The Business Times, 12 June 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 TUESDAY, JUNE 12, ISB4 60 CENTS
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  • 287 1  -  Flicker of hope for ailing tourism industry By WANG LOOK KEAH AN 8.3 per cent increase in tourists was recorded in April this year, bringing a flicker of hope for a recovery in the ailing tourism industry. The big jump in April contributed to
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  • 189 1 AFP IRAQ yesterday reported Iranian shelling of three of its cities, including the major port of Basra, and said it would shell Iranian targets in response until such attacks stopped as agreed. The two countries, at war for 44 months, had agreed on
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  • 405 1 IN AN EFFORT to stop the price of Gulf oil becoming hopelessly uncompetitive because of air attacks and high insurance rates, leaders of major Arab oil-producing countries have agreed to compensate buyers for any oil lost through hostile action.. But
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  • 89 1 Reuter KUWAIT accused Iran of carrying out Sunday's attack on the Kuwaiti-owned tanker Kazimah in the Gulf. The Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Abdel-Aziz Hussein, said after an emergency Cabinet meeting that it "reviewed developments in the Gulf in the light of the strike
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  • 189 1 SINGAPORE'S foreign reserves has hit the $20 billion mark, according to latest Government statistics. Reserves reached 120.08 billion in February this year, up from $19.92 billion in January. This figure represents a 9.8 per cent jump from the $18.29 billion recorded in February last year.
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 1 SHARE prices en the Singapore steek market ctosed lewer In moderate trading yesterday. Investors were pre-eeenpied with liquidating stocks that had appreciated sharply daring the past two weeks. Hewever, selective haying Interest was still evident. The all-eector BT Composite Index ended t.M points lewer at 854.9 while the
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  • 351 1  -  By CHUANG PECK MING BUSINESSMEN who do not like music can listen instead to the sound of the economy. While driving to work, they can listen to top economists discuss the two dark clouds'hovering over the US economic horizon the double deficits of the Federal
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  • 370 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Banking Correspondent SINGAPORE will start trading in financial futures on Sep 5 with or without the mutual offset system linking the nation with Chicago. This announcement on the second postponement of the launching of financial futures was made last
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  • 312 1  -  By ALVIN TAY TOTAL bank loans outstanding rose by a hefty $1 billion in April, but bills financing activity recorded its third consecutive monthly decline. This is the second billiondollar monthly rise in total loans within five months. But bankers were quick to point out
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  • 97 1 SINGAPORE'S poultry farmers, faced with the possibility of having their farms closed down on environmental grounds, are expanding their retail activities. Following the example of the pig farmers' Singapore Animal Husbandry Enterprise, the poultrymen have plans to open a chain of mini-marts. But while
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    • 222 1 mm SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY EXCHANGES 7 FAR EAST Organisation believes there is an active residential market, particularly for semi-detached and terrace houses, and apartments in good locations. Page 2 PERll's weekend declaration of a state of emergency has highlighted the political cost of International Monetary Fund
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 552 2  -  By LISA LEE FAR EAST Organisation has sold 470 units in its ongoing residential and commercial projects for about $300 million in the past six months. A spokesman for the organisation said that from its sales
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    • 65 2 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) has put up two international standard specifications on technical drawings for public comment. The specifications, available for study, will be endorsed as Singapore standards later. The first specification gives the principles of symbolisation and
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    • 70 2 LOVE AND responsibility for youth is the main theme of a half-day seminar on Saturday organised by the People's Association and the Family Planning Association of Singapore. The objectives are to educate young people on boy-girl relationships and family planning and to enable them to
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    • 809 2  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF THE NEW $5.3 million clubhouse of the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) is expected to open in August or September this year. The project is now 95 per cent completed. Still outstanding are the fitness centre, internal finishes and
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    • 266 3 LEE TOON HIAN is now a director of Petaling Tin Bhd. DATUK Syed Kechlk bin Syed Mohamed, Data Wang Kee Tat, Chang You Hlon and David Choa Kak Tee have been appointed to the board of directors of Sri Hartamas Corp Bhd (formerly Folex Industries Bhd). YAP
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    • 272 3  -  By LISA LEE A LOCAL COMPANY, Chase Development Pte Ltd, has won a $3.5 million contract to supply tiles to the Housing Board. Another two contracts totalling $5 million went to Kian Giap Construction and Joo Seng Construction for drainage works in
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    • 280 3  -  By KANG SIEW KHENG NURSES employed in industry and commerce need no longer go overseas for specialist training to become qualified occupational health nurses. The National Productivity Board is to launch an Occupational Health Nursing Certificate Course on July 3, in an effort to
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    • 49 3 THE SLIP road from Orchard Road to Penang Road will be closed for four weeks from Friday to enable works connected with the construction of the MRT to be carried out. Motorists can get to Penang Road by Bras Basah Road and Bencoolen Street.
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    • Article, Illustration
      403 3 BLAUPUNKT has introduced three new products for drivers who enjoy music. The new BEQ-F/R equiliser allows for separate or individual control of the front and rear car speakers with individual 9band. A multi-stereo system gives an additional front speaker, which is set in the middle. If the car
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    • 164 3 A QUALITY Control Circle expert will be visiting Singapore next week to help companies with the development and promotion of QCC activities. Professor Tsong Chaw Son is president of the Association of Pioneer Quality Control Research and the Pioneer Enterprise Think Tank
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    • 332 3 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER June 13 VISICALC An Waterloo Centre NUS, Department Of Introduction To Computers Extramurol Studies June 14 Apple PASCAL 1 Waterloo Centre NUS, Department Of Extramural Studies June 14 15 Getting Results Thong Teck Singapore With Time Building Institute Of Management Management June
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 618 4 Reuter PERU'S weekend declaration of a state of emergency has highlighted the political cost of International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity measures for Latin American democracies. Western diplomats said the government had to show its resolve to comply with the IMF, even at the
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    • 213 4 Reuter AN OFFICIAL of the Latin American Economic System (Sela) has accused last week's Western economic summit in London of trying to divide the region in negotiations on its foreign debt. Sela secretary-general Sebastian Alegrett said on Sunday that an offer by the summit to
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    • 240 4 UPI Reuter FINANCIAL sources said on Sunday that International Monetary Fund officials have reservations about a letter of intent Argentine President Raul Alfonsin signed without going through orthodox IMF channels. The letter of intent is a key document in the refinancing of Argentina's
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    • 334 4 UP! SIKH soldiers of the Indian army have mutinied in three places, killing their commanding officer in one rebellion, officials said yesterday. At least three people were killed in the troop rebellions in three widely scattered locations. Troops of the Sikh Regimental Centre at
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    • 360 4 Reuter UPI INTELSAT 5, a multi-mil-lion dollar communications satellite which tumbled out of control shortly after in, was launched on Saturday, is a complete loss and can- not be salvaged, a mission Official said on Sunday. 'VP Engineers and officials of the
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    • 182 4 UPI RESEARCHERS say one in 10 people in the US will develop depression serious enough to warrant medical treatment some time during their lives. Or Randolph Kline, director of the Adult Treatment Program at the Psychiatric Institute of Atlanta, said mild depression
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 70 4 THE parents of two Palestinian terrorists beaten to death after they hijacked an Israeli bus two months ago have demanded access to a secret military inquiry into their sons' deaths, their lawyer said on Sundav. The Lh«r Of* third hijacker, who was mm dead when Israeli troops stormed
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      • 49 4 THE high world price of coconut products, particulary coconut oil, earned the Philippines US$296 million in the first four months of the year, the Philippine Coconut Authority said on Sunday. This was 58 per cent more than the $187 million earned in the same period last year.
