The Business Times, 27 April 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, APRIL 27,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 307 1 THE Economic Development Bwri (EDB) has decided to Introduce lew-cost factoring under Its Small Industries Finance Scheme (SIFS). Initially, this factoring will be available only through DBS Finance, which recently became a participant In SIFS. EDB's divisional director (tndnstry), Mr Chua Soo Han, said: "Many
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  • 611 1  -  By RICHARD SEAH BAKER MARINE was one year too early. Its proposed public offer of over 544 million worth of shares is now believed to have been rejected because the company does not yet have a fiveyear track record, as required
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  • 375 1  -  By PETER BARNARD IMPORTANT new evidence supporting Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's controversial speech on the "naturenurture" debate emerged in an American government report on Wednesday. The report by the Bureau of Census focused on the increasing number of children born out of
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  • 454 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN THE Public Utilities Board is spending a massive $3.3 billion over the next five years on development projects for gas, electricity and water utilities. Of this amount, $2.5 billion will be spent on extending and upgrading Singapore's electricity system.
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  • 198 1 PICA, the specialised development finance and investment company, has agreed to merge with a subsidiary of Elders IXL Ltd. Under this agreement, PICA will consolidate with Elders Finance and Investment Co Ltd for a total consideration of US$2O million, to be paid by
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 65 1 MR GOH Chok Tong, Minister for Defence and Second Minister for Health, will be touring the Jalan Besar and Kampong Glam constituencies on Sunday. He will be accompanied by Dr Ahmad Mattar, Acting Minister for Social Affairs; Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office); Mr
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    • 70 1 AP GROUPS of dissident Iranian students occupied Iranian missions in London, Paris, Vienna, and The Hague in simultaneous, well-coordi-nated protests yesterday against the Islamic regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. In London, about 15 people broke into the Iranian consulate in the West End. Police sealed off the immediate
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    • 58 1 AP HONGKONG Governor Sir Edward Youde left for Beijing yesterday for another round of talks on the future of Hongkong the first Sino-British meeting following Britain's formal announcement that it will relinquish sovereignty over the colony in 1997. The two-day meeting is the 13th round of
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    • 77 1 AP THE British Conservative government's controversial trade union bill, which seeks to outlaw strikes called without a ballot, won an 82vote majority in the House of Commons early yesterday a er a stormy passage through Parliament. Legislators voted 231-149 when the bill, the government's fourth piece of
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    • 82 1 AFP THE 350,000-tonne Saudi Arabian oil tanker, Safina al-Arab, is ablaze 100 kilometres south of Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal in the Gulf, Lloyds Shipping Services said yesterday. The crew had abandoned ship, Lloyds said. The fire followed an explosion in one of the tanker's starboard holds,
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    • 58 1 UPI COUNT Basie, the "jump king" and one of the world's great jazz bandleaders, died yesterday at a city hospital in Hollywood, Florida. Count Basie, 79, died "in the early hours of the morning," said Joan Meyers, a spokeswman at Doctor's Hospital, where he had been treated
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    • 76 1 Reuter DOCKWORKERS at Japan's 10 major ports yesterday called off their strike, which began on Tuesday, after labour and management reached an agreement on wage and job security disputes. A spokesman for the management side, the Japan Harbour Transportation Association, said the 60,000-strong National Council of Harbour
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  • 134 1 UPI US PRESIDENT Reagan arrived to a red carpet welcome in Beijing yesterday, assuring China's leaders that he would strive to improve a relationship that was not always "what it should have been". Mr Reagan, the first incumbent American President to visit China since Sino-US relations
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  • 508 1  - Simex plans US$/ mark financial deal By SOH TIANG KENG THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) plans to introduce a fourth contract on US dollar German mark deals in a determined bid to boost initial trading volume on the financial futures market. If everything goes well, financial futures trading will
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 306 2 'PRODUCTIVITY action plans" and "productivity audits" are going to be more familiar phrases in the coming months as the National Productivity Board (NPB) makes yet another move to promote its message to companies in Singapore. The action plans and audits are part
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    • 288 2  -  By CHEN QINGSHUN THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) is offering the first phase of its $37 million Joo Chiat Complex for rent. The complex is located at the junction of Joo Chiat Road and Changi Road. Tanjong Katong Complex, a shopping centre also developed
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    • 383 2 SEMINARS AND COURSES April 26-27: Marketing Of Services, Thong Teck Buiding, Singapore Institute Of Management April 26-27: Credit Control Management And Legal Aspects Of Credit Control, Oberoi Imperial Hotel, Consult Management Services Pte Ltd April 26-27: Focused Selection Interviewing, World Trade Centre, EDI Associates Pte Ltd April 28:
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    • 398 2 SALES of metal belt buckles have dropped drastically following a recent police warning against wearing certain types of accessories which can be used as weapons. However, a local distributor thinks that metal buckles should not be categorised as dangerous weapons. Mr and
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    • 362 2 SINGAPORE does not need more travel agents, but rather, more experienced and professional ones. With this in mind, the newly elected committee members of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas), have set several tasks for themselves. One of these is
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    • 178 2 GADELIUS Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the Flankt/Gadelius group of Sweden, has been awarded a $3 million contract for the supply and installation of laundry equipment and a linen conveying system for the central laundry at Raffles City. The laundry will serve the needs of
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    • 426 2  -  By MONICA GWEE LIVE lobsters in tanks and over 70 types of cheese mark the new Fitzpatrick's supermarket, now back home at Orchard Road after a two-year absence. Fitzpatrick's premier "A" store in the basement of The Promenade opens today, in
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    • 247 2 EMPLOYERS who do not give sufficient information to the Job Bank, which is the employment service of the Ministry of Labour, are hindering the bank's effectiveness. Feedback showed that some employers did not want to disclose all information on jobs. In addition,
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    • 291 3 SUPPLIERS of gondolas will present a formal paper to the Ministry of Labour to argue their case against the code of practice, which they consider to be potentially dangerous, governing the industry. This is the outcome of a meeting of over 20
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    • 344 3  -  Food§£lotelAsiaB4 24-27 APfIH. WORLD TRACE CENTRE SMGAPORE By BOEY KIT YIN ALMOST half of the expected 25,000 visitors to Food and Hotel Asia '84 turned up during the first two days of the exhibition. By the end of Wednesday, the second day of the
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    • 279 3  -  By LEE HAN SHIH ENGINEERING students yesterday displayed their glrillc in technology application when they put on show a seeing-eye robot, a remote-controlled golf cart, an automatic car parking system, as well as a light aircraft that requires only 33 metres to take off. Technology Fair 1984
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    • 178 3 AN employee of a travel agency in Abu Dhabi has won the first prize of a $2,000 shopping voucher in the "Singapore gets better and better" Middle East Contest. Mr Almoutaz I Mseis of Delma Travel Agency was picked the winner recently in Singapore
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    • 115 3 THERE are now 1,010,000 telephone lines in operation in Singapore, which has a total population of 2.5 million. With the commissioning of 20,000 lines at the GeyLang Exchange this month, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) has been able to hit the magical million figure.
