The Business Times, 24 February 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. *8/1/84 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24,1164 60 CENTS
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  • 442 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN THE Economic Development Board is keeping a sharp lookout for investors for Singapore's offshore support services industry during the current oil show here. Its industry officers, together with Houston centre director Jonathan Yuen, have been busy talking to
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  • 138 1  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF ASEAN leaders now in Brunei to attend its first national day celebrations met unofficially yesterday to discuss separate and bilateral affairs. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew met President Marcos for about an hour yesterday evening. The Philippine leader briefed Mr
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  • 439 1  -  Estimated 1983 output is $6.2bn By JOHN LIM THE local electronics industry climbed out of the 1962 recession and posted a record output estimated at $6.2 billion last year. This is 25 per cent more than the $4.9 billion worth of electronic products manufactured in
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  • 122 1 EIGHT Singapore manufacturers of electronic components leave tomorrow for California to participate in the National Electronics Production and Packaging Conference (Nepcon West). This is the second time that the Trade Development Board is organising ft delegation to the exhibition. Last year, Singapore manufacturers
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  • 432 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH EXPORTERS are facing great difficulty getting adequate cargo space from airlines to transport their goods to the US. This is largely a result at the recovery of the US and Singapore economies and inadequate cargo space aßocated to
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 129 1 Bernama PENINSULAR Malaysia's industrial production fell slightly by 1.3 per cent in October last year compared with the previous month. The production was also lower by one per cent against October 1962. According to the latest monthly industrial statistics issued by the Malaysian Statistics Department yesterday, the
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    • 66 1 Reuter THE ninth round of Sino-British talks on the future of Hongkong were "useful and constructive", a joint communique said. This is a form of words which has been used at the end of a number of previous rounds. The communique gave no details of the content or
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    • 78 1 AFP AMERICAN sales of high-technol-ogy items to China are expected to jump to US$2 billion this year because of President Ronald Reagan's relaxation of export rules fa* the country, Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige has predicted. Mr Baldrige, speaking before a House of Representatives special subcommittee on
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    • 84 1 Reuter YAACOV LeVinson, former head of Israel's second largest bank and a one-time opposition Labour Party candidate for finance minister, yesterday committed suicide, protesting his innocence of any wrongdoing alleged by the Attorney-General. llraeli police said that the Attorney-General recently passed a file to them asking them
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    • 85 1 UPI A 12-MAN official delegation left Jakarta yesterday for Hanoi for talks on regional political issues in the second visit in two weeks of senior Indonesian officials to Vietnam. "The talks with Vietnamese academicians and ranking government officials will explore issues such as the role of the
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    • 93 1 Reuter JAPAN'S industrial production index (base 1980) rose 3.6 per cent in 1963 to a seasonally adjusted and revised 104.9 from 101.3 in 1962, after a 0.3 per cent 1962 gain, the International Trade and Industry Ministry said. This is the largest rise in three years, due largely
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  • 206 1 BINGAPOKE Airlines has filed fer a It per cent increase la the freight rale for eiectr—le predicts. The Department «I Civil Avlatl— Is new evaluating the frif isal with the Economic Development Board. SIA feeia that the freight rate fsr
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  • 107 1 SINGAPORE AMlnes has In Washington DC prindpsHy to fiatoc with the American salhsrtlles en dvfl avlatl— matters. He Is Mr Stagey Kip-TlVv-p IWllCI» VI gevermeat affairs, whs will ales he respmribie for and lis American eeantorparts. SIA said Its growing preseaee In America makes It dUßealt
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  • 575 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE CHAN HO Engineering will be offering four million shares at $1.50 each to the public early next month, making It the first company this year to obtain a listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Business Times
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  • 154 1 HANGYONG fiaikaiillia C* Ui yirin iaj rigaai a ÜBff (taM^pMkwttk paJnati if kuki M If CMen Capital Maitota graap. Ike flaaactag package mm li tpe pm. The Oral part la a nQi Willi— tw y«u Imb tor aaaklag rifltil at rar yrr rrat afcur tkr Bapjif»
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 443 2  -  By RAY HEATH AFTER 44 years of providing instant photographic prints from its own cameras, Polaroid has started a major drive to tap the sales potential of the millions of asmm format cameras made by other people. Naturally, the emphasis is on instant results,
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    • 172 2 BIRDS are being featured on four new stamps to be released by Telecoms next month. However, what with the urbanisation of Singapore and consequent disappearance of swamps where these birds flourish, it is highly unlikely that anyone will ever get to see them anywhere on
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    • 435 2  -  By LIM SOON NEO KOREAN contractor Ssangyong Construction Co Ltd will do its best to complete the Raffles City project on time to avoid a penalty of 160,000 a day for any delay in completion. Mr SJ Kim, president of the company, said so far everything
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    • 338 2 MR BEVIN Netto, a local lawyer, will be speaking on disputes between main contractors and sub-contractors at the conference on "Disputes and settlements in the construction industry" at Shangri-La Hotel on March 19-20. Mr Netto will be citing leading cases in disputes
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    • 414 2  -  By MONICA GWEE THE French Business Association (FBA) has come of age and is expanding to form a stronger bridge between French and Singapore businessmen. Membership has grown from about 40 companies five years ago to its present tally of 150. This represents 80 per
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    • 376 2  -  By LOH HUI YIN ASEAN'S national oil companies are gathering support for their own petroleum conference and exhibition, scheduled for next year, at the current oil show in Singapore. They are doing it through a stand put up at
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    • 347 2 THE STATE of Western Australia is keen to foster doner links with South-east Asia as it is geographically much nearer to the region. Its Minister (or Planning, Employment, Training and Consumer Affairs, Mr Peter Dowding, said this proximity is something which can be
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    • 295 2 THE Technology Fair *84 will provide a venue for the Industry and academia to work together towards more advanced technology. Mr FA Vasenwala of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic and of the Technology Fair Organising Committee said this at the fair's launching ceremony yesterday. "A concerted
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    • 216 2 IN A move to spruce up its image, Oberoi Imperial Hotel has embarked on a new marketing campaign and an extensive staff training programme. The 561-room hotel, which saw less than an average 60 per cent occupancy rate last year, has created a new advertising theme
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    • 404 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO THERE appears to be a case for a serious effort in research and development in the building and construction industry here, said Professor Huang Hsing Hua, deputy vice-chancellor of the National University of Singapore. This is because
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    • 224 3 IS MARKETING the same as selling? About 30 secretaries grappled with these and oiber such questions in a workshop on "Public relations and marketing for the secretary" at the Singapore Institute of Management yesterday. Mr Tan Teck Huat, managing director of Motivational and Sales Consultants Pte
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    • 559 3  -  *9 JOANNE YAP THE government of Bangladesh has awarded Italmontaggt, a local contracting company, a gas pipeline contract worth at least (95 million. The contract, awarded recently, was for the laying of a 110-mile long gas pipeline from to Chittagong as well as
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    • 460 3  -  By RICHARD SEAH MANUFACTURERS who snubbed a Singapore-organised trade exhibition in China are now having a re-thinlc. Thousands of letters and brochures sent to members of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA), together with follow-up telephone calls from the organisers, came to little avail.