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      • 66 4 FORMER chancellor Willy Brandt says he supports ef- forts by the West German anti-nuclear movement to convert the European Parliament election into a plebiscite against deployment of US nuclear medium-range missiles. With the backing of the opposition Social Democratic Party and the Anti-Nato Greens Party, the movement
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      • 65 4 THE US has urged Israel to fight inflation and lower living standfrds to ensure US aid remains at its present high level. Israeli radio and television reports said on Sunday that the Americans further hinted that such a plan was crucial to ensure that US aid to
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      • 59 4 EMPLOYEES of a Soviet fruit juice factory siphoned off funds worth US$6OO,OOO and manufactured non-fruit drinks to fulfill their production quotas, a Soviet newspaper said on Sunday. The newspaper Village Life said 44 people, including top managers, were convicted on j> «preoption» charges «rfttfog from the srMrial centred
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      • 83 4 Agencies THE late Pope John Paul I, who died suddenly after reigning for only 33 days, was poisoned to death by an Italian secret society, according to newspaper report on a book to be published this Thursday. "In God's Name', by British author David Yallop, claims the secret
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    • 369 4 Reuter A M E RIC A N telecommunications giant ATT and computer giant International Business Machines appear set for a head-on clash over the lucrative US personal computer market, although the real victims could be smaller computer manufacturers. Market analysts in Boston say
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    • 181 4 Reuter SENATOR Gary Hart on Sunday vowed to continue his campaign to prise the Democratic presidential nomination away from Walter Mondale at the party's convention next month. In an interview with the ABC television network he said: "I intend to continue to appeal to the 400
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    • 116 4 Reuter PAKISTAN on Sunday denied Indian charges of involvement in Sikh violence in neighbouring Punjab. A Pakistani Foreign Ministry's statement denied the dirges made by an Indian General that some of the Sikh extremists who fought the Indian troops storming the Golden Temple last week
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    • 594 6 AFP AP BRITAIN is thinking of "evacuating" a few hundred or thousand "special" expatriate and officials before China resumes sovereignty of the coloin 1997. > The South China Morning j?ost yesterday quoted an informed London political source $s saying that some of
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    • 100 6 AFP SINGLE Chinese over the age of 30 constitute a "social problem", a major Chinese newspaper said in Beijing yesterday. In a front page article, the People's Daily said that Mr Chen Yun, 79, a top Chinese official, had asked the
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    • 277 6 NYT A LARGE upholstered sofa was removed from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's office last week minutes before South Africa's Prime Minister PW Botha came to call. The chancellor usually sits on the sofa with his foreign guests as photographers snap.
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    • 162 6 UPI CRIMINALS using computers to embezzle money, destroy records or defraud consumers are costing US businesses billions of dollars, the American Bar Association said. The association surveyed 1,000 private and government executives, half of whom said they believe annual computer-crime
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    • 88 6 IN THE wards ef President Ronald Reagan, the United States is back standing tall. Bnt far the 3,Ml ar ss demanstrata» wha gathered in New Yerk an Sanday, the IMaat effigy ef the president tells a different stary. The demanstratars were stagins a meek trial
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    • 268 6 AFP VIETNAMESE troops in Cambodia have reportedly blunted their pursuit of Khmer Rouge guerillas in a bid to force more combat duty onto Hanoi's client government in Phnom Penh. "It's a calculated risk," Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach was reported to have said. He
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    • 83 6 UPI THERE was a dramatic 10 per cent decline in violent crime in the US in 1983, the biggest drop in six years. The US Justice Department said yesterday that many criminologists believe the decline is due to the ageing of the crime- prone baby-boom generation,
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    • 315 6 NYT US FEDERAL officials say they have detected a faster pace in efforts by America n manufacturers to develop and market cigarettes with no tobacco or with reduced tobacco, and at the same time companies selling these cigarettes are trying to broaden their markets.
