The Business Times, 21 March 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 290 1 AFP Bernama THE expulsion $t the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) vice-president and 13 •titer members was expected to fuel further fierce infighting, observers said yesterday. The move within the MCA sparked an Immediate backlash on Monday night in Johore Bahrn where the MCA town branch
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  • 604 1 THE Malaysian government has set up a commodities trading tribunal with powers to investigate any allegations of misconduct against the management and officials of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange and its clearing house. Minister of Primary Industries Datuk Paul Leong said yesterday that the
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  • 582 1  -  By LEE HAH SHIH A REPORT claiming that Singapore is sliding down the list of locations preferred for investment by US electronics companies because of fears over the stability of the region is bound to spark off controversy. The claim was made by a British research
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  • 453 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE CURRENT low rentals and sale prices of office space here are likely to remain depressed in the near future due to an impending increase in supply up to 1967, said Jones Lang Wootton in its Southeast Asian Property Review,
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 56 1 THE Port of Singapore Authority has begun work on expanding its port facilities at Sembawang Wharves. The $10 million project includes new warehouses and a container freight station. Work on expanding an existing open-air container storage area and a two-storey office block begins next month and is expected
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    • 110 1 AFP SOVIET Far East forces already include a special guerilla-warfare unit. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported in Tokyo yesterday that this was the first confirmation that the Soviets had such a unit whose size and location were not disclosed in the Far East. Citing a government source,
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    • 88 1 Bernama THE Malaysian Information Ministry is rearranging its television programmes to compete with those broadcasts of foreign countries which can be received in some Malaysian states. Information Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Adib Adam told the Dewan Rakyat yesterday that such efforts were being made in view of the
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    • 79 1 Reuter A HUGE police show of strength for the second successive day thwarted pickets trying to block non-striking miners working in Britain's divided coalfields yesterday. Dozens of "flying pickets" from striking pits managed to dodge road-blocks only to find themselves outnumbered by police and ignored by miners
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    • 81 1 Reuter A POWERFUL earthquake hit Soviet Central Asia early yesterday, destroying buildings in Bukhara and other centres. Tass news agency, in a report from Tashkent, said national organisations were giving relief to victims of the quake, which measured over nine points on the 12-point Soviet scale
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    • 57 1 SAN Miguel Corp president Ernest Khan will take over the late Mr Andres Soriano's post of chief executive until its annual stockholders meeting in May. The company said yesterday that its charter provides for the vicechairman to become chairman automatically but San Miguel has two chairmen, Mr Soriano's
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    • 29 1 UPI LIBYA yesterday threatened to shoot down US AW AC surveillance planes that have been dispatched to Egypt to bolster its air defence against neighbouring Sudan. UPI
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  • 104 1 MAJOR world airlines performed better than expected last year although they were still in the red. The International Air Transport Association said that its 124 members suffered a US$25O million loss after interest payments, which amounted to US$l.6 billion last year. Operating profits before interest
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  • 188 1 NOT ONLY to Siagapore Airlines a favearite sf top bankers, it to way ahead ef meat atf Its competitors. TV airline's Inflight service has keen described as "something ef a legend" In a anrvey sf 175 International hankers condacted by the Institattonal Investor magaTbe March
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  • 271 1 THE Minister for Law and Leader of the House, Mr E W Barker, chose to take the role of the Delphic oracle yesterday. Without even hinting at answers, he posed a few pertinent "what ifs" before Parliament adjourned. Referring to a lack of debate
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    • 262 1 V BALLY »7 Switzerland T3 WHAT COPIERS DO THE JAPANESE USE? According to the latest independent analysis of 1982 copter installations within Japan published in May 1983 by the influential economic newspaper 'Nihon Keizai Shimbun', Ricoh is clearly the no. 1 copier used in Japan Japan is where eighty percent
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 367 2  -  By MONICA GWEE ISRAELI exports to Singapore chalked up a 38 per cent growth last year, and the US$6O million worth of goods bought were not all Jaffa oranges. The Israeli Economic Affairs Attache in Singapore, Mr David Ofek, said Israel is
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    • 381 2  -  By CHEN QINGSHUN IT IS BETTER for contractors and developers to settle disputes on the spot, rather than for them to wait until the end of the contract. This advice came from Mr David Hawkins, divisional manager of JD Kingsfield International, who spoke at
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    • 193 2 AI Computer Services has been awarded the distributorship of software produced by Digital Research Inc of the US, for the Southeast Asian region. AI (Artificial Intelligence) Soft is the whollyowned subsidiary of AI Soft Inc of Japan. Mr Foo Chek Soo, general manager of
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    • 585 2 THE ROYAL Canadian Mint has designs on the 15,000 to 20,000 coin collectors in Singapore as the Republic is said to be the fastest growing market for collectors' coins in the Asia Pacific region. The president and master of the Royal Canadian Mint
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    • 298 2 NEW approaches to teaching language, with emphasis on practical usage rather than grammatical rules, will be discussed at a forthcoming seminar. Dr BK Das, a language specialist, said a new approach was needed because language teachers had been aiming at the wrong objectives. Students who are
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    • TRADE TALK
      • 137 2 of recipes has been published by Mr Sin Leong, a vice-president of the Restaurant Association of Singapore. Members of the association can buy the book at a special discount off its list price of $28 a copy. In the book, which contains some of his wellknown recipes, Mr
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      • 140 2 engines have been ordered for new Airbus Industries A 320 aircraft that will be delivered starting in 1988. "We are very pleased to have this order from Airbus," said Mr Jacques Chausse, president and chief executive officer of CFM International, headquartered in Evendale, Ohio. "It puts us in
