The Business Times, 16 September 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1«, 1986 75 CENTS
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  • 585 1  -  Move a protection against winding-up action By ELAINE KOH TWO Singapore-incorporated subsidiaries of Promet Bhd have taken steps to protect themselves from winding-up action even as creditor banks of the parent company move to challenge an injunction across the Causeway. The two local companies, Promet Pte
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  • 115 1 Reuter COMMERCIAL SELLING depressed the ringgit in Kuala Lumpur yesterday following Friday's devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah, foreign exchange dealers said. The ringgit fell to as low as 2.6270 to the US dollar by late afternoon after opening at 2.6150, after active selling which boosted
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  • 568 1  -  By AMY BALAN, LISA LEE THE 45 PER CENT devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah represents a setback (or some Singapore banks and trading companies at a time when they are gearing up for recovery. There will also be some spillover effects on the
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  • 360 1 Reuter Bernama INDONESIA has pledged to meet all repayments on almost US$3O billion of foreign debt after devaluing the rupiah by more than 30 per cent in response to low oil prices. National Development Planning Minister Johannes Sumarlin said that the move increased the
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  • 319 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Financial Corraapondant OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation last night announced a "four-in-one" merger of its finance company subsidiaries to streamline the group's structure and strengthen itself in a "highly competitive environment". Subject to approval by the High Court, the
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  • 103 1 Reuter A LEADING economist has urged Indonesia to accept proposals for a South-east Asian common market and dismissed suggestions that the country would be swamped with goods from neighbouring countries if it fully opened its doors. Jisman Simanjuntak, an economist with the government "think tank" agency,
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  • 185 1 SHARE PRICES finished lower for the second consecutive trading day yesterday although some buying interest in the afternoon helped to lift most counters from their day's lows. Among the dampening factors were the Indonesian rupiah devaluation and fears that the Malaysian ringgit may follow suit.
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  • 313 1 NST THE MALAYSIAN government will announce a number of new steps to revive the country's economy in a week or two, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba. The announcement will be made by
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  • 112 1 Bernama MCA deputy president Datuk Lee Kim Sai will continue to criticise Malaysian government officers who deviate from the concept and implementation of the New Economic Policy. He said yesterday that he would stand by whatever remarks he had made on the matter although he
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    • 235 1 mm LETTER MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS AMCRAFT SCHEDULE TV 4 RADIO OUR VIEW LAST WEEK's ottock on Chileon President Augusto Pinochet was dastardly, but it pointed to basic problems in the country's politics, marked by the State's use of extreme terror. This might be a good time for the
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 591 2  -  Manufacturers gear up for year-end US demand By ANNA TEO MORE television and audio products will continue to roll off the production lines this year as manufacturers gear up to meet the year-end "bonus" and Christmas season demands of the American market. "Very
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    • 112 2 WORK ON WIDENING the one kilometre stretch of Still Road stretching from Changi Road to East Coast Road will start this November. The existing two-lane road is to be made into a three-lane dual carriageway. The Public Works Department is calling tenders for the contract which
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    • 316 2 TAIWAN'S textile manufacturers have set their sights on the Asean market. With protectionism on the rise in the United States, the Taiwanese are looking at the Asean region as a growing market for their products. Mr C T Lee, chairman of Taiwan
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    • 282 2 WORKERS at the Petrochemical Complex do not want a repeat ot a recent situation whereby they were not consulted on a wage freeze. They like to be consulted on matters which affect them and it is with this aim in mind that they
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    • 140 2 FOLLOWING yesterday's report on changes at Rediffusion, the company wishes to point out that while the new managing director, Copes take, will initially betoaed in Kuala Lumpur, the company will continue to be run from Singapore. The $1 million reduction of costs reported in the article by
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    • 313 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE WORKERS' PARTY (WP) plans to set up committees to promote its activities in all 79 constituencies within two years. It will also start a membership drive to strengthen its position by mid-1968 when general elections are due. This strategy
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    • 174 2 THE WORKERS' PARTY has been cleared to open a bank account and handle its own finances once more after almost four years of having an Official Receiver manage its finances and assets. Secretary-General J B Jeyaretnam disclosed yesterday that a High Court order was made
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    • 257 2 KEISUKE TOMTJRA has been appointed by Nippon Kokan KK Singapore to head its research and steel product marketing department. Mr Tom lira, who takes over from K MABU, will be responsible (or the Asean region as well as India, Korea, Taiwan and the Oceania. Mr Tomura joined
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    • 315 3  -  By LISA LEE MANUFACTURERS exported about $32 billion of goods in the first eight months of this year, a drop of 6.6 per cent from last year. However, Singapore's imports between January and August, at $36.1 billion, also fell by 6.5 per
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    • 99 3 THE National University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies is holding a seminar on the Singapore and Malaysia stock markets on Sep 20. The programme for the three-hour seminar includes the present state of the Singapore and Malaysian economies, the outlook for the next six months and
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    • 113 3 SINGAPORE Petroleum Company has revised its wholesale prices for petrol. Premium grade is now up 3 US cents to U5559.30 a US gallon and intermediate up 3 US cents to U5551.50 a gallon. Last week, Shell adjusted its wholesale prices for premium and intermediate
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    • 118 3 THE FORD Foundation has donated US$l million (about S$2J million) to the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies for a Research Programmes Trust. The trust will enable the institute to continue its research programmes and publications on international and regional economic and security