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    • 441 3  -  By JOANNE YAP BRITAIN had been brilliantly inventive in the past and had, in fact, won more Nobel Prizes than Japan. Yet, the Japanese are richer than the British. In Mr Kenneth Baker's opinion, it is just unfair that Britain has not benefited from its own
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    • 394 3 A FORMER organiser of PerComp Asia, a personal computer show, is putting together another show to be staged six weeks before PerComp this year. Micros '84, a business and personal computer show and conference to be held between Sep 19 and 22, will
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    • 114 3 THE airfreight promotion and marketing team of the Department of Civil Aviation will hold its fifth air cargo promotional talk on Monday at 11am at the DCA Convention Room, Singapore Changi airport. The speaker will be Dr Chua Sin Bin, assistant director, Veterinary
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 300 4 AFP DE BEERS had to build up its diamond stocks to the tune of US$l63 million last year to support the world ./market. Company chairman Harry Oppenheimer said in his annual report yesterday that that brought the overall value of the stocks
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    • 495 4 Reuter AP BRITAIN plans to seek changes in diplomatic immunity rules after the killing of a policewoman by a gunman inside the Libyan embassy in London. Officials said yesterday that government legal advisers and senior civil servants would start a review of the workings
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    • 315 4 UPI THE US State Department on Wednesday disputed a report that Iran might be able to put together an atomic bomb within two years. The department issued a statement in response to reports based on an analysis by Jane's Defence Weekly in London on
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    • 306 4 UPI A CONTROVERSY mounted on Wednesday over the death of one of four guerillas who hijacked a bus to the Gaza Strip when a leftwing magazine published what it said was the hijacker's photograph. Ha'olam Hazeh, a leftwing magazine edited by Uri Avnery, a leading Israeli
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    • 206 4 UPI THE body of David Kennedy being removed from the Braxiltaui Hotel in Palm flench, Flotilla, on Wednesday. Kennedy, the Ang-trou-bied, 8-year-old son of the late Robert Kennedy, was found dead on the floor of his hotel suite and medical examiners said he could
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    • 419 4 UPI SULTAN Iskandar of Johore was sworn in as Malaysia's eighth king yesterday in a solemn ceremony at the ornate national palace. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad proclaimed Iskandar, 52, the country's new constitutional monarch before an audience which comprised the other
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    • 200 4 Reuter ARGENTINA, one of the world's most indebted countries, could repudiate its debts and survive the consequences. A new study due out next week says that Argentina, which owes U5543.6 billion to foreign creditors, recently came close to defaulting on about $640
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    • 299 4 UPI PETROLEOS Mexieanos (Pemex), the Mexican government-owned oil company, announced on Wednesday an increase in price of its heavy grade crude by SO cents a barrel to U5525.50, effective May 1. The previous price change was announced seven months ago. The company's newsletter, Pemex bulletin,
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 765 4 Agencies THE European Economic Community (EEC) will charge the International Business Machines Corp (IBM) in June with abusing its dominant market position in Europe to stifle competition. An EEC official in Brussels said yesterday that the action would end what experts said was
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    • 235 4 Reuter THE chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers, Martin Feldstein, expects the US dollar to lose about 10 per cent of its value in the next 12 months. The financial daily, Nihoa Keizai Shim bun, said Mr Feldstein gave no reason for
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    • 228 4 Reuter AMERICAN goverment officials admitted on Wednesday that President Reagan's proposed space-based missile defence system was undeveloped and many years in the future. The exotic system, and its administration proponents, came under sharp questioning from sceptical opposition Democrats on the Senate Foreign
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    • 445 5 REAGAN in CHINA Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan told China's leaders yesterday that policy differences should not stand in the way of attempts to improve USChina relations and protect peace and prosperity in the Pacific region. Mr Reagan, in remarks prepared for a dinner
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    • 439 5 AP AFP CHINA'S communist-run economy is growing faster than the freemarket economies of other poor nations in the region, but the country is still extremely poor. World Bank president, AW Clausen, in presenting statistics compiled by the bank, said on Wednesday that China had
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    • 158 5 Reuter A BRITISH company has just become the first foreign firm to take advantage of changes in Japanese laws aimed at encouraging imports. Nobuya Noguchi, director of the Japanese International Trade and Industry Ministry's inspection division, said Dimplex Heating, which sells oil heaters,
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    • 316 5 UPI US AND Japanese negotiators have reached a twoyear agreement that is expected to open Japanese markets to 13 American processed food exports. Trade Representative William Brock said the agreement was reached on Tuesday in Hawaii after a year of negotiations on
