The Business Times, 18 February 1985

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1985 60 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Banks offering personal loans eye $I.3bn market
    723 1  -  Effective interest rates at least seven points above prime By ALVIN TAY THE HANDFUL of commercial hproviding unsecured personal loans are eyeing a potential market of $1.3 billion, of which bankers estimate that only 10 per cent has been tapped. The banks also
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  • Article
    Goodwood group sets aside $15m to refurbish two hotels
    425 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE GOODWOOD group is nmtetng use of the lull in the hotel industry to embark on a $15 million programme to upgrade the York and the Ladyhill hotels. The 400-room York Hotel will be refurbished at a
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    Lock icon Italy's decision on ECU points to its potential
    466 1 AFP A DECISION by the Italian government ordering public and private sectors to make greater use of the European Currency Unit (ECU) has highlighted the potential of the monetary unit as an alternative to the dollar. The decision last Wednesday followed draft
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    President: Drug problem now manageable
    213 1 THE DRUG ABUSE problem in Singapore has been whittled down to manageable proportions. The number of drug addicts has been reduced by more than half, from 13,000 in 1977 to 6,000. President Devan Nair yesterday attributed this to the government's "no nonsense" approach in dealing
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      139 1 Call Wayfoong at 737-7977 for a fast decision on your loan Wayloong Mortgage and Finance (S) Ud A «no*y-owned subsidiary <* Hongkong Bank 6 Claymore H« *03-00 Claymore Plaja. Sngapore 0922 A.P. Mo. 0008 This personal screen-size Trinitron-is Sony's latest addition to its SBCTEXT lineup. It has super space-age styling
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      346 1 IMS IMfc SSO's guest artiste, Staffan Schejo, was coaxing the very warmest tones from the piono when he played Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 op 2 in F minor lost Friday. He excelled most where the music called for the deepest of emotions, whether simple and serene, or majestic and
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      332 1 rT2 1 nTul [Tym *TiJHTiTw ComputerAsiaBs 14-17 August World Trade Centre Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Lto Tel *****47 Telex RS ***** SINGEX What you missed... IF YOU did not read BT on Saturday, you missed what the Editor had to say about bankers, and the full details of why (JOB
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  • MANAGEMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon The benefits of automating production
      1205 2 The alternative for some Western manufacturers is to emigrate Competitors with low-cost operations in developing countries are pressurising an increasing number of Western manufacturers to innovate. Fortunately, the potential for streamlining manufacturing techniques has never been greater, and rewards can be handsome for those who
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      Lock icon The crucial issues of automation
      473 2 FT FACTORY AUTOMATION brings with it more issues than the introduction of the equipment itself. Automation often requires changes in skills and working practices among the workforce, retraining, changes to the organisational structure and industrial relations within the plant, and crucially stiff new demands on
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    • FRONTIERS
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        Atari takes a bite at Apple
        247 2  -  Compiled by LEE HAN SHIH A REVIVED Atari Corp stole the limelight in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently by announcing an upgraded line of computers. The three new Atari models were quickly dubbed the "Jackintosh", reflecting entrepreneur Jack Tramiel's intention to
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        Germans in space
        246 2 ON (XT 14 this year, the US space shuttle Columbia will be making another of its (now) routine trip away from earth to spend about a week in space. The only thing unusual about this trip is that the astronauts will be under the supervision of the
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      Lock icon Catching tomorrow's big spenders
      1112 3 Children have become a major market and one which the advertising industry is learning to take seriously. The idea that kids wander into the world as commercial virgins is rubbish. Nor is it the case that they blithely absorb everything they see on television like little
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      Lock icon US colleges forced into marketing to attract students
      503 3 UPI THE combination of decreased public funding and a smaller number of traditional college-aged students is forcing colleges and universities into the business world. James Lichtenberg, senior vice-president with the public relations firm of Hill and Knowlton Inc, said that for the
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      162 2 jW V <S» r You can't plan tomorrow's business battles with yesterday's technology. Planning your business battles isn't a matter of chance or fate. Business is competition. And winning that competition demands hard facts, tough decisions and intelligent MELy long-range strategies. Hjg| That's why companies in the winning H£i mode
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      91 3 I n.mir»i««fcm rn. > v >> >1 *»i>. l> i>. Vi ip 'xi let 'I Oif'iitulKoli*' illn 11. i l'«! i Jt»l I 'n*-•' 1 0 John Mortimer, creator of that irrepressible Old Bailey Hack, Rumpole, has made a selection from the classic Penguin Famous Trials series, choosing murder cases
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      40 3 WE IWE MOVED TO TUNG CENTRE rr Mi □□tu i ll s 1 18! IK: 1| m J Our new address:-#01-01 Tung Centre 20 Collyer Quay Singapore 0104 Tel: *****11 P.O. Box 3070 Maxwell Road Singapore 9050 Telex: ***** NABAPAR
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  • OVERSEAS
    • Article
      Lock icon China offers to form venture with PNG
      571 4 Beijing seeks to take over development of Ok Tedi mine NYT CHINA HAS OFFERED to form a joint venture with the government of Papua New Guinea to take over the development of the strife-ridden Ok Tedi gold and copper mine. The Chinese offer
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      Lock icon US suspends economic aid to Sudan
      82 4 AFP THE US has suspended payment of more than US$l94 million in economic aid to Sudan, one of Washington's closest allies in Africa, because of the "self-inflicted" economic and political crisis shaking that country. The Washington Post said yesterday that the US decision to
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      Lock icon Debate over 'disinvestment' hotting up in South Africa
      298 4 AFP THE THREAT of reduction in foreign investment, exerted to press South Africa to soften its racial policies, is shaping up as the premier domestic issue of 1985, judging by statements from opinion leaders both black and white. The debate on "disinvestment",
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      Lock icon Los Angeles becoming 'Third World' city, say researchers