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    • 162 6 UPI NEWSPAPER executives attending an annual trade show viewed equipment designed to revolutionise the industry. Many of the media representatives who met on Sunday at the American Newspaper Publishers Association Exposition were impressed by the advanced systems available, including tools to publish news via personal computers. The
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    • 426 6 AP US SENATOR Frank Lautenberg said yesterday that a plan by Japan to deny copyright protection to computer software would be "a sad development" likely to provoke US retaliation. Mr Lautenberg told about 1,000 people attending the World Computing Services Industry Congress in Tokyo
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    • 223 6 Reuter A RECORD number of Japanese companies went bankrupt last month, a private research firm said yesterday. The Tokyo Commerce and Industry Research Co blamed the increase from 1,758 in April to 1,965 on the low level of house building
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 476 7 SINGAPORE: THE local dollar closed slightly lower yesterday at 5J2.1035/45 against the US currency compared with last Friday's close of $2.1030/40 and slightly firmer against the Malaysian dollar at 5591.20/30 compared with 91.25/35. The US dollar closed mixed against major currencies. It was softer initially on news that
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    • 196 7 Interbank rates at 3pm OlffTtftCiss Local dollars to ono unit of votiifi quoted y« Mordoy crooo parity change curranqr: US dolor 2.1030 2.1040 2.8196 -25 41 Sterling pound 2 9315 2.9350 7 3469 -60.10 Australian dolor 1 8880 1.8904 ***** -44.93 NZ dollar 1.3627 1.3648 ***** -60.25 Canadian
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    • Article, Illustration
      279 7 SINGAPORE Futures fluctuated narrowly throughout the session in very quiet trading before closing steady to slightly higher than New York's Friday levels. Total sale for the day was recorded at one lot. Prompt closed little changed at $383.50/385.50 an ounce compared with New York's Friday $383.90/384.00 close, August slightly
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    • 311 7 Asian market SHORT-DATED Asian dollar deposit rates extended earlier gains yesterday on increased bidding interest while periods held steady at firmer opening levels in thin afternoon trading. Short-dates firmed 1/16 point initially on a higher US federal funds rate and rose a further Vk in the afternoon to close at
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    • 117 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate closed unchanged at 5Vi per cent on the local interbank money market yesterday. The one- and threemonth term rates eased by 1/16-polnt each, while the twos remained at Friday's closing level of 8 1/16. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight 5 1/8
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    • 188 7 Reuter BARRIERS to direct Eurodollar investment in US Treasury bonds and in American companies would be eliminated if Congress repeals a tax on interest paid to foreigners, Congressman Sam Gibbons said. In a statement replying to US newspaper editorials against the repeal, the Florida Democrat
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    • 101 7 AFP AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Paul Keating says the entry of foreign banks is essential to the country's continued economic growth. In a speech to the New South Wales Australian Labour Party (ALP) conference over the weekend, he strongly signalled the government's intention to ease curbs
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    • 448 7 Reuter ECONOMISTS are divided over whether the Federal Reserve is currently tightening its monetary stance but most seem convinced that US interest rates are still on an upward course. They believe rates will move higher, at least in the short term, in
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    • 162 7 Reuter JAPAN'S recent financial liberalisation measures will strengthen the yen over the medium to longer term. Finance Minister Noboru TakeshiLa said. Speaking through an interpreter at a briefing during the London summit, he expressed hopes the package will enhance both the role of the
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    • 200 7 "It will definitely (Fate willing, weather permitting, so long as the Hong Kong agenfs awake, fingers crossed, providing we dont lose the paperwork again, assuming the air strike at J.EK. has ended and if we have space on that flight) arrive Tuesday." We d be the first to admit that
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  • FEATURES
    • 471 8 IN SEPTEMBER last year, shortly after the Hongkong dollar took a deep dive and showed no signs of coming up for air, the colony's tourism industry battled with 15 to 18 per cent in currency differences. In spite of, or because of, the soft dollar, Hongkong's
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    • 1102 8  -  The gloom shrouding the poultry industry is obvious. Farmers (like their counterparts in the pig industry) await the final word with little hope of a relevant role for them in Singapore. There are, however, others in the industry who see its continued contribution
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    • 389 8 THE FUTURE may look bleak, but it is business as usual for Chit Nong Farm Products (Pte) Ltd. It continues, seemingly unperturbed, in direct delivery of eggs to buyers. Most of the latter are bulk purchasers like hotels, restaurants and food processors. Chit Nong is to
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    • 487 8 DO CONSUMERS prefer their chickens fresh or frozen? Local chicken farmers and fowl processors declare that fresh is best, and that consumers are not fooled by arguments to the contrary. To importers of the frozen good, they espy "sophistication" in consumer tastes. Switching to the frozen
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    • 1118 9  -  What the London summit achieved: more foresight and less 'fire-fighting' By LEONARD SILK NYT WHAT ARE likely to be the economic consequences of the just-concluded summit conference of the seven leaders of the major industrial countries? There were two main issues when this conference began. One was whether
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    • 594 9  -  By ROBERT GREEN Reuter THE UNITED STATES has 1 adopted a get-tough position 1 with other countries over avia- tion policy that may lead to < major confrontations and suspension of service. I In recent weeks, it has be- come involved in disputes
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    • 865 9  -  By PATRICK MASSEY Reuter JAPAN MAY NOT spend as much on its armed forces as the United States would like but their quality cannot be faulted, according to a senior Japanese official. "You must remember," the official said, "that our people
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 910 10 NYT IN A banking industry already made anxious by Third-World loans and the rescue of Continental Illinois Bank, the fast pace of leveraged buyouts, which by some estimates total US$lO billion so far this year, is adding to bankers' anxiety. The buyouts produce a heavy new
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    • 174 10 Reuter THE ACQUISITION of Superior Oil will provide its own positive cash flow for Mobil Corp by the end of 1966 at the latest, the president of Mobil's exploration and producing division, Mr Alex Massad, said. Previously, Mobil had said that
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    • 216 10 Reuter NISSAN Motor Co will increase its capital in Motor Iberica SA by 11 billion pesetas, bringing its total investment in the Spanish industrial vehicle manufacturer to more than US$75 million, a Motor Iberica spokesman said. The new outlay will
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    • 35 10 Reuter WESTLAND PLC and an Australian aircraft consortium have agreed to form a joint company to make the Australian "A2O" tandem seat trainer aircraft in Britain, a Westland statement said. Reuter
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    • 627 10 FT IT IS FOUR weeks since Morgan Stanley, one of the most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street, was ordered to rethink its opinion on whether Royal Dutch/Shell's controversial US$5B a share bid for Shell Oil was fair, and still no word has
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    • 169 10 Reuter US SENATOR Alan Dixon believes Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust is preparing a plan for Federal regulators that would allow the bank to remain independent. Mr Dixon, a member of the Senate banking committee, said he was approached by Continental representatives and
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 457 11 HONGKONG: Prices closed mostly anchanged yesterday after trading higher in the early morning. The market opened firmer, helped by last iweek's news that the Bank of China will continue to support Conic Invest"jpent. Conic, suspended from trading on May 17 when its shares were at 81 cents, resumed trade
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    • 283 11 JUNE 11 NT Chem Indus 23 10 0 1 r» -0.1 Lien Hwo Indus 13 10 05 Al Sincere Indus 8 65 Non Yo Plos 36 10 04 •A*o Cement 31 00 0 2 Pocific Cons 31 20 02 Cothoy Cons 32 10 unch Pocitic Elect Chong Hwa Bonk
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    • 563 11 rH. TOKYO: The market closed higher yesterday in quiet trading as small and medium-sized issues led the way in a continuation of last week's rally. The market average rose 25.90 to close at 10,376.83, after gaining 34.93 last Friday. Turnover was a light 360 million shares against 450 million
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    • 93 11 June 11 Won Hyundai Corp 660 11 Hyundai Motor 580 -7 KAL 435 -25 Bonk Seoul 699 24 Korea First 715 LTtCh Choheung Bk 674 +8 Korea Oil 838 5 Commericol Bk 710 3 Korea Ship 430 5 Doehm Ind 601 3 Lucky Ltd 765 -5 Daewoo Corp 395
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    • 3 11 SYDNEY: Closed yesterday.
