The Business Times, 24 August 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 361 1 Reuter MANUFACTURERS Hanover Trust Co and Citibank NA are the major foreign creditors of Asia Trust Bank Ltd which was taken over by the Bank of Thailand this month, a central bank spokeswoman said. She told journalists Asia
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  • 505 1  -  Move will lead to effective pricing on forex market By SOH TIANG KENG, Banking Correspondent BANKS in Singapore can start negotiating fees with money brokers from next March instead of sticking to uniform rates fixed by a group of big banks and
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  • 360 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH, Transport Correspondent THE Sri Lankan government has renounced the air services agreement concluded between Sri Lanka and Singapore in 1979. Air Lanka told BT that the 1979 discussions were "never ratified by either party" and as a result
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  • 246 1 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have made progress in their talks on a US$65O million standby credit which is crucial to restructuring foreign debts, bankers said. "All the signals I have are very positive," the head
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  • Article, Illustration
    79 1 TRADING st the Singapore stock market was generally sluggish yesterday, with most share prices finishing lower on thin volume. Brokers said the drop was doe mainly to the (all of the Dow Jones Average on the overnight New York market, as well as to the recent release of
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  • 389 1  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF ABOUT 1,000 Singaporeans studying in Australian universities will have to pay higher fees from next year, as a result of changes announced in the recent Australian budget. Post-graduate students will pay A 53,350, or As4so more; students in medicine, veterinary science
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  • 138 1 AN ADDITIONAL 1,500 seats will be available at the National Stadium for the New York Philharmonic concert on Sep 8. Tickets for these $10 field seats will be on sale at the Victoria Concert Hall and the National Theatre Trust from next Monday.
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  • 255 1  -  By QUEK SWEE PENG SINGAPORE has followed Hongkong, China and other Asean countries to condemn the proposed changes to the US trade regulations on textiles. The Trade Development Board described the US government's proposed change to the rules of origin on textile
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  • 134 1 THE SEEMINGLY confusing red tape and bureaucracy, and the frequency at which rules and regulations are changed are very much Indonesia. Behind all this is the willingness of the managers of the Indonesian economy to try and learn from the mistakes made in the process
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 268 1 SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY EXCHANGES 6 AIRCRAFT SPORTS LETTER TO EDITOR COMPUTER security is not just the responsibility of security and audit personnel but olso that of executives and top management, says an American computer crime specialist. Page 2 AMERICAN oil imports from Arab nations shot up
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    • 11 1 Full report, Pag* 14 International stocks, 10 Asian stocks, Pag* 11
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    • 99 1 I I HK-US textile talks end inconclusively, Page 4 Story on Page 8 very tender, very rare 4 mU k There was a lime when ihere were no machines and man was ihe supreme artisan His hands the tools of ingenuity Tesioni jjerpetuate the art of such craftsmanship Each piece
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 418 2  -  By GRACE YU COMPUTER security is not just the responsibility of security and audit personnel but must receive the attention and involvement of executives and top management. This was the view of Dr Sherizen Sanford, a visiting computer crime specialist from
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    • 311 2 UNIVERSITY GRADUATES with little or no training in business or marketing and who need to understand the subject can now do so through a oneyear part-time course. The Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) is conducting an Advanced Diploma in Marketing course for
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    • 142 2 THE MAJORITY of the primary school principals who took part in the "Principals' Seminar on the Monolingual Programme" did not think that running monolingual courses tarnished their schools' image. They also felt that they needed parental "assistance" to ensure that the programme worked. Mr John
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    • 271 2  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF MORE INVOLVEMENT in community service and the organisation of international conventions will be among the activities of the Singapore Professional Centre (SPC) in the next few months. It will also enhance its image as a "think
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    • 219 2  -  By LISA LEE MORE THAN 13,9 M square metres of private land will soon become state property. The biggest plot being acquired under the Land Acquisition Act Is a 1«,M9 sq metre Chinese cemetery bounded by Coronation Road and Victoria Park Road. The
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    • 80 2 ACMA Electrical Industries Ltd has won a contract ts Install air conditioning and mechanical ventilation in a teaching Mock, a library and two lecture theatres of the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Science at Kent Ridge. Work began early this month and is scheduled
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    • 503 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Aug 25 Public Relations Hyatt Hotel Singapore In The Growing Jaycees Business Aug 27-28 Developing New Royal Holiday Purchasing And Techniques In Inn Supply Management Materials Management Pte Ltd Aug 27-30 CAD/CAM: Drafting CECTU Economic Detailing Applications Development Board Aug 27-31 MC*****
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    • 261 2 MARGARET CUNICO has been appointed the Australian Tourist Commission's publicist at its Singapore-based Asia office. Besides undertaking general public relations activity for the commission, with special emphasis in a media programme aimed at travellers in Asean, she will also undertake publicity work for individual Australian travelrelated companies.
