The Business Times, 31 December 1985

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 TUESDAY, DECEMBER SI, 1985 75 CENTS
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  • 960 1  -  Foreign banks will not be given more leeway in domestic operations By MANO SABNANI and ALVIN TAY THE KEY to the future growth of Singapore as a financial centre lies in the 17-year-old Asian dollar market which is offshore
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  • 375 1 AP, Reuter THE LEADING indicator, the US government's main gauge of future economic activity, rose a tiny 0.1 per cent last month. The weak showing surprised many analysts who had been expecting a much better performance given the fact that the stock market hit
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  • 120 1 Reuter A BRUSSELS COURT sentenced a British soccer hooligan to 40 months' imprisonment yesterday for maiming an Italian with an iron bar after the European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium last May at which 39 spectators died. The court was told that McGill
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  • 124 1 AP FOREIGN MINISTER Siddhi Savetsila was elected yesterday as leader of the largest faction in Thailand's four-party coalition government, ending a week of political uncertainly following the unexpected resignation of its longtime head, Kukrit Pramoj. The election of Mr Siddhi, a close friend
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  • Article, Illustration
    98 1 LAST MINUTE window-dreeeing activities pushed ahare pricea higher on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Blue chipe were in strong demand by both local and overseas financial inatitutiona. Second and third liners alao moved up in line with the general trend. The BT Composite Index advanced 6.52 pointa to
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  • 349 1 AFP IN 1975 the US government agreed to get into line with the rest of the world and go metric. Ten years on, the administration is still inching along to keep its promise and even the man in charge of the conversion has admitted it
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  • 349 1 THE LABOUR MOVEMENT will support a temporary cut in the Central Provident Fund rate if a reduction is needed to save and create jobs. A reduction was "not incongruent" with current economic conditions, said the Secretary General of the
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  • 89 1 Reuter THE US DOLLAR fell sharply in a thin and nervous early Frankfurt market yesterday, dipping below 2.46 West German marks as further corporate selling took it to its lowest since mid-May 1983. Dealers said relatively small orders to sell the dollar quickly brought
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 115 1 Nikon THE WORLD'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM (t An important and comprehensive collection of texts on modern management. Introducing Management is intended to advance our knowledge of management rather than simply to reinforce received wisdom. Thus, while the standard themes are covered excellently by the contributors including general perspectives on management
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    • 239 1 SHARE INFORMATION MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALB LETTERS CROSSWORDS TV ft RADIO DOONESBURY OUR VIEW THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Committee suggested last week thot government-owned companies' activities should be subject to annual parliamentary scrutiny. The suggestion should be heeded. There is a case for keeping confidential the accounts of those government
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    • 8 1 Full report, Pag* 10 Asian stocks, Paga 9
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    • 270 1 Nikon THE WORLD'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM IN SINGAPORE'S history, 1985 will be recorded as a watershed year. The once-buoyant economy suddenly went into reverse, the banking system was shaken by major losses, and the Pan-H affair put the whole financial system in an unwelcome spotlight. But the news was not
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 330 2  -  STPB officials on hand at airport to provide welcome By JAIME LYE THE THREE-MILLIONTH visitor to Singapore for 1985 arrived yesterday afternoon but missed a welcome by Miss Tourism, Goh Yee Ling, who is in America stirring up interest in the Republic for 1986 tourists. By midnight
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    • 1203 2 the I YEAR IN REVIEW I Tourism I ONE YEAR after the Tourism Task Force drew up its 93 recommendations to boost the tourist industry, Singapore received its record three-millionth visitor yesterday. But it is hardly a time to celebrate, considering that Singapore was
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    • 287 2 MACHINE TOOLS worth 1900,000 were sold by five Singapore companies at a recent trade exhibition in Indonesia. Another $9 million worth of orders are being negotiated as a result of Singapore's participation in the Machine Tool Indonesia, a five-day exhibition which ended on Nov
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    • 50 2 MR LEE CHANG-CHOON, the ambassador of the Republic of Korea, presented his credentials to President Wee Kim Wee at the Istana yesterday. Mr Lee, 45, is married with two children and was the Minister of the Korean Mission to the United Nations before his posting to Singapore.
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    • 391 2  -  By MONICA GWEE REDUCED RATES are not on the menu at the new Sheraton Towers Singapore hotel in Scotts Road, but personal butlers and other extras are. The management behind the lavish |90 million hotel makes no apologies for its international room rates amid
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    • 119 2 A NEW RECORD was registered in the student enrolment at the National University of Singapore (NUS) last year. With 1,062 students taking higher degrees and postgraduate diplomas, the total intake hit 13,783 "an all-time high" according to NUS's latest annual report released yesterday.
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    • 215 2 THIRTY disabled people, including seven who are blind, will take part in the first chess tournament for the handicapped and underprivileged people on Sunday. The players, from 15 to 40 years of age, are from the Singapore Cheshire Home, Singapore Association for
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    • 366 2 KOH TOH GUAN and Jimmy Tan have been appointed vice presidents of the Singapore branch of Swiss Bank Corporation. The bank has also appointed Ronnie Tan Eng Kwee assistant manager. Mr Koh joined the bank in 1960. In his new position, he will oversee the operations division
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    • 159 2 OPPOSITION party leader Dr Lee Siew Choh has suggested that the government introduce new measures to help low-in-come families become home-owners. Among suggestions from Dr Lee are that families with incomes lower than $800 a month be exempted from making any down-payments
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 436 3 AFP ONE DAY after nationalising a US oil company accused of paying insufficient taxes, President Alan Garcia has announced that Peru's goverment is now going to scrutinise the profits and taxes of Southern Peru Copper Corporation and all other big companies. Southern,
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    • 835 3 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time PAA PA2I/5 0155 LAX/TYO/HKG CAL CI341 0255 TPE CAL CI337 0255 TPE SV SV389 0445 JED/RUH MAS MH601 0720 KUL MAS MH681 0820 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH8I1 0940 PEN SIA SQ103 1005 KUL
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    • 257 3 NYT THE MATTER of intellectual property patents, trademarks and copyrights looms as one of the Reagan administration's big trade issues for 1986 and beyond. "We are very close to bringing some important initiatives in this area, maybe in two or three
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    • 359 3 Reuter ISRAELI Cabinet ministers have demanded revenge for violent Palestinian guerilla attacks at Rome and Vienna airports while acknowledging a US call for restraint. Defence Minister Yitzhak Rabin briefed ministers at a Cabinet session on Sunday, but a senior official said they had yet
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    • 372 3 UPI JAPAN'S defence chief, retained in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, said in an interview published yesterday that he was concerned that US-Japanese trade friction might hurt defence relations. Koichi Kato, the directorgeneral of the Defence Agency, said in interviews with
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    • 361 3 AP THE SOVIET UNION enters 1986 with a vigorous and relatively young leader. But it remains in an arms control tangle with the US that the Geneva summit in November did not unravel. For Mikhail Gorbachev, the new year brings critical tests as he seeks
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    • 147 3 Reuter OFFICE romances are blooming in Britain, causing heartache for company managers worried about productivity. A report published yesterday by the Strathclyde Business School said love among the filing cabinets was becoming more common as an increasing number of women sought a career.