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      • 168 2 of 400 body kits ordered by Singapore Bus Service (SBS) from Walter Alexander (Coachbuilders) of Scotland to be mounted on 200 Leyland (AN6B) and 200 Mercedes Benz (0305) chassis, arrived in the Republic recently. All assembly work will be done in Singapore by SBS. Engineers from Walter Alexander
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    • 400 3  -  WiKTERD'AYINIfiftRBIftWENT, By SHAHRIR ARIFF EXTENDED banking hours one day a week will help workers if their wages are paid through bank accounts. This was one of the suggestions by Mr Lim Boon Heng, MP for Kebun Baru, when he spoke on the move
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    • 209 3 THE Trade Development Board (TDB) has plans to set up new overseas trade Offices in Sydney, Hongkong and Brunei later this year. The TDB has already set up two overseas trade offices; one in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and the other in Houston (US) this
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    • 195 3 IN. A recent survey, only 14 per cent of workers in Singapore stated that they would not encounter problems if their employers paid them through their bank accounts. The preliminary findings of the survey conducted by the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) on cashless
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    • 180 3 THE Government is taking a very tough stand against marriages between work permit holders and Singapore citizens. Professor S Jayakumar, acting Minister for Labour, told the House that the 150,000 work permit holders in Singapore are here for specific jobs and recruited for temporary
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    • 290 3 TWO LOCAL journalists will visit Australia in June to promote closer links with their counterparts there. Miss Lim Soon Neo of Business Times and Mr Yeo Hock Lin of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) are among a group of 11 Asean
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    • 409 3  -  By JAIME LYE TRAVEL agents may be facing numerous problems in a market rampant with tough competition and low profit margins, but this does not mean there is no light at the end of the tunnel. There were 345 licensed travel agents in Singapore as of December
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    • 445 3  -  By RICHARD SEAH DEMETRON is surging ahead in printed circuit board technology with the production of its first eight-layer board. The West German company last year became the first in Singapore to produce multi-layer printed circuit boards, starting with fourlayer and six-layer boards. Since
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    • 171 3 WIN BOX Co Pte Ltd, a Sime Darby subsidiary, is investing $7.7 million to expand its facilities at Third Chin Bee Road. Construction has begun on a 10,000-square-metre plot of land adjacent to the present factory which makes corrugated cartons. Win Box also
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    • 123 3 SINGAPOREANS paid a lot more for food last month than they did in the past five years. Food prices rose by 3.6 per cent in February this year, registering the highest increase since December 1977. As a result, the consumer price index was pushed up
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    • 328 3 Introducing the all-new ACMA Medium 'AX' Series. The biggest advance yet in medium-size air conditioners. ACMA's 1-2 hp 'AX' Series was designed for mediumsize rooms. Already the earlier models have proved to be Singapore's top-selling medium-sire air conditioners. Now ACMA presents the new range with all-new upgraded features for even
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 596 4 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund managing director Jacques de Larosiere has said that US budget T deficits are keeping interest rates high throughout the world and holding back investment needed for a lasting international recov- ery. In a speech to the Cincinnati > Council
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    • 399 4 Agencies US COMMERCE Secretary Malcolm Baldrige has pre- dieted that the US deficit in its balance of payments on the current account will probably worsen significantj," ly this year. "The deficit this year r: could be double the 1983 fig(i, ure as further trade
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    • 197 4 Reuter BRAZIL'S inflation rate should drop this year to at least half 1963's 211 per cent, government economic officials said in a letter of intent to the IMF. Previously announced measures to restrict monetary growth and salary increases and to reduce public spending
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 547 4 Agencies RECENTLY published statistics In France, showing increases in both prices and unemployment last month, have cast a shadow over the country's economy. The French government's objective to reduce inflation from 9.2 per cent last year to 5 per cent this year is likely to
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    • 163 4 AFP MALAYSIA will record a 6.7 per cent economic growth this year compared with 6 per cent projected in this year's budget, Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah told Parliament. Tengku Razaleigh said on Monday that the country's economic growth for 1963 was now estimated
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    • 164 4 Reuter THAILAND will post economic growth of 5.5 per cent in 1984, slightly below the 5.6 per cent rise last year in spite of bumper crops and improved prices for rice, tapioca and other commodities, Bangkok Bank Ltd said. The bank's projection, disclosed
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    • 728 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SLA SQU OUO LAX/TYO TMA TL331 0200 BEY BOM/KUL PAA PA5 0225 JFK/SFO HKG SIA SQ4L 0605 MAA MAS MHGOL 0820 KUL CAL CI010 0645 JED/DHA MAS MH671 0905 KUL MAS MH811 0910 PEN S1A SQ103 0945 KUL RBA BI421
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    • 384 5 AFP UPI UNITED States foreign policy dominated the final day of campaigning for the Illinois Democratic presidential primary with Gary Hart charging that Walter Mondale was too quick to advocate military intervention and Mr Mondale accusing his opponent of being too naive. As the
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    • 814 5 Reuter AP THERE IS total deadlock at the European Economic Community summit in Brussels over British demands for a cutback in UK payments to the community budget and for strict controls on spending. Irish Prime Minister Garret Fitzgerald yesterday described the summit's prospects as depressing
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    • 388 5 Reuter PROTECTIONIST barriers against imports into Thailand and Indonesia are a blot on the liberal trade record of the six-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). US Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Dam told the annual conference of the Export-Import Bank in Washington on
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    • 151 5 Reuter A US Congressman has urged a Philippine panel looking into the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino to interview two former Philippine military agents who gave evidence to Congress, an aide said in Washington on Monday. In a cable sent last Friday, Representative Stephen
