The Business Times, 23 September 1983

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 67/1/83 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,1583 60 CENTS
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  • 424 1 NYT THE United States' resurgent economy is still growing vigorously and, for the moment, inflation remains in check. The Commerce Department issued a "flash" estimate on Wednesday for the still unfinished July-to-Sep-tember period which put economic growth at a 7 per cent annual
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  • 164 1 TWO overhead MRT stations at Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang will be designed by Mott Hay Anderson Asia Pte Ltd in association with Sir William Halcrow Partner and assisted by local firm SAA Partnership as the architect/engineer. The Provisional MRT Authority
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  • 459 1 THE widely-diversified Kuok Group is expected to transfer two of its Singapore flag vessels to the Malaysian registry soon. This is in connection with its intention to set up a new international shipping line in Malaysia to engage in the carriage of
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  • 184 1 Italian bank in Asian market for US$70m ISVIEMER, governmentown«d IteUu bank, yesterday made its debut In the Asian dollar market by borrewlng USs7# milllen through an tone of floating rate notes (FRNs). The seven-year floating rate baad, to be leaned at par, bean a coupon rate of per cent above
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  • 403 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH DUNLOP Holdings will receive £82 million from Sumitomo Rubber Industries for the sale of its European tyre business, licences and its shares in Sumitomo. The Japanese company will acquire Dunlop's tyre facilities at Washington, Britain; Wittlich and Hanau
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  • 301 1 CHINESE and British negotiators yesterday resumed talks on the future of Hongkong after a seven-week summer recess. The two delegations, meeting as usual in a government guest house in Beijing's old legation quarter, joked with a large squad of Hongkong journalists covering the negotiations, but
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 56 1 Reuter FRENCH secretary of state for the budget Henri Emmanuelli confirmed that an inquiry is under way into illegal Swiss bank accounts held by French residents and said a number of people had admitted holding cash abroad. Mr Emmanuelli said "175 million francs of illegal capital has
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    • 67 1 Bernama THE Asean logo depicting five padi stalks will soon have another stalk added to it when Brunei's admission to Asean is formally accepted early next year, an Asean secretariat spokesman in Jakarta said. The secretariat had been told to produce the new logo and the Asean
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    • 68 1 Reuter THE Japanese Finance Ministry is considering legislative changes that would allow foreigners to buy more land in Japan and invest in companies considered vital to the nation's security. Ministry officials in Tokyo said yesterday that the changes will be part of a package of measures that the
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    • 70 1 Reuter INDONESIA will maintain its Opec mandated output ceiling of 1.3 million barrels of oil per day throughout 1984. Oil and Energy Minister Subroto said the Parliamentary Permanent Commission on Mining and Energy in Jakarta yesterday that the government expects the US$29 a barrel crude oil price to
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    • 58 1 Reuter A TAIWANESE purchasing mission leaves for the US today to buy US$6OO million worth of American products in an attempt to narrow the trade gap between the two countries. The Taipei Board of Foreign Trade said yesterday that the 40member mission, led by board director Siew van-Chang,
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    • 63 1 Bernama EXPORT of fruit and vegetables from the US to Malaysia, which last year amounted to 14,000 tonnes, is expected to double this year. The Agriculture Attache at the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said yesterday that this is due to the growing demand in the local market
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    • 59 1 Reuter A UNITED Nations Committee, overriding objections by the US, the Soviet Union, France and Britain, yesterday recommended that the General Assembly begin a study on Antarctica, termed the last undeveloped continent. All four powers declared their non-participation in the decision by the assembly's steering committee,' which is
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    • 52 1 AP BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said she is committed to keeping 55,000 British troops in West Germany in spite of some calls for reductions. Mrs Thatcher, after reviewing British military installations in northern West Germany, said the British troops "are vital to the future of
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  • 303 1 Reuter THE Ualtod Stoles and its allies la the Beirut peacekeeping farce are smassiag a Strang fleet eff Lebanon la what US «dlctats say to a shaw af support far the goverameat af President Amin Gemayel. Same af the vessels in the grawing
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  • 493 1 Reuter PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos yesterday hinted strongly that he would consider reimposing martial law following the deaths of at least 10 people in clashes near the presidential palace. In a televised address, he promised firm action in dealing with further disturbances and
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    • 230 1 \«s For mot* mtgrmiMn Cahners Exposition Group pirn* to«ixi 1 M Ttl. *****48 FRENCH customs officials have tracked down and decoded computerised lists of French depositors illegally holding accounts in Switzerland Page 2 THE controversy over the new Singapore Institute of Architects form of contract could adversely affect the training
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    • 4 1 Trade Ml affectML..P»ge 4
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    • 101 1 The Automatic Zoom PPC. very tender, very rare > 7/ HBHb There was a lime when there were no machines and man was the supreme artisan. His hands the tools of ingenuity. Testoni perpetuate the art of such craftsmanship. Each piece of leather hand-cured and metamorphosed into a collection of
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 116 2 Reuter REPRESENTATIVES from 24 developing countries meeting in Washington yesterday tried to adopt a common policy (or next week's crucial meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Monetary sources said members of the so-called Group of 24 countries (including debt-ridden Brazil, Mexico and
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    • 385 2 FT FRENCH customs officials have breached the normally impregnable bastion of Swiss banking secrecy by tracking down and decoding computerised lists of French depositors illegally holding accounts in Switzerland. In an affair which is proving highly embarrassing for Swiss banks renowned for their discretion,
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    • 331 2 Bernama THE chairman of Bank Bumiputra Malaysia, Dr Nawawi Mat A win, has dismissed suggestions that the bank's image in the international community has suffered following the overexposure of its loans portfolio to debt-ridden property companies in Hongkong. Dr Nawawi said the international hwnidng community
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    • 259 2 Reuter BRAZIL has pledged to eliminate its growing mountain of foreign payment arrears, estimated at about US$3 billion, and to end its temporary foreign exchange controls by the end of December. The commitments are contained in the latest IMF letter of intent, delivered to
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    • 275 2 BAHRAIN may well be the next overseas stop for the United Overseas Bank (UOB), which is pushing ahead its attempts to internationalise. In an interview with the London-based magazine, Arab Banking and Finance (ABF), UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw said the bank hopes
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    • 22 2 THE average rale at which major Singapore banhs are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.04 per cent.