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    • 225 5 AFP HONGKONG Financial Secretary Sir John Bremridge has revised the budget deficit down to HK$3.l billion for fiscal 1983-34. This is $200 million down from the previous budgeted deficit of $3.3 billion. In his recent budget speech, Sir John had estimated revenue and expenditure
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 387 6  -  By BOEY KIT YIN RUBBER trading appeared active in February in Singapore this year as imports fell and exports continued to climb. Local imports of rubber fell by 9 per cent to 110,518 tonnes from 121,031 tonnes in February last year. The fall, the
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    • 30 6 Rubber: April 26 Singapore: May 216.50 cents (down 5.50 cents) Malaysia: May 236.00 cents (down 3.50 cents) Tin: M 929.15 per kilo (unchanged) 151 tonnes (up one tonne)
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    • 77 6 THE Straits tin price In Pennng remained at the ITA (leer level ef Ms2t.lS n kile yesterday, reflecting continuing shortage at demand. Dealers noted strong support at this level by the buffer stock manager and little baying by lecal Interests. Foreign demand e entinned absent as Penang's premium
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    • 271 6 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Close Noon (per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 216 50 217.50N 214.75 215.75N Int. 1 R.S.S. May 219 00 230.00 216.50 217.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. June 216.25 216.75 214.00 215.00 Int. 2 R.S.S. 212.75
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    • 81 6 NOONSSRai ■d SMR prioas y*»t«rd«y RA8 SSR 20 SSRSO (1 loo pallet) (1-ton pallet) May (Curat MU) Buyer* Sailer* 304.90 306.50N 303.00 306.00N (Forward MU) Bayers Sailer* 306.50 307.SON 206.00 307.00N MMLB May Jaae SMR CV SMRL SMR 5 SMRGP SMR 10 SMR 30 SMR SO liiiiii
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    • 195 6 THE rubber market closed easier in Singapore yesterday with May One RSS buyers quoted at 216.50 cents a kilo, down 5.50 cents from Wednesday's close. The morning market lo6t four cents on lower London advices, stale bull liquidation and the absence of buying support. Prices weakened in the afternoon
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    • 323 6 SINGAPORE: Yesterdays 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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    • 52 6 WHEAT futures closed 6Vi to 2'/« cents per bushel lower In a quietly traded close on Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May finished at the bottom of the day's 7Vi cent range. Weakness in other grain pits after midday put pressure on values, with activity slowing toward
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    • 184 6 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil market eased on profit-taking yesterday in a technical correction after the recent price surge. Sentiment was also depressed by an uncertain trend on the Chicago soybean complex. April north, south and central fell Ms9o to $1,650 a tonne while May north eased $95 to
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    • 159 6 CHINESE Prtiiet Exchange, Singapore, clsslag prices per 111 kg yesterday. CecMot »11: Bulk fob $194.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $207.00 sellers, new drum fob $211.00 sellers. Cspra: Mixed (loose) $110 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $657.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq
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    • 193 6 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot «-godown) C«ttM Yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,410, 32's 3,965, 40's 4,080 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece GmJs: China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq. Dragon Head unq, Five Lambs unq, Flower and Butterfly
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    • 916 6 COFFEE: Robusta futures were unchanged yesterday to £5 lower at midday. Near May stood at £2,052, £3 lower and at £4 discount to July, which ended £1 below the morning's high at £2,066. The market opened about £10 lower on mixed trade and commission house selling, with charts
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    • 89 6 OLD crop soybean futures closed as much as three cents a bushel lower on the Chioago Board of Trade on Wednesday. New crop firmed as much as 2V* cents in a sluggishly traded close. July finished near the bottom of a 10*4 cent range. Traders appeared uncertain as to
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 381 6 THE Singapore dollar closed stronger yesterday at 552.0830/40 against the US currency compared with Wednesday's close of 2.0645/ 56. hhrtMt t—lt nIM 8 pa: One Month 2.0W2/2.0817 Two Month* 2-0772/2.0787 Three Months 2.0741/2.075« SU Month* 2.0622 2.0642 It was slightly weaker at 5591.05/15 against the Malaysian dollar compared
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    • 185 6 THE dollar closed easier yesterday on profit-taking and commercial selling in dull trading, with operators waiting for clues to the dollar's direction after its post-Easter rise. It ended at 225.15 yen against the 225.40/ 50 New York finish and at 2.6740 50 marks against 2.6760 70. "In the absence
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    • 23 6 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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    • 182 6 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at 5 pm on April 26: USDoUsn Offer Bid 7 days 1011/*****/16 1 month 10* 10H 2 months 10 H 1041 3 months 111/16 1015/16 0 months 115/16 113/16 9 months 110/16 117/16 12 months 1113/*****1/16 Das. 8w.Fr*. /Miuu n,!,..! 1 month (MMMIt
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    • 6 6 MtlSM Source: National Discount Co