      231 4 UPI BURGEONING immigration and cheap labour is transforming Los Angeles into a "Third World" city, say urban researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles. Goetz Wolff, a member of UCLA's urban studies research team, said yesterday that the availability of
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      Lock icon Change in nationality status raises fear in HK
      325 4 AP BRITAIN'S decision to change the nationality status of Hongkong British citizens after 1997 has raised fears among some people in the colony that the new British passport may not be recognised by other countries. According to the British government, about 2.5
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      Lock icon Art of Chinese cooking fast vanishing in HK
      385 4 AFP TOE ART of Chinese cooking is dying in Hongkong homes, according to a leading chef there. The traditional culinary arts are now confined to cooks in top restaurants, said Lee Tsang Pang-Chin, who in her time has taught thousands of students
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      Lock icon Manila to cut down level of arrears
      118 4 AFP THE Philippine government expects to reduce the level of its arrears to US$76O million by endMarch, enabling it to comply with the International Monetary Fund's requirements. The IMF set the amount as a precondition for the next tranche of the country's $630
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      Lock icon Three accused of killing Manila general's nephew
      99 4 Reuter THREE Philippine soldiers were charged on Saturday with kidnapping and murdering the nephew of a general accused of involvement in the killing of opposition leader Benigno Aquino. A police spokesman said they were charged in connection with the death of Alfredo Olivas,
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      Lock icon Ali urges kidnappers to 'stop violence'
      130 4 AFP FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Mohammad Ali, a leading figure of the US black Muslim movement, arrived in Beirut on Saturday with a message to the Muslim fundamentalist kidnappers of four Americans and a Saudi Arabian that "it's time for the violence to
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      832 4 ARRIVALS <, Operator Service Local From number time SIA SQ1I 0110 LAX/TYO PAA PAS 0155 JFK/SFO/HKG SIA SQ43 0730 DHA MAS MH681 0820 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL SV SV386 09 A) JED/RUH MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN CAL C1806 0945 HLP RBA *****
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      Soviets make new troop reductions proposal
      434 5 THE Soviet Union has made a new proposal for troop reductions in Europe, and Western diplomats said that it appeared to be an attempt to put into treaty form a number of suggestions Moscow has made in the past. They said the proposal, made
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      Lock icon 'Six more months to live'
      125 5 NYT UNITED STATES officials believe that Konstantin Chernenko, the «iHng Soviet leader, has about another six months to live. Although officials believe that Mr Chernenko is no imminent danger of death, the Reagan administration is also assuming, based on medical data, that Mr Chernenko will
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      Lock icon US won't take revenge on New Zealand, Hawke says
      199 5 Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke said yesterday he did not believe the US would pursue massive retribution against New Zealand by cutting back military links under the three countries' Anzus defence pact. Mr Hawke said he wanted to see the
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      Lock icon 'Superdollar' makes travel a bargain
      414 5 UPI THE unprecedented strength of the US dollar, which Europeans are calling the "superdollar", has been a boon for both US trading partners and American tourists. The strong dollar has been blamed in large part for the 1984 record U*****.3 billion trade deficit, but its
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      'Business Nippon' a success in US
      279 5 US businessmen in New York are getting hooked on a new half-hour television programme giving them an insight into how to be successful in the Japanese market. The programme— Business Nippon— is part of a three-hour weekly programme aimed mainly at the 96,000-strong Japanese
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      Lock icon Pope-Peres meeting to focus on formal recognition of Israel
      295 5 Reuter THE ISSUE of whether the Vatican should formally recognise Israel is expected to feature prominently in talks between Pope John Paul and Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres this week. Mr Peres will hold discussions with the Pontiff tomorrow. He is
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh weighed down by sadness
      775 6 Cambodian capital struggles to make a comeback after devastation by regime of Pol Pot AP BY THE 9pm curfew, Phnom Penh's streets are deserted except for the few exempted foreigners who are heading home from dinner at the city's riverside restaurants. In the shadows,
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      Lock icon Fighting between Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka continues
      861 6 NYT THE GRISLY REPORTS come in from the countryside almost daily. Army convoys are blown up by a bomb or land mine. Civilians are slaughtered in retaliation. In recent weeks, the violence on the beautiful tropical island of Sri Lanka, off
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      Lock icon Trade and investment in Caribbean picking up
      764 6 NYT A LITTLE MORE than a year ago, the Reagan Administration put into effect the Caribbean Basin Initiative, an economic programme that it hoped would revolutionise trade and industry in the Caribbean. In the'past year, investment activity has risen and exports to the
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      Lock icon Chinese military fast losing prestige
      910 6 AFP CHINA'S new get-rich policies are eating away at the prestige of the army, where it was once considered an honour to serve under Chairman Mao Zedong, said observers in Beijing. Peasants in southern Guangdong province have had a saying in recent years that after
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      84 6 Wishing All A Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year Our three restaurants will be closed on Tuesday, 19th February and Wednesday, 20th February 1985. Business will resume on Thursday, 21st February 1985. We regret any inconvenience caused. As from 21 st February to 6th March, Good Luck' Yu Sheng (Raw Fish)
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Dollar stays ahead
      212 7 UBS INTERNATIONAL foreign currency markets last week were again marked by the sharp rise of the US dollar. In the first half of the week, the firming of the dollar was without reverses as it touched several all-time highs. The factors behind the dollar's excellent showing were
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      Prime lending rates
      474 7 *mCATES Am mrag* of In print landhf rites tf 12 Mjv Mu tpwttinf to Shf^n. PLR of bonks at the close of business on Friday, Feb 15, as supplied by the Association of Banks in Singapore. BANK PLR Algemene Bank 9'/« American Express 9V« Am'Dam R'terdom Bank
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      Asian $ market
      238 7 Asian market ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended Feb 15: WD PRICES High Lew us$ 7 day* 1 month 89/16 8 1/2 8 5/8 8 1/2 2 month* 8 15/16 8 13/16 3 months 9 1/8 8 7/8 6 month* 9 9/16 9 1/4 9 month* 9
