The Business Times, 19 February 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 198€ 75 CENTS
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  • 562 1  -  ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPORT By LOH HUI YIN THE FURTHER USE of tax incentives to encourage investment in the manufacturing industry has been proposed by the Economic Committee in the final stage of its report published yesterday. But the human factor through
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  • 184 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said that Malaysia had no ambition of becoming a military power in South-east Asia and hoped other countries in the region, too, did not have such plans. He said: "Malaysia would
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  • 391 1 CHINA IS PLANNING to speed up development proposals with Singapore in the areas of urban planning, public works and public housing. Chinese State Councillor Gu Mu said yesterday that concrete cooperation between the two countries would be made as soon as possible. He said that
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  • 528 1  -  Flow represents 14pc of foreign investment in the country By BOEY KIT YIN MORE THAN Ass.l BILLION worth of investments worth 557.6 billion at today's exchange rate flowed from Singapore to Australia in the five-year period ending June 1984. This was 14
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  • 447 1  -  By JEFFREY TSANG ATLAS SOUND, one of the largest vendors of stereo equipment, is winding up voluntarily after 21 years of business. The company, which had three stores in Singapore and one each in Malaysia and Indonesia at its height in 1961, has
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  • Article, Illustration
    87 1 THE STOCK MARKET recovered Ust ground yesterday m iivecton wort m a hargala hunt fer shares which were attractively-priced alter Meadfty's fall. Certain Malaysian eesaters elwei with geed galas while Singapore Airlines ud ether leeal favsarltes ceatiaaed to advaaee. The Straits Times ladastrial Index finished 3.5* petats higher
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  • 88 1 AP THE US CONGRESS "simply cannot tolerate" the growing trade imbalance with Japan any longer and will probably pass protectionist legislation in autumn, a Congressional delegation said in Tokyo yesterday. Similar warnings have been sounded before, members said, but this time the danger
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    • 126 1 Cahners Exposition Group CEG The Exhibition People IBS Executive Loan IBS offers you a flexible loan programme which can turn your plans into reality. It covers everything from setting up a professional practice to ceremonial expenses to education costs. Loan quantum: $5,500 to $40,000 Repayment period: 12, 18, 24, 30,
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    • 266 1 Changes on Sealion board MAJOR board changes are imminent at Sealion Hotels Ltd, the owner and operator of the Hyatt Regency in Scotts Road. There is also talk of new equity. Story on Page 15 SHARE INFORMATION MONEY ft EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS LETTERS CROSSWORDS TV ft RADIO DOONESBURY BRISTOW OUR
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    • 12 1 Full report, Pag* 13 Inti stocks, Pago 10 Asian stocks, Pago 11
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 561 2  -  By GOH YEE LING SOME STUDIOS producing television and radio advertisements are unhappy about what they say is unfair competition from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Suffering from 10 to 50 per cent falls in revenue last year from 1984, the commercial production
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    • 260 2 THE TWO OPPOSITION Members of Parliament, Mr Chiam See Tong and Mr JB Jeyaretnam, have submitted six questions for oral answers and another four for written replies at the next parliamentary sitting. Mr Chiam, the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir, will ask the Minister for
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    • 325 2  -  By AMY BALAN SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS in the cashless payment scheme are a «icing for more terminals. Also, jewellers are interested in having the terminals installed. So far, Poh Heng is the only jeweller linked to the Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
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    • 202 2 SCHOLARSHIPS for full-time MBA (Master of Business Administration) students at the National University of Singapore are now available, thanks to the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF). IBF vice-chairman Mr Richard Ng yesterday presented a cheque of $200,000 to Associate Professor Tan Chwee Huat,
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    • 138 2 THE CONSUMER price index in January this year rose 0.2 per cent compared with the same month last year. This widely used indicator of inflation stood at 103.4 in January. During the same month, the drop in prices of food, clothing and housing
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    • 229 2 FIFTEEN pedestrian crossings will be equipped with new so-lar-powered beacons. Forty of such beacons were purchased by the Public Works Department and will be installed at 15 crossings located around the island. These beacons, which store solar energy to enable them to flash continuously through
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    • 415 2 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee expressed confidence yesterday that links between Malta and Singapore could be expanded to mutual advantage, especially in trade. "Singapore Airlines's weekly flights to Malta have brought Singapore and Malta closer together," said President Wee last night. "Trade between
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    • 84 2 MARKET LEADER Esso Gas is to cut the retail price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) today. Esso controls about 60 per cent of the monthly sales of about 300,000 domestic cylinders, a market valued at about $70 million annually. An Esso spokesman said all
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    • 374 3 MEASURES are needed to develop Singapore into a "free trade city" which, with the push to make it an international cargo city, should increase trade. The two complementary ideas were suggested in the Economic Committee's sectoral reviews on international trade and services,
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    • 423 3 SINGAPORE should strive to become a premier financial centre the Switzerland of Asia for risk management, fund and capital markets in the next 10 years. The opening of the Tokyo and Australian offshore markets presented opportunities for Singapore to become a 24-hour
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    • 307 3  -  ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPORT By FOO CHOY PENG SINGAPORE'S target of five million visitors a year in 1990 is unlikely to be achieved. More likely, the figure will be four million tourists. Tourism has done badly in the past few years compared with the 1970s
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    • 416 3 THE ECONOMIC COMMITTEE has singled out third-country trade as the growth area for the wholesale industry in its analysis of Singapore's commerce sector. A reduced tax rate of 10 per cent has already been proposed to stimulate what is essentially entrepot trade. But the Committee
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    • 241 3 UNITED, Singapore's construction companies would stand a much better chance of obtaining overseas contracts and countering the slowdown in the home market, concludes the Economic Committee. As the home construction sector is unlikely to equal its previous rate of growth, surplus capacity
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 629 4 Reuter TRADING on the highly speculative spot market in Britain's Brent crude oil has ground to a halt amid allegations of fraud and bad faith, putting the oncebooming market's survival in doubt, industry sources say. The crisis has been triggered
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    • 176 4 Reuter THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT owes income tax cuts to taxpayers in the lower half of the earnings scale. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has said. Interviewed on BBC television on Monday, she rejected calls for increased spending in the March budget to boost employ ment.
