The Business Times, 18 April 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    247 1 Dow up WALL STREET stocks turned mixed early yesterday after being moderately lower after the opening. Blue chips recovered their early profit-tak-ing loss and gained slightly although the general market remained lower. US bonds remained a bit lower and the dollar was steady. The Dow was ahead
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    Market soars 14 points on record volume
    236 1 THE SINGAPORE stock market rallied to another post-Crash high on record volume as the other markets in the region posted gains that came partly as a result of Friday's release of data that showed the US economy may be slowing. The Straits Times
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    Lock icon Strikes halt all car production in South Korea
    114 1 Reuter STRIKES at major suppliers halted all car production in South Korea yesterday and badly hit an electronics giant. A Daewoo Motor Company spokesman said disputes at about a dozen parts suppliers had forced it to shut down its assembly lines temporarily
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    Relief in sight for construction industry
    407 1  -  Measures to ease labour shortage underway By LILIAN ANG VARIOUS MEASURES are already underway to bail out the labour-starved construction industry, while the visit of the Thai foreign minister today is expected to give further impetus to this new development. Mr Siddhi Savetsila will
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    SIA going into hotel development: MD
    456 1  -  By JOHN TAN SINGAPORE AIRLINES will venture into hotel development to "ensure room rates stay competitive", said the national carrier's managing director Or Cheong Choong Kong yesterday. He was speaking at the first theme session of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) 38th Conference.
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    Lock icon 'Asean must remain cohesive and consolidated'
    159 1 Bernama ASEAN MUST REMAIN a consolidated and credible force before realigning itself with proposed Asia-Pacific regionalism, said Datuk Paul Leong, chairman of the Group of 14 working committee on Asean economic cooperation and integration, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Datuk Leong, former Malaysian Primary
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    Pacific Asia seen as the fastest growing region for tourism
    376 1  -  By SUZANNE SOH PACIFIC ASIA is the fastest growing region for tourism in the world, in terms of visitor arrivals and receipts The region now accounts for more than 10 per cent of world tourism arrivals and offers a wide
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    Lock icon Hume Industries defends takeover bid for MPHB
    706 1 Agencies HUME INDUSTRIES Malaysia Bhd has defended its proposed takeover bid for Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd. the investment arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association. Reacting to concern raised among top MCA officials that the party was not consulted about the bid. Or Steve Yoong,
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      219 1 Full report, PAGE 18 Regional Mkts, PAGE 20 Australian trade forum, BACK PAGE Editorial Comment: 12 Coaxing the Tigers to talk Cambodian economy 13 Victim of guerillas and disasters Personality Imelda's comic tragedy Trading house 3 Japanese firm sets up local unit Soviet economy 5 Consumer goods to be imported
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      17 1 Tough yoar ah«ad tor construction soctor, PAGE 12 Call for more incentives to woo Japanese, PAGE 2
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Call for more incentives to woo Japanese visitors
      418 2  -  By JOHN TAN MORE THAN nine million Japanese are expected to travel abroad this year. Speaking at the 38th Pata Conference yesterday, Isao Matsuhashi, the managing director of the Japan Travel Bureau Inc, explained that the Japanese have "developed a passion for
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      More visitors from Europe
      433 2  -  By SUZANNE SOH THE GERMANS are hot on the heels of Britons in visiting member countries of Pata In fact, West German visitors form a growing pool second only to the UK as countries of origin, said Mr Walter E Stohrer. senior vice-president of a major
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      Call to assess advertising industry's training needs
      316 3  -  By WILLIAM CHIA THE advertising industry is a people business but it has still not got its people mix right, said Mr Peter Ling, the new president of 4As (the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore). Mr Ling, addressing the 4As AGM after
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      Morgan Grenfell appoints director
      94 3 BRITISH merchant bank Morgan Grenfell (Asia) has appointed David Liew, its company secretary. as director. A fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. Mr Liew is head of the bank s operations department. He joined the bank in 1982. In its latest promotion exercise, MGA
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      STPB marks two war memorial sites at Bukit Batok
      239 3 THE SINGAPORE Tourist Promotion Board has marked the site of two war memorials erected in 1942 after the Battle of Singapore. A site interpretation panel has been set up at Bukit Batok. in the area where many Allied and Japanese soldiers
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      EC imports expected to rise after 1992
      282 3 THE European Community is expected to buy more from the rest of the world, not less, after 1992, the year when its 12 member countries form a single, giant market. EC imports, according to one study, might go up by 7 per cent
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      Toyo Menka sets up Singapore subsidiary
      393 3  -  By JOCELYN TOH A MAJOR Japanese trading house. Toyo Menka Kaisha. has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore to do more crude oil and oil product trading in South-east Asia. Toyomenka Petroleum Singapore Pte Ltd. capitalised at $2 million, was granted Approved Oil Traders
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      Data on firms in JTC estates
      90 3 THERE ARE 4,476 companies located in 24 Jurong Town Corporation industrial estates, according to its latest directory. The Directory of Establishments in Jurong Town Corporation Industrial Estates, 1989 lists the companies in alphabetical order, by industrial estates and major industry groups. Consisting of 376
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      Engineers cement links with Aussies
      58 3 SINGAPORE engineers have forged stronger ties with their Australian counterparts following the signing of an agreement. The Agreement of Co-opera-tion. signed yesterday, aims to promote the art and science of engineering between the Institute of Engineers Singapore and the Institute of Engineers Australia. Benefits include
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      228 3 R A (BOB) FOOD has been assigned to head the newly-es-tablished Singapore representative office of British Columbia for the Asean region. He was formerly the acting deputy minister of international business for British Columbia and has 14 years of experience in senior government positions KUWAIT Asia Bank
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      120 2 /Flights make a whole week. Air-India offers 7 delightful flights in a wholesome week to India and many more to Europe, UK, USA. Twosuper 8747 and five wide-bodied A3lO serviees direct to Madras, Bombay, Delhi. On board, you can expect the unexpected. Unique Maharajah service, with gracious sariclad hostesses. Wide
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      106 3 WORLDWIDE EXPRESS Prompt pick-up and delivery 24 hours a day SPACE CRAFT SINGAPORE'S FIRST TOTAL MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT. HIGH TECH SPECIFICATIONS: A FUTURISTIC PRESTIGE BUILDING AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR LEASE ADJACENT TO CTE LANDSCAPED ENVIRONMENT FOOD COURT SPORTS FACILITIES FOR TENNIS, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, NETBALL AND SEPAK TAKRAW IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION SUSPENDED CEILINGS MEDICAL
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      86 3 v//Vi Singapore OUTLOOK: Shower* over few areas In Mm morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on April 17 ot the airport: Mai lamp 32.2 Assoc humidity 64 Min tamp 23.7 Assoc humidity 100 Hrs of sunshine 8.6S Rainfall In mm nil Rainfall this mill 75.4 Rainy days this
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon S Korea's move may not stave off US sanctions
      468 4 Buying spree too little and too late, say analysts Reuter SOUTH KOREA s US$2.6 billion buying spree to stave off American anger over its trade surplus may be too little and too late. The purchases, including 11 Boeing aircraft, on paper
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      Lock icon Bangladesh to lease 19 blocks for oil exploration
      243 4 Reuter BANGLADESH plans to lease more than the country's land area to foreign companies for oil and gas exploration. Nineteen onshore and offshore blocks, over an area of 175,000 square kilometres (90,000 square miles), will be open for bidding next June. Bangladesh
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      Lock icon Pacific nations to consider action against drift-net fishing
      447 4 Reuter PACIFIC NATIONS will consider joint action to curb "wall of death" drift-net fishing at a meeting in Majuro later this month. Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are likely to come under pressure to curb the growing use by their fishermen of
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      Lock icon India ready for talks with Nepal
      292 4 Reuter PRIME MINISTER Rajiv Gandhi said on Sunday that India was willing to hold talks with Nepal to try to settle a damaging trade and diplomatic dispute. "It was with a very sad heart that we had to take a strong position," Mr Gandhi
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      Lock icon US calls on Manila to protect bases amid guerillas' threats
      331 4 AFP THE US GOVERNMENT yesterday called on the Philippine armed forces to protect US bases in the country amid threats by communist guerillas to attack the facilities if they are not dismantled by 1991. "It is the responsibility of the
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      Philippine January trade deficit up 5.1pc
      247 4  -  By AL O LABITA,Jr THE PHILIPPINES continued to buy more than it could sell abroad in January, bringing the merchandise trade deficit to U*****.66 million, up 5.1 per cent from U*****.64 million in January 1988. according to the National Statistics Office. Imports went up
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      Lock icon Japan pledges to buy more from Taiwan
      232 4 Reuter JAPANESE COMPANIES have promised to buy more from Taiwan this year to help narrow the trade gap, Taiwanese officials said yesterday. More than 60 Japanese corporations have given a US$2 billion shopping list to the China External Trade Development Council (Cetra), which
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      Lock icon China closing firms abroad with big losses
      194 4 AFP CHINA has invested in 558 firms abroad and 10 per cent of them are running in the red partly due to lack of experience, the official China Daily said on Sunday. The Chinese government has decided to close down the firms with
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Moscow to import large amounts of consumer goods
      397 5 Reuter THE SOVIET government, facing rising discontent over shortages of consumer goods, has launched a shopping spree in the West and Japan to try to satisfy some domestic demand. Suren Sarukhanov, Deputy Trade Minister, on Sunday told the weekly Argumenty I Fakty
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      Lock icon Soviet Union to introduce progressive tax system
      241 5 Reuter SOVIET WORKERS, after years of paying income tax at a flat rate of 13 per cent, will be subject to a new progressive tax system with a top rate of 50 per cent, according to a draft law published on Sunday. Under
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      Lock icon 'US and Europe should jointly tackle threat from Japan'
      271 5 International Herald Tribune THE UNITED STATES and Western Europe should rise above their petty trade disputes and agree on a joint strategy to counter the economic threat from Japan, according to Edith Cresson. the French Minister for European Affairs. Mrs Cresson.