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      Lock icon Mark futures touch new lows
      281 7 Green Collier LAST Wednesday, the US dollar was taken to record highs against most major currencies. Against the deutschemark and the Swiss franc it touched the highest rates in about a decade. Consequently deutschemark and yen futures were brought down to new contract lows. March
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      Local unit firmer against dollar
      224 7 THE Singapore dollar came under pressure from the US currency last week, touching a low of 552.2715. It was only on Friday that it strengthened, climbing to a high of 2.2410. It closed at 2.2430/70 against its opening of 2.2655/70. The US dollar continued its
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      Lock icon Overnight money market ends firmer
      228 7 International Discount Go THE Singapore overnight interbank market opened the week easy at 5-4% per cent but rose steadily to a high of 5 7 /k-SV« per cent before closing easier at SH-5V4 per cent. Term rates were steady with only 1/16 per cent variation
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      Lock icon Bolivia optimistic
      49 7 Reuter BOLIVIA might be able to renegotiate payment of the US$7OO million it owes foreign banks, according to Planning Minister Freddy Justiniano. Mr Justiniano made the statement yesterday after receiving a report from Bolivian representatives who met the foreign banks' advisory committee in New York recently. Reuter
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      Lock icon Fed unveils decision to ease policy
      377 7 NYT THE US Federal Reserve Board has reported that its policy-making committee agreed two months ago to relax its restraints on interest rates and bank reserves a decision that economists long suspected and an important factor in the economy's relative strength since the turn
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      Lock icon Largest insurance loss
      220 7 FT A HAILSTORM in the Munich area last July was the world's largest single insurance loss of the past year, according to a report issued by the Swiss reinsurance company. Insured damage from this event amounted to some US$5OO million. Although there were no major US hurricanes
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      Lock icon Investors expect mark to rise against dollar
      112 7 Reuter FOREIGN INVESTORS have been buying considerable quantities of mark-denominated securities in spite of higher US interest rates, reflecting expectations the mark will appreciate against the dollar, according to Bundesbank directorate member Claus Koehler. He said: "Obviously, investors regard a dollar rate of
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  • FEATURES
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      Prosper all the way
      932 8  -  Lucky number plates keep the Cantonese businessman happy and the coffers of charity funds full, reports Hongkong Correspondent teresa lim TERESA LIM IN HONGKONG, no self-re-specting Cantonese will have anything long-term to do with the numbers 9413. It sounds almost exactly like "nine deaths and one
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      Madness, say critics of electronic road pricing
      542 8  -  By DAVID FRASER THE HONGKONG government is moving towards a unique scheme to control traffic in its business districts which officials in the colony say could serve as a model for clogged cities around the world. Critics of the plan, called electronic road
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      More support for abolishing SDF levy
      386 8 letter to the Editor DEAR SIR, Congratulations for publishing the article "SDF levy should be suspended" in BT of Feb 13, 1985. You have really earned great respect from many of my fellow certified accountants who are also employers. No paper has until today
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      53 8 IC TIMES CONFERENCES has assembled an Outstanding Panel of Tax Professionals and International Tax Consultants for G° aV v" ■A. QV o cx> CP /< •*> o n \v IP •P For more information, contact the organiser: Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923 Tel: *****11 Ext. 2642/2643/2644/2645 Direct
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      1077 8 to nun) mm l CHANNIt 5 1 2.30 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Paces 3.00 Opening and Propamine Heights fofcrwed by Princess Chang Ping (Mandarin/r) 3.55 Country Comers 4.20 Toybox II 4.50 The Artist As A Reporter 5.15 Romper Room (English) 5.45 Letty 6.10 Programme Kgtights (English) 6.15 News (English)
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  • THE ARTS
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      Eddie Murphy is back
      518 9  -  By JAIME LYE SOMEHOW, one cannot help but wonder if Eddie Murphy could have become the runaway bestseller he is today, if he were white. This is, of course, more an observation than an outright fact. Still, since his 48 Hoars debut, it seems that what
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      Trauma of apartheid on private lives
      688 9 I'M A GREAT unconscious eavesdropper, always have been, on street corners, in restaurants, planes quite a lot of my writing could have come about absolutely anywhere. My stories often originate in what might be called the tail-tip of a situation as it is whisked
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      Coaxing the piano to sing
      661 9  -  By KOH TSE YING PRE-TOUR excitement and enthusiasm marked the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's performance last weekend. Even those who may quibble about the orchestra's capability and capacity to take on the Scandinavian countries would have to admit that a good deal of obvious hard work
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  • SPORTS
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      A win, plus a handicap cut
      567 9 MOHAMMED SALLEH coasted to a one-stroke win in the Warren monthly medal competition after staving off a close challenge from lower handicappers Vincent Seet and Kevin Lee on Saturday. The 14-handicapper returned a four-over-par 66 for his win. And with Kevin and Vincent tied
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      NZ runner cracks century mark
      101 9 NEW ZEALAND runner, John Walker, became the first man to run 100 sub-four-minute miles when he clocked 3:54.57 seconds in a mile race in Auckland yesterday. The middle distance star cracked the century mark by winning the mile event at Mount Smart Stadium while running
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      Fans attracted by sweet touch on the greens
      498 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS IF SUCCESS is to be measured by the crowds, then the Singapore Ladies Open Golf Championship which ended on Saturday was an overwhelming success on the final day at least. It was said that the crowds beat even those
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      640 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Horses hove them (and are most upset by them!) (5) 6 Food for days (s)' 9 Vulgar information (3-4) 10 Of sound quolity (5) 11 It's about them, m short, that we get particulars (5) 12 Figure an eagle to be a writer! (5) 13 Thm,
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon US car industry achieves best year ever