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    • 251 6 GOLD opened at U*****.10/ 382.50 yesterday and rose to $382.20/382.60 before easing to the day's low of $381.80/ 382.20 and then settling at $382.00/382.40 for the rest of the morning session. In the afternoon it touched the day's high of $382.30/382.70 before closing at $382.10/ 382.50. The kilobar market
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    • 31 6 New York 9.25B 9.25B 9 30S 9.306 Zurich 9-27B 9.SOB tg 9.35S Singapore Hwi 9 25B WOT 9.25B 9.SOS 9.SOS OoaUig price» in US dollars a troy ounce Source:
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    • 169 6 THE dollar opened slightly easier yesterday in extremely quiet trading. With no new factors on wtyeh to trade, and with positions generally squared up for the month-end, dealers believed the day would remain quiet. The dollar opened at 2.6743/53 marks against Wednesday's closing 2.6798/ 6808 and the previous 2.6825/
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    • 145 6 THE US dollar yesterday eased against other major currencies towards the close in fairly quiet trading. It fell to 2.6740/50 marks from an early 2.6765/75 and New York's 2.6760/70 close. Most operators stayed on the sidelines awaiting today's release of March US trade figures. A smaller deficit will strengthen
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  • 511 8 THERE is an ancient saying that 'He who pays the piper, calls the tune.' It is one which must be on the lips of many bankers, following the passing of the amended Banking Act. Singapore's accountancy profession, through its journal, the Singapore Accountant, is now expressing its
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  • 1573 8 FT THE ALPS are not going to disappear on May 20, though they very well might if you were to believe some of the more intemperate participants in the current debate in Switzerland about the hallowed institution of bank secrecy. On
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • 829 9  -  By CLYDE FARNSWORTH NYT THE United States and other industrial countries are creating a basic economic conflict: they are erecting trade barriers against steel, textiles and other prime sources of income for Third World debtor countries while trying to assure that those countries keep up
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  • 581 9  -  By RAJENDRA BAJPAI Reuter THEY count the number of days the communists do not stage attacks at Davao City on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. But with next month's National Assembly elections approaching, security forces are expecting an upsurge of guerilla activity. "We
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 400 11 PRICES closed mostly lower in lacklustre trading yesterday. Investors seemed cautious ahead of US President Reagan's visit to Beijing, which began yesterday, and today's round of Sino-British talks on Hongkong. Brokers noted some interest for newly- listed Shell Electric Co Ltd which closed at HKJ2.25,
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    • 171 11 PRICES closed generally higher in dull trading yesterday. A large sale of Atlas Con B shares at 41.50, up from Wednesday's 41.00, pushed the Mining Marker up 22.45 to 1,086.45. The Commercial and Industrial Index was up 0.27 at 132.80 and Oils 0.018 to 0.775. Other gainers were Lepanto
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    • 1421 11 NEW YORK WALL Street stocks closed slightiy higher on Wednesday with secondary issues drawing more interest than blue chips. The Dow Jones industrial average, which fluctuated between modest gains and losses most of the session, closed the day at under 1164 for a less than one
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    • 501 11 PRICES prices closed higher yesterday with active buying spread over a wide front in an extension of Wednesday's sharp rise. The Market Average rose 35.18 to close at 10,901.52 after rising 104.52 on Wednesday. Volume was 450 million shares against 500 million the day
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    • 483 11 THE failure of the Eclipse One well to encounter hydrocarbons after reaching its planned total depth in the Timor Sea plus weakness of the world copper price eroded market confidence and prices in a dull day of trading on Australian stock exchanges. The All-ordinaries Index was down 6.2 yesterday
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    • 155 11 SHARE prices continued quietly firm yesterday. The Book Club index rose 0.45 to 118.21 on turnover of 52.9 million baht with 288,749 shares traded. APR 30 Bahta Aokham Thai Asia Mbrr I 140 1 Ayuthaya In*. And Tnaat 1U unch unch unch Bangkok Bank But! Of ATudhayt TM IS
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    • 225 11 APR 35 JUnd Un Start 1» Unlaac «10 INDUSTRIALS Woolworth ltn A Alph. MB unch MININGS AbtfCOB 230 »14 At And CI «10 unch Anglo* »1(0 -1» Amafrop mo -0 An*lrm*J Sac Wh +S0 llmori in unch Btrlowi 1«W unch ftuftrt* WO unch Chartar m -1» co fcS «n
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    • 170 11 APR S 1 Prm GROUPB CORBEILLK Cam four 1H0 M Alr-Uqukte Aqultainc Nat Ml 1 Plaanctarc da L "Union M -01 Dc« Patrott mM tu LaTartt Moct-Hannaasj Onfl.HrthRX MOJO 1IM .83 ♦n 8 N OcrnUa Dtnont CBF (Thomson CI* FniKtiM das Patroias Ml 10 ♦M LS Paoairojra M Radtotachnlque
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    • 180 11 APR 25 Abiubi »0 unch Atnn S« unch Aiffom* lank Mont 9M Mk -k k tank Not* Bcoua tall Tel »l» Can Ltd IUKU Can Imp B> Cut Prm Mi Ilk n* a »H k k k -k unch 41 17k -k k XX 4k Cr» Bthrt CI A
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    • 33 11 APR a Kronor Air* l*t«i b m»— r» -2 ajm rtM M Attn Ptm *1 uncta uneh unch 1 1 Mr rr— tu Voin rnt 4* -1 4-4 Source: S E Bank
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    • 87 11 APR S» Fr» FORWARD MARKET Aoc m Artwd 1110 Aitur TIO •r«acan 1M Can par IBS Coei m Dv Bwri UO Ebw m0 Etecuot»l 0740 Ob-Inno-Bm 1300 o«* m Or Bru Umli ZMO Hobo* M4C Pttfo TMO Ryl Dutch 2T7» Biero 21 SO Hex 0»n B#l| lMt Aofln* 0100
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    • 10 11 The market was closed on Wednesday for Liberation Day.