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    • 138 3 GREETINGS, Singapore-style, will soon await visitors to the Xiling Hotel in Hangzhou, China, for Shangri-La Hotel is training six management staff from the hotel. This follows Shangri-La International obtaining the management contract to run the 160-room hotel. The hotel company is completing similar
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    • 77 3 A CENTRE to provide free legal aid in criminal cases will be set up by the Law Society of Singapore at the end of the year. Mr Harry Elias, president of the society, said the centre would be a public service and would charge
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    • 251 3  -  By PENG AILIAN A MOVABLE cash-on-line machine sounds tempting enough to steal. This particular machine, however, does not spill-out money, but dollar-shaped notes extolling the virtues of the Post Office Savings Bank's automated teller machines. It is a mouthful, but the
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    • 285 3  -  By LEE HAN SHIH TWO LOCAL contractors, Metrobilt and Neo Corporation, paid $500,000 for two British computer systems manufactured by International Computer Ltd, the biggest computer company in the UK. Each company is spending about $250,000 for an ICL System 25 minicomputer
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    • 246 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN MORE THAN 900 carpark lots will be added to the Orchard Road area with a new car park to be built by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. For the first time, the government body is to merge the carpark
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    • 163 3 A PROPERTY auction held yesterday at Apollo hotel ended with only two of 16 lots being sold, with the remaining 14 lots withdrawn because of lack of bids. About 200 people attended the auction but many left halfway through the auction. The two lots sold
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    • 508 3  -  By ANNA TEO EMPLOYERS OF business studies (BS) graduates of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic can take heart that their investment will be worthwhile. This assurance came yesterday from the Ngee Ann principal, Mr Chen Hung, at the polytechnic's third graduation ceremony. A total of 397
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    • 176 3 Bernama MALAYSIAN Transport Minister Tan Sri Cbong Hon Nyan yesterday emphasised the need for another linkage between Malaysia and Singapore to overcome the problem of congestion at the existing Causeway. However, be declined to state the form of linkage that the two governments had In mind.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 373 4 Reuter EVELYN ASHFORD of the US shattered her own world 100 metres record, Carl Lewis dismissed the challenge of his US compatriot Calvin Smith and East Germany's Marita Koch humiliated Valerie Brisco-Hooks of the US in an action-packed evening of athletics in Zurich last night. The
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    • 464 4 AFP ENGLAND'S handful of wealthy football clubs grew richer last season while the majority of the league's 92 clubs found it harder than ever to make ends meet. Little is likely to change in 1984-85 as the league struggles to prevent attendances
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    • 152 4 Reuter BJORN Borg, king of world tennis for almost a decade, has announced the break-up of his four-year marriage to his Rumanian wife, Mariana. The multi-millionaire Swedish superstar, 28, said on Wednesday they had mutually agreed to a divorce and it would not
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 488 4 Growing confidence within party of landslide win UPI THE REPUBLICAN National Convention, in an extravaganza filled with pageantry and patriotism, has renominated President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush to run for office for another four years. As 4,470 delegates and alternates roared approval
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    • 135 4 Reuter •JJS SECRETARY of State /•George Shultz has repudiated the Republican platform's call "self-determination" for Hongkong, a position strongly criticised by China. "The platform calls for selfdetermination for Hongkong is not our (the Reagan administration's) policy," Mr Shultz said in a television interview on Wednesday.
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    • 172 4 Reuter THE US Defence Department has urged Nato to consider burying pipes loaded with liquid explosives along the East-West divide in Europe as an inconspicuous way of strengthening defences. The plan calls for vertical pipes to be sunk along key invasion routes
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    • 159 4 UPI TWO DAYS of talks between Hongkong's Director of Trade, Hamish Macleod, and Reagan Administration officials on proposed changes in textile trade regulations have ended inconclusively. "Apparently discussions are going on within the administration as to the final form and content of the
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    • 244 4 UPI ISRAEL'S opposition Labour Party leader Shimon Peres said he would make the ruling Likud bloc an "equal partner" in a unity government, but rules out alternating with Yitzhak Shamir as Prime Minister. Mr Peres said he planned to invite Prime Minister Shamir for a summit
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    • 286 4 UPI THE United States urged Japan on Wednesday to scrap proposed domestic computer software copyright laws for stricter international safeguards, Japan's press reports said. US Deputy Trade Representative Michael Smith said Japan should follow an international copyright law shielding software for 50
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    • 85 4 Reuter A REPORT by the House of Representatives budget committee staff said pressure on the US economy would increase next year as a result of real high interest rates. The report said the pressure would come as the Federal Reserve is forced to restrain the
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    • 150 4 UPI LECH WALESA, in a major split with other leaders of the banned Solidarity trade union, called on its members to avoid confrontation with Poland's government on the group's fourth anniversary. "We should not cause any confrontation so that the authorities can make a new move
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    • 333 5 AFP THE AIRPORTS at Lisbon, Brussels-National and Amsterdam have the best tax-free shops for travellers, but taxfree goods in Japan are among the most expensive, the bulletin of the International Federation of Journalists and Writers on Tourism reported in Brussels. An investigation
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    • 232 5 Reuter INDIA'S opposition parties have staged a dramatic show of strength over the sacking of Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister and their protests are posing an increasing electoral threat to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. They staged a meeting of at least 50,000 people in
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    • 146 5 AP MORE THAN 200 unemployed youths and other applicants have answered the call for nude models at Beijing's art schools, even though nudity is generally taboo in China. The China News Service reported on Wednesday that the art schools decided to recruit
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    • 746 5 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Local time From PAA PA5 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG SV SV379 0030 SEL GIA GA7316 0125 SUB AAAS AAH681 0820 KUL CMCI010 0825 JED/DHA MAS MH601 0905 KUL GIA GA7218 0905 HLP MAS AAH671 0935 KUL AAAS MH811 0940 PEN SWR SR176 0945 ZRH/BKK RBA
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    • 472 5 Demand up with economic recovery UPI AMERICAN oil imports from Arab nations shot up by 44 per cent in the first half of this year, mainly because of a sharp increase in Saudi Arabian oil purchases, the Mideast Report said
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    • 208 5 UPI JAPAN'S crude oil imports from Iran plunged sharply in July due mainly to rising insurance rates in the light of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, a preliminary government report said yesterday. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said the Japanese purchase of Iranian crude in
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    • 443 5 r Facts and Figures I figured it out very carefully. The facts and figures all pointed to one direction -Tulip Garden. It was ahead in every respect. The little more I pay today will make a big difference in the future SOME COMPLETED PROJECTS vW 1 -V| NAME OF PROJECTS
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 470 6 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN banks are working out arrangements, under government instruction, to provide soft loans totalling well over 400 billion won to the country's financially troubled construction firms, bankers said. The loans will enable the companies to fulfil existing contracts and repay loans to
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    • 67 6 Reuter STATE-OWNED Bank of India has proposed opening six foreign branches in addition to the 26 it now has. A bank spokesman said the six include branches in Kobe, Mexico and a joint venture bank in Zambia, in collaboration with Central Bank
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    • 42 6 Reuter INDIA'S gold and foreign exchange reserves rose to 51.67 billion rupees in July this year from 51 billion rupees in June compared with 45.08 billion rupees last year. Gold holdings at 2.26 billion rupees remained unchanged.