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    • 179 11 BANGKOK: Prices closed mostly steady in quiet trading yesterday. The Book Club index rose 0.19 to 117.65 on turnover of 31.1 million baht with 116.167 shares traded. Thai Farmers Bank, Bank of Ayudhaya, Jalaprathan Cement and Siam Cement closed unchanged at 234, 138, 130 and 415 baht respectively. Bangkok
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    • 150 11 MANILA: Share prices closed generally unchanged to slightly higher in dull trading yesterday that reflected continued economic difficulties. The commercial and industrial index rose 0.14 to 132.60 and oils went up 0.004 to 0.717 but the mining marker was unchanged at 1,067.66. Podco 'B' was down to 0.0012 from
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    • 80 11 Reuter. SHARP CORP will raise parent company capital spending to 75 billion yen in the 1984 85 year ending March 31 from 63.30 billion in 1983 84, a company spokesman said. Spending on semiconductor-related sectors will rise to 30 billion yen in 1984/85 from 21.60 billion
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    • 242 11 Reuter JAPANESE companies' current profit rose 25.4 per cent year-on-year in the January to March quarter after a 30.4 per cent year-on-year increase in October-December 1983, the Finance Ministry said in a survey report. The survey took a random sample of 13,320 companies out of the
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    • 262 11 A LACK of confidence in the quality of Hongkong management and Hongkong professionals is an important factor retarding foreign investment in the Hongkong share market, a securities firm official said yesterday. Mr Jim Walker, manager, institutional clients for Hong Leong Securities,
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 308 12 SINGAPORE The market closed quietly steady yesterday with July One RSS buyers quoted at 192.00 cents a kilo, unchanged from last Friday. The morning session saw prices hovering narrowly around last Friday's close on lack of buying interest in thin trading. The afternoon session was quiet and featureless. MALAYSIA
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    • 52 12 THE Straits tin price In Pnaig rase soother two ceats to M 529.21 s kilo on the haffer stock manager's sapport. Tanover (ell to 183 tones (ram Friday's 211, with M per eeat foreign coawatrstes noted. nere was as rationing. TIN Straits Tin 29.21, up two Turnover: 183,
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    • 100 12 (in cents/1 ton pallets) July August (current mth) (forward mth) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 191.50 193.SON 193 50 195.50N SSR 50 189 50 191.SON 191 50 I93 50N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV ***** 247 50N 247.50 249 50N SMR
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    • 332 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 187 50 188 50N 187 75 I88 75N Int 1 RSS July 191 75 192 25 192 00 192 50 Int 1 RSS August 196 25 196 75 196
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    • 57 12 AP BRAZIL has threatened to dump sugar on the world market and leave the International Sugar Organisation if other producers continue their "stubbornness," said Commerce and Industry Minister Joao Camilo Penna. "As Brazil produces the cheapest sugar in the world, it is in a
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    • 223 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil market yesterday recovered from the day's lows on short-covering after prices earlier eased on selling prompted by sharply lower Chicago soy futures. In the June position, south region fell Ms4s to $1,480 a tonne, north $40 to $1,460 and central $15 to $1,485. In
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    • 301 12 Singapore C-l special unq (S$/kilo, ea-godown) Thoi white C-l Ordinary Loonzom 100% first grade unq una 100% 1st closs 100% second grade 255 (kangaroo) 100% third grade unq new crop 100% 2nd class 1 05 0 77 Parboiled 100% 3rd closs 0 75 5% 265 25% new crop No
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    • 96 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'* 3,500»* Blue Phoenix 20's 3,550 Blue Phoenix 32's 4,000, Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21's 3.600 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32'» 5,600" Blue Phoenix 40's 5,800 Open-end yam Blue
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    • 47 12 Reuter THAILAND'S natural rubber exports to Japan, its largest rubber market, are expected to exceed the targetted 340,000 tonnes this year. Japanese traders said Japan had been increasing its purchases because of rising domestic demand, mostly from tyre manufacturers. Reuter
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    • 147 12 Chineee Produce Exchange (Sellers' noon dosmg price* on htm 9 S)/100 kg) Coconut oil Be*. FOB 240 00 Otd drum FOB 253 00 New drum FOB 257 00 Copra 125 00 Mixed (loose) buyers Pepper Muntok white FOB NLW 642 50 Sarawak white FOB foa NLW 635 00
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    • 1073 12 COFFEE Robusta futures closed a quiet morning session on Monday with pared losses of £17 to £1 a tonne. September was last traded at £2,240, £15 above its early low and £12 down from the previous offer. There was no fresh news and, as Brazil weather fears receded
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4104 13 SHARE prices closed generally lower in moderate trading at the Singapore stock market yesterday. At the final bell, the allsector BT Composite Index fell 6.99 points to 854.69 while the Straits Times Industrial Index lost 10.15 points to 939.69. Although no definite factor
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    • 235 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices G Lumber RH 125 +30 T*it4* Corp 352 +26 G LwatMr 244 20 Sf* l«M 282 +14 MTf 281+10 Amcmi 2S< 225 +5 C 4 C 352 +4 San Lin 280 +4 Soar* Baa* 227 +4 Metel lot Spor* 288 +3 UOL CULS 89
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    • 536 13 A FRESH spate of selling on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday sent share prices broadly lower. Turnover was moderate. From the opening bell, shares were marked several cents lower than Friday's closing as investors resorted to some light selling. Thereafter, the underlying tone
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    • 3165 13 BID and offer price* officially listed and business in and repotted to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in IoU of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1016 14 TEXTILE Corporation of Malaya Bhd (TCM) intends to take all the necessary steps to ensure that Supreme Corporation Bhd, for which it is mounting a bid, will continue to be listed on both the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges. TCM says that if
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    • 98 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Monday Closed Friday 930.2 Monday 966.12 Friday 964.21 Week ago 919.31 Week ogo 926.9 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Friday 1131.25 Thursday 1132.44 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1124.35 Monday *****.83 Friday ***** 93 Week ago *****.66 Standard and Poors Friday 155.17