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    • 86 3 THE OVERSEAS Union Bank will cut its prime rate by a quarter point to 6 per cent tomorrow. Interest rates on. savings and fixed deposits will also be cut. The Premium Savings account will now earn 4 per cent while interest on its GRO account
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    • 139 3 WITH A WEEK to go before the 56th meeting of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) gets under way, some 4,000 delegates have already signed up. The ASTA meeting, from Sep 21 to 27, will be one of the biggest events to take place in
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    • 203 3 EIGHT senior executives of local furniture manufacturers have left for an 18day business development mission to Europe to explore business opportunities. The Small Enterprise Bureau of the Economic Development Board (EDB) is providing up to 50 per cent of the mission's approved expenses
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    • 499 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE GOVERNMENT is committed to the development of Singapore into a major trading, storage and distribution centre for oil and oil products, said Dr Tony Tan last night. Speaking at the opening of the Second International AsiaPacific
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 373 4 UPI LOSSES INCURRED by stateowned industries have soared beyond the approved limit this year, posing "a serious problem" to China's efforts to balance its budget. The official China Daily newspaper yesterday quoted the Economic Daily as saying that state plans to increase profitability
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    • 109 4 Reuter CHINA PAID 81.2 billion yuan in wages to all kinds of employees in the first seven months of the year, up from 67.1 billion in the year-ago period and a rise of 21 per cent, says the State Statistical
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    • 188 4 Reuter AMERICAN business and government must take a more aggressive attitude towards exports to Japan while Japan must make its market more open to US imports, says the American Chamber of Commerce in a White Paper released yesterday. The paper contains a series
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    • 75 4 Reuter CHINA'S first experiment with turning clocks forward for the summer has been a success with vast amounts of electricity saved. The People's Daily in Beijing said yesterday that about one billion kilowatt hours had been saved saved since clocks were moved forward one hour on
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    • 116 4 AFP ONLY 35 PER CENT of Japanese support Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's Cabinet, compared with 42 per cent before the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in a general election in July. The findings of a public opinion poll, conducted by the Mainichi Shim bun newspaper earlier
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    • 316 4 Reuter NEW ZEALAND'S economic prospects are improving despite increased domestic unemployment and slow growth rates among its trading partners, according to the independent New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. In the September issue of its regular quarterly forecasts, it noted confusing signals about the domestic economy
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    • 328 4 Reuter NEW ZEALAND'S controversial anti-nuclear legislation may not be passed by Parliament before next year. Prime Minister David Lange said yesterday that the law enshrining Wellington's ban on nuclear-armed or nu-clear-powered warships would be given no special priority to speed it through a legislative log-jam
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 345 5 Reuter FRANCE, facing a bombing campaign in its capital by a shadowy Middle East guerilla group, has announced that all visiting foreigners except citizens oC the 12 European Community nations and Switzerland will have to obtain visas. "We have decided to re-establish the
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    • 158 5 UPI PRESIDENT REAGAN, saying drug abuse endangers all Americans and costs them at least USMO billion a year, established six goals last Sunday (or a new national crusade towards a drug-tree America. In a televised address delivered with his wife, Nancy, the
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    • 445 5 Principles more enlightened, says paper AFP THE INFLUENTIAL Broederbond (Brotherhood), an elite clandestine society to which most of South Africa's cabinet ministers belong, has produced a secret document which outlines the bottom lines for the political and cultural survival of the country's ruling
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    • 130 5 NYT AMERICA'S service exporters face a wide array of regulations abroad. Here is Just a sampling, provided by the Office of the US Trade Representative: Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela require local accountants as supervisors when foreign accountants audit local companies. India prohibits radio
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    • 409 5 NYT A COALITION of socialists, pacifists and religious groups has announced that it has met the requirements (or a national referendum on abolishing the Swiss army, and it presented a petition last Friday bearing 113,000 signatures to the government in Berne. Officials said
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 350 6 BUYERS AND SELLERS of financial and investment services will be brought under one roof at the Money Show International 1967 in Singapore next March. The show, with participants from Asean, Hongkong and China, will feature seminars, talks and exhibitions by banks, investment companies,
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    • 221 6 Reuter HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed lower on renewed overseas selling amid concern about possible South African gold sales, dealers said. The metal closed at U*****.75/416.75 an ounce after opening at 417.00/418.50. It closed at 416.00/417.50 here on Saturday against New York's Friday finish of 415.15/416.50. Dealers noted unconfirmed rumours
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    • 206 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to ono unit of foreiga Md Offer a raae parity US dolor Sterling pound Austrofcon dolor NZ dolor Canodion dolor 2.1770 ***** 1.3606 1 0384 1 5695 2.1780 3 2343 1.3634 1.0410 1.5714 ***** ***** 3 4286 ***** 3 4206 -22
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    • 608 6 Reuter SINGAPORE: THE US dollar yesterday fell against most currencies in late trading following its decline in early European exchanges, dealers said. It fell to a late 154.70/80 yen from an early 155.30/40 and New York's 155.25/35 yen and to 2.0445/55 marks against 2.0605/15 and 2.0595/0605 and to
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    • 120 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market closed at 2-1/8 per cent yesterday, up 1-1/4 point from Friday. The one-month term rate rose 1/8 point. The two-month rate rose by 1/16 point and the threemonth rate was unchanged. S$ Interbank rotes at 7pm yesterday: Offer M