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    • 274 6 NYT A COST-cutting drive initiated three weeks ago at Citicorp, requiring 2,500 of its officers to find ways to cut costs by as much as 40 per cent by yearend, is giving people within the company a bad case of jitters. A Citicorp spokesman, Susan Weeks,
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    • 208 6 Reuter BANK OF JAPAN governor Haruo Maekawa is not in favour of a recent proposal by a posts ministry advisory group backing simultaneous liberalisation of interest rates on large and small deposits. He says interest rates on large-lot deposits should be deregulated before those on small
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    • 277 6 Reuter VENEZUELA has resumed negotiations with its creditor banks in New York in an effort to narrow differences on proposals to reschedule part of its US$34 billion foreign debt. "There has been give and take on both sides but no conclusions have been reached
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    • 109 6 Reuter SOME Belgian foreign exchange dealers said the National Bank might cut the bank rate soon, but others believed it would remain unchanged at 11 per cent. One dealer said about 50 per cent of operators believed market rumours about an imminent change
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    • 449 6 Bernama THE INTERNATIONAL banking system is undergoing a crisis of confidence, according to Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Taha. He said this mood among world bankers was very evident at an international conference which he attended in New York
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 332 6 SINGAPORE Futures closed lower yesterday in fairly active trading on some profit-tak-ing after the metal's sharp rise in New York. December closed softer at U*****.70 an ounce traded compared with New York's $364.50 365.50 close, but remained above Wednesday's close here of $357.10. Turnover in the only traded December
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    • 626 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar weakened against most major currencies yesterday in moderately active late trading, after a slightly higher opening. The dollar's fall in the afternoon was attributed to long liquidation and some European selling. It closed lower at 2.8655/65 marks compared with an early 2.8735/45 and New
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    • Article, Illustration
      199 6 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. Short-dates weakened Vfe point at the outset due to lower US federal funds rate and remained unchanged thereafter- deposit ri itM us$ Offer Bid 7 days 11 13/16 11 11/16 1 month 11 13/16
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    • 117 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate eased by l /«-point to close at 7 5 /fc per cent on the Singapore interbank market yesterday. Term rates for the one, two and three-month maturities eased by -point across-the-board, compared with Wednesday's closing. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight 7
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    • 242 6 Interbank rates at 3pm Currancw* 'itw 5nnth#oour Local dollorc to one unit of foreign quoted t*rd*y c two parity Ch 9 currency: US dolor 2 1425 2 1435 ***** -24.01 Sterling pound 2.8120 ***** 7 3469 -61.73 Australian dolor 1 8339 1 8369 ***** -46 51 NZ dollar
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 364 7  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH, I, Transport Correspondent SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (SATS) has managed a clean sweep by clinching contracts to provide handling services to all the new carriers flying here. Managing director of SATS, Mr M W Anthonisz, said the company's
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    • 153 7 THE Harper Group (OTC) of international freight forwarding and total transportation companies reported a 51 per cent increase in net income to US$2.4 million for the second quarter of this year. Net income per share was up 53 per cent to 58
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    • 359 7 SWISSAIR is confident that this is going to be a record year for growth in its cargo traffic. First-half results showed that traffic gains matched the increase in scheduled cargo capacity. Furthermore, the uptrend in mail and cargo transportation is expected to continue
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    • 210 7 AIR Canada's international cargo route network, which has grown rapidly during the past few months, will be further expanded. There was expansion not only in the established services between Europe's major airports and Canada, but also in the growing Japanese, Korean and
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    • 194 7 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight Local From Operator Flight Local For number time number time FRIDAY FT FT79 2355 JFK/ORD/ANC/ FT FT78 0135 KUL/TPE/NRT/ NRT/TPE ANC/ORD/JFK JAL JL617 0705 KUL SATURDAY CAL CI331 0150 TPE FT FT76 0255 HKG/NRT/ ANC/ORD/JFF CV CV796 0845 LUX/AUH CAL CI334 0600 KUL/HKG/TPE SUNDAY
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    • On the wing
      • 29 7 ALITALIA has signed an order with Boeing Co to purchase two 8747s one Combi and one all passenger. Both aircraft are to be delivered by next summer.
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      • 20 7 THE International Air Transport Association will be holding its 40th annual general meeting in Montreal from Oct 29-30.
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      • 43 7 AIR France is starting a new Boeing 747 Jumbo cargo service from Marseilles to Djibouti and La Reunion to cater to the growing demand for transport from Marseilles to the Indian Ocean area. The weekly service will leave Marseilles on Mondays.
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      • 56 7 Air Express International has introduced a new domestic service designed for shippers who do not require next-morn-ing delivery. Airex is for shipments weighing up to 19 pounds each. It bears a $19 rate. Packages above this weight are charged $1 (or each additional pound. The service provides delivery
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    • 466 7  -  By JAIME LYE THE GROWTH in cargo handled at Singapore airports slowed down during the second quarter of this year, after a strong start in the first three months. The volume of cargo handled between April and June was 75,100 tonnes, a 13.9 per cent
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  • FEATURES
    • 454 8 SIX YEARS AGO, a pudgy computer whiz kid named Stanley dropped a dime into a pay phone, dialled the wire transfer room of Los Angeles's Security Pacific National Bank and directed US$lO.2 million to himself. Last year, David, another whiz kid, managed to tap the
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    • 1564 8  -  ASIAN Report In an interview in Jakarta with Economics Correspondent ZHOU MEI, Indonesia's Trade Minister Rachmet Saleh discusses his country's aspirations and the threat posed by protectionism. ZHOU MEI, A HUMBLE sheet of plywood represents to Mr Rachmet Saleh a little of Indonesia's potential. Once,
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    • 764 8 CURRENT ACCOUNT deficits are very much a feature of countries striving to develop. And so it is with the Republic of Indonesia. However, Indonesia's balance of payments accounts show that Indonesia has, in fact, been selling more than it has been buying. For instance, for
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    • 878 9  -  Fears grow over the country's capacity to build a nuclear bomb Although Pakistan has consistently denied that it is building a bomb, concern has been growing in the United States that the country is proceeding with a secret nuclear weapons programme, with Chinese assistance. SIMON HENDERSON
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    • 739 9  -  By TIM PEARCE Reuter IN THE PAST YEAR three Japanese who have spent more than half their lives on Death Row have been cleared of murder after retrials. But the miscarriages of justice which sent the three men to prison and nearly to the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 658 8 tcsshkhdob mmwim CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 I'd go for something colourful (6) 7 Selected about holt the teom to be given exclusive treatment (8) 8 Slow down and pause, perhaps, on a certom note (4, 2) 10 The end of a love game possibly? (5) 13 Not a strong friend