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    • 649 11 THE market closed higher yesterday after encouraging results, notably from ICI, up 14p to 620 on better than expected first-quarter figures, dealers said. At 3pm, the FT 30 index rose 11 points to 896.6. Blue Circle firmed 6p to 431 after 438 while Hawker Siddely extended its recent
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    • 292 11 You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsiang Restaurant, Singapore's NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. Conveniently located next to the Shangri-la Hotel. At the RELC Building. With ample FREE parking facilities. We also cater for weddings, anniversaries, etc. And have private function rooms. KHZI Pin Hsiang
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    • 17 11 The New ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA 3 the only reference standard of the world. Call STP Distributors Tel: *****28/*****44
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  • 2470 12 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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  • 3698 12 1M4 Rifk Low Company Last Sale orGr*s Div Div Crr Gr*s Net YTd P/E Vol Day (>000) High Low 8ECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 172 310 308 280 275 360 111 470 322 278 844* 482 900 710 300 478 418 536 1010 438 906 1480 302 886
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  • 187 12 Maaftgen' prices far April 27 —IWBUW flUB The Comnem 3.38 3.59 The Savings Fund 198 2.10 S pore Prog Fund 1.44 1.53 S pare Sec. Fund 2.20 2.34 S pare Invest Fund 1.17 1.24 S'pare Equity Fund 1.43 1.52 AAA UNIT TK18T Mai Invest Fund 2.C7 2.84xd Mai
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  • 2122 12 BID and otter 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. IMHJBTIUALB H.«S) Ale*» (2 41S) (6) 2.42 (4) 2.40 (1) 2.41 Aatak
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  • 796 12 REGAINING some sf feeblest confidence, laveiton ■eat share prim tenily higher at the SUgtpore stock market yesterday. Bargala-hsntiag and ihert covoclag activities com Meed to pash share prlees higher, dealer» said. At the fiaal hell, the Strait* Times ladastrlal ladex eaaed 1.11 patats to I,MUI, die
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  • 569 12 SOME late profit-taking trimmed early gains but share prices still finished higher at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The advance followed the previous day's rebound. Overall, modest gains were seen in most sectors although selected industrial issues managed to outpace the rest. Total
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 280 13 Reuter THE UK Council for the Securities Industry (CSI), a non-statutory agency, would have to be fundamentally reconstituted if it is to fill the supervisory role suggested by the recent Gower report sponsored by the Trade and Industry Department, a CSI statement said. The
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    • 177 13 Reuter BANK shares on the London Stock Exchange firmed up on investor relief after Barclays Bank PLC and Midland Bank PLC disclosed extra provisions for deferred taxes at their annual meetings. The extra tax provisions, resulting from the Budget in March, were not far from market estimates
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    • 380 13 Reuter NESTLE SA, which intends to expand operations through new acquisitions, has about 1.3 billion francs available for further purchases, managing director Helmut Maucher said. Taking into account its planned takeover of US eyecare products company, Coopervision Inc. Nestle will have already spent about two
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    • 1621 13 Datuk Azman Hashim is setting a consolidation course for his only listed vehicle, Arab-Malaysian Development Bhd (AMDB) and building on what it already has, namely, merchant banking, finance leasing, insurance, properties and manufacturing. Nonetheless, the group is also keen on other things such as factoring
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    • 345 13 Reuter KUWAIT has withdrawn support for share prices on its official stock exchange for the first time since October 1982, triggering a revival this week in stock market activity. A government fund started supporting share prices on the official stock exchange after they were hit badly following
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    • 132 13 C I Holdings Berhad: EGM to be held at the Chempaka Room, Mezzanine Floor, Hotel Equatorial, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur on April 27 at 10 am. CENTRAL Properties Limited: Twenty-second AGM to be held in the Brunei Suite of Goodwood Park Hotel. Scotts Road, Singapore on April
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    • 378 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANES ACT, CHAPTER 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF MARME INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (PRIVATE) LMTED (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WVOING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 78 Joo Koon Circle, Singapore 2262, on 23 April 1964 the following Resolutions were
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    • 76 13 /"■■'.rjy/t iEl' /.r✓ \y V Ml <4 Our new telephone numbeis am: Kbne Fels Crane Pte Ltd TW: *****66 C M V (5 tones) Kbne Elevator Pte Ltd TW: *****66 Bw, H £St 3 Mi (5 Lines) Kbne Corporation DM: *****55 (Regional Office) (4 Hnes) Kbne Trading Pte Ud TW:
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 181 14 Rises Indices lack Ken lOp 2750 600 Apr 25 Apr 26 Suagei Beii USO 110 Dutch Baby 730 80 75 55 50 BT Composite: 922.67 923.36 P M Hldga Kamunting 50« N S T K T Pau 005 800 2650 BT Indicator: ST Industrials *****78 1004 38 *****96 1003
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    • Article, Illustration
      156 14 CARRY-OVER bullishness (ram the preview day's strong fi-uh poshed most stocks higher at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. However, the Straits Times industrial Index eased 1.M points to clooe at 1MU7 while the Baslneas Times Composite Index added 1.0 points to finish at K3.M. Rises Indices A
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    • 49 14 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 1070.10 Wednesday 1082.72 Week Ago 1115.85 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 993.6 Wednesday Closed Week ago 9B3.4 ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 752.9 Wednesday Week Ago 759.3 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 887.6 Tuesday 876.2 Week Ago 888.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 1163.53 Tuesday 1162.90 Week Ago 1156.51
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  • 693 14 1111 Companies Editor: ALAN LEE GENERAL Lumber Holdings (Bhd) directors yesterday won the first round in its bid to fend off an unfriendly takeover by Raleigh Cycles (M) Bhd when shareholders of the former approved the controversial purchase of Liva Enterprse Sdn Bhd.
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  • 109 14 PROMET Bhd has contracted to acquire 70 per cent of an oil exploration concession in Thailand from Terra Marine International of the US for U*****,000. The oil concession covers 8,473 sq km in the Loei province near the Laotian border. According to a Terra Marine
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  • 498 14  -  By CHAN MAY PENG THE three-member consortium which acquired control of Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging PLC last August has drawn up an elaborate scheme to transform the staid mining company into a more diversified group. The three groups with a joint 51.28 per cent equity
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  • 369 14 COMPETITION (ram a newly 11 ceased rival has company has almost halved earnings at Singapore Baa Service (IV») Ltd. Prelliidaary figures far IKS a—aaneed by the company yesterday shewed grasp pre-tax profits planglng by 47 per eeat to $IJ4 million (tram )I&JM million)
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  • 579 14 The fJaliTl 1 Trial j Bernama A TAXI driver told the Jalil Ibrahim murder trial yesterday that he became suspicious of accused Mak Foon Than when the latter hired a car for a reason that he considered implausible. Cabby Tam Shu-Wing, 38, felt it
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    712 14 Taking Stock... By Hock Lock Siew THE latest unsuccessful attempt by the US-backed Baker Marine group in Singapore to obtain approval to float its shares has highlighted the increasing difficulties faced by companies seeking an entry to the local stock market. So far this year, there has
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  • LATEST RESULTS
    • 25 14 Group profits after tax of M 569.6 million ($58.3 million) for 1983. Final dividend of 90 cents less tax for ordinary stockholders.