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    • 597 5 AP AMERICAN Treasury Secretary Donald Regan sa id on Monday that he came to China to "define the issues" between Washington and Beijing before President Ronald Reagan arrives in Beijing next month. Mr Regan, In Beijing to attend the annual meeting of the
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    • 314 5 Bernama THE seating arrangement in the Dewan Rakyat (or the three Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Members of Parliament who were expelled from the party, Mr Tan Koon Swan, vbatuk Lee Ktan Sal, and *Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik, remains unchanged pending official notification, Speaker
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    • 230 5 FT THE AUSTRALIAN economy is at present growing faster than any other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) economy, the Federal Treasurer, Mr Paul Keating, said on Monday. He said Australia's year-on-year growth rate for the 12 months to June 1984 was
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 346 6 Reuter A VISIT by Malaysia's Primary Industry Minister Paul Leong to reaffirm his country's commitment to the International Tin Agreement and discuss its proposed new tin markets will be the main feature of this week's International Tin Council (ITC) session. Mr Leong will address
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    • 92 6 SOYBEAN FUTURES in Chicago on Monday closed from up 4'/« US-cents per bushel higher in March to off four cents in January. May closed af the top of an 11'/s-cent range, as a wave of new speculative buying boosted old crop months sharply late in the day. Soyoil futures
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    • 71 6 WHEAT FUTURES in Chicago on Monday closed 13/«l 3 to five US-cents per bushel lower. May finished in the middle a three-cent range. Commission house and local profit-taking tied to strength in the US dollar and higher interest rates pressured values throughout the session. Corn futures ranged from up
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    • 160 6 CHINESE Predict Exchange, Singapore, closing prices per 1M kg yesterday. CscMßt «II: Bulk fob $200.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $213.00 sellers, new drum fob $217.00 sellers. Cspra: Mixed (loose) $115 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $635.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq
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    • 135 6 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed lower on selling pressure and lack of buying interest amid continuing uncertainty following the suspension of trading in palm oil futures. In the March position, central and north regions eased Mslso each to M 51,620 and M 51,600 a tonne respectively
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    • 193 6 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) CottM Yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20 s 3.655, 32's 4,120, 4fl's 4,230 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece Oiiii: China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq, Dragon Head unq, Five Lambs unq, Flower and
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    • 30 6 Rubber: March 20 Singapore: April 232.50 cent* (down three cents) Malaysia: April 258.50 cents (down three cents) Tin: M 529.15 per kilo (unchanged) 205 tonnes (down 121 tonnes)__
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    • 79 6 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday remained at the ITA fleer level st M 529.15 a Idle at which it has steed since March C amid centinning shortage tf demand. lie lack of interest reflected a high premium ever the price in Leaden, and the baffer stack
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    • 271 6 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday. Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Cloae (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt t.o.b. ***** Int. 1 R.S.S. April 233.75 Int. 1 R.S.S May 237 00 Int. 2 R.S.S 228.00 UK/Coot. 227.00 Int. 3 R.S.S. 224.00 UK/Coat. 223.00 Int. 4
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    • 106 6 NOON SSI Ft and SMR prim jm larday RA8 April May (Carraat Mtk) (Forward Mtk) lUara Buyf r« Salkra Biyara S« SSR 20 (1-ton pallet) 217.00 219.00N 219.00 221.00N SSR50 (1-ton pallet) 215.00 217.00N 217.00 219.00N MULB April May SMRCV (1-ton pallat) 279.00 281 OON ***** 283
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    • 312 6 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, 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-super 0.63, Special
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    • 233 6 THE RUBBER market in Singapore yesterday closed slightly lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 232.50 cents a kilo, down three cents from Monday's close. The morning session was marked down two cents on liquidation of April and May One RSS, after a lower opening. Prices eased further
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    • 1149 6 COFFEE: Robusta futures held steady at midday yesterday, just above the lows reached on the Brazilian price measures announced overnight. The morning session ended with losses of £35 to £15 with most active May quoted £35 down from Monday's close at £1,937, £2 above the low. Mixed trade,
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 259 7 GOLD futures prices in Singapore yesterday was at a standstill with no business reported due to lack of interest. However, prices were slightly higher, reflecting firm overseas advices. Prompt closed stronger at U*****.00/395.50 an ounce against New York's $394.00/ 394.50 close, April at $397.00/ 397.50 against $395.30/395.60 and June
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    • 35 7 M«a M New York 9.58B 9.47B 9.63S 9.52S Zurich 9.S3B 9.41B fl^as 9.46S Mm Singapore im 90S 9.42B 9.65S 9.47S Closing price* In US dollars a troy ounc t. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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    • 58 7 THE dollar opened broadly unchanged yesterday against major currencies In nervous trading after easing overnight on profit-taking. Opening quotes yesterday: us 1.4430/40 1.9405/25 1J754/58 n ilk 3.7815/50 DF1 4MK/7m s FY 3.1100/30 77.29/40 F Pr Il.n0/M45 lit 2345.35/2349.55 Yen 325.18/64 DKr 13.8196/8415 NKr 10.8825/9030 SKr 11 KOT/2280 Autach 28.57/60
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    • 447 7 TRADING was very quiet on the local foreign exchange market yesterday. Against the local currency, the US dollar opened at 552.0910. Trading during the day took the greenback up to a high of 5J2.0915/25 before it closed at 552.0905/15. hhrtwt hwi< rates at S pa: One month 2.0867/2.0881
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    • 31 7 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.083 per cent. Natleaal Westminster Bank's PLR is 1.5 per cent.
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    • 182 7 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at 5 pm on March 20: U8 Dollars Offer BM 7 days 10 3/18 101/16 1 month 107/18 10 5/18 2 months 100/18 107/18 3 months 1011/18 10 0/18 0 months 11 10* 0 months 113/10 111/18 12 months 11* 11* Du. gw/n.
