design and Computer-Aided-Manufac-turing (CAD/CAM) applications is likely to be set up by the end of this year. Business Times understands that Intergraph Systems (SEA) Pte Ltd
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  • 147 1 Bernama FORMER Carrian empire chief George Tan has been admitted to hospital. No reason has been given for his admittance. A Hongkong police spokesman said yesterday that Tan had been excused from reporting to police daily one of the conditions of his bail as
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  • 485 1  -  By ALVIN TAY THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is studying two alternatives to the present gold futures contract in a bid to draw volume away from the unregulated locoLondon market. A closely related gold contract may eventually be used by Simex, the London International
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  • 401 1 AN INTERNATIONAL auction sale of marine, construction and oilfield equipment held in Singapore was a success and a hot favourite among local companies. It ended one day earlier than expected, with almost all of its equipment sold, said its organiser, Jim Davis Auctioneers Pte
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  • 278 1 THE pressure for a solution to the Malaysian Chinese Association leadership struggle intensified yesterday with the resignation of another senior member. MCA treasurer-general Datuk Choo Ching Hwa said he was resigning to drive home his "strong disagreement" with actions taken by the acting president,
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 82 1 DR WONG Kwei Chong, Minister of State (Trade and Industry), said Singapore spoke strongly against attacks by foreign troops in Thai territory and demanded that the troops stop violating Thai sovereignty and territorial integrity. He made the statement at the 40th session of the Economic and
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    • 68 1 CUSTOMS officers in Johore Baru detained an Englishman and seized young prawns worth M 522,000 after a speedboat chase off Kukup near Pontian on Tuesday. Unpaid duties on the prawns, believed to be from Thailand, were estimated at $1,000. Sources said the officers were put on alert soon
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    • 55 1 AFP FRANCE and Japan will seek registration as "pioneer investors" when the preparatory committee of the International Seabed Authority has ruled on statutes governing the exploration and exploitation of the ocean floors, United Nations sources reported. They described the committee's last meeting in Jamaica as very constructive, though
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    • 67 1 Reuter ABOUT 170 riot police were injured in Seoul's worst anti-government student demonstration this year, police said. The battle outside Korea University involved 1,500 students and stopped traffic for four hours on Tuesday. About 10 students were also injured. Police finally drove the students back to the campus
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    • 69 1 Reuter THE European Economic Community (EEC) will ask its 10-mem-ber states to lend it an extra US$2 billion this year so that it will not run out of money, senior European Commission sources said yesterday. They said the group's 14-man executive commission chose the option
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    • 79 1 Reuter MEMBERS of a Hindu vigilante group, enraged by the murder of their leader, yesterday attacked police and smashed vehicles in the Punjab capital of Chandigarh. "Sources said members of the Hindu Suraksha Samiti (Hindu Protection Force) marched through the city chanting slogans against the government and police
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    • 56 1 Reuter CHINA is building its nuclear power industry as fast as possible and will speed the process by importing equipment from abroad, a leading Chinese official said yesterday. Professor Jiang Shengjie, president of the China Nuclear Society, said that development would be in three stages with the first
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  • 283 1 TAIWANESE sad Hengkeag coastracttea wsrkers will esasMer working Is Siagapsre If wages offered to them are three times their correst wages. As aa example sf the wages expected, the Slagapsre Contractors Associate Ud (BCAL) said a skilled worker from Hsagksag weald miWur wsrtdag here
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  • 431 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH THE Housing and Development Board's (HDB) new plan to attract more tenants for its industrial units yesterday received a boost from its parent, the Ministry of Development. The ministry announced that it would not extend existing permission allowing companies to
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  • 82 1 Reuter SOURCES at Lloyd's marine intelligence said the tanker "Rover Star" sustained damage by a missile explosion and was now beading for Dubai for a survey of possible repairs. They said their information did not say when or where the incident occurred. Earlier yesterday, Iraq said
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 216 1 IbpsbiCarAudo Technology FUJITSU TEN LIMITED AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. Singapore Phone *****22 Kuala Lumpur: Phone *****3/*****0 Panartg: Phone *****/***** Jakarta: Phone *****9 See page 7 THE producer of Renault cognac has appointed Borneo Company as its distributor in Singapore Page 2 PRE-VOCATIONAL training is gearing up for full implementation Page
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 478 2 CASTILLON Renault, producer of Renault cognac, has appointed Borneo Company as its distributor in Singapore. The move for one of the world's top 10 best-selling cognacs marks the brandy's relaunch in Singapore soon. It was distributed by Tan Chong Trading until 1982. Mr Jean-Francois
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    • 275 2 IBM SINGAPORE has appointed another dealer for its typewriters in anticipation of higher demand. An IBM spokesman told Business Times that the dealer, Printset International Pte Ltd, was picked for its capability in sales and services of IBM typewriters. The company has been
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    • 148 2 SINGAPORE engineering products and services «ire being promoted for the first time at Machmex 84, an exhibition of production machinery, metal working and engineering equipment and hardware. The show in Kuala Lumpur ends on Sunday. The eight companies taking part in this exhibition
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    • 303 2  -  By LIAK TENG KIAT SINGAPORE'S Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Tommy Koh, is to be honoured tonight for his contributions to the field of international law. He will receive the Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award at the annual dinner in New York of
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    • 159 2 IN TODAY'S business world, information is a resource that is equal to capital, personnel and raw material. The Infomatlcs 84 Congress, the 16th worldwide annual meeting of the International Information Management Congress (IMC), to be held at Hyatt Hotel on Oct 2-4, will focus on societies'
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    • 441 2 FOLLOWING the return of Brian Elson to the UK, Sime Darby has made the following changes in its senior management structure. Brian Kelly, previously product director, has been appointed managing director. He will be responsible to Ng Seng Wkye, director of Sime Darby Singapore, who will assume
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    • 327 3 Need to develop indigenous base for R D in Escap DEVELOPING an indigenous research and development (RAD) base is necessary if foreign technologies are to be utilised effectively in developing countries. Unfortunately, RAD in the member countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) tends
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    • 314 3  -  By PENG AILIAN SINGAPORE is moving quite fast in its computerisation programme. The main problem with the programme is the shortage of suitably qualified and experienced computer programers. However, this is a worldwide problem and not just peculiar to Singapore, said Dr Ho
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    • 167 3  -  By JAIME LYE THE gateway to Bulgaria is now wider with the liberalisation of the air pact between Singapore hnd Bulgaria. Delegations representing the two countries, led by Mr Lim Hock San, director of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), and Mr Emil Velchev, deputy
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    • 377 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN COMPETITION in the retail trade is gathering momentum in the Serangoon Gardens residential estate as Fitzpa trick's eighth branch opens its doors today. The new store is situated right behind the NTUC Fairprice supermarket and is within a stone's throw of the Singapore
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    • 280 3  -  By LISA LEE THE terms mm! policies for the Imm of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) apartments at Beaaty World Centre and Orchard Point were made pnblle for the first time yesterday. The apartments can be rented for two years, and the proponed
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    • 480 3  -  By TSANG SAU YIN PRE-VOCATIONAL training, a pilot programme since the beginning of this year, is gearing up for full implementation in 1985. Staff training, improving and/ or increasing the number of training workshops in selected institutes, publicity campaigns in schools, and further refinements
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    • 444 3  -  By MONICA GWEE SINGAPORE has "come on" to the productivity movement. A survey carried out by the Times Organisation has found that the soft-sell approach has made an impact on Singaporeans. The survey was commissioned by the National Productivity Board (NPB) after it launched an extensive
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    • 269 3  -  By CHEN QINGSHUN MORE sales were made at yesterday's auction by Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye k Baillieu (KFCB) than at any other auctions so far this year. Five pieces of property with a total combined total value of 96.86 million were sold
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    • 180 3 Keck Seng Tower is now ready for immediate occupation u. t Share this same address with these distinguished f Malayan United Bank Bhd (Singapore Branch) Thai International Airways London Guarantee Reinsurance Co Ltd Construction Industry Development Board SSC&B/LINTAS (SEA) And Others A strategic location at 133 Cecil Street in the
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 435 4 Reuter THE economic recovery in noncommunist industrialised countries is proceeding faster than previously forecast and should continue through 1985. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last December predicted 3 1 i per cent real economic growth for the 24-nation bloc in 1984.