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    • 436 4 FT EVIDENCE that the US is moving cautiously towards endorsing new initiatives to stabilise international exchange rates is being well received by developing countries which have been pressing for monetary reform. "This is definitely a very welcome development, something we
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    • 233 4 AP HOUSE SPEAKER Thomas O'Neill has predicted that Congress will pass veto-proof legislation this year to protect American jobs from imports. "I feel confident that, with the (November Congressional) election, we'll be able to override the president's veto," O' Neill said on
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    • 435 4 Reuter THE ANNOUNCEMENT that West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl must answer criminal charges over his testimony to an official enquiry into corruption has plunged him into a scandal that could endanger his political survival. Mr Kohl, 55, became the first West German chancellor to
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    • 312 4 Reuter EAST GERMANY is using dummy soldiers made of cardboard to man watchtowers along its heavily fortified frontier with West Germany, the Interior Ministry in Boon has said. In its annual report on the federal border police, the ministry said
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    • 126 4 UPI A WAYWARD bus-sized Soviet spy satellite is expected to crash back into the atmosphere sometime this spring after slipping hopelessly out of its intended orbit, according to a West German newspaper. Die Welt, in its early Tuesday edition, said the errant
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    • 230 4 AFP NINE OF THE 12 members of the European Economic Community have signed a package of measures designed to launch the first concrete reforms of EC institutions since the community's creation 29 years ago. Denmark, Italy and Greece did not take part in Monday's
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    • 404 4 Believe it or not many Americans do AP FORTY PER CENT or more of Americans believe flying saucers are real, rockets change the weather and certain numbers bring good luck. Survey results from a new poll indicate that while the American public is somewhat informed on technological issues, "a substantial
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    • 419 6 Concern over strength of the yen UPI JAPANESE cabinet ministers, worried about the drastic rise in the value of the yen, yesterday called for measures to aid enterprises dependent on exports and stimulate domestic demand. "The yen's sharp rise is causing a grave effect
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    • 180 6 AFP MITSUI BANK has forecast that Japan's economic growth rate will fall by 1.1 per cent during fiscal 1906 if the yen's exchange rate stays at 180 yen against the US dollar. The major Japanese commercial banks said in a survey on Monday that
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    • 147 6 UPI PUBLIC CONFIDENCE in the political and economic future of Hongkong after the communist takeover in 1997 is waning. The South China Morning Post said yesterday that 78 per cent of the people interviewed for a survey indicated that they were still not confident about the
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    • 224 6 AFP JAPAN AIR LINES (JAL) found an average of 80 cracks per aeroplane when it conducted overall checks on its five Boeing 747 aircraft. A newspaper in Tokyo said yesterday that JAL had completed checks on five of its six Boeing 747s serving home
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    • 178 6 AFP A CONTRACEPTIVE bio-bullet is being developed in Melbourne to shoot down criticism of Australia's controversial kangaroo culling programme. Agricultural scientists Ted Stelmasiak and Simone van Mourik said yesterday that they hoped to have the radical contraceptive on the market by next
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    • 455 6 Bernama A US SENATOR has revealed that some liberal members of the US Senate favour an American-spon-sored assassination of President Marcos. They favoured an Amer-ican-sponsored assassination if Mr Marcos refuses to allow opposition candidate Corazon Aquino take power as president in view of
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    • 168 6 AP A NEW domestically-pro-duced health drink that tastes similar to Coca-Cola ha* gone on sale in China. The Beijing Evening News said yesterday that the drink is produced by the Hangzhou City Limin pharmaceutical factory in 2ie)iang and the Shanghai Chinese Medicine Institute. It
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 438 7 Reuter CREDIT MARKETS are likely to widen their recent sharp gains amid growing belief that the Federal Reserve will foster still more declines in US interest rates, according to analysts. "The monetary authorities have an ideal environment in which to make an easing
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    • 131 7 AP MEXICO AND JAPAN have signed an agreement to restructure US$4B million worth of private debt secured or guaranteed by Japan's Ministry of Industry and International Commerce. The Treasury Department said yesterday that the arrangement provided payment terms of 3'/2 years for medium* and long-term debt and
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    • 350 7  -  By SOH TIANG KENG A VISITING Luxembourg banker yesterday struck a note of optimism for the European Currency Unit (ECU) in South-East Asia. Mr Edmond Israel, a member of the executive board of Banque Internationale A Luxembourg (BIL) which runs a merchant bank
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    • 1126 7 SINGAPORE The US dollar closed higher yesterday against most major currencies compared with London levels, after active but nervous two-way trading. Dealers said a newspaper report that the Japanese Finance Ministry will ease rules on capital outflow and that Japan may cut its discount rate again helped the
