The Business Times, 8 October 1980

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    10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 111/1/8# WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,1181 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      OCBC rates up
      65 1 OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corporation is raising its lending and deposit rates by a uniform 0.25 percentage point today. Its prime lending rate is now 11.25 per cent while its savings deposit rate is 8.25 per cent. Fixed deposits of one, three and six-month maturities will yield an annual
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      Lock icon Stock prices down
      67 1 Reuter SYDNEY, Tues. Opinion polls showing that the opposition Labour Party may win the Oct 18 Australian general election caused stock prices to plummet today. Stockbrokers said the sharp fall was caused by pre-election jitters following three recent polls showing a sharp swing to the Labour Party.
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      Lock icon Timber producers to meet
      72 1 Reuter KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Timber producers in Malaysia's principal timber-expjorting state of Sabah are to hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss reduction in production following a severe slump in the market. The chairman of the Sabah Timber Association, Datuk Majid Khan, said today the
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      Syria protests
      79 1 DAMASCUS, Tues. Syria has protested strongly to Iraq about allegations that Syrian and Libyan troops are fighting with the Iranian army against Iraq. A government spokesman said Syria will hold Iraq responsible for the consequences of such charges. The claim was made over the weekend by Iraqi Defence
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      Strike spreads
      69 1 LONDON, Tues. The strike by 700 dockworkers at the British East Coast ports of Grimsby and Immingham spread to the port of Hull when 1,800 workers there voted to join the strike. A spokesman for the Transport and General Workers Union said the workers will remain on strike
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      Lock icon Accord on investments
      59 1 UPI BEIJING, Tues. China and the US today signed an agreement to help promote US investment in China. The two governments initialled the text of an agreement covering the operation of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation activities in China. The corporation is a self-sustaining US government operation
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      85 1 AP NEW YORK, Tues. Stock prices continued to rise this morning amid hopes that interest rates may have peaked. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks rose 3.50 points to 969.20 in the first half hour. Advances outnumbered declines by a 2-to-l margin among New York Stock
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    Chief Price Changes
    140 1 Rises Indices D Keramit 1970 90 B.T.Indicator: Oct 6 Oct 7 Sel Properties 1500 40 9774.75 9703.24 Kings 500 40 Industrials: 614.56 609.67 Petaling 1650 30 Finance: 1143.64 1129.27 Austral Amal 1120 30 Hotels: 522.67 522.39 C Properties Town A City M Credit 300 205 242 25
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    KUALA LUMPUR
    144 1 Falls Indices Gopeng Con M U Ind 42.00 21.50 -3.00 -1.00 B.T. Index: Oct 6 Oct 7 *****.*****09.65 Kramat 5.90 .60 Industrials: 722.41 716.21 Berjuntai 13.20 -.60 Finance: 1060.10 1067.04 U Cables 5.45 -.30 Hotels: 380.93 380.84 Kempas 6.20 -.30 Properties: 582.85 589.96 Malayan (T) 6.35 -.30 Tins:
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    Japan likely to invest less here
    662 1  -  WORK ATTITUDES TO BLAME? By RONNIE LIM, Chief Reporter JAPANESE manufacturing investment in Singapore is widely expected to fall off significantly this year, and some government officials maintain that it has already ceased completely. Up-to-date figures are not yet available to give any indication
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    Lock icon Three to increase oil output
    264 1 Reuter AP SAUDI Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have jointly agreed to raise their crude oil production by a total of about three million barrels per day (BPD), the Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh said. The newspaper reported that the three Gulf oil producers
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    More cars entering restricted zone
    353 1 THE number of private cars entering the Central Business District Restricted Zone has risen again, despite the increase in Area Licensing Fees in March. Although the increase is small, it is nevertheless significant in that it is continuing a rising trend. Disclosing the figures was
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    Investment in Concentric
    246 1 A Malaysian businessman, Mr Eng Chin Ah, who is also a director of Goodyield Plaza, has raised his stake in Concentric Ltd, a UK engineering products and controls manufacturer, to about 12 per cent. Mr Eng told Business Times yesterday that the purchases were made as a
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    Mobil team wins Straits Times Trophy
    276 1 ALL the teeth-grtttiag aad imdl-Mttog wm well warth it la the ead, especially f*r the wiaaers ef this year's Natieaal Maaagemeat Game. Per 'Knnji Tal', tke wtaaiag team (rem MeMl, the reward far keepiag their heads daring tease memeata came la the term ti
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    CPF ready to enter life policy market
    492 1  -  By LEE YOKE MENG TENSION is again running high in the insurance industry with rumours that the Central Providend Fund (CPF) has finalised a second insurance scheme life insurance. Sources say the CPF has collated the studies of its consultants and have finalised
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      11 1 Singapore's Business World at your fingertips The Straits Times of Singapore
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      132 1 ASIA RESEARCH BULLETIN This unique publication offers businessmen each month a comprehensive guide to the latest developments taking place in all important sectors of the economies of countries in East and Southeast Asia The Bulletin is divided into six separate reports of about 8,000 words each There is a dual
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      NPB prepares itself for bigger role