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    • 503 4 NYT STARTS of new residential building projects in America plunged by 26.5 per cent last month from February. Reporting this on Tuesday, the Department of Commerce said the fall is the steepest one-month decline since the government began compiling the figures
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    • 190 4 Reuter THE Kuala Lumpur Commodities Clearing House (KLCCH) yesterday cut to M 5250,000 from $500,000 the margin cover required from members to register palm oil futures contracts traded on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE). in a joint statement detailing new rules for trading on the
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    • 407 4 AFP THE United States Congress, which members like to call the greatest legislative assembly in the world, probably costs the greatest amount of money. But no-one seems ready to tighten his belt, in spite of the agreed need to reduce the enormous US budget
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    • 251 4 AP CRUCIAL talks between West German metal industry employers and union officials collapsed on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a nationwide strike by workers demanding a 35-hour work week without cuts in pay. Union officials said a strike vote would probably take place early in
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    • 137 4 Bernama A FILIPINO economist has predicted that the crunch of the country's current economic crisis will come in the second half of the year with "a significant devaluation of the currency, drying up of dollars and closing down of import-dependent Industries". Dr Bernardo Villegas, vice-president
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    • 717 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From CAL CI009 0040 TPE PAA PA5 0225 JFK/SFO/HKG SIA SQ43 0750 DHA MAS MH681 0620 KUL TMA TL351 0830 BEY/DXB MAS MH601 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN RBA BI421 1000 BWN SIA SQ103 1000 KUL
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    • 306 5 UPI THE Vatican newspaper, in a commentary on the first birth from a frozen embryo, has reiterated the Catholic church's opposition to masturbation even as a means of procuring sperm for artificial insemination. L'Osservatore Romano said on Tuesday that the Catholic church staunchly opposed
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    • 393 5 AP SPECIAL US Trade Representative William Brock has said that the renewal of an agreement on duty-free entry of Third World products into America faces "a tough fight" in the US Congress but he believes it will eventually pass. He told a news
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    • 265 5 UPI WALTER Mondale was the solid favourite in yesterday's caucuses in Missouri, where 75 delegates were to be chosen for the Democratic convention which would decide the party's presidential nominee. Mr Mondale ended a brief respite from campaigning yesterday with a visit to Kansas city
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    • 266 5 Reuter A CONGRESSIONAL greap ku arged the H «I offer trade te mere Commaaist ceaatrlee la Ebrepe aid leases their ecoMmk dependence mi the Soviet (Jalea. Beporttag oa a visit te eastern Earope, the Hesse of Representatives sab-cem-mlttee ea trade said ea
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    • 594 5 Reuter TENSION mounted between Britain and Libya yesterday after a machine-gun attack from the Libyan embassy in London on a crowd of demonstrators killed a young policewoman. As police kept up a siege of the embassy, Libya retaliated by besieging about 20 British diplomats
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    • 538 6 UPI LAUNCHING a business enterprise usually involves a marketable idea, the right people and the necessary financing. Lack of financing can stop a project dead in its tracks. Now, however, a new twist on an old insurance idea may make it easier to get financial backing. The
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    • 664 6 NYT A PUBLIC dispute involving a clash between business and journalism has broken out between the owner and the editor of The Observer, Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper. Employees of the paper said the fight could end in the dismissal of the editor, Donald Trelford,
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 591 6 Agencies LISTENING to miniaturised personal radio and cassette earphones could cause permanent hearing damage, two Swedish doctors said on Tuesday. "Loud music sounds wonderful in a Walkman-type cassette player, but a jet plane or a pneumatic drill at the same sound levels sounds pretty uncomfortable,"
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    • 276 6 AP PRESIDENT Reagan has defended his anti-communist policy in Central America, calling for a "no-nonsense approach to defending our vital interests". "Debate on this issue has strayed too far from reality," Mr Reagan told a group of Hispanic leaders invited to the White House
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    • 55 6 Beijing snapshots: 1 CHINESE workers sampling a hotdog and a hamburger yesterday at the newly-opened Ylli Fast Food Restaurant in Beijing the first of its kind in the Chinese capital. Western delicacies and junk food will be available for the enjoyment of the masses and
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    • 60 6 Beijing snapshots: 2 CHINESE Foreign Minister Wo Xoeqian grinning during the signing of a consular agreement on Tuesday as British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe tells him that all the penmanship reminded him of his schooldays. Under the agreement, China and Britain will open consulates
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    • 263 6 Reuter SIKH extremists threw down a bloody gauntlet to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi yesterday by killing a Hindu vigilante leader and six other people as the New Delhi government prepared new plans to end the violence in Punjab state. Home Minister PC Sethi was
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 133 6 How you can benefit from Bayerische Landesbank'a presence in Singapore f Bayerische Landesbank is headquartered in Bavaria, a leading federal state of West Germany with a long tradition in cross-border trade and finance. Over the years we have constantly upgraded and refined our international banking capabilities, building a reputation for
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  • 1396 7  -  The trial of Mak Foon Than for the murder of Bumiputra Merchant Finance official Jalil Ibrahim was not heard yesterday, but the allegations in the first few day have rocked the Hongkong financial world. TERESA LIM describes the atmosphere in the colony. The Jalil Trial
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    • 241 7 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company will be held at 65 Chulia Street #19-00, OCBC Centre, Singapore 0104, on Saturday, 26 May 1984 at 12 o'clock noon to
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    • 139 7 v.? wd A ill Choo has arranged hundreds of al functions. Each one must still meet > exacting international standards. '<■ •<": V/ 3*5 H %ls •Msiv M l wH SE MB *3? a v-v.v.' V f x fKwf I .-sss 2S§£ I* .rVctbsssi •m flft Jrr--5* ■k is w,
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  • 459 8 CARROTS and sticks are seldom unrelated, not when they come from the same government body. So it was of two separate announcements received by this office recently. One came from the Housing and Development Board and the other from its parent, the Ministry of National Development. The