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    • 103 3 THE Public Works Department is carrying out an $18 million project to widen Admiralty Road West from Sungei China to Canberra Road. The present single lane carriageway is being upgraded to a two-lane carriageway. A new carriageway from Canberra Road to the m»tn entrance of the
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    • 195 3 THERE were 2,516,600 people living in Singapore at* the, end of December last year compared with 2,48,400 in the same month in 1982. This shows a 1.01 per cent growth in the population last year. The population estimates, released by the Department of Statistics, do
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 633 4 AP UPI THE US government, concerned that the Lebanese army might not long survive as a fighting farce, had suspended further deliveries of tanks and armoured personnel carriers, officials said in Washington on Wednesday. "Everything's in a state of flux," said one of
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    • 161 4 Reuter BRITAIN'S Conservative government achieved another industrial reform on Wednesday when the trade union movement agreed to loosen its hold over political levies on millions of members. The unions traditionally support the opposition Labour Party and the levies are a major source of funds.
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    • 221 4 Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan has vigorously rejected charges by election opponents that he is lazy and only a parttime leader. Mr Reagan told a news conference on Wednesday night that critics who claimed he did not spend enough time in the White House Oval Office
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    • 195 4 Reuter PRIME Minister Indira Gandhi of India yesterday warned that extremists were gaining the upper hand in the country's troubled Punjab state, where 50 people had died in 10 days of clashes between Hindus and Sikhs. Following reports from Punjab that 10 more people
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    • 763 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From MAS MH601 0820 KUL CAL CI010 0645 JED/DHA MAS MH671 0905 KUL MAS MH811 0910 PEN SIA SQ103 0960 KUL RBA BI421 1000 BWN MAS MH603 1020 KUL CPA CX710 1030 HLP GIA GA960 1100 HLP SIA SQ105 1106 KUL
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    • 188 4  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF AFTER it years as a selfgovernment slate, bat with defence and ertcenal affairs remaining safer the Brtttek, Negara Brunei ITsrasmlsm yesterday octebtated Its as a tally As early as Utem yesterday mil slag, abeet YIJM pee pie eemprlslng several wslhpsh
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    • 364 4 Reuter THE US could not take the initiative In global strategy until it cut links with South Korea, Taiwan, Israel and South Africa, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. Mr Deng made the remarks on Wednesday to former US national security adviser Zbigniew
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    • 283 4 Reuter A PROPOSAL by West German Foreign Minister HansDietrich Genscher to siphon the cream of the country's students into "elite universities" has sparked off a fierce debate about access to higher education. Mr Genscher, leader of the small Free Democrat Party (FDP), argued
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    • 176 4 Reuter US TREASURY Secretary Donald Regan tried on Wednesday to play down the role of the strong dollar In worsening the US trade deficit, which stood at a record U5189.4 billion in 1983. In a speech to the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington,
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 307 4 Agencies JAPAN would soon ease restrictions on personnel exchanges with Moscow but was unlikely to lift economic sanctions against Moscow both enforced after the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Japan's Kyodo News Service said yesterday. Japanese foreign ministry sources said it had to consult other Western
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    • 167 4 UPI IKE US twin rocket failure aboard satellites by the space shuttle earlier this month has affected a military satellite being prepared for flight and could affect other satellites, Nam's (National Aeronautical aad Administration) spaceflight chirfsaiti Lieutenant-General James Abrahamson sal a on Wednesday that
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    • 630 5 NYT THE US Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in its first analysis erf President Reagan's 1985 budget, has estimated that his proposals would produce a string of rising deficits for the next several years, rather than the moderately declining tread the administration has projected. Hie new
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    • 482 5 AP syndrome known as Aids (Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome), whose victims lose their ability to fight disease, is spreading in Central Africa, ahd unlike victims of the deadly disease elsewhere people there may be getting k through heterosexual contact, researchers conclude. -The doctors
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    • 152 5 AFP ELECTRONIC products are expected to replace cars as Japan's number one export industry this year and remain at the top for 10 to 20 years until full development of biotechnology The Nomura Research institute, a private research organisation, has estimated exports of decIronic products in 1984
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    • 665 5 AFP ROAD transport throughout Europe was dragged into chaos late on Wednesday by road blocks involving about 10,000 trades disrupting traffic in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, West Germany, and to Britain and Ireland. As French ministers met to discuss the crisis, officials said at
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 531 6 NIMBLE-FOOTED Japanese businessmen are packing their bags and stepping smartly away from the Malaysian palm oil refining industry which is suffering from overcapacity, a squeeze in crude palm oil (CPO) supplies, and wild price swings. And only Mitsui remains when once there was a
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    • 239 6 MALAYSIAN Primary Industries Minister Datuk Leong Khee Seong has denied a news report that he met officials of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) to discuss allegations that the crude palm oil futures was being manipulated. A local newspaper report quoting sources said a syndicate
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    • 296 6  -  By BOEY KIT YIN SINGAPORE'S imports of rubber increased by a hefty 55,406 tonnes from 715,866 tonnes in 1982 to 771,272 tonnes in 1983. The bulk of imports was supplied by neighbouring Peninsular Malayria, which is the world's largest producer and exporter of natural