      249 10 NYT THREE YEARS ago the American car industry was on the ropes, with the big three companies reporting a combined loss of US$l.34 billion for 1981. Last Thursday, the industry wrapped up its best year ever as Chrysler Corp reported 1984 earnings of
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      Tokyo
      249 10 Y*n 1090 Mitsubishi 516 -2 Mrtsub Elec 397 -2 ACaj*" 1 465 1 247 Amoda 1190 675 -10 +5 Mitsui 326 160 unch +2 Asahi Glass Bank of Tokyo Bhdgestorw 880 649 518 -1 +5 -3 Mitsui Smelting Mitsukoshi 500 426 3170 5 -6 1420 unch NEC 1220 -10
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      Lock icon Dow Jones average sheds six points
      319 10 Reuter watt. STREET ended a recordsetting week on a sour note last Friday as the upcoming threeday holiday weekend prompted investors to take profits for the second straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which closed at an alltime high of 1,297.92 last Wednesday,
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      Toronto
      131 10 FEB IS Abitibi C$ 41 unch Imp Ol Inco kit Prov Pipe 47* 17* 33* -M unch -H Alcon 40* 22* -W Int) Nickel 17* 2* Kerf Add 17 Bonk Novo Scotia Bel Tel 13* 37V* -V* unch Lobtow 6 19* 3* unch BP Con Ltd 27 -9* 25*
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      Johannesburg
      190 10 FEB 15 Tnjit 0k 222 2 Un Steel 110 INDUSTRIALS Unsec 455 unch Woolworth 1360 unch A Alpho 130 unch MININGS 35 715 2370 305 5 r?9S 25 1535 35 1005 15 Buffets 6550 225 ***** 420 10 220 5 9506 Cume Finance 340 unch Com Murch 1075 -10
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      New York
      665 10 FEB 15 us$ ACF Industries Aicon AJumm Alcoo Alegheny Lud AJbed Cham Cp A Iked Store* Airs-Chalmers Am Brands Inc Am Broodcast Am Can Co Am CyonamwJ Am EIk Pwr Am Express Am Home Prod Am Motors Cp Am Natixal Gos Am Tel Tel 30* 38* 27* 38*
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      European markets
      647 10 Amsterdam FEB IS r* ABN 395 50 unch Aagon 169 00 3 7 Ahotd 216 70 -0 6 Akzo 104 80 -0 2 AMEV 215 00 -2 B«fV 58 70 4-2.7 RoK 104 50 412 Bortuna 350 00 10 Boika Burial 8850 *2 3480 m* 445 00 -4
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      Lock icon Aetna incurs heavy losses in casualty area
      183 10 Reuter THE FOURTH QUARTER and year operating earnings of Aetna Life and Casualty were severely depressed by substantial losses in its commercial casualty property area and reinsurance businesses because of high claims and inadequate prices. But these losses were more than offset by
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      149 10 Kng Ch£ng L6u Teochew V Restaurant for the best Teochew delicacies in town. Discover our famous dian-xin, k delicious steam-boat Teochew porridge and other mouth-watering t delights prepared by Hong Kong chefs. And feel like royalty while you dine in Oriental splendour. Open daily from: 11.00 am 3.00 pm for
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon US tyre companies to see flat earnings
      433 11 Reuter INCREASING COMPETITION from foreign tyre producers at a time of flat to possibly declining sales is expected to keep a cap on earnings of US tyre manufacturers. Industry analysts in New York have said that while imports have garnered an estimated 20
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      Lock icon Britain sues De Lorean accountants
      117 11 Reuter THE BRITISH government has filed a US$26O million damage suit against the accountants of De Lorean Motor Co in connection with the collapse of its sports car plant in Northern Ireland. The suit alleges Arthur Andersen Co was negligent in failing to uncover accounting
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      Lock icon Three US canners accused of trying to control world's tuna business
      193 11 UPI A GROUP of independent tuna boat owners have filed a US$l billion anti-trust suit that accuses the three largest US canners of trying to take over the world's tuna business. The complaint alleges a conspiracy since the 1960s
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      Lock icon Levi Strauss to reduce European workforce, revamp management
      263 11 FT LEVI STRAUSS, the world's biggest manufacturer of jeans, is to cut its British workforce by 670 following the battering it has taken on sales of its jeans and other denim-based clothes. It is also to lay off workers at its plant
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      Lock icon Icahn Group accepts $3.4bn commitments
      439 11 Tender offer for Phillips Petroleum Reuter UPI CARL ICAHN, president of the Icahn Group Inc, has accepted firm commitments for US$l.5 billion (553.36 billion) of the financing needed to finalise the Icahn Group's tender offer for shares of Phillips Petroleum Co. He said yesterday these
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      Lock icon Chinese exhibit toys under their own brand names at fair
      292 11 AFP CHINESE toymakers are exhibiting under their own brand names for the first time at the American International Toy Fair, which opened in New York last week, in a bid to establish China's reputation as a world producer. GL Trading
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      Lock icon Chinese to get their first taste of Pepsi
      122 11 AP PEPSI-COLA will be available to millions of Chinese for the first time when a bottling plant is established in southern China late this year. Pepsi-Cola International announced last week it will set up the plant in Guangzhou to produce Pepsi and
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Forecast of an upturn in rubber
      644 12  -  Sustained boom expected to come by mid-year By BRIAN GOMEZ RUBBER MARKET fundamentals are pointing to a market upturn by the middle of this year after an uncharacteristic five-year downturn which has squeezed traders and brokers. A rubber industry leader is confidently predicting that
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      Lock icon Relief as American dollar eases
      1067 12 AFP RENEWED FEARS of a further rise in British interest rates kept the London commodity markets nervous for the better part of last week. But anxiety was eased just before the weekend as the dollar retreated. Earlier the pound's weakness, together with gold's resistance to
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      WHEAT
      212 12 WHEAT futures eased from early highs on the Chicago Board of Trade on Friday to close quietly mixed, ranging from up IV* cents per bushel in March to down '/«-cent in deferred March. A firmer trend in foreign currencies and precious metals and the general belief that the market
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      185 12 CHICAGO soybean futures closed Friday on or near the highs, up B'/« to 5 3 cents per bushel in moderately trade. March posted a 7V«-cent range on the day. A weaker tone in the US dollar and the outlook for a lower soybean acreage figure in the USD A
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      LONDON MARKETS
      1125 12 COFFEE Robusta futures continued to edge lower on Friday afternoon in quiet, lacklustre trading, and finished with losses from Thursday of £25 to £15 a tonne. The easier trend was prompted by a similar pattern in New York and Friday's higher sterling rate against the dollar. Activity was
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      67 12 KUALA LUMPUR TIN Dot* Closing Prices Tun Wff (M$/kilo) (to Feb 11 29 15 191 Feb 12 29 15 132 Feb 13 29 15 149 Feb 14 29 15 108 Feb 15 29 15 112 RUBBER Closing prices Dot* jlOOOpO'€ (S$/Uo) (MVkiio) Feb 11 173.00 195.75 Feb 12 171.50 193