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    • 47 7 RANGE of price* offered by discount houses on March 20 Overnight: 3 Call deposit*: 2-3 Closing Biyiac SslUac 3-month Treasury bills *2H 2V4 3-month Bank bills 713/16 711/18 3 months CD 7 7/16 7 5/16 6 months CD 7 7/16 7 5/16 Source: National Discount Co
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    • 143 7 THE US dollar extended losses on overseas selling yesterday, following a lower European opening, but sentiment was mixed about the currency's next move. Trading was quiet in the morning reflecting Tokyo's closure for a local holiday, and technical factors dominated the day's business. The
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    • 380 7 NYT BANKERS are predicting that the US prime rate which rose on Monday to 11.5 per cent could rise much higher. Alfred Brittain EH, chairman of Bankers Trust, said: "It's a clear response to our increased cost of funds and a signal that there's a
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    • 307 7 BANK Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd is exploring various avenues for setting up its own venture capital firm. The bank is the second in Malaysia to declare publicly this intention. The first was Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank. Bank Bumi's chief executive, Dr Nawawi Mat A
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    • 166 7 Reuter STANDARD Chartered Bank PLC, in conduction with its subsidiary Mocatta group, is to introduce three new trading facilities in bullion and financial markets. Mocatta group chief executive Henry Jarecki recently said the overnight foreign exchange option, to be introduced on April 9, will allow risk cover
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    • 134 7 Reuter THE Australian government will set up a working party to (jpvelop and report on proposals for a legal framework on offshore hanking, Treasurer Paul Keating said. He said the government is favourably disposed to offshore hanking subject to resolving tax and supervision problems. Concessions aimed
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    • 447 7 HANIL Bank has signed an agreement to issue US$2O million of three-year floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCD) in Singapore on March 30, Hanil officials said. The FRCD, to be issued at par in $500,000 denominations, will carry interest at 0.25 per cent over the sixmonth Singapore Interbank
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    • 137 7 AMERICAN stockbrokers Dean Witter Reynolds (DWR) yesterday announced a reorganisation of its London-based international market operations and the formation of Dean Witter Capital Markets International. Mr Robert Gardiner, chairman of the DWR Financial Services group in New York, said this development indicates the group's commitment
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  • 532 8 THE survey on the investment preference of US electronics companies carried out by the British firm Electronics Location File brings to mind a saying of the late American comedian W C Fields. He said that given a choice, he would prefer two 21-year old blondes rather than
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  • 914 8  -  By JOHN LIM TRY saying "Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale" quickly. Even its acronym, EFTPOS, hardly trips off the tongue, but shoppers, retailers and bankers are going to be hearing, reading and using, these terms a lot in the near future. For
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  • 917 8  -  By R J APPLE JR NYT THE European Economic Community is like a big multinational corporation whose board of directors meets only four times a year and whose chief executive officer changes every six months. When the directors the heads of the 10
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  • 1009 9  -  Putting capital in the hands of adventurous businessmen has become one of the world's key skills. JONATHAN CARR reports from Frankfurt on a new German approach to the subject. JONATHAN CARR FT ALBRECHT Count Matuschka could well take as his motto "Risk capital the
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  • 414 9  -  By TODD EASTHAM UPI THE Achilles heel of mighty industrial Japan is its dependence on oil from the Middle East, but the balm that will heal that vulnerability may create another sore spot. The miracle balm is nuclear energy and the sore spot is
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    • 171 11 maR ib m CORBEILLE •i GROUP B Camfour 1588 rinanclere de LUnlon 88 Lafarte 330 15 1J 3 AquHjOne Nat 234 Moet-Henneaiy ODfl-Partbai 1386 148 5 -5-5 BSH Oernii OiLBone C S F (ThonuonCafl 2456 317 35 Penarrojra 58J0 Radio technique 328 GROUP C 1J 8 de» Petrole* Credit
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    • 105 11 MAR IS Lire BastOfl 100.25 225 Bet ***** 700 Central* Ord 1710 80 Cond Acqua Roma 148 75 425 Eiidinli HBO 218 Flat Ord 4423 178 General! 3860 140 in prin 5890 210 Invest 3381 80 Italcementi Ord ***** 830 Italgu 1030 31 Lepetlt Ord ***** unch Mediobanca *****
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    • 195 11 MAR 19 Francs Actions Sulsses 314.00 2 Alusuisse Br. 800 -2 Alusolsse Reg. m -4 Brown Bo«erl Br. 1400 -36 CW* Oelgy Br 2290 unch Ob* Oelgy P C 1790 unch Clbtt Oe® Reg- 985 2310 -2 Credit Suisse Br -15 Credit Suisse Beg 443 unch Elektrowmtt Br. 2*700
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    • 60 11 MAR 1* Kronor Alfa Laval B Fret 1 285 unch Asea B Free 380 •1 Astra B Free 550 -5 Atlas Copco 125 •1 Ericsson B Free 358 Esab Free S10 -9 S. E. Banken 381 1 Sandvtk B Free 350 unch Skindla «0? unch Skr B Free 194
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    • 278 11 MAR 19 ivnl ion Rand mi at a >/- Un Steel Unisec Wool worth II! I R >» unch INDUS 1 K1AL9 A Alpha MOB MININGS Abercom A£ And CI Amurop AJ41C Barlows C O Smith Clickers CNA Currle Finance ZZ 415 unch Anglos Anginal 2440 1375 M00 406B
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    • 528 11 ATTITUDES to both savings and investment in Japan are changing, and this will have significant impact on the capital markets, Henderson Baring, a Hongkong-based portfolio fund manager says. The catalyst of this may have been the removal of exchange controls three years ago which enabled institutional
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    • 1286 11 NEW YORK A ONE-HALF point rise in the prime lending rate, although widely anticipated, sent a chill through the stock market on Monday and prices finished sharply lower on the lightest turnover of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose in each of
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    • 186 11 MAR 19 Abiubt C$ 22 S unch imp OU Inco 36* 11 unch Alcan Algoma Bank Moot Bank Nova Scotia Bell Tel 44* 35* 36* 13* jovt Int Pro* Pipe Int uu 37* 38* H unch -It inu Nickel Kerr Add Lobtaw B It* 14* unch BP Can Ltd
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    • 930 11 SHARE prices opened mixed yesterday in moderate trading after Monday's sharply lower Wall Street close, before mostly firming, dealers said. Lucas was up 7p to 227p following the sale of certain Australian interests, PandO rose 6p to 310 on further consideration of Monday's higher full-year profits while TI
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    • 165 11 MAR 1» FU ABN moo -j iluU mao -it Akso MJOwl AMZV Amlu 196JO 1TJJ0 -u -1J Amrobnk Bert 7100 43J0 -u u Bob Boraumi) MJO moo MJO TOJO *10 -0J -1 Boaka Burtet Caland unci) -OJ 0J Cal* Dell Ml] Barrier MO 00 MJO MOJO -1 unch uoch
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    • 803 11 NYT IN RECENT years, many companies have changed the emphasis in their basic lines of business. For some concerns, the shifts have proved to be a positive step while for others they have had a negative effect on earnings and stock prices.
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    • 379 11 RESOURCE stocks yesterday were sold in moderate trading on Australian stock exchanges following the half-point rise in many US prime rates. At 1500 local the All Ordinaries Index was down 3.8 at 731.9, the All Resources Index down 5.3 at 546.7 and the All Industrials down 1.8 at 965.5.