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    • Article, Illustration
      279 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed steady at around last Friday's levels, after hovering narrowly in quiet trading. Rates opened mostly unchanged from previous levels and they were little changed in subsequent trading with one to six months closing at a common 6-1/8 6 per cent and nine
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    • 502 6 BA Futures DECEMBER Earsdallar yesterday opened at 93.88, 6 ticks better than Friday's close and continued to edge up to 93.90 initially on lower than expected US economic figures. However, newspaper reports that Henry Kaufman said US might cut discount rate possibly in October and another report that West
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 548 7 Reuter AFRICA'S soaring population and ineffective family planning threaten to undermine its belated efforts to feed itself and avert future famine, according to participants at a major UN agriculture meeting. Delegates from 49 African states who met last week in the Ivory
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    • 816 7 Chance of major Teheran victory rated as slim UPI US INTELLIGENCE is convinced that Iran is set to launch a major offensive against Iraq in the near future as the war that has drained the resources of the Middle Eastern countries enters its seventh
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    • 621 7 AP IF YOU WANT SHOES, And a Czech. If you need some salami, see a Hungarian. And for virtually anything, talk to a Pole. From May through September, the crowded Rumanian Black Sea resort of Mamaia is the hub of a flourishing
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  • FEATURES
    • 527 8 LIKE King Canute long before him, President Augusto Pinochet of Chile is a powerful man. And like King Canute, who became a legend for believing that the sea would move back at his bidding, President Pinochet became a quotable dictator for saying, in 1961, that not a
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    • 1279 8  -  At the Asean economic ministers' meeting last month, the member countries agreed to study further a range of initiatives which could deepen intraAsean economic cooperation, reports LOH HUI YIN who covered the discussions in Manila. LOH HUI YIN THE 18th Asean Economic
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    • 259 8  -  Letter to. the Editor Chia Ski Teck Dear 9b, I refer to Mr Foo Kok Swee'a reply (BT Sep 5, 1966) on the point® I rained with regard to export marketing and financing out of ECICS'a seminar topic, "Financing
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  • SPORTS
    • 601 9 Reuter BRITISH OPEN golf champion Greg Norman scooped another Jackpot when he beat Ken Brown of Britain on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to win the European Open title on Sunday. Norman's birdie four at the first extra hole after his final
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    • 439 9 AP BRITAIN, powered by Fullpelt, on Sunday won the Sardinia Cup after five regattas hampered by light winds. It was Britain's first victory in the Mediterranean's top yachting race. Fullpelt, a one-ton, 40-foot (12-metre) yacht owned by British fur Importer Stephen
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    • 274 9 AP TOP-SEEDED Henri Leconte of France defeated Davit Cup team-mate Thierry Tulasne 7-5 6-3 on Sunday in the finals of the US$2OO,OOO Martini Open in Geneva. It was Leconte's first victory over Tulasne in official men's competition. Leconte lost his service to aecond-seeded Tulasne in
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    • 163 9 AP GENE SAUERS, caught on the 72nd hole by Blaine McCallister, sank a five-metre birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff in Sutton on Sunday and won the the USHSO.OOO Bank of Boston Golf Clastic. Sauers, 24, earned his first victory in three years
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1122 9 W IMD HMDUS) TUESDAY PREMIERE A I jr. Alan Arkin (left), Armand Assante (right), Jon Polito and Micheal Learned star in this drama, based on the true story of a man who risked his life to expose organised crime and corrupt government officials in the United States. Arkin gives a
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 701 10 NYT TEXAS COMMERCE Bancshares, one of the largest banks in Texas, has put itself up for sale, and several large banks in New York and California have begun sifting through its books to determine what price, if any, they
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    • 579 10 NYT THE Western Savings Association, one of the largest savings institutions in Texas, was declared insolvent last Friday by federal regulators. Western, with US$2 trillion in assets, is the largest such unit to fail in Texas and the largest in the US this year. The Federal
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    • 604 10 NYT CBS AFFILIATES around America said yesterday that they were pleased that the management turmoil at the network appeared to have ended, and expressed hope that the company's management would now turn its attention to getting the broadcaster back on track. "We've got
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    • 187 10 Reuter A NEW SMALL CAR, the Citroen AX, is carrying the hopes of France's privately-owned car group Peugeot SA for sustained profitability. Group president Jacques Calvet told a news conference in France that the group as a whole was on target to
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 442 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday on renewed technical selling and concerns about steep slides on Wall Street and Tokyo last week. The Hang Seng Index (ell 23.99 to 1,942.34 after a brief rebound at midday while the Hongkong Index finished the day 15.59 lower at 1.2ZL96. Brokers
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    • 431 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed sharply lower in moderate trading yesterday after investors responded to massive fall» on Wall Street and in other major offshore markets. Industrial issues were hardest hit, brokers said. At the close, the All Ordinaries Index eased 11.5 to 1,224.4, while the All Industrials Index
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    • 150 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday dipped 0.78 to 159.72. Turnover amounted to 715,109 shares valued at 159.6 million baht. Reuter Tho Tokyo markot was closod yostorday for tho Ro-spoct-for-Agod Day. Stt 15 Mrtt S<am C«m»nt 711 6 Sxjm Gtu«rn UJtp Ao Khom Thoi Skxti Ctu«ro
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    • 118 11 sir is WM Kat 1566 -32 CM Sugar 1961 -17 Kangwon Irvd 1015 1920 -24 -40 Daafcn Ind 545 -5 2310 25 Docwoo Corp Kor*o Long T«rm 1470 32 Do«woo t-Wov-r 1380 -20 Lucky Ltd 1622 -18 Doahn S*ci«itt*t 2681 -60 1330 unch Dong Ah Phar 870 10 Ornntal
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    • 176 11 Reuter WING ON Holdings Ltd said that the raid on a number of the group's offices by the Hongkong police was not directed at the group. It said the group was advised that the raid was "in connection with an enquiry into
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    • 116 11 Reuter MACAU has approved a plan by Sociedade de Turismo e Dtversoes de Macau (STDM) to float its shares in Hongkong and agreed to extend the company's licence for casino operations until the end of 2001. The approval came from an open meeting of the Macau Assembly