      279 2 THE National Productivity Board hopes to establish itself as the national authority on matters relating to productivity and productivity improvement. The board is now working on a plan which will chart its future course of action. The chairman of the board, Dr Lee Chiaw
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      PARTNER WANTED
      119 2 MIKROKOSMIC Software has joined the ranks of companies offering services to users of microcomputers. Mr Terry Lim, managing director of the company, said Mikrocosmic would like to go into a joint venture with a distributor of computer equipment. This will allow the company to expand its facilities to
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      Company gets US$11m contract at trade fair
      401 2  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA A PHILIPPINE company participating in the Asean Trade Fair has secured a US$ll million contract to build 600 houses in Sri Lanka. The company, Honeycomb Builders, is marketing a construction package that is relatively new to this part of
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      VITB URGES MORE CONTROL
      95 2 THE VTTB is calling for legislation to control apprenticeship training so as to safeguard employers and apprentices. It is asking for more details to be included in the contract of apprenticeship, such as provision for training, wages during and after completion of training, NWC adjustments and
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      Swedish-made bus chassis
      131 2 THE Scania range of buses and otter transport, maintenance and ancillary products are on display at the Transpo-Asia '80 exhibition now on at the World Trade Centre until Friday. Scania-Bussar from the Scania group of Sweden designs, manufactures and markets complete Scania buses and bus chassis for
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      Call to check growth of m-cycles
      95 2 MEASURES should be taken to restrain the growth in the number of motorcycles and scooters on Singapore roads, said Dr Seah Chee Meow, a senior lecturer of the National University of Singapore. Addressing the Asean seminar held in conjunction with Transpo-Asia '80 yesterday, he
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      165 2 STENHOUSE Leow (S), a member of the Reed Stenhouse Insurance broking group, has promoted the following epmloyees: Miss Wee CkM Nee as manager, technical services. Miss Wee is an associate member of the Chartered Insurance Institute and a council member of the Singapore Insurance Brokers' Association. Mr
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      TRADE TALK
      160 2 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research and the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Singapore will hold a oneday seminar called 'Plastics in Industry Design, Processing and Applcations' on Oct 23. The seminar will discuss developments in plastics materials processes and their applications to the local industry.
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      SOYBEAN
      202 4 CHICAGO soyean futures on Monday finished near the top of a 20-cent range, up 23 V* to 11 US cents a bushel in mostly local trade. The crop estimate by Conrad Leslie, and Friday's USDA report, triggered local short-covering from the start and carried values to new day's highs
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      Lock icon India's plan to regulate world tea market
      373 4 Reuter INDIA will press for longterm arrangements with other exporting countries to regulate the tea market when the International Tea Promotion Association (ITPA) meets in Rotterdam later this month. Official sources in New Delhi said India will seek agreement on a floor price,
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      WHEAT
      198 4 WHEAT futures in chicago on Monday ended 11 to 7Mr US cents a bushel higher in active trade. Prices settled on top of a 10'/j-cent range. Local short-covering continued in late trade and carried prices to new day's highs. Values moved in concert with higher corn and soybean prices
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      RUBBER
      294 4 OPENING prices on the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked up 1.50 cents in line with afterhours firmer levels here on Monday but following some early trades the gain was lost fractionally. Subsequent covering interest and October shortcovering demand pushed prices higher in late dealings, dealers said. The morning
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      RAS PRICES
      373 4 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noea (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 295 50 296 50N Int. 1 R.S.S October 298.50 299.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. November 302.00 302 50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 284.50 285 50N UK/Coat 283.50 284 50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 281.50
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      SSR and SMR
      125 4 NOON SSR and SMR pricas ywt erday RA8 SSR 20 SSR SO <1 too pallet) (1 ton pallet! October (Carnal Mth) Buyers Sailer* 258 00 261 00N 256.00 258 00N Nmabtr (Forward Mth) Bayers Sellers 260 00 262.00N 257 00 25S00N MRELB No* Dec SMR CV SMR
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      RICE
      321 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S) per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.08, 100 per cent second class 0.96, 100 per cent third class 0.93, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.80. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.72, Special 0
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      LONDON MARKETS
      696 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday managed a slight recovery from earlier contract lows but still finished the morning with losses from Monday of £18 to £11 a tonne. Turnover was 917 lots including five options. March recovered from an earlier contract low set shortly after the finish of the
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      PALM OIL
      160 4 VALUES ON the Malaysian palm oil market yesterday recovered in line with higher overnight Chicago advices and on covering and buying support, dealers said. In the Central region, October and November were traded on ex-mill basis to Ms67o and $685 a tonne respectively, while in the North, November
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      Produce exchange