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    • 43 14 Group pre-tax profits of MH4.62 million ($14.16 million) on group turnover of $462.3 million ($713.6 million) for year ended Jan 31. Group net profits, before extraordinary items, of $7.82 million ($7.88 million). Final dividend of 84 cents less tax.
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    • 36 14 Group pre-tax profits of M 516.45 million ($29.92 million) on group turnover of $78.61 million ($85.11 million) for 1983. Group aftertax profits of $10.13 million ($19.54 million). Final dividend of 15 cents gross.
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    • 58 14 OUTLOOK for today: Showers in several areas in the morning and early afternoon. Report f»r 24 bears prior to IJI pm on April Mkttke airport: Maximum temperature 32.6 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 25.0 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 8.80 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 230 15 Reuter AN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) convention covering the training of ships' crews will come into force tomorrow, the IMO said. The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) is seen as the first attempt to
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    • 374 15  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE introduction of a containerised service to Kuching Port by Coastal Shipping Lines led to an increase in container throughput at the port by almost four times last year compared with the previous year. The port registered a massive
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 131 15 Reuter THE General Council of British Shipping (GCBS) tramp time-charter index rose to 117 (base 1976) in the first quarter of this year from 103 in the last quarter of 1983 and 94 in first quarter 1983, the GCBS said. The latest figure is the highest since
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      • 133 15 AFP NEW shipbuilding orders won by Japanese builders in fiscal 1983 ended in March soared to 12,428,000 gross tons, up 290 per cent from a year earlier, or 633 ships, up 240 per cent, the Japanese Transport Ministry reported. The ministry attributed the sharp increase to brisk
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    • 739 15 Shipping Line Page C«l Shipping Line Page C*l Abe* Transport IV 4 Fesco vn Afea VI 3 FMG-CAVN VI Ahrenkiel Liner vn 5 Franco-Be lg m Alpac VI 5 Frata Shpg VI AMirt Shpg IV 1 Freight Unks VI A PC Une V 4 Freight ManageAPL m
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    • 1575 16 Lloyd's List WHILE controversy mounts over conference moves to implement tariff increases, new dynamic evidence points firmly to the conclusion that container freight rates have fallen in real money terms and, moreover, that during 1983 they were running below the average levels four years earlier. The first
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    • 57 16 Reuter A LARGE crude carrier, the Safin» A 1 Arab, is burning off Kharg Island, Tokyo crnde oil trading sources said. It was not confirmed whether the 178,818 deadweight ton vessel was attacked while loading or simply caught tire through malfunction, sources said. The tanker is
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    • 1653 16 MODERATE chartering is reported on Wednesday in the timecharter and grain sectors of the freight market but other sections remain quiet and featureless, brokers said. A combined carrier of 115,000 long dwt was fixed with delivery Japan for three to five months trading at US$2.6O a long ton.
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    • 214 16 THE seventh meeting of the Asean Sub-Committee on Shipping and Ports has agreed to include three projects in the Asean Integrated Work Programme in Shipping. These are the planning, management and operations of a break bulk terminal and a dry bulk handling terminal and getting IMO
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    • 206 16 Reuter WORLD merchant shipping laid up for lack of employment rose in February to 82.82 million dwt, comprising 1,684 vessels, the first monthly increase since end May 1983, the General Council of British Shipping (GCBS) said. Last May the total was
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    • 165 16 SIX prominent members of the maritime industry were re-elected to the management committee of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The elections were held at the annual meeting erf the international ship classification society at ABS Headquarters in New York City on April 17. The ABS
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    • 189 17 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. AMRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container Line.
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    • 373 17 AFP CHINA is planning to strengthen its container cargo handling capacity to 700,000 units a year by the end of 1985 from 1983's 240,000 units by speeding up construction of container terminals, it was reported. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan's third largest shipping company
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    • 179 17 AT THE 16th annual general meeting of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers (Sasar), Mr Loh Wing Siew was returned unopposed as president for his second term of office. Mr Loh is the managing director of Keppel Shipyard. Messrs Tan Kwi Kin of Jurong Shipyard and David
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    • 161 17 Reuter THE state-run Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) will get preference in carrying the country's import and export cargo to help solve its financial problems, a PNSC spokesman said. All public sector imports, except edible oils, would be carried by the PNSC. All exports to be
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    • 290 17 THE LIBERIAN government has endorsed plans to set up a shopbreaking industry in the country's capital, Monrovia. Detailed discussions are expected following support from the head of state. General Samuel Doe, for a suggestion by the International Maritime Industries Forum to promote
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    • 4972 22 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 of
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    • 697 23 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location B Penaga 105/84 28 4 84 0700 Leo Shpg FSB 0700-0800/1700-1800 S2 Asia Winds 403 28 4 84 0700 Or Seawinds TA 3 1100-1200/1800-1900 S4 Ned Colombo
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    • 1786 23 WHO ACTS FOR WHOM The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A—B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (Si Ur*-Kiml> liar TransgToup (S) Akreakiel Uaer Service Kim Shpg ISI Alfred C Taeplrr Sea Consortium (S) Manntex Enterprise (PKI Alpac Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KLi Island Cargo Handling and
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    • 523 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Golden Eagle 13/4 Guan Guan alongside 27.4.84/2300 Edo Maru 19 Sharp alongside 27.4.84/0500 Straits Pride 20 SSPL alongside 27.4.84/0600 Straits Hope 21 SSPL alongside 27.4.84/0600 Kwangchow 23/4 Guan Guan alongside 27.4.84/2300 Feng Tao 47 Y Fung alongside
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    • 374 15 BOOKS FOR PROFIT r-* mm LONDON Freights 11/11 l CONSORTIA 11l SHIPPING Schedule VIII/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO Acts for Whom IX SHIPS In Port X REGIONAL Weather X I \RL)l\i AM H ORIENT OVEHJEAS CottLtiWl LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ CaKing Bremerhanen after Hamburg 'Closing Times
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    • 450 15 OSEALORDS3 UASC J UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO'SAG) NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 EXPRESS MULTI PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM JAPAN TAIWAN MOV.KOV. TOK KOK BSN KM KEE MIC 17/4 20/4 22/4 25/4 2»/< 27/4 30/4 2/5 5/5 7/5 10/5 17/5
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    • 928 15 REACH YOUR AUDIENCE EFFECTIVELY TIMES luisim'ss l)irr< lorv of Siti)si|>orr MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO.US. PACIFIC, GU SINGAPORE CLOSING TIMES TCorncha connecting Laura at Hfcg < TO: BELGIUM, HOLLAND, U.K., GERMANY, FRANCE, SCANDINAVIA, AUSTRIA St SWITZERLAND P. Kel&nc I Penaiut r ft im ff 28-28/6 29-30/6 12-12/7 13-14/7
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    • 423 16 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. From Eur 29 4 N HOUTMAN 1/5 16/5 6/5 WTIANCXA 8/5 23/5 13/5 8 PERMAI 15/5 30/5 20/5 27/5 KORRIGAN 3/6 N_ Dtin 10/6 SELANOIA 17/6 N Df JMA 22/5 6/6 29/5 13/6 5/6 20/6 12/6 1) Barcelona Genoa. 2) Amsterdam Antwerp, LHawe. Basle.