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    • 431 11 Company heads join Broken Hill board Reuter BELL RESOURCES Ltd and Elders IXL Ltd have undertaken not to increase their stakes in Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP) except under certain circumstances outlined in an agreement between the three companies. BHP
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    • 109 11 UPI AMERICAN EAGLE Asian Development Corp has tentatively agreed to build and operate a US$9OO million coal-fired power plant in the Philippines. On Sunday, Walter English, American Eagle's chief executive officer, said the plant should be operating in about four years and providing 900 megawatts of
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    • 185 11 Bernama SKET, a leading manufacturing group in East Germany's heavy engineering and plant construction industry, is keen to set up an office in Malaysia to promote its products. Its press liaison officer, Manfred Wrana, said yesterday that Sket is moving
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 535 12 UPI A NEW non-profit alliance in the US oil and gas industry promises to save marginally profitable wells and keep industry professionals working by slashing traditional drilling and maintenance costs. Mr William T Davie, former president of Northstar Minerals of Los Angeles, formed Asset
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    • 382 12 Reuter COFFEE ROBUSTA FUTURES were little changed yesterday at the midday call from their easier midmorning levels, with contracts £25 to £35 below Friday. November last traded at £2,360 a tonne, compared with £2,383 on Friday. Volume at the close of call was 593 with 53 crosses. BUGAR
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    • 250 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed slightly lower on renewed selling and reserve of buyers, in sympathy with the fall in palm oil futures and a mostly lower Chicago soyoil futures close last week, dealers said. Devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah, which would make Indonesian palm oil
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    • 192 12 AFP MAGNESIUM, aluminium, lead and zinc are the only metallic minerals or compounds likely to be in .greater demand by the West between now and the end o( the century. Copper, nickel, silver, tin and steel will show steady or declining demand, the
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    • 139 12 ChintM Product Exchange S#N§P1 ROW dOMM pflCM OR Sop 15 (Sf/100 kg). Coconut oil Buk FOB 40.00 Old drum FOB 53.00 New drum FOB 57.00 Copra Mixed Ooom) 19 buy«ri Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW 1372.50 Sarawak Whit» FOB faq NLW 1357.50 Sarawak spacial block FOB N.W 907.50
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    • 206 12 SINGAPORE THE MARKET yesterday closed lower with October One RSS buyer* quoted at 184.50 cents per kilo, down 230 cents from last Friday. The morning session lost four cents on some overseas forward selling and local long liquidation in moderate trading, following the devaluation of the Indonesian rupiah. Prices
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    • 75 12 188 PUCE e< tta ea the KLTM yesterday eased twe eeate te eleee »1 Msltjf7 per kOe. The avket emm 4 after "Le. The lewer level attracted fp»iu tvertMi literMti f Mnlenmnraenei Sterliag's flrmaes* ft|»laat the HmmM repeaa eaealree, while tradHl—al Jepeeeee aai panjMM fer their ee* Tferee
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    • 66 12 Bangkok (usvtMM. rot) White Rice 100% 1st dot* 255 100% 2nd dost 220 100% 3rd chm 215 5% 205 10% 200 15% 195 20% 185 25% 175 35% 175 Broken Rice A-l Sup«r 128 A-l Sp*ad 125 C-1 SmcM unq C-1 Ord unq Loonzoin Rice 100% 1st groda una
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    • 253 12 RAS prices m S canti/Wf, F08 m 1 NOON CLOSE Int 1 RSS Prompt 183.50 I84.50N 185.00 I86.00N Int 1 RSS Oct 86 183.00 183.50 184.50 185.00 kit 1 RSS Nov 86 184.00 184.50 185.50 186.00 Int 2 RSS OP 177.00 179.00N 178.00 I80.00N In* 3 RSS
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    • 89 12 (cwtaA* l*HW0ai6 NOV 86 !L 1 -it NOON Viorworg fVfUVMn; NOON RAS lnywi SalM ■■fan Sdbt SSR 20 161.00 163.00N 161.50 63.SON SSR SO 158.00 160 00N 158.50 160. SON MRELB Iwyri S4M ■eyes Sdw SMR CV 247.50 249.50N 248.50 2S0.50N SMR L 247.50 249.50N 248.50 250.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 212 12 /A vx A National Seminar On MALAYSIAN MARITIME RESOURCES POTENTIALS AND OPPORTUNITIES Crystal Ballroom, Ming Court Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Date: Thursday, 25th. September 1986. Official Opening Address by YB. ENCIK KASITAH GADAM Minister in the Prime Minister Department There are vast potentials of the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) which constitutes
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    • 252 12 Strong. Very strong in computers, American Express Australian High Commission Fiat.Ford. General Electric Company. NASA These are just a few of the many giants in industry, commerce, defence and administration that use Honeywell computer systems, in communications, networking and office automation. Their needs are complex, ever-changing, evergrowing Their appetites for
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4085 13 INVESTORS and punters remained unsure about the Singapore stock market's near-term direction, as a result of which share prices fluctuated within broad margins yesterday. While many brokers and analysts have advised adoption of a wait-and-see Investment strategy, sufficient players were tempted by the
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    • 245 13 SINGAPORE Ri««« Nidi CSS S*ar« ki 376 Ami 25« 102 S t M 820 ICS 670 C C 194 Falls C K Taag 222 Saara Land 510 Tractors 195 WNM 130 Sri Hart awai 201 PAN 80S 0 C 8 C 800 S 1 A 770 Strain
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    • 3316 13 BID and ofler price* officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock of yesterday with the number of shares traded dwu in brackets In lots of IJJOO uaits unless otherwise qwdfled. All Time Settlement Contracts are Ced after the word "SETT". Board deals
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 429 14  -  By AMY CHEOK THE DROP in fuel prices, coupled with the cut in CPF contributions, has helped Singapore Bus Service (1978) Ltd to nearly double its earnings for the first six months. Results (or the rest of the year, according to SBS, are expected to
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    • 103 14 HONGKONG All Industrials Hongkong Index Monday 1917.2 Friday 1944.5 Monday 1221.96 Week ago 1956.0 Friday 1237.55 WMk ago 1239.81 NEW YORK Hong Song Index Dow Jones Monday 1942.34 Friday 1758.72 Friday 1966.33 Thursday WMk ago 1969.98* WMk ago 1899.75 TOKYO Standard Poors N&kei Average Friday 230.68 Thursday 235.18
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    • 251 14 Manogers' prices MARA-Bumiputrs for Sep 16 Frit B'putra Sacond B'putro 483 488 4.44 4 49 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putra Fourth B'putra Fifth B'putra Sixth ff putro SavarMh B'putro (A) 342 3.47 3 87 3 92 Tha Commarca 0.88 0.95 Tha Sovrtgs Fund 0.79 0.85 248 2.53 2.49