      172 4 CHINESE Prwtace Exchange, Singapore, noon closing prices per lMkg yesterday: Ceeomt oU: Bulk fob 120.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob {130.00 sellers, new drum fob $136.50 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) ***** buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $427.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq
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      Straits Tin
      98 4 THE STRAITS price In Penang yesterday remained saehaaged at M 52,131 a pieal (535.3 a klls), $14 a plea) helsw the lateraatlea al Tla Agreement eelllag. Steadiness was enesaraged by the overnight rise ia Lsadsa and eantlnned general bidding Interest at this level, despite larger tla metal «Hero
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      CLOSING PRICES
      36 4 Rubber: Oct 7 Singapore: Oct: 298.00 cents (up 2.00 cents) Malaysia: Nov: 305.50 cents (up 0.50 cent) Tin: M 52,131 (unchanged) (equivalent to $35.23 per kilo) (unchanged) Official offering: 203 tonnes (up 67Vi tonnes)
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      TEXTILES
      191 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) CattM yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,100; 32s 2.696. 40s 2,900 (per bale of 400 lbs). Ptem pifc: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lamb 6 unq; Flower and
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Lock icon Investors wary of high-price levels
      509 4 TOKYO Reuter THE MARKET average yesterday fell 6.07 ponts to close at 7,149.91 in thin, lacklustre trading with the volume 280 million shares. The Tokyo StockEexchange index closed at 492.75, down 1.00. Investors were wary of high price levels and the rapid yen appreciation against
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      Hongkong
      334 4 THE MARKET yesterday opened strong on a continuation of Monday's momentum. Profit-takers set in by mid-morning but the market maintained its earlier gains to close up 7.31 points at lunchtime. The afternoon session continued strong but on a more selective basis than recent sessions. Jardines and Kowloon Wharf again
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      Sydney
      256 4 STOCKS yesterday eased amid mounting indications that the Labour Party is clear favourite in the run-up to the Oct 18 Federal election, dealers said. Leading resource stocks, particularly uranium issues, were most affected. OCT 07 l Cents INDUSTRIALS A C 1. 205 -3 AN! 265 A P M 196
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      Bangkok
      211 4 OCT 07 Bah Us Asw Credit AMJ ntoi 110 unrh A>uthaya Inv And Trust Bangkok Investment 159 unch Bangkok Bank 262 unrh Bangkok l>ry in* And Silo Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Asia 119 unch Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd 140 1 Bala Berli Jurker 321
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      Manila
      104 4 OCT 07 Pesos Aroje Mining 006b ***** Atlas Vmm A Atlas CM B 43 -1 BaKUio C iold 005 -0 0004 Benguet Con b 100 1 Bh Goudrirh 1150 unch COCP 5 unrh Inco B IMM I .e panto B 152b -0 0025 Marinduque B IS -1 Mmki Oriental
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      Selected indices
      51 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 484.4 Friday 47» J Week Ago 475.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 985.70 Friday »50.88 Week Ago 921.93 H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 1318.47 Monday 1298.15 Week Ago 1213.68 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 717.71 Monday closed Week Ago 730.34 ALL ORDINARIES Tuesday 968.14 Monday closed Week Ago
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Japan to remove limits on capital and trade controls
      255 5 UPI THE Japanese government announced yesterday a bold decision to remove in principle all restrictions on capital and trade controls, effective Dec L The step is significant in that it will open up the Japanese market to the rest of the
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      Lock icon Industrial countries produced more in July
      446 5 AP MAJOR industrial nations expanded production slightly in July after declining during the two previous months, the US Department of Commerce said on Monday. The department's index of industrial output for major industrial countries rose 0.3 per cent for the month to stand at
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      Lock icon Poland's promises may disappoint
      360 5 Reuter NYT POLAND'S Communist Party admits that new reforms promised at a two-day meeting of its central committee will probably disappoint many people, and some already have expressed dissatisfaction. Party chief Stanislaw Kania led a chorus of charges at the meeting against the regime of Edward
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      Lock icon UK unions reject pay charge
      307 5 Reuter BRITISH unions rejected suggestions by the government and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) that pay is the single biggest factor behind inflation and said restraint must be discussed in the context of other variable factors, National Economic Development Council (NEDC) sources said. Union
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      Lock icon Opposition calls Trudeau a sneak
      162 5 Reuter PRIME Minister Pierre Trudeau has been accused by the opposition of trying to sneak Canadian constitutional changes through the British parliament to avoid disputes at home. Mr Trudeau on Monday asked the Canadian parliament to approve a resolution asking Westminster to make some changes
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon BIG JIM'S MOVE
        274 5 Agencies JAMES Callaghan will announce next week whether he plans to stay on as leader of the opposition Labour Party or resign, close aides disclosed on Monday. They said he will make the announcement at a meeting of the party's shadow cabinet on Oct 15. ALL («nip
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      Lock icon US denies Chinese charges
      200 5 AP THE US State Department on Monday denied charges by China that an agreement signed last week relating to the non-governmental links between the US and Taiwan is an "open violation" of American understandings with Beijing. Under the agreement, representatives of the US office which handles
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      305 5 r W f Wright Brothers at Tiara Supper Club September 28 —October 18 Take two handsome, clean-cut guys from New York. Give them music. Give them dance. Give them song. And you get an entertainment recipe that can't go wrong. The Wright Brothers, Richard and Barry, are dynamos of song