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    • 225 14 Monogers' prices for June 12 MARA Bumiputra Frst B'purro 6 15 6 20 Second B'putro 5 49 554 Singapore Unit Trust Thrd B'putro Fourth B'putro 477 544 4 82 5 49 The Commerce 3.19 3 39* Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 363 368 The So wigs Funo 1 93
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    • 145 14 Reuter THE NET asset value per share of Associated Hotels Ltd (AHL) fell to 31 HK cents in the year ended Sep 30, 1983, from HK$5.4B a year ago, a company statement said. It said a recently completed property valuation by land agent Jones
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    • 2291 14 BID and offer price* officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1,000 unlU unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS A|mo—oto (3 80S) Aicom (2 255) (I) 2 24
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    • 150 14 HUME MhMm (Malaysia) Berkad: EGM on June 12 at 11.30am in Conference Room, 14th Floor, Bangunan Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Bandar, Kuala Lumpur. SOUTH-East Asia Development Carperatton Berkad: 21st AGM on June 15 at noon in the Registered Office, 9th Floor Bangunan Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Bandar, Kuala
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    • 450 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE SPP LTD, in reply to a Stock Exchange of Singapore query, disclosed yesterday that legal action taken against the company and its managing director, Ong Tiong Soon, was due to allegations that it has
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    • 240 15 THREE subsidiaries of DBS Bank have increased their capitals. DBS Land Ltd, Raffles Holdings Pte Ltd and Raffles City Pte Ltd have raised their issued respective capitals from $560.19 million to $586.43 million, $132.05 million to $183.50 million and $281.75 million to $367.50 million. TOSHIBA (Malaysia) Bhd is
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    • 618 15 SRI-HARTAMAS Corporation Bhd, formerly Folex Industries Bhd, is offering for sale 17.3 million shares of Msl each at par to the public. The offer is the fourth new issue this year, following those of Sugei Way Holdings, Malaysia Aica and
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    • 885 15 THE market closed firm yesterday in light to moderate activity. At 3pm, the FT 100 share index rose 7.2 points to 1075.8 and the FT 30 share index gained 6.9 points to 838.3. Yesterday's closing middle prices of selected stocks, excluding stamp duty, were: INDUSTRIALS Jwm 11 P«nce
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    • 630 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM METAL BOX is bracing itself for a difficult year ahead by seeking to diversify into other products and markets. For a start, the company, which saw a 20 per cent rise in group pre-tax profits to $11.83 million in
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    • 540 15 THERE has been much speculation about Talam Mines Bhd having a change in control. Talk is in the market that the determined combination of Mr Megat Najmuddin and Mr Mah Sau Cheong is currently negotiating with certain parties to purchase a substantial block in
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    • 313 15 LAST FULL YEAR Company Period Date OfMOUACld lost year Net EPS (cents) Gross in <%) Net profit ($*000) A M D B Ful yeor May 19 1 8(d) 2,124* Kinta Kellas Ful year May 19 125 5 2400 527 API Ful year May 25 86 3.0TE 6,321 Oriental
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    • 93 15 THE buyer of Times Publishing Bhd's 20 per cent shareholding in New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd has been identified as Overseas Union Bank Nominees Pte Ltd. In an announcement yesterday, NST said that the new shareholder, OUB Nominees, which has bought
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    • 59 15 SELANGOR Properties Bhd has reported group pre-tax profits of MJ20.53 million, for the sixmonth period ended April 30, 1964, compared with $30.55 million in the previous period. The company itself chalked up pre-tax profits of (19 million ($19.7 million). Directors have recommended an interim dividend
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    • 344 15 SAPURA Holdings Sdn Bhd will be making a general bid for the remaining shares in Malayan Cables at M 52.75 a share. The confirmation follows Sapura's agreement to purchase 8.1 million shares (or 62.8 per cent) in Malayan Cables from BICC PLC
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    • 836 14 link's I )i\tributur\ Standard g Chartered THE CHARTERED FINANCE COMPANY LIRHTED (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) Wholly owned subsidiary of The Chartered Bank, a member of Standard Chartered Bank Group BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1983 AUTHORBED CAPITAL 20,000,000 shares of $1 each HSUED CAPITAL 2,000,000 shares of
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    • 430 15 MANAGING TO m A SE CONSTRUCTION PROFITS MEANS MAKING POSITIVE DECISIONS The positive management of contract disputes AND HOW TO USE THE NEW ICE ARBITRATION PROCEDURE 1983 Positive techniques of construction project management AND HOW TO KEEP CONTROL OF FINANCE AND TIME ""HE COURSE wi cower the law and practice
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  • 505 16  -  Professor sees service activities moving away from city centre By LEE HAN SHIH THE HOUSING and Development Board's new towns should have more character and more localised activities to cater to the growing affluence of residents. As people become more affluent, they will
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  • 272 16 NYT THE US and the world's other leading democracies are likely to call for a new international monetary conference similar to the one that led to the Bretton Woods agreement 40 years ago, a senior Reagan Administration official said. "We are
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  • 128 16 AFP THE LEADER of Western Europe's largest communist party, Enrico Berlinguer, died in Padua yesterday, aged 62, after suffering a brain haemorrhage at a political meeting last Thursday. Mr Berlinguer, who became Secretary-General of the Italian Communist Party in 1972, blazed the trail for Eurocommunism
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  • 281 16 AFP JAPAN'S trade surplus remained high in May, bolstered by brisk exports to the US, its largest trading partner, according to customs figures announced by Japan's Finance Ministry yesterday. Exports totalled U5514,282 billion on a free-on-board (fob) basis last month,
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  • 108 16 UPI SECRET CIA operations have increased fivefold since President Reagan, a small group of Cabinet officers and key presidential aides have been making the decisions, the New York Times reported yesterday. "One result of the reorganisation was a fivefold increase since the last year of
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  • 305 16 Agencies CLOSE TO 600 Sikh soldiers have deserted to protest against the military attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, and in one instance murdered a Hindu general, an Indian defence spokesman said yesterday. Indian Defence Ministry spokesman ML Juneja said that on