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    • 1888 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and hnsinres in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number at shares traded shown in brackets In lots at 1,880 units unless otherwise specified. NNBTRMLS Aom (1788) (I) 180 xd AiiaeaMte (3045) Aiceei (7
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    • 175 14 Malaysia Ale* Berted: 17th AGM Sayang Room, Ran Sayang Hotel, Batu Ferrlnghi, Penang, on Thursday, Sep 18, at 11am. mil ACM Road, Singapore 0315, on Saturday, Sep 30, at noon. iMk Chla Enterprises (Malaysia) Berhad: 50th AGM at Conference Room, (Senmal 1 A 3), PJ Hilton, Nunber 3,
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    • 294 14 SHARE PRICES closed lower on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday but some late buying interest lifted prices from their day's lows. Right from the opening hell, prices had been marked lower but trading conditions remained mostly quiet the whole day. Investors kept
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    • 382 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED contributions from its UK subsidiary, Phicom PLC, and Malaysian associate Magnum Finance have been blamed for the slight 5 per cent fall in Magnum Corp's group pre-tax profits to M 522.86 million in the half-year ended June 30, 1966.
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    • 443 15 IT IS back to the drawing board (or the architects of JC-MPH's proposed issue of $50 million 7.5 per cent convertible unsecured loan stock (CULS). The issue, first proposed in early July, included the rights for loan stockholders to opt for Haw Par
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    • 504 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE TRADING-BASED Bousteadco Singapore, saddled with losses from its engineering operations, has slipped into the red at halftime. While management expects a return to profitability in the second half following various corrective measures, it does not say whether the
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    • 111 15 THE Society of Remisiers (SOC) will hold its first annual general meeting on Sep 25 at the DBS Auditorium at 4.30 pm. The three items on SOC's agenda are the registration of members, the election of the committee and the appointment of two honorary
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    • 294 15  -  By AMY CHEOK AMCOL ELECTRICAL Industries Ltd, the maker and distributor of electronic products, is selling a piece of property in Singapore for $2.1 million cash. According to Amcol, the company is selling the land and premises known as No. 19, Wan
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    • 187 15 NO DECISION HAS been taken by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on the relisting of Grand United Holdings shares, although the company's newly-ap-pointed chairman Loong Yoke Phin has indicated that GUH shares may be re-listed in the next few weeks. Mr Loong said last week
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    • 57 15 INCHCAPE BHD shareholders approved all resolutions relating to the proposals for the disposal of certain Malaysian trading businesses at an Extraordinary General Meeting held yesterday. The outstanding conditions of the sale and purchase agreements dated July 28 include the approval of the Foreign Investment Committee of Malaysia and
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    • 530 15 MINORITY shareholders of Sri Hartamas Corporation Bhd are complaining about the company's proposed plan to get a big loan for the acquisition of a 235.5-hectare piece of land in Damansara Heights. The Malaysian Investors Association, a private group formed in July this year to
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 101 14 Wv !lV 0 wy.v* £v/<Vv if! *86 TAIWAN TEXTILE SHOW Fibers, Yarns Fabrics— A display of high-quality goods from one of the world's major textile-producing countries. All interested parties are welcome to attend. AM:II~PM:7 Sept. 16-18, 1986 3rd FL, Magnolia Vanda Rooms. Hyatt Regency Singapore Local Contact: Trade Mission of
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    • 364 14 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 PURSUANT TO SECTION »O(2Xb) AND IN THE MATTER OF TANATEX CHEMICALS (PTE) LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duty convened and held at 6001 Beach Road, #12-01 12-11 Golden Mile Tower, Singapore 0719 on Monday
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    • 438 14 AND in m MATfm or BABCLAY BROS. PTE. LTD. (MDOnra VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened on Friday, 22 August 1066, at lOjOO a.m„ the following Resolutions were duly RESOLVED:(a) That the company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(1 Kb) of
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 210 15 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Presents Public Lectures on Language and Learning by Professor Michael A K HalKday Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor TODAY'S TOPIC (Tuesday, 16 September 1986) Language in early childhood Venue: Lecture Theatre 13, Kent Ridge Time: 5.30 pm For enquiries, please call: *****03,*****22,*****16 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION Istituto
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    • 52 15 DG B4NK&GZB VIENNA are pleased to announce the opening of their merchant Pank DG MNK-GZB (Asia) Ltd. in Singapore 6 Battery Road #40-02 Standard Chartered Bank Building Singapore 0104 Telex: ***** Fax: *****18 Tel: *****74 dgmnkCi RmP Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank /A\ IZEISTTRALBANK AG V v Central institution of the Austrian Rairteisen
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  • 254 16 AFP MALAYSIA has suggested that the Asean summit next year seek ways to improve cooperation among commodity producers. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday before flying home after a six-hour visit to Malaysia that the suggestion had
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  • 658 16  -  Public relations profession takes issue with cocktail lounge and health centre By MONICA GWEE MEMBERS of the public relations profession often find themselves having to explain to outsiders that their role is not quite providing gin and tonic and smooth lines in conversation on
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  • 281 16 Gatt'86 Punta del Este Reuter AFP MINISTERS from 74 countries met yesterday for detailed talks on reshaping the world's trading system amid signs that a group of hardline developing countries might ease their opposition to one of four specific US proposals. The ministers, gathered
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  • 102 16 AFP SOVIET submarines have been detected in Indonesian territorial waters recently and Soviet aircraft have often violated Indonesian airspace. General Hartas, commander for Central Java, was quoted by the Indonesian Times as having said on Sunday that Soviet submarines "had been seen near Sabang", an
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  • 82 16 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES yesterday recovered from a sell-off through Friday's lows, helped by professional buying. In moderate morning business, gold for delivery in December was off US$3.OO at U*****.50 an ounce after violating the pre-weekend low of U*****.50 on carry-over selling from the overnight markets.