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      Local and KL markets easier
      195 12 AFTER opening steadier 1 last week, the Singapore and Malaysian rubber markets turned easier with i an overall loss of about 1 two cents. Turnover was 1 fair. 1 Good covering interest for physicals, particularly five CV and TSR 10 to 20, j February shipment,
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      Pepper prices up
      153 12 LIGHT buying sustained prices on the local produce market last week. In the pepper market, prices rose slightly as sellers took advantage of reduced supplies. White pepper was up by about $5 per 100 kilo while black pepper increased by $15. The buying came mainly from West
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      Produce exchange
      142 12 ChintM Produce Exchange Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW 477.50 (Sellers' noon dosing pri cos on Feb Nutmeg 438.00 16 S$/100k«) 110 FOB NSW E W FOB NSW 281.00 Coconut oil 155.00 168 00 Gambier Buk FOB Oid drum FOB FOB NSW 330.00 New drum FOB Copra Mixed (loose) 172.00
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      69 12 This announcement appears as a matter of record only PARKWOOD INVESTMENTS LIMITED has acquired a majority interest in QAF LIMITED (formerly known as Ben and Co. Limited) We have provided financial facilities to Parkwood Investments Limited in this transaction DG BANK, DEUTSCHE GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK SINGAPORE BRANCH (Also Acted As Lead Manager
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      Stocks ease in quiet trading
      5412 13  -  It «Singapore I'l By CHEN QINGSHUN REDUCED BUYING from foreign institutions and lack of local interest resulted in lacklustre trading at the Singapore stock market last week. Many investors were disappointed that the market lacked the strength to mount the Chinese New Year rally last
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      Mining issues lead sharp upsurge
      366 13 F3 vlAustralia M m AUSTRALIAN share markets closed the week sharply higher, encouraged by record highs set in New York on Wednesday and boosted by a high level of offshore investment stemming from the weak Australian dollar against its US counterpart. Local mining issues and
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      318 13  -  compiled by JULIANA TAY Week ended Feb 15 CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS Duto Consolidated Bhd has disposed of its entire holdings of 1.8 million shares in Sigma Metal Co Ltd for $3.6 million. Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd has clinched a contract to repair and upgrade four jack-up
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      Lock icon Consolidation sets in after index hits peak
      283 13 p Zur < l i UBS CONSOLIDATION set in at the Zurich stock market last week, after the SBC Index hit the alltime high on Friday the previous week. This was sparked by Wall Street's weakness and interest rate fears. However, towards the
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      Sport in disguise
      1539 14  -  r— London By GERALD COLVERD QUITE OFTEN one can see a game of cards amongst friends but rarely does one see friends in a game of cards. The same concept applies in the stock market where the players are, to all intents and purposes, friendly members of
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      700 14 LAST FULL YEAR Com pony Period Date Year Net EPS Gross Net announced ending (cents) df* profit K G Hldgs lost year r 000) Interim Sep 12 Dec 84 83 10.0 1,964 Leong Huat Interim Oct 26 Dec 84 1.972L Muroto Interim Nov 9 Mar 85 9.4 26.0
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      Index shoots up 58 points in heavy trading
      455 14  -  T7 I Hongkong y By TERESA LIM Hongkong Correspondent THE HONGKONG stock market seems set to charge through the coming Year of the Ox. Friday's marvellous surge of energy threw the Hang Seng Index 58.05 points ahead on the week, at 1,405.93
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      Lock icon Braun wins legal battle
      73 14 Reuter BRAUN JAPAN Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of razor maker Braun AG of West Germany, has won a 13-year legal battle to stop a Japanese company from using the same brand name to market similar products. It won the battle when the Supreme Court rejected an
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      Lock icon Indicator sets new record in spite of yen's fluctuation
      275 14 Tok>o AFP SHARE PRICES on the Tokyo stock market held firm last week with the Dow Jones indicator rising to a record high in spite of the Japanese currency's fluctuation. The Dow indicator of over 1,000 stocks listed in the first
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      Lock icon Wall Street recedes after hitting peak
      1023 14 j?5 New York 1 A FT WALL STREET professionals were in a confident mood, and many were leaving their offices early last week to enjoy the long week-end commemorating George Washington's birthday, after another record-breaking run on the US stock markets. The week started
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      Selling tide dims hopes for Chinese New Year rally
      807 14 MM K.Lumpur 4 PERSISTENT selling pressure on the Kuala Lumpur stock market last week dimmed hopes for a traditional Chinese New Year rally. Amid the generally weak market sentiment, investors preferred to stay away. Reflecting the poorer performance, the 30-counter New
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      Lock icon Institutional buying fuels rise
      317 14 IK 1 i f 111 A BCI THE UPSURGE in the Milan stock market continued unabated in spite of a few out-of-line movements due to profit-taking and to technical selling before last dealings day (Feb 14). Trading was yet again fuelled by institutional investors, both Italian
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      Lock icon F & N may hit $6.00/$6.10
      190 15 F N may hit $6.00/$6.10 II A TP i"n"2s"j. I al CHART r INI HOCK LOCK SIEW THE LAST time I reviewed the technical picture for F& N on Sep 28, 1984, the share price ($5.70) was standing rather precariously at the apex of the XYZ consolidation triangle, XYZ. I
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      BTR accused of using 'personal threats'
      358 15 SIR Michael Edwardes, chairman of Dunlop, has accused BTR of using "personal threats" in its £33 takeover bid for the tyre and rubber products group. Dunlop published copies of a "private and confidential" letto: from BTR's finance director, Mr Norman Ireland, and of Sir
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      Lock icon Wheelock advises against acting on offers
      225 15 Reuter AFP WHEELOCK Marden and Co Ltd has asked shareholders to take no action on offers for the company's stock from Falwyn Co Ltd and from Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co Ltd. The company's statement followed Hongkong Wharf's offer of HKJ6.6O per
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      Penang withdraws acquisition of Yeo Hiap Seng land
      374 15 THE PENANG state government has withdrawn the compulsory acquisition of a piece of land on the island belonging to Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Bhd. As a result, the food-based manufacturer will now be able to go ahead with its original plans to