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    • 89 3 AFP BRITAIN is the favourite European outlet for Japanese investors, who since 1951 have deposited U552,766 billion there in 963 investment operations, the Anglo-Japanese Economic Institute reported in London. It listed West Germany in second place, with investments in the past 34 years coming to
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    • 269 3 AFP THAILAND'S economic growth rate in 1965 was down a third from the 1964 figure due both to domestic factors and growing global protectionism, the chief of the country's economic planning agency said. Thailand's economy grew at a rate of only four per cent this year,
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    • 397 3 UPI THE INDUSTRIAL INCUBATOR, designed to help struggling entrepreneurs through their first crucial years, is catching on across the US. Pablo Salcido, the director of the El Paso Department of Economic Development in Texas, said some 100 facilities are functioning nationwide and others are
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    • 474 3 AFP THE ENTRY OF SPAIN and Portugal into the European Community (EC) tomorrow will confirm the organisation as the world's biggest economic power in the areas of overall production, agriculture, trade, and financial activity. In spite of difficulties over harmonisation and interpretation
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    • 477 4 Tight monetary policy the cause, say economists Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY faces a delicate balance between a government-induced slowdown and outright recession in 1986 after another year of strong growth in 1985. Private economists polled by Reuters say the Labour government's almost total reliance on
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    • 181 4 Reuter MALAYSIA'S former prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has called for the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand in the six-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). Tunku Abdul Rahman, 82, one of the region's most eminent elder statesmen, said in a
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    • 277 4 UPI THERE IS division among key members of the Reagan Cabinet as to whether the administration should support Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos or his opponents in the Feb 7 election, it was reported on Sunday. Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger and CIA director William
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    • 165 4 AP TIME MAGAZINE Mined CUmm lender Deng Ylssplng as Its 1185 Man ef the Yew en Sunday (see picture), crediting him with Intrndnelng "sweeping —U reforms which have challenged Marxist erthedexles and liberated the predncttve energies ef a MlHen people". Mr Deng, Time's Man
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    • 305 4 AFP PAKISTANI President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq announced in Parliament yesterday that martial law was being lifted after eight-and-a-half years of military rule, but warned that political parties would have to keep a low profile. "Today martial law is giving birth to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 346 4 Reuter NEW MARKETING strategies of major Middle East crude exporters next year will lower prices for Japan, and Asian spot prices will be in line with the West. Saudi Arabia and Iran appear ready to offer Japanese buyers much cheaper crude, priced in relation to its
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    • 147 4 Chinese Produce Exchange (Sellers' noon closing prices on Dec 30 (SS/100 kg). Coconut oil Bulk FOB 70.00 Old drum FOB 8300 New drum FOB 87 00 Copro Mixed (loose) 35 buyers Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW 1125 00 Sarawak White FOB toq NLW 1115 00 Sarawok special block
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    • 174 4 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed lower on selling and a reserve of buyers, prompted by a weaker Chicago soyoil futures close last week. A lack of fresh factors and absence of foreign tenders added to the negative tone. Jan deliveries in the central region fell Ms2o
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    • 179 4 UPI AUSTRALIA, in one of its largest single wheat sales ever, sold 2.5 million tonnes of wheat to the Soviet Union for U*****,000. Sir Leslie Price, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, yesterday said the export revenue for the wheat sale would be
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    • 168 4 SINGAPORE THE market yesterday closed slightly lower with January One RSS buyers quoted at 150.50 cents per kilo, down 0.75 cent from last Monday. The morning session lost one cent on lack of interest in quiet trading with participants sidelined ahead of the New Year holidays. Prices were little
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    • 156 4 Singapore (SS/kilo, ei-godown) Fragrant new crop 1st 0 74 2nd 056 3rd 056 New Crop 25% no stock 10% no stock Thai Broken A-super no stock Special 0 46 Thai Rice 55% no stock China Rice 10% no stock 15% 069 25% no stock 35% no stock Thai Boiled
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    • 13 4 Gating price* on D«c 30 KL TIN imwj) Price Suspended Turnover (tonnes) Suspended
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    • 324 4 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 150 00 151 00N 150 50 151 50N Int 1 RSS Jon 86 150 00 151 00 150 50 151 50 Int 1 RSS Feb 86 153 00 *****
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    • 105 4 (cents/kg, 1-ton pollets) JAN 86 (current month) NOON FEB 86 (forward month) NOON RAS Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 SSR 50 150 50 148 50 152 50N 150 50N 151 00 149 00 153 0GN 151 OON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV SMR L
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    • 770 4 COFFEE Robusta futures resumed their bull trend yesterday morning after a weak opening, ending the session £20 a tonne below to £22 above Friday's levels. Analysts said the technical correction over the last few trading days had pushed prices nearly £400 below their recent highs. Although some downside
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 590 5 Reuter GOOD NEWS on inflation is bad news for gold; as a result, bullion dealers in Zurich expect another dull year for the metal in 1966. Even the dollar's descent from dizzy heights has left the gold market cold this year.