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    • 382 7 BA Futures COMMENTS by the Japanese authorities that they would ease restrictions on capital outflow and the Bank of Japan's intention to cut discount rate again as early as mid-March provided the bullish sentiment in the EarsMlar futures market yesterday. June Eurodollar gapped up again at 92.20 during the
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    • 117 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market rose by V* point from Monday to close at s•'* per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate fell by Vk point while the two and three-month rates fell by 1/16 point each. S$ Interbank rotes at 7pm yesterday: Off*
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    • 241 7 HONGKONG: The metal closed a shade lower yesterday in moderate trading, reflecting mainly the stronger tone of the US dollar. Sentiment remained slightly bearish amid falling crude oil prices; and the market holiday in New York on Monday kept many traders on the sidelines. Gold ended at U*****.90/333.30 compared
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    • Article, Illustration
      266 7 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels after a quiet session which lacked direction due to the absence of US markets because of Washington's birthday holiday. Among short dates, overnight closed Vfc point higher at Bvt 8 per cent, Wednesday /Thursday 1/16 firmer at 8-1/16
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  • FEATURES
    • 499 8 AMERICAN ECONOMISTS drive big cars. This is not an established (act. But it might be a fair conclusion from the way they get easily cheered by (ailing oil prices. They foresee tremendous savings for consumers because crude oil prices not retail prices have fallen a third
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    • 1029 8  -  Some questions for auditors and bankers Letters to the Editor Equity Dear Sir, The accounts for Pan-El, Dec 31, 1984, showed loans and bank borrowings of $258.5 million. We now learn (BT Feb 7, 1986) that during 1985 the banks lent a further $191.5 million
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    • 834 8  - Economic report issues for consideration T S Tan Dear Sir, I join with many businessmen and professionals in expressing genuine appreciation for the people in the Economic Committee who helped to produce a good and realistic report. However, as Parliament sits to debate the report and recommendations, I would urge
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    • 1188 8  -  Viewpoint By ABAD LATIF A STRIKE IN SINGAPORE? So it was. Early in January, 60 Hydril workers, joined by sympathisers from other companies, picketed the gates of their plant at Jurong to protest against what they called the company's anti-union activities in dismissing some workers, including
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  • SPORTS
    • 318 9 AFP BADMINTON is already benefiting from last year's decision to make it an Olympic sport from 1992, International Badminton Federation president Poul-Erik Nielsen believes. "Since the International Olympic Committee's allocation of Olympic status, several governments have shown interest in badminton for the first time," Nielsen said
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    • 782 9 UPI THE SLEEPY, seaport town of Fremantle, Australia, once attracted people who wanted to get away from the noise, crowds and hassles of modern-day life. The quaint city was known for its Victorian-era houses and a slower, kicked-back style of living. The natives thrived
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    • 325 9 THE BOSTON CELTICS have taken their first steps towards redemption. Last year the Celtics lost the National Basketball Association championship to Los Angeles a setback magnified by the Lakers clinching the title in Boston Garden. On Sunday Boston exacted a measure of revenge by
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    • 519 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS ONLY 15 Singapore professionals will be allowed to play in the half-million ringgit Malaysian golf circuit this season. This follows a Malaysian Professional Golfers' Association ruling that limits the number of foreigners allowed to play on the lucrative circuit. The Malaysian PGA is
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    • 354 9 AP TOP-SEEDED Ivan LencQ struggled, and third-seeded Jimmy Connors of the United States struggled even more, but both won on Monday afternoon to advance to the quarter-finals of the US$l.B million Upton International Players Championships tennis tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. The Czech-born
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    • 223 9 Bernama TAIWANESE brothers Chen Tze-Ming and Tze-Chung will make their assault in the US$l5O,OOO Benson and Hedges Malaysian Open Golf Championships in Kuala Lumpur from March 6 to 9. Dubbed the "Chen Gang", the pair would be spearheading a strong Taiwanese group
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 517 10 Hanson and United Biscuits in tug of war Reuter ANALYSTS are still trying to assess fully the two bids for Imperial Group PLC, both valuing the group above £2 billion, which are now on offer to Imperial shareholders. An increased offer from Hanson Trust
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    • 254 10 United Biscuits is confident of offer Reuter UNITED BISCUITS Holdings PLC has every reason to believe its £2.6 billion bid for Imperial Group PLC will not be referred to the Monopolies Commission, given that United Biscuits is prepared to divest the combined group of its Golden Wonder snack food business.