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      Shareholders of Gentings approve A$210m project
      386 15 GENTING Bhd's participation in the Western Australian casino and resort project has been approved by its shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting. Company officials said Gentings now has to wait for approval from the Western Australian authorities before going ahead with the As2lo million
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      323 15 METAL Containers Ltd has purchased 83,333 shares, or one third of the issued equity, in a Hongkong-based company Systempak Ltd for HK$83,333 cash. The Hongkong company is located at 1, Dai Fu Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, in the New Territories. BOUSTEAD Holdings Bkd announced that at the
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      Singapore Glass eyes Orchard Square
      684 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE SINGAPORE Glass (1974) Ltd, which is proposing to acquire Parkway Properties and Parkway Land, is studying the feasibility of making a bid for Orchard Square. Its new controlling shareholder, Eady Investments Pte Ltd whose directors have interests in Parkway's properties, is
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      Ming Court profits fall slightly
      370 15 A BETTER performance in the second half helped Ming Court Hotel Ltd, a unit of the Malayan United Industries stable, to halt the fall in profitability for the full year ended Dec 31, 1964. Group pre-tax profits were marginally lower at $5.3 million compared with
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      191 15 WINNER Ist PRIZE, ASEAN LITERARY AWARDS Through birth, death, marriage, war years, colonial times and other milestones .The Patriarch is a record of the life and times of a huge Baba household, documenting with flourish and sparkle little domestic details: rice flour being rolled into little balls for ancestral worship,
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    640 16 Euro market flooded with unsold bonds NYT DOZENS OF America's largest corporations have raised a record amount of capital in the Eurodollar bond market since the beginning of this year. But international commercial »nd investment banks have been so eager to win the business of these companies by setting low
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    78 16 A SPECIALLY dwignid U8 Custom* patrol boat eaMad "Blua Thundar" taking to tha air aa aganta ghra Commiaaionar of Cuatoma William von Rabb (aacond from right) a taat rida. Tha cuatoma aanrtoa would not diacloM tha top apaad of tha craft dasignsd by a South
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    Lock icon Mass movement of refugees
    274 16 CARRYING newborn babies, sacks of rice and live poultry, the first of nearly 40,000 Cambodian refugees began evacuations yesterday to what will become a vast tent city inhabitated by civilian followers of the defeated Khmer Rouge. Fifty buses as well as trucks and International Red Cross
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    Lock icon Mexico denies problems with IMF
    217 16 Reuter MEXICAN central bank and finance ministry officials have denied a report in the Wall Street Journal that a dispute over an austerity programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has delayed the country's ability to draw on the final US$l.2 trillion tranche of a
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    EDP Auditors Association hopes to recruit more members this year
    173 16 MEMBERSHIP of the EDP Auditors Association's local chapter increased from 15 when it started in 1963 to 110 last year, and the association hopes to raise this by 10 per cent this year. Its president, Mr John Lainhart, was in
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    Asean states invest record As6s4m in Australia
    149 16 THE ASEAN countries invested a record A 5654 million in Australia during the third quarter of last year. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that investments made by the Asean countries during the first three months of the current
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    109 16 AFP PIRATES plying the seas off the southern Philippines have killed 15 people in the past two weeks. The Philippine News Agency (PNA) said yesterday that most of the victims were Filipinos Ashing in the Celebes Sea and Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island. The pirates, believed
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      59 16 Reuter CLIVE PONTING, the defence aide at the centre of a British secrets row over the sinking of the Argentine battle cruiser General Belgrano resigned on Saturday night, less than a week after a jury cleared him of leaking Falklands War secrets and on the eve
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      32 16 Reuter ELEVEN people were hurt when police clashed with pro-independence militants yesterday in the first serious outbreak of violence in New Caledonia for more than a month. Reuter
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi puzzles with low bid
      37 16 AP JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Co has submitted the lowest bid for a 1,200-megawatt power station in Saudi Arabia. Official sources said the U*****.3 million bid "puzzles us, because it is unexpectably low". AP
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      31 16 Reuter A MAN believed to be Hongkong's first victim of the fatal disease Aids died yesterday. Health officials said the 46-year-old Chinese died in hospital. Reuter
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      55 16 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN President Chun Doo Hwan is under pressure from his Democratic Justice Party to revoke a ban on political activity by dissident Kim Dae Jung and 13 others. Party sources said yesterday that Mr Chun is bring urged to make the move to
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      36 16 AFP PRESIDENT Marcos yester- day lashed out at unnamed groups which he said were waging a propaganda campaign against the military with the aim of "destabilising or weakening the government". AFP
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      31 16 Reuter NEW ZEALAND will consider accepting more refugees from Cambodia and the Middle East by widening the eligibility for settlement, g«kl Immigration Minister Kerry Burke. Reuter
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      130 16 CHINESE CRAFTS The Story of how they are made what they mean The enormous land mass of China is the birthplace of an astonishing number of magnificent crafts rendered in materials as various as ceramic, lacquer, bronze, ivory, jade and silk. Many exquisite pieces are displayed in museums worldwide. This
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      142 16 Phnom PtnhwiiglMd down by MdntM, Pag«6 Only Royal Brunei can offer you Brunei Darussalam on the way to Hong Kong, Manila or Darwin. i 2' M m ..v£ Vi.J Ai PC. If you have business in Brunei Darussalam, only Royal Brunei can offer two flights a day, (three on Friday
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      52 16 ran Outlook for today: Scattered showers in the lote afternoon. Report for 25 hours prior to 7.30pm on Feb 17 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.4 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 22.2 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 0.45 Roinfall in millimetres 11.2 Rainfall this month 65.7 Rainy days this
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      "K" Line may join global service