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    • 131 5 Reuter TAIWAN WILL NOT withdraw from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in spite of China's application to join the organisation. Foreign Minister Chu FuSung said yesterday Taiwan would not change its name to Taiwan, China or Taipei, Chi- na, as it has sometimes
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    • 490 5  -  By AMY BALAN THE UNITED OVERSEAS Bank group has chalked up another first (or electronic banking with an inter-country automated teller machine service for its Singapore and Malaysian customers. The service, launched simultaneously in both countries yesterday, allows all ATM cardholders of
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    • 324 5 NYT US INVESTORS continued to snap up Treasury and tax-ex-empt debt issues last week, in spite of the seasonal slowdown in fixed-income market activity, or perhaps because of it. While noting that investors wanted to lock in current yields, bond dealers said light trading
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    • 235 5 Reuter THE WEST GERMAN federal government is raising three billion marks through a 10-year loan stock with a coupon of 6% per cent and issue price of 100'/ 4 The traditional new year's loan stock has a record volume and yields
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 162 5 MARCH EuvdeUar yesterday opened unchanged from IMM's close at 92.31 but moved down slightly to 9SL2B as near term resistance at 92.36 proved difficult to breach. Disappointment over no discount rate cut last Friday also resulted in the retracement. Strong support, however, could be [found at 92.14. The leading
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    • 64 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market rose by Vi point from Friday to close at 5% per cent yesterday. The term rates rose by 2/16 point each. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Offer Btd Overr»ghf 5 3/4 5 1/2 1-month 5 7/16 5 5/16
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    • 363 5 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed firmer in slow trading but was off the day's high due to a late recovery in the US dollar. On the local market, gold ended HK$B.5O up at $3,045 a tael. The krugerrand price rose |8 to HK52,558, equivalent to U*****.50. Gold maple leaf was
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    • Article, Illustration
      301 5 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady around opening levels in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Period rates were narrowly mixed at the outset and remained unchanged thereafter. One month closed 8% 8 three and six months at BVi 8 each and one year at BV* B'4. Asian dollar CD
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    • 648 5 SINGAPORE THE US dollar reversed its narrowly mixed opening trend yesterday to close lower against most major European currencies and the yen. The dollar fell to 2.4600/15 marks from an early 2.4665/85, compared with New York's Friday 2.4635/50 close, and to 2.0750/80 Swiss francs from 2.0800/30 and 2.0770/0800,
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    • 299 5 Interbank rates at 3pm on Monday: Cllfr#OCiM NORIIIMI 1 ratee Smtthaoruan Bid Otter croaa parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency US dollar 2 1070 2 1085 2 8196 -25 27 Sterling pound ***** 3 0488 7 3469 -58 57 Australian dollar 1 4369 1
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 79 5 EDWARD LUMLEY SONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD wish to announce that with effect from Ist January 1986, Mr Vincent Chia A.C.1.1. will be assuming the position of Managing Director. Mr R F Peterson, A.C.1.1. assumes the role of advisor/consultant to the company as of the same date, remaining on the Board
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    • 151 5 00 CP Live-Band Music Non-Stop Dancing Charming Hostesses Gracious Service BOt°* e sUooe>« OM=-i: Sr.: K ii (Sin 9' ,oP°' e Office Nite-Ctu6 Ivouruje > 1. Claymore Drive, #02-11 Orchard Tower (Rear Block) mgapo r e 0923 Tel: *****26 Keep a date willi Sevvy Ballesteros in "Play Golf the Sevvy
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  • FEATURES
    • 421 6 TO SOME HARD-LINERS, any government involvement in commerce is not only wrong, but dangerous. They argue that it threatens the pure strain of private enterprise which can only be bred in the spartan conditions of the free market. Such opinions are not confined to the extreme
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    • 2510 6 Proliferation of new instruments makes control necessary Singapore's future growth as a financial centre will have to be carefully controlled because there are so many new instruments available now that even the bankers can't understand what they mean, says Dr Richard Hu, the Finance Minister, in
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    • 414 6 letters to the Editor Dear Sir, First, allow me to congratulate BT for publishing the interview with the Minister of Finance, Dr Richard Hu, on Dec 24. My friends and I do not doubt that top civil servant Mr JYM Pillay is an eminently capable
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    • 213 6 Dear Sir, Recently, several major shareholders of listed companies have taken to getting their companies to pay them cash in exchange for their personal assets, mainly companies with property interests. All these are said to be done for the purpose of injecting assets into the listed companies.
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    • 255 6 Dear Sir, I refer to the letter "Call to screen consultants" (BT Dec 12) by "Observer". The comments from Observer reflect to a large extent the problems of such organisations. It is true that overheads are very high, many of these firms
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 61 6 BriStOHT JtoanicDicier* I Scene "TV>e offices of *Ke Firn\'S Gocc* food Guide. —>. _L JS\)® THOR mp>STcp C-Htf roR GOf?DOt4 L ->. e>LU€, u)P£> UNfoC"fotf»v»ei_y OM HOLIDAY PND ix>G SP*rop L £D fooD pzep&Geo &v ms r ee_p LPvceroeMT —UJBJB r,ifK n u i\Li tot. VISITED TMIS U)e.GJC Tv-lfe. CMesrec
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  • SPORTS
    • 213 7 UPI UNDEFEATED Phone Trick raced to his sixth straight victory when he pulled away from five rivals to capture the US$B6,lOO Palos Everdes handicap by 4-1/2 lengths on Sunday at Santa Anita, California. The only 3-year-old in the sprint race, Phone Trick
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    • 167 7 AFP LEGENDARY English jockey Lester Piggott has been booked to ride the highly-fancied Importune in the A 5250,000 Perth Cup at the Ascot race course in Perth tomorrow. It will be the 50-year-old champion's final group one race before he retires after 38 years in
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    • 117 7 UPI US RUNNER Ron Tabb and Christoph Herle of West Germany are favourites for the traditional New Year's eve Sao Silvestre 12.6-km road race this year. The race, which ends at midnight of New Year's eve, this year has attracted 7,781 athletes from 12 countries who
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    • 836 7  -  THE YEAR IN REVIEW Tennis f Squash f Singapore tennis and squash have contrasting fortunes in 1985, with tennis finishing in the gutter and squash sailing to glorious success. WALTON MORAIS reports. Squash puts up a better performance WALTON MORAIS FOR A SPORT that has everything