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    • 422 16 m Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South WNt Pacific North Wast Atlantic/Canada Faadar at Tokyo Faadar at Koba raadar at Koba Mw m U/IB OM IMM a BI W HI M*W a TOH h row SA* SJOM l/( 15/4 14/1 22/4 1/7 a/4 4/7 1/7 7/7 4/7
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    • 684 17 JMWM The Straits Steamship Group Overseas B B I Containers Limited D STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok COMTMOSHF SERVICE TO/FHOM BANGKOK STORE Bum rtGASUSPKtt mm M Port/21 Apr PTGASUS Pttt V 324 ft 01 02 May 04 OS May SWSAPORE TO SABAH, SARAWAK AM) BWJFC
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    • 465 17 NIPPON EXPRESS (S) PTE. LTD. General Agents WORLD SHIPPING CO., LTD. Toyko Japan REGULAR UN6R SERVICE TO PORT KELANG Are pleased to announce their new regular weekly conventional liner service to Port Kelang offering very competitive freight rates with immediate effect. Your enquiries and bookings are welcome Nippon Express (S)
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    • 692 18 in TO CONTHf NTUK Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS Spore PKelangPen Leuoesßilbao Genoa Htotirg Rdam 8 haven Antwerp 9/5 12/5 14/5 10/1 13/6 l«/« l«/« 21/6 Connecting m Tokyo Connecting m Kobe AKo accepting cargo tor ATLANTIC GULF PORTS via mmilondbridge, ond US MID-WEST by microbridge FROM COUTmNT UK IMPORTS H'burg B haven
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    • 389 18 M.S. LINE tO»lt FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 Consortium pare f KdJnf LeHane R dam Eilowe Htwt Antwerp In Pt 28 4 15/5 IS 5 18 5 20 5 73 5 2/5 3/5 71/5 77/5 74 5 26 5 29 5 7/5 8/5 26 5 27/5 29
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    • 292 18 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTMG Fa 4 LCI CARGO T« SGP m «G ft* DOM AH*f IHV E»e» Gtorv 07/05 01 OS 20/05 10/05 01 04 02/00 04/04 f.« Gomt 15/05 14 05 04 Ot 01 Ot 10 Ot 11/00 13 Ot E«et Gude 20/05 27/05 11/Ot 20/00
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    • 940 18 COMPANA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loading to' till* Mata'dni lo and all other Peruvian pods anth transhipment at Hongkong and or Hot* On CPV through Bills ot lading to final destination JOWEVERETT* MURSAYEVERETT* RAMONEVERETT TMOMASEVERETT HUGHE ttttTT MANOLOEVERETT P Ketanf 27/29 Apr 2/5 May 21/23 May 2/5
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    • 173 18 US I NOSE u MARITIME PTE LTD FTTOI ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES line TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC Snfjporc P ReUr* Loadbf tar KYOWA COSMOS 10/5 11/5 P. Moresby, Lm. Rafeari. Suva, Papeette KYOWA OCEAN 7/6 8/6 Homara, Nounea, Lautofca. Suva, Papeette, Pafo, Apia Accepting Cantamrs tar
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    • 951 19 iff PIL GROUP VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTACEMPAKA E-503 30-3/5 HODEIOAH, JEDOAH, AQABA, PTSUOAN, KOTA WISAT A £-48* 5-S/5 DJIBOUTI, HOOEIDAH. JEDDAH, AOABA, PTSUOAN KOTA WANGSA E-501 10-15/5 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH. ADEN. MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D SALAAM KOTAMURM E-505 2-5/• HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH, AOABA, PTSUOAN. ADEN KOTA AGUNG E-507 15-20/6 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH.