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  • 1294 8 What does it take to do business in China? Zhou Mei talks to a man who knows DOING business with the People's Republic of China is not much different from doing business with any
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  • 590 8  -  By PAMELA HOLLIE NYT LAST year, sales at fast-food chicken restaurants in the United States grew 21 per cent, to US$3.6 billion, according to the Commerce Department. For this year, the department estimates sales will grow 23.5 per cent, to US$4.4 billion. And it estimates that
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 697 8 I I I I CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Has she this title for the wrong reason? (6) 7 Bobby's team? (8) 8 He may take a peep (4) 10 Some star disc-jockeys often seen on TV (6) 11 Hurried and closed the trap (6) 14 Dine in a close atmosphere
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  • 1076 9 Off the coast of Sarawak belching flames of wastefully burnt natural gas send an estimated $210 million worth of gas up in smoke every year. But in Nigeria work has started on a project aimed at saving this previous energy. REMI OYO and JOHN NDUKAUBA
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  • 1014 9  -  By ROBERT MAHONEY Reuter STORMS buffeting Malaysia's multi-racial coalition government seem set to worsen in the coming weeks as leadership struggles in the main Malay, Chinese and Indian parties come to a head. The fall in the political barometer has prompted the country's founding father,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 841 9 SINGAPORE 5 2.25 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Paces 2.55 Opening and Programme Kghights folowed by Taiji Master (Mandarin with English subtitles/r) 3.50 Curious George (Cartoon) 4.00 The Bionic Woman Ki Oscar (Part 3/r): With the director of the Office of Scientific Intelligence stiff in enemy hands, the Pentagon gears
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 482 10 Bernama NATURAL rubber producers are expected to press for the renegotiation of the current International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) at the next council meeting of the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) in Kuala Lumpur next month. The producers, it is understood,
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    • 303 10 AFP MALAYSIAN crude palm oil production last year declined to 3.02 million tonnes from 3.51 tonnes in 1982. The Primary Industry Ministry's Profile of the Primary Commodity Sector released recently said that the drop of half a million tonnes was due
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    • 295 10 Reuter THE Indian Agriculture Ministry will finance a special 380 million rupee project in the current oil year started last November to boost oilseeds production and cut large edible oil imports. SS Chauhan, additional commissioner of the ministry, said yesterday that the ministry's oilseeds
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    • 111 10 Reuter THAILAND'S maize exports in the first quarter of this year rose 34.1 per cent to 560,033 tonnes from a year ago. The Board of Trade, a private trade organisation in Bangkok, said Thailand exported 189,025 tonnes of maize last month compared with 146,064 tonnes a year
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    • 324 10 SINGAPORE: Yesterday s closing prices in SS 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,
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    • 1097 10 COFFEE: Robusta futures closed yesterday morning up to £4 lower in nearby months to £3 higher in distant positions and below the new contract highs set at the opening. July finished at £2,070, unchanged from Tuesday's close and below the new high of £2,084. The later easier trend
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    • 328 10 THE rubber market closed slightly lower in Singapore yesterday with May One RSS buyers quoted at 227.50 cents a kilo, down 2.50 cents from Tuesday. The morning session was marked down slightly on lack of buying interest and fresh factors, after an unchanged opening. Prices fell a further 1.50
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    • 30 10 Rubber: April 18 Singapore: May 227.50 cents (down 2.50 cents) Malaysia: May 247.50 cents (down three cents) Tin: M 529.15 per kilo (unchanged) 106 tonnes (down 44 tonnes)
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    • 270 10 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 224.50 225.SON Int. 1 R.S.S. May 229 50 230.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. June 227.50 228.00 Int. 2 RS.S. 221.50 223.50N UK/Cont. 220.50 222.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 217.50 219.50N UK/Cont. 216.50 218.50N
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    • 115 10 NOON SSR and SMR f mew yeeterdey RAS May Jua (Cirml Mtfc) (Forward Mlb) SSR 20 Bayere Saltan Buyer* Saltan (1-ton pallet) 211.00 213.00N 212.00 214.00N SSR SO (1 -lor pallet) 209 50 211 .SON 211.50 213.50N MRELB May Jaae SMR CV (1-ton pallet) 268.00 270.00N 270.00
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    • 76 10 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday held at the IT A fleer level ef MS2S.IS a Idle. Dealers said the buffer stack manager continued te be the majer buyer while little sappert from lecal interests was evident. Poreign demand remained absent with Penang's premium holding at £45#
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    • 208 10 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday rose further on continued buying support, with sentiment boosted by India purchasing RBD palm oil and olein. Expectations of new Pakistan tenders today also triggered covering. In the April position, north and central rose MJ2O each to $1,535 and $1,530 a tonne
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    • 158 10 CHINESE Pradaee Exchaage, Singapore, clMing prices per lMkg yesterday. Cwtßtt «II: Bulk fob $194.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $209.00 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 faq fob
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    • 189 10 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed 2 J to Vi-cent a bushel lower on Tuesday, near the bottom of the day's four-cent range. Traders cited pressure from the approaching harvest, along with a lack of buying interest amid light speculative selling, as the main negative factors.
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    • 195 10 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cattaa Vin: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,450. 32's 3,970, 40 s 4,100 (per hale of 400 lbs). Pt«** G—4*: China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq. Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq. Flower and
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    • 151 10 SOYBEAN futures ranged up 1 Vi to off I*/* cents a bushel at the close on the Chicago Board of Trade, making new day's lows in establishing Tuesday's seven-cent range. Liquidation mainly reflected the trend in soybean oil futures. Traders also liquidated because they were reluctant to carry positions
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 438 11 THE Singapore foreign exchange market saw dull and featureless trading yesterday. The US dollar, however, continued easier. Against the Singapore dollar the currency closed 5J2.0832 39 against an opening 552.0840 middle rate. lalertaak bmH rates at 3 pm: One Month 2.0812/2.0827 Two Months 2.0780/2.0796 Three Months 2.0751 2.0766
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    • 36 11 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited tenders for $125 million of 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from April 23 to 27. Each tender must be for an amount not less than $250,000.