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    • 189 2 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at 5 pm on Sep 22: U8 Dollar* Off.r Bid 7 days 9 15/18 013/16 1 month *11/16 99/16 2 months 9% 9H 3 months 9* 9H 6 months 10 9H 9 months 10 3/16 101/16 12 months 10 3/10 103/16 Dm. twin.
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    • 45 2 RANGE at prices oflert id by dlscount bouspf on Sep 21: Overnifbt: 3 Call depot Its: 2-3 riniif 3-month S«UiM Treasury bills 211/16 26/16 3-month Bank bUU 77/16 7 5/16 3 months CD 1* 6* 6 months CD 7W 1 Source: National Discount Co
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    • 73 2 THE dollar yesterday opened slightly higher but trading was very quiet due to the absence of any new factors to provide direction. Opening quotes yesterday: US 1.5035/45 Can —1.8510/31 Cross —1.2330/2323 D Mk 4.1110/55 D F1 4.4845/90 S Fr 3.2485/525 B Fr con 80.92/81.04 F FY -12.1185/345 Lit 2410.00/2413.00
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    • 525 2 THE US dollar fluctuated within narrow margins on the local foreign exchange yesterday. Volumes were below average, and the market was still not quite sure which direction the dollar would take. There is no clear trend at the moment, a dealer said. Opening slightly steadier than the previous
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    • 272 2 GOLD futures in Singapore yesterday eased slightly in late afternoon trading on some profit-taking following lower London opening but still finished marginally higher compared with New York levels. Trading was quiet throughout the day in the absence at fresh factors. Prompt gold closed at U*****.50/413.00 an ounce compared with
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    • 31 2 New York 11JS8 UKB U.87S 11.91S Zurich I1.8ZB 1190B 11J7S 11JBR WeSingapore UJBB U.88B U.87S 11 ass Closing prk *»la US doOara troy ounc e. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore.
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    • 81 2 THE dollar yesterday closed slightly lower at 242.10 yen after opening at 242.50/65 on selling by Singapore operators which was thought to be position adjustments. Until mid-afternoon, the US unit fluctuated narrowly around 242.50 yen in thin trading ahead of a national holiday in Tokyo today and because of
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 247 3 TWO MORE oil companies have raised the postings of their fuel oil to bring them closer to the spot oil market price. Esso and Mobil increased their postings earlier this week, following the move by Shell and the Singapore Petroleum Company last week. With
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    • 339 3 SINGAPORE Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan has warned that the continuing Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia is "making that area a cockpit for the contest between the Soviet Union and China". "We think it's very essential that we roll this back," said Mr Dhanabalan, referring to
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    • 180 3 Reuter THE London Metal Exchange (LME) has agreed to discuss with the International Tin Council (ITC) the possibility of deregistering tin brands from Singapore, ITC delegates in London said. The LME told the UK government that it approved in principle such discussions, although
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    • 507 3 A MALAYSIAN film company has been commissioned to produce the first "Asean as a tour destination" film to promote tourism to the region. The incoming chairman of the Asean Sub-committee on Tourism (Scot), Mr Joop Ave, said the film, costing about M 5250,000, would
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    • 316 3 INDUSTRIAL dermatitis, a skin disease commonly foand la Industrialised countries, has aecoaated far ■early sevea out of every 11 ««•es «I confirmed occupational disease la Singapore •ver the past two years. la 1181, out of 551 cases reported to the Ministry of Lsbsur,
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    • 459 3  -  By AGNES WEE THE controversy over the new Singapore Institute of Architects form of contract would result in adverse effects on the training of students in architecture and building. The disagreement over the new form "is likely to hang ominously over the industry for a
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    • 544 3 Bernama MALAYSIA hopes to have a shipping agreement with the United States soon to enable the country's ships to have a greater share in the shipping trade. The Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister, Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, said yesterday that the agreement is necessary
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 661 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From PAA PA5 0015 JFK/SFO/HKG FT FT75 0055 JFK/ANC/NRT/ TPE/KUL TMA TL351 0600 BEY/BOM SU SQ43 0750 DHA MAS MH601 0820 KUL CAL CI010 0655 JED/DHA MAS MH671 0905 KUL MAS MH811 0910 PEN SIA SQ1Q3 0945 KUL RBA BI421 1000
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    • 621 4 AFP ANGLOHongkong trade remained active and British investment interest in the colony was continuing despite the growing debate over the colony's future, City sources said in London on Wednesday. But some comments on future prospects were cautious. A Whitehall source said that unless
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    • 321 4 Reuter JAPANESE corporate profits would rise by 29.6 per c.?nt in the second half of fiscal 1963 ending March 31 1984, compared with the first half, in which they fell substantially, the finance ministry said in a survey report. The survey, conducted in August,
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    • 335 4 Reuter JAPANESE finance minister Noboru Takeshita has ruled out the possiblity that capital outflow controls and interest equalisation taxes would be introduced to prevent a weakening of the yen against the dollar. He told the Upper House budget committee yesterday that Japan would be
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    • 196 4 Reuter TELECOMMUNICATIONS developments over the coming decades could give industries the power to set up automated "robot" factories wherever they wanted around the world, a satellite communications specialist predicted on Wednesday. "Telerobotics can allow plants to be floated on the seas, buried in the earth (adjacent
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    • 248 4 Reuter THE Swiss government formally protested to Washington on Wednesday over US attempts to seize evidence against international commodities trader Marc Rich in Switzerland. Mr Matthias Kraft, a senior foreign ministry official, told a press conference in Berne that a US energy department subpoena