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 239 9 Singapore Internatbnal Monetary Exchange Limited On 5 July 1984. SIM EX commenced trading in the International Gold Futures Contract. Three other contracts. Eurodollar. Yen and Deutchmark futures, will be introduced on 7 September 1984. What are financial futures? What potential do they present? What advantages do they offer? How can
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 339 10 Reuter GENERAL Motors Corp expects this year's earnings to be higher than 1983's US$ll.B4 a share if the United Auto Workers union does not call a strike. "We hope to be able to do better than last year, excluding a strike," said
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    • 171 10 AFP NEGOTIATIONS enabling the Swedish Electrolux Company to take a stake in the Italian Zanussi Household Electric Appliance group are at an advanced stage. Italian Industry Minister Renato Altissimo said he did not believe other proposed solutions had been fully thought out. This was seen
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    • 290 10 UPI STOCKS got off to a booming start but finished with mixed results on Wednesday when investors cashed in on profits from Wall Street's summer rally that had carried prices to a seven-month high. The pullback followed a drop in the bond market that
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    • 165 10 AUG 22 land Truit 6k 240 unch Un Steel 110 irtch INDUSTRIALS Owec 500 unch 780 WooJworth 1400 75 A Alpho Abercom 150 unch MININGS AE And a 790 5 2285 5800S A/VUC 2750 1180 10 BuHeH 7700 1850 CNA 210 unch One France 345 -5 Corn March 880
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    • 932 10 Amsterdam AUG 22 Fk ABN ***** >9 A«gon 121 50 +25 Ahotd 191 00 +12 Akzo 9170 +0 3 AMEV 158 30 2 3 55 30 +14 Bob 89 20 09 230 50 4 5 Bosfcc 25 20 0 6 Birtct 6920 +07 CaK 358 00 +2 D«k
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 391 11 HONGKONG: Share prices fell yesterday, despite a one point cut in local prime and deposit rates, as speculation about a possible rights issues by the Cheung Kong group of companies overshadowed the market. Cheung Kong dropped 20 cents to $7.25. Hutchison Whampoa eased 10 cents to $10.40 and International
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    • 274 11 AUG 23 NT Chem Indus 20 70 -0 1 Lien Hwa Indus 14 05 -0 05 Al Sincere Indus 7 45 -0 05 Han Yo Ptas 31 50 unch Asio Cement 2540 0 1 Pacific Cons 28 00 -0 1 Cathay Cons 29 20 -0 1 Pacific Elect Chang
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    • 433 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly higher yesterday in moderate trading, with small and mediumsized domestic industrials leading the rise. Some international populars closed lower following a fall in their US depository receipt shares on Wall Street. Matsushita Electric fell 20 to 1,670, Fuji Photo Film 20 to 1,770, NEC
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    • 88 11 Aug 23 Bonk Seoul Choheung Bk Commerciol Bk Daekm Ind Daewoo Corp Won 665 640 680 577 515 620 -5 -10 unch -13 unch Hyundoi Corp Hyundai Motor KAl Korea First Korea Oil Koreo Sh*> Lucky Ltd Samsung Co 1019 640 SIS 729 1236 420 799 769 -16 unch
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    • 424 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed easier yesterday as traders took advantage of Wednesday's strong gains to take profits. At 1515 local time, the All Ordinaries Index was 4.1 points lower at 747.8 points, the All Industrials marker down 1.9 at 1,039,1 and the All Resources Index 5.5 weaker at
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    • 128 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices continued their decline in sluggish trading yesterday. The Book Club Index fell 0.05 point to 119.69 with losers outnumbering gainers by nearly two to one. Turnover dropped to 300,815 shares from 595,187 on Wednesday. AUG 23 Satin Sram City Cement Ayuthoyo Inv South Ana Fibre And
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    • 144 11 MANILA: Share prices closed largely unchanged yesterday in continued dull trading reflecting the Philippine economic situation. The Commercial and Industrial Index was up 0.27 at 108.18 while the mining marker remained unchanged at 940.99 and oils were unchanged at 0.674. Benguet Con B firmed to 110 from 105, Lepantoß
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    • 52 11 Reuter MITSUBISHI CORP will make a one-for-10 bonus issue on Nov 20 for shareholders registered on Sep 29 to mark its 30th anniversary. The issue will raise its capital to 1.40 billion shares worth 70.16 billion yen from 1.28 billion worth 63.79 billion as of
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    • 179 11 AP JAPAN'S second-largest steelmaker, Nippon Kokan K K (NKK), and America's number six producer, National Intergroup Inc, have signed a US$292-million dollar agreement under which NKK will get 50 per cent of National Steel Corp. Half of National Intergroup's subsidiary was sold for cash and
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    • 189 11 Reuter TOYOTA Motor Corp vicepresident Gentaro Tsuji said it will be difficult for Toyota to form a joint car firm in Taiwan by the Sep 4 deadline set by the Taiwanese government. A company spokesman later said Mr Tsuji's remark
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    • 69 11 Reuter CARLTON A United Breweries Ltd (CUB), a unit of Elders IXL Ltd, said it will offer to convert most of its wholly-owned public houses in Victoria, Australia into 50-50 joint ventures with the present tenants. Share analysts estimated a full take up of the
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 883 12 Weather and soil conditions are ideal in most Chinese growing areas but Russia still has to battle with a short summer and poor soil in many of its prime grain areas. Furthermore, Chinese reforms of recent years, which have allowed peasants
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    • 112 12 Reuter INDIA'S sugar cane production target in 1964-85 ending September is *****5 million tonnes, up from an estimated 175 million tonnes in the current year, Indian Deputy Minister of Food and Civil Supplies M S Sanjeevi Rao said. He said higher output will
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    • 153 12 Chinese Produce Exchange Robusto 20/25% FOB NSW Nutmeg 487 50 (Sellers' noon dosing prices on Auo 110 FOB NSW 363 00 23 S*/100 kg) B W FOB NSW 256 00 Coconut oil Gambier Bulk FOB 198 00 FOB NSW 305.00 OW drum FOB 211 00 New drum FOB
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    • 284 12 Singapore C-l special C-l Ordmory Loonzam 100% unq (S$/kiio, ex-godown) unq Thai white first grade £8 100% 1st class 100% second grade (kangaroo) 1 05 077 100% third grade unq rvew crop 100% 2nd class Parboiled 100% 3rd doss 075 5% 275 25% new crop No stock 10% 270
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    • 125 12 WHEAT futures closed five to 1 Vt cents per bushel higher in active trade on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wedesday, with December finishing at US$3.63 1 2 per bushel. Corn futures closed 9V4 cents per bushel higher to unchanged, with September closing at $3.01'4 per bushel, a
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    • 116 12 SOYBEAN futures closed 19 to 17 cents per bushel higher in active trade on Wednesday, with November ending at $6.33 V*. Technical support held prices firm, with additional strength after mid-session from trade talk that Russia has bought up to 400,000 tonnes of US soybeans. C&D turned aggressive buyers
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    • 897 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended the morning session unchanged to £22 above the previous close yesterday. November finished at £2,394, £8 up. The market opened £14 easier basis November influenced by the New York close. Prices had been expected to ease slightly at some stage to fill a chart