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    • 391 11 HONGKONG THE stock market yesterday pared an early decline to close little changed with active bargain hunting noted. Prices opened lower in line with Wall Street, following news of half-point US prime rate increases to 11 l /i per cent. However, sentiment remained bullish in Hongkong reflecting
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    • 147 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed lower in generally sluggish trading but the sale of a block of Atlas B mining shares pushed total turnover to a little more than 5.1 million pesos. The Mining Index was down 31.27 at 1,091.26, the Commercial and Industrial Index 0.49 at 134.34 and Oils
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    • 237 11 MAR 30 Ail Sincere Indus Asia Cement NT 11.56 ti «n -01 Chem Indus Uen Hva Indus Nan Ya Plas Pacific Cons 24 JO 1170 33J0 20 JO -0.1 unch +0il -0 2 Cathay Cons Chanf Hw» Bank Chen Loong Chi* Hsln Cement ChlnA Cfcm 32.00 6660 26J0 unch
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    • 159 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed slightly higher as turnover improved in slow trading. The Book Club Index rose 0.52 to 118.44 on turnover of 18.2 million baht with 153,150 shares traded. MAR X Bahts Aokham Thai Asia Fibre 145 unch Ajruthijn In* And Trust Ranrkok Ranlr Z MO 4-4 Bank
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 179 11 BONVESTS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lim Heng Kow as director of Bonvests Holdings Limited with effect from 1 March 1984 Dr Lim was a lecturer at the University of Malaya, and Senior Lecturer/Vice-Dean
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    • 57 11 ihico [»j 11 [K' I [<li MYij Binders in 7 attractive colours up to 122 cm (48") long and diameter from 4.5 mm (3 I6"> to 5 I mm (2"). < 11 > '< 'i i'i(i(ii,(,(,c, K i, (r (r r< ihico IBICO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 51, Ayer Rajah Crescent.
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  • 2828 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 Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 3681 12 IMM4 I^ ff Hi«h Low Coaptay 8al« Or 1 Dhr +or- DW Cn Gr*s Nat Y*ld P/S Vol Day C000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 172 310 354 280 306 410 120 430 322 278 544* 520 535 710 300 478 418 585 080 472 506
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  • 181 12 Maaagers' price* f*r Mat H ■NOAPOBB UNIT T*U The Commerce 3.42 The Saving* Fund LM S pore Prog Fund 1.47 S pore Sec. Fund HI S pore Invest Fund 1.19 S pore Equity Fund 1.45 ASIA UNIT TRUST Mai Invert Fund 2JI Mai Prog Fund 1.47 Mai Security
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  • 2185 12 BID and otter 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. INDOBTUALA Ak*o (2MB 2.665) (7) 2.65 (30) 2.64 AiUfe 12 MB 2.055)
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  • 829 12 SHABE prlees generally mMuged to recover tram a weak opening yesterday bat toe absence ef aay meaningfal follew-toreegh sappert cawed toe market to finish aa aa easier aete. lie Strait* Times taiutrial Index lest 8.(1 paints te 1,117.75 aid toe Bnstness Times Campsslte Index last
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  • 557 12 THE dramatic expulsion of prominent MCA members caused a stir in the investment community yesterday, leading share prices generally lower on the Kuala Lumpur stock market. After a broadly easier start, share prices continued to slip on lack of support and by the final bell,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 355 13  -  Weo Yong Yong (Mrs) Research Maaager, City Securities Pte, Singapore )VE REFER to the letter '.titled "Re-evaluating n Prima" by Investor, Singapore, published in Business .-Times on Saturday, March ..17,1984. The 1983 results of Prima 'Ltd, recently released, took '"vis by surprise not
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    • 550 13 Reuter ".«PENINSULAR A Oriental Steam Navigation Co's re- suits announced on Monday were extremely Impressive, but while some share analysts believe Trafalgar House PLC would tail in any fresh offer for PAO, others still think a bid battle would be finely balanced. PAO,
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    • 161 13 Reuter OCCIDENTAL Petroleum Carp chairman Armand Hammer said his company would -.Jbe a very difficult target for anyone contemplating a takeover. Mr Hammer told a .National Press Club lunch that Occidental has large committed bank lines "and we u "might take (the predator) over." He
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    • 373 13 UNITED Estate Prejecta BM has achieved Its earner bmait, taralag la map pre-tax prefits at MSUJ7 milttea tar the year eaded Dee SI, IMS, ap 71.f per eeat eampared with $2M« milttea previeaaiy. Oraap taraever was 54J per eeat higher at $11M4 milttea last year
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    • 595 13  -  Market Talk By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI WHILE most commentators have dismissed the 1984/85 Singapore Budget proposals as being an "election year Budget", London stockbroking firm, Laurence, Prust A Co believes otherwise. "A more careful scrutiny of the Budget confirms the government's contention that the Budget
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    • 789 13 HK Features HONGKONG'S thriving but often unpredictable stock market 10th largest in the world in terms of turnover will be offering more opportunities to overseas and institutional investors with the introduction of an over-the-counter (OTC), or unlisted securities market, next year. According to
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    • 157 13 HOTEL Malaysia Limited: Twenty-first AGM to be held in the Tudor Ballroom of Goodwood Park Hotel, Scotts Road, on Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 am. GOODWOOD Park Helel Limited: Thirty-sixth AGM to be held in the Tudor Ballroom oi Goodwood Park Hotel, Scotts Road, on Wednesday, March 28,
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    • 248 13 CYCLE and Carriage Bintang Bhd has entered into a Joint venture with Kaybe Sdn Bhd and Hendersons Industries Ltd of Australia to manufacture motor components in Malaysia. The joint venture agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur recently by CCB managing director Ti Teow Yong, Kaybe
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    • 110 13 Reuter THE CHAO family, ultimate controller of Wah Kwong Properties Ltd and Wah Kwong Shipping 4 Investment Co (Hongkong) Ltd, plans to offer shares in the familycontrolled Venture Lines Ltd. The chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping, Frank Chao, said under the plan 25 per cent of
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 487 13 FRANK NEWMAN ASSOCIATES STRATEGIC MARKETING CONSULTANTS Presents THE MARKETING OF FINANCIAL ft BANKING SERVICES SEMINAR to be held at the Holiday Inn Singapore 3 days, Monday-Wednesday, 2nd-4th April 1984 COURSE CONTENTS 9 Lectures all with visual aid. using synchronised projectors 1) The Corporate Plan 2) Strategic Marketing Planning 3) Market
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 173 14 Rises Indices Ay«r Molek 1400 300 Mar 19 Mar 20 Kuchai 50« 1850 270 Aokam Sungei Bmi Kamunting 50« Talam Mines 740 060 740 1320 190 110 75 70 BT Composite: BT Indicator: ST Industrials: 939.60 *****85 1016.36 932.65 *****47 1007.75 Kramat 770 40 ST Finance: 2899.19 2895.73 Wilkinaon