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  • 173 16 Reuter AMERICAN capital spending, after removing the effects of inflation, is expected to increase by 14.8 per cent in 1984, the Commerce Department said. Reporting the results of a survey conducted in late April and May, the department said this year's projected jump in
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  • 160 16 UPI A WOMAN who died six months ago has received a letter from the US Social Security Office asking her to prove it. "We've received a report you may be deceased," the letter read. "Please come in with proof of identity." Jon Shamres
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  • 58 16 AFP THE ruling New Society i Movement Party (KBL) won 109 seats while the opposition-independent; bloc took 71 in the May 14 j general elections in the: Philippines. Vicente Santiago, chair- man of the watchdog Commission on Elections, said yesterday that only three i of the
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  • 384 16 SINGAPORE'S $5-billion Mass Rapid Transit System will help to check but not reduce the growth of car ownership because people would still want to drive about in air-conditioned comfort when it comes to leisure. The development of land surrounding the
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  • 228 16 UPI INDONESIA refused to renew the visa of a West German executive because of reports he spoke negatively about the country, according to a senior Indonesian official who called for greater firmness on the part of the government. Justice Minister Ismail Saleh briefed
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  • 65 16 WALL Street stock prices were lower in early trading yesterday as investors continued lightening their portfolios because of interest rate concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose nearly seven points last week, was off about three points to around 1128. Overall, losing issues led gainers four
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    • 30 16 Reuter THE Vatican yesterday condemned South Africa's policy of apartheid shortly after Pope John Paul met Prime Minister PW Botha and Foreign Minister Pik Botha.
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    • 35 16 Reuter THE Kremlin's chief spokesman yesterday rejected a call by the seven leading Western industrialised nations for political dialogue with the Soviet Union saying that it was nothing new.
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    • 40 16 Reuter TWO people were killed and two wounded when Taiwanese troops opened fire on a Chinese junk in the Taiwan Strait last Monday, officials in Fuzhou city in China's Eastern Fujian province said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 37 16 Reuter PROSPECTS of breathing new life into the dying, 30-year-old Western European Union defence group are at stake in talks today between Foreign Ministers of seven West European nations in Paris. Reuter
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    • 44 16 Reuter THE Chinese government has decided to resettle 1,800 Tibetans and other minority people at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Western China to give giant pandas room to roam. But some of the people are refusing to go.
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    • 28 16 AFP GUYANA President Forbes Burnham arrived in Beijing yesterday for an official four-day visit aimed at strengthening bilateral, political and economic relations. AFP
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    • 33 16 AFP THE Secretary-General of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Le Duan, arrived in Moscow to attend the Comecon summit, the meeting of the economic group of socialist countries, which begins today. AFP
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    • 52 16 Reuter NEARLY 50 communist rebels were killed or wounded in a six-hour battle with Philippine government forces in the Southern Philippines 10 days ago, official sources said yesterday. The clash occurred on a remote mountain road near Tukuran in the north of Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 51 16 Outlook for today: Fair; showers in a few areas. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on June 11 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.4 Associated humidity 54 Minimum temperature 23.0 Associot,ed humidity 91 Hours of sunshine 5.60 Rainfall in millimetres 2.0 Rainfall this month 216.8 Rainy days this month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 323 17 Lloyd's List MITSUBISHI, the giant among Japanese shipbuilders, has been toppled from its leading position by one of the industry's most aggressive but least known shipbuilding groups. Medium-sized s h i p b u i 1 der Kurushima has quietly been
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    • 614 17  -  By DANIEL SIM REGIONAL Container Lines (RCL) plans to increase its fleet capacity in the Singapore-Thailand trade by 60 per cent next year. The company, owned by Singapore and Thai interests, has ordered a 14,000 dwt vessel costing US$l2 million from the Korea Shipbuilding
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 98 17 AFP TOKYO SHIPPING Company, a medium-size ocean-going shipping firm, has gone bankrupt because of falling freight rates, with outstanding debts totaling 18 billion yen. The Tokyo-based company had been engaging •in tramper service between Japan and Southeast Asian countries since 1948 and recorded sales of 21.7 billion
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    • 637 17 Shipping Um Col Abe* Trornport V 5 Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner VI 5 Alpoc VI 5 Antoro Shpg IV 1 APC Lin* V 4 APL 4/5 ASCL 1 Aitobroker V 5 Austouo Lr»e V 1 Bolt-Onent VI 4/5 Bangkok Coot VI 2 Bonk Ljne V 5
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    • 580 18 Fairplay PROSPECTS for the worldwide container market are almost certainly going to deteriorate in the coming three years. Looking at the ro-ro concept in terms of the overall market development, Merzario Lines vice-president, Eugenio Belloni, said that "the number of new TEUs being put
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    • 162 18 AFP A SECOND Greek captain has been charged with offences relating to abandoning stowaways found on his ship off the coast of Africa, judicial sources said. Captain Thomas Athanassias and a Pakistani member of his crew on the Cyprus-registered freighter the Valani have
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    • 75 18 Reuter THE TURKISH government has lifted a ban on Turkish ships sailing to Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal imposed after a Turkish tanker was hit by Iraqi missiles near Kharg two weeks ago. The owner of the striken tanker Buyuk Hun had received orders from the
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    • 108 18 HAMBURG will host the 14th conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (lAPH) from May 4 until May 11 1985. Mr Joerg Rommerskirchen, director of Hamburg's office for port affairs, said it was a unique opportunity for Hamburg to establish new worldwide contacts.