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    • 85 12 THE Straits tin price la at the*]lT A ftenMevef of M 529.15 per kite en lack of demand. Dealers uted cm tinned strong support by the buffer steek manager, little baying tram local interests and an absence of foreign demand as Pen&ng's premium stood £3M per tonne aver
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    • 202 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed higher yesterday as India's presence in the market at its palm oil tender and firmer Chicago soy futures triggered covering and speculative buying interest. Pakistan's RBD palm oil purchase at its tender on Wednesday also aided sentiment. August deliveries in the south,
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    • 228 12 SINGAPORE The market closed quietly steady yesterday with September One RSS buyers quoted at 190.25 cents per kg, unchanged from Wednesday. The morning session opened 2.75 cents higher following better London advices but fell later on lack of followthrough buying support. Prices lost further ground in the afternoon on
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    • 337 12 R AS prices (in S c«it«/ki<0, FOB in bales) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 187 25 188 25N 186 00 187 00N Int 1 RSS Sap 191 50 192 00 190 25 190 75 Int 1 RSS Oct 196 50 197 00
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    • 105 12 (in cants/1 tot »pollen) September October (current mth) (forward mth) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 ***** 195 00N 195 00 197 00N SSR SO 191 00 193 00N ***** 195 00N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMRCV 231 00 233 00N 233 00
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    • 362 12 UNITED OVERSEAS LAND LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) To: All Ordinary Stockholders ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors wishes to announce the following: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED 30TH JUNE 1984 Six Months (Decrease) to 30.6.84 to 30.6.83 Note Company Group Company Group Company Group In 000 1.
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    • 4308 13 THE SINGAPORE stock market dragged itself through a lacklustre session yesterday. There were the usual ups and downs during the day but at the final bell, most share prices finished lower on thin volume. At the close, the BT Composite Index shed 7.31
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    • 273 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices Selongor Dredg 620 20 A-s 22 Aug 23 H L#OOC Cr«i>» 585 10 ■T Composite 834 83 827 52 Poe-EI SO< 280 10 IT Indicator *****18 ******7 C A C 346 8 rrot/os 393 428 932.28 Po»-€l CULS 404 6 ST IwdustnoH •40 80
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    • 532 13 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market drifted through another boring session yesterday with share prices closing lower across the board. On the whole, investors preferred to stay on the sidelines and consequently turnover dropped to its lowest level for the month. Total turnover dropped
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    • 3903 13 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 SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 771 14 THE proliferation of new issues this year is without precedent in the Malaysian equities market with public offers coming virtually back-to-back. According to sources, new issues have been scheduled fully up to early next year. More than seven months of the year have
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    • 632 14 UPI DOME PETROLEUM Co, the embattled Canadian energy giant, is still debating whether to market a new equity issue that is crucial to the completion of its US$5.2 billion debt rescheduling plan. On Aug 1, Dome signed the largest debt rescheduling agreement in corporate history with
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    • 101 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Thursday 1039.1 Wednesday 1041.0 Thursday 891.12 Week ago 1023.1 Wednesday 907.99 Week ago 906 19 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Wednesday 1231.78 Tuesday 1239.73 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1198.98 Thursday ***** 55 Wednesday ***** 32 Standard and Poors Week ago *****.24
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    • 225 14 Managers' prices Second B'putro 5 28 5 33 for Aug 24 Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 4.31 4 36 4 86 4 91 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 3 31 3 36 3 15 3 20 The Commerce 3.05 3 24 Seventh B'putro (A) 2 22 2
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    • 371 14  -  By CHEN QINGSHUN SIM LIM Finance Ltd has forged a link with American Express International Inc to act as agent for the sale of the latter's traveller's cheques. Sim Lim Finance was appointed as an agent in March this year and since then,
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    • 719 14 letter to the Editor DEAR SIR, On Aug 15, 1984, the SES stated that it was reviewing transactions in Pan-Electric shares to determine whether there had been a "leak" or "insider trading". The SES also cited "increased volume, coupled with substantial price increase"
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    • 292 14 ROTHMANS International, the tobacco, luxury consumer products, brewing and energy group, has undertaken serious studies of a wide range of diversification possibilities. Chairman Sir David Nicolson says the directors are aware of the opportunities as well as the pitfalls and believes the group's measured approach is correct.
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    • 2597 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. INDUSTRIALS Acmo (3 90S) Alcom (2 058 2 08S) (1)
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    • 145 14 THE United Malacca Robber Estates Berhad: 70th AGM on Aug 25 at noon in Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho, N0.8H, Malacca. VENEER Products Limited: 25th AGM and EGM on Aug 27 at 3pm in in Prosperity Room, 3rd Storey, The Plaza, 7500A, Beach Road, Singapore 0719. KINTA Kellas Tin
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    • 681 15 MK3Q mm*» !PA nlfLiamc! By HOCK LOCK SIEW THE sudden decision by the Stock Exchange of Singapore committee to lift the designated security status it imposed on the shares of Pan Electric Industries Ltd has probably caught many people off guard. Although it was
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    • 977 15 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, with prices depressed by fears that another national dock strike is imminent, dealers said. At 3pm, the FT 30 Index was down 7.1 points at 834.5 while at 3.30pm, the FT-SE 100 Index was off 9.5 points at 1,080.7. Trading was light but
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    • 99 15 NATIONAL Iron Steel Mills Ltd has reported a sharp 59.5 per cent fall in group pre-tax profits to $7.04 million in the first half of this year ($17.41 million previously). Group post-tax profits after minority interests slumped 75 per cent to only $2.6 million ($10.4
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    • 561 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM THE announcement made during the weekend that the Ocean Leila group of companies had "disposed of their entire holdings" in Singapore Land and which created much confusion in the market came after a restructuring of the Hongkongbased group. Yesterday,
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    • 603 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE PROFIT GROWTH in Public Bank Bhd, one of the more aggressive financial institutions in Malaysia, has slowed down considerably, due to the adoption of a more cautious and prudent lending policy. Group after-tax profits for
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    • 249 15  -  By CHAN MAY PENG SOUTH Pacific Textile Industries Bhd (SPTI) is strengthening its foothold in the property sector. SPTI, which is traditionally involved in the textile business, has agreed to purchase the entire issued and paid-up capital of Kalimas Sdn Bhd, comprising half a
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    • 25 15 SUPREME Plantation Industries Bhd has obtained approval from the Malaysian Registrar of Companies to change its name to Everpeaee Corporation Bhd.