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    • 192 4 Reuter THE Semieaadaeter Equipment and Materials Institote, i US trade aaaaelstlea, aaM the Reagan admlnlstratlaa'a correat desire te tightea national aeearlty expart coatrals, evea with ather westera aatiens, repreaeated a majar threat to the U8 aemleaadaetor ladastry. "Western averaeaa markets are ladispeaaaMe to the grawth
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    • 319 4 Reuter CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's cabinet expected West Germany's economic recovery to accelerate markedly, chief government spokesman Peter Boenisch said on Wednesday. He told a press conference after the weekly cabinet session in Bonn that the centre-right coalition was satisfied with the way the economy was
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    • 149 4 Reuter A SPLIT has opened between Belgium's two main public sector trade unions over a plan to halt nationwide strikes, raising government's hopes that the strike could peter out by the end of the week. The Social Christian trade union, which is affiliated with two of Belgium's
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    • 414 5 Reuter A CONSTITUTIONAL dispute over the 1200 US marines stationed in Beirut took a new twist on Wednesday when a congressional committee voted to cut off funds for the force. The 20-16 vote in the House of Representatives appropriations committee came
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    • 408 5 NYT PRESIDENT Reagan, endorsing the suggestion that disgruntled members of the United Nations were free to leave New York, said on Wednesday that perhaps they should consider splitting their sessions between the Soviet Union and the United States. "Maybe all those delegates should
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    • 225 5 Reuter US ARMS negotiators in Geneva are preparing a new offer for Moscow in a bid to reach an accord before the deployment of new intermediate-range American missiles in Europe later this year. President Reagan said on Wednesday that the fresh instructions issued to chief
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    • 312 5 Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan has said he still planned to visit Manila during a two-week trip to Asia in early November, in spite of the furore over the assassination of Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino. Mr Reagan said be understood President Marcos' remark on Tuesday
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 383 5 Agencies THE total medium- and long-term debt of developing countries is expected to rise to US$637 billion by the end of ISB4, from an estimated $580.4 billion this year and $523 billion in 1982, an Unctad report said. Unctad said the 1984 figure, excluding Third World states that
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    • 546 5 Reuter FINANCE ministers of the Commonwealth were still divided at their annual meeting on whether the world economy needed reforming or merely reviving, conference sources said. The ministers, who opened the two-day in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on Wednesday, were hoping to reach a consensus ahead
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    • 479 5 AFP DESPITE strsag •bjex-tiMu tram Ihe Sevlet (Jatoa ud 111 alUes, the facsttoas af CunWh ud Afghaalstaa were laehM m the Meads ml ike Stt iriMin w tke Halted NttUn General AneoUy. The Malm, whleh wu tskea by the geaerai eemmittee at the
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 526 6 Reuter MAJOR sugar producers at the UN conference negotiating a new international sugar agreement have been meeting in private this week to discuss regulatory mechanisms and several problems have emerged. Delegate sources said yesterday that one key point is the size of security stocks,
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    • 294 6 THE RUBBER market In Singapore yesterday closed higher with October One RSS buyers quoted at 229.50 cents per kilo, up 1.25 cents from Wednesday. The morning session was marked up 1.75 cents on covering interest of October One RSS coupled with some forward demand, but fell in the afternoon
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    • 32 6 Rubber: Sept 22 Singapore: October: 229.50 cents (up 1.25 cents) Malaysia: October: 252.50 cents (up 0.50 cent) Tin: M $29.97 per kilo (up 30.00 cents) 130 tonnes (down 75 tonnes)
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    • 59 6 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday firmed 39 cents te Ms29.f? a kilo, within the ITA lower range of M 529.15 and M$32.M. A higher close in London led to firmness in Penang. The buffer stock manager absorbed most of the 191 tonnes on offer, against 215
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    • 237 6 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in 9 per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first clan (Kangaroo) new crop 1.06, 100 per cent second class 0.78, 100 per cent third class 0.T6, 25 per cent new crop 0.58, B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.61, Special 0.55. THAI
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    • 322 6 RA8 price* In centt per kilo yesterday Now (per Idlo) Buyer* Seller* Int. 1 R.S.S prompt f o b m00 OS OON Int. 1 R.S.S. October 229 25 m.75 Int. 1 R.S.S. November 231.00 231.30 Int. 2 R.S.S. 222J0 234.SON UK Coot 221.50 223J0N lot 1 R-S.S. Z1SJ0
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    • 95 6 NOON 88] 11 mi SMR prion ymtu wi*r RAM Oet*l ISZT! Mr tMth) liHm WtT— hs 1 1MJ» ifc*r IMtk) S8R10 SSRSO MULB (1-tta pail«i (1MB IMlbtl IMjOO I W OO trooN lHOON 196. OON 1MOON 8MRCV SMR L SMR SMRGP SMR 10 SMR» SMR 60 (1-taa
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    • 157 6 CHINESE Predaee Exehaage, Hagapere, aeea elestag prices per yesterday. Ceeeaat ell: Bulk fob $178.00 sellers, old drum (In second hand drum) fob $191.00 sellers, new drum fob $195.00 sellers. Cepra: Mixed (loose) $110 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $342.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq fob
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    • 69 6 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market renort was unavailable yesterday. LONDON Wed Tuea Malaysian 5% ffa bulk per tonne December 670.00alr 670.00alr Sumatra 5% ffa bulk September 660.00alr 660.00alr October 660.00alr 660.00b lr November 680.00alr 662.50alr December 685 00s lr 665 OOalr January 677.50alr 670.00»lr Nigeria 5% ffa
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    • 82 6 ALL months of CBT soybean futures in Chicago on Wednesday stood locked at the 30 US-cent a bushel limit-up in extremely heavy demand at midsessibn. Traders estimated unfilled buy orders at 66 million bushels pit-wide, with 36 million in November, 13 million in January, nine million in March and
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    • 145 6 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Wednesday ended BV4 to 5Vi US-cents a bushel higher in quiet trade. Prices finned in response to limit gains in soybeans and corn. An improved SRW wheat basis and renewed nrfllhy interest added support The Processional House bought 5.0 million bushels of December while