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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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    • 152 11 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at 5 pm on April 18: US Dollar! Offer Bid 7 days 10* 10H 1 month 1011/16 109/16 2 months 1013/16 10 11/16 3 months 10 15/16 10 13/16 6 months 114 114 9 months 114 114 12 months U%i 11* Dm*. Sw.Fr*.
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    • 57 11 THE dollar closed little changed in dull pre-Easter hpnrt»y trading with operators trying to adjust positions in the absence of fresh news. Moderate selling by New York operators early depressed the dollar to a low of 224.28 yen but failed to enliven the market, and the dollar ended at
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    • 245 11 GOLD futures weakened slightly in Singapore yesterday afternoon after a firmer opening, but the market still closed higher on balance compared with New York. Trading was very quiet with total sales for the day recorded at two lots. Prompt closed higher at US$3Bl.BO/382.80 an ounce compared with New York's
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    • 40 11 Tm Mm New York 9 21B 9 15B 92&S 9 20S Zurich 9.15B 9 10B 9.20S 9.15S W t4 Tm Singapore 9.21B 9.16B 9 26S 9.21S Closing prices in US dollars a troy ounce. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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    • 210 11 THE dollar opened lower in quiet trading yesterday, although in line with New York's close, with most dealers holding square positions ahead of today's US first quarter GNP figure and the four-day Easter holiday weekend. The dollar opened at 2.6345/55 marks, one pfennig down from Tuesday's 2.6445/ 55 close
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    • 89 11 THE US dollar closed mixed yesterday against other major currencies in fairly quiet pre-Easter trading. It rose to 2.6350/60 marks from an early 2.6340/50 and from New York's 2.6330/40 close, but fell to 223.90/ 224.00 yen from 224.32/42 and 224.55/65. Dealers noted increased yen demand, partly reflecting bond conversions
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    • 296 11  -  By AMY BALAN THE OPPORTUNITIES available in the Asia-Pacific region have encouraged the subsidiary of one of the world's largest banking groups to set up office here just a year after it opened a branch in Japan. County Bank, a whollyowned subsidiary of
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    • 331 11 AP AFP JAPANESE and US officials are making progress towards opening Japan's financial markets to outsiders but major problems remain in efforts to transform the yen into a robust international currency, a top US Treasury Department official said. The Undersecretary of the Treasury, Mr
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    • 227 11 Reuter INTERNATIONAL debt problems will continue for a number of years in spite of substantial progress made recently, Dutch Finance Minister Onno Ruding said. A serious problem was an insufficient flow of funds to international agencies or banks to provide soft loans to the poorest
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    • 232 11 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES central bank said it has ordered an increase of one percentage point in banks' minimum reserve requirements from 23 per cent at present. It said the higher reserve requirement will take effect next week and will cover short- and long-term deposits in commercial
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    • 72 11 Reuter CANADA'S governmentowned Export Development Corp (EDC) has signed a US$lO million line of credit with Toronto Dominion (South-east Asia) of Singapore to support sales of Canadian goods to the AsiaPacific region. The EDC said the agreement covers Australia, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, New
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    • 78 11 Reuter TAIWAN will set up its offshore hanking centre around May 20, nearly one month ahead of its original schedule. Mr Hsu Yuan-Tung, director of the finance ministry's monetary department, said his ministry will start accepting applications by Taiwanese and foreign to take part
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 1165 13 NEW YORK Reuter A SHARP fall in housing starts in March put some life in the listless bond market, and this helped lift Wall Street, where stock prices closed moderately higher for the second straight day on Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average, as many as 11
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    • 188 13 APR 17 Frt CORBEILLE 8 4 -30 -1 Financier* de L "Union Lafarfe Moet-Hennessy Opfl-Parlbas at JO 382 1406 152 62 280-50 rp c -1.1 -0.7 +5 -2-2 unch -U Aqultalne Nat DM Petrole B S N Ocmls Danone C 8 T (Thomson CM Prancalse des Petroles Credit Foncler
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    • 159 13 APR 17 ru ABN «t«i 2 Acton 131.00 Ahold 19&00 •fis Akao +03 AMEV lyijo Amfu Amrobnk TO JO -02 IWk 40 JO -03 Bob MJO BormumlJ 300.00 -1 Boaka 33.00 -0.7 Burtet 07 JO -0.1 Caland 37.00 unch Cal* 340.00 unch Dell Mlj auo 1 Elaevter ***** -9
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    • 193 13 APR 17 Actions Sulsses Alusulsse Br. Alusulsse Re( Francs 318 as* so -1 -3 Sulser P»Sulser Reg. Swiss Bank Br Swiss Bank Corp Reg 3E2 1070 333 3B 1 -30 1 unch Brown Boyerl Br. CI be deify Br. Clba Oelfy P C Cite Oelgy Rm Credit Suisse Br
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    • 285 13 APR 1? Rand INDUSTRIALS Un Steel UnlMC Wool worm 900 uncb unch A Alpha Abercotn AE And CI Amaprop AMIC MOB 290 MS 490 wnn 5 10 uncb Mt Anglo* Anginal MININGS M00 1000 unch Barlows 1440 Blnoon Buffels 1040 1000 unch C Q Smith Che ken CNA Currl*
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    • 687 13 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday following the recent spate of favourable company results, dealers said. Optimistic remarks made by the ICI chairman at yesterday's annual meeting further helped sentiment. ICI shares rose lOp to 618 after 620. At 3pm, the FT 30 Index was up 8.4 points at
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    • 52 13 H K.HANG SENG Wednesday 1090.20 Tuesday 1088.12 Week Ago 1068 90 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 993.3 Tuesday 993.5 Week ago 981.3 ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 758.2 Tuesday.— 783.1 Week Ago 756.2 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 879.8 Monday 875.2 Week Ago 887.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 1164.57 Monday 1180.28 Week
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    • 95 13 APR 17 ButOfl OJ Bel ***** 300 Centrale Ord n*> •S Cond Acq urn Rom* ErkUnlt 143 KM 03 ♦00 Flat Ortl 4100 30 Otntrtll wm •110 oim 3400 -130 vn prftv saoo +30 Invest 3333 17 It&icementl Ord ***** 140 Ilalfmi 10« 10 Lepeut Ord ***** -30 Mediobanca
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    • 85 13 APR IT Pra FORWARD MARKET ArtMd Astur Braac*n m mo (30 IBB oneh uncb ♦a Ctnptc Cock O* Becra Kbw ■toeuotel Ob-Inno-Bm 0«T Or Bni Lamb 1*86 ai m rm wno SOB 3280 2306 S -14 -4 18 ♦a uncb -10 -a Hobofc Petro Ryl Dutch Sldro 8oc 0*n
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    • 82 13 APR IT Dm Aa^-Telafunkan #490 183. at -OJ 1.1 Barer 171-00 ■42 BUW zzm 400.006 Commarabank Contl Oumral Daimler-Baru 1M.00 131 JO S66J0 4-» -0J 0J Dacuna Dautacba Bank Draadoar Bank ZZZ 901-00 111 JO 41 OHH 140JO 1 Hoaeiut Hoaach 119 JO 117 JO 4-1J unch Hortrn Kinudt