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    • 83 10 Reuter RANK ORGANISATION PLC says it is making a bid for Granada Group PLC, valuing the company at about £740 million or 297p per share. The offer will be on the basis of five Rank ordinary shares for every nine Granada ordinary shares. A full
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    • 146 10 Reuter BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher yesterday said she wanted British offers for all of state-con-trolled BL PLC. "An ounce of offer would be worth a ton of talk," she said on television when asked if she was open to UK offers. "We would
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 352 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed lower yesterday in moderate trading, with the Hang Seng Index losing 11.67 points to 1,771.41. Institutions dominated the selling with properties leading the retreat, though selective buying interest was noted in the electronics sector, brokers said. The market might consolidate further before advancing again ahead
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    • 516 11 TOKYO: Share prices eased slightly yesterday in heavy trading as the market showed little reaction to fresh reports that the government is considering a further cut in the official discount rate. The market average slipped 11.68 to close at 13,436.23 after rising 43.61 the day before to a record
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    • 405 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets yesterday closed easier in mixed trading with little overseas news to inspire the market and profit-taking in some industrial stocks, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had lost 1.2 points to 1047.1, the All Industrials Index 1.1 points to 1604.8
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    • 98 11 FIB 18 Book Scouj Won 650 unch Hyundoi Const Hyundoi Motor KAL 1000 2290 680 -2 70 -12 Choheung Bk Commercial Bk Doeltm Ind Daewoo Corp 600 670 500 706 -10 unch unch 23 Korea First Yukong Korea §>*p Lucky Ltd 653 1785 340 876 -7 34 -5 -4
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    • 62 11 Reuter JAPAN'S two major car makers, Toyota and Nissan, have reported year-to-year declines in exports in January, mainly because of decreased shipments to China, South-east Asia and the Middle East. Toyota, Japan's top car manufacturer, reported that its exports were down 0.9 per cent from a
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    • 544 11 Reuter ROBERT HOLMES a COURT'S Bell Resources Ltd could theoretically end up with about 53 per cent of the 1.25 billion issued shares of Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP) under a revised partial bid unveiled on Monday. Under the terms of the
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    • 249 11 AFP THE PLANNED merger of Japan's third largest city bank, Sumitomo, with ailing mutual trust bank Heiwa Sogo illustrates the eagerness of the authorities to forestall the country's first bank failure since World War n. The two banks reached agreement last week calling for
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    • 113 11 Reuter THE SHARP RISE in first half-net profits of Pancontinental Mining Ltd (Pancon) mainly reflects the start of production at the Paddington gold project and the acquisition of an extra 2 per cent stake in two Queensland coking coal joint ventures. The chairman of
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 566 12 UPI THE AMERICAN copper indus- try, once the world's most pro- ductive, is slipping into second place behind Chile's mammoth i state-owned National Copper Corporation. <" Huge proven reserves, low costs, and high ore-grade enable National Copper to project pro- duction increases from 1985's
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    • 156 12 Reuter v PLATINUM should be the star performer in the precious metals sector this year, with fundamentals and technicals both bullish. Alan Davison of Shearson t Lehman Brothers said he expects the market to be in deficit > this year by about 4.7 tonnes,
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    • 266 12 Reuter WORLD TIN PRICES are likely to average £5,000 per tonne over the next two years even assuming a proposed company, Newco, comes into being to dispose of more than 80,000 tonnes of International Tin Council (ITC) stocks. Shearson Lehman Brothers London
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    • 203 12 Reuter WIDESPREAD RAINS in the past week have raised Pakistan's hopes for a bumper wheat crop this year after a disappointing crop last year. Agriculture officials said Pakistan has set a production target of 13.3 million tonnes from the 1985-86 (June/May) crop compared with 11.59
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    • 150 12 Chines* Produce Robusta 20/25% ***** Exchange FOB NSW Sellers' noon closing pri Feb 18 (S$/100 kg). cet on Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 711 00 Coconut oil E&W FOB NSW 628 00 Bufc FOB 58 00 Gambier CHd drum FOB New drum FOB 71 00 7500 FOB NSW 330
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    • 461 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a quiet and featureless day on Monday with gains from last Friday of £70 to £65 a tonne, buoyed by firming sentiment ahead of the ICO quota suspension. The market was steady to firmer throughout the day, in dull and thin business. SUGAR Raw
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    • 182 12 CONTINUED DEMAND pislifi tli sa the Kul> Lain par Tla Market ap to M 521.7? per kg, ap n cents treat Msaday. Trading was hrtek aad dealers attrlkated tke rise, fsr tke fifth esaescatlve day, to persistoat sksrt-esverlag aad fartker Maiaystaa aad Japeaese baylag. Dealers alse aetod light
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    • 185 12 Bangkok (USS/tonoe, KM) White Rice 100% 1st class 270 100% 2nd class 245 100% 3rd class 240 5% 230 10% 225 15% 220 20% 210 25% 200 35% 195 Broken Rice A-) Super 140 A-l Special 137 C-l Special unq C-l Ord i*>q Loonzain Rice 100% 1st grade unq
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    • 300 12 SINGAPORE The market closed firmer yesterday with March One RSS buyers quoted at 176.00 cents per kg, up six cents from Monday. The morning session rose four cents mainly due to short-covering in (airly active trading. Continued short-covering and some speculative buying caused prices to gain a further in
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    • 280 12 RAS prices m S cantt/kg, FOt in k obt NOON CLOSE Int 1 RSS Prompt ovywrt 173 50 174.SON 175.00 176.00N Int 1 RSS Mar 86 174.00 175.00 176.00 177 00 Int 1 RSS Apr 86 183.00 184.00 184.50 185.50 Int 2 RSS O P 169 00
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    • 99 12 (ccnts/kg, 1-ton poM*ts> R 86 ARL 86 (current month) (forword month) NOON NOON RAS tvy«n jtwtn Bvy«n f-M MMf) SSR 20 177 00 179 00N 178 00 180 00N SSR 50 172.50 174 50N 173 50 175.50N MRELB feyn SMR CV 241 00 243 00N ***** 244.00N