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      Lock icon Deficit-reduction accord workable: White House
      434 5 Reuter WHITE HOUSE officials said on Sunday that a Budget agreement reached with congressional leaders last week was a workable defi-cit-reduction plan, but that a lower tax on capital gains was also needed US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady, in a television interview, said there was
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      Lock icon Bush expected to ease tariffs on Polish goods
      200 5 Reuter PRESIDENT BUSH was prepared to announce a plan for US tariff relief and international loans for Poland in response to political and social changes in the com-munist-led country, administration sources said. Mr Bush was expected to make the announcement yesterday during
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      762 5 ARRIVALS Operator Servict Local From number time Gia GA956 1355 OPS su SQI 09 1405 KU1 su SQI8I 1410 BWN THA TG405 1425 BKK/HKT KLM KL837 1430 AMS/KWI CIA GA962 1435 CGK SiA SQ61 1445 8KK SVA SV399 1445 CGK GIA GA881 1450 LGW/ZRH/AUH THA TG4I3 1450
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      198 5 The burincM penot i choice every Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday and Sunday. Leaving Changi Airport at 21M hours and arriving Heathrow early the fallowing morning. C*U your Tnvd Agtnt or Air C*n»d» M 7i2»SSS. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR '•> 1. L*. 'j #f X V <• K 2* y <
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      83 5 Doonesbury 50 MR. 35U0U5 TAKES ME ASIDE AND SAYS, THIS 15IT, MJKB. THIS IS THE ACCOUNT THAT BUMPS YOU ONTO THE FAST TRACK!" AND ITS A TOBACCO COMPANI, OF ALL THINGS! THEY WANT ME TDPrTCH CJ6ARETTESIO THE 'ENTRX-LEVEL" SMOKER f I I as BY GARRY TRUDEAU U/HAT ABOUT MY SENSE
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      1333 6 SINGAPORE: LAST Friday's slew of US economic data and Budget accord between the White House and Congress, suggesting an easing off in inflationary presures and renewed pressure on the Fed to moderate its monetary stance, saw the US dollar extend its losses in Asia yesterday as it hit
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      480 6 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar futures opened 46 ticks higher yesterday than Friday Simex closing level at 89.83 following a lower than expected 0.4 per cent rise in producer prices index which confirmed view that is economy is slowing and the Federal Reserve may not increase interest rates. Prices edged
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      Options
      1441 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Monday, Apr 17. 1989 DEUTSCHEMARK (StMEX) May M cat High Law ta Sad Ma, High 88 puts Law San 52 33 34 127 122A 30* Mm 88 cat High Law 122 30 la Sad 33 Jun High 2A 33 M puto Law 2 33 San 31
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      IMM
      256 6 MOST IMM currencies ratcheted higher and ended a lightly traded afternoon near session highs on Friday. Soaring US debt futures prices renewed notions that US rates might not rise further, although few expected the Federal Reserve to ease overtly. After some initial uncertainty, traders decided that a string of
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      Lock icon Asian dollar market
      289 6 Reuter ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed in line with their opening levels in quiet trading yesterday Dealers said rates initially lost between 1/16 and 1/4 points after Friday's US economic data showed a slowing in the economy, implying the Federal Reserve may not raise interest rates They
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      Money markets
      52 6 THE OVERNIGHT RATE on the Singapore money market closed unchanged at 5 yesterday. Short-term rates too remained unchanged across the board. S$ Interbank rates at the close yesterday: OfFH no i 1 s 1-month 5 I 5 2-month S 3/16 5 1/16 3-month 5 1/4 5 1/i Overnight
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      World interest rates
      192 6 indicate* the average of the prime lending rate* of 12 major banks in S'pore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Apr 17 us$ DM SWFC Y«f» 7 do y% 9 IS/1* 13/14 13 l/l* II 13/1* 3 7/8 6 3/1* l/l* 4 3/0 4 1/4 1 m*> •0
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Handling Landslip, Lightning, Livestock...
      750 7  -  by PAUL FRANKLAND Paul Frankland is the Singapore branch manager for Commercial Union Assurance, one of the Republic's largest insurance companies. His views do not necessarily reflect those of Commercial Union. HERE we are again, with my occasional Alphabet of Insurance Jargon: we have reached the
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      Government Securities Market
      100 7 Treasury bills Period issue Yesterday's closing Day's code Maturity BID OFFER HIGH LOW 3 months BQ*****E 12.07.89 4.05 4.00 4.04 3.97 6 months BS*****N 17.08.89 4.06 4.01 1 year BY*****H 23.11.89 4.08 4.03 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing Day's code rate BIO
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      Lock icon Signs of slower US growth take shine off dollar
      374 7 IHT FOR currency speculators betting on ever higher US interest rates, the dollar lost some of its glitter last week. Last Friday's latest batch of economic statistics a slower rise in wholesale prices, stagnant industrial production, lower plant capacity use all
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      Lock icon Dai-lchi buys into HK bank
      133 7 Reuter JAPAN'S second biggest life insurance company has bought a one per cent stake in Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for HK$375 million (US$4B million). Oai-lchi Mutual Life Insurance Company said it purchased the 52 million shares in the Hongkong market last month with the
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      NTUC Income policy covers handphone loss
      372 7  -  By HONG LEE TIAM FOR SIXTEEN CENTS a day the owner of a handphone can insure his set against loss, damage or insure it for repair by buying a handphone insurance policy with NTUC Income. Seven handphones, according to NTUC Income, have been reported
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      Administrative costs still bugging DBS Bank
      222 7 INCREASES in staffing and administrative costs are causing "continued concern" for DBS Bank, its chairman. Howe Yoon Chong, said in its 1988 annual report. Mr Howe emphasised that the tight employment situation in Singapore and the constant advances in technology are factors that "militate"
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      121 7 FOR SALE BY T E N D E 2 PRIME FREEHOLD OFFICE REDEVELOPMENT SITES SINDO HOUSE, 37/39 ROBINSON ROAD, AND RAMAYANA BUIUHNG, 45/47 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE Prime office location along Robinson Road between AAcCallum and Boon Tat Streets in the Central Business District of Singapore. Sindo House and Ramayana Building
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      252 7 WORKING OVERTIME AT THE MARINA MANDARIN,SINGAPORE Oh, don t we all envy the jetsetting executive? sending you off at the airport, our reaction is: why not? Hong Kong today. New Ybrk tomorrow. It's all very exciting, isn't it? We like to think of ourselves as a sanctuary where the business
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Indonesian crude rises above US$18
      314 8 Bernama INDONESIA'S crude oil prices, gradually rising since the crash of the world oil price in 1986, have reached over US$lB a barrel for its April Japanese delivery. As Japan is Indonesia's largest oil importer, the price set for the Japanese market is an indicator
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      Lock icon Jakarta wants Opec to raise oil quotas
      221 8 AFP INDONESIA is worried about rising oil prices and wants Opec to increase the crude output quota in an attempt to keep world prices at a fair level, the country's Mines and Energy Minister has said. Jakarta plans to propose a higher total
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      Lock icon 'Olechemicals will lead palm oil's growth'
      169 8 Bernama THE FURTHER growth of the palm oil industry in Malaysia will be based on increasing and exporting high value-added olechemicals, says the managing director of Henkel Olechemicals (M) Sdn Bhd. Mohd Kassim Salleh said this would be facilitated by the increased production of
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      176 8 Telerate FUEL OIL prices have stayed stable to firm in the Singapore market. April and Ist-half May avails are tight while supply for 2nd half May is seen as a little easier. Talk is heard but the actual volume of deals done remains small. In- dependent
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      Precious Metals
      323 8 HONGKONG: GOLD closed little changed yesterday in thin and quiet trading on light buying by Singaporean and Japanese investors. Dealers said the market was sluggish almost all day. but bullion had found support at US$3B5 an ounce, and they expected the metal to trade between US$3B4 and US$3B7
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      Lock icon KL Tin
      210 8 Reuter ALL-AROUNO buying demand saw the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) move to a new three-year high of 29.15 ringgit a kg. up 20 cents from Friday's close, brokers said One broker said continuing good offers for the metal slowed the rise. "The price has reached the level
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      Produce Prices
      195 8 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers noon closing pric •1 on Apr 17 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 104.00 CM drum FOB 114.00 Now drum FOB 118.00 Copra Mined (Ioom) 62.00 soMors Pepper Muntofc white FOB NIW 675.00 Sarawak whit# FOB faq NIW 665.00 Sorawak ipocial Wack FOB NIW
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      SSR and SMR