      245 17 A THIRD company may join the round-the-world service which Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) plan to inaugurate in April. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, more commonly known as "K" Line, decided last week that it would like to be a party
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      APC strengthens position in US freight market
      459 17  -  By LINDA CHEE AMERICAN President Companies is strengthening its position in th« vast United States domestic freight market. In an interview with Shipping Times late last week, Mr Bruce Seaton, chairman of APC, said the group will spend US$6O million to buy three
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      858 17 Shipping Um Pig* Cot Shipping Uw P •9* Col Afeo VI 3 Evergreen IV 5 Ahrenkiel Uner V 4 Fargo Shpg VM 2 AC Toepfer X 5 Fesco VI 4/5 AJphatrons VI 4 Fine-Uner Shpg IX 4 Andeko Shpg VI 1 FMG-CAVN VI -1 4/5 ANL 1
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        104 17 Reuter SOME 200 shipbuilding workers, angered over plans to axe thousands of jobs, took over an oil tanker docked in El Ferrol, Spain on Saturday and used its radio to broadcast protest messages, officials said. They said the workers, who planned to spend the night onboard the
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        50 17 Reuter THE Japan/Europe Freight Conference notified shippers that the currency adjustment factor will be reduced to 7.5 per cent from 12 per cent with effect from Feb 18. The revised CAF will apply to cargo loaded by vessels advertised and scheduled to sail on or after today. Reuter
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        Buchanan's visit
        51 17 JAPAN may accept a visit by the US destroyer Buchanan, the vessel banned from New Zealand because it might be carrying nuclear weapons, Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe said. Abe said Japan would not reject the ship unless Washington specifically stated in prior consultations that it carried nuclear
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      SHIP SALES
      927 18 PRICES for second-hand ships worldwide are sinking to near record lows. Executives in Londonbased shipping companies are becoming increasingly worried about the state of the sales and purchase market. Three recent examples illustrate the problem: A British-built SD-14, one of the most successful dry cargo ships of the
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      Valmet signs technical agreement with Foster Wheeler Petroleum
      302 18 VALMET Corporation has entered into a technical co-operation agreement on offshore projects with Foster Wheeler Petroleum Development Limited, a Brit-, ish engineering and consultancy company. The agreement is part of Valmet's Arctic offshore strategy in preparation for the expected changes in the
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      617 18 Lloyd's Shipping Economist A RECENT study by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University has painted a gloomy picture for the US shipping and shipbuilding industry in the absence of government support. The study, entitled: Forecast for US martime industries in 1969: Balancing National
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1835 18 INCBEASED grain chartering was seen on the freight market on Thursday especially from the US to Mexico but timecharter business was less active, ship brokers said. Two grain cargoes were covered from the US Gulf to east coast Mexico at $7.50 against $7.75 previously while grain was covered
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      Shake-out in liner shipping
      132 18 AN INVESTMENT bunking official has joined the ranks of those who believe that there will be a shake-out in the world's liner shipping interests. Steven Carosso, vice-president in the corporate finance department of Smith Barney Harris Upham A Co, sai4 that overcapacity will force number of
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      Lock icon Rate agreement remains in trades
      229 19 TMR/ITN THE new rate agreement governing the trans-Pacific westbound trade will not self-destruct Pacific Westbound Conference. This assurance is given by Mr Fred Fisher, a Californian lawyer who drafted the agreement. The new Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement, he says, is designed to provide rate stability
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      Lock icon Appledore in strong position
      430 19 FT PROGRESS shown by A A P Appledore Group for the year ending September, 1964, demonstrates its ability to prosper despite adverse conditions suffered by the shipping and shipbuilding industries, says its chairman, Mr Peter Nash. Pretax profits increased from £532,000 to £705,000 which tops the
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      CONSORTIA
      189 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. 4, 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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      Lock icon Biffex concludes deal
      214 19 Sea trade Week THE Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange (Biffex) has concluded a deal with Bermuda-based International Futures Exchange (Intex). Under the agreement, the two exchanges will Jointly trade ocean frieght futures contracts using the Biffex freight index. Conclusion of such a deal had been expected by
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due ...and when
      2481 24 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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      CONTAINER SHEDULES
      695 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 Lars Maersk 8504 18.2.85 2330 Maersk 51 0900-1100/0900-1100 Al/Bl Mont Blanc M 55/563 19.2.85 0300 MOSK FSB 0700-0900/1500-1700 B6 Jenlink 07/85 19.2.85 0700 Thong Soon
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      1813 25 The leading shipping lines operating from loeal ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies ISI \lro-K«ra*i* Line Transgroup iS) Ahreaklel liner Service Kim Shpg i S i Alfred r Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agencies iS» Manntex Enterprise iPKi. AI par Intrasea <S > Bintang Shpg
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      324 26 Vessel AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Alkindi Baron Star Friendship Titan Auby Jenson Lina 101 Silver Star Stolt Energie Trans Hav Unison IV PASIR PANJANG Altai Maru Caltex 115 Cherry Bagus Cumawis 104 Del Remedios Kapuas Niaga 14 Pac Breeze Pavlodar Poh Aik
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      652 17 I 1+ Published by f TIMES BOOKS r INTERNATIONAL Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road Spore 1953 Tel: *****44 A memoei ot »r>e times o»gof>'SC*'Oo 556.50 I mm Gloomy outlook for the US shipping and shipbuilding industry A P Appledore Group able to prospor despits adverse conditions 11l LONDON Freights
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      835 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building. 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL KOTA SJNGA KOTA PUSAKA KOTA WANGSA KOTA RAKYAT KOTA MULIA VOYAGE E-551 E-553 E-555 HONGKONG SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: 22-23/2 27-1/3 MUKALLA, HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH, AO ABA 1-2/3 6-9/3 ADEN, HOOEIOAH, JEDDAH, AOABA, PT SUDAN,