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  • 57 16 Reuter BARGAIN-HUNTING boosted Wall Street stocks yesterday, but traders said investors remained nervous after last week's free-fall. The market is undergoing a technical bounce because of the oversold condition, one trader said. The Dow Jones Industrials Average jumped 12 points to 1771. Advances led declines by eight-to-five
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  • LATE FILE
    • 51 16 Reuter THE FRENCH Cabinet yesterday approved a budget (or 1987, cutting taxes, reinlog back the budget deficit and «pending on defence and internal security. The budget aims at reducing the rede of the state in the ecooomy and creating a Z more liberal business envi- rooment.
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    • 51 16 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES has re-* ceived 14 applications to Join a scheme introduced last* month which allows credi-» tors to convert debt into* equity, central bank deputy* governor Gabriel Singson* has said. The scheme is* aimed at reducing the coun- try's foreign debt of US$26billion. Reuter
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    • 59 16 Reuter TAIWAN, which has one of; the world'» largest foreign exchange reserves, has suf-1 fered luge losses because of' the continued (all of the US dollar. The combined losses of the central bank and other state-owned hanks totalled more than US$l billion in a six-week
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    • 55 16 Bernama MORE than 2,000 Malaysian J Telecoms workers picketed outside their offices in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to protest J against the privatisation of j the Telecoms department! next year. The workers were J accompanied by officials from the National Union of! Telecoms Employees and the
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  • 215 16  -  By CHUANG PECK MING GOH Chok Toog yesterday described Indonesia's move to devalue its currency as courageous in view of the country'B elections next year. He said the devaluation showed the Indonesian government was prepared to take hard He pointed out that Asean has to accept
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  • 78 16 Bernama THE TOURISM Authority of Thailand (TAT) plans to work with Singapore in promoting the two countries as twin destinations for tourists in the region. TAT governor Somchai HiranyaJtit said yesterday in Bangkok the plan was in response to Singapore Tourist Promotion Board head Lim Chin
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  • 46 16 FIRE DESTROYED a plastic bottle factory in Tuas early yesterday morning. No one was injured in the fire which started around 5.30 am and was brought under control within an hour. The fire caused an estimated $2 million worth of damage.
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  • 371 16 ABOUT 100 new witnesses, including survivors of the Hotel New World collapse, will give testimony during the second stage of the inquiry which reopens today. Two more interested parties the Professional Engineers Board and the Development k Building Control Division have engaged lawyers
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  • 334 16 Reuter THE PHILIPPINE armed forces were put on full alert yesterday to prevent any coup attempt in the absence of President Corazon Aquino who left for an eight-day visit to the US. "Let me Just say that we are fully prepared
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  • 121 16 Reuter HONGKONG'S gross domestic product will grow 7.1 per cent in 1986 against a government forecast of 4.5 per cent, says Nomura Research International Co Ltd. The forecast, revised upwards from an earlier 6.3 per cent estimate, reflects better-than-expec-ted growth in domestic exports
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  • 71 16 SINGAPORE AIRLINES -and Air New Zealand have both been rated tops in a survey of 5,000 American travellers. In the 1985 national travel poll commissioned by the New York publication, "Travel Holiday", the two airlines tied for the number one spot. Westln Hotels and Resorts was voted
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 533 16 Purchasing Savings Workshop Singapore, November 13 14, 1986 Objective The 2-day workshop is a hands-on programme which works through a series of cost reduction/cost minimisation methods so that the workshop participants identify specific action programmes which they can take back to their organisations and achieve significant cost savings. It is
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    • 113 16 TAN CHONG TOWER OFFICE SUITES Units from 30 to 90m 2 Flexibility of air-con hours Very generous carparking provisions Rental below $2.50 p.s.f. including service charges Professional Building Management For details, please call *****22 Tan Chong Realty (Pte) Ltd 15 Queen Street Singapore 0718 Enjoy exquisite f Hong Kong style
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous

  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 140 17 NOSAC BARBRO, one of the world's longest car carriers which can carry 5,650 units, made its first monthly call to Singapore last Friday. It carried cranes and agricultural machines for customers in East Malaysia and Thailand, according to its agent in Singapore, Barber Wilhelmsen
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    • 485 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ JOHOR PORT is poised to become a major transhipment centre (or vegetable oil exports from South-east Asia. The port is already one of the biggest palm oil handling centres hi the world, with the largest concentration
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    • 212 17 CARGONEWS ASIA will introduce freight industry awards to the region for the first time in January. As part of the celebrations marking its 10th anniversary of publication, the monthly freight management tabloid offers awards in 11 categories: Best Air Carrier; Best Container