      78 8 (e«BH/kg) MAY 1989 JUNE 1989 (current month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Ivytrt S<lllr> Boy«n SSB 20 185.00 187.00N 185.00 I87.00N sst so 183 00 185.00N 183.00 I85.00N MRELB lvjr*rj S*H*n Ivy art S*H*rt SM« CV 285.00 287.00N 287.00 289.00N SMR I 285 00 287.00N 287.00 289.00N
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      Lock icon Palm Oil
      352 8 Reuter Bernama MALAYSIAN crude palm oil price* closed at the day's highs on covering and speculative buying, in line with gains in palm oil futures after a lower endMarch Porta palm oil stocks estimate, traders said. "The 17 per cent fall in stocks surprised every one and the
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      Lock icon Crude palm oil up 8pc
      62 8 Bernama MALAYSIA'S crude palm oil production rose 8.44 per cent to an estimated 370.400 tonnes in March from 341,575 tonnes in February, according to the latest figures released yesterday by the Palm Oil Registration And Licensing Authority (Porta). Peninsular Malaysia accounted for 333.800 tonnes of
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      Lock icon Rubber
      353 8 Reuter SINGAPORE: Rubber prices ended slightly lower yesterday with May 1 RSS buyer quoted at 211.00 cents a kg, down 0.50 cent from Friday's close. Brokers said prices rose one cent in quiet morning trade on some short-covering of nearby positions. But falls in Japanese rubber markets coupled with
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      RAS and MRELB
      283 8 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in bale B NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers lot 1 RSS Prompt 213.00 214.00N 211.50 212.50N lot 1 RSS May 89 212.50 213.50N 211.00 212.00 lot 1 RSS June 210.00 211.00N 208.75 209.75 lot 2 RSS OP 204.50 206.50N 203.00
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Colour screens for PCs on display at Comdex spring trade show
      619 9 NYT EXPERIMENTAL colour screens for portable computers and a memory chip with four times the storage capacity of today's biggest chips are among the significant technological advances on display at the Comdex spring computer trade show which started in
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      Lighter Side
      161 9 DEEP IN the hidden vale rises the fortress of Barbezza. Within, tended by four and forty guardians, the Magic Candle stands tall and burns brightly. No ordinary taper, this candle, but a magical construct whose flame imprisons the mighty demon Dreax, the embodiment of evil. Needless to say,
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      New super brain expands PC capabilities
      646 9  -  [>'s- *****0 By JEFFREY TSANG THE NAME of IBM is synonymous with the PC. But not many know that at the very heart of all the IBMPC and the myriad "compatibles'' is a brain that is very much non-IBM. Credit for the thinking power
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      Local firms eye East Europe
      585 9  -  Computer market still relatively untapped By SHOEB KAGDA EASTERN Europe, thanks to Moscow's policy of perestroika, is becoming a major market for local computer makers. One local manufacturer even said that the potential Eastern European market would be much larger than that of Western Europe.
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      Lock icon Intel to expand by introducing powerful new computer chip
      268 9 FT US MICROCHIP producer Intel last week announced an expansion of its microprocessor product line with the introduction of powerful new chips that are expected to dramatically increase desk-top computer performance and create a new class of multimicroprocessor systems that replace
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      Lock icon Tests on cold fusion questioned
      533 9 AP DESPITE two tests that seem to confirm part of a cold nuclear fusion experiment, experts said that more questions need to be answered before most scientists accept that there has been a breakthrough. "We're all mystified by this and watching it," said Dale Meade,
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      373 9 I9X HAWKSMERE Fourth programme of public seminars in Hong Kong and Singapore May 8-9 May 11-12 Public Relations Successful PR Successful PR Mandarin Oriental Hotel Hong Kong Oriental Hotel Singapore June 15-16 Management Effective Communication Skills Oriental Hotel Singapore Management Technology (IT) June 12-13 Desktop Publishing Oriental Hotel June 14
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  • SPORTS
    • Article
      Lock icon Marshall destroys India with controlled bowling
      268 10 CRICKET AFP MALCOLM MARSHALL ripped through India's first innings on Sunday with a controlled spell of swing bowling which left the visitors 192 behind and only two wickets standing. Marshall, who became the West Indies' leading Test wick-et-taker in the second Test in Barbados
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      Lock icon Records likely to fall in Boston
      540 10 MARATHON AP INGRID KRISTIANSEN of Norway was primed for an assault on breaking the 2hour, 20-minute barrier. Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya was ready to run the fastest marathon of his career. They were the leading players yesterday in the 93rd running of the Boston
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      Lock icon Kelly back in top form
      158 10 CYCLING FP SEAN KELLY, world number one for five years, silenced whose who were suggesting he was on the decline with his first major victory in nearly a year in Belgium on Sunday. The Irishman won the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race, oldest of the one-day classics, through
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      Lock icon Stewart wins Heritage
      577 10 GOLF AFP PAYNE STEWART opened a three-stroke lead after completing his third round in South Carolina on Sunday and never looked back as he cruised to a two-under-par 69 in the final round to win the US$BOO,OOO Heritage Classic Stewart finished 16 under par on 268 after
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      Lock icon Sabatini overcomes Graf
      514 11 TENNIS UPI GABRIELA SABATINI of Argentina handed Steffi Graf her first loss in 1989 on Sunday, rallying after losing the first set to win the US$3OO,OOO Bausch and Lomb Championships 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in Florida. "I really had to work hard to beat Steffi today. I had
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      Lock icon Nance helps Cavaliers beat Chicago Bulls
      381 11 BASKETBALL AP LARRY NANCE scored 10 of his 26 points during a decisive 12-2 run at the end of the first half on Sunday as the Cleveland Cavaliers sent the Chicago Bulls to their sixth straight loss, 111-92. Cleveland is 5-0 this season against
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      Lock icon Rainey all the way
      205 11 GRAND PRIX AFP AMERICAN Wayne Rainey, starting in the pole position, led from start to finish on Sunday and captured the 500 cc event of the United States Grand Prix motorcycle race in California Rainey, driving a Yamaha. edged out compatriots Kevin Schwantz and Eddie Lawson
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    • Article
      Fine exhibition of competitive tennis at DHL Open
      281 11  -  By A SURENDREN FOR THE FOURTH year running, Singapore tennis tans have been treated to a fine exhibition of competitive tennis. The DHL Singapore Tennis Open, concluded last Sunday, was the mid-point of a tennis festival which continues this Saturday with the
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      About wild card entries for local players
      343 11  -  COMMENT By CHARLES SAVAGE WHY IS Lela Zainal playing tennis in Bangkok, Brenda Perry asked on Sunday after the final of the DHL Singapore Women's Open. The simple answer may be. she was not invited to play in the Singapore event. While Miss
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      139 10 DIRECT TO 8 U.S. GATEWAYS. WE CANT WAIT TO TAKE YOU TO TOKYO AND AMERICA. We' re Northwest Airlines, the largest trans-Pacific airline. Beginning June 3, we're going to make it easier than ever to fly from Singapore to Tokyo and onward to destinations all over America. Only Northwest gives
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Coaxing the Tigers to talk
      501 12 THE DAUNTING display of destruction in Sri Lanka was overshadowed last weekend by a glimmer of hope in the form of the Tamil Tigers' acceptance of President Ranasinghe Premadasa's longstanding invitation to initiate a peace dialogue. What it will lead to is too early to
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      Tough year ahead for construction industry
      1631 12  -  Hit by a double whammy of rising prices for cement, steel and other building materials and a labour shortage, construction companies are scrambling to ease the squeeze on their profit margins. An industry group is pressing government officials to speed the processing of foreign
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      Lock icon English as she is spoke in Hongkong
      846 12 NYT IN HONGKONG, which has been a British colony for almost 150 years. English is the official language of the courts and government. English classes are compulsory for all Hongkong students, and English-language television and radio stations, newspapers and movies abound. But in
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      Lock icon Guerillas and natural disasters take toll on Cambodian economy
      620 13 AFP CAMBOOIA's production of 2.4 million tons of rice in 1986 fell short of the government target by 200,000 tons due to natural disasters and guerilla activity, according to officials in Phnom Penh. One of Phnom Penh's main priorities is to
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      Lock icon My life is like a comic tragedy: Imelda
      678 13 AP FORMER PHILIPPINES First Lady Imelda Marcos, faced with the prospect of standing trial alone on racketeering charges, describes her life these days as a "comic tragedy". But she remains optimistic that "someone will decide what's right and we will go home".