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    • 377 13 HONGKONG THE stock market closed quietly mixed yesterday ahead of a visit by British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe. Investors expect Howe, who has been in Beijing, to give some hints on Hongkong's future. Cheung Kong eased 10 cents to 19.80, HK Land 2.5 to 13.675, HK Wharf
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    • 538 13 Reuter SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday in light trading on selective demand for speculative issues. The market average rose 26.45 from Tuesday's close to 10.932.85. Trading volume was a slow 370 million shares against 400 million the day before. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index fell 1.37 points
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    • 96 13 APR U Peaoa Acoje Mining Anflo Phil Apex Mlnlnf B AU11 Con B Bagulo Ooid Bute Petroleum Bencuet Con B (MM 41 0-001 0 0006 IX unch -0J unch ***** 2 CDCP Pint Phil Hldfs LepunVo B ZZ lJi 0 0730 unch -0.7 Mannduque B a unch MHWj Onentel
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    • 568 13 INVESTORS dumping shares in interest holders of the Eclipse One well provided the main action in an otherwise dull pre-Easter market. At the close, the All Ordinaries index was down 3.8 at 759.2, the All Industrials index 0.1 at 993.3 and the All Resources 6.6 at 573.2. A report
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    • 124 13 apr ia Bahu A ok ham Thai AM Fibre AjoiLhajr* In* And Trust Bangkok Bank Bank Of Ajrudhaya I 231 i" 1M uneh Bala Shoe Bcrll Juckcr Z 536 Charoonf That ■n— Firestone pint Trust Ooodjrear Z Industrial Finance Corp Jalapralhan Cement. m uneh Maboonkhrong KM -0J 1119 uneh
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    • 174 13 •1 You can taste it with your eyes. At Pin Hsiang Restaurant. Singapore's newest addition to good, traditional Szechuan cuisine. Szechuan Cuisine so deliriously good, its a feast even to the eyes. Pin Hsiang Restaurant with prompt, courteous and efficient service to perfectly compliment all meals. Pin Hsiang Restaurant. Conveniently
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    • 214 13 SINGAPORE GLASS (1974) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Orchid Room, Shangri-la Hotel, Orange Grove Road, Singapore 1025 on May 9,1984 at 11.00 am for the purposes
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    • 225 13 NOTICES IN THE MATHS OT THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER IK) AND IN THE MATTES OF DOVES ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES PTE. LTD. (IN LIQUIDATION) (MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 at the Companies Act (Chapter 185) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed
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  • 2407 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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  • 3557 14 »sw Hl«k L«w CMHIT I Last Bale +orOr 1 DW Dir Crr Gr*s TTd Net P/E Vol (■000) Day Hlgfc Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 113 310 an 280 are 380 U1 410 322 278 544* 402 300 710 300 478 416 536 1010 428 506 1410
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  • 191 14 Maa&gen' prle« i for April U SING APOBE UNIT TBUST The Commerce 3.37 3.58 The Saving* Fund l.fT 2.09 S pore Prog Fund 1.44 1-53 S pore Sec. Fund 2.21 2.35 S'pore Invest Fund 1.17 1.24 S pore Equity Fund 1.43 152 ASIA UNIT 1*IWT Mai Invest Fund
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  • 1746 14 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. INDtHTBIAtfi AJ»«—U (3.9Q5) Alomi (2 348) (3) 2.35 Aalak (1.938) (I) 1.91
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  • 856 14 A RALLY daring the final half baar af trading yesterday helped the iteek market U clone aa a slightly better ■ate. The market had beea broadly lower threegheet the day hat the rally dertag the ctoelag miaates pared earlier leasee. By the time, the Strait* Times
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  • 547 14 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market lost more ground yesterday but the falls were not as sharp as the two previous sessions. After a quiet opening, prices began to waver on lack of support and the mood turned easier after the lunch break. Scattered interest was
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 471 15  -  By CHAN MAY PENG JOHAN Holdings Bhd has finally managed to turn previous loss-making Jacks International Ltd around. But the trading company is still bogged down by heavy interest expenses. Jacks, which was brought under the umbrella of the Johan group at the
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    • 168 15 Reuter CALTEX Oil Australia Pty Ltd lost about As 47 million last year due directly to political price fixing by state governments, John Landels told the company's annual meeting. He said the oil industry needed to be freed from what ne called arbitrary state price
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    • 633 15 MBT MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) will continue to identify suitable investment opportunities in its move towards a more integrated business entity. MRCB chairman Senator Kee Yong Wee notes in his latest statement that the group has successfully concluded some of its proposed
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    • 237 15 Reuter BOUSTEAD PLC, parent of Singaporebased Bousteadeo, incurred post-tax losses of £521,000 for the year ended Dec 31, 1963 compared with losses of £503,000 in 1962. At the pre-tax level, which includes investment income, Boustead recorded profits of £697,000. But the company was still incurring heavy interest
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    • 324 15 UPI THE ROYAL Dutch-Shell group has arranged a U*****.5 million revolving credit agreement with eight European banks to facilitate its purchase of the 30.5 per cent stake in Shell Oil Co it does not already own. In a filing with the Securities Exchange
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    • 374 15 MAGNUM Corporation Bhd is rationalising its four-digit forecast (4-D) betting operations by acquiring all the issued and paid-up share capitals of eight subsidiary companies not already owned by the group for a total consideration of $56.09 million via a share swap. Magnum said the
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    • 325 15 INCHCAPE Berhad: Seventeenth AGM to be held at Inchcape House, Third Storey, 450/452 Alexandra Road, Singapore 0511on April 24 at noon. 8EMBAWANG Shipyard Limited: Fifteenth AGM to be held at Admiralty Road East, Sembawang, Singapore 2775 on April 24 at 9.30 am. FAR East-Levlngston Shipbuilding Ltd: Eighteenth AGM
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    • 1159 15 AErterprtaae IJBiwiti AJeetn Canaat Ptjmfil 12%<n) 20% 1VJTE% Ex Data Apr 17 Apr 24 May 9 Beaks Clew Apr 30 May 5 May 22 Date Payable May 22 May 19 Jun 21 Tetal far the year 22% 20% 5% Mailer Prerteae y 22% I8.2%(a) 5% Afltotte Dev 7*%(b)
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    • 231 15 fc Europe's leading Exhibition include: Abraham Ltd Almar Braghenti Cuccireli Diochon Fisac Fisba Foschi G. Scacchi Gandini textile manufacturers at H Gut Co AG Helitex Mario Geriin Mario Zegna Niedieck AG Brillantsamt Reichenbach Co AG Riechers SA Sarti Telene Weisbrod Zurrer AG Enquiries: Trade Fairs Exhibitions Pte Ltd P. O.