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    • 150 12 CRUDE PALM oil prices closed higher yesterday on further covering interest after the recent decline, but trading remained thin amid lack of fresh factors. Hie closure of the Chicago soybean complex on Monday also restricted activity. In the February position, south and central regions firmed MJS to $565
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    • 143 12 wo md inrfc. I From April there will be a first-class hotel just minutes from your meetings in Penang. Centrally located within the prestigious Komtar Complex in the heart of Georgetown, the new Shangri-La Inn will offer the very highest standards of f V service and accommodation. Its 431 guest
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    • 143 12 S3 DBS SECURITIES (Member of Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd) DBS Securities Singapore Re Ltd, a wholly-owned stock-broking subsidiary of DBS Bank, commences business today. Corporate Data Authorised Capital: Ssso million Paid-up Capital: Sslo million Executive Director: Mr Jen Shek Chuen Directors Mr Michael Wee (Chairman) Executive Vice-President, DBS Bank
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4158 13 BARGAIN HUNTING helped most shares to recoup their previous day's losses on the Singapore stock market yesterday. The market closed on a steady note with certain Malaysian stocks showing commendable gains on buying support from some "big players." For instance, the "Duta Yap"
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    • 256 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indicss TDM S 1 A SMI Kaioafh >'■!»<■ Corp. Dwto Com DBS Spore Im Sioiion U 0 M 1 F HUfi SOt HK Tm Corp 50* 114 -t-18 640 4 15 300 4 13 154 413 250 4 10 42* 48H 488 4 8 281
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    • 2666 13 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Acmo (0 656) Akom (0 428 0.485) Allied Choc (1.888 1.915) (I) 1 88 Amol Steel 50t (0 688 0 70S) (2) 067 (2) 0 674 (5) 0 674 (2) 0.684 (7) 0 69 B A T 22« (I 568) (I)
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    • 275 13 Managers' prices > MARA-Bumiputra for Fab 19 First B'putro 4 47 4 52 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putro Third B'putro 422 427 3 43 3 48 The Commerce 0 85 090 Fourth B'putro 3 70 3 75 The Savings Fund 0 77 0 82 Fifth B'putro 2 38
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    • 101 13 HONGKONG Hong Seng Index Monday 1606 7* Week ago 1609 Tuesday 177).41 Monday 1783 08 NEW YORK Week ago Closed Dow Jones Monday Closed TOKYO Friday 1664 45* Week ago 1626.38 Nikkei Average Tuesday *****.23 Monday *****.91 Week ago Closed Standard Poors Monday Closed Friday 219 76 TSE
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1098 14  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM THE REPORTING SEASON for companies with December year-ends is due soon and analysts have painted a somewhat gloomy profit picture for the six listed local banks. They expect double-digit falls in 1985 group profits after tax, diminution
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    • 382 14 MBT THE PROFITS gained from investing in industrial buildings in Hongkong are comparable to that of commercial and residential buildings. One of the best kept investment secrets in Hongkong was the industrial building, said Mr Daniel C Lam, the managing
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    • 429 14 ANTAH BIWATER, a joint venture between the Antah group and Biwater Ltd of the UK, is poised to clinch the first privatised water supply project worth Msl.4 billion in Malaysia. Sources said the recent announcement by the Malaysian government that the programme would
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    • 380 14 Current Ei Books Date Totol for Totol for payment dot* close payable the yeor lost year A B N 13%l Aug 19 NYA NYA 13% 26% Botu Kowon 15% Jon 27 Feb 6 Feb 27 20% 15% Bento IOO%(e) NYA NYA NYA 100% 45% CASH 5%(b) NYA NYA
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    • 584 14 NST PAN-ELECTRIC Industries, now under liquidation after running up massive debts, had apparently engaged in forward deals in shares over the past few years with a Singapore broking firm, Associated Asian Securities, which was owned by its former managing director, Peter Tham. These transactions
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    • 398 14 NEWS THAT ready trading would resume on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange next Monday brought buyers back to the market yesterday. Share prices moved slightly upwards to close on a steadier note. Most of the gainers lower liners in the industrial sector
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    • 2617 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. HDUS TRIALS A|inomo«o (2.206 2 80S) A Choc (2 106)
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    • 111 14 NEW STRAITS TiMES Press (Malaysia) Berhad: 14th AGM at the Theatrette, Balai Berita, 31 Jalan Riong, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Feb 22, at 11.00 am. PERLIS PLANTATIONS Berhad: 17th AGM at the Boardroom, 18th Floor, Wisma Jerneh, 38 Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Feb 28,
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    • 520 15  -  Br RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI THE SECOND stockbroking firm among the Big Four local banks, OUB Securities Pte Ltd, is to start trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore on Monday. DBS Bank was the first of the Big Four to start up its new
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    • 242 15 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK hac acquired the entire issued capital of two $1 shares in United Investments Ltd from United Overseas Land Ltd for $42,690 cash, representing the $2 paidup capital plus incorporation and other related expenses of $42,688. UIL, an investment holding company, is a shell company. THE
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    • 532 15 ROTHMANS of Pall Mall (M) Bhd, which is currently awaiting official response to its proposed equity restructuring scheme, has unveiled another set of sparkling half-year results. For the six months to December 31, 1985, the leading cigarette maker turned in a group
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    • 511 15  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN SEALION HOTELS, which is controlled by Datuk Yap Yong Seong, better known as Duta Yap, is expected to make some major board changes, say banking sources. Most of the current directors on the board are likely to step down in
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    • 331 15 TRADING in the shares of Singapore Fodder was suspended at the company directors' request yesterday until further notice pending an announcement to be made in due course. The animal feed manufacturer, which has a small issued and paid-up capital of 10 million (1 shares, has for
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    • 961 15 THE MARKET opened firmer yesterday following Monday's mixed session, with fresh bid news stimulating renewed demand. At 0945 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was 6.8 up at 1,482.1. Granada rose to 312 from 240p after the £740 million offer from Rank Organisation, which was 20p higher at 564.