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    Raise price of CBD licences
    382 6 THERE IS a danger that while the seemingly interminable debate on whether or not to built a Mass Rapid Transit System drags on across the television network, the newspapers and otherwise civilised dinner tables, we will lose sight of the more immediate transportation problem facing
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    Joint venture is a better solution
    187 6 THE RUMBLING over the Government entering the life insurance industry has been heard for a long time now. But whereas the mortgage reducing insurance scheme is slightly easier to implement, the life insurance scheme is a complicating issue. And the effects are certainly more
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    Lock icon No bed of roses for Japanese
    864 6  -  Pointing an accusing finger at the lack of co-ordination in Beijing and at other limitations of the Chinese economy, Japanese businessmen are now pessimistic over Tokyo-Beijing trade prospects. By JIM ABRAMS AP WHEN Japan and China tied the diplomatic knot in September of 1972,
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    Lock icon THE GUESSING GAME
    968 6  -  FORUM with JAMES RESTON NYT WHAT would President Carter or Mr Reagan do if elected in November? What could they do? This is what all of us would like to know before the vote. And the maddening thing is that even their closest advisers don't know. This
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      1443 6 The political revolution THE PROFOUND Impact «f tke microprocessor on polities la k*th capitalist mad cammuiist societies is the •abject *f The Mighty Mien. "The Political RevolatUa" eames on at llllpo. All et us are familiar with matchmakers, especially these tram the female gender. Tonight, at Ipm, aa the Stevemeea
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    Lock icon Proliferation of incompatible recording format
    789 7  -  By PETER SCHUYTEN NYT WHILE US consumers are just now witnessing the birth of the videodisc industry, there are signs that the four-year-old video-tape recorder business is undergoing a metamorphosis. This will be an era in which video recorders become smaller and lighter, combining into
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    Lock icon The wired society
    1649 7  -  FRENCH TELECOMMUNICATIONS The backwardness of the French telecommunications system will soon be a thing ot the past. The French connection is now starting to improve dramatically. Its late development has one blessing; it is able to take advantage of new technology. The French is aiming to transform
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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        Paris
        269 8 OCT 06 Frs CORBEILLE Alr-Liqulde B S N Gervais Danone C S F (ThomsonCsf) Cle Francalse des Petrolee Compagnle Financiers Compagnle 472 1045 478 230 368.50 1 5 8 unch Credit Fonder De France Hachette (Llbrairle) Machines Bull Mtchelln (B) Paribas Pechlney Clflne Kuhlmann 438 290 54 816 257
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        Frankfurt
        214 8 OCT 06 Dm Aef-Telefunken 85 SOB Akzo 18 90 -0.1 AUi Leben 1040.00 Alls Vers 457 00 7 BASF 133.50 1.8 Bay H T Wbank 261 00 6 Bay Vbank 316.00 5 Bayer 114 00 0.7 BBC 294 50 15 BMW 171 00B >3 Cassella 330.00 .3 Chem Verw
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        Brussels
        95 8 OCT 06 Fro FORWARD MARKET A<w mn .3 Arbed 1424 24 AaMar 401 -4 Bructn 938 20 Bru -Lamb 1056 -8 Cinpac 1190 -12 Cock 196 4 Dp Been 363 7 Ebfi 1770 -30 Electro be I &3S0 -390 Ob-Inno-Bm 2220 -20 Gev 1236 -12 Hobok 2620 -25 Petro
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        Amsterdam
        204 8 OCT 06 FIs abn ***** 15 Ahold 68 TO 1.1 Akzo 20 TO 0.3 amev ■850 0.4 Amfas 102 X 0.4 Amrobnk 64 80 0.6 33.80 unch Berk Ly 6300 3 Bo Is 57-50 15 BorsumtJ 227 .50 -25 Burhmann 65 90 04 Byenkorf l~2 46.50 1 Caland 26.00
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        Zurich
        187 8 OCT 06 Francs Ac Horn Suisse* 296 unch Alusuisse Br 1710 unch Alusuisse Reg 462 unch Brown Boveri Br. 1645 MM) -15 Clba Gelgy Br. -10 Clba Gelgy P C 830 unch Clba Or ley Reg m *1 Credit Suisse Br 2545 -5 Credit Suisse Reg 430 unch Eleklrowall
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        Milan
        102 8 OCT 06 Lire Anw 820 unrh Assoc Gen mooo ->500 B&slogi _i_. 835 •1 Cenlfalf ***** -410 Fiat 2140 -49 Ftnstder S3 -1 Gen 1 m mob 2230 -50 IFI Pri 3149 91 Ilalremenll ***** 1100 Halts* 1334 •IS llalstder 334 Ma«neli M Pf S45 17 Marelll Ere 319
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        TORONTO
        207 8 OCT 06 ct AKl|ih4 23'- A Iran 43 t|i, Alfoma 37'. 1 Bank Mont Bank Nova Scolia 31 1 Bell Tel If Brlh Corp BP Can Ltd 44'? Brascan 37'. Camp Red Lake m 2 Can Imp Bk 26 -m Canpac 47'• Can par In* Pf 19 unch Carting
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        JOHANNESBURG
        315 8 OCT 06 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 385 unch Abercom 367 2 AE And CI #40 30 AMIC 2500 -25 Barlows 1200 -IS Cg Sugar 1650 unch CNA 610B 5 Currie Finance 243 •1 De Beers Ind ***** SO Edron 635 5 Edgars 8800B SO Eveready Fed Volk Z MS
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    952 9 NEW YORK stock market prices on Monday rose sharply across a wide area in the heaviest trading in more than a week, on growing hopes interest rates may not move much higher. The sharp drop in the basic money supply reported last Friday gave hope that the
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      Singapore market
      467 9 THE ONLY notable piece of news affecting currency movements yesterday was US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker's statement that foreign exchange markets have over-reacted to the steep increases in US interest rates, dealers said. Against the yen, the US dollar was quite steady in the morning after it
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      Hongkong
      148 9 THE US dollar firmed, particularly against the yen and sterling, in late active trading yesterday. Sterling weakened to a late U552.3913/23 from an early 2.3947/57 and a late US 2.3975/85 on speculation of a cut in UK prime rate. The dollar firmed to 206.45/60 yen against 206.00/ 20 and
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      22 9 THE average rale at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 12 per cent.