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    • 324 7 Reuter, AP NEW YORK GIANTS' quarterback Phil Simms threw for two touchdowns and Joe Morris rushed for 141 yards on Sunday to eliminate the San Francisco 49'ers, 17-3, in the American National Football League playoffs. The giants scored in the first quarter on
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    • 316 7 AFP ENGLISH FARMER Andrew Cowan is tipped to be Britain's first winner in the 1986 Paris-Da-kar rally, which sets off from Versailles on Wednesday, after a prologue on Sunday. Cowan, 49, was tenth at his first attempt in 1983, but came third in 1984
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    • 189 7 AP THE SECOND TEST between India and Australia ended in a draw after rain washed out the final session at the Melbourne cricket ground yesterday. Black clouds threatened on the final day from the start of play and later in the afternoon the cloudburst saved
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1136 7 w m>) mm Roger Moor* and Susannah York star in this thriller PRE-HOLIDAY MOVIE That Lucky Touch 12.40 am, Channel 5 As Bond, Roger Moore used specially made weapons to carry out his daring endeavours. In this movie, he sells them. And while trying to sell a fascinating new gun
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    • 731 7 A (Z)NE important thing IN STARTING THE BACK&MNG IS TO MAKE SURE THE LEFT KNEE FOLLOWS THE CLUBHEAP. THAT. AT LEAST IS THE FEEL/NG YOU SHOULD HAVE. PO NOT START THE &ACKSW/NG WHILE KEEPING THE LEfT KNEE STILL YOU CANNOT MAKE A CrOOP SWING THAT WAY. THE LEFT KNEE SHOULD
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 718 8 NYT THIS HAS BEEN a rewarding year for investors in blue-chip stocks. A prosaic strategy of buying the 30 issues in the Dow Jones Industrial Average brought a total return appreciation plus dividends of about 32 per cent. Not surprisingly after such
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    • 203 8 Reuter AN OFFICIAL INQUIRY has found no evidence linking Kuwaiti officials with insider trading in the takeover of a US oil drilling company, Santa Fe. The Attorney-General's report on the inquiry into the US$2.5-billion purchase in 1981 by state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)
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    • 310 8 UPI UNION CARBIDE, in its latest effort to thwart an unfriendly takeover by GAF Corp, has urged shareholders to act on an exchange offer by a Dec 31 deadline. GAF immediately asked for an extension. Union Carbide said its shareholders are being urged
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    • 564 8 NYT EXECUTIVES from Texaco Inc and the Pennzoil Co were scheduled to meet again in a negotiating session that could be crucial in determining whether the two oil companies can reach a settlement in their high-stakes legal dispute. After yesterday's meeting, "people
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 495 9 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday closed sharply higher on moderately active buying which most traders believed to be win-dow-dressing ahead of the new year. They also noted large buying orders on Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson shares by a leading international brokerage firm acting on behalf of one customer. The
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    • 123 9 BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday dipped 0.84 to 134.95. Turnover amounted to 107,644 shares valued at 15.5 million baht. The Tokyo, Manila and Saoul ahara markata wara cloaad yaatarday. Taipai prices were unavailable. DCC 30 kfcts Stom Citizen 57 -2 Aokham Thoi 420 -14 Ana Fibre
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    • 516 9 SYDNEY: Prices closed firmer yesterday on end-of-quarter book squaring. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 4.3 at 1,001.6, the All Industrials Index was up 8.0 at 1480.7 and the All Resources Index was up 1.6 to 631.8. Pioneer Concrete featured with special sales totalling three million
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    • 32 9 Reuter AN NTT spokesman has declined to comment on a newspaper report that it won orders to equip the Scientific and Technological Exchange Centre in Beijing Reuter
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    • 228 9 AFP THE FRENCH company Sofretu, best known for its work on underground railways, has signed a multimillion dollar contract to conduct project and engineering studies for a new rail system for Jakarta. The contract covers three branch lines, or 60m of the
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    • 437 9 Reuter THE MANAGEMENT group for Hongkong Land Co Ltd's HK$75O million floating rate note issue has been formed, but the market's cool reception has left lead manager BA Asia Ltd with 70 per cent of the notes. BA Asia holds a
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    • 165 9 AFP CHINA'S representative company in Macau has reorganised its commercial branch by setting up a new group to include all its existing companies. The Nam Kwong Group officially succeeded the Nam Kwong Trading Company on Sunday in a move seen by business analysts in Macau as
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    • 147 9 AFP TAIPEI AUTHORITIES have approved the construction of Taiwan's fifth naphtha cracker. The Chinese-language Commercial Times reported on Sunday that the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said the authorities had approved in principle the construction of the naphtha cracker to replace
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 239 9 .EASdN'S LIAPPEN INGS The new year spirit is now in the air! We have a host of exciting programmes all lined up for you. A night of Chinese Dinner <5f Danoe with special menus served. A la oarte also available. #550++ 1750++ for 10 persons (New Year's Eve) Drink to
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4372 10 YEAR-END window dressing pushed share prices higher in moderate trading on the Singapore stockmarket yesterday. Most of the substantial gains were made by blue chips, but second and third liners also recovered in line with the overall rise in the market. Price falls were
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    • 287 10 SINGAPORE Rises Indicat DvH D*> Dm 27 Dec 30 620 50 BT Composite 531 36 537 88 Crty De* 50« 115 25 BT Indicator *****71 *****58 Sport Food FAN •r 149 24 BT OB/OS 261 -211 560 20 bt Cadi -6496 -6465 S 1 A 434 20
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    • 3467 10 BID and otter prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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    • 137 10 FABER MERLIN Malaysia Bertaad: 22nd AGM at The Merlin Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur today at 11 am. T08HBAR CORPORATION Berfcad: EGM at Room 1, No 5C Jalan Gurney, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Jan 8, at 4 pm. CEREBOS PACIFIC limited: 4th AGM at
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 453 11  -  By CHAN OI CHEE IN AN UNEXPECTED twist of events, little-known Bakat Corporation which was reported to have acquired a substantial 16.5 per cent stake in Growth Industrial Holdings last August, is pulling out of the beleaguered investment holding company. GIH, which has been