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    • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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        Weighing regional trade cooperation
        322 13 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA, more inwardlooking than usual in this morning-after period following last year's grand bicentennial celebrations, seems to have the gnawing suspicion that the world is closing in on it. Especially the world of international trade, with its changing patterns and emerging giant blocks. That, at
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        Accepting a new government
        183 13 AFGHANISTAN MALAYSIA has become the fourth country, after Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Sudan, to recognise the interim government of Afghanistan. To underline his government s assertion that it controls 95 per cent of the country, Foreign Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has announced that administrative centres will be
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        There's a place for small banks
        264 13 MALAYSIA BANK NEGARA Malaysia has more than once floated the idea that smaller financial institutions should merge to form bigger and stronger ones. Now, a figure of about 20 financial supermarkets, which will provide all banking and financial services for the country, is being
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        More funds for research, please
        216 13 HONGKONG A RECENT APPEAL by a visiting American scholar for more generous research funding in Hongkong deserves a prompt response from the government and the private sector. The five local tertiary institutions receive a total of $40 million a year about 0.01 per cent of
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        Politics and senior civil servants
        211 13 THE GOVERNMENT is faced with a decision on whether or not to restrict political activities by senior civil servants. The traditional Hongkong civil service at the directorate level has been apolitical and thoroughly professional. But this would be threatened if they were allowed to be
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      Lock icon Pakistan set to challenge garment giants
      464 13 AFP PAKISTAN, earning more than a third of its foreign exchange through cotton and textiles exports, will pose a challenge to east Asian garment giants as it converts more of its "white gold" into finished garments, industry sources in Islamabad say. Pakistan's garment exports
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      152 12 At Hie Carlton Brasserie, you dont have to be French. Just busy. VM m At the businessmen's lunch in the Carlton Brassene, you'll find an rpff mfflr informal, fnendly setnng with French cuisine, some with a taste of the Onent, daily specials and an excellent selection of wines It's an
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      57 12 tJC'VG. e>o£M LOOKING roR You rll poorming, ue.ftD?. Ve.s FReD —high i o(?op\son in) > LOU3, RNDI SGpfcCH OF THC PkMDn GoLDDJ R-££C£. VVOhl ra didn't i sfty-io you Me SHOULD Hf\NG Pi ee.LL .sound w»s Meckr o&oueoF TMOS€ GPOGet5 Goes ebeejp'&j&eJP' fcueep! secK rnd i LiKiE. UDoKihG Fof? THAT
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  • LEISURE
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      Lock icon At last, distributor found for Belushi film
      757 14 MOVIES NYT WIRED, a film about the actor and comedian John Belushi, who died of a drug overdose in 1962, has finally found a distributor, the Atlantic Entertainment Group. Atlantic plans to give Wired a major release this summer in up to 800
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      Lock icon Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath turns 50
      834 15 BOOKS AP AUTHOR John Steinbeck noted in his journal one day in 1938 that he'd just finished his current project "and I hope it's good". The book was The Grapes of Wrath. a novel that would awaken the social conscience of Americans in a
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      Rubbish design on show
      41 15 FASHION COMPACT DISCS appear to have more uses than one. Models at the West Berlin fashion show Off-Line', held last week, displayed outfits designed by 'Muelldesign' (Rubbish design) and made out of compact discs and plastic sheeting.
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      832 14 m UiatHTatDcr Where to entertain ONE GOOD REASON TO LUNCH AT THE PALM GRILL IS OUR APPETISER BUFFE T ANOTHER IS THE CHOICE OF MAIN CXXKSES. PALM For between $26+ and $40+ you can select from ounappetiser UKILL buffet including seafood, smoked salmon and oysters. Choose from many lavish main
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      185 14 Treat your secretary to a delectable 4 course lunch and fashion spectacular as only The Stables can do it. There'll be gifts for one and\ all, plus a chance to win valuable prizes in our Lucky Draw. s* l Z* »36 0« u vIAe tro- < UJ fmw:tt)On+iani Rimcl. Smgai«>rv
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      288 15 :V cat- PUT A SMILE ON HER FACE SECRETARIES' WEEK, APRIL 24 TO 29 Century Pork Sheraton recommends several ways to show your appreciation for the most indispensable of office personalities the secretary. HUBOTUS Qftlll A generous luncheon buffet of appetizers, soups, salads, desserts, cheese and a choice of six
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      77 15 Unlock the secret of Black Tower. A delightfully fruity, light, white wine from the Rhine in Germany; preserved in a pre-Roman shaped, black bottle. i '9 H.Kt NOt^ u: u- 11 1 frj 'iiiWWM t St ft >1' v,y K \l> Nr. 4 907 644 03S J > J i
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      641 15 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Do they favour (aster football? (5) 8 The right birds for uncle (5) 10 Something a rider may assume (5) 11 Someone soft on Alphonse (3) 12 Android programmable to rob? (5) 13 A slip, possibly after the ball (7) 15 It would be a helo
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      1233 15 TV and RADIO 1 OUR CHOICE ALEX: THE LIFE OF A CHILD, 10.35pm, Channel 5 This is a rather touching made-for-TV movie based on Frank Deford's book about his daughter s brief yet spirited life and battle with cystic fibrosis. Stars Gennie James, Craig T Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia. TUESDAY
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      2759 16 SIM LIM FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER, 1988 The Group Th* Company 9 months 12 months 9 month* 12 months to to to to Note 31.12.1988 31 3 1988 31.12.19 M 313.1968 INCOME Operating income
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      S'pore Baggage may turn out to be major holder of PCI
      563 17  -  By ELAINE KOH THE REVAMP of Malaya Tin Printing Ltd may see Singapore Baggage Transport Agency Pte Ltd, a leading freight forwarder, becoming the largest shareholder in the new entity, Pacific Can Investment Holding (PCI). Singapore Baggage currently holds
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      Lock icon Two M'sian tin smelters to join LME
      363 17 Bernama TWO MALAYSIAN tin smelters are to join the London Metal Exchange (LME) tin futures contract following a new decision by LME to trade on 99.85 per cent purity tin instead of the 99.9 per cent purity grade. Both Datuk Keramat Smelting Sdn
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      Lock icon Magnum sells all its shares in MUI for M$59.4m
      287 17 Bernama MAGNUM CORPORATION Bhd has sold its entire stake in Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI), made up of 18.132 million shares, for M 559.38 million. Magnum, the four-digit lottery operator, said in a statement yesterday that the 18.132 million shares of
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      Hotel Props to launch 1-for-2 rights issue
      573 17  -  By MAGDALENE NG HOTEL PROPERTIES Ltd is raising $77 million to $112 million through a one-for-two rights issue with detachable warrants to support its continuing growth. Directors said yesterday that they consider it desirable to increase the capital base of Hotel Props, which
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      Lock icon KLSE to discuss listing of BSE firms on second board
      189 17 Bernama THE KUALA LUMPUR Stock Exchange is to discuss with the relevant authorities the problems faced by bumiputra companies, now listed on the Bumiputra Stock Exchange (BSE), that want to be listed on the KLSE second board. KLSE chairman Nik
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        Pent-up demand drives market to new post-Crash high on record volume
        1195 18  -  -by ANDREA BORCH DEVELOPMENTS in Hume Industries' takeover bid for Multipurpose and pent-up demand for shares drove the stock market to another post-Crash high and record volumes both in terms of units and dollar value yesterday. "Sheer money is
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        COMPANY MEETINGS