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      ASIAN $
      190 9 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Oct 7: U8 Dollar*(Spot) Off.r Bid 7 days 12 v, 12H 1 month 13 12H 2 months 12 13/18 12 11/10 3 months 13 12* 6 months 12 1&/16 12 13/16 9 months 12V. 12H 12 months 12 V. 8w.Fr*.
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      46 9 RANGE of prices often ■d by dlscount bouan i on Oct T: Overnight TM« Cftll depot Its: to 7%% 8«Uiac 3-month Treasury bills 7% 7% 3-month Bank bills 11% 11% 3 months CD 11% 11% S months CD 119/16 11 7/16 Source: National Discount Co
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      67 9 QUOTES on the Australia and New Zealand exchanges on Oct 7: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1.1781/1.1733 Starting 0 «32 0 4875 SO-day airmail buying rate*: Sterling 0 5179 US dollar 1.2251 90-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0 «71 US dollar 1.1MB NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank midrate: US dollar 0.9826 Trading
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      GOLD
      292 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday turned weaker in the afternoon on profit-tak-ing but the market still closed higher on balance compared with Monday's closing levels, dealers said. Trading was light and total sales for the day was recorded at 175 lots with interest mainly cntred on December and February contracts,
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      Silver quotes
      41 9 Mm FH New York 2120B 20.20B 21.40S Tm 20.35S Mm Singapore 21.20B 20.40B 21 60S 20 70S Zurich •a.ooB a 10B 21 30S 21 40S Closing prices in US dollars a troy oun ce. Opening price. Source: Credit Suisse
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      London
      312 9 THE DOLLAR continued the steadier trend shown in New York and Hongkong in early trading here yesterday, in a reaction to Monday's weakness, dealers said. The movement came despite the easier trend in Eurodollar deposit rates although dealers noted that US money market traders on Monday were concerned that
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      Tokyo
      208 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 206.40 yen, compared with a 206.00 opening and 206.90 at Monday's close. Trading was active but nervous with the volume US$977 million. The dollar firmed again in moderate late trading on import covering by Japanese trading houses after heavy
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      Zurich
      49 9 ZURICH exchanges closing quotes on Oct 6: US 1.6318/6328 Stg 3.9067/9122 Can —1.4001/4014 D Mk 90.6959/7767 D F1 83.2848/3827 F FY 39.0775/1109 B FY 5.6444/6508 D Kr 29 3886 4119 NKr-33.6398/6674 S Kr 39.2902/3285 Lit *****/1906 A us sch 12.8009/8188 Port 3.2441/2578 Spain 2.2150/2179 Arg 0.08/9 Yen 0.7830/7841
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      40 9 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on Oct 7: US 1.8027/35 (1.7985/93) Stg 4.307/317 (4.310/320) Can 1.5447/64 D F1 91.85/91 S Fr 110.08/21 Lit 2.096/100 F Fr 43.06/10 N Kr 37.10/14 B Fr (con) 6.226/32 B Fr (fin) 6.180/190 Yen 0.1643/55
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      Growth areas for insurance highlighted
      392 9 OIL, energy and employee benefits have been highlighted as great growth areas for the Singapore insurance industry. There is a great need for insurance brokers to limit the risks to which the energy industry is exposed since South-east Asia is becoming one of the largest
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      Three banks raise prime rates
      164 9 THE Bank of China, Algemene Bank Nederland NV and Malayan Banking Berhad today raised their prime lending rates (PLRs). Algemene Bank has lifted its prime by a hefty V« point to 12V4 per cent, while Malayan Banking is offering Vi per cent higher to its
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
    1808 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and repealed to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1-900 units, unless otherwise specified. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL A«ma (3.408 3.428)
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    Unit trusts
    167 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TBI ST OIR-MONTAGI iMuMfn' prim i far Oet 8) (Riaaagen- pneea Union Spore Fund far Oet I) 1.17 1.22 The Commerce The Savings Fund 2 90 182 306 1.91 INCOME BOND PNTT S'pore Pro* Fund 1.30 1.36xd Income Bond 1 30 1 36 S pore Sec.
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    2759 10 Gr'g Gr*. Net 1AM) Last Div Div Y*ld P/E Vol Day Hi«k Low Company Sale or- Cvr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 372 245 Acma 340 -2 15.0 2.8 4.4 13.4 I 340 340 276 220 Alcom 260 12.0 2.5 4.6 14.7 149 116 Allied
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    2158 10 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. INDt STRiALS AJUmmU <2.405) Umo <2 60S) xd Alex H«M (1 458)
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    Prices waver in moderate activity
    591 10 LIGHT support duiig tke latter part of tke day helped the Singapore stock market to recover seme of its earlier learns yesterday, bat the overall tread was somewhat weak. Opealag prices had been quite firm aad baying Interest fairly keea bat towards the aeea close,
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    Broadly lower close at KL
    652 10 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market succumbed to persistent light selling to close broadly lower in continued cautious trading yesterday. Sentiment remained generally subdued and, for the second consecutive day, the market refused to respond to positive overseas leads. The Hongkong market yesterday improved on its
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      BATU Lintang's
      34 10 pre-tax profits for the year to June 1980 amounted to M 56.78 million compared with 15.28 million the previous year. Gross proceeds from sales rose to $22.76 million from $18.09 million previously.