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    • 77 15 APPOINTMENT ATTORNEY/SOLICITOR Sought by an overseas American association to serve as in-house intellectual property counsel for Far East/Australasia. Person must speak and write English fluently and should have law firm or major international corporate experience in Far East. Person would ideally have some background in the field of intellectual property.
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  • 327 16 AFP ASEAN SHIPPERS are pushing ahead with plans to group their cargoes for joint shipment to improve their bargaining position vis-a-vis the Western-domi-nated liner conferences. "We believe that if we have the cargoes, the ships will come to us conference or non-con-ference,'' said
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  • 187 16 AFP BUSINESS executives in Singapore, Switzerland and the United States enjoy the highest purchasing power in the industrialised world. In fourth place comes West Germany, followed by Canada and France. The purchasing power of British executives, however, was found to be almost the lowest
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  • 74 16 UPI DOCKERS at a Scottish port went on strike yesterday in a protest tied to Britain's five-month-old coal dispute, bringing the country a step closer to its second national dock strike of the summer. It is likely that the walkout will affect Britain's vital North Sea
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  • 534 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO TWO DAYS after it announced a cashew nut venture in Western Australia, Singapore-based 20th Century Foods confirmed its confidence by unveiling plans for another pilot cashew farm. Like the first, the second project has potential long-term earnings of AS2S
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  • 350 16  -  By LEE HAN SHIH RENTS may be dropping in some private properties but the rent bill has gone up some 1,300 times for the owners of Hong San Temple at Defu Lane, built on land now owned by the
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  • 234 16 SOME MALAYSIAN cement importers and distributors have committed themselves to a sizeable cement import order that is lying idle in Singapore. Sources in the cement industry said yesterday that the distributors were tied to the massive cement import order, which was not profitable
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  • 266 16 WILL Dr Toh Chin Chye contest the coming election as an independent candidate or will he run for Parliament at all? This intriguing question and many more will be answered tomorrow at a press conference by the man who has become the
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  • 339 16  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH FORMER Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Communications, Mr Sim Kee Boon, is a strong favourite to be the chairman of the soon-to-be-formed Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. The statutory board, which will run the Changi Airport
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  • 79 16 STOCK prices on Wall Street were lower in morning trading yesterday as profit-taking spilled over from Wednesday's sessions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off about four points to around 1228. Overall, losers held a five to three lead over gainers. Volume was about 12 million shares
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  • LATE FILE
    • 40 16 Reuter ONE of Saudi Arabia's top five contracting and construction companies, the Ali and Fahd Shobokshi group, yesterday asked its bank lenders to agree to a standstill in repayments of principal on its bank debt. Reuter
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    • 46 16 UPI AN AMERICAN destroyer and two Soviet military ships sailed through the Suez Canal yesterday, heading for the Gulf of Suez and Red Sea, where a multinational search is continuing for mysterious mines that have damaged 18 ships since July 9. UPI
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    • 49 16 UPI SOVIET President Konstantin Chernenko, who has not been seen publicly since July 15, is rumoured to have been treated for a heart ailment. Soviet sources quoted by the Washington Post yesterday said that Mr Chernenko entered a Moscow hospital on Aug 7. UPI
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    • 31 16 Reuter A PRO-monarchist Iranian exile group, Arya, has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast which killed 15 people in Teheran yesterday, saying that it would strike again. Reuter
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    • 36 16 AP UNEMPLOYMENT in the EEC rose to 10.9 per cent of the labour force in July from 10.7 per cent in June, said the EEC statistics office in Brussels. AP
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    • 35 16 UPI ANTI-apartheid campaigner Alan Hendrickse's Labour Party yesterday won a landslide victory in South Africa's first mixed-race elections for a segregated house of Parliament that excludes the nation's 22 million blacks. UPI
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    • 272 16 Here's Where You Can House Your Entire Business All In cum Office. Intrepid Investments Pte Ltd has the right idea in its Intrepid Warehouse Complex, a project comprising only 18 self-contained units. Location Intrepid Warehouse Complex is strategically located along Airport Road with easy access to Changi Airport, Jurong and
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    • 56 16 wxmm Outlook for today: Foir; scattered showers in several areos in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Aug 23 at the airport Maximum temperature 29.1 Associated humidity 85 Minimum temperature 24.8 Associated humidity 92 Hours of sunshine 2.25 Rainfall in millimetres 1.8 Rainfall this month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 63 17 Reuter MORE THAN 500 sea-going officers of Bangladesh Shipping Corp (BSC) will start an indefinite strike from Sunday unless authorities accepts their demands for higher allowances and revised conditions. Azizul Islam, general secretary of Bangladesh Merchant Navy Officers' Association, said the officers have set Aug 24 as
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      • 76 17 Reuter JAPANESE shipyards received foreign orders for 46 ships totalling 978,388 gross tonnes in July, compared with 11 ships totalling 124,400 gross tonnes in June, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. The July figure compares with 47 ships totalling 1.03 million gross tonnes a year earlier. The