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      153 14 Rises Indices Kuchai 1800 260 Mar 19 Mar 20 Aokam 770 140 Kpg Lanjut Sg Besi Kramat Tin 810 110 MBT Indicator: *****13 *****85 1040 110 NST Industrials: 1496.19 1486.58 i 920 80 NST Finance: 2810.43 2777.61 Kamunting Petaling Talam Wilkinson 790 65 NST Hotels: 659.90 659.65 1060
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    • 55 14 H.K.HANG SENG Monday 735.8 Week Ago 719.0 Tuesday 1189.12 FINANCIAL TIMES Monday 1170.35 INDUSTRIALS Week Ago 1086.24 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Monday 883.1 Friday 894.3 Week Ago 844.1 Tuesday 865.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE Monday 967.3 INDUSTRIALS Week Ago 951.3 ALL ORDINARIES Monday 1171.38 Friday 1184.36 Tuesday 731.9 Week Ago 1155.36
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  • 327 14 NEW Straits Times Press (M) Bhd has proposed several moves to consolidate its interests in the publishing, distributing and retailing sectors. It is acquiring the remaining shares of Berita Publishing from Times Publishing while Berita Publishing itself would in turn acquire the balance of
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  • 476 14 HSHIi II Companies Editor: ALAN LEE SUPREME Finance (M) Bhd, the 70 per cent owned subsidiary of Sapreme C«rBhd, hopes to make its public share offer by end-June. However, the company's executive director Penny Chang points out that its flotation is subject to
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  • 414 14 FIRST Allied Corporation Bhd has announced its long-expected venture into property development with the proposed acquisition of Arosa Development Sdn Bhd, which is developing a condominium project in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, for M 533.99 million. FACB, now under the control of the Lipkland Group's
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  • 68 14 PUBLIC Baak Bbd says that the Capital Issues Committee and Bank Negara Malaysia have approved its proposal to increase issued and paid-up capital to MJ210 million through a bonus issue of 84 million shares of 50 cents each. UAC BM has appointed Tan Sri Muh'd Alias and Tan
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  • 386 14  -  By CHAN MAY PENG JOHAN Holdings Bhd, which has been rather quiet for some time, is back on the acquisition trail. Johan announced yesterday the acquisition of 50 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of BBC Brown Boveri (M) Sdn Bhd (BBMA)
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  • 55 14 VAN der Horst has incorporated a subsidiary in Singapore, Diesel Marine Pte Ltd. The authorised capital is $1 million and the issued and paid-up capital is $100,000. Van der Horst owns 90 per cent of the shares while the rest is held by Diesel Marine
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  • 437 14  -  By AMY CHEOK IN ITS first set sf resalts rdciH far Ike aiae —tti ta December IKS, Bwveatt Holdings Ltd tai nrpMwd Its prejeeted graap pre t>i earalaga by a tall 44 per eeaft. The praperty-based eempaay, fermeiiy kaewa aa ladastrlal Etoctraalcs and Eaglaeerlag Ltd,
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  • 487 14  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM GENTING Bhd has, as expected, scored record group earnings of M 5149.92 million for 1983, thanks to its well-timed diversification into such profitable businesses as plantations and property development centred in its hill resort. But investors hoping for a generous bonus
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  • 50 14 JACK Chiarapurk has again purchased more shares tat law Far Brath ers Internatlsaal Ltd. He bought 60,000 shares for a total consideration of $157,500. He is now deemed to have an interest in 29.14 million shares or 19.55 per cent in Haw Par.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 61 14 |w EATH ER: OUTLOOK for today: Fair in the morning; showers in the afternoon. Report (•r 24 hears priar te 7M pm m Mirdi 29 at the airport: Maximum temperature 29.2 Associated humidity 81 Minimum temperature 23.5 Associated humidity 91 Hours of sunshine 3.50 Rainfall In millimetres 2.4 Total rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 330 15 THE United States has bowed to pressure from its largest shipping sector and will not ratify the 1978 Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW). According to Lloyd's List, owners of small vessels in the US have forced the Coast Guard to
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    • 457 15  -  By G DURAIRAJ WITH problems relating to the delivery of laden containers left unsolved over the past few months, Port Kelang is now facing a marked slowdown in the movement of empty containers. This is threatening to upset the routine of container
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 75 15 Reuter A STRIKE by mooring gangs which began at the weekend has stopped all shipping movements in South Australian ports, a miscellaneous workers union spokesman said. The union is striking in a dispute with the state's Marine and Harbours Department over manning levels on mooring gangs at
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      • 53 15 AFP A MOBIL Oil tanker ran on the rocks in the broad Columbia river on Monday, spilling some 120 tons of crude into the waterway. The grounding, which ripped open the vessel's four tanks, occurred near Portland, Oregon's main city, some 160 kilometres inland from the
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      • 51 15 AFP BANGLADESH'S only dry dock at the port city of Chittagong has earned about US$l.6 million from repairing local and foreign ships since its commissioning two years ago. The dock has so far handled about 30 local and three foreign ships while 34 vessels were currently awaiting repair.
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    • 782 15 Shipping Line Page C«l AC Toepfer VI l Afea VI > Ahrenkiel Liner vn 5 Alpac VI 5 Anura Shpg VI 1 A PC Line V 4 APL m ASCL m 1 Asia broker V S Atlaa Lines X 5 Austaxia Line V I Balt-Ortent vn 4/5
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    • 780 16 AFP SOVIET chartering interest re-appeared on the freight market last week after a month's absence, and immediately enlivened conditions with the recent firmer trend in rates extended. Payments in the transAtlantic (USA/Europe) grain trade, reached US$lO/ton, their highest since May 1982, .for the larger bulkers (70,000 tonners), some
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    • 1761 16 ACTIVE time-chartering and a good volume of grain voyage fixing on Monday gave the market feature as the week began, shipbrokers said. In the time-charter sector, several bookings were seen for vessels able to give prompt delivery in the Far East. These included a 34,000 tonner fixed for
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    • 148 16 A BANQUET at London's Guildhall and a six-month-long exhibition at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich are among events planned to celebrate the 250 th anniversary this year of Lloyd's List, believed to be the oldest international daily newspaper. Prince Philip will be the guest
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    • 647 16 Fairplay FOR various reasons the inland waterway transport industry of north-west Europe appeared to have "missed the boat" when the rest of shipping was caught up in the container revolution. In the past couple of years, however, a lot of progress has been
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    • 191 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 Container Line.