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    • 281 6 iwter THE EUROPEAN Cetfee Pederattoa (ECF) suggested at the latoraattoaal Ceffee Org»ajs»ttea (jo» uiks la Leadea that the IfO gtohal qaeta tor IKS/84 (oct-Bep) l«Mi total M mllllea hags sf kg»ta Ptoylag a mare wrmai advleery rate at the ICO talks thaa
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    • 823 6 COFTEE: Futures yesterday ended the morning £11 to £2 lower on a volume of 1,000 trades Including 253 crossed lots. The Nov position traded betweeen £1,742 and £1,731 a tonne before ending at £1,737 bid, £11 below Wednesday, on a volume of 373 trades. The market was expected
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  • 775 7  -  By KEITH STAFFORD Reuter HENRY Ford would have been delighted to see it. A long production line snakes across a concrete factory floor, robots weld in flashes of blue flame, workers scurry from point to point with components and conveyor belts slither beneath the
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  • 844 7 SINGAPORE'S plazas will soon become one of a thousand fields of battle in a David versus Goliath struggle. One one side will be the giants of the Japanese electronics industry. On the other, Sir Clive Sinclair, the innovative Englishman who has made a
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  • 752 7  -  By STEWART SLAVIN UPI SPECULATION is rife in New Delhi that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi will spring national elections as early as January one year before she has to do so to take advantage of a calm in India's maelstrom of internal conflicts. The
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  • 515 8 FOR THE past three-and-a-half years, the Singapore Institute of Architects, or rather a small group of its members, have been promoting the use of the new SIA standard form of contract. The new form has attracted persistent opposition, especially from contractors who are most vocal
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  • 783 8 Reuter YITZHAK Shamir, invited yesterday by President Chaim Herzog to form Israel's next government, Is a hawk who closely follows the hardline policies of outgoing Prime Minister Menachem Begin and seems destined to inherit some painful problems from him. On Sep 2 he beat
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  • 735 8  -  By ALAN ELSNER Reuter ISRAEL'S former Defence Minister, Ariel (Artk) Sharon, has taken to the hustings, stomping the country with a series of speeches designed to propel him back to a position of power. Mr Sharon, 55, who masterminded the Israeli invasion of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 765 8 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening Mowed by A House Is Not a Homo (Mandarin/r) (English subtitles). 4.25 Sports Spectaafar: A beautifully choreographed ice skating performance is featured. 4.55 The Rainbow Patch The Value ot Honesty 5.20 New Zoo Revue Bane: A window is broken during a ball game but no
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  • 1754 9  -  By PAUL LEWIS NYT HELPED by declining inflation and the strength of the American recovery, the economies of Western Europe are finally starting to pick up again after the deepest recession since the 1930s but only slightly. Indeed, the European upturn, retarded by high
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  • 754 9  -  By DAVID SMYTH AP THE gold coin business a US$2-billion giant is booming all around the globe as inflation ravages the value of paper money. More than $2.2-blllion worth of gold was minted into gold coins last year as 66 countries struck 192
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    • 77 9 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due March 25.1985 of A The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited. D B S. Building. 6 Shenton Way Singapore 0106 We hereby certify that the rate of interest payable on the above-mentioned certificates of deposit for the interest period
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    • 883 9 Balance Shsst As at 31 March 1983 Assets Cash, Deposits with Bankers. Remittances and Other Short Notice Moneys New Zealand and Overseas Government and Local Body Securities Advances. Bills Discounted. Lease Receivables and Other Debts due to the Bank after deducting Provision for Bad and Doubtful Debts Investments in Other
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    • 177 11 s*pt n ABM ru 374.00 tl Kbb KIM MM 14BJ0 MM •u •i.i -OJ AboM Akao AMKV itim MM 1T710 1.4 0.4 +11 Nunkn National Nad MadUofd Nmb /Via rirlntMn ::t:Z 4IM 1MM '93.00 +14 +SJ 1J Amfu Amrobok 91.00 61 JO 1 -OJ 146J0 MiM 1 +s UCV
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    • 1160 11 NEW YORK WALL STREET stock prices on Wednesday closed moderately lower as concern grew that the nation's economy is still growing too quickly, and as institutional Investors took profits following Tuesday's record rise. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which ended on Tuesday at a high of
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    • 175 11 SEPT 31 m GROUP B CORBEILLE 1X10 unch Alr-Uquid* m it Financier* da L Union tuo OJB BIN Otmli DtQOM 1MB 18 Lafar*e lioet-HtniMMf aojo iia 10 IS Oon.PtrtbBi iaa +M CSP (TbomaonHm Patrota* Credit Pooctar Da Prance ia «M -8-8 114 P«nArrojrm 4BJ0 lUdftoUehnJqut 410 GROUP C L»
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    • 936 11 SHARE prices closed «lightly firmer yesterday although trading remained quiet ahead of today's BP share sale, with interest mainly centred on special situations, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times Index was up 1.8 points at 707.8. Oils and electrical* were Arm features as both sectors recovered from
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    • 391 11 AUSTRALIAN share prices yesterday fell widely, led by sharp declines in the resource sector, as the slide which began nine days ago accelerated following a downturn overnight on Wall Street. However, trading was relatively light, due in large part to the closure for a state holiday of the Melbourne
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    • 267 11 WIGMORES Ltd's offer for Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd is part of the long-term objectives of the parent company, the Bell Group Ltd, and not an attempted misuse of the free market system. The group's chairman Robert Holmes A Court said that any business
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    • 525 11 PRICES yesterday closed marginally higher after fluctuating narrowly in light trading with some speculatives leading the way. The market average rose a provisional 7.74 to close at 9,280.30, after being 19.59 down on Wednesday's close at the end of the morning. There was little trading throughout the