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    • 509 6 THOUGH a release of rubber from the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) buffer stock now seems imminent, this is not expected to affect the market. This is because any impact from the releases will be fully absorbed by increasing demand. Supply of
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    • 105 6 UPI THE PHILIPPINES exported 1.81 million tonnes of coconut products worth U*****.5 million last year, the United Coconut Association of the Philippines said. Volume was down 2.8 per cent from 1982 but value of the exports was up by 16 per cent The
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    • 185 6 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed lower on continued selling and lade of fresh support, as sentiment was further depressed by news that India has suspended pal™ oil imports in favour of other oils. In the February position, south region eased Ms2o to MH.700 a tonne and
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    • 140 6 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot exgodown) Csttsa Tan: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,665, 32's 4,450, 40's 4,920 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pakistan Saw Csttsa: LSS 8.00, 4F 7.96, 289F 8.70, NT Roller Ginned 8.00 (per lb). CLOTH in
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    • 308 6 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per Idlo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.06, 100 per cent second class 0.82, 100 per cent third class 0.78, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-supw 0.63, Special
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    • 203 6 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Wednesday closed with sharp gains, with the three nearby months touching the 30 US-cent per bushel upper limit before easing sttgliQj. Futures ended 26 to 7Vi cents per bushel higher. March traded in a 21V* -cent range. The dollar's decline against foreign currencies higher
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    • 165 6 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Wednesday ended three to 2Vt US-cents per bushel higher in moderate activity. March traded in a four-cent range. The firmer precious metals, lower dollar value against foreign metals and the sharply higher soybean complex supported prices throughout the session. Steady export demand through Thursday
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    • 54 6 THE Straits tta price ia Pi—» yesterday fell tws neate Is MfttJM a kOs Mtartaga weaker dsse la Ike priee to live eeate aheve the IT A User level of Hesters said the kaffer major TsyeTwWe leeal jntefMte a praatoatstoedat the Lsadsa peine. Taraever (ell te SB teaaes
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    • 33 6 Rubber: Feb 23 Singapore: March 241.26 cents (down 2.25 cents) Mslsy sis: March 264.00 cents (down two cents) Tin: M 529.20 per kilo (down two cents) 86 tonnes (down seven tonnes)
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    • 145 6 CHINESE Prtiue EzP 111 kg Cm—t «II: Bulk (ob $208.00 sellers, old dram (In second hand drum) (ob $221.00 sellers, new drum fob $85.00 sellers. Ms* (jot) U» bays. Aata'NLW imS •SHe poppar taq lob NLW HTTM ■On. Sarawak apodal black peppar lob NLW OB.» aeUara. Snwmk Aata
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    • 1119 6 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended an active morning at or near the highs and with gains from Wednesday's dose of £24 to £14. The advance was based on trade and commission house buying and shortcovering in a technical reaction to Wednesday's decline. Near March finished at the morning's
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    • 281 6 THE RUBBER market yesterday closed slightly lower with March One RSS buyers quoted at 241.25 cents per kilo, down 2.25 cents from Wednesday's close. The morning session was marked down one cent on lack of interest following an easier opening due to lower London advices. Prices lost further ground
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    • 312 6 RA8 price* in cento par kilo yesterday: :-rj t (y-tao) OorkB Saltan Int. 1 RliraatUi fat 1 RSJ. Marek let 1RAJ. April Int. 2 RJL&. UK/Oat fat. IRAS. b. ZXJO MUt MJI mis mis mis MJM MJI MJI M1SN M.19N SUM mST MS MIS SMI SUB SMS atigj
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
    • 333 7 GOLD futures prices in Singapore yesterday broke the US$4» an ounce barrier on increased buying interest in aoefcrate trading. Prompt closed further at •U*****.50/405.00 an ounce compared with $mSO/3StJO in York, April at $407.30/ 408-00 against $403.00/403.70 and June at $413.70/415.70 a£asttt $409.90/411.00. Total sales for the day was
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    • 60 7 New York 9.67B niuv 9.72S Zurich 9.CB M7S Singapore MB Wed 9.90S CkMtagpric see in US doUan a troy oune e. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore OCBC exchange rate index IBB OCBC |T»*> wrjgllttj Mm tar the 8ta«*•f« Wtar Ml Utt per eent to 132.44 yeetortoy. Tke Mez b
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    • 84 7 TW, US dollar yesterday dined near the day's lows a&£ fluctuating narrowly in active trading dominated by tsspical factors. finished at 2.6573/83 ssfcks after touching a high equivalent to New York's 2.6615/25 close and Ml to 2rlW7/1907 Swiss francs from 2.1940/60. Banknote rate* yesterday: (lfeper 1): V&r 1*1/7.19 UK
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    • 85 7 IKE US dollar yesterday opened easier against most in a quiet market following a downward trend 1q New York and the Far East. The US currency began at 2.65T0/80 Deutsdtemarks, compared with It* 2.6625/35 dose and a yMrtmm 2.6805/15 opening. Opening quotes yesterday: UB 1.4537/47 On.7. 1.8165/190 Ofm 1.2487/90
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    • 23 7 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.125 per cent.
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    • 172 7 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at 5 pm on Feb 23: USDdm Offer Bid 7 days 8H 913/10 1 month O 15/10 913/10 2 months 10* 10 3 months io a/10 101/10 6 months 10* 10U months 109/10 107/10 12 months 10* 10* DM 8WAI IULUI. 1 month
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    • 44 7 1 i "8 ed by dlscount bouM* oo Feb 23: Overnight: 3 Call deports: 3 3 Closing WH 3-month MHm Treasury bills 2* 2H 3-month Bank bills 77/16 79/16 3 months CD 7H 7 8 months CD 7M 7% Source: National Discount Co
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    • 454 7 TRADING was hectic on the local foreign exchange market yesterday, with much bank participation. Activity was sparked by rumours that the Straits of Hormuz was being blocked. The US dollar opened at 552.1250/60 against the local currency. It moved to a high of 5J2.1275/85 before closing at 552.1270/85.