        105 18 OVERSEAS UNION SECURITIES LIMITED: AGM at the Board Room, 45th Storey, OUB Centre, 1 Raffles Place, Singapore 0104, on Thursday, April 20, at 11.00 am. TONHOW INDUSTRIES LIMITED: 14th AGM at the Prosperity Room, The Plaza, Level 3, 7500 A Beach Road. Singapore 0719 on Friday, April 21,
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        APPROVED ISSUES
        153 18 Company RIGHTS ISSUE D C Bank On*-for too $0/5 per shore Ei dote: March Books dose- Morch 23 Acceptance Payment Moy 5 George Town Three lor two )l 00 per shore Ex dole: Morch 13 Books close: Morch 28 Acceptance Payment Moy 12 Mulpho Spore Thre« for one
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        PROPOSED ISSUES
        337 18 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Ayer Hitom Tin One lor one $110 per shore Berjayo Corpn One for one $1 00 por per shore C 1 Holdings 27 million loan stocks in the rotio of $3 loon stock for every five ordinory shores held Causeway Inv Issue of J7.252.93/ nominal
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      SES SHARE INFORMATION
      6241 18 1989 High Low Tel Code Company Last Sale APR 17 orVol (000) Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Gr'a Div Div C'vr Gr's Y'ld Net P/E M Cap Smll SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 170 85 300 200 112 382 244 350 136 153 162 340
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        Share prices end mixed
        3682 19 LATE profit-taking eroded some early gains, causing the Kuala Lumpur stock market to finish mixed in active trading yesterday. Except for selective issues. price changes were mostly marginal both ways Dealers said the mixed sentiment was in spite of better performances overseas. The intra-day profit-tak-ing. they
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    • REGIONAL MARKETS
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        Lock icon China's Minmetals buys New Zealand Steel
        495 20 AFP CHINA'S National Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corp (Minmetals) has bought 100 per cent of New Zealand Steel Ltd. Company spokesman Chen Jun said agreement had been reached with the statutory managers of the collapsed investment company Equiticorp International pic to purchase
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        Lock icon Toyota, Nissan to launch new luxury cars in America
        607 20 AP JAPAN'S two biggest carmakers, long known for inexpensive, fuel-efficient cars, have set out to lure top-of-the-line buyers away from some of the posh European models with new mid-priced luxury cars. Toyota and Nissan have set up entirely separate sales divisions
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        Lock icon Stocks close up
        606 20 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices finished higher yesterday, but eased from early peaks, with individuals continuing as the main support behind the buying, while institutions kept largely to the sidelines Brokers said turnover was slow as is often the case on a Monday. The Nikkei index gained
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        Lock icon Shares finish firmer
        541 20 Australia Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market closed firmer in cautious trade yesterday ahead of today's release of the March current account deficit figure, brokers said. By the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 2.8 points at 1.419.5, but off its high of 1.424.4. Brokers said investors
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        Higher close on property-led rally
        1390 20 Hongkong A PROPERTY-LED rally, inspired by the prospect of steady interest rates, drove Hongkong stocks steadily higher in active trade yesterday, dealers said. "We were waiting for it." a broker commented. "The market was hovering between overbought and oversold late last week." The Hang Seng
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        Lock icon Bangkok: Index up
        166 20 Reuter THE Securities Exchange ol Thailand Index rose 6.51 points to 470.34 yesterday on a turnover of 11,179,698 shares worth 944.28 million baht. AM 17 SAHT Ao Kham Thai 452 11 Ayudhyl Investment 37 75 0 Bangkok Agro-lnd 73 50 -05 Bangkok Bank 299 unc Bank CM
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        Lock icon Seoul: Fresh buying interest
        158 20 Reuter SEOUL stock prices rose sharply yesterday as investors sought bargains after the market's wide fluctuation last week, brokers said. The composite index near the close stood at 962.95. gaining 12.64 points from Saturday's close. Turnover was 384.7 billion won against 221.6 billion for Saturday's half-day
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        Lock icon Bombay: No follow-up support
        148 20 Reuter BOMBAY share prices finished lower in the absence of follow-up support yesterday after opening firm on scattered regional buying, brokers noted. They said local operators. influenced by holidays and end-of-account considerations, kept to the sidelines. Volume was moderate and price movements narrow. The market will
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        Lock icon Manila: Slightly higher
        101 20 Reuter PHILIPPINE share prices closed slightly higher yesterday on gains in blue chip commercial issues, although volume dropped with the onset of the holiday season, brokers said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index ended at 938.58 points, up a slight 3.68 points from Friday. Combined volume on
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        Lock icon Taipei: Day-long rally
        460 20 Reuter TAIWANESE share prices climbed sharply in the first minutes of trading yesterday, setting off a day-long rally that pushed the index to a higher close. The weighted index soared 160.75 points or 2 per cent to finish at 7,869.46 against Saturday's 7,708.71. Turnover rose to NT573.84
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        Lock icon New Zealand: Higher finish
        192 20 Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND share market closed higher yesterday despite losing half its morning gains in afternoon trading. Brokers expect steady but unspectacular trading in coming days. The Barclays index gained 13.80 to 1,856.94. Brokers said it was a typical Monday, with early trading driven by
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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        Lock icon Cons Gold fighting off bid with new pep pill
        853 21 Defence woos stockholders with special dividend NYT OVER THE next two weeks, the biggest takeover battle in British history will draw to a close. Executives of the world s two largest gold producers, each with a vastly different programme, will openly
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        Lock icon Privatisation of Air NZ goes ahead
        525 21 Reuter AIR NEW ZEALAND'S privatisation went ahead yesterday after an international consortium rejected Prime Minister David Lange's plea for the NZ$66O million (US$4OO million) deal to be postponed. New Zealand's Brierley Investments, which leads the consortium that includes three airlines, said it had completed
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        Lock icon No more sanctions expected against Drexel: chairman
        390 21 Reuter JOHN SHAD, who was named chairman of the parent company of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc as part of a settlement of massive fraud charges against the investment banking company, has said he does not expect any further sanctions against the firm. Mr
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        Lock icon EUROPEAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        680 21 Reuter MILAN: Italian stocks yesterday added to Friday's gains as the market reacted positively to reduced tension in the governing coalition, brokers said. The MIB index gained 0.97 per cent to end at 1,037. Stocks in the Ferruzzi group were sought, with Montedison gaining 0.70 per cent
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      1178 17 l« 01 K<nw COVOMOI At» *««l I NOTES TO ACCOUNTS 31 DECEMBER, 1988 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES The following are the principal #*****1108 poiiciee applied by the company and are conusant with those applied m the previous yaar Bs*is of accounting The accounts have Been prepared under ma historical coat convention
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      1070 20 NOTICES TAT LEE BANK LIMITED ANNOUNCEMENT Pursuant to Article 6(1 )(a) of the Articles of Association of the Bank, it is hereby announced that declarations received by the Bank as at 31st March 1989, regarding the beneficial ownership of the issued share capital of the Bank held by foreign persons
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      329 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT,CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF ESSI CAMILLA SHIPPING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 36. Robinson Road. #18-01 City House, Singapore 0106.