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    • 2820 11 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified L, 1„ l.i.L iraus tnits A Choc (2.045) AISS (0.718
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    • 112 11 HONGKONG Friday 1472 7 Hang Seng Index Week ago 1463 9 Monday 1752.62 Friday 1730 37 NEW YORK Week ago 1704 29 Dow Jones Friday 1543 00 TOKYO Thursday 1526 49 Nikkei Average Monday Closed Week ago 1543 00 Stondard Poors Friday ***** 18 Week ago *****.04 Friday
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    • 277 11 Managers' prices tor Jon 2 MARA-Bumiputra First B'putro 4 61 4 66 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce J 08 II4 Second B'putro Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 4 28 4 33 356 361 3 86 3 91 The Savings Fund 86 0 91 Fifth B'putro 2 46 2 51
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    • 936 11  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM DEBT-LADEN UMW Corp Bhd has been given a much-needed reprieve on some of its loan commitments by the company's creditor banks, thanks to steps introduced by group chief executive Datuk Eric Chia to prevent a possible collapse of the high-ly-diversified conglomerate
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    • 462 11 THE KUALA LUMPUR Stock Exchange (KLSE) committee is studying the outstanding trading positions of all stockbroking firms to determine if it is necessary to have a standby credit facility. Stockbroking firms were given until 5 pm last Thursday to submit to the KLSE
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    • 254 11 LETHARGIC trading prevailed at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, the last day of trading for 1985. Share prices closed generally steadier and selected counters made commendable gains on year-end window dressing activities. Blue Chip 6 in particular received the bulk of attention yesterday
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 62 11 For the six months ended Sep 30, 1985, the group made pre-tax profits of $442,000 against losses of $514,000 previously on a 2 per cent rise in turnover to $41.44 million (from $40.48 million). At the after-tax and minority interests level, the group incurred a loss of
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      • 55 11 For the half year to Sep 30, 1985, the hotel arm of the JC-MPH group slipped into the red with a pre-tax loss of $1.04 million against profits of $111,000 in the previous period. The loss was incurred despite a 44 per cent jump in turnover to
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      • 54 11 For the half year to endSeptember 1985, group pretax losses of $1.56 million (pre-tax profit of $320,000) on turnover of $16.24 million ($23.71 million). Af-ter-tax losses amounted to $1.48 million (after-tax profit of $192,000) giving loss per share of 4.6 cents (EPS of 0.6 cents). No interim
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      • 58 11 Group pre-tax losses of M$660,000 on turnover of $12.93 million for the seven-month period to Sep 30, 1985. After* tax losses amounted to $465,000, giving loss per share of 2.9 cents. No final dividend has been recommended. There are no comparative figures because the current
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      • 33 11 Group pre-tax earnings of M 51.84 million ($4.84 million) on turnover of $10 million ($15.81 million) for the six months ended Sep 30, 1985; after-tax profit of $701,000 ($2.21 million).
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 318 11 NOTICES Ia the Matter THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER 185) •ad In the Matter M GIJAN SENG HENG PRIVATE LIMITED (Ia Menken Vataatary NOTICE OP FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 185, the final meeting of the members of the Company
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    • 9 11 Ii the Matter M THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185)
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    • 352 11 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME I, Paul Na Kim Hwa of Apt Blk 280 Tamplnes St 22 #04-252 S'pore 1852 hereby give notice that In consequence of Change of Ship's Name. I have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant
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    • 219 11 la the Matter af The C—p—lea Act, Gap. 186 mt TAI SANG INTERNATIONAL (STORE) PTE LTD (la MMkm* Valutary LlqaMattaa) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1 Colombo Court #04-15, Singapore 0617 on Monday, the 30th day of December 1965, the following
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    • 342 11 Ia the Matter «f Ik Ompaaies Act, *p. 185 TRANS-EXIM TRADING PRIVATE LIMITED (la Members' VtluUry At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1 Colombo Court #04-15 Singapore 0617 on Monday, the 30th day of December 1985, the following Special Resolutions were passed:1)
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  • Local Business Sub-committee report
    • 613 12  -  Confusion over government policies, says Lim Kee Ming By BOEY KIT YIN A LACK OF CONFIDENCE and confusion about government policies are causing local businessmen to think twice about investing, said a prominent Singapore industrialist yesterday. "Businessmen are confused. Some of them have money but they
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    • 449 12 STATUTORY BOARDS which enjoyed huge surpluses ought to have their performances monitored by a government committee, a group of businessmen who prepared the Local Business Sub-Committee Report says. The sub-committee also called for cuts in mandatory contributions, wages and CPF payments, a
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  • 745 12 BUSINESSMAN and politician Tan Koon Swan has reversed forward contracts worth about $100 million entered into by some subsidiaries of Pan-Elec-tric Industries and accepted the liability himself. Confirming this in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Mr Tan said he was negotiating with certain parties
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  • 104 12 Reuter CHINA'S views will be sought on major political reforms in Hongkong before it reverts to Chinese rule in 1997, says the British colony's chief secretary. But Sir David Akers-Jones denied Beijing was seeking an advisory role in Hongkong before the transfer
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  • 80 12 COMEX GOLD FUTURES were trading narrowly mixed in thin and featureless early dealings yesterday. The key February delivery was 30 US cents up at U*****.30 an ounce. Traders said mo6t of the volume was composed of end-of-year booksquaring in re- duced holiday attendance. Comex silver futures
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  • 70 12 THE US stock market was moving higher in early trading yesterday, continuing the upward ti <md that started last Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average was up three points to 1546. Advances led declines by a 10-nine margin on a turnover of 10.19 million shares. GAF was
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  • LATE FILE
    • 43 12 ALL ELECTION machinery at Umno division and branch levels have been re-activated in preparation for the general election. Umno executivesecretary Mr Kamarulzaman Bahadun said Umno was prepared for the polls which is expected to be held before April 1967.