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    • 133 11 SHARE prices again closed higher In quiet trading yesterday. SEPT a Bahta Aofcham Thai Am ribra 1M ♦i Bangkok Bank Bank Of Arudhaym IM Be MB unch unch Bate Shot Bull Juckar Charooof Thai Wirt Z 41* unch Ptr*t Trust Z 61 75 05 Ooodyaat Induitn&i rintnOt Corp Jalaprailian
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    • 87 11 BUT a P eeot A CO)# Mlnlnt Anglo Phil Ami Minim UNM unch AUM CM.T Bagulo Oeld JOJO L001 unch *?0j001 Basic Petroleum Bencuet Coo. CDCP Pint Pbll KMC* r? an us 0.11 unch unch -0J unch inch Manuel Oriental B MM OjOU Phil Omai Phltaz B Pi cop
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 127 11 sign of good For details write to Lombard North Central PLC. Banking Services. Dept 510. 17 Bruton Street. London WIA 3DH. England Telephone 01-409 3434 The Art of Eating... IndonesianStyle r \5 f' BOROBUDUR 101 Thomson Road «01 52 Gol<lhill Square Singapore 1130 Tel 2"SO3 t >Bo I'hai Seafood Served
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    • 279 11 7 GUTHRIE BERHAD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE The Directors are pleased to announce that at the Meeting held at the direction of the High Court in Singapore on 19th September, 1983, shareholders unanimously approved the Company's proposed Scheme of Arrangement, which remains subject to the sanction of
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  • 2896 12 BID and offer prices offlrially listed and hiMlf in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded dMwi in bracket» in lota of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 3549 12 Gr'i Or*s Net IMS Last Div Div YTd P/E Vol Day Hi«k Low Coapu; Sal* +©r- Cw (•000) High Law SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 280 235 Acma 240 3 7.5 3.1 200.0 3 240 237 354 148 Alcom 272xd unch 54 34 14 24.0 24 272 272
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  • 1869 12 BID «ad after prices officially Hated •ad burinai la sad lapartod to the KueU Lumpwr Stock Blirlw— I yesterday, with the asmher of dm traded ritown la brackets in tots of 1,000 units uateee oCherwtoe apedfled. Dounuu i|,im (4.Q08 4.OCS) Alee* (IMB 2 90S) (4) 1.00 (1)
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  • 793 12 BOLSTERED by Wedaesday'i sharp rise, share prices kept ea the aptread at the toeal stock market yeaterday. Flaaaee stocks, la partlealar, were active. Oaly SI stocks saw prlee deellaes. The Basis ms Times Cempeslte ladex rme IJB patats to MMI aad the Straits limes tadastrlal
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  • 565 12 SHARE prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market finished higher (or the third straight session in more active trading yesterday. In spite at the moderately lower close on Wall Street at midweek, local prices started on a slightly steadier footing and, thereafter, rose gradually for
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 549 13 BUILDING materials manufacturer and supplier CI Holdings Bhd is hopeful that steps being taken to diversify its earnings base can counter the effects of increased competition in its traditional roofing business. Stating this in his annual address to shareholders, chairman Alan F Stark pointed
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    • 175 13 Managers' pri n 1 1 MINK UNIT The Q—e» The Savings Fund S'pore Prof Fund S'pore Sec. Fund S'pore Invest Fund S'pore Equity Fund 1BU 3 44 1.H 1.50 135 1.15 1.54 W 3.66 2.10 1.59*d 2.39 IS 1.63 DIAMOND MOT 6 S'pore Fd(US») St LTC-AFT UNIT 1
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    • 148 13 BON VESTS Holdings Limited: Annual general meeting to be held at 16 Raffles Quay #20-50, Hong Leoug Building, Singapore 0104, today at 9.30 am. HOTEL Tal-Paa limited: Second annual general meeting to be held at Hotel Tal-Pan, 101 Victoria Street, today at 10 am. JACK CUa-MPH limited: Annual
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    • 242 13 Reuter THE Bell Group Ltd has offered to purchase all the operating assets of the Wigmores Ltd group for A 540.01 million on Dec 31, both companies announced in Perth, Australia. This would give Wigmores, which is making a share and cash
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    • 118 13 MALEX Industries Bhd, which makes asbestos sheets, has continued to report deteriorating profits for the half-year ended June 30, 1983. Pre-tax profits fell by 17 per cent to MJ2.59 million in spite of a 17.4 per cent increase in turnover to $15.56 million. Its announcement
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    • 962 13  -  Mark«t Talk... By NAJEEB JARHOM THE shares of Prima Ltd and Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd have been strongly recommended for medium- and long-term investment by stock broking firm Alfa-Paciflc Securities. Describing Prima as a stock with very solid fundamentals, tightly
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    • 181 13 BERJUNTAI Tin Dredging Bhd has turned in sharply lower profits for the full year ended April 30,1983. Audited pre-tax profits for the period showed a 342 per cent drop to MJ14.22 million. After a tax charge of f7.1 million, earnings fell by 41.4 per
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    • 146 13 LEONG Hsat UmMm has subscribed for a further 560,000 shares of $1 each fully paid in its whollyowned subsidiary, Ferro Engineering A Construction PteLtd. THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has queried Peg! Malaysia BM whether any substantial shareholders has interests in the proposed acquisition of 81.74 per cent
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    • 878 13 Carnal Ex Baato Data Tatal tar Malta ssr" Data Qm Payable NYA tfce year ABN NYA NYA 13% 39% IIMB 2v*%i Sep 15 Sep 27 Oct 25 3*% 5% Alas llisi 9%<b) 9%TE<b) Sep 13 NYA Sep 19 NYA Sep 28 NYA 6%TE e% ApaBa 5%I Sep 36
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    • 400 13 Reuter BAT Industries PLC expects 1983 full-year attributable profit to show an increase over last year well In excess of the UK Inflation rate, barring adverse currency movements. Market sources noted the latest year-00-year retail price inflation figure, to August, was 4.C per cent. BAT» attributable
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    • 146 13 MALAYAN Flour Mills Bhd has managed to achieve slightly better profits at both group and company levels for the six-month period ended June 30, 1963. Group unaudited pre-tax profits showed an 11.5 per cent improvement, to MJ5.78 million, in spite of a marginal reduction in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 109 13 September 24th Mr. G. Benedictus, General Manager of IMPORT-EXPORT INFORMATION SERVICES arrives in Singapore If you want to enter the European t Market, then use the possibilities Im-port-Export Information Sen/ices offers Through an experience of almost 40 years we have good knowledge of the European market, its importers and languages.