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    • 765 15 MBT BRIAN CHANG, Promet's chief executive and managing director, has reiterated that the agreement sent by Datuk Mak Kok's lawyers concerning the sale of 100 million Promet shares does not constitute a formal agreement. In his statement of defence, Mr
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    • 321 14 NOTICES COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 STEHN CO (SHIPBROKING) PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of STEHN Si CO. (SHIPBROKING) PTE LTD duly convened and held on 13 February 1986 the following special resolution was passed: WINDING UP It was resolved that the company be wound up
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 197 15 TAN CHONG TOWER SERVICE APARTMENTS 15 QUEEN STREET 'An ideal location for your short stay in Singapore' Minimum one-month lease within CBI) Telephone, TV. air-con, cooker, fridge, kitchenware and household linen available Telex, secretarial, housekeeping and laundry serv ices available Covered car park 24-hour security Types available: Studio Sl.loop.m. 1-bedroom
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  • 390 16  -  By AMY CHEOK UNITED INDUSTRIAL Corporation, which recently decided to abort attempts to rescue Active Building Civil Construction, has now teamed up with China International Trust Investment Corporation (Citic) to salvage the troubled construction company's sole project in China. UIC and Citic
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  • 136 16 TAN KOON SWAN was yesterday granted the permission by the Court to return to Malaysia (or 20 days (Feb 19 to Mar 10). He returned to Singapore last Saturday after spending 15 days in Malaysia. Mr Tan is out on a $40
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  • 334 16  -  By RICHARD SEAH HAVING LOST one of Singapore's biggest construction companies, the former chairman of Active Building and Construction now faces the prospect of losing his personal property as well. Mr Lim Kai Tiong is being sued for more than $375,800 by Asia Commercial
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  • 475 16 THE WORLD will not be enjoying oil at less than $18 a barrel by the year 2010, nor will it be suffering a price of more than $56, energy analyst Dr Fereidun Fesharaki forecast in Singapore yesterday. In
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  • 256 16 Reuter CRACKS appeared yesterday in the resolve of five leading industrial nations to keep the dollar low as Tokyo planned to hold up the greenback's fall, which is threatening the health of Japan's own industries. Forex markets in Asia and Europe traded
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  • 149 16 Bernama MALAYSIANS may have to wait till May before they can enjoy cheaper petrol, diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas. Oil industry analysts said yesterday that owing to Malaysia's rigid oil pricing system, an immediate cut in the prices of petroleum products could be
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  • 66 16 Reuter SOME INDONESIAN pilots are so fat that they are unfit to fly and the Air Force has told them to slim down or risk missing promotion. An Air Force spokesman yesterday said there were too many fat airmen. He said several had
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  • 224 16 AP Reuter SEVERAL prominent Filipino businessmen have resigned from a presidential economic advisory group in protest against President Marcos's victory in the recent presidential elections. Felix Maramba, the immediate past president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, confirmed that he had resigned
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  • 145 16 Reuter THE TRIAL of Malaysian businessman George Tan opens in Hongkong today, more than two years after the collapse of his once huge Carrian property empire. The former Carrian chairman, deputy Bentley Ho and four others will appear in court accused of conspiring
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  • 55 16 THE US stock market was mixed at the start of trading yesterday, with gainers outnumbering losers. The Dow Jones industrial average was down six points to 1658. Advances led declines by a five-to-four margin on a volume of 12.13 million shares. The Csmex gsld aad silver repsrt
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  • LATE FILE
    • 34 16 AP CANADIAN Minister of International Trade James Kelleher yesterday witnessed the signing of a CUD million line of credit to facilitate exports of Canadian goods to Malaysia. AP
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    • 46 16 AP AN APPEALS court has decided to grant bail of 2.5 million baht each to five former generals, including former Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanand and former Armed Forces Commander Serm Nanakorn, charged with trying to overthrow the Thai government. AP
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    • 42 16 Reuter VIKTOR GRISHIN, one of the last "old guard" members of the Soviet leadership, was dropped from the Kremlin's ruling Politburo yesterday. The party chief of Moscow City, Mr Boris Yeltsin, 55, was promoted to Junior membership. Reuter
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    • 36 16 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN government ended two decades of political Indecision by announcing that a second Sydney international airport would be constructed at Badgerys Creek, 46 km west of the city. Reuter
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    • 33 16 Reuter INDIA'S opposition parties yesterday called for a oneday general strike next week to protest against government price Increases for essential goods, the Press Trust of India said.
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    • 43 16 Reuter TAMIL separatists yesterday freed a kidnapped British woman, Penelope Eva Willis, 64, whom they accused of being a spy. She was handed over to a British diplomat and a British Red Cross representative at Nullur in Jaffna. Reuter
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 Outlook for today: Foir becoming cloudy with showers over several areas in the late afternoon ond early evening. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Feb 18 at the airport: Maximum temperature 33.2 Associated humidity 56 Minimum temperature 23.5 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 7.20 Rainfoll in millimetres
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 344 17  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF AFTER ONLY 18 months, Sembawang Engineering yesterday began delivering four accommodation modules to Aramco, its customer in Saudi Arabia. In 1984, BT reported that Sembawang Engineering, which services the onshore and onshore oil and gas industries, secured a contract (or three accommodation modules
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    • 231 17 AFP Reuter A HONGKONG court adjourned a hearing on claims filed by Japan's Toyo Menka Kaisha Ltd against Island Navigation Corp Ltd, its owner CH Tung and two subsidiaries for alleged overdue payments on two ships. A spokesman
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    • 160 17 Reuter A JUDGE on Monday ordered the winding up of Sydney-based shipping line KKL (Kangaroo Line) Pty Ltd, a month after it was put into provisional liquidation, James Millar, a spokesman for accountant Arthur Young and Co, said. He said the court heard
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 84 17 Reuter STATE-OWNED Chinese Petroleum Corp, CPC, will order a 100,000-dwt tanker this year from China Shipbuilding Corp, a CPC spokesman said. He said the tanker is expected to cost about NT$l.2 billion but gave no details. CPC will gradually replace its fleet of 13 old tankers,
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      • 70 17 A P wins barge order A NON-PROPELLED barge worth some US$3 million has been won by Austin Pickersgill of UK. The order was the first since Austin Pickersgill came under a new management company, North East Shipbuilders. The 21,000-dwt barge will be delivered to J P Knight (Offshore) in December.