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      698 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE 10 EUROPE Hambug fipress Kasop Mara Tokio (ipress Cardan Bay Osaka Biy Liverpool Bar T<*»o Bay Kit mo kbru Thames Maru FROM EUROPE HAM Kasuta Mara SaM Benavon Saied Toluo E ipress SaM Card* an Bay SaM Osaka Bay 19/2 Liverpool Bay
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      656 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL UNF mm? Bus an tokolutru Kobe Kmlhuii HonjkonjS purr IfPnot MAIAPAMI *17 HB 31/ 1 2/2 7/2 13/2 17/2 19/2 GOfft *17 HB 24/2 27/2 21/2 3/3 5/3 1/3 1/3 11<<:ia' BHTTIf, aa;i T i[ti^t»7iaAl. ..Hi.Ai.ka WEST BOUND Spare fifcwy Aimterdom H'(«| Antwerp •S PAIEMBANG 7-11/3
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      504 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES Ptushwegyawywa V 250 Pagan VB3W Myomaywa VSS Pa-an Vtl BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Lint) Loadhf for Rangoon Spore P.Ketang Penang 19/21 Feb 25/27 Feb 23/24 Feb 25/28 Feb 10/12 Mar BANK LINE MEADOWBANK IVYBANK SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG 9 Mor 5 Apr 10 Apr 13 Apr
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      1331 22 Mi USA CANADA \»."K"line SB* KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPIMICRO BRIDGE A MINILAND BRIDGE) crnn/ MOTHER VESSEL STOW PKLG PENANG STORE T/5 PW! ASM STAR V 33 NEPTUNE EMERALD V 7 17 Feb 18 Feb 20 Feb 22 Feb (TR) 15 Mar RICHMOND BRDGE V 24 KANSAI
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      579 22 S<33 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH NEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE tuading tor lOS ANGFIES SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE lACOMA VAMCOUVIR BC Accepting Fa fCI Containers P Ketjng Singapore I Angeles BHAVABMUTI" 26 Feb 27/21 Feb 26 M» AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAItCR SERVICE Accepting Fa FCI Containers P KeUnj S pare From Metb S»dn Aha
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      587 22 SANKD ASIA FROM JAPANESE PONTS ANO HO HO KONG 1 NEN LEAON6 2. SEA ROYAL 3. SHMO MARU 4. SANKO SCORPIO Ik OCEAN RAMON 0. YAMASUQ MARU 7. BULAT Sim apart Gdn 19/11 Feb 19/21 Feb 24/20 Feb 6 7 Mar 12/13 Mar 11/13 Mar In Pt/19 Feb 22/23 Feb
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      430 22 4, INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road »27 16 Inte'naliOna' P a/a Singapore 0207 Tel ilO Linesl O tM T BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S par* P. Kebnf lot** tar SKfPER N *****18 17/2 bi Pt ROTT/ANT/UJ (AVON) SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S pore P Manf li -NORTHERN VMICT hM b
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      434 23 DON AM HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN, INCHON Vessel No 6 Down SO IN No 9 Ooiufli SOIN No 7 Doium SO2N No 8 Daum SO2N No i Dorum 50 2N S »(,tNIS NIPIIINf AG(NCIIS Plf I 10 let ?*****' ?<'BS4I4 .Bookmjs)
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      796 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUN.DING 55. Market Street Sincapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG M/S SHAINMT NAM SOON SON BHD IST AND ?NO FLOOR NO 1 J ALAN CEMPENMG PORT KLANG
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      44 23 SIM SWEE JOO SHIPPING SDN BHD i EXPRESS TO BINTULO P. Kdanc Pa SWEE LONG SATU 71 24 Feb Pen** loadnf tar SERVICE MBUAN IAY* Vor 43 In Port Hudi*. Sbu, Agents: JAMBATAN MERAH SDN. BHD. P Kelang: *****6/7 K.L. *****7 *****1 Penang *****
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      728 24 Kei|i<Hial Container Lines <15SISjygj 3 Sailings Weekly iO IJ Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P.S.A Mon, Wed Sat REGULAR/FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA TOY SM SKLA BKK PUT SKI* RAIMA BHUM 311/319 Saied 20/21 Feb AATAHA BHUM 320/321 23/24 Feb 27/21 Feb HINOOE KISEN CO. LTD I I.TRA lIK V I.IKt <
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      51 24 FARGO SHIPPIHG COMPANY (PTE) LTD 1 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE BANGKOK 3 SAILINGS WEFMY Acctptinf balk Fd and LCI: LCI Carfoes picked at private CFS MM-fri 9m, 5.30pm Satvda? 9am 12 30pm eid. Suit Pub hate 7B Keppel Road 17 07 Taniong Pagar Complex Singapore 0208 Tel *****77 *****88 A
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      181 25 GOOD HARVEST LINES GOLDEN AMTVOf MD MM JED/P. SUDAN/AQABA Ag™*: SI A SHIPPING AGENCIES TEL: VHTMfI. fIMMTO Tlx: R*****8 SIABA FORTNIGHTLY HONGKONG/CHINA SERVICE FORTNIGHTLY INDONESIA SERVICE LOMME FOI MIMTA/SIMMYA/FONTIMMI/MM/tSSM/PEXMSMU KLMWETC. aCT NKXW FIM IMMURE) Rapto Eirnti S«rnc( I VtSSEI ET* LOADING FOR Hyotfwi Maiu 9 Mai HK S Horn Jpo
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      265 25 Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd. PMtMMN «/45 rwl iav SAMJU 3/15 rfW 303 22/2 CTG tGIJLA 1/15 MAN** TWIST UMON I 1/15 24/2 27/2 CTC MMtIA KTI 7/15 Sjfcd W* CTC AGENTS: BAYANIHAN SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****1* (5 Kom) Tlx: RS ***** BAYHAM *****96 (DMECT LINE) CONCORD LINES REGULAR
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      444 25 LUCKY SEAWAY SERVICES 89 Short Street, 10 07,08 Golden Woll Auto S pore 0718 Te! *****55 TU 2606' STORE TO COLOMBO/MAOBAS/CALCUTTA ETA Cokxnbo Madras ■ON B 24/2 5/3 15/3 DYNASTY 11/3 20/3 30/3 STORE TO EAST ft WEST MALAYSIA Vessel ETA PK PNG SABAH FONG SIANG NO 1 In Port
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      101 25 PS FINE-LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD S*. CECIL STREET #00-06 DUNN HOUSE. STORE 0108 TLX: MS 22*41 FUNER TEL: *****02, *****13. *****07 ACCEPTING BOTH FCL AND LCL MH l I 'H'lMB I AOD'AN LAGOS PI KADCOURT tdk"" LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. Mtgokn Road. »OS-06 Central Bulk*ng, Singapore 010 S. Trf: 533M14
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      77 25 PROMPT SHIPPING LINE $4. REGULAR MONTHT IMS XRMCE TO MBT AFRICAN WIS n» store BEMAi CAREER 2Vt> frt POMTOOK. MATAU LAGOS LOME ABB MM TAKORADt DMM BAKU HUANGHAI CAREER HHJt M» POMTENOME. DOUAIA COTONOU. LOME AMD MM HUANGHAI CAK£R ?otti April 1 tOOUI AGENTS WEN CHANG SHIPPINO ENTENPNISES PTE LTD
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      188 26 shipping (Singapore) private Unr^Led NVOCC DIRECT SERVICE EUROPE/FAR EAST LINER SERVICE VSI ETA ETD WSCH FROM ASTEMON 23.3.85 25.3.85 HAMURG/ANTWERP TWDENT MAMNER 15.3.15 17.3.15 HAIBURG/ANTWERP EASTERN TOWN 15.3.15 17.3.85 DARWIN (any inland C«i* Mtap tat now/! 222*11 11 tan U #22-lM Mernattanal 0207 T*i: US ***** (TTUSW) CREST EXPRESS LI
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      550 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAVCRtSED SERVICE TO EUROPE (Vl* SUEZ) Spate PKHa NEPIUNE CATSIAI ?SN 2)7 25/2 MAC TERLINCK Vft 3 3 S3 SEVEN S£AS BWOGt 49W 10 3 12/3 KOREAN IACEHN ?8* 17/3 19/3 LeHjnre Rdim Islowf H'bui| Btfm Ant««rp
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      788 26 Everett Lines fty: loading tor CaJUo Mataiam. «o and all other P«ru»ian poets antti ttanshipmtnt at Kobe On CPV Throufh Mh ot Ladinf to hnal destination P Kttant 23/25 Feb 18/20 Mar 11/20 Mar Snjaporet 2S/27 Feb 21/22 Mar 21/22 Mar w 'EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE LOADING
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      359 26 ZIM DON COHERENCE ■eEPEWENT FULL CONTARO SERVICE acceptmf FO./LCL arjees to USA t«» Nest Ceast. Caribbean and East Canada Sport Fiat Trieste Koper Vemce P*aa» m TIMESTE 74 Feb 10 Mat ft Mar 24 Mar >7 Mar 21 Mar m MELBOURNE IS Mar Mar Apr 8 Apr (Apr 12 Apr
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