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    • 216 13 JAT> British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Ltd. ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors Is pleased to announce the unaudited results for the first half of the year to 30th June 1983:GROUP RESULTS TURNOVER NET PROFIT BEFORE TAX ESTIMATED TAXATION ESTIMATED PROFIT AFTER TAX DEPRECIATION ***** ***** ***** ***** The growth achieved In
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 179 14 Rises Mentakab 820 -*-100 Indices M Biaklti M A A 985 1050 35 20 BT Composite: Sep 21 Sep 22 K L Industrie* 000 20 933.S3 942.91 I C S 685 20 BT Indicator: *****13 *****70 S N P L 530 20 ST Industrials: 960.53 987.39 C C M
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      158 14 Rises Indices M Mosaics 870 170 i Sep 21 Sep 22 KiUinghall 1320 130 Talam 480 80 MBT Indicator: *****57 *****63 MA A 1170 +50 NST Industrials: 1370.71 1375.69 M Banking 1090 40 NST Finance: 2602.31 2648.87 OCBC 1210 +30 NST Hotels: 662.24 662.48 KLInd 770 +25 NST
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    • 48 14 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 714.9 Week Ago 724.4 Wednesday. 849.06 Week Ago 898.66 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 871.6 Wednesday 874.4 Week Ago 882.5 ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 706.5 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 706.0 Tuesday 705.2 Week Ago 699.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 1243.29 Tuesday 1249.19 Week Ago 1229.47
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    • 128 14 AP THE NEW York stock market gave groupd again yesterday morning, continuing the retreat it began on Wednesday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 1.62 points to 1241.67 in the first half an hour. Losers held a 4-to-3 lead over gainers in the early
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  • 533 14  -  MHB Companies Editor: Mano Sabnani By NAJEEB JARHOM BRITISH-American To ba cco Co (Singapore) Ltd, which chalked up record earnings last year, has reported an almost unchanged group pre-tax profit of $10.75 million for the first half of this year, due mainly to a
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  • 423 14 ORIENTAL Holdings Bhd, which holds the Honda fraaehloe, has managed on Impressive growth In Interim profits In spite of rising eosts and keen competitor the rix months ended June 39, the motor-based group, which also has diversified Interests In property sad plantations, chalked sp a 99
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  • 200 14 A TURNAROUND in its textile operations and contributions from property activities combined to give a boost to interim earnings at Taiping Textiles Bhd. For the first six months of this year, group pre-tax profits rose by 83.3 per cent to M 51.21 million
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  • 140 14 BOUSTEADCO Hngapire Ltd will be holding an exI traordinary general meetI ing on Oct 10 to seek shareholders' approval for > an increase in the company's authorised capital from $25 million to $100 million. FABER Merlin Malaysia Bhd has been asked by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to
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  • 219 14 DATUM Krtunat Holdings Bkd has reported a group pre-tax profit of MJt.M million ($4.4» million previously) m a turnover of $242 million ($4» million) for the six months eaded July $1. The company's direr tors are pipwig aa laterlm dividend of K rents per share, less tax, to be
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  • 270 14 i UNITED Estate Projects Bhd (UEP), developer of the huge Subang Jaya township outside Kuala Lumpur, is expected to turn in group pre-tax profits of about Ms 43 million this year. This is substantially higher than the $25.46 million it made last year.
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  • 512 14  -  By i CHAN OI CHEE A MAJOR shareholder of Malayan Credit Ltd, the Sindo Timber group, has divested part of its stake in the property-based company. Market sources said Sindo, controlled by the Kho family, had sold about eight million of its 12.5
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  • 256 14 SIGMA Metal Co Ltd has turned in a marginally lower pre-tax profit of $697,001 for first-half 1983. Group turnover for the period was down 5.4 per cent at $8.48 million ($8.96 million previously). Although the group has diversified, its earnings are still largely contributed
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 242 14 SEE PAGE 11 FOR LONDON STOCKS Prof. Gordon Wills 0n... Marketing Financial Banking Services Singapore, November 15 16,1983 This workshop is designed for all those within the Singapore financial and banking services community wo have a responsibility for marketing, advertising, marketing research, business development and selling. Banking in the personal
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    • 118 14 TECOM CONCRETE PUMP Simple Operation and Low-cost Maintenance kI.V- 3*L Haw jpisas- -jk& m hi 'J y Financial lease, operating lease and hire purchase scheme available Equipment Rental Lease available on Project Basis New concrete pump with improved monocone drive system by WHITEMAN MANUFACTURING U.S.A. High Power delivery up to
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 51 14 OUTLOOK for today: Fair. Report tor 24 hours prior to 7.31 pm on Sep 22 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.7 Associated humidity 63 Minimum temperature 24.3 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 6.60 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month 140.1 Total rainy days for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 185 15 Reuter MANAGEMENT of Ellerman Lines PLC's shipping fleet has put in a bid, backed by Chemical Bank, for the company's shipping interests, a joint statement from Ellerman City Liners (ECL) and Chemical Bank said. The bid is being considered by the Ellerman
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    • 655 15  -  By JUNE LIM JURONG MARINE Base handled less equipment and material for the offshore industry for the year to March 1963. Some 216,262 tonnes of equipment passed through the base, a reduction of 14 per cent compared with the previous year. The number