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    • 628 17 ONE of Hongkong's prominent shipowners, Mr Frank Chao, said Hongkong's shipping industry is already on the road to recovery and a boom is predicted by the end of the year. The president of Wah Kwong A Co said that the increased steel output
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    • 292 17 Reuter INDIA'S 10 major ports remained paralysed by a dock workers' strike and union leaders said there were no prospects for an early settlement of the dispute. The dockers also received more support from other unions. Civilian employees of the navy said they would
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    • 4472 22 SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due and when 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
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    • 845 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 Gold Varda 44W 22.3.84 0300 Star Shpg TA3 0700-0900/1300-1500 S2 Hakata Maru 51/531 22.3.84 0400 Borneo FSB 0700-0900/1300-1600 G3 B Teratai ***** 22.3.84 0700 Leo
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    • 1665 23 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S). Afre-Earasle Um Transgroup (S). ■AhrenkM Liner Bervtee Kim Shpg (S). Alfred C Taepfer Sea Consortium (S)' Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alpne Intrasea (S) Bin tang Shpg (KL)/ Island Cargo Handling
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    • 418 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Cherry Bagus 28 Lian Soon alongside 21.3.84/0100 Cherry Manis 27 Lian Soon alongside 21.3.84/2300 Ham Luong 45 NAPL alongside 21.3.84/1500 Kaca Penyu 19 Sharp alongside 21.3.84/0600 Kota Berkat 10/11 PIL alongside 21.3.84/0600 Ned Baltimore 44 Ned-EAC alongside
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 166 15 Published and Distributed bv FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS 2 Jurong Pcwt Road, Singapore 2261 A member of The Times Organisation I \RDIM AM H FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPF VIA SUEZ Calling Bremtrhanen a«et Hamburg 'OmiT* Times (Sport) fa. 23/3 1800 HRS 10. 23/3 0600 HRS TO/fROM NORTH AMERICA WEST/EAST COASTS TO
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    • 326 15 Ui si: A I.OR I) UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO'SAG) NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM IAI'AN TAIHW lIOMJKOM, U MRQAB K. 4+* AL MMMYAH ft U. NUBA AISO CAUK: •NAGOYA +NAKATA 17/3 20/3 23/3
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    • 750 15 TIMES lkisiiH'ss Directory of Singa|M>rc (Bl'Kll MKRAH) GIVES YOUR PRODUCTS SERVICES THE PROMINENCE THEY DESERVE MAERSK LINE FASTEST SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE TO USA LONGBEACH OAKLAND 18 DAYS 20 DAYS NEXT SAILING •S. ALVA MAERSK SINGAPORE: 27/3 PORT KELANG: 22/3 PENANG: 23-24/3 VIA FEEDER MAERSK RANDO spori Bocmmc< 2?3Mii terimmi .vow
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 429 16 r—#= FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. E3IES Sport lMfcafcs 2) Warn 3) H'twrf 4) Gtairf N DELFT 27/3 U/« SELANUA 3/4 18/4 N. DUMA 10/4 25/4 9/5 14/5 6/5 21/5 N HOUTMAN 1/5 16/5 WTIANOIA 8/5 23/5 Mm AcctpMif ftr. 1) Barcelona, Genoa, 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp, L.Hanre. Basle. UK.
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    • 429 16 NOTICE We are pleased to announce the appointment of ABEX TRANSPORT SHIPPING AGENCY as our agent for the REGULAR LINER SERVICE to Muara/Labuan effective 21st March 1984. Please refer to shipping schedule on 22.3.84 SERIA MARKETING NAVIGATIONAL (S) PTE LTD m Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA HONEXONC MX
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 509 17 The Straits MMJm Steamship Group QCL Overseas Containers Limited V i STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabalt, Sarawak, Brunei Porta and Bangkok [SmmhT "ALBO ACCEPTING CARGO FPU: n CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK CONTINENT Also acceptmi LCI aid FCI carjo to Honj Kmc •Accepting carp tor BafMad l Basrah by feeder mstts
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    • 465 17 TOKO LINE MV "SLVDt WAVES" Vwf-m Caamguef at all damaged giimal cargoes ex the captiooed veaael are hereby notify that the General Survey will be held on the and March. UM (Thursday) at Jurong Port godown No TS-2 Iran 10:00 am to 1300 pro No further aurvey vUI be held.
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    • 112 17 NOTICES FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SABAH, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE FAR EAST/GULF OF ADEN AND RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE mi NOTICE TO SHIPPERS CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR The first quarterly review of currency values in March*; has resulted in an upward adjustment of the Currency Adjustment Factor from Malaysia and
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 460 18 L 4 I 10 LONTIWNI UK Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS IMqbrn T#u* E«»r*M Loflf Oakland Seattle/ Connecting m Tokyo Connecting m Kobe "Also occeptmg cargo tor ATLANTIC GULF PORTS via rmmtondbridge, and US MD-WEST by mtcrobndge" f ROM COHTINE NT UK IMPOR f TaMaEtpns Otafca Bay IMarbprm 21/2 23/2 2t/2 Mr Ejqrtn
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    • 362 18 IK. S LINE M FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE f o«f4 IOH'OH* 'iO* 10 EUROPE VIA Sl*/ 1 A Munber ot the Ac? Conwtium S St AS BMDGE 45* FROM SUEZ fUROPI *1 A FUI I Memorr o» the Act Consortium Y CONTAINERISED (I ,M NORTH iMIRIC.A iASI COAST j FUUY CONTAINERISED
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    • 310 18 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTMG Fa ft LCI CMKO F SfiP PHI IK FU ROM ANN URf E»« 27/03 17/04 11/04 21/04 22/04 24/04 Et« Grxk 00/04 07/04 27/04 20/04 01/05 2/05 4/05 E««la»M 17/04 11/04 00/05 11/05 13/05 14/05 10/05 also acceptmg ia/Fa i fa/fa io GOTttNHURG.