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    • 37 12 UPI CHINA said on Monday its troops launched waves of "vigorous counter-attacks" against Vietnam over the weekend in retaliation for repeated Vietnamese provocations that killed an undetermined number of Chinese civilians. UPI
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    • 40 12 AFP BRITAIN announced on Monday that it was sending an additional contingent of 550 soldiers to Northern Ireland to counter what it said were repeated Irish Republic Army attacks against police stations in Ulster. AFP
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    • 44 12 AFP WINNIE MANDELA, wife of jailed Mack nationalist leader Nelson Mandela, was arrested on her way home to Scweto on Monday afternoon for defying a ban on the Johannesburg area. Police arrested her after pulling her car off the road. AFP
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    • 45 12 Reuter A COMMITTEE will decide the result of the Sydney-Ho-bart yacht race after an official protest was lodged late on Monday night by secondplaced Sagacious. Race officials had Just declared the New South Wales yacht Drake's Prayer provisional winner. Reuter
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    • 34 12 UPI WEST GERMAN Economics Minister Martin Bangemann has said he will go to Washington next month to discuss Bonn's industrial participation in the US "Star Wars" research programme. UPI
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    • 29 12 POLICE in Kedah released on Monday afternoon 46 of the 152 persons detained following the tragic incident in Kampungmemali, Mukim Siong in Baling last month.
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  • 183 12 AFP TERRIFIED FINNS Jammed the telephone switchboards of the Finnish Broadcasting Company and alarm centres on Sunday night after the radio broadcast a play on a nuclear war between the superpowers. The play, "The Next War" by H G Wells, contained a fictitious report
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  • 462 12 MOTORCYCLE SALES, which have fallen to about half the level of a year ago, may see a rise as the pass rate for learner motorcyclists has doubled, thanks to the new training centre in Ang Mo Kio. Sales of motorcycles were badly affected by the ruling
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  • 218 12 AP INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, after a searing attack on political corruption, has announced a purge in his governing Congress Party to weed out bogus and dishonest members. "Unless the party is thoroughly cleansed and strengthened, it would not be able to
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  • 61 12 UPI HUNDREDS of Americans went on a European shopping spree last Sunday without leaving home, letting their fingers do the buying at Harrods in London. The famed store advertised a special telephone sale in the New York Times on that day. "Its an experiment between
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  • 306 12 OIL REFINERIES in Singapore will face tougher market conditions in the next two to three years, said Mr Dick van Hi!ten, the chairman of the Shell group of companies in Singapore. Shell, Singapore's largest oil refiner, has to compete in the face of surplus
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  • 245 12 UPI A SINO-US accord allowing American nuclear technology sales to China formally took effect yesterday after an exchange of notes between US ambassador Winston Lord and Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhu Qizhen. In an afternoon ceremony at Beijing's Diaoyutai state guesthouse, Mr Lord and Mr Zhu exchanged diplomatic
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 287 12 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHONG BEE CONSTRUCTION 4k ENGINEERING PTE LTD (Menken* Vdutory Winding Up) At an extra general meeting of the members of CHONG BEE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 27th day of
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    • 99 12 BAKAT rescinds agroomsnt to purchase 9.8 million QIH sharos, Pagt 11 KLBE committor roconsidors standby crsdit facility for brokers, Pago 11 Lottors, pago 6 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due June 30.1987 of A The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited. DBS Building. 6 Shenton
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    • 196 12 NOTICE i;p: \.t r.y vi;; [\j, fiTTI (FAB EAST) PRIVATE UNITED (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OP PINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 that a Final Meeting of the Members and of the Creditors of the abovenamed Company will be
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 59 12 WMm Outlook for today: Windy with showers over a few areas in the, late morning and afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Dec 30 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31-6, Associated humidity 57, Minimum temperature 24.2 Anociated humidity 90 Hours of sunshine 9.10 Rainfall in millimetres Nil
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 510 13  -  By JUNE LIM MEMBERS of the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (Anera) will hold a meeting next month to find ways to end the rate war. The Hongkong meet on Jan 15 will be attended by the chief executives of the 19 member lines.
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    • 259 13 AFP NEW ZEALAND customs officers have seized a large quantity of ammunition and parts for automatic weapons from a French freighter in Auckland harbour. Kevin Donovan, customs collector in Auckland, said the 25 plasticwrapped packets of ammunition were found in the fuel tanks
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    • 165 13 Seatrade Week THE LONGSTANDING dispute between the United States and Japan over the trans-Pacific carriage of Japanese car exports on US flag ships (all exports are shipped now on Japanese flag ships) may see some developments early next year. Nissan has been approached
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 103 13 Reuter TAIWAN EXPECTS to have scrapped about 170 ships totalling three million light displacement tons (ldt) in 1965, down from 320 ships and 3.1 million ldt in 1964, the Taiwan Shipbreaking Industry Association said. Over 80 per cent of the ships scrapped in 1965 were
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      • 96 13 AP CHINA WILL Impose new port fees tomorrow on all cargo passing through its 26 major ports, an official news report said. The Xinhua News Agency quoted Huang Zhendong, vice Minister of Communications, as saying the fees will average two yuan (US 62 cents) per
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      • 93 13 THE IRANIAN Navy seized the Danish ship Horland in the Sea of Oman because it said the vessel was carrying explosives destined for Iraq, the official Islamic Republic News Agency, IRNA, reported. The agency, monitored in Nicosia, said the ship was seized 200 kilometres east
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    • 690 14 AFP TANKER RATES improved to their best levels for four years in the final two months of 1985, but only after owners experienced some of the worst demand conditions ever. The desperate plight of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) was brought home to the market by the collapse
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    • 390 14 Fairplay JAPAN LINE recently took delivery of the 196,800 dwt motor ore carrier Japan Linden, a vessel specially designed for the transportation Of iron ore and sinter. Sinter is powered iron ore rendered into a solid state by heating but
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    • 1409 14 Seatrade SUGAR AS A commodity fails to conform to the rules which govern other markets. As a market it is far less regulated and, most significantly, it is vital to remember that less than 20 per cent of all sugar produced worldwide is
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    • 670 14 AB Shpg V 5 Afeo Line VI 3 Anro Service IV 3/4 ANL 1 1/2 ARC L*>e V 4 APL i 2/3 ASCL HI 1 Bott-Conado Line VI 4/5 Bah-Onent Lme VI 4/5 Bank Lme V 5 B8S 1 4/5 Bayswater Shpg IV 3 Ben Lme Cont
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    • 183 14 AFP JAPAN HAS postponed a decision on which port Soviet fishing boats would be able to call at for supplies and rest next year, the Kyodo News Service reported. Kyodo said that the government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders met behind closed doors
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    • 375 14 UPI A TANKER oil spill off Port Angeles, already blamed for killing 632 birds is expected to kill hundreds more now that the slick is spreading westward, officials said on Sunday. More than 1,400 birds have been treated at an emergency rescue centre in
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    • 206 15 KOBE PORT is leasing another of its terminals at Rokko Island, this time to Maersk Line. Construction work at the man-made deepwater island has started but the berth will not be ready for operation until March 1988. Maersk will use the RC4 terminal, after Sea-Land's
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    • 385 15 AP IRAN PLANS to abandon battered Kharg Island as its main oil terminal because of repeated Iraqi raids and use two new offshore centres to keep vital exports flowing during the Gulf war, shipping sources said on Sunday. It has also increased its
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    • 409 15 Research programme to cost £1.5 m A E1.5-MILLION research programme has been initiated by Lloyd's Register of Shipping to save costs and improve the reliability and safety of ships. The four-year project is aimed at developing new, advanced performance
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    • 310 15 UPI DIVERS WORKED over the weekend to try to raise the British tail ship Ciudad de Inca said to be the oldest operating commercial sailing vessel in the world after it sank in its winter moorings in a Canadian harbour. The 128-year-old square rigger
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    • 190 15 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.