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  • 842 16  -  Goodwood-MUI showdown By ALAN LEE Companies Editor THE GOODWOOD group is going in for today's showdown with Malayan United Industries Bhd at Ming Court Hotel Ltd's EGM adamant on removing the chairman and seeking to have two of its representatives back on the board
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 179 16 Rises Indices Troiok Mines 1140 100 Apr 17 Apr 18 M A A 1400 20 Pima M Box 400 20 BT Composite: 918.10 916.88 Eiio O C B C M Banking TDM 1310 1000 1030 214 10 10 10 10 BT Indicator: ST Industrials: ST Finance: *****46 993.82 2940.20
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      160 16 Rises Indices Tronota Toshiba 1260 1310 +80 70 Apr 17 Apr 18 Benta 1260 +60 MBT Indicator: *****80 *****62 MAA 1540 +40 NST Industrials: 1469.57 1466.55 P Chem 1700 40 NST Finance: 2797.24 2805.94 Falls NST Hotels: 659.52 659.52 -80 NST Properties 927.91 926.25 Mentakab 17U0 NST Tins:
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  • 475 16 LIAN Seng Properties Sdn Bhd, developer of the Ms2so million Kuala Lumpur Plaza, is seeking a listing on the Malaysian stock market. The company is linked to property tycoon Datuk Wong Kee Tat, who is now chairman of Kuala Lumpur Industries Bhd.
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  • 196 16 PERLIS Plantations Bhd last week inadvertently announced that Kuok Foundation sold one million Perlis shares for MS5.25 million. Kuok Foundation actually bought the said shares for that amount. THE KUALA Lumpur Stock Exchange has asked Maganm Corporation Bhd for more details regarding its general offer for equity in
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  • 516 16  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI DAIM ZAINUDDIN has scored a major plus point for Raleigh Cycles (Malaysia) Bhd in the company's attempt to Mock General Lumber (Holdings) Bhd's proposed acquisition of Uva Enterprise Sdn Bhd. This is hecaase the Malaysian Capital Issnes Committee (CIC) has deferred
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  • 324 16 Ben Co sets up bakery chain in Singapore inn Companies Editor: ALAN LEE FOOD-BASED Ben Co Ltd is venturing into the bakery business as part of the expansion of its food chain operations in Singapore. The 67-per cent owned subsidiary of Straits Steamship Co Ltd entered into a joint-venture with
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 64 16 SEE PAGE 13 FOR LONDON STOCKS AND SELECTED INDICIES TNs announcement appears as manef at record only CASH OFFER by MONSIA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD to acquire SEALION HOTELS LIMITED (OWNERS OF HYATT REGENCY SINGAPORE HOTEL) The undersigned acted jointly as financial advisers to MONSIA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD STANDARD CHARTERED MERCHANT
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    • 132 16 And that means you can put them on to the catwalk. When you send your new season's fashions with Korean Air Lines, you can be sure they'll arrive at their destination in perfect condition. Every piece of clothing you send is carefully placed on hangers in special garment igloos (or
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 OUTLOOK for today: Partly cloudy, showers over several areas in the early morning. R*P»rt It U kwri prtor to 7Jt pm m April 18 at the alrpart: Maximum temperature 30.6 Associated humidity 73 Minimum temperature 24.5 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 3.96 Rainfall In millimetres Trace Total rainfall for
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 200 17 AFP SANKO Steamship Co, a leading Japanese shipping company, has decided to transfer its 16 very large crude carriers (VLCC) to a new firm under a rehabilitation plan to be announced soon, a Tokyo Economic Daily reported. The Nihon Keizam Shimbun said the
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    • 528 17  -  Owner's suggestion ONE shipowner hat suggested that shipping guarantees may not be needed. This is possible if banks can process bills off lading quickly so that consignees can present the bills to shipowners in exchange for their cargo. The banks may also consider
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 156 17 Reuter FOREIGN shipbuilding orders placed with Japanese docks rose to 8.68 million gross tonnes in the year ended March 31, 1984, from 3.53 million a year ago and were the highest since 24 million, in 1972/73, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. The 1983/84 total orders were 458
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      • 138 17 THE Soviet Union has announced plans to treble the carriage of containers between Europe and Japan via Siberia by the year 2000. The Ministry of Transport Construction said in Moscow that some 200,000 containers a year are carried by the Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR). The opening later this
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    • 623 17 Shipping Line Page C«l Shipping Line P»*e Col Abes Transport IV 4 Frota V 1 Afea VI 3 Fujiwara Line IV 5 Ahrenkiel Liner vn 5 Globe Line VI 4 Alpac VI 5 Golden Line VI 4 Antara Shpg IV 1 Hapag-Lloyd IV 1 A PC Line
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    • 1085 18 NYT ABOARD MS Noordam, off Le Havre, France when Nico Van Der Vorm, chairman of the Holland America Line, is asked why he has just built this US$l5O million luxury cruise ship for the US market, he replies with a quotation from the
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    • 131 18 INTER Equipos Navales has set up a new stock base in Hongkong as part of its expansion programme. Called Inter Equipos Navales (Hongkong) Ltd, the new setup will provide a wide range of Inter's stocks including all types of container fittings, chains and accessories, and lifting
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    • 216 18 AMERICAN shipping line Seawinds has appointed Incotrans of New York as agents for its trans-Pacific container service in the North Atlantic states. Incotrans, which is already representing Seawinds in Chicago and St Louis, replaces American Steamship Agency, the former agent of
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    • 180 18 LYKES Brothers Steamship Co has appointed Thomas E Killeen as vice president, East/West services. In his new post, Killeen will be responsible for the integrated organisation that includes the US Gulf to the Par East, US Gulf to the Mediterranean, and the Great Lakes to
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    • 1735 18 INCREASED grain chartering on Tuesday is reported out of Argentina with the steady level of U5527.50 paid from the River Plate and Bahia Blanca to Japan and $32 from the Plate and Buenos Aries to Egypt, shipbrokers said. In addition, a cargo was arranged from the Plate and
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    • 669 18 April 24-27 Charter-party 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 A Co, 3236 Aylesbury St, London ECI. May 2-4 World Port Development conference, Amsterdam, The
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    • 190 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. Australia/Straits Container Line.