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      • 119 17 A COOPERATION agreement for the inspection, certification, and classification of offshore installations, pipelines, risers, facilities, and associated equipment for the Malaysian oil and gas industry has been signed between the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and SAMTA Indospec of Kuala Lumpur. ABS, a non-governmental international classification society, has
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    • 558 17  -  By DANIEL SIM THE prospects of United States Lines (USL) operating in South-east Asia is setting the market alight with rumours of the American operator tying up operations with feeder common carriers. US Lines is expected to begin round-the-world operations in early
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    • 199 17 Reuter THE DOCKERS Union will hold a national delegates conference today to consider calling a nationwide dock strike. John Connolly, secretary of the Docks and Waterways section of the Transport and General Workers Union, said a nationwide dock strike was very likely if the British Steel
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    • 793 17 Shipping Lin* Pag« Col Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Ln«f VI 5 AC Toepter X 5 Alphotron* VI 4 Alpoc VI 5 Antoro Shpg IV APCUne V 4 APL 4/5 Arrow Unes X 4 ASCL Anobrofc er V 5 Atkn Une* X 5 AutfoM) Unc V Bolt-Orient VI
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    • 1104 18 Seatrade IT BECOMES almost boring for a shipping journalist to be told by owners that their particular area of the market is "very quiet". One area where this news was perhaps a little unexpected was that of salvage. How can an economic
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    • 191 18 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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    • 1751 18 MODERATE grain chartering is reported at mostly steady rates on Wednesday but other sections of the freight market are extremely quiet and generally featureless, shipbrokers said. Grain from the US Gulf to the Continent received the unchanged level of US$8.50, while bagged rice from California to West Africa
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    • 232 18 UPI THE Solomon Islands government called on Wednesday for international tenders to purchase a USregistered tuna mothership seized last June for fishing illegally. The sale could precipitate a showdown over offshore fishing zones between the tiny South Pacific nation and the US. The
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    • 421 18 Aug 36-Sept I International exhibition on the industrial methods of equipment installation in shipbuilding, Leningrad, USSR. Aug M-31 International seminar on reception facilities for wastes. International Maritime Organisation Headquarters, 4, Albert Embankment, London SEI. Sept 3-7 2nd international hydrographic technical conference, Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Sept 4-7 International Maritime
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    • 206 19 THE ROYAL Australian Navy has informally indicated reservations about whether the government should offer surplus patrol boats to the Indonesian armed forces later this year. It is understood that Defence Department sources have suggested that surplus Attack class boats could be transferred to Indonesia as part of
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    • 490 19 Fairplay A SPECIALIST banker has attacked traditional ship subsidy schemes, claiming that they have been detrimental to the shipping industry. Mr Paul Slater, head of Henry Ansbacher Inc's ship finance division in New York, and one of the more outspoken of the
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    • 376 19 ONE OF Scandinavia's leading P I clubs has warned shipowners that the practice of burning bunker oil containing crude oil cargo slops is extremely dangerous and may prejudice their insurance cover. According to Lloyd's List, the CARD Club has alerted members to the dangers
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    • 186 19 AFP ASSOCIATED Container Transportation (Act) has ordered two of its container vessels destined for Australia and New Zealand to travel via the Cape of Good Hope, avoiding the Suez Canal and the Red Sea where some 21 vessels are reported to have been damaged
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    • 4591 24 QCaaBEHDILB 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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    • 645 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Willine Toyo 549 258 84 0600 Barber FSB 1000-1100/1600-1800 L8 Ratana Bhum 188/189 25.8.84 0700 S'pore Shpg FSB 0800-0900/1800-1900 K1 As Progress 378 ***** 0700
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    • 1783 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFT A African Shipping Agencies <Sr Afra-Earaala Li»* Transgroup (Si Ahrraldei Uarr SrrvW Kim Shpg (Si Alfred C T"eepfer Oceanus Shipping Agen cy (S> Manntex Enterprise (PK). 41 par Intrava (Si Bintang Shpg (KL)
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    • 431 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Athlon 33/4 BOR alongside 24.8.84/2300 Mount Sabana 46 P Simons alongside 24.8.84/0600 Vishva Nandini 3/4 R Jumabhoy alongside 24.8.84/2359 Agnes Venture 47 BOR 24.8.84/0800 24.8.84/1500 Fuso Maru 46 BOR 24.8.84/1200 25.8.84/0600 Kim Soon Li 22 T Soon
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    • 1208 20 KIE GWAN SHIPPING (M) SDN. BHD. No 26 A I ALAN BE RANG AN PORT KELANG SELANGOR, MALAYSIA TEL: Nov *****2. *****5. *****2 *****4,*****2.*****7 W. MALAYSIA/S PORE TO E. MALAYSIA SfßVirrs P KLANG SPORE THAU SENANG KkWu. S kan L Oatu Tawau?WB Aug ?9 31 Aug TGAMBLLA Kkbiu. S kan.
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    • 241 20 MSI NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Sfftapore load** tar 27/1 B Abbas. B Khomeini PORT MiUl'j PENANC SMOSE MARIIIMf PTE LTD Ifl 7701U4 I ??***** MAIOSI MARIIWK SON BHO TH *****7 3 MALAYSIA TRADE TRANSPORT LTD TH ***** t ***** KYOWA LINE TO
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    • 749 21 PIL GROUP VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTA WIRAWAN E-519 11-14/9 DJIBOUTI, HOOEIOAH, ADEN, JEDDAH, AO ABA. MUK ALL A KOTAWARUNA E-521 2-5/9 HOOEIDAH, ADEN, AQABA, PTBUDAN KOTARAKYAT E-523 19-20/9 TAMATAVE. D'SALAAM. MOMBASA KOTAWMAYA E-52S 12-16/10 HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH, AQABA. PTSUDAN KOTATIMUR E-527 9-11/10 ADEN. JEDDAH. AQABA KOTAPETANI E-529 12-15/10 MOGADISCIO.