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    • 255 17 FOUR STATE-OWNED companies engaged in shipping, stevedoring, trucking, forwarding, shipbuilding and ship repair, shipbreaking and allied interests all subsidiaries of the Philippine National Development Co (NDC), the government's investment corporation, are for sale. According to Cargonews Asia, tenders are now open for the National Transport
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 61 17 Reuter THE AUSTRALIA to Europe Shipping Conference will alter its bunker adjustment factor, BAF, to minus 8.74 per cent from minus 2.07 per cent from Oct 1. The new BAF will apply to all general and refrigerated cargo unless specifically excluded by separate agreements, such as that
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      • 61 17 Reuter LLOYD'S SHIPPING Intelligence Service said its agents at Monrovia reported that the grounded Chinese government-owned motor ore carrier Bao Quing Hai (45,844 tons gross, built 1971) freed itself with port assistance on the high tide and departed for Europe. It was reported grounded in the
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    • 1408 18 CHARTERING was brisk on the London shipping freights market on Friday, with increased activity in the grain, coal, iron ore, sugar and time-charter sectors. Where changed, rates continued to trend higher. Japanese account Zennoh filled two more openings on the US Gulf-Japan grain route, paying US$12.25 (fio) to
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    • 789 18 THE SELF-UNLOADING vessel has now truly arrived on the international shipping scene. First introduced on the Great Lakes in North America, the self-unloader is increasingly moving to other parts of the world, particularly in new trades, where its cost advantages over conventional bulk
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    • 703 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afeo Line VI 3 Altrons VH 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANL I 1/2 APC Line V 4 APL 1« 2/3 ASCL Ml I Bait-Canada Line VI 4/5 Bolt-Onent Line VH 4/5 Bank Line V 5 BBS H 4/5
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    • 152 18 TWO LEADING authorities on shipping economics have joined forces to produce a comprehensive volume containing almost 500 pages of statistics on the world's maritime industries. Published Jointly by the Bremen Institute of Slipping Economics A Logistics and Lloyd's Shipping Economist, the Shipping Statistics
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    • 96 18 FT SIR KEITH STUART, chairman of Association British Ports, has attacked the government (or giving subsidies which end up distorting the market (or port services. Sir Keith toid the recent World Freight conference in London that the UK government had provided £300 million in the last
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    • 175 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line
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    • 158 19  -  By Kingsley Wood BHP TRANSPORT, Australia's biggest shipowner who has always concentrated on the bulk trades, has caused liner operators some heartburn by making a tentative move into the trans-Tasman general cargo business. BHP's 8,362 dwt Iron Amhem, which ferries steel products from its
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    • 298 19 Lloyd's List WALLEM, one of the world's leading independent shipping services groups, is transferring its north European headquarters from London to the Isle of Man. The transfer, which will involve switching a 12-man senior management team from London to Douglas, should be
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    • 334 19 A FEDERAL Maritime Commission (FMC) law Judge has suggested the Transpacific West-bound Rate Agreement (TWRA) pay a large cash penalty as the settlement in a case involving shipper complaints. The judge, Seymour Glanzer, recently recommended that the conference's 14 current and five former
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    • 292 19 AFP THE GULF States area saw enquiry for a range of vessels ana destinations, despite reports of fresh attacks on shipping as the Iran-Iraq war enters its seventh year. The relatively steady rate structure, together with expectations of rising inflation and fading hopes of an early cut in
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    • 251 19 Reuter AP THE FRENCH tanker Brissac was hit in an apparent Iranian attack in the southern Gulf and has anchored off Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with two unexploded missiles aboard, shipping sources in the Gulf region said. They said the 117,857ton vessel
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    • 130 19 UPI AFTER A five-year break, salvage teams have returned to the frigid waters of the Barents Sea and recovered more than US$4.5 million in Russian gold from the wreckage of the British cruiser HMS Edinburgh sunk by German U-boats in 1942, the
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    • 301 19 THREE advanced buik/containerships built by Wartsila of Finland at a cost of Markka7oo million ($141.1 million) for Norwegian shipowner Leif Hoegh have been transferred to the Cayman Islands register in a move to reduce their operating bill. The three innovative 1,660 TEU
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    • 8121 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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    • 809 25 IU*» or RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Gdns FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Tanah Air 38S 16.9.86 1700 NAPL F7 0800-0800 F3 Maria 148 16.9.86 1700 Kawasaki Fl 0800-0900 ui B Permai 316 16.9.86 1700 Ned-EAC F7 0800-0900/0700-0800