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      Tan Chong wheels into heavy vehicles market
      643 11  -  By CATHERINE ONG TAN Chong is laying the groundwork for an aggressive thrust into the heavy commercial vehicles market which it considers as having good growth potential. Two companies were formed at the end of last year on both sides of the causeway
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      357 11 SHAREHOLDERS of KlMag Gaaa Holdings approved the proposed three-for-five bonus issue at an EGM on Sep 30. The bonus issue, amounting to $4.92 million, will be capitalised from the unappropriated profits of the company. The new shares will in all respects rank pari passu with the existing shares.
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      Bolton gains from property boom
      183 11 BOLTON Properties should continue to reap gains from the strong housing and property boom during its second half as group pre-tax profits more than trebled to $868,915 at the interim stage. Higher income is expected from its housing development towards the later pari of this
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      Time needed for market recovery
      366 11 V Market Talk... MOST individual price charts of leading stocks are currently reflecting a "very weak technical pattern", warns portfolio managers James Cowan Associates (JCA), and investors should be prepared to sell into any rally to lighten their holdings. In the latest issue of Forecast,
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      Sentosa hit by depressed export market
      391 11 TIMES seem to be bad again for Sentosa Plywood, with interim earnings adversely affected by depressed market conditions and a large loss on the sale of investments. The parent company reported pre-tax profits of $111,000 for the six months to June 30, 1960 compared
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      UAC confident of good growth
      390 11 UAC Bhd expects to be back on the growth path in the current year after a year of static performance due to expansions and modifications. Outgoing chairman John B. Reid, in his review of the year ended June 30, 1980, says the continuing emphasis on
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      Rise in profits at Parit Perak
      230 11 PARIT Perak Holdings, an investment holding company under Mr Lee Loy Seng's group of companies, achieved a 27 per cent rise in pretax profits to $7.01 million for the year ended June 30. The profit increase was made on a 23 per cent rise
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      482 11 mm*** by HOCK LOCK SIEW MUCH has been reported about the celebrated meeting in San Francisco between the directors of the Malaysian company, Good yield Plaza, and the chairman of Dunlop UK, Sir Campbell FYaser. I have it on good authority that the following was what actually transpired
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    Lock icon Alarming turn in Iran-Iraq war
    447 12 AP IN an alarming new turn in their war, Iran and Iraq have begun sending jet bombers against each other's oil installations, the most sensitive areas of their economies. The extent of damage cannot be determined precisely, but Iraq has strengthened the defences around some
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    Lock icon Carrian group strikes again
    183 12 UPI THE mysterious Carrian group is buying into yet another Hongkong company, this time in the securities industry. The Carrian group has come to life in Asian finance in recent months, spending large sums of money to buy prime Hongkong real estate, a 30,000tonne bulk carrier
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    LONDON STOCKS
    810 12 LONDON, Tues. Share prices closed mixed while government bonds were a touch lower after better than expected UK banking figures, dealers said. At 3.00 pm the Financial Times index was up 0.4 at 484.8. Equity leaders were generally 2p or 4p either side of last night's closing levels
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    Lock icon US clamps down on visas for Japanese
    166 12 NYT THE United States has quietly tightened its procedures for granting visas to Japanese citizens who are sent by their companies to work in the many Japanese-owned installations in the US. The action, which has been communicated in letters to Japanese companies without
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    Traders expect bullion to rise
    503 12 MOST gold traders in New York expect the long-term price of bullion to rise. The reasons given read like newspaper headlines: inflation, record US Federal budget deficits, the threat of Middle East conflicts to oil supplies and so on. But this is of small comfort
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    Lock icon Banker says yen may rise
    115 12 Reuter THE yen may rise to a rate of 175 to the US dollar before the end of next March, a leading Japanese banker predicted. The yen closed trading in Tokyo yesterday at 206.40 to the dollar. Mr Hiroshi Ogai, general manager of Sumitomo Bank's
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      323 12 ADveantttmtrr Accountant Does Tango In Boardroom A respected accountant recently broke with tradition and began tangoing in his company's boardroom. The reason for this spontaneous outburst was due to a particularly pleasing annual report. Said the accountant in an interview, "Things have really gone well this year. Last year, rising
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      60 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Mainly fair. Report for 24 hian prior to 7JI p.m. on October 7 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.5 Associated humidity 62 Minimum temperature 24.4 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 9.70 Rainfall in millimetres nu Total rainfall for the
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      683 13 Shipping Liae Page C«l Adriatic IV 5 Afea VI 3 Afro-Eurasia vn 1 Alltrans VI 5 Alpac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 Anhsing vn 4 ANL i 1 APL m 4/5 Arab Line vn 5 Archipelego vn 2 Argentine IV 4 ASCL m 1 Asia Merchant IV
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      CSC makes profits on its new box run to Europe
      671 13  -  By LINDA CHEE THE CEYLON Shipping Corporation (CSC) has claimed a record in the shipping world by making profits on its newly-inaugu-rated fully containerised service to the UK and Continent. The service was started about three months ago using two
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        Lock icon China-Sri Lanka accord
        82 13 AFP China and Sri Lanka has signed the minutes of the eight joint committee meeting of the Sino-Sri Lanka joint shipping service, New China News Agency reported. Yuan Zhiping, deputy managing director of the China Ocean Shipping Company, and MLD Caspersz, chairman of the Ceylon Shipping Corporation,