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    • 212 7 THE DOLLAR yesterday closed slightly lower on late position adjustments in nervous trading after extending Wednesday's steep fall in New York in the morning. The dollar may stage a technical recovery in the short term, but its undertone is easy as an adjustment phase has set in to correct
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 346 7 NYT ALMOST four weeks after Brazil signed a huge commercial loan agreement in Slew York, a delay in payment of much-needed funds by foreign banks and the International Monetary Fund is creating new nervousness in Brazil. Oswaldo Colin, president of' Banco Do Brasil, said
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    • 517 7 TldC president of the Asian Development Bank, Masao Fufloka, has said that it would like to set up a branch in Thailand, finance ministry officials said yesterday. They said that Mr Fuji oka had made the proposal during a meeting with Thai Finance Minister Sommai Hoontrakul and it
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    • 263 7 Reuter SHORT-TERM UK interest rates and sterling are expected to hold basically stable throughout 1984, Barclays Bank PLC said. Barclays' latest International Financial Outlook said that the main risk could be a small rise in inflation and in rates by next January. It
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    • 256 7 Reuter CHINA could double its gold output by the mid-1990s to become the world's fourth or fifth-biggest producer if mining efficiency improves, industry experts said. Gold production figures are secret but the experts estimate Chinese output at around 45 tonnes annually, making it
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    • 287 7 UPI PRESIDENT Reagan of the US expressed confidence that there will be "a further decline in interest rates" even if the Federal Reserve Board sticks to its present policy. Mr Reagan told his nationally broadcast news conference on Wednesday that he is convinced the
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    • 301 7 Reuter THE US has urged Japan to relax many strict rules which protect areas of its banking and financial system from outside competition during two days of talks beginning yesterday, banking sources said. Japan's monetary system and the value of the yen against the
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    • 452 7 PORTFOLIO managers, who in the past have concentrated on their own stock markets, have now turned to international markets to get higher returns on investment. This was emphasised this week by Mr Robert Tan, general manager of Kuwait Asia Bank, who has forecast
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    • 166 7 Reuter THE LONDON International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) will raise members' subscription fees to £5,000 per year on April 1 from £1,250 at present, said exchange chief executive Michael Jenkins said. Under the scheme approved by the Liffe board, members will be entitled to a
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  • 467 8 BEHIND the sweet smile of the Singapore Girl is a bunch of "sombre, isolated and somewhat autocratic" bosses. That's what an American management consultant has concluded after a six-month study of the human resources of Singapore Airlines. Prof Marvin Karlins' conclusion must have come
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  • 1070 8  -  By TEODORO BENIGNO AFP THE Philippines is embroiled in a controversy that has split families, close friends and the cream of opposition leaders on whether to boycott or participate in the May 14 National Assembly elections. The controversy has no parallel in Philippine history.
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  • 432 8  -  By ARIK BACHAR Reuter FROZEN Aateretlea Mb eel to beeeaee a eahjeet tor lr«»a ef a ■liertli Ue eraat ef lee. 'MWJTM i?^! toe'jSw SJSS^TnaS Oflletoto af toe If treaty mrmbert, tor to teg the Ualtei Stotae aai Ike Sevtel OriM,
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  • 770 8  -  By LINDA SIEG Reuter FARMER Tatsumi SMmoB is worried. He fears that civil servants in Tokyo may yield to United States insistence and let cheap American beef into Japan on a scale that could imperil his livelihood. Shlnaoki earned about US$3O,000
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 656 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE Kaon 4 A spectator's view (6) 7 Started in a theatre of operations? (6, 2) 8 Sticky firework? (6) 10 One name instead of another (5) 13 A Choice tool (4) 14 Hurries to change ends (4) 15 Sort of crocodile or line, possibly (4) 16 Group of
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  • 1821 9  -  The divided dragon Part Two By CHRISTOPHER WREN NYT WHEN the sky darkens and a gale blows up over the choppy waters of the Formosa Strait, some fishing boats from Taiwan take shelter from the storm in the snug harbours of China's Pingtan Island. "When
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  • 598 9  -  By GLENN FLANAGAN UPI BUBUMU Yukgtaawa ud Yeshikasa Kiwm vnMat normal] v be sitting side by die la agreement, becum back la Japaa their pareat eempaales are gelag at It teeth aad aall la a highly competitive ear market. Bat
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    • 1049 9 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening aid Programme Heights Mowed by A House Is Not a Home (Mandarin/r with English subtitles) M M L 1 1 Tt. wk i.ju iiiwiuuonai Baflnwnon ine roco nomes Chalenge: This is the climax of the women's doubles finals, where Japan's Atsuko Tokuda and Yoshiko Yonekura
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    • 729 10 Where to wine, dine and entertain today Y fe^^^^/»«^/w^.. foto7 card that incorporates the features of a credit card, charge card, cheque card, card aad 1 purchase card neatly into one. Call Julia at *****97 (20 lines) for an application form She's entertaining. She's dramatic. She'll swing you Into song
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    • 119 11 HONGKONG SHARE prices yesterday closed sharply higher in moderately active trading, featured by gains in the banking sector. The Hang Seng Index ended 20.07 points up at 1,067.29. Brokers said the latest round of SinoBritish talks on Hongkong ended yesterday in Beijing with no surprises. Hang Seng
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    • 148 11 LATE bargain hunting yesterday pared early losses but share pricey closed slightly lower In thin trading, with sentiment depressed by the continued decline on Wall Street. The market average Ml 8.15 from Wednesday's close to 9,939.56, after falling 22.93 on Wednesday. Turnover was a light 200
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    • 312 11 HIGHER physical gold prices on Iran/Iraq worries boosted gold shares from the start in otherwise dull trading on Australian stock exchanges yesterday. Resilience of the price fan Hongkong inspired a second round of rises fan afternoon trading but overall the market closed mixed. Base metal shares also