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    • 922 18 Everett Lines COMPANA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (CJ».V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loaA«| tor Utao HtUran lo and al otter Ptrvnan ports «rtti tramtapMcnl *t Hooftoni mi/ot tobt 0* CPV Throufti Ms ot ladmf to (mil destination P«M| P. Kitni Shppn MANOLOCKRETT k Ft/21 Ha 22/23 Mw OWWJETT 3/5% 0/7 Apr MURRAYHEMTT
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    • 292 18 US I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES ft Atoat.6.l SMCAPOK SMOSt MMTTIK PTI LTD Til *****44/7 i *****70 fORTUUMG MM.OSE IMiBTM SON BHD M *****2/3 PCNMK MfWYS* TRADE A TRA«SP<WUTD T* G7RJ3 A G372S KYOWA LINE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC KYOWABKE2E
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 939 19 PIL GROUP VCSSEL KOTAWBtAWAN KOTA PET A* KOTA MCOAH KOTA WUAYA KOTA MEW AM VOYAGE E-457 E-4M E-456 E-453 E-457 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES SINGAPORE LOAONM FOR: m Pt-24/3 HOOEIOAH, JCOOAM, AGABA,PT.SUOAN. ADEN 31-4/4 TAMATAVE. MAJUNOA, MAPUTO, D "SALAAM, MOMBASA, MOGADISCIO S-10/4 MOMBASA, HOOCDAM, ADEN, JCOOAM. AGABA. PT.SUOAN IS-IS/4 HODEIDAH, JCDDAH,
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    • 738 19 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE cum sium FBCMOBOPE MM l-HMDI RTMM NAME 111 rjQMCSKK FOR EwmTron M SJM WbM SJM faM 21/3 WC. TIM laMlKi Mm SaM bM SaM SM UK 27/1 21/3 MIC. HM Haafert Eiprru W SaArt bM SjM bM 3/4 S/4 WC. TVM Trta
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    • 505 19 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF TO MM EAST COAST II OiF POUTS (SDt-CONTMNEX VESSEL) STOK m ORLEANS NOftOU *N TOM HAUFAI SANGKULMMMp G* 23/4 l«/ 3 20/3 26/4 31/4 EXPRESS SEM-CONTAMER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STOK UM R"ORM/A"DAMH"MK/M£*ll SOMUATA IMB 15/4 14/5 17/5 H/S *i.i 3 EB P KELAK TUWT/ LONDON
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    • 503 19 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore P Kelor>9 Peoonq HTONEYWA VlB9 22/25 Mor PA-AN V6B 30/1 Apr 27/28 Mor PAGAN V 73 4/6 Apr 1/2 Apr BANK LINE EXPRESS DEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/COWT FORTHBANK MEADOWBANK SPORE I R'DAM 1 Apr 27
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    • 1114 20 m. KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. MDOLAND BRIDGE) me MB rm MOTWB mm I/INT SEATTII LA/LB Oakland *MBC ALSO ACCEFTMG MONTKAL. TOBONTO AMD OHO IB PACFIC, GUi, AUAHTK ran N MUM) rain ATI.AMTIC rn*HT mus mb stok Mmaen. m rax ASM ST* *21 SM 21 M* 23 M* KBOMMI *71 (TK)
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    • 577 20 rri ITO KORINS MARITIME SERVICES 114 Anson Road. #18-01, Tunss Building. Singapore 0207 T«l *****22 *****07 P Kaltng Tsl *****1/8 RID SLA/P£ RSI AN GUI F/ M E DUE RRANE AN SE RV?CE S S port LomlnC Far 25 Mir Pt. Sadaa/BoiNM/TrlpeA/Mburata .30 Mar B. Abkaa/B. BwfeH/B. Klwwmk Hyundai Merchant
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    • 395 20 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. lO Anson Mi ad ca? 1*» Int«*in.otmn.i Pf.t/.i Sm<| tporr ()*>()/ T »»l i > '•!♦>*> 1 J 1* I f i> 1 w. t p f v BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK ALP AC LINE S port P KeUr* Laadtof tor: ALPAC ASM 165M8 25 Mar 21
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    • 646 21 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): C PAUL 39W OCHEF3SW+ HK CONTAMER 39N. SS BRDGE 45* C CONTMD 25*... C RO2E 3W Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia 0 CHIEF S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 0600 24/3 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) LCL 18 23/3 C CONTAMER 241.-. C ROZE 37E N GARNET Iff
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    • 462 21 HEUNG-A SHI Korean Flag Vessels OQNAK" SEMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON n* Ooru 402N 27/3 11/4 14/4 It/4 I DMM/4t2H 1/4 11/4 7 Omm/40* IS/4 21/4 24/4 IDmm/ttM 23/4 21/4 4/) »OW/4MII t/5 ii/ 5 17/1 SEMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG. CMALNA. CALCUTTA Sftn 4U%
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    • 1114 21 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BURJMNG 55, Martlet Strut Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SMSOV SINGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P. KELAMC M/S SHMKAT NAM SOON SON. WD. IST AND 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CEMPENWG. PORT KLANG. MALAYSIA
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    • 697 22 ICc<|i«iial Cwiitiiiner Lines 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing PS A 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA TOY STOK SKLA TOY. STOK PWT RATANA MM 175/171 SjM 22 Mar 243/244 31 kbr 3 Apr SINGAPORE ISLANDS USE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER S'para PK Png Loadnf tar
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    • 69 23 fiin I Cm* nm*mt French Line inrv?\ IP At GOOAL AGENTS SEAUON SHTfWG (S) ME LTD. A SMGAPORE SALES/BOOK HGS TEL *****41 (S LMES) REGULAR SOi-CONTAINER SERVICE TO BAN6LA-DESH/INDfIA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES amtti taws ORIFNTAI SEAWINDS UNfR AGENCY PTf 110 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA TEL *****51 SALES BOOKINGS GENERAL FREIGHT
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    • 589 24 C.Y. LINE (A Mwnbtr Of Th« ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY C OUT MOUSED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) OWNTU ams f»h»* Br.m AMwfrp J2ISL" »/3 »/4 14/4 14/* 11/4 19/4 21/4 SEVEN 1 3V3 ,M /4 21/4 23/4 H/ 24/4 W 7/4 25/4 21/4 21/4 3,4
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    • 160 24 Regional Weather r A r J* m vi N /<>• M m M\ iJSiI I S3 m JSr, N C ~y Win* Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R, Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather s-*f Wind direction
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