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    • 1139 18 APART from several coal fixtures to Europe, chartering proceeded slowly on Monday on the London freight market. Grain interests managed to reduce further the trans-Atlantic rate, with Bunge securing the Alexander at US$6.5O (Ho) for a 56,500-ton shipment from the US Gulf to Europort after Feb 20-25 loading.
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    • 527 18 Fairplay A HEATED ARGUMENT has arisen between the conference carriers, shippers and container leasing companies on the North Atlantic. The argument is interesting in itself but is even more intriguing as an illustration of why conferences generally tend to
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    • 607 18 AP A GOVERNMENT inquiry into the sinking of the Soviet cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov got under way yesterday amid disputes between New Zealand and Soviet officials over who was at fault. Soviet news broadcasts appeared to blame the New Zealand
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    • 814 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afeo Line VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 3/4 Arrow Lines X 5 ANL 1 1/2 A PC Line V 4 APL HI 2/3 ASCL III 1 Bolt-Canada Line VI 4/5 Bait-Orient
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    • 271 18 A NUMBER OF NEW services has been introduced by the Coast Station to provide more efficient communication to the shipping community. A ship to shore paging service is now available. This allows ships' radio officers at sea or in port to request the coast station
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    • 73 18 Reuter THE SOVIET UNION is to set up a special commission to investigate the sinking of the cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov off New Zealand on Sunday, the government daily Izvestia reported. The British Broadcasting Corporation, quoted the newspaper as saying: "The cause of the accident and the
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    • 111 18 PAN ASIA Shipping Company has taken delivery of a multi-purpose vessel, the Ezz-EJdin Refat. The 7,402-d wt vessel with a container capacity of 249 TEUs was built in Germany in 1978. Pan-Arab Shipping is also in the process of acquiring its sister-ship, which will
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    • 200 19  -  Kingsley Wood THE 27,371-dwt Greek freighter Janice L, loaded with 25,000 tonnes of wheat for Russia, escaped from Sydney to beat repair bans imposed by maritime unions. Janice L was loaded and ready to sail on Jan 31 but the owners did not reply
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    • 452 19  -  Kingsley Wood THE GOVERNMENT appointed task force which has reviewed Australia's liner shipping arrangements (or the last 18 months has recommended that the conference system continue In the Australian outbound trades. It said that while such arrangements were intrinsically anti-com-Betitive, they could provide be
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    • 302 19 AP CHINA WILL transfer the management of the Shanghai and Dalian ports to local authorities this year to improve the ports' efficiency, the Chinese vice Minister of the State Economic Commission said. Zhao Weichen made the announcement at a national
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    • 224 19 Lloyd's List THE NORWEGIAN Seamen's Union plans to mount a two-pronged attack on the United Nations' ship registration treaty signed in Geneva. The union claims the pact will do nothing to curb flagging out of Norwegian ships and could accelerate the country's
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    • 160 19 MR CALVIN S Hatch, chairman of the Clorox Company has been elected as a director of American President Companies. The election has increased the number on the APC board to 13. Mr Hatch is also a director of the First Interstate Bank of
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    • 664 19 AFP DEPRESSED rates and poor enquiry In the grain sector continued to dominate the freight market last week. However, rumours of a number of period bookings suggested the bottoming out of the recent fall in rates, and coal fixings in the Far East enlivened the market there. On
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    • 4705 21 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 Singapore. Advanced dates are published at a
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    • 856 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Mcoma 633N 19 2.86 1700 Bakke S«me Fl 0800-0900 Wl Jenknk 6/86 19 2.86 2000 Thong Soon Fl 1100-1200 B6 Hoog Pioneer 17 19 2.86 2300 US
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    • 553 25 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure Keppel Alpria Cosmic K9 Jardme alongside 19 2/1500 Equator 3 K22 Thong Soon alongside 19 2/0200 Jenson 4 K23 Thong Soon alongside 19 2/0100 No 6 Donom K2I NAPL alongside 19 2/1200 Sri Phensinn K32 Foong Sun alongside 19.2/0600
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    • 60 17 mm A HEATED ARGUMENT has arisen between the conference carriers, shippers and container leasing companies on the North Atlantic. Pag« II THE AUSTRALIAN government appointed task force has recommended that the conference system continue in the outbound trades. Pag« 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping Schedules VIII London freights II
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    • 930 19 The Straits Steamship Group nM STRAITS SHIPPING C* Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, flhlkßrunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINERSHP SERVICES TO/FROM BANGKOK H -s ire China Navigation Co. rau cowmkr somce to prpmr at* ports 1 mm Mansfield Container Shipping Re Ltd Overseas Containers Limited fcONT AINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT AOMOON MT
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    • 903 20 Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS On carria|e to Scaminavia, Med, Carribean IS. America Hand haulage to inland destinations in Europe EBia tuluwn Bunkering i S'pvt PReianf Panan( ItiiMiHbM Genoa Ww| Mm Bharen A«erp 19/2 21/2 23/2 19/3 31/3 27/3 24/3 U/3 14/3 IC/3 19/4 13/« 17/4 11/4 (1/4) 19/4 5/5 14/5
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    • 311 21 AUSTASIA LINE AND MERLION SHIPPING AGENCY Sib BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAINERISED MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMERS ACCEPTING FCL LCL FOR AUCKLAND, NAPIER, WELLINGTON, BLUFF, CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN LYTTELTON, INVERCARGIL FIJI aramt bay SU JM> 7 H» AUSTRALIA STM 1 It*
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    • 616 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Agenti S port NEPTUNE AGENCfS PTE. LTD 18 No office Tem»al CFS BOO*ICS *****77 FE EU/MIST TPA/SEA *****77 *****22 *****53 OROBECT IKS *****53 *****42 I Bahru HARPER mk SDN B» ?*lOO P Kelang HARPER NVtA SON. BHD *****1 *****1 p u u HARPER VMRA SON.