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        Lock icon Workers to be evacuated
        96 13 Reuter NEARLY 750 Japanese workers at the IranianJapanese petrochemical complex at Bandar Khomeiny will be evacuated to Teheran, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito said. The US$3.2 billion complex, 85 per cent complete, was bombed by Iraqi fighters on Sep 24 and 30, but a Foreign Ministry spokesman
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        Lock icon Tankers grounded
        94 13 Reuter TWO Japanese tankers in distress in Philippine waters are being towed to Manila for unspecified repairs, a salvage company spokesman said. The Venus Gas, 2,337 gross tons, owned by Asia Gas Lines of Tokyo, ran into shallow waters off Arena island in the Sulu Sea 1,040 kms
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        Lock icon Gas is still leaking
        92 13 AFP EXPERTS were still trying to seal off poisonous gas which asphyxiated 19 people on an oil rig in the Gulf last week. A further 19 were still in hospital in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, where they were taken by helicopter after being overcome by the fumes
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      ECICS loan for FELS latest rig order
      344 13 THE EXPORT Credit Insurance Corporation of Singapore has guaranteed a US$5O million syndicated loan which will be used to finance the construction of a $120 million semi-submer-sible accommodation rig by Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding. It is the first loan to be guaranteed by ECICS
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      Container Schedules
      899 14 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (1) Each vessel's estimated time of arrival is advised by the Shipping Line/Agent and Is subject to change (2) All export FCL containers and LCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during the following
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1480 14 RATES for grain freight chartering out of North American generally ruled fairly steady to slightly easier with business rather small scale on Tuesday. An unchanged $14.50 fio was paid from the US Gulf to Holland in Oct while $29.25 fio was again paid for a vessel from the
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      Lock icon South Africa unveils six new counter-insurgency craft
      479 15 Reuter The South African navy's sleek strike craft, Jim Fouche, throbbed into life and cruised into the Indian Ocean on a counter-insur-gency patrol exercise. Bristling with ship-to-ship missiles and other armaments, the Jim Fouche is one of South Africa's six strike craft which
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      507 15 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Barge Chasen I (0700) 18 North Golden Summer (after Equator) 23 Hannah Lu (1830 after Nedlloyd Frazer) 3/4 Iloluta (0800 after Temburong) 24 Kota Alam (0700 after Louise Lykes) 10/11 Kwangchow (after Johneverett) 13/14 Pavlodar (after Profesor Rylke) 38/39 Pervomaysk (1500 after
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      Lock icon Denwood Ice drilling for new fields off Bintulu
      175 15 AFP A SOPHISTICATED selfpropelled drilling ship Denwood Ice which arrived last month is now drilling off the coast north-west of Bintulu The ship which is the first of its kind to be used by the state in its search for new oil
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      Lock icon Warships steaming to the Mediterranean
      687 15 UPI WITH fires burning in the Arab Gulf, France, like other nations, is worried. So the French Mediterranean fleet has sent several ships to sea to refine their war readiness, now bolstered by tactical nuclear weapons. There is no tension aboard the 30,000-ton aircraft carrier,
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      HOEGH BANNIERE'S MASSIVE RAMP
      446 15 RECENTLY delivered by Stecxnla Im. Ktmuy ParysUeJ, Gdynia, Is Hfgb Baamien, the first of three similar deep sea roll-en roll-off vessels being built fsr Lett Hoegh of Oslo. In tended fsr tbe Nsrtb Esrspe— West Africa trade, she featares aa extensive array ef cargo access eqslpmeat
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      2457 19 SCHEDDLE 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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      Lock icon Rates improve in most sectors of market
      724 20 AFP IMPROVEMENTS in rates were to be seen in most sectors of the market last week as chartering continactive. Against the general trend, the Chinese succeeded in booking three 30,000 tonners for grain from the iJS Gulf at $40.50 to $40,60 against the
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      Coast guard trying to stop Prinsendam from drifting
      247 20 vfafH all passengers and crew safely ashore from the crippled luxury liner Prinsehdam, the US coast guard has set out to cap its highly siiecessful rescue of 519 people by trying to save the burning and adrift in the Gulf of Alaska.
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      Lock icon Insurance union asked to reduce premiums
      183 20 AFP THE Japanese Shipowners' Association has asked the Japanese hull insurance union to reduce the war risk insurance premiums which have risen sharply following the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq conflict. It told the union, made up of Japanese insurance firms that the premium payments
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      547 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES SINGAPORE •to Reunion Durban Capetown Pt Eliz (also accepting East I BANK LINE FOR REUIfON ft SOUTH AFRICA STREAMBANK BEAVERBANK IS/10 29/11 31/10 12/12 7/11 19/12 15/11 29/12 13/11 26/12 n and Maputo carpi) Lukes/V Lines U.S. WEST COAST SERVICE Ok«d trow SfO Ltd) L£SUE LYKES SU
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      750 18 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD 1 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA no feeder Kims* n sr norto *sstis tk la se ny KariwMM SjM 11/10 I *u* *ct 24/10 4/11 tMjkikbn 25/10 4/11 Mm Tot Mvm 23/10 15/11 Clppar Act 24N 12/10 11/10 Qmm s (h? Brid|« 31/10
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      633 18 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH NEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTARKR/REEFER SERVICE lM*| Mr: lOS RMGaa SAW FRANCISCO. SEATTLE, lACORM. VANCOUVER BC Accepts* Fa/fd Mmn 10 iMUT _'>T 7£T' AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Fa/ra Mam NEW ZEALAND SERVICE imUTBI MB mi MB Tft MM* Fa/FO fl—l Lm*| Mr m IMt. I ARUMCHAL rtAOESK "VBMVA SANXSH"..