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    • 706 17 -1986 Jan 13-14 Offshore export opportunities, seminar, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London W2 (details: European Study Conferences, Kirby House, 31 High St East, Uppingham, Rutland, Leics. Jan 14 Lecture, "Merchant ship conversions the Falklands campaign," by J Hannah, organised by Nautical Institute (South West branch), 1900 hours, RNEC Manadon.
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    • 6879 20 spurns 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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    • 710 21 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Lars Maersk 8602 31.1285 1700 Maersk F5 0700-0800/0800-0900 Al/fl 0800-0900 81 Ned Delft 464 31 12 85 1700 Ned-EAC F7 0800-0900/0700-0800 P2/S2 Nik Golovan 5IAE85 31.12.85 1800
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    • 1645 21 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B A Top Enterprises Pte Ltd Same (S) AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies Afeo Line Atncon Shpg Agencies <S) Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepter Oceonus ShippmgA geneies (S) Multiport Sdn Bhd (PK)
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    • 539 22 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Belait Builder 3 Straits Pride Arrow King Equator 4 Muehlausen Murrayeverett San Luis K24E K23 K25W K09 K22 K28 K21 K16 SSPL Thong Soon SSPL Bakke Sime Thong Soon S'pore Shp Everett Borneo alongside alongside alongside 3l.l2.85/l200
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 925 13 A hard look at what it will take to succeed in business for the next 20 years With turbulent times ahead, forewarned will be forearmed $22.00. TIMES THE BOOKSHOP w ORJENT OVEKJtAS CotUaitteA. LINE Agents: JMOaC SMPfK AGENCKS (leg 242K4/00K) mtTrrln '0 Shenton Way #04 03 lAarma Houv Singapore 0707
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    • 58 13 aasaiDß SUGAR AS A commodity foils to conform to the rules which govern other markets. Page II IRAN PLANS to obondon battered Kharg Island as its main oil terminal because of repeated Iraqi raids. Page 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping Schedules VIII Tonker rates II Container Schedules IX Consortia
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    • 1073 13 ODESSA OCEAN LINE BLACK SEA SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Services From SOUTH EAST ASIA TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte Ltd. TEL: *****3 MAERSK LINE FIRST LOADER TO EUROPE ARTHUR MAERSK VOY 8602 ETD SINGAPORE 2.1.86 Penang Vessel •Smppore Oosmf lam CY 31/12 WOO MRS CfS JO/1? 1/00
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 441 14 m Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South West Pacific North Wast Feadar at Tokyo Feadar at Kobe Matter VSL BEBHU M. I. APOLLO ZHIANOU YAMASHN H Mater VSI SEAT S BEBHU a 6/2 HMOK a 10/2 I. ALLIANCE 19/2 CALFORMA V. 25/2 Atlantic/Canada Feadar at Kobe IMher
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    • 280 14 ~!~i KIT ARRIVAISN ROUEN 7/1. BARKR TEXAS 7/1. N ROSAMG 27/1, BARBER PERSEUS 77/1 TO: CALIFORNIA PANAMA US ATLANTIC US GULF E. CANADA T v> mrr Mu accepts* contn tor Houston (M.B). S Francisco OjfcLmti Stockton and Sat Oep nj I Angeles Charleston «u Saeti TO: CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA CMHBKMI
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 986 15 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Re Ltd Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok COHTAIHERSHP SERVICES TO/FROM BANGKOK STORE BKOK PEGASUS PMM V4ION 01-01 lan 03-0* lan PEGASUS PRDE V4IIN 07 08 lan 10-11 iai BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD BANGKOK TEL: *****80
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    • 781 15 APPOINTMENT Shipping company requires very experienced Executive to look after vessels, mostly tankers, visiting Singapore for calls and for drydocking. Suitable candidate should have minimum 10 years experience, be fully conversant all aspects of ships agency matters and have good relationship with maior shipyards/PSA Attractive salary for successful applicant please
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 403 16 Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS On carriafe to Scandmavia. Med, Carribean &S. America Hand hatdage to inland destinations in Europe Spare PKetanf Penanf LeiioeifMbio Genoa Hbwj d n Bh««< A werp Al Mubarakiah 8/2 10/2 12/2 1/3 >9/3 15/3 12/3 en vows io/2 14/3 19/3 7/3 FROM N. CONTINENT &UK IMPORTS
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    • 216 16 FUUV CONIAINIRISED 10 ffiOM NOOTH AMERICA WEST COAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE To/From BUSAN CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO IRAN/PERSIAN GULF AGENTS: CROWN MARINE CO (PTE) LTD TEL: ***** M (7 LMM) SUB-AGENTS Pkatang Tat: 7M72*/PM<ang Tat: ****** 88 evert ~?eas JtXaiiilmc. do. Pie. jZt2 Agents tor P T GESURI LLOYD P I BAHARI
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    • 421 16 Hal Sun Hup Co (Pte) SSSSf T EL *****06 (20 Lines) TLX R*****1 |~eV:astki{\ CAR M\KU. LTD. IML INTERMARITIME LTD K Kiubakj Trt: *****0 lakjrla let: *****1 REUNION/SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS KK KM Tft Ktn St PR Mm Dbn a K CI SARMA V 66 SM SM ki
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    • 427 16 EVERGREEN Full Container Service US WEST COAST SERVICE FEEDER VSL EWER glory EVE* OF TED EVER GLEAMY EVER GRAND EVER GENUS EVER GOIOEN EVER GOMG MOTHER VS. EVER LIVMG EVER LMMG EVER LAUREL EVER LYRIC EVER LOADING EVER IMNG EVER LMRMG SEC STI PTL 6/12 9/12 10/12 12/12 15/12 16/12