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    • 846 19 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE 10 EUROPI Outib) Berunon Kitano Maru Car«gan Bay franklurt Eipress Liverpool Bay Bremen Eipress Himbwj f ipress Totuo Eipress STUNTS SPORE PkfIANG Saded 4/5 13/5 20/5 27/5 3/4 10/4 lt/4 74/4 27/4 4/5 15/5 22/5 20/5 5/4 12/4 20/4 21/4 FROM EUROPE HAM
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    • 434 19 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE fM EAST Fill COWTMO SERWCE SPOKE KAO rOKOHAMA *0» COW* *106 2/5 7/5 U/5 13/5 MAJAMMT VlO 0B It 5 21/5 25/5 27/5 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE Sort)* 3 IB Bui) UUi 7EB HAMBURG ANTWERP ROTTERDAM AMSTERDAM 1/4 2«/5 TIBURMOWON 10/* SJNGATOW 3/5 P
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    • 540 19 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon P Kelonq Penong phashwegyawywa V 241 PA-AN V7O HTONEYWA V 192 PAGAN V 74 29/1 May 4/7 Moy 6/9 Moy 20/23 May \> BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT IVYBANK CLYDEBANK SPORE R DAM HULL
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    • 1362 20 ft .4 k. K LINE —KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. USA CANADA PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND vU IPI MICROBRIDGE A MINILAND BRIDGE) ATLANTIC COAST MOTHER VESSEL HUG PENANG MONTE RUBY Vl6 NEW JERSEY MARU *72 23 Apr 25 Apt I. BADGE V3O NEW JERSEY MARU V 72 30 Apr 2
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    • 721 20 '/te CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loatag lot lOS ANGELES SAN FRANCtSCO SIATTU. TACOMA. VANCOUVER BC Acceptong fa/Fa ContMwts P >«Jn| Smgapore I Ml K/ll t tat AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acceptmg FCt/fCI Contamers *Um acceptng from PKelang tar AucA Wellytt PlrtMf* S parc Met, Sy* AM Kttoti
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    • 743 20 JxANKD ASIA FROM JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG Srjjpore P Ketang MPt/27 Apr In M/ 28 Apr 1/2 May 3/4 May 7/« May 11/12 May 13/14 May Penam 1. GREAT MOUNT 2. EDO MARU 3 BUAT 4 SANKO SCORPIO 5 SHMKO MARU 6 MEJtOCKA 7 SfISHO MARU 28/30 Apr 5/7 May
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    • 610 20 INTRASEA (PTE) ITD. tO Anson Road »27 16 Internationa' Plaia— Singapore 0207 Tel *****t1 (10 Lines) o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pore P. KeUnj Loadnt lor SKWER N *****04 28 Apr IDAM/ANNOr, BOULOUGNE UK (AVON) DAHLIA *****05 10/5 13/5 NANTES/ R 0 T T U K (AVON) Q ALPAC
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 476 21 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD i TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia MERCATOR S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1800 1/5 LCL Cargo 0600 1/5 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: SURABAYA. SINGAPORE 29/4 2/5 11/5 17/5 25 PENANG 1/5 30/4 13/5 15/5 23 P.
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    • 539 21 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: Spent Gloria 403N 6 5 No 9 Dow 40 IN i •> No 7 Datum 404N 12/5 No Oonam 403N ?0 S No I Donam 404N 27/5 UN BM INCHON BUSAN 70/5 li/5 22/5 5/8 11/5 i/i SEMI-CONTAJNERISEDOIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG.
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    • 778 21 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUHtHNG 55, Martet Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG M/S SHARKAT WAH SOON SON M IST AND 2ND FLOOR NO 1 JALAN CEMPEWNG PORT KIANG MALAYSIA
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    • 57 21 x.y._ ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN. JOHANNESBURG. MAPUTO. MAURITIUS REUNION WESTBOUND JAMAICA FAREWELL 7W/84 29 4 84 PT LOUIS DURBAN 15/5/84 I3nSRP?#ITfJTni etd etd eta R BAY DURBAN SIN WATER GEUS 4E/84 12/4 20/4 7/5 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street *08-06 Tat Lee Bldg S pore
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 671 22 ltc4|i«Hial Container Miies |j 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual KI)L 3 Berthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA VOY STOtt SKLA VOY STORE rwr It A TANA BHUM 179/110 1? Apr 245/244 1 Ma; 4 Mir SINGAPORE ISLAKDS USE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER ALPHA PACfIC
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    • 149 22 NOTICE OFFICIAL TTiIILH PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SMP'S NAME We, Trademar Pte Ltd of 19, Keppel Road 07-06/07 Jit Poh Building Singapore 0208, hereby give notice that in consequence of our client's intended change of name of the motor vessel under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 172,
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 92 23 LICOKNE GENERAL AGENTS SEALION SHPPHG (S) PTE LTD. SINGAPORE SALES/BOOKMGS TEL ******1 (S LINES) French Line REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO BANGLA-DESH/INDIA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN HALDIA CALCUTTA M/V AN (OK VSLS4 M V ARMAGNAC V6IS4 M/V ARTOIS V7LS4 Sea winds DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES amm taxis ORIENTAL Sf A WINDS I INC R
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    • 375 23 r jr Nedlloyd Lines Lo«dmgioi: CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA I CARRIBEAN/CENTRAL/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL SPORE OURB (a E. LON P. ELI2 C. TOWN H. Colombo 28/4 11/5 14/5 16/5 Osaka Maru >3/5 26/5 28/5 30/5 S.A. Morgenstar 15/5 28/5 22/6 9/6 12/6 Hayakawa Mara 27/5 9/6 12/6
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 476 24 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO VANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ItPTUNE GARNET I9M MERCATOR 35N ROMAN CHANCE I7W TRANS MOULD BRDGE ?0W S pore P nun, 77/4 24/4 2/5 1/5 7/5 1/5 12/5 13/5 leHanrtßdam Fitowe H'hurt Brem Antwerp 14/5
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    • 594 24 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mile Tower, Beoch Road, Singopore 0719 Tel *****44 Tlx R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE STORE P. KELANG PENAMG PHUKET LAMGSA V 52/84 Sated i Ha, LANGS A V 53/14 4/5 May «May FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO PORT KELANG/PENANG
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    • 587 24 ZIM NON-CONFERENCE RBEPENDCNT FULL CONTMO SOURCE KCtpto* FCI/LCI c*toes to USA fast t West Coast. Panama. Carribtxan and East Canada MW %m lu Rd S«» Mh/Wl/ Mir Mrc frt wsstv AM BUtt 3C Hi 24 May 2km ikm Ikm «km A VtSSfl m SAVAJMAH I Ma, (tot 15 km 11
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 166 24 .ty "1 "~T~ 37 Regional Weather i 2 !s"V I 27 <#£ W oc°9^> S*£>* =55 c y^> Win< Wind direction with speed in knots SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather s-Y Wind direction with speed in knots V
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