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    • 1127 11 NEW YORK AFTER several rally attempts tailed, Wall Street stock prices closed moderately lower on Wednesday as Investors continued to sour on equities amid pervasive interest rate and economic concerns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had been up about 3V4 points early in the session, finished
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    • 655 11 NYT JAPANESE stockholders traditionally have enjoyed tew privileges, and the airing of complaints at company «—«Mi meetings has not been among them. Bat slowly, as the Importance of revisions fan the Japanese Commercial Code hss come to be appreciated, things are starting to change:
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    • 300 11 THE Timex Corp, after watching sales of its inexpensive home computers dwindle to virtually nothing over the last year, officially abandoned its efforts on Tuesday, saying it had determined It conld not make a "reasonable profit" on the machines. Because the Mkk&eburyConn company is
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    • 262 11 BENGUET Carp, a major Philippine copper producer, has turned down a government request to supply part of its production to a local smelter on the grounds that Its entire production has been contracted for sale up to IMI, company prtsident Jaime Ongpin told Trade and Industry Minister
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    • 174 11 THE London Stock Esderidsd to reduce some comndsrion rates charged on government bond (gilt) trading from April f. ddsd to" move*to fnUy negotiated rather than fixed commkrions ou dsaUngs in same date. Last summer the government gave the escbange until December, IMS to dismantle
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  • 2762 12 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 3647 12 Gr"s Gr"s Net IM! 1/84 Low Last DW Div YTd P/E Vol Day Hi«k Cmpmjt 8al« Cw COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL 172 74* A M D B 90t I40xall unch 13 0.6 49 141 130 310 236 Aetna 280 -2 7.5 2.6 400.0
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  • 177 12 Mai mgert fprl en for Feb U 8INGAP0BE UNIT TEW The Commerce 3 47 The Savings Fund 2.07 S pore Prof Fund 1.50 S'pore Sec. TFund 2.28 S pore Invert Fund 1.23 S'pore Equity Fund LIT tfuimrimr Mai Invest Fund 2 91 Mai Prof Fund 1.48 1 Mai
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  • 2073 12 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. INDWRUU 1 famuli (4.105) Alow (2.558) (8) 2.88 (U) 2 86 (4)
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  • 691 12 THANKS to aa afterassa rally, ahare prices ea the local stack market maaaged to pare their early toaeea yesterday. Dealers said this rally, which saw aharee tradlag totokly daring the etoatag mlaatea, name la reapaaae to the market's highly everaald peafttoa aad expeetattoa af higher priees
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  • 503 12 IN SPITE OF a late round at bargain hunting, share prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market finished generally lower yesterday in reduced volume. The market opened slightly easier and prices continued to drift downwards for most of the morning session. Trading was quiet. The
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 179 13 AYES Malek Bakker Ctmpuy Berkad: Sixtyninth Annual General Meeting to be held at the registered office No 22 (Upper floor of No 20), Jalan Hang Jebat, Malacca on Wednesday, Feb 29, 1984 at 10.30am. PERLIS Plaatatlsas Berkad: Fifteenth AGM to be held at the 9th Floor, Wisma MISC,
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    • 760 13 NYT IN A MOVE to put more pressure on the Gulf Oil Corp, T Boone Pickens, bead of the Mesa Petroleum Company and of an investor group trying to take over Gulf, has announced that his group would offer US$65 a share
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    • 446 13 fwpaj PWtfMlMB Ex Date ■ssfcsi CftC Bonus issue of 1 (or 4 Feb 24 Mar 2 OkTNk Bonis issue of 1 for 1 Feb 22 Mar 5 Rights issue of 1 for 1 $1.30 per share Feb 22 Mar 5 Ctty Der Proposed $90 million unsecured loan stock
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    • 283 13 Bernama ESSO Malaysia Bhd plans to invest some MH billion in oil exploration and production this year, according to its chairman Gerald F Co*. He said Esso would continue in the area of exploration to look (or more oil in its remaining contract area.
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    • 841 13 AP REUTERS is altering its ownership structure as part of a comprehensive plan to preserve the independence and integrity of the international news and financial service when it becomes a public company later this year. The announcement appeared to clear a major
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    • 188 13 Reuter ALLIANZ Versicherungs AG said discussions about a takeover of Armco Inc's domestic and international insurance business are proceeding satisfactorily, but it may be some time before it completes a review of Armco's operations. In a statement responding to recent press reports, Allianz said a letter
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    • 329 13 CHfWt Es BMfti IMi MalBw «Mall» ISC" Date Feb IS Feb 23 SuTiT the year 14% e% Ayer MiM 20% Feb 8 Feb 18 Feb 28 20% 28% K*WM 19% Jan 30 Feb 14 Marl 20% 20% Berfntal 19%I Feb t Feb 18 Mar 7 13% 30% |yi
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 190 13 A x:mmmnmzkm {mmnmmmmum J.1 1 ■J" WCORPCRATEO N TK KPUftC OF SNjAPORII NOTICE TO: HOLDERS OF 8% CONVERTIBLE UNSECURED LOAN STOCK 1963/93 ("LOAN STOCKHOLDERS") NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:1. Pursuant to the terms of issue of the *****,000,000 8% Convertible Unsecured Loan Stock 1983/93 ("Loan Stock"), the first annual interest
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    • 131 13 These Notea have been sold outride the United States. This announcement appears as a matter of record only. U.S. $75,000,000 Security Pacific Overseas Finance N.V. (Incorporated with limited liability in the Netherlands Antilles) 11% per cent Guaranteed Notes Due 1989 Unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by
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  • Chief Price Chances
    • 173 14 Rises Taipimg Coma 2400 Kaekai (VO« gao +960 +290 Indices Feb 22 Feb 23 TImm Fob 835 42 25 BT Composite: 942.62 939.30 S«6 15 BT Indicator: *****65 *****00 Tu Ckoif •10 10 ST Industrials: 1018.45 1013.72 8 P Tntd* Tat Lm Baak Rotk teds 50* Ckua Hap 406
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      165 14 Rises Indices Taiping Coo Rothmans Bhd 2600 464 +150 +44 Feb 22 Feb 23 SP Text 454 +24 MBT Indicator: *****21 *****97 NST 2470 +20 NST Industrials: 1515.43 1515.97 Fall# NST Finance: 2678.32 2656.44 NST Hotels: 659.52 659.52 N Iron 620 -45 NST Properties: 966.34 962.61 Kpg Lanjut