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    • 1679 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B A Top Enterprises Pte Ltd Same (S) AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies A tea Lme African Shpg Agencies (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepfer Oceonus ShippmgAgencies (S) Muttiport Sdn Bhd (PK)
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    • 657 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Equator K22 Thong Soon alongside 16 9/2359 G Gumuspalo KIO Pat Elders alongside 16 9/0600 Koto Ratu K32 P«_ alongside 16 9/2359 Poc Mexicano K27 Seolord alongside 16 9/0600 C'cofd Gossan K16 Borneo 16 9/1100 17 9/2300
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 758 17 Concise Comprehensive Contemporary bookshops a t all 9°°^ UFEDERAL T: IV' '--T OOCL Cmttimi In STRAITS LUROPL EXPRESS SERVICE MROK SVfHG MOOS (Ref Mi. *****4/ OW) 200 Cantonment Road #12-05 Sonthpoait. SMfapote 0208 Id *****11 TELEX NO RS ***** TEMMMI/CfS 3200 218 TO 220 BOOKMGS 3200 234 TO 235 KUU
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    • 58 17 [KMDB THE SELF-UNLOADING vessel has now arrived on the international shipping scene. P«g« II WALLEM, one of the world's leading independent shipping services groups, is transferring its north European headquarters from London to the Isle of Man. P«g« 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping schedules VIII London freights II Container
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    • 962 17 BALT-ORIENT LINE Baltic SMppinc Co Rtfiv Scrvicis Iron South East Asia to Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co Pte Ltd Tat *****33 MAERSK LINE FASTEST TRANSIT TO EUROPE INGAPORE/ANTWERP 17 DAYS ■iNGAPORE/ROTTERDAM 18 DAYS SINGAPORE/BREMERHAVEN 19 DAYS SINGAPORE/HAMBURG 20 DAYS P«nang I Voy IS* por« EXPORT TO USA. EUROPE. EulviA int.';;!y.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 387 18 v C T TAT 17 1 YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE a J I 1 W jC 4 TRAMS-PACIFIC BERVICEB STRAITS FEEDER Pacific South West Fwdtr at Kao Pacific North Waat Faadar at Kao I Mfl iWI I II T M| xrHCHEH nmnnnrnD/jwi ME^rMI!>MgCTnnEJIE?gM^iLMrrT ,T ■FT"! K7JTIB7ZII mi 1 i" 1 msEszmnzz lElPll
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    • 343 18 CIE j. Supercarrier Service TO: PANAMA US WC/E i Mm accopMoi ca*i hr C MOTCM IWa (MJ). J. FiMta. (MM State a* to Bop I hyln, OWria <M M Arvbi Coracoa. &*nl».» Port d Spoa. Hm«m. hapten. SI Mk teat Terra, Castries Fort 4e Frooce. Pooit Pitrt. Port t ZXTiZTJ!.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 915 19 The Straits Steamship Group F STRAITS SHIPPING f Singapore to alOin, bmwiK, Brunei Ports and Bangkok i Mansfield Container Shipping Re Ltd Overseas Containers Limited CONTMfOSHP SERVICE TO UK/CONTMENT: s>n pjom sim HWI rkM roa* uH§ JUKKAN BAT 22/1 24/9 10/10 12/11 14/11 IS/II 17/11 KIT MO MM OSMJI MT
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    • 705 19 Franco Belgian Services ,r I .-I hr. n. h if •ri r ,lh H.Ui.in h.,r f .i.f.rn (MEMBER OF ACE CONSORTIUM) if 1-1 •■u'.'iijH? m s* (2ss*> SO 2 Oct) S# 5 0d) SKI 2U maioi CHARGEURS HAVRAISE MEDEX LINE Jim (MEB CLUB MEMBER) TTTn AcccptMi carjo to Lb P*hk.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 324 20 f u Hapag-Lloyd 10 CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS ihm n UK I K Ctntmnt Mm kc tb*no HMi hmterdam. Mast. I Agents SEGANh Snjjpore *****66 K Lunpw Bookiit 4471(71 f. Ketwif Fretjht *****00 CFS CFS *****72 Penanf lenmwl *****33 *****25 *****8 3*9278 *****7. *****2 *****3 INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDERS CONSOLIDATION SERVICE WEEKLY Singapore:
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    • 667 20 JKSLJNE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE 10 EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 Mfmbe ol ,hf cf Conso,l,um KOREAN CHANCE 21* SEVEN SEAS BRB6E 57* MERCATOR *0* CJ TOKYO 6ft FROM EUROPE VIA SUEZ A Member of the Ace Consortium TRANSWORID BMKE J3E cj. pars a CtMA COW ABO ORCNTAI C*f Ml PKrtWf ipm*
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    • 386 20 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TEL *****06 (20 Lines) TLX RS ***** RS ***** 1 ASI I R\ \K I INI R. I I I). STRAITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS SEX I NAGOYA ASIAN CUPfEI ORANGE ZENITH SEX I AKESH Loadmg at appropriated Berth
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    • 639 20 r EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) Round-The-World West Bound (FE/EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) US WEST COAST FAR EAST/RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN MED/RED SEA/F.E. 51 Anson Roacl tt 13-53 Anson Centre p KEIANG Singapore 0207 TEL SPORE *****11 110 Linesi p JAVA 703 Q 12 7 PENANG 6272 90 1 (ID UNIGLORY LINE
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 812 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 VESSEL MAJAPAHIT GO W* FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE SIN JKT SHY SIN HKQ KAO *TCM KEE BUS *MUR *HTC YOK KOB KEE 20/9 22/0 24/0 20/9 01/1* 02/10 04/10 04/10 00/10 OORT OMIT 00/10 10/10 U/10 27/0
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    • 724 21 BLC BEN LINE CONTAINERS Q7Zl£ Til Jk KkJJEBSEN LINE It NEW ZEALAND TO NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA FUI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS Ski HKG Noumea Sana Aack/Taur (taper Taiaru Bkitt 4/10 8/10 9/11 12/11 IS/11 20/11 23/11 2S/U teams Fa mb la MONMU. M.OTW UNTO POT accotms uwiom m
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    • 447 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SARHJDERA INDONESIA e P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD "EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE SIN6APORE TO EUROPE 1555 HLBAO tW/VMI WO -tHIMUMT m m 17-19/1* 11/11 15/11 19/11 22/11 kvm/nm kmc 11/12 14/12 5 TOR HMO Mm lIT 5-7/1* ft/12 9/12
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