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    • 213 18 FOR ITS latest four newbuilding orders in the long "G" class container ship construction programme, Taiwanese Evergreen Line has changed the specified propulsion machinery to the latest highly fuel-effi-cient RTA low-speed diesel engines. Recently ordered from Onomichi Shipbuilding Co, Kobe, these latest ships will
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    • 191 18 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container
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    • 1772 18 EASIER freight rates for grain fixing out of the US Gulf featured the freight market while more activity was seen in the timecharter sector on Friday, shipbrokers said. Grain from the Mississippi to Europoort received US$9 basis eight days all purposes compared with fixing towards the end of
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    • 120 18 THE P4 0 flagship Canberra (43,975 tons gross) is to be withdrawn from the Australian market next year as part of a major reorganisation of the company's schedules for 1985. At the same time, the 20,636 tons Pacific Princess one of the three United States-based
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    • 420 18 UPI ITS SIZE may make it an easy and tempting target, but military and nautical experts say a modern supertanker would be difficult to sink during a Gulf air attack. A quickly spreading fire from a missile hit could cripple one of the massive
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    • 284 19 Reuter WORLD laid up merchant shipping declined to 76.99 million dwt comprising 1,566 vessels in April from 80.37 million dwt consisting of 1,629 vessels at endMarch, the General Council of British Shipping (GCBS) said. It said its tramp trip charter index rose to 115
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    • 652 19 AFP THAI EXPORTERS are hunting for containers from neighbouring countries to carry trans-Pacific cargo amid a shortage of shipping space to the United States. The problem of space for America-bound goods, which began last April, arose following the strong economic recovery in
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    • 194 19 Reuter A SPOKESMAN for the < 135,000-strong Japan Seamen's Union said it has t signed an agreement with 1 the Japanese Shipowners' Association to extend the war risk zone in the north- ern part of the Gulf. Increased air attacks on tankers in the
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    • 360 19 THE NEED for regional joint venture in shipbuilding and repair in the AsiaPacific region has been stressed at a recent meeting of an Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) working group in Tokyo. Several delegations favoured a
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    • 93 19 Reuter A RESCUE plan has been agreed for Dutch shipyard Wilton-Feyenoord, part of the RSV shipbuilding group which failed last year, company officials said. All creditors of the yard, which has been under a payments moratorium for more than a year, have now agreed to an aid
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    • 5567 24 §®aBG)(!EB 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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    • 671 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Sea Glory 24 12.6 84 2030 Eastern M TA 3 0700-0800 B3 Gloria 404N 12.6.84 2100 NAPL TA 3 0800-0900 P3 Pigassios 01WB 12.6 84
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    • 1685 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFT A African Shipping Agencies (S) Ur*-Fjruli Liar Transgroup (Si Ahreakiel Liirr ServW Kim Shpg (Si Alfred C Taeptor Oceania Shipping Agency (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK) Alpar Intrasea (S) BinUng Shpg (KL) Island Cargo
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    • 603 26 Jim 11-15 An international seminar on contemporary developments in marine law, Admiralty in an International Setting, is to be held at Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. The faculty includes well-known American and Scandinavian judges. Further details from Law School, Tula ne University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Jaae 12 Admiralty charts,
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    • 473 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Gotong Royong 18 Sharp alongside 12.6.84/0500 Frederick Lykes 31/2 Boustead alongside 12.6.84/1200 Arrow Queen 44 Ned-EAC alongside 12.6.84/1700 Slti Norjas 45 Sharp alongside 12.6.84/1200 Tai Hang Shan 47 YFung 11.6.84/1500 20.6.84/2300 Builder 21E Thong Soon 12.6.84/0700 13.6.84/0700
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    • 345 26 AFP SOME VERY high rates were paid in very private deals for Gulf state area tonnage on the tanker market last week, although the renewed hostilities in the region again had a restricting effect on fixtures being reported. But with the advent of the summer recession and US
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    • 343 20 EVERGREEN LINE r~ FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING FCI 1 ICI CARGO FOR Nl IK Fll Ml M ihv E«n Galta 15, 04 li 04 04 0 7 01 07 18/17 11/17 11/07 i*n GUx 25 04 HO4 17/07 IJ/07 21/07 22/07 24/07 (N> Gunt 04 07 07/07 21/07 M/
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    • 844 20 KIE GWAN SHIPPING (M) SDN. BHD. No 26 -A lAIAN BERANGAN POST KELANG SEIANGOR MALAYSIA TEL Not llflU *****5 3*9162 *****4.*****2.30T097 W. MALAYSIA/S PORE TO E. MALAYSIA SERVICES: P KLANG tHATI SENANC KKbtu S kan. Tawau In Pt/16 June U tKITA Kuching KKblu 16/20 June 21 WGMOH SATU KKblu S
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    • 237 20 IXSINOSE 1 MARITIME PTE LTD Ktfjl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OP IRAN SHIPPING LINES RAN BORHAN IRANIAN SERVICES Seaport Loadng tar 11/6 8 Abbav 8 Kh sa&APow smosf marume pie iid T€l *****44 7 t *****/0 PORT AEIANG MAIOSt MARITM SON BHD Id *****23 PENANG MAIAVSIA TRADE I TRANSPORT LTD 1* 67W3
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    • 533 21 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL KOTA AQUNG KOTA 3EJATI KOTA SALAM KOTA BEQAR VOYAGE E-507 E-509 E-511 E-Sl3 SINGAPORE 18-21/6 4-7/7 5-10/7 10-15/7 LOADING FOR: DJIBOUTI. HODEIDAH, JEDDAH. AOABA. PTSUDAN. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH. AOABA NODEIOAH, JEDDAH, AOABA. PTSUOAN TAMATAVE. MAPUTO. D'SALAAM. MOMBASA. MOGADISCIO KOTA CANTIK VOYAGE E-300 E-302
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    • 245 21 MALAYSIA SHIPPING CORPN. SDN. BHD. KOTA HARAPAN KOTA BAHAGM KOTA BERLIAN 5/«4 5/14 5/14 5/14 29-1/7 Agents SINGAPORE Pll P KFLANG SEIATAN AGENCY Kt SEIATAN AGENCY PENANG LEAN BEE CO P KELANG LOADING FOR taPt-l«/6 KK/SXN/TA Wt-16/6 KU/KK/SKN 21-26/6 KK/SXN/TA 2-7/7 KUC/KK/SKN TEL *****33 TEI *****6 *****32 TEL *****9 *****2
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    • 835 21 BENLINE CONTAINERW EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE JO IUWOPt Itmmh Fiprnt NaaW«f Eiprm *"b*R Ciprm Bonaton Nonfkanj tiflreti Cartkfan Bay FROM EUROPE MB Eipmj W«C Eimu SaM SaM Cardan Bar 11/t 13/6 «»U|l Mara 12/1 14/6 B«uM« 16/6 18/6 Fraoklwt Eiprns 15/6 22/6 Liverpool Bar 24/6 26/6 Koaloon B<T 21/6
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    • 613 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East S'pore Service Full Container Vessel Bus* Toko- Kobe Km- S por. T f .Pn* MAiAPAMT V_llo6/11HB 11/6 20/6 21/6 24/6 5/7 7/7 gouw vio 06 n/, V 7 m EXPRESS SEMI-COWTAINFR <OTmrr TO/FROM EUROPF STORE PKELANG TLBIMY/ RDAM/ IfßWfi/ ANTWERP LON ADAM BREMEN
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    • 567 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loadhg for Rangoon S'pore P.Kelong Penong Poon V 72 12/14 June Htontowywo 25/27 June Poon V 73 1/3 July I BANK LINE EXPRESS DEPOCEWT SERVICE TO UK/CONT CLYDEBANK FORTHBANK SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG 11 July 5 Aug 12 Aug
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    • 655 22 ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. FEEDER I. BRDGE V 32 MOTHER VSI SEA EXPORTER W4514 STORE 29 Jun KOBE 13 M SIIATDQUR hut CALIAO *s* ARICA 6 Sep w 7 S^. ANTOf'TA IS* VALPARAISO 11 Sep S ANTOMO 13 Sep S pore Agents KAWASAKI SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD. 135 Cecil Street.