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    • 50 14 HJLHANG SENG Thursday.. 1087.28 Wednesday *****2 Week Ago 1084.06 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 9791 Wednesday 979.7 Week Ago 9612 ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 745.5 Wednesday 743J} Week Ago 748.2 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 818.4 Tuesday.. ..819.3 Week Ago 818.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday *****1 Tuesday 1139.34 Week Ago 1158.71
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  • 864 14 SHARE prices yesterday opened narrowly lower where changed in quiet trading, but gold shares showed gains of up to US$3, as in Amgold at U*****75, after the bullion price opened above the $400 an ounce level, dealers said. ICI recovered from an initial 2p fall at 602 awaiting
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  • 605 14  -  n Companies Editor: ALAN LEE By ALAN LEE ROBINSON and Company Ltd, already in the red at half time, is headed for its third year of operating losses. As a result, the retail company which operates the Robinson's and John Little's department
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  • 186 14 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Securities Industry Council have approved the extension to March 10, 3pm of the tender of 2.49 million shares of |1 each in Lesag Haat Industries. INDUSTRIAL Oxygea Iansrpsraiiid Bhi has declared an interim dividend of Ave per cent (of which 2.5
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  • 409 14  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM IMPROVED operating efficiency has enabled Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Bhd to turn in a better-than-expected 32.9 per cent increase in group pre-tax profits to M 520.3 million for the six months to Dec 31,1983. For shareholders, there is a one-for-two bonus, the
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  • 318 14 MALAYSIAN Tobacco Company Bhd Is confident that it will be able to bring the level of bumiputra participation in the company to 30 per cent well before 1990. Bumiputras currently control just over a fifth of MTC's equity. MTC chairman A R J Christodolo disclosed
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  • 228 14  -  By CHAN OI CHEE AIIJH) Pud luimUlm s (FK) Hi*® d AIM OwlLrSiSito ha the e TVta wm ITmI late y eeterday by dlreeters of Allied Ck«etl»tc. The ii"iii'u. fc>< e ritor The Mmn, hewna j «MteeMMftMite te auke! eheervers «he
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  • 485 14  -  ■y AMY CHEOK MONSIA Investments Pte Ltd'a takeover offer (or Sealion Hotels, which reported lower 1983 year-end results yesterday, has been declared unconditional. This follows acceptances totalling 1.804 million shares as at Feb 22, representing about 4.6 per cent of Sealion's equity. Together with
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  • 177 14 MALAYSIAN Feedmills Ltd says that negotiations between certain of its directors and parties interested in acquiring control of the company have been terminated. The latest development comes three months after the company first disclosed in November last year that (Ugctmkms were being held for
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 51 14 OUTLOOK for today: Fair. Report for 24 hours prior to U pm on Feb 23 mt the airport: Maximum temperature 31.2 Associated humidity 60 Minimum temperature 232 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 9.25 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month 5021 Total rainy days for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 195 15 AFP OIL tanker activity has )5j£en largely unaffected by the current flare-up in the £an-Iraq war since some thirty tankers are current--ly operating in the Gulf. 1 Some at those, London charter brokers said, are anchored and waiting to
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    • 561 15  -  By LINDA CHEE THE outlook for the liner trade this year seems a little brighter. Following last year's performance, which many shipping companies have regarded as "catastrophic", shipping executives say the trade will at worst sustain itself, if not improve.
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 80 15 Reuter REPRESENTATIVES from Twtian Container Lines and Continental British Asia t.<wab will meet in Bombay next month to rtianiaa cooperation in transporting east and west-bound cargo, a shipping official said. Chairman Of the Indto-Pakfatan-RanglaHadi Conference A J Butterwick said the meeting will discuss cost-cutting cargo pooling arrangements between
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      • 99 15 Reuter THE India-Pakistan-Bangladesh Conference said it will adjust the currency adjustment factor with effect from March 1 on the Continent westbound route to minus 13.50 per cent from m<mm 15 per cent. The CAF for the Continent eastbound route will be adjusted to plus 1.50 per cent form
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      • 142 15 AFP THE Novorossiysk, believed to be deployed as the second Soviet aircraft carrier in the Far East, entered the East China Sea on Wednesday continuing its northward voyage, closely followed by Japanese naval and press aircraft. The 43,000-ton vessel was spotted and photographed by a Japanese naval
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    • 355 16 UPI THE United States and China celebrated the 200 th anniversary of the first voyage of an American ship that established trade and cultural relations between the two countries on Wednesday. Chinese ambassador to Washington Zhang Wenjin told 100 city officials and guests aboard the
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    • 80 16 THE US Maritime Administration has acquired a passenger-cargo vessel, the Santa Mercedes for training purposes. The vessel was bought at a cost of U5)4.2 million from Vessel Charters Inc, a subsidiary of Prudential Lines. It will be converted into a training ship for the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The
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    • 294 16 UPI THE Thai navy has threatened to stop its anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Thailand if the United Nations withdraws financial support for the programme. Navy commander in Chief Admiral Prapat Chanthavirat said on Wednesday that he was dissatisfied with charges by the
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    • 439 16 SOUTH Korea's ailing shipping companies have been given until next month to present merger plans following the government's recent announcement of a wholesale rationalisation programme for the industry. The government hopes to reduce the country's TO shipping firms to around 20 operations through merger
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    • 1569 16 FIRMER levels for iron ore cargoes destined (or the Far East featured the freight market with grain fixing on Wednesday generally receiving unchanged levels, shipbrokers said.. A 100,000 ton cargo of iron ore from Sepetiba Bay, Brazil, to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, paid US$lO.7O or $10.75 compared with $10 around
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    • 190 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/AUBTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container Line.