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      278 21 SIM LIM FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (to be renamed Keppel Finance Limited) ANNOUNCEMENT (1) MERGER WITH SHING LOONG FINANCE LIMITED ("MERGER") BY WAY OF A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT AND AMALGAMATION UNDER SECTIONS 210 AND 212 OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) ("Scheme"); (2) CAPITAL REDUCTION EXERCISE
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      2165 21 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE l$ hereby olven that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company wW be held at the Auditorium 2nd Level New* Centre. 82. Genting Lane, Singapore. 1334 on 12 May 1989 at 12.00 noon for the purpose of conslderina and If thought fit,
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    Half of new companies engage in commerce
    403 22  -  Most of last year's entrants are SMEs By GENEVIEVE CUA NEARLY half of the local companies or businesses which came on stream last year are engaged in commerce. This works out to 7,668 companies (48.5 per cent), while the service sector accounted for
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    Lock icon More M'sian goods to enter US tax exempt
    122 22 AP MORE Malaysian goods will enter the US without being taxed, the Trade and Industry Ministry said in a statement yesterday. Beginning July 1, phenol and fumaric acid, which are both used in making synthetic resins, mixed alkybenzene. glass fibres and zippers
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    Commercial, residential properties in M'sia hold potential: consultant
    369 22  -  By LILIAN ANG SINGAPOREANS who want to invest in the Malaysian property market should concentrate on the commercial and residential sectors as they are the fastestgrowing, said a Malaysian property consultant. Mr Yeo Chu Hui, managing director of Collings Hui, a property
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    What Asia-Pacific region requires for stability
    339 22 TOURISM is a factor for stability in the Asia-Pacific region, but military strength is essential too, says Caspar Weinberger. Addressing a Pacific Area Travel Association oonference here yesterday, the former US defence secretary warned that in this connection, the expansion of Soviet military might
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    Lock icon Tin price hits M$29.15 barrier
    171 22 Agencies THE PRICE of tin soared again yesterday on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) to hit the "psychological barrier" of M 529.15 a kg the floor price of the International Tin Council when the tin market collapsed in October 1985. Yesterday s 20-sen rise
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    Lock icon 'Trade forum proposals can be merged'
    141 22 AFP AN ASIA-PACIFIC trade forum proposed by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke can be integrated with a similar proposal by Japan. Mr Hawke s special envoy Richard Woolcott said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr Woolcott said at the end of a five-day visit that
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    Higher fixed deposit rates at three more banks
    441 22  -  By OUAK HIANG WHAI THE TUSSLE among major banks for a bigger slice of the deposit base has intensified with three more local banks Asia Commercial Bank, Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation and Tat Lee Bank pushing up their rates today. Except for OCBC's
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    Queensland register to monitor foreign ownership of property
    263 22  -  By FLORENCE CHONG QUEENSLAND yesterday introduced a land register to keep track of foreign property ownership, which could be the forerunner of similar moves in other states and possibly a national register. Failure to comply with the new legislation will attract penalties
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    Lock icon Manila creates advisory debt council
    106 22 Reuter PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday signed legislation creating a debt council to advise the government on how to ease the Philippines' US$2B billion foreign debt. The Bill emphasises that foreign debt servicing, which at present takes up a third of all export revenues, would be
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    97 22 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES were locked early yesterday in a trading range of less than US$l amid cautious dealings prior to today's US consumer price index (CPI) for March. June gold was down US$O.3O at U*****.50 an ounce, having bumped between U*****.00 and U*****.30. The trading range overnight
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      43 22 AFP A PANEL of governors from the European Community's central banks yesterday proposed a three-stage path to achieving economic and monetary union. It also recommended what is effectively a huge transfer of national sovereignty from memberstates to EC institutions.
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      42 22 UPI VIETNAM'S Communist Party leader Nguyen Van Linh will visit Moscow later this week for talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on the Cambodian question, Kyodo news service reported in a dispatch from Hanoi yesterday. UPI
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      73 22 Bernama DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that New Umno had become the largest political party in Malaysia and that it needed only 40,000 more members to match the total membership of Umno before it was declared unlawful. Up to March 31, 1,281,633 people had
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      32 22 AFP POLAND'S independent trade union Solidarity was legalised yesterday by a Warsaw court, eight years after being banned when General Wojciech Jaruzelski imposed martial law on the country.
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      44 22 AFP PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday hailed a decision by Princess Denchurain Kiram, who officials said represents 86 per cent of about 200 heirs of the Sultan of Sulu. to drop her clan's claim on the Malaysian state of Sabah. AFP
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        67 23 Reuter JAPANESE DOCKWORKERS returned to work at major ports yesterday after agreements were reached on wages and benefits. Stevedores called off a four-hour strike called earlier on unloading all types of cargoes, labour and management officials said in Tokyo. A 10-day container yard blockade was
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        88 23 AFP FROGMEN have so far recovered 12 bodies from the wreck of a Hongkong-owned ship that sank in the Gulf off the United Arab Emirates last nrjonth, a newspaper reported in Sharjah, UAE, last Sunday. Al-Khaleej said it was impossible to identify the bodies, most
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        51 23 Reuter AT LEAST 14 ships were waiting for berths outside Karachi port last Sunday because of congestion, according to the Karachi Dock Workers Union. A spokesman for the Karachi Port Trust (KPT), which runs the port, put the number of ships waiting for berths at 10.
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        81 23 AP A SOVIET SHIPPING COMPANY expects to launch a service to South Korea's southern port of Pusan in July, according to news reports yesterday. Blasco, a Black Sea shipping company, will extend its service between the Soviet port of Odessa on the Black Sea and
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        70 23 THE US SENATE Commerce committee has given unanimous support for Elaine Chaos appointment as Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Ms Chao, who is the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, would at 36 years old be the youngest holder of such a senior position in the
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        Second vessel for shuttle run
        50 23 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CORP has added a second feeder vessel called the Huang Jiang to its shuttle service between Hongkong and Manila. The 122-TEU vessel speeds up the service to twice-weekly. The service is supplemented by a third, monthly sailing from Hongkong to Chinese ports.
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        75 23 THE PORT of Miami is undergoing a US$25O million master plan to improve and expand on port facilities. It will soon take delivery of two 50-ton container gantry cranes worth a total of US$B.6 million from Vulkan Kocks of Bremen. There are orders for two
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      754 23 AB Shpg VII 5 ABC Contoinerlme XI 5 Accord Shpg Vltl 1/2 Arrow tines XI 5 ANl III 1/2 APC line VII 4 API V 35 ASCI V 1 Austrosio line VII 1 Boll Conodo Line IX 4/5 Bolt Orient line IX 4/5 Boltic Orient Shpg XI
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      506 23  -  By RAHITA ELIAS THE SINGAPORE ship supplies industry is large enough for both foreign and local companies, says Mr S Ciuoffo, president of the International Ship Suppliers Association. "Competition in Singapore is something that must be accepted," he said in a recent
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      503 23  -  First run scheduled for May By FLORENCE CHONG THE JOHN BURKE shipping group, the oldest shipping company in Queensland, Australia, is to start a regular service from towns in the north of the state to Singapore from next month. Its vessel, Nuigini
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      ISOA chairman re-elected for ninth term
      123 23 THE INTERNATIONAL Shipowners' Association of Malaysia (ISOA) elected Tengku Zainal Rashid as chairman for the ninth consecutive term at its recent annual general meeting. A well-known personality in the Malaysian shipping community, Tengku Zainal is also director of the Port Klang Authority, the Kuantan
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      216 23 AP A TOP shipping executive feels that the world is on the verge of a supertanker shortage that could quadruple freight rates. "The world will witness a shortage of tankers within two years such as occurred in the 1970s and freight fares are set to
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      73 23 INDIA and the US have signed a double-taxation agreement on income from operating ships. Indian shipping companies would be exempted completely from income tax on income earned from commercial operations in the US. Likewise, companies from the US would reciprocally be exempted from paying taxes on income
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      294 23 MR CHOO CHIAU BENG, managing director of Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding, has been elected the new president of the Association of Singapore Marine Industries (Asmi). He replaces Mr Loh Wing Siew, who had been president since 1983 first as the chief of Asmi's predecessor, the
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      1141 24 The Journal of Commerce US EXPORTS carried on oceangoing liners will increase by about 5 per cent to 8 per cent thi« year, while imports will remain flat, according to a new report. This year s expected increase in exports would be
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      Network's directory covering more ports
      126 24 THE 1989 DIRECTORY of the Multiport Ship Agencies Network, an internationally recognised association of ship agents, has grown to cover more than 800 ports worldwide, with 75 members in its fold. In addition, the General Secretariat office in Rotterdam continues to offer advice and information
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      367 24 Bernama INDONESIA has rejected several foreign offers to salvage a number <i- sunken vessels laden with invaluable treasures and other artifacts in its territorial waters. -The head of the National Agency for Archaeological Research, Hasan Muarif Ambary, said in Jakarta recently that the agency planned
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      278 24 AFP A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE in enquiry and resultant employment of a large number of tankers was seen last week, London brokers EA Gibson said in their latest report last Friday. However, as tonnage has tended to build up because of previously low demand, most charterers did rx)t have
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      626 24 EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL AP IN THE THREE WEEKS since America s biggest oil spill gushed from the hull of the Exxon Valdez, millions of dollars, thousands of working hours and tonnes of the most advanced equipment have been marshalled against the black tide
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      2227 24 Who acts for whom A B AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies (S) ABC Containertine NV Fargo Shpg Co (S) Accord Shpg Accord Shpg (S)/Accord Container Line (PK/PN) Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agency (S)/Multiport Sdn Bhd (PK) Alltrans Alltrans Express (S) American President Lines APL
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      298 25 Lloyd's List THE NEW OIL FUTURES MARKET in Rotterdam plans to revive European trading in heavy fuel oil when it opens later this year. The president of the Rotterdam Energy Futures Exchange (Roefex), Tjerk Westerterp, announced this third contract at the Rotterdam
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      976 25 TALK on the dry cargo freight market suggested that the Soviet Union may have fixed another five vessels on time-charter on Friday, bringing its total to seven, but no confirmation was immediately obtainable. Brokers said the vessels were May loaders of between 65,000 and 53.000 tonnes dw for
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      6131 32 AARHUS Malaram. Diasagetn April 17/20 Ever Gaining. Evergreen. April 10 Norasia Samantha Noraaia Lin*. April 20 Anna Maersk. Maarsk Lz* April 20 Largs Bay. Triot, April 20<PK). Fu Hu China Ocaan Shpg April 21 Ming Promotion. Yang Ming. April 23 Ever Guest
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      390 34 Dock workers launch indefinite strike over pay dispute Agencies THE INDIAN NAVY was deployed in the country's four major commercial ports as some 200,000 dock workers launched an indefinite strike yesterday to press demands for hefty pay increases, a government spokesman said in New Oelhi.