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    • 466 22 JAKOfC SMTMG AGENCIES (Ret. *****4/ OOK) 70 SHENTON WAY #04 03 MARtM HOUSt SMGAPORE 0707 TEI *****11 TELEX MO RS ***** CFS OFFICE IPC #03-029 TH *****31 and *****32 TERMMAI OFFICE IPC #03-030 T* *****90/*****93 DCCHAR CHING MARINE CO LTD rxuk'fi MO 1)0 VESSEL cc sro CC LB CCPTL CC
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    • 673 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE Lot** tor lOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE TACOMA VANCOUVER BC Accept** fa/Fa ContMwri ■r '~'2? STL 'nT AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepts* Fa/Fa Cont*wn •Ah» Kctpte* trom PRtUn, t« Auct NH tytt IM 16/17 Imi* It/19 turn IW, 27/28 hint 12 luii G/7
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    • 660 22 m GOLDEN LINE COM WAN SHIPPING (PTE)LTD (■M| Tint hvmaa la* tMi| W Cad Strtet SMUKH 0104 I# 221J7* (10 IMS) I# Hula La«v M2U f (•unf HIKI XS4SS STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spofe GOLDEN SEASON Colombo Mwaqabocs Oub* fUri *u«»t IJ/M hat GOLOfH an Karachi Dubai Bahrwi 1/10 My REGULAR
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    • 540 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road 527 16 International Pla/a Singapore 0207 Tel *****11 MO Lmesl <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S port P Kelang load** for: S port P Kelang loadi* for: POROS 18/6 Hodctdjh A»ents Saifapare MTRASEt (fit) 110 MOKMG *****11 K lianpur BMTANG SHPPMG
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    • 614 23 ttirrlrtu iimM, NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROff/UK (Vl* SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia S FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) Havre CROZE 38E Sailed N GARNET 19E Sailed MAETERLMCK lE. Sailed K CHANCE 17E Sailed TWBRDGE2OE Sailed K JACEJM 24E 18/6 S BRIDGE S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1400
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    • 586 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPIN Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAH, INCHON ••CHOW BUSAA Mm HP kiPtrt 14 6 10 7 4/7 13/7 70 1 76 P 1/1 t 8 h lift I,IM NfPIUW AGENCIIS PTI UO lei *****/7 ?*****4 ißootiintO ???7SIO ??1?0?? (Operations 1 ????487 ??09?84 (Ifrnnnal >
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    • 922 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD StftSOV BULDMG 55, Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG M/S SHARKAT NAM SOON SON. M IST AND 2NO FLOOR. NO 1 lALANjpEMPENMG. PORT KIANG. MALAYSIA Tel
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    • 119 23 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN JOHANNESBURG.MAPUTO MAURITIUS REUNION K WESTBOUND 1 ARITA 11W/84 PT LOUIS DURBAN 16/7/84 EASTBOUND ETD R BAY EASTERN HARMONY 6E/84 14/6 ETD ETA DURBAN SIN 20/6 7/7 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street. #08-06 Tat Lee BkJg S pore 0104 Telex RS *****
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 634 24 ICcgimnal Container Lines Sailings W66kly "innln.iP Reliable Regular Punctual .Berthing PS A 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday SINGAPORE ISLANDS U\E MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER S'port lAMM. SHAH Wt/13 ki (Matritun Flag) KUSU St. AN) 21 30 M •H»a»y HI 10 torn Png Loadnf for: n IKB IMM Durban. T amative SjUah.
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 74 25 MENG HORNG SHIPPING PTE LTD #02-21 Gokton Wall Auto Contra, 89 Short Stroot, S'pora 0718 TEL: *****47/8 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDIA PORTS Vosml S'pora Loading for M.V. MENG HORN 6 20/6 Chrttifonf, Calcutta. Para# M.V PAHLAWAN In Port Madras taxis ORIENTAL Sf *WINOS UNfR AGfNC* PIF I ID SINGAPORE MALAYSIA
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    • 185 25 Scan Dutch V To Europe (Med/ UK/NC/Scan) Anson Sid Anson 14/6 Anson 21/6 Anson 28/6 Anson 5/7 Anson 12/7 1) MARSEILLES 2) ROTTERDAM 3) HAMBURG 4) GOTHENBURG To Red Sea/Mediterranean FE P. KELANG B Kemunmg 6/7 B Kemunmg 3/8 E SINGAPORE Scan Dutch Corona Scan Dutch Concordia From Europe Also
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 179 26 Regional Weather iT. T l sr he 2 N LI J gv e n ft sfl t:v >52 >S* uE3 fflSs SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. c/* Wind direction with speed in knots Wove height LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature c A\ Tf Shower Weather Wind
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