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 186 15 Reuter THE Far Eastern Freight Conference and Associated Conferences said some currency adjustment factors will be adjusted with effect from Oct 1. For the UK/Ireland area, the new CAF is minus six per cent, against minus three priviously, but after adjustment for European area differential
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    • 763 15 Shipping Uae P»«e C«l ACToepfer aim AhmUei Liner VI VI vn I s Alpac VI 5 Antara Shpg X J A PC Line V 1 APL m 4/5 Arabian Bulk Argentine IX IV 4 ASCI. Asia broker m V I i Au Merchant VI 4 Atlas Lines
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    • 211 16 Reuter WORKERS occupying the state-owned Howaldtswerke Shipyard in West Germany for the past nine days in protest at plans to sack 1,354 employees voted to end their protest, a union spokesman said. But a second occupation continued at shipbuilders Weser AG near Bremen, taken
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    • 526 16 BURMAH has cancelled the charter on another of its loss-incurring vessels. Cancellation of the charter on the Filiatra Legacy, a 117,893 tonnes deadweight combination carrier, follows the buy-out of charters on two very large crude carriers earlier this year. Burmah paid about $32
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    • 1854 16 AN EASIER trend has developed for grain shipments from the US Gulf to the Continent with two vessels being fixed at U557.25 on Wednesday compared with $7.50 previously, shipbrokers said. An unchanged $14.50 was paid for grain from the Gulf to Japan, however, while $11 was agreed from
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    • 326 16 Reuter BRITAIN'S Cunard Shipping Company was involved in a row sifter announcing that a £4.5 million refit for flagship cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will be carried out in West Germany. A spokesman for Cunard said the shipping line did not
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    • 196 17 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits
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    • 524 17 Reuter A SHARP increase in ordering of new bulk carriers in first half 1983 has postponed a tonnage demand/supply balance for ships of up to 80,000 long dwt, Lloyds Shipping Economist said. The publication said that at end 1982, assuming no further
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    • 119 17 Bernama OIL cargoes lifted from the Gulf In July this year rose by a staggering 37.5 per cent, according to the latest issue of Opec bulletin. The Kuwait news agency, Kuna, reported that the bulletin had attributed the increase to what it described as "the
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    • 197 17 AFP BRITAIN is negotiating with Chile to sell the destroyer Antrim as part of defence cuts ordered by the government. UK Navy sources said. A price of Cfive million has been mentioned but the sources said negotiations were still at a preliminary stage. The
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    • 74 17 Reuter EXPORT MEMBER lines of the Far East/East Africa Freight Conference said they will reduce their currency adjustment factor to 7.5 per cent from nine per cent on october Member lines of the Japan West Africa (Angola/ Cameroun Range) Freight Conference and the Japan/ West Africa
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    • 5628 22 SCHEDULE 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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    • 811 23 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godowns FCL Ship Voy Arrival for LCL Movement Date/Time Operator Cargo Schedule Location K Jacejin Mont Blanc M 20E 24.9.83 1000 Crown Marine FSB 1100-1300/2000-2200 F3/F3 Q3/G3 A2/A2 S2/S2 Kl/Kl B2/B2 A2/A2 B3/B3 L2/N2 L2/N2 Ll/Ll P2/P2 N5/N5 B8/B8 L3/N3
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    • 1844 23 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B Adriatic Caatalaer Continental Feeders <S) Cargo Freight (PK>. AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S). Ure-EiruU Um Transgroup (S). Ahreaklel User Servtoe Kim Shpg (S). Alfred C Taepfer Sea Consortium (S) Manntex Enterprise (PK). AlpM Intrasea
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    • 413 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Crania 15/6 Aru alongside 23.9.83/1700 Do Nam No 6 37/8 NAPL alongside 23.9.83/1500 Kota Banteng 10/11 PIL alongside 23.9.83/0600 Murrayeverett 23/4 NAPL alongside 23.9.83/0600 OsaBonaza 6/7 S'pore Shpg alongside 23.9.83/1500 SA Van Der stel 1/2 Jardlne alongside
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    • 420 15 BOOKS FOR .Times Bookshops EL JAR DIN I AM Ml FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE to ruaoPE via suez ICPTUK CMUET 16* nCATQR 32W KORCJW CHANCf 14R TRANSNORLD MDGE 17* KOREAN lACEJN 2IN acmn pmji 37* mw cucf 36* HKONG cam Ma 37* S. SEAS BHDS 43* Calling Brwethjyen after PKttang L
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    • 493 15 I3SEALORDO sS UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ, KUWAIT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE KKOM JAIWN TAIWAN HON(,kON(, I Al MAJNYAH *2+ |/9 19/9 14/9 QATAW BN AIFUJA'A V I 19/9 22/9 24/9 II MMUKH V 3 HAMUABI V.2 KMBQ4BV.I
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    • 25 15 I rasa LONDON Freights n/m CONSORTIA m SHIPPING Schedule VHI/IX WHO Acts for Whem IX CONTAINER Schedules IX REGIONAL Weather X SHIPS In Pert X
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    • 900 15 The Singapore's Straits Business Times World DIRECTORY at your Qf Fingertips Singapore (Buku Merah) MAERSK LINE FASTEST SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE TO EUROPE ANTWERP ROTTERDAM U.K. BREMERHAVEN HAMBURG LE HAVRE SCANDINAVIA 17 DAYS 18 DAYS 19 DAYS 19 DAYS 20 DAYS 20 DAYS 21 DAYS NEXT SAILING M.S. ALVA MAERSK SINGAPORE:
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 472 16 zmsa m.v. "Stele «f Trlpara" Vey: 11 inivM M September, IMS it P.P. Wharf o*4*wa N«. JM. General Survey of cargo ex the above vessel will be held on Monday 26th September. 1983, from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. No further survey will be held after this date. B. JI