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    • 532 19 Business Day PHILIPPINE manning agent VTR-JEN Shipping and Marine Services has filed before the Supreme Court a second motion to reconsider the ruling favouring seamen's rights to petition salary increases while on board a ship, despite the existence of certified employment contracts
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    • 262 19 PRIVATE Thai shipping lines, discouraged by the 10 per cent margin for state-owned Thai Maritime Navigation Co (TMNC), are expected not to join in the bidding for the contract to transport 20,000 tons of rice to Nigeria, sources said. Under Cabinet rules
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    • 52 19 Reuter AT LEAST 150 people were feared drowned when a motor boat capsized in the river Buriganga on the outskirts of Dhaka following a collision with another vessel. Many people were thought to have been trapped inside the hull and a salvage squad was trying to lift the
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    • 211 19 THE Asie HI, owned by Asie Crewboat of Malaysia, was recently christen»] in Singapore at Kallteck Engineering's yard. Built by Fjellstrand Aluminium Yachts in Norway at a cost of about US$3 million, the 34.5 metre-long catamaran is claimed to be the first of its kind
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    • 5841 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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    • 618 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godns FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Halkeon 01WB 19.4.84 2000 African FSB 0700-0800 L8 Strathettric 24W 20.4.84 0700 Mansfield FSB 0900-1000/1800-1900 P4 Nikita Mitch 8CW/84 204.84 0700 S'pore Sov 51 0900-1100/1800-1900
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    • 1719 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFT.A African Shipping Agencies (S) Ur»-EiniU Use Transgroup (S) Ahrenklel Uner Service Kim Shpg <S). Alfred C Taepfer Sea Consortium (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alpnc Intrasea (S) Bin tang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo Handling
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    • 1201 26 ALGIERS Algiers Feb 29th. About 56 days delays. ANGOLA Luanda April Ist. 2 vessels at anchor and facing berthing delays of about 2-3 days. Lobito April 2nd. Waiting times of about 1 day. ARGENTINA Bahia Blanca March 26th. 3 elevator units are working well. Waiting times of about
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    • 567 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Cresta VII 5 Sunship alongside 19.4.84/2300 Overwave 10/11 S'pore Shpg alongside 19.4.84/0600 Kota Banteng 13/4 PIL alongside 19.4.84/0600 Tuapse 15/6 Sinsov alongside 19.4.84/1500 Fukuzaki Maru 19 Sharp alongside 19.4.84/1800 Jenhol 22 T Soon alongside 19.4.84/0700 Bandundu 31/2
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    • 567 17 HEIIN6-A SHIPPING Koraa Flag Vsis Regular Liner Semi-Container Service To: P. Ketenf/Penanj/Banjkok/Keetunt/ Busan/Inchon Fm: Busan/Moji/H. Konf S pore Ajent: Neptune Agencies Pte Ltd Tel: *****77 P.K. *****4, PN *****5 K.L. *****0 LONDON Freights 11/11 l CONSORTIA 111 SHIPPING Schedule VIII/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO Acts (or Whom IX PORT Conditions
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    • 467 17 IaSEALORDH UASC < UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO'SAG* NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND i UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE EflH FROM JAPAN TAIW \N HOM.kOV. Al MAMYAH *t Al MAJBA V I* Al MANAKH 7* HAMMURABI V.S ALSO CM.UNG •NAGOYA +HAKATA KEE
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    • 1088 17 TIMES Business I >irr< M>r < >1 M >rr DEVELOPED OVER A PERIOD OF 86 YEARS (BUKU MFRAH) MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES ii Mi iIL W.\ SWGAPOKE CLOSING TMES *CY 23/4 1100HRS CFS 22/4 2300 HRS tCorneha connecting Laura at Hkg TO: BELGIUM. HOLLAND. U.K., GERMANY, FRANCE, SCANDINAVIA,
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 266 18 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE 1) Barcelona. Genoa. 2) Amsterdam Antwerp. LHawe, Basic UK, 3) Bremen. Brerierhavan. Aartius. Copenhagen. Helsinki 4) Matmo. Stockholm. Oslo •Accepting Europe car|o tor feeder na S port. "Also direct cargo lor Spore I Bangkok Ms contact PERMSC P Kelang lor leader arrangement 1) Malmo. Stockholm, Oslo.
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    • 345 18 Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAiMER SERVICES USA/CANADA MIDDLE CAST "i l/T a/t 2/7 in CONVENTIONAL SERVICES rails I LOAOMG FOI 1 Apr KARACHI. BOMBAY. DAMMAM. KUWAIT. DOHA. A OHAft. DUBAI Pan Asia Line: ltd. CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM JAPAN TAIWAN AGENTS' SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD MmnOflicH *****72 I 5 line* j
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    • 967 19 The Straits Steamship Group OCL Overseas Containers Limited ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: Hanfewf to torn***. Ratfardam :to Itahmp. Amsterdam twfcw to til S.aßwuilaa IK r*t"« Baßast i Oabla f COWTAIN€RSHIP SERVICE FROM UK CONTINENT a/< 22/4 M/« 25/4 I UKMM HMD 15/5 17/5 11/5 M/S 21/5 Also accepting La and
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    • 762 19 NOTICE TOKO LINE MV "SITI FREDA" VOY-1 arrived on 14th April, 1984 Consignees of all damaged general cargoes ex captioned vessel are hereby notified that the General Survey will be held on the 21st April, 1984 (Saturday) at Jurong Port, godown TS-2 from 10:00 am to 13:00 pm. No further
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    • 699 20 r Hapag-Lloyd Spore PKetanePen leuoesBilbao Genoa Hburg Rdam Bhavet>Ant»eip 12/5 15/5 17/5 8/6 10/6 13/6 18/6 16/6 21/6 Benavon K.tano Mnu Kasufa Maru Cankfan B>i FraflAturt Eipress Ahter Eipress Rii* Eipress Neser Eipress Moset Eipress A Vessel H* long Oaklan Beach 21 4 15 5 17 5 4 5 2?