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    • 261 17 Reuter FILIPINO stevedores has begun to unload cargoes of wheat and soybean meal which was held up by a demarcation dispute between stevedore unions, a Philippine Port Authority (PPA) spokesman said. PPA general manager Estaquio Baclig ordered dock handling services
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    • 162 17 THE US Military Sealift Command will save a fair sum on shipping cost this year following the submission of lower bids by shipping companies for the transportation of cargo. It expects to save some US$2.6 million on shipping nearly one million measurement tons to the
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    • 387 17 Reuter BRITAIN'S decaying Port of Liverpool is facing the prospect of direct rule from London after the Conservative government turned down a request to save its Labour-run town council from bankruptcy. Environment Minister Patrick Jenkin said he told a council delegation he bad
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    • 5484 22 SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due and when SCHEDPLE 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
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    • 751 23 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godowns FCL Arrival for LCL Movement Ship Voy Date/Time Operator Cargo Schedule Location a B c 1 2 39/410 24.2.84 2200 Borneo FSB 0800-1000 F1 B Penaga 103/84 25.2.84 0700 Leo Shpg S'pore Shpg FSB 1200-1300/1800-1900 S2 Ratana
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    • 1573 23 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFKA African Shipping Agencies (S). Afrt-Evul» Um Transgroup (S). Akrenklel User Service Kim Shpg (8). Alfred C Taeffer Sea Consortium (S) Marinte* Enterprise (PK) Alpae Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo Handling and
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    • 467 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Jurata Perak Perils Ravldas S Del Estero State Of Manlpur Straits Venture Twomaseverett World Argonaut Boleslaw Rumlnskl Builder in Hosel Maru Keiyo Maru Kota Pusaka Langsa Overwave Sliver Star Soufflot Stolt Hawk Treasury Alpha 31/2 21E 21W
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    • 252 15 mPublished and Dittributmd bv ■ni FEDERALjPUBLICATIONS 2 Jurong Port H6ed,-9trigapore 2161 A member of The Timet Orgenisetion |!/({'?\<<-,),_!(\%]{!@$$]@"[,? Trr 1 \R I) I M \M \H __i FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE 10 FUROPF VIS SUEZ r I l l» M MM 6/4 GNM CONTMCI 25W 13/4 dOMLBI MS 38* lOMTIM /lIH
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    • 385 16 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. From Europe ■i .jfa. m mot nr 1) Barcelona, Genoa. 2) Amsterdam. Aatwerp. L.Nwre, Basic. UK. 3) Bremen. Bremertiivtfi. Airins, Copcnhifcfi, Metemlu 4) Mskno. Stockholm, Oslo. •Accept** Europe cargo tor feeder na S pore. 'Also dwect carfo (or Spore t Banjko* fk, DCDIIKr D
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    • 516 17 ■n| The Straits i£S&S&w!^K ■Jf Steamship Group QCL Overseas Containers Limited Q [CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT STRAITS SHPPING linpipffli lo *>ihth. jwwfc. Brumi Ports and Bangkok TO/FROM BANGkOK PEGASUS PtBE PEGASUS prbe SM6APORE TO SARAWAK ANDJWUNEI I* m ratfaat. Caaftrifca. MM CQNTAINfRSHIP SERVICE FROM UK CONTINENT I LCI and
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    • 537 19 S£\ PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES nil VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOAOINO FOR: HOT A WARUNA W-410 lnPt-2t/2 DJIBOUTI. ADEN KOTAWWAWAM S-457 2-8/3 HOOCIOAH, JEDOAH, AOABA, ADCN KOTACANTK 1-4* l 10-18/3 HOOCBAH, JEDOAH, AOABA, FT. SUDAN KOTA PCTAM E-4SS 20-28/3 TAMATAVE, MOPUTO, D'SALAAM, MOMBASA, MOOADISCIO ACCCmNQ CONTAINERS TO HOOCBAH/AOABA/RT.SUOAN/MOOADISCIO KARACHI/P GULF SERVICES
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    • 290 19 MALAYSIA SHIPPING CORPN. SDN. BHD. KSKI VOV. r«MK P. KELAMG STORE LOMNNG FOR ROTA KRUAM 2/M ta Pt-1/3 KR/TA ROTA NMH 2/M 274/3 LBN/RR/SXN ROTA BAHAOA 3/M 7-11/3 RR/SKN/RU ROTA HARAPAN 3/M 15-23/3 SXN/RR/RU Agents SINGAPORE Pit IF I ??***** P KFIANG SEIAIAN AGENCY IFI 3880% *****3? K 1 SFIAIAN
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    • 683 19 T I BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTMNER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STMTS nam TO EURO* SSTET SPORE PKUANG UK M Part 25/2 15/3 4/3 6/3 23/3 IJ/3 11/J 31/3 Cartfcaa Ray 11/3 N/3 Ff«*hrl (iprtu 77/3 29/3 Rremw Eiprtis 3/4 5/4 (Mutoi Mm 11/4 12/4 Hm*v| Eiprtti 17/4 11/4 Ouk* l*T »/4
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    • 593 19 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONE SIAN NATIONAL i INF TO USA LAST COAST H 6ULF PORTS (SEM-CONTAfO \ESSEL) SANGKULRANG M STOOI mORLIMB WW TOW NOVOU IMUFAI H/3 2/5 »/S 11/5 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE ii.i P. SUMS 27/2 TUMff/LONNM 11/3 ■ongaw/ HMMK 25/3 Mm a/3 1 3 14/4 HI ARE ACCEPTBK
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    • 371 19 PAGAN V7l PA-AN PAGAN V 72 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION Loadng for Rangoon S'pof# p.i 25/26 Feb 23 9/12 Mot 24/27 Mor P.Ktlang 23/24 Feb BANK LINE EXPRESS DEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK l s tE I R'dam hull hmbg L*****U \£M "X OX Lines U.S. GULF
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    • 1160 20 H-fK"LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. PACIFIC COAST FEEDER VESSEL ORBITAL CMEF Y37E MONTE MT ¥14 ALSO ACCEPT* DESTINATIONS INLAND vte IPI/MICROBRIDGE MINILAND BRIDGE) T»CM* OMJUHU) LONGWEW (MA PORTLAND JACRAROTO (MA OAKLAM)) STOCKTON (MR OAKUM)) nCWn (¥M OAKLAM)) orcago. crown, cleyelaib, colinbus, Dallas. dayton. denyer. octmot. a paso forrest an, fortworth
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    • 245 20 NAVICON SHIPPING CO PK LTD TBN SABANA SATU YOOANONG iwvnnvna PRE-RECEMN6 MO PALLETBATNM AT TA-5 ETA ETD LOAOHG FOR MUMA/LABUAN SATTAHP 7 KfPPtl ROAD 0? 09 IANIONi; PAGAR COMPif (0?08) Hi ??***** 7. ???8715 lIX RS 7897/ MIS n T LOADING SINGAPORE KARACHI BOMBAY •fORTOMU 1/2 Mar 11 ttw 17