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      181 34 THE MERGER of Japan Line and Y S (Yamashita Shinnihon) Line into a new company, under the name of Navix Line, is expected to take effect in June, producing the largest shipping company in Japan for bulk and tanker operations. The Navix fleet is expected
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      264 34 SHIPOWNERS may have to make direct contributions to the International Maritime Organisation if proposals to ease the IMO's financial plight are agreed on, according to Seatrade Week The ideas have not been studied in detail but will be discussed at a meeting of the
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      1703 34 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Gdns FCL Arrival LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Op code cargo schedule Location SO Arcadia 137 1804 89 1700 so F7 0700-0730 A7 Sea Glory 8907 1804 89 1800 PI F2 0715-0745 J4 P Buchanan 021W 1804 89
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      305 34 April 18-21 Expoship 89. international marine conference and exhibition, Barbican Centre. London. April 18 Advances in hull and propeller design, technical meeting, 1730 hrs. Institute of Marine Engineers. The Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane. London EC3. April 22-28 International Association of Ports and Harbours conference. Miami. Details: Port
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      31 23 vv >• ft****.-.! J», I TIMES IDC«\ -s* s I i STP Distributors Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National VvftSfff/ Shipping Association. \y^®^y
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      283 23 T > TIMKS STP Distributors SSss INSIDE Slower growth for seaborne exports US EXPORTS carried on oceangoing liners will increase by about 5 per cent to 8 per cent this year, while imports will remain flat, according to a new report. PAGE II Boost for heavy fuel oil trading THE
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      789 25 JAROINC SHIPPING AGtNCIIS 200 Cjntonnwt Road *12 06 Southponi. Smgaporo U2« T«t *****11 TtUX NO OS 241/9 TERMINAL/CFS To» *****11 220 BOONIN6S Tot *****34 235 PC SANA JAROINC WIPPINC AaNCtISSOWRNO PORT HUANG fil *****11 (Hoi No. MAJ9477/MA39XI PENANG 111 *****4 Till* NO MA***** CFS TCI 349R06 PGUOANG III: 5143L2/3 lIIIX
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      1030 25 MAERSK LINE eta rro DESTINATIONS This mm Lica M Closing Time CY 25/4 0400 HRS CFS 24/4 1800 MRS This week Ltca M Closing Tim* CY 25/4 0400 MRS CFS 24/4 1800 MRS This Anna M Closing Tim* CY 20/4 0000 MRS CFS I*4 2000 MRS Thts week Anna M
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      669 26 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT LARGS BAY BREMEN EXPRESS BENCAIRN LONDON EXPRESS HAMBURG EXPRESS LA SEINE BENALDER BENAVON P KELANG SOUTHAMPTON 22/4 HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP LE HAVRE 16/5 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS. BELFAST. DUBLIN. COPENHAGEN. AARMUS, GOTHENBURG. MALMO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM. CARIBBEAN S AMERICA
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      445 26 COLUMBUS LINE REEOERE! GMBH <A SERVICE OF HAMBURG-SUO; EXP*tfSS SEMKOWTAfCF SERVICE TO NORTHBOUND TO UKC S PORE RDM/A DAM HBC HULL (U.K.) TAMAITAI SAMOA V-15N 25/4 22/5 26/5 12/6 FORTHBANK V24N 17/5 15* 19/6 22/6 IVYBANK V-24N 12/6 11/7 15/7 U/7 Also Acctptinf FCL to Antwerp*Br«mo/Ftliutow«/sou thampt on.B«lfMl Gothanburt M'uLMM
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      1109 26 PA w-srLsLS TO EUROPE REGULAR INDEPENDENT FULL CONTAINER SERVICE (VIA FEEDER) (VIA FEEDER) BCL/VLC ALX* P. SAID'TRI* NORASIA SAMANTHA VWOS 3 17/4 18/4 20/4 15/5 18/5 19/5 20/5 21/5 WOENSDRECHT V 8906-3 25/4 26/4 27/4 23/5 25/5 26/5 27/5 28 5 NORASIA MUBARAK V 8907-3 2/5 3/5 5/5 30/5 1/6
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      1394 27 J Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd w. P&O Containers I CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT STRAITS SHIPPING IHimfi ti laM, Sarawak, CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES TO/FROM BANGKOK STORE B'KOK PEGASUS PROCRESS V27N l»-M Apr 23 PEGASUS PIONEER VSWN 23-24 Apr *-27 Apr BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL: *****80 SINGAPORE TO SABAH. SARAWAK AND
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      1040 27 nun uAiin iiir WEEKLY EXPRESS INDEPENDENT TANU LlNt FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLT CONTAINERISED SERVICE HANJIN HASAN OMW HANJIN LEHAVRE 001W QUEEN'S WAY BRIDGE WW CHOYANG PARK 02W Alm accepting (or Inland UK dMtinatram Antwtrp and Scandanawan port* CHOYANG PARK 01E HANJIN OAKLAND 001E CHOYANG SUCCESS 02E HANJIN TONGHAE 067E Ldf for
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      132 27 c~), EAST MAUTSU SHIPPING ENT. (PTO LTD 41-A ANIOY STREET, S'PORE 0106. TEL 222*311 (4LINES) TELEX MO EMVES R*****9 SRI UKU 8/89 MIRI/K. BELAIT 26/4 27/4 Rec«ivinf cargo at M 2 (PSA Marina Wharf) from Monday to Saturday. (MARINA WHARF OFFICE TEL: *****31) f^EURC^JOX^UNE EXPRESS CONTR SVC TO CANARY ISLES,
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      243 27 til Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TEL *****06 (20 Llnet) TLX R*****1 R*****2 IMLINTERMARmME (Foncsr phoducts service) I KAN SELAR VFPSIO.W T HANI KK SP PK LOADING FOR: Std SW 22/4 2t/4 ANTfNOT/MC GENERAL AGENTS: MM SUN HUP CO (PVE) LTD TEL SUB AGENTS: W MALAYSIA HSH (M) SUN
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      539 28 M HXSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD m ISLAMIC WtPVBUC OP IRAN SHIPPING LINKS Singapore Loading for:IRAN MEEAD PJLS9I Eta 19/4 BANDAR ABBAS KYOWA LINE SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE MOTHER VSL KYOWA HIBISCUS V 36 KYOWA VIOLET V 25 HK LOAD FOR 5/5 VILA. NMA. LTK. SUVA. PAGO. APIA 26/S GUAM. SAIPAN. HR
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      702 28 HANJIN SHIPPING CO., LTD. TA [NERISED SERV TO EUROPE VI/ SUEZ CHOYANG PARK 01E HANJIN OAKLAND OUE CHOYANG SUCCESS 021 HANJIN TONC HAE M2E 27/4 2S/4 4/5 5/5 11/S 12/5 11/5 I*s 1/5 2/5 4/5 1/5 *5 11/5 15/5 18/5 11/5 22/5 23/5 25/5 CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO PERSIAN GULF VtSSEI