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    • 352 20 K.&line tout* f »<• FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE Vl* SUEZ I WW**' ot Ace Cmwortmi CONTAINERISED '0 fROM NORTH *M* RICAfASTCOAST 1 FULLY BUt Beach Chlor NYC SI Mnßatt Chlon 18 5 2 6 14 6 1/6 19 6 22,6 ?4 6 27/4 10 6 77 6 ?4 6
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    • 293 20 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE EUROPE/FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST/MED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE MEDITERRANEAN SEA/FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE TAIWAN SOUTHEAST ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE STRAITS/TAIWAN CONVENTIONAL SERVICE i FAR EAST/US WEST COAST CONTAINER SERVICF AISO ACCEPTMG CARGO TO LONGKACK OAKLAM) SAN Of GO MOMOW STOCKTON. ALAICDA REDWOOD CITY AM)
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    • 1183 20 Everett lines! COMPANIA PERUANA D€ VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" I itd'M,' I: tMifarjn, Mo and all Other Peri/nnri ports aith t'jnvhipnwit it Honjkunf and or Hob* (jr CP* Ihrmifti EWIs ut Iddirif to tinal destination PeflMtf P. K riant Sm(aport JOHNEVERETT* 25/27 Apr 24/29 Apr MUWIAYEVERETT* 3/5 May 6/7
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    • 961 21 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR KOTA WISATA E-499 30-2/5 DJIBOUTI. HODEIDAH, JEDOAH. AQABA. PTSODAN KOTACEMPAKA E-503 2-5/5 HODEIDAH, JEDDAH. PTSUDAN, AQABA KOTA WANGSA E-501 10-15/5 HODEIOAH. JEDOAH. ADEN. MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM ACCEPTING CONTAINERS TO HODEIDAH/AQABA/PT.SUDAN/MOGADISCIO KOTA MAKMUR KOTA CAHAYA DAMMAM COLOMBO/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON SERVICES KOTA BERJAYA W-416
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    • 751 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS KkJJEBSEN LINE Ml I'M NEW ZEALAND SOUTH EAST ASH S'bf* ht S port Khtri Incheen Busan Osaka TWA SV 7 1/S VS 10/5 14/5 16/5 U/5 SAW** WSCH 7 2/6 13/S 17/ C 21/ C 24/6 27/6 CARGO 10 FROM P. KELANG AND BANGKOK BT FEEDER CARGO
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    • 524 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE NE ARE ACCEPTWG BOTH CONTAMERS, CONVENTIONAL CARGO AND BULK LtQUC CARGO FOR BOTH ITORTS AID EXPORTS AMD ALSO TO/FROM UK ML AND PORTS. BREMEN. LE HAVRE. OSLO. COPENHAGEN AARHUS. GOTHEWURG Agents Singapore EKA JAVA AGENCIES Telfphor>»* 913,"?? Terminal ??"t6f>R4 W Malaysia SISAL PTE LTD TEL
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    • 513 21 PA-AN V 69 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore PKelong Penong G dn3o6/20 Apr PHASHWEGYAWYWA V 241 PA-AN V7O HTONEYWA V 192 26/29 Apr 4/7 Moy 10/13 Moy BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG FORTHBANK Sailed
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    • 1126 22 ,iu ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE FEEDER MOTHER ¥SL BRIDGE V3O 'OCEAN ELITE Y4322 •j IV LINE —KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. STORE KOBE GUAYAQUIL CALLAO 29 Apr 26 May 26 Km 2 U CENTRAL AMERICA /CARIBBEAN SEA FEEDER VSI MOTHER WE STORE KOBE I. BROGE *30 »VSI 29 ftp 25 May VALPARAISO 11 U
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    • 659 22 '/tf CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loadng tor lOS ANGUfS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE lACOMA VANCOUVER BC Accephng FCI/FCI Contaners p Singapore I Angete-, SSEI 9 M,, 11/ It Ma, ikm AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepteig FCL/FCL Contaaiers •Ah« accephng from PKetang tar Auck Wellytt PAelang* Spare IM> Sydn
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    • 540 22 SANKD ASIA FROM JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG GOLDEN LINE COM WAN SHIPPWC<tTI)in) l«| Prowwal Bart Bridi* M Ceci Street SPKAPOK 0104 TH 22l»7»0 (10 IMS) 10 Kuala liotpu ***** P Kctang 317*1 Pmanf XMU fno Guoant »|«rt OHKI UOTD 1(370 STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spofe P Ke(ing PtnMg GOLDEN KM Karachi
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    • 629 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road "27 16 International Pia*a Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lines! a BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S pore P Kelang loadryg tar: CAROUKP 30 Apr HMtMbh/tott* Agents Smgapare NTRASEA (fit) 110 BOOKMC *****11 I lump* BMTANG SHPPMG CO 9M M *****4
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    • 594 23 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia C Roze S pore Closing Times. FCL Cargo LCL Cargo FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) 1500 21/4 0300 21/4 TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: SURABAYA... JAKARTA...... SMGAPORf.. PO«AM P. KELANG.. BRISBANE.... SYWBf.. BURME. MELBOURNE. ADELADE FREMANTLE. Anro Temasefc 25/5 Abo atceibng cargo to/from
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    • 608 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels E SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: I BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON SEMI-CONTMNERISEDOIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG. CMALMA CALCUTTA POW A«NI NEPTUWE AGENCIES PTE LTD Tel *****77 *****34 (BOOKING OUT) IS Vt AI.INI TUNAS SETIA SON BHO Kl Tel *****0 414?44 PK Tel *****4 PEN Tel *****5/*****5 CEYLON
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    • 628 23 SINSOv" SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BULDMG 55. Martet Street Sincapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** f keiang penang M/S SHARK AT NAM SOON SON. BM> IST AND 2ND FLOOR MESSRS HAI THONG SiVPMC 23
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    • 559 24 Regional (lontainvr Linos 2 Sailings Weekly ll.lippn Reliable Regular Punctual Serthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday SISGAPORE ISLANDS UMi MIDDLE HAST REGULAR LINER S'pore PK ASIAN FALCON 4/6 Mar STAR CAPELLA 10/12 May KUSU ISLAND 11/20 May •Heavy itt 80 torn Pn( Loadhf for: Muscat, Abu Dhafci, Bahrain, Doha Jeddaii,
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    • 98 25 AGENTS SEAL lON SHPfWG (S) PTE LTD. I SALES/BOOKINGS TEL ******1 (S UNES) LICORNE French Line REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO BANGLA-DESH/INDIA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN am»*i lams ORIINIAI SfAWINDS IMR AGINCY Plf I ID SINGAPORE MALAYSIA TEL ??0S6«1 SALES'BOOKINGS GENERAL FREIGHT |M) SDN BHD PK MO44A KL 934 144 PEN *****3 DIRECT FULL
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    • 187 25 Scan Dutch 9 To Europe (Med/UK/NC/Scan) Anson In Port Anson 26/4 Anson 3/5 Anson 10/5 Anson 17/5 Anson 24/5 1) MARSEILLES 2) ROTTERDAM 3) HAMBURG 4) GOTHENBURG To Red Sea/Mediterranean Anson 2/5 Anson 6/6 P. KELANG 6 Butang 4/5 6 Kemumng 8/6 From Europe From Red Sea/Med. Also Accepting To:
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 77 26 MENG HORNG SHIPPING PTE LTD #02-21 GoMon Wall Auto Contro, 89 Short Stroot, S'poro 0718 TEL: *****47/8 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDIA PORTS VESSEL ETA ETD DESTINATION MENG HORNG 30 Apr 7 May Chrttafont/Chatru/Cafcutta SIN HOCK CHEW In Port 25 Apr Madras HORNG DAR MARINE ENT PTE LTD SHENTON HOUSE. 10-01,
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 183 26 Regional Weather '4 sZj •X M 27 Hi /I Jo ■SEH s» </4 m a >5^ i£ SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. C yA ~S Win. Wind direction with speed in knots R Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rain
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