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    • 730 20 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WIST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BBIH.K SERVICE ANfflfS. SAN FRAACtSCO. SEATTLE, TACOMA. VANCOUVER. B.C. AteFCL/FCL (Minan -A VMT 1 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FCt/FCL Mann "C.pta, km, P Kiiani h» AycA/IM/lrtt S P« M*. ST* MM I 'Uf l« lb. FfBK/A^/Ira 11/19 Mv Mffi'tZ *i?" 74 fm/m/trn S f" 12
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    • 476 20 m ITD KORINS MARITIME SERVICES 114 Anton Ro*d «18-01, Tuna* Building, Singapore 0207. T«l *****22 A *****67 P Kalang T«l *****1/8 REO SEA/PERSIAN GULF/ME DUE RH AN E AN SERVICES S'par* GUNONG (MS Salad OtE NEST NO7 V-» lit Fife HAEWOO 7 Mar loodb* For: Bmdif Abbas/Band* Bustirc Bandar Abbas/Bandar
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    • 493 20 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 1() Anson Ro.id a 27 16 Intern, itmn.t PW,i Sm ),ipo'»* 0207 Te I 2.' It. Ml <U in,-s <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK somo* paofic 86*4902 VARIBBM9O3 RDAM/ANT/UK (AVON) SHE/RIMII/UI (AVON) SEA WOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION smoMKH S nL SBB" *H"h tofaprt BfTRASEA (Pit) lIP BOOKMC *****11
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    • 558 21 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE gf the AC( Cohosh" TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): K CHANCE 16W+ VH BUDS. 19W K JACEJM 23W C PAUL 39N 0 CHEF 3SW IK CONTAfO 39 W. Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia K CHANCE S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1600 24/2 LCL Cargo 0400
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    • 432 21 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels OQHAH SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN INCHON feu* njsrri n km mi he mchon wsm Ik. (Danam/401N 24/2 2/3 J/J 20/3 7Dwmi/402N 4/3 9/3 15/3 M/ 3 NMomm/402N 11/3 15/3 21/3 31/3 S/4 fitaw/***** I 24/31 21/3 1/4 11/4 LOHI/***** ACCEPTMC K 101
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    • 692 21 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET STOPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BULDM6 55. Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lews) Cable Address SMSOV SMGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P. REIMS M/S SHAMKAT NAM SOON SOU M IST ANO 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CEMPENMG. PORT KLANG. MALAYSIA
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    • 58 21 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN JOHANNESBURG.MAPUTO. MAURITIUS REUNION cnn ETA SIN LOUtS DURBAN UNITED CONFIDENCE 3W/84 4/3 15/3 20/3 ■gwjgagiiMm ETD ETD ETA ■SfillsiSOklSfl R.BAY DURBAN SIN EASTERN HARMONY 3E/84 14.3.84 21 384 8.4 84 Agents: Kkn Shipping A Trading Pie Ltd 63 Market Street. *08-06 Tat Lee BMg S
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    • 799 22 Ite«|i«iial Container Lines 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Ber thing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday ran* yfr X SINGAPORE ISLANDS UNI: MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER KATORIMAMJ RMB PIC CAMELLIA ALPHA PAOFIC KUSU ISLAND •Huvy Ht 80 tow S port PK Pn( Loadstar: 25/26 Fob Jaddab 25/26 Fob Ktdunf Hongkong
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 200 23 GOOD HARVEST LINES 1 RED SEA SERVICE KSSL ETA UK FOR: MASTUU ZMMM 29 Fab HOOQMN, KDOMt HQMA TEH TUNG UNES MOOT OM 29 Fab KEELUNS/KMHSMK lOMCrS AST: GEN. FRT. ACTS: 1 T. HOLDMGS PTE LTD ■DON SHPPM rTE LTD TEL: *****39, *****20, *****11 TLX: ***** MDON iiiMEsmami MiiNsntrmmi imt-TTD:
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    • 115 23 jm FREIGHT MANAGEMENT PTE LTD 10 Anson Rood, *28-09 International Plozo, Singapore 0207 Te4 *****11(12 L«e») T«te* RS ***** FRTMAN ul r~7Ti ul fiM .11 3 25/2. 21/2. J/J 24/2, 27/2. 21/2, 2/J 27/2.14/J, IC/J 25/2. 27/2. 21/2. V 3 ilk. pans.! II MM. Al •a mum ran kit A
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    • 421 23 jr" Nedlloyd Lines Lo.d,ng tor CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA! CARRtBEAN/CENTRAL/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA VESSEL Wmm C*BAL WSTAD *BTOWN P. OF MO J STOS SPAM N. Nagoya 12/3 21/4 23/4 28/4 30/4 26/5 28/5 H-HMMM 3/4 21/5 23/5 28/5 30/5 26/6 28/6 N. Napier 10/5 24/6 26/6 1/7 3/7 29/7 31/7
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 30 24 ETA FID LOADING FOR C. AMD. 27/2 1/3 HOCMWHCfIY PUTRA NMH 25/2 21/2 JAKARTA (DOCXM6) A VESSEL kbiM MUARA/LABUAH CONCORD IMRME PTE LTD TEL: *****60 (3 linn) TLX: R*****3 CMSHP
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    • 10 24 RANGOON SERVICE 7/3 11/3 saws TO EAST Kinmmm cpcmao am
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    • 694 24 J* C.Y. LINE (A Mafflbar Of Tho ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD nil* CONTMKMStD SDHCE TO EIMK («H SUEZ) LiMovtlMan Fitee* MT**| Brtm Mnp 15/3 U/3 11/3 20/3 21/3 23/3 21/3 22/3 24/3 24/3 27/3 29/3 27/3 24/3 31/3 l/« 2/4 4/4 S/4 1/4 1/4 11/4 11/4 13/4
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    • 585 24 sapping (&rgapore] private irr>it.ecs NVOCC DIRECT SERVICE vsi THAFBCA CONTTTIA TRASTATEM oestn LAGOS ANTWRP, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG LONGBEACH. OAKLAM), NEW TOM ALSO PROMDMG ML AND TRANSPORTATION ON Fa BASS EUROPE/FAR EAST LINER SERVICE II (Mar I Mar Hamburg/Antwarp 24 Mar 23 Mar Hanbwt/tahrarp Carj# Boaknp lai: *****U/9, *****11 10 ham Rd
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    • 435 24 Z I M NON-CONFERENCE MKftMXJH FUU. CONTMNEX SOVKE FCL/LCI carfoct to USA East Not! Cost Panama. Carrtooan and Eaot Canada Fat*r MW Si* Lai Kit Sin Mi/Ml/ aMi Nyc Trl A. KSSa 2NCAUFMNA 27 Fafc 2V Ha 30 Mn 2% 4 tor (Apr A WSSEI SI HONE KONG 5 Mar
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 141 24 SIPS* n Regional Weather -s 1 32 ■1 »WS?O j SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Shower Rain OoudySky SuteeewMianl Temperature Weather °C wi™ Wind direction with speed in knots OoudySky WW.l«t«bt Swffcee rU an ladleaied by inm wttefc Oy with the «U
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