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    • 938 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE T0fU«0« Kujmj Mjru Bcnjron Ksnfkonf Eipreu Cudifm Bit BeiuMer lirerpool Bit Kootoon Bjt Hamtwi Eipreu Rhne Mjru STRAITS SPORE PKELANG 71/10 22/10 21/10 JO 10 UK HAM IS J 11/9 23/j n/i 2/10 4/10 9/10 11/10 17/10 It/10 24/10 21/10 l/U 1/11
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    • 576 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East S'pore Service Ful Container Vessel Busan Yoko Kobe Kaoh S'pore TgPriok hama siting GOWAVIIHB 18 8 21/8 23/8 27/8 1/9 3/9 MAJAPAHT Vl2 MB 19 8 22/8 1/9 4/9 11/9 13 9 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STOtt P KELANGR'DAM TILBURY; H'BURG ANTWERP
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    • 550 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore Htone Ywa V 194 27/28 Aug Pogon V 76 29/30 Aug Pinyo *V 75 1/3 Sept DISCHARGING ONLY A P.Kelong Penang Sailed 27/28 Aug BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 881 22 ifib. 3 K KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. USA CANADA PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPI MICRO BRIDGE ft MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER MOTHER VESSEL CHEVALIER ROZE V39E BAY BRIOGE V2B WHORE BRIDGE V 34 PACIFIC ARROW V 3529 RICHMOND BRIDGE VlB BAT BRIDGE V2S NEPTUNE CRYSTAL VIE N EMERALD V
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    • 417 22 Accepting Braakbulk and containariaad cargo** Diract to South Africa i Richards S'pore J Durban Bit Clown E Idn Maputo P£b A. tepling Container t BtfatbiilH S* CONST ANTIA V 043 S VERGELEGEN V 073 Am-pling lonlamm Only NED COLOMBO VWl2f OSAKA MARU V (SI7F HATAKAKA MARU V 621SG SA VERGELEGEN
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    • 502 22 W CfiJ CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE lo«trt ler lOS ANGf lES SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TACOMA MNCOUVER BC »(Cfpl*n fa /fa Centaewts AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE kcctptmi fa, fa con**»ti H«M| s part From laPt'23Aaf 30 Aoj 11/17 Scvt sept «Oct 79'30 Sept 1/ Oct IMb Sr*< Mm
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    • 654 22 SANKD ASIA FROM JAPAMCSE POUTS ANO HONGKONG 1 NAP* I 2 NTPO MARU 3 MEHOEKA 4 RAM TMOR 5 EUKUZAKI MARU 6 GREAT MOUNT 7 BUIAT 29/31 Au: 29/31 Auj 2/4 Sept 7/9 Sept 10/12 Sept 11/13 Sept 1/2 Sep 1/2 Sep 5/6 Sept 10/11 Sept 13/14 Sept 14/15 Sept
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    • 532 22 y u, INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road ?27 16 International Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lines) o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK MAGIC STAR 88M909 pa S pore P Kelanj loadrtf for:Saled In Port ROTT/ANT/U.R (AVON) SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S pore P Kelang loaihnt lor: FORT YALE 2S/«
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    • 574 23 SLNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD 1 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): HK CONTAINER 41# C CONTAINER 27W. Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia +HK CONTAINER S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1500 31 8 LCL Cargo 0300 31/8 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) K JACEJIN 25E... TW BRIDGE 21E. 0 CHIEF 40E TO
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    • 527 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN, INCHON miww?GOw rT a t SmVfY B/l M ~0,1 l 0,00 1700 m*' fprfl »«nis NEPTUNI AGfNCKS PTE 110 Tri ?*****7 ?*****4 ißoofcin(s) 7b 10 *****7? (Operatwn) ????487 ***** M (Itimmal) ??0?«50 7707W4 (CfS) M»l *TSI* »G»NIS TUNAS
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    • 795 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** Pf HANG MESSRS HA I THONG SWTMG ?3 Wwd Quay Penang Cables IAYAPOH PENANG Tel ***** ***** Teiei MA
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    • 69 23 DURBAN. JOHANNESBURG. MAPUTO. MAURITIUS A REUNION 1 DORIS I V 14 UWM V 14 BRIGHT FORMOSA V 27 SHENG TAI LINE BEGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN-STRAITS-TAIWAN KAO Ktt SPORE P KELANG 14 7/1 10/t Sated In Port I 20/« 23/1 31/1 2/5 tMOSA ¥.27 30/8 2/5 12/9 14/9 General »geflt< EAGLE
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    • 681 24 lte«|i<Mifll (jiiitsiinvr Lilies jj| 3 Sailings Weekly nrx Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P.S.A. 1500 Hrs. Tues, Thura A Sat REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA RATANA BHUM 189 190 26'27 Aug 2S/31 Aug RATANA BHUM 253/254 2/3 Sept 5/7 Sept RATANA BHUM 191 04 9/17 Sept 14/16 Sept 11/19 Sep 22/23
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    • 164 25 REGULAR SERVICE TO MIDDLE [AST INDIA PK MAN LOADING FOR MDAH 9 25/S JED/HOD MDAH 10 25/8 MADRAS/BOMBAY AGENT INDAH RAYA P. KELANG TEL: *****3 TLX: ***** Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Lid. CONTKfCR ma TO BANGKOK HONGKONG TAIWAN S POM BKK HKG KEE KAO NAN Li V 410 A In
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    • 87 25 BALTIC ENTERPRISES ,PTE) LTD l, f .-5 RMI nr. S PORf n .'.M ,'«'»!> Tfif> RS 13 Jf) 1 RAt 11( Ml f APD'-'f SS HA[ Tlf SH'P ET HO KSTMATION PMtAMAN 2t tu| 30 Atit Ponturuk (Bt I>74 >s*P» 12 S«P< S«mvan(/Swibjyj SEMWJIG (BK 1974). 3 Sept 5 Sept
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    • 681 25 CONCORD LINES CONVENTIONAL LINER SERVICES lOADMG FOR HCM nram fa* <KK tb*n (Accept 20ft CwtMwn) CONCORD MARINE PTE LTD 7 ftepp* Rud --U 21. Ijnionj Pj|* Comptei (0701) T* Z*****1 (3 Im) Tk KM733 CMSHT PALMYRA TSIRIS LINES S.A. LYCABETUS CENTAURU BANGKOK Sid 2/9 Loading for: BAHRAM/DAMMAM/DUBAI DUBAI/DAMMAM m OCEHUS
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 43 26 PANALPINA Singapore 5 Continents-t Forwarder Offering direct LCL Service to Hamburg with connection to European destinations (Germany/ Austria/Switzerland/Denmark) and vice versa. Neit departures ETO Smfapore 30/ S. 11/9, 17/9. 25/9. 30/9 PANALPINA WORLD TRANSPORT (S) PTE LTD Tel: *****11 Telex: 8S ***** PASIN
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    • 34 26 MORAN KOREA SHIPPIN6 CO. ETA Singapore Loading Direct for:M V MUPO (D P R KOREA) 30/1 BOMBAY GENERAL AGENT: ZOSING SHIPPING CO PTE LTD FOR BOOKINGS TEL NO *****77/*****78 TLX NO R*****6 A/B WELSHP
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    • 1847 26 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT •FCI I ICI AUSTRALIA •HA SINGAPORE 27/1. N/8. 1/1 11/1 24/9 UK/CONTINENT 26/1. 4/9. Li/9, 2i/% CANADA/U.S.A. is/». an. ao/9 NEW ZEALAND FAR EAST 31/1. J/9. 11/1 11/1 lt/10 11/1 1/1 15/9. 22/1 30/9. nOADMG FOR STWtY WIBOUKW MXIUX HMSBA« FHkUNIK UK PORTS SCANDMAtfIA a HARM ANTWRP ROTTERDAM
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 178 26 Weather a m rt 39 i." fflS a m m a SI i 3 X 32 S? ft ■f sa t? SS (>. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature o c er Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rain O Cloudy
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