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    • 374 16 Y.S. LINE yAmashita-shinnihon line COMTAIMER SERVICES USA/CANADA MIDDLE EAST Aho acceptng LCI Cargo nn cjrfo to Mil I Abu Dhabi CONVENTIONAL SERVICES SPOK LOAMS HM 25/25 5* Inct OIM. «ta BMi Mn Kwaft. I \*h Pan Asia Line. Ltd. CONTAMER SERVICE TO/FROM JAPAN TAIWAN AGENTS: SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE LTD Mam
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 836 17 mm The Straits Steamship Group oci Overseas Containers Limited CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok ■do owns KMUHRMT TOKO CJNCU OHM MT unrai mt CMBBWMT BHUO ■ntm lOMOOMMT 2C/lt 21/11 2/11 4/11 »/U 12/11 11/11 21/11 24/11 21/11 13/12 H/12 11/12
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    • 704 17 GUARANTEED SAILINGS. GUARANTEED SAVINGS. No matter how small your consignment, you only pay for the space you need. We take care of everything else. From your doorstep. INTBANS DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE LTD. 490-452 ALEXANDRA ROAD. SINGAPORE 0311. TELfX BORNEO RS *****. CALL SHAH 638-333 4 fg Franco Belgian Services ih
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 710 18 EXPORTS Sport P Kttinj S'tofl H'buri B'luvw Atom/ L« Havre OMaaaEipren 27/9 29/9 16/10 18/10 20/10 21/10 P 23/10 Kaafcaaßa* 4/10 «/10 24/10 2S/10 21/10 29/10 31/10 MaE*n« 11/10 13/10 31/10 2/11 4/11 5/11 7/11 Oufcatoy 19/10 21/10 6/11 10/11 12/U 13/11 IS/11 tankii Mm 25/10 27/10 16/11 18/11 20/11
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    • 449 18 CONVINTIONAI SI kwH f f' h BiMN Mil MCHON 31/9-1 Ocl| FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE Vl* SUE/ I Member Ace Consortium 17/10 11/10 20/10 22/10 25/11 23/10 24/10 2S/10 21/10 31/11 29/10 30/10 1/11 3/11 ft/11 FROM fIIROPf Vl* SIK/ J* Memoe- ot tfre Ate Consortium HJUai IMNMI ma
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    • 546 18 0 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPHNG Fa 4 ICL CARGO FOR: FlI ROM AMW iHV (Mr 20/9 u/l» am 2VI« 25/11 77/11 E»« WW 7/10 a/10 10/10 1/11 2/11 4/jj E.«C«c It/10 17/10 Vll VII 10/11 11/11 ij/11 •iso acceptmc ia/ra fa/fa m GOTtfMUK AARMfi COWWMEN OSLO STOCXHUM
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    • 444 18 Everett LinesT Burma Five Star Shipping Corpn jßk "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE" LOADING FOR RANGOON Spar* Plato* Nm PMAN PPW3OS/23 So? M M a/30 Sap 1/2 Oct msmnwmk 3/5 Oct KTOCTW* 5/7 Od F S S C m Molayvo BCHJSTEAD SUPPING TEL NOS KL *****4/*****7—PKELANG *****1/8 PENANG *****1/8 "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE"
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    • 246 18 rna»y, September 33, IWJ. Ti EXSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD SUN UNION LINE KARACHI SERVICE SMGAPOK P.KELANG KNNtt LOAD FOt 25/9 2C/9 KVKM A6EHTS SBKAPOK aNOS MMBTM PTE LID TEL *****44/7 I *****7* BOOMS SUMY MfftS COWMT ID. 2Z*****/3 PVT (SUM MM. 08 MMBTM OR M> TU 3*7232/3 POMNG MAUVSM TUCE
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 573 19 JVC PIL GROUP VEMCL* KOTA PCTAM KOTA PUSAKA KOTA WMAWAN KOTA MEW AM VOYAOC E-457 t-m E-4U C-4C7 ACCEPTWM CONTAINERS TO MOOH>AM/AQABA/PT.SUOAN/MOOADtSCIO •BMAPORt LOAOBM FOR: «rr hoocioah, jcdoam, ptsudan, Mogadiscio, mombasa OCT HOOeiOAH, JCOOAM. AQABA, PTSUOAN l'£ MOOCIDAM, AQABA. AOCN, MOOAOtSCK) OCT MOOCIDAM, JCDOAM, PTSUOAN, MOMBASA. O'SALAAM KOTA CCMBAKA KOTAMUUA
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    • 1599 20 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE PACIFIC COAST (laclndlag DESTINATIONS INLAND vU IPI/MICROBRIDGR A MINILAND BRIDGE) mn«m m me stok motor vessel t/jwt la/u omlm® Seattle KANSAI rota V2S SM SM In Pt SMI KASMU MMU«« (TK) 13 Oct 24 Oct 27 Oct ATLANTIC COAST TACOMA (VIA
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    • 671 20 KORINS MARITIME SERVICES K 114 Anton Road, #18-01, Tunas Building, Singapore 0307. Tal: *****22 A *****67 P Kalang Tal *****1/8 RED SEA/PERSIAN GULF/MEOITERRANE AN SERVICES S port Lotting For 25 Sapt Bond) Abbas IS Oct Assab/Aleumkia/Benfhazi/Tripoi 15 Oct Banda Abbas t Nov Assab/Altiambia/Benghaa/Tripoi ONEREST NO. 7. HAEWOONO. 3.. GUNONG MAS
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    • 609 20 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10. Anson Road »27 16 Intern.ition.i 1 P Singapore 0207 Tel *****11 <10 Lines) BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pwi P. Kctmt far:ARETI BBS3S 13 hi Port ANTWERP/RDAM/UK (AVON) FORT HAMILTON *****11 2« Sept ta Port I DAM/UK (AVON) ARANGEL HAPPVCSS 8M3912 I Oct 11 Oct R
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    • 600 21 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): »t the »Cf Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia MERCATOR S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1800 27/9 La Cargo 0600 27/9 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: JAKARTA SMGAPORE. PENANG P. KELANG.. BRISBANE... SYDNEY MELBOURNE. ADELADE FREMANTLE. 15/10 19/10 20/10
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    • 642 21 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: ANGKQK. KEELUNG BUSAN, INCHON 9mk/Vm Hi 7 Onaay lattew/MI 10/0 1/10 l/ll U/10 14/10 11/11 0/10 22/11 21/11 SEMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG. CHALNA CALCUTTA Nmh( CMtUfwt Cakatti 2/10 7/10 30/) 12/10 6/10 29/10 3/11 Ml tun' TUNAS Mil*
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    • 665 22 Ke<|i<NMl Container Lines j-rufiMiM j| 2 Sailings Weekly P tf) Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA VOY STOW SKI* HOT STORE PWHT RATANABHUM 151/152 Safcd h Port 231/232 3 Oct t Oct DATUM BttM 153/154 10 Oct 13 Oct 233/234 17 Oct
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    • 170 23 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT PTE LTD STDKY. MELBOURNE AOELABE. BRRBA* nnMNTLE UK POUTS SCANDMAMA LE HARVE. AKTWERP ROTTERDAM. B*t MEN HAAOURG ALL MAJOR PORTS WEST I EAST COAST 1 GULF AUCKLAH). NELLMGTON LTTTELTOH. WP iwtu rvw VIII** rwiJ UtimHlMtb UK •ALSO ACCEPTING M6OUNO CARGOES FROM THE ABOVE PORTS SEAGULL MARINE SERVICES (PTE)
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    • 598 24 Bohur BOHLER SHIPPING PTE. LTD ■g, J '37 Mortal It #11-02 Ink of East Am ||<|. Slafinn 0104 Til *****44 |3 liNtl Tttei IS ***** IOSHIP DIRECT REGULAR CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VESSEL ETA LOADING: HAN SOO Inport Dacharpnf TBN 24 Sept Banda Abbas KALLIOPI 28 Sept Dubai/Dammam/Kuwait HAN NURI 4 Oct
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