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      570 18 S (irouii SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD 20TH FLOOR OCEAN BUILDING SINGAPORF 0104 MARKETING *****2 <3 LINES) GENERAL *****1 1 14 LINES TERMINAL OFFICE *****83 TELEX RS ***** RS 2SS6B A 8 CARSHIP CABLE CARGOSHIP I lIHMMI I Container Lines WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK MK BOUNTY JADE BOUNTY MDC
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      678 18 Bgranard line INDEPENDENT A TTRACTIVT RA TES MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE ALSO ACCEPTISC COSTAtSE* CAKGO FCI OSit FOR PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, BEIRUT LATTAKJA. U MAS SOL. ISTANBUL PIRAEUS Specially engaged agents stevedores providing immediate discharge MM SMC V.4MI C 4* Part Sai Bowl i UHafcu crty STRAJTS/EAST ASM SERVICE S port
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      797 18 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. FabPf House 2WE Orchard Road Singapore 9 Telephone **********4057 d REGULAR INDEPENDENT SEMI/FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE S pare P. Ktianf ANANGEL GLORY MBS9 10 Oct In Port ACGS HELLEMC WB9O U Oct 24 Oct BOULOGNE/ROAM/ UK (AVON)/SETE ROTTERDAM/UK (AVON) Atmti Singapore MTtASEA (PTE) 118 *****11 BOOKMG
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      872 19 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): S.S. BODGE 28W.. H. GARNET 2W+. C. PAUL 24 W. K. IACCJM m VH. BODGE 31V C. RO2E 221 V K JACtWON 10W. f. Keiang I Havre •Containers feedered to/from F'stowe Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia
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      265 19 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL LINE (EIL) EGYPTIAN FLAG l N SHTPINC PTE ITD 1401 5. Robau House Shentor Smpporr 0106 Hi OS ***** Tel *****11 B*r *****43 REST M4IHYSM HS H (M) Sdr BM Kl Tel *****3 *****7 Pt Kel TH *****6 Hi ***** Penary Trt *****8 SHIPPING CORPN. LTD (BomtUf! 4
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      352 19 n OCEAN LINES REGULAR NOW CONFERENCE SERVICES MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE S port f Mtefti Penang loading lac EASTERN RUBY V 121 KB 27 Oct Port Siid/Limatul/Ateiandru nrMus/Bcvut/Rijckj/Bour|as P.T. BHINNEKA LINES NON CONFERENCE SERVICE FROM INDONESIA SINGAPORE TO ALEXANDRIA ITALY I SETE ETA ETD M.V. HO CHUNG V.INB (BIT 1974) 12
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      435 19 FRATA SHIPPING MOMBASA SERVICE M.V. BANGPLEE (BLT 1966) Singapore Mombasa 9/10 Oct 2/3 Nov FOR RATES BOOKINGS APPLY TO FRATA SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****04 GLOBE LINE LTD. Weekly service to Malt. MaMve Wands via Colombo SPORE COLOMBO MALE HD ETA ETD ETA Globe v. 1 22/11 28/11 5/12 ms
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      349 20 MALDIVE LINES ETA KUANTAN ETA PORT KELANG MALDIVE IMPORTER In Port leading for Male MALDIVE NATION In Port Leading for Basrah MALDIVE LOYALTY In Port Ldading for MALE MALDIVE PROGRESS 22/10 toStiing for Doha/Dammam/ Kuwait MALDIVE PRIZE 25/10 Loading for Basrah MALDIVE NOVEL 20/10 Loadhf for Gizan. Jeddah, MALDIVE PEACE
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      330 20 MAC-NELS^ ENC,ES LTD MKTODENT RATE QUOTED ON APPLICATION OUTBOUND/INBOUND-FCL-GROUPAGE SERVICE TO UK/EIMOfE-fCL/GBOMPAGE-SPORE HBURG ROTTERDAM UK AWERP lENARVE 15/10 5/11 7/11 0/11 12/11 13/11 TO USA/CANADA SPORE OAKLANO LA VANC (BC) NEW YORK 12/10 IC/U 17/11 30/11 10/11 ALSO TO: MAJOR US PORTS/MONTREAL, TORONTO TO AUSTRALIA TO NEW ZEALAND SPORE SYDNEY
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      32 20 NOTICE CARGO TO MIDDLE EAST 334 feet semi submersible barge for cargo to M.E. Points in mid-October. Can accommodate any cargo or vessel to 9,000 tons. Contact J. Collingwood *****7 ext 105.
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      167 20 n i* ft 1 N rc M m r. 9 to <*>> m v vO"WVj rSIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. °c .cr* °r» w tif_., Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height R Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather s-~S Wind direction with speed in
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