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      207 28 INTEROCEAN UNE 78, 2nd Floor, Jalan 2/71, Tamon Tim Dr. lamoN, ***** KL Tol: *****34. *****04, *****20 TLX. NO. MA-***** FAX: 03-*****11 Ponong Off: Tol: *****7. *****2 ACCEPTING CARGOES FOR THE FOLLOWING PORTS LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. i. Magazine Road. #05 08 Central Building Singapore OUB Tel SJ3BU4 ft
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      629 28 r 4 EVERGREEN FuH Container Service Round-The-World East Bound fFE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) EVER CANT EVER GENTRY EVER GATHER EVER GOVERN EVU GRAND EVER GROWTH fSL SSL SS. 2£ 55 05,1 11,0 uw Mm 22! Sg*!iljißgg«i«PWiwaiHiwiwiwiMi» 2MH Vl* 82*S M 6 85*5 IMS IMB 12/05 1505 ltM 2Mt 21M 23/04 WW b M«
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      761 29 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CONTAINER SERVICES FAR EAST ACCEPTMG MURURAN/TOMAKOMAI/HITACHI CARGO VIA HKO JAKARTA BANGKOK QINGDAO SM BLW PEN PKL SM IS/4 20/4 22/4 23/4 2S/4 25/4 27/4 29/4 30/4 2/5 2/5 5/5 5/5 7/5 0/5 VESSEL SMO OCEAN SMO OCEAN
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      217 29 \rm BEN LINE CONTAINERS TASMAN ASIA SHIPPING m SIN MAIN LINE (TS) NKC NOUMEA SUVA AKL NAP TIM 29/4 T A NAVIGATOR RS S/S 2K S* 9/6 18/6 13/5 TA EXPLORER 13 20/5 IS* It* 22* 2S* 20/5 TA MARINER IS 5/6 1/7 4/7 7/7 11/7 ■AIM LINE AKL NAP
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      462 29 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYB P.T. 6ESURI LLOYO p.t. mmm hmmesia pt. trikora lloyi EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES VSL/VOY KUTAI/17WB S. PANJANG/22 WB Poft liM, Port Almndrti, Qtooi. Trtttli. ALSO ACCENTING BOTH CONTAINCRS, MNVENTKMAL CARGO VIA T/S TO UK POOTS, NULL. II HAVRE, OSLO. COPENHAGEN. AARHUS.
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      356 29 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES PAGAN VMM HTONEYWA V 246* PA-AK VI37W MYITKYEENAN V3G9W MYANMA nVE STAR UNE (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S pore P.Kelang Penanj Bangkok 13/15 Apr 17/11 Apr BANK UNE NORTHBOUND TO UKC SPORE ROAM HMBG HULL TAMATAI SAMOA VISN 2S/4 22/S 2S/5 12/« FORTHBANK V24N 17/5
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      580 30 Q K l |Nt KAWASAKI KIShN KAISHA. LTD. NEPTUNE JADE OOCL FORTUNE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET VtA TOO NEPTUNE JADE OOCL FORTUNE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET FEEDER VESSEL OOCL FORTUNE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET OOCL FAIR VOY LB 17 9/3 13 18/3 21 25/3 19 1/4 N. AMERICA PACIFIC SOUTH*WEST
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      60 30 rn k. fc ft 4\ i*K fl GOLDENWAY MARITIME SDN. BHD. ETA NEW LINE No.l V 3/89 17/> SANTOS V 2/89 22/4 SWEE ANN SATU V 6/89 22/4 ETD Loading For 20/4 Bintulu/Miri 25/4 KK/Tawau 25/4 Kuching/KK/Labuan 6A, Lorong Cempemng. T«l: *****00. *****84 ft *****88 oH, Jin. Berangan, Port Klang.
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      557 30 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers KALIDAS *42 14 Mar TULSIOAS *41 1 junt KALIDAS *43 9 jut, TULSIOAS 41 27 iuty Trmit tune Smtuwi Mount 11 (toys P Kalang fw«l Loadmg lor Br Fapdar Br Feeder I Mir *Ur rnrnflUb/Sytoiim Mir Mj, fr.m/*Mb/Sy«fcvA 3 J"»» 3 Jo*r Frem*Mb/S**UAM
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      373 30 GOLDEN LINE GUM GIMN SMPTMG (PIE) HO y304 n, r«M htm Sara* W SMCAMM mm ru: VNMi <M UMS) faa: VHHM STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: S"por. PKetont Pwm GOLDCN HAVEN Cakxnto/Karadii/Duliai Hpl Apr «Ofc» QOLDCN BEAR Cotombot KaradM/Oubai CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Mvangpu; Shanghai CHINA OCEAN SNIPPING CO., THE PEOPLE S
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      318 30 LINES PTE LTD\ P HEAD OFFICE 63 ROBINSON ROAD CO7-12 I AFRO-ASIA BUILDING. SINGAPORE 0106 TELEX RS ***** PMILI FAX *****76 BtfT/FM EAST KL ft LO. ETA SINGAPORE DESTINATION DUBAI OAMMAN, KUWAIT. DOHA. MUSCAT. BAHRAIN ABU DHABI 4 SHARJAM JtDDAH (LCL) WEEKLY AQABA. HOOtIDAH j*****E8uH T777 ,/i m J> m
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      432 31 WPtINf SON BHD NEPTUNE EXPORT I M P OR T mm n.'ii ft M f ABi* ill K FEEDER VSL N Emerald 07N N. Ivory 12N N Emerald OWN N. Ivory 13N MOTHER VSL O Exporter 4E N. Amber 4E O. Executive 87E Y Maru 10E FEEDER VSL N Emerald
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      159 31 fend JE CONTAINER LINE f A TEL: *****59 FAX *****63 GUARANTEE LCL CONSOL SERVICES (ALSO ACCEPTING FCL BOOKINGS) FAR EAST SRI LANKA/ INDIA NEW ZEALAND/ AUSTRALIA EUROPE/ UK JAPAN NOW LOADING NEW ZEALAND JE CNTP LINE (P KELANG) TEL (03) 36' 1200 1 JE CNTR LINE (PENANG) r EI (04)
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      449 31 STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE Vessels Name ETD BS S PORE PKLG KEE BUSAN MO JI •GLORIAfIWN 10W 20-21 /M 22-23/04 01-01/04 (*-07/05 06/05 NO I DONAM/WN 17/04 27-21/04 30-01/06 OHIJ/O5 12-15/05 14/05 DRAGNET/904N 21/04 03-04/05 01-02/05 10-11/05 17-11/05 11/05 NO 9 DONAM/SO4N 20/04 01-10/05 11-12/05 20-2005 23-25/05 24/05 MO JI container to
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      938 31 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** WMM P KELANG MESSRS MAI THONG SHIPPING 127 Penjnj Street. Pen** Malays* M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON
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      302 32 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. fll 22 ft 6DBB |I 4 Inmi) FAX 22M4:W/??48!»/6 ItUX MS ***** A/H SSI.'MA. US 2*> IH'l A/ll SSI-All DSR-LINES .EE "=oaCh* S6EOSSOERE i INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER Of EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND HAVELLAND 4f89 [Vvfl BIVI ■Ld X\\W±A RUEBELANO
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      72 32 T.S.K, LINE WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SEAVCE rtITH FIXED 0A y *RRIVAI ryrr'.'-MLM I:im| HERMES ACE V2O HAKUSAN II V 5 CONTINENT V2l KABUKI V2l HERMES ACE 71 HAKUSAN II Vt EXPORTS TO SURABAYA TSKLINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****66 W MALAYSIA AGENT: TRANS-ASIA SHIPPING CORP. TEL: K L *****77 PKL
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