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    • 343 16 US I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Loadmg for do KYOWA LINE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC SPORE PKelanf loadng for: KYOWA COSMOS 18/1 0. COURRCR AGENTS SWGAPORE PORT KELANG PENANG 6/2 Lae, Jay a, P. Moresby. Honiara, Kieta. Rabaul Lae, P.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 476 17 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 KOTA BANTENG 2/86 9-10/1 13-17/1 KOTA BERRLIAN 1/88 8-9/1 12-19/1 MiMfiStwjia *HI *f K£its 3 CHINA NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE TRANSPORTATION CORP BEINNG Europe Timber/Plywood Service K.KinabaluT(. Mani S pore P.KetanfLoadnf for SUMIKO 6/1 IN PORT 16/1 20/1
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    • 707 17 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS COWTAMR SERVICE FROM UK/CONTM Han*»| Eipress Saded Ouka Bit SM Kasufa Mm Saied Benayon 4/1 Honfkonf Eipress 11/1 Kratosn Bay 14/1 BciuWcf 19/1 City »t EdriMfh 24/1 Frank Iwt [.press 31/1 B HAVEN RT)AAI SAO Sain) Saded Saded Saied Saied 0/1 0/1
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    • 744 17 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE -FAR [AST TO FROM STORE CONTAINER •BAH T«0 UGH KltfK KAON m STOM GOWA Vt* 21 29/1? 23/12 TV 12 29/12 30,1? 4 I K S PORE TO JAKARTA/SURABAYA CONTAINER SERVICE I STOW I T ftlOU SURAfiAYI BUSAN i GONA Vot 27 HB I 4/1/
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    • 357 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon BANK LINE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONT IVYBANK A" SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG 20 Jon 15 Feb 25 Feb 20 Feb IYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE BULK TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICE USA SERVICE PACIFIC/GULF/ATLANTIC PORTS OLYMPIC MELODY
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 1178 18 ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. EEEDER VSI UTOPIA V 4 ZR" SPORE P*IG Pttt SPO« NAGOTA GUATAQUECAUAO ARO Wl EASTERN SPIEWCUt 5 lan t lan S lan 10 lan W lan 24 FA 1 Ma. 6 Mjf 7 M,, *7305 CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SEA FEEDER VSI UTOPIA V 4
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    • 748 18 716' AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container# PAeUnu l i»i Vessel Spo<e Nb-it liem Sf4n At.o fc.fpl 8 Un KABKDAS 15 Ijn 30 lan lilt i Feb Atfel Bm 7S tan RAMDAS 4 Feb 19 feb Feb ?6 leb AM Bm AAWDAS I Feb 73 Feb 4 Mi. 2
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    • 432 18 GOLDEN LINE W&O'l GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 1 23 IHok *rer Sheet SINGAPORE 0104 Ul ***** M (10 LINES) STRAITS/PERSIAN GUIF SERVICE: Sp GOEDEN BEAR Colombo Karachi Dubai Doha J/10 lan GOEMN cur Lotombo Karachi Dubai Bahrain 21/30 lan CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO PEKING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF
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    • 378 18 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. IUJH 10. Anson Road «27 16 International Plaza J Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1(1 0 Lines) BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S port P KeUnf Loadnt lor:SOU TURN PACIFIC *****21 In Port 1/1 ROT/ANT/IH (AVON) ANANGEL PEACE *****23 4/1 BES/ROT/AAT/W (AVON) BULK TIMBER SERVICE ON BEHALF OF ALL
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 627 19 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Ajents S po<f NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD Id No ol«K» Ternwal CFS BOOKINGS *****77 K 111 MUST TP* St* *****77 *****72 *****53 Ofl DtKECT LWS *****42 I Bahru HARPER WKA SON BHD 73«100 P Man, HARPER WRA SDN BHD *****1 3167*1 Plata HARPER WW A
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    • 627 19 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN, INCHON »ei«l No 7 P KHm| 5/1 17/1 1»/1 i/2 14/2 n/i j/i 14/3 P«un| bION SO* /SION WIN WIN WIN ;WM win n/i SPtWt »UNIS NfPTUNI AGENCIES PIE 110 IH ?/8997 7/?7B'>4M (Booking! ???7510 ??1?0?? (Operations)
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    • 570 19 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Smjapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG PENANG M/S SHARKAT WAH SOON SON. M> IST AND 2ND FLOOR MESSRS HAI THONG SHTPMC 127 Penang
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    • 118 19 if K&S LINE JAPAN STRAITS SERVICE SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37. Somerset Road #06-01, Ng Teow Yhee Bldg S pore 0923 Tel 235 8444 (4 lines) Port Kelang Tig a Pma Shipping Sdn Bhd Tel 03-*****4 5 Penang Malaysia Trade Transport ltd Tel 04 *****3 Pasir Gudang Malaysian Shipping
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 675 20 RcglMul Container IJik's S PORE SOUTH THAILAND SERVICE VESSEL VOY ETA STORE RAT ANA BHUM SIN 2 Jan RATANA BHUM S2N 16 Jan RAT ANA BHUM 53N 23 Jan RATANA BHUM 54N 30 Jan ETA ETA SURAT THAN! SONGKLA 9 Jan 11/13 Jan 23 Jan 25/27 Jan 30 Jan 1
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    • 111 20 Ip QJ si FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) L TD EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE SING A PORE/BANGKOK -4 SAILINGS WEEKLY Spore Bkk 1/1 lan 3/4 lan 3/4 lan 7/8 lan 5/5 lan 1/9 lan 8/9 lan 10/11 Jan Accepting both FCI and LCI: *ICL Cargoet packed al private CPS Mon-Fri 9am 5
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