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    • 403 23 DONAM HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN, INCHON i.* WTS NIPIUW AGtNCItS Pit 110 Tel *****/; ?/BS4}4 ißookmjsi ???/SIO 1 ?0?? lOperalKKiM 7 "*****4 (Ifirrwul) *****04 (CIS) Ml mil •<„( NTS I UNAS SHI* SDN BHO Kt lei PH IH *****4 PfN Irt
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    • 737 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone timbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KELANG POUNG M/S SHARK*! NAN SOON SON. BHD. IST AND 2NO FLOOR. KSSKS HAI THONG SMPPMG 127 Penang
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    • 111 23 K&S LINE JAPAN STRAITS SERVICE SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37 Somerset Road #06-01, Ng T»ow Yhee Bldg S pore 0923 Tel 235 8444 |4 linns) Port Kflanj lija Pma Shipptng Sdn Bhd lei Oi 3890. 4 b Penang Malaysia Irad* Transport ltd If l 04 61'893 Pasir Gudang Malaysian
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    • 369 24 I REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES TO SOUTH THAILAND (FORTNIGHTLY) VESSEL VOY I STOW lIW.VT'M 1 BFTM 'TTM EMCSIECTI!3B?3i| lIMII "BIIIIHi IFBUI r [rrr Bi 'l MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE (WEEKLY) |mB lEuranEß Inpni n etei I Also iccepbnf LCI (tmuhjpwwM and bca<) for PK/fNG AGfrMS PORT KtIANG FARYS MARITIME SERVICESSDN BHD
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    • 130 25 MSC AGENCf S K. LUMPUR P. KELANG PEHANG P. GUDANG J. BAHARU LEOSHF SPORE 242S0SS/*****56/*****45/*****93 *****1/4 TERMMAL *****1/2 *****2/*****3/*****4/*****3 *****3/*****5/*****1/*****0 *****8/*****8/*****5 *****22 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE FROM EUROPE Wl 10 EUROPE FIEDE* 11 11 JiiLJI FTTM PTM| 11 .1 ■■m F7TIM 11 ml 11 J'lPlßll 11 ic. -»fTf rma n"i/'"-Trymnil
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    • 144 25 BATAM. DIIMAI, PEKAN BARU REGULAR SERVICE Vesset ETA ETD Loading tor GUNTUNG JAYA In Perl 19 Feb Dumat/P Baru GUNTUNG JAYA BARU In Port 19 Feb Sekupang/Dumai BINTANG TERANG In Port 21 Feb Batam General Agents Dumai Shippaif Pie Ltd.. 7SOO-A Beach Road #06-306 The Plaza. Singapore 0719 Tel: *****29.
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    • 351 25 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE I ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* STORE PIELANG PEJMNG POUNMK BEL A WAN G SCLATAN 5 V3S SaM 2S/1 27/1 30 1 G SO.ATM 24 SaM 6 SELATAN m ¥27 Sated 5/2 9/2 G SLAT AN M ¥-32 Sated hhrt
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    • 506 26 »nmwn c T?MK\n Exwtss conventional service TO AND FROM UK/CONTINENT TO: EUROPE Tt MAN STOK 21/23 Fit hU PKELANG rCNMB 25/24 Fib 27/3 Ma FROM EUROPE: POMNC P KHARS STOK BKK FRO* BENIMMS 4-5/3 6-7/3 M/ 3 11-14/3 KM. »W AGENTS: LEO SHIPPING PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE *****22 FARYS MARITIME SERVICES
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    • 383 26 CHINESE-TANZANIAN JOINT SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Conventional Service from S.E. Asia to Red Sea^Mediterranean. VESSEL BIT SGP MDONESM SABAH LOADMG FOR. Ruvu 1976 21/2 Sated In« HodWdafc Atexamkia Shunyi 1979 25/2 DSM/Ktonajw/PSudan hnfju 1977 15/4 20/4 2S/4 Hodadah. Mdall. Aiexamtoa *Port Said, Aden and other Mediterranean ports subject on inducement. General
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    • 625 26 C.Y. LINE (A M«mb*r Of Th« ACE Consortium) CHO VANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FU.LT CONIUOBED SOVKX 10 CUMK («U SUEZ) S'p«« LcHantt Man Fitan HVf| Bram ROMAN CHANCt 25* ki ft 10/3 11/3 13/3 15/3 U/3 SHEN SMS BMW MM 21/2 17/3 11/3 2«/3 22/3 23/3 mUTM 37* 5/3 24/3
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    • 815 26 Everett Lines! COMPANA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loading tor Callao Mataram. «o and ad other Penman ports wtn transtacment at Kobe On CPV Through Bills ot Ladm| to tinal destination MANOLOEVERETT joscvektt MURRAYEVERETT 28/21 Feb Settee+ G4nJ(2O/19 Feb 1/3 Mm 13/14 Mai 1® MANOLOEVERETT MHNEVERETT murrayeverett "EVERETT
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    • 338 26 ZIM axm JAM 11AM 12AM UAM 7AM 17.4Jt 21.4J1 22AM HAM JAM UAM 21AM 22AM MAM 19 AM 2tAM IS Jt 3iM iSM 21AM tiM UIM IliM IS.iM ZIM EIAT CONTAINER LINE CTO PC MX IB 01 a/3 m/ 3 a/3 a/3 a/3 a/3 MB 14/3 a/} 1/4 t/4 1/4
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