The Business Times, 9 May 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, MAY t, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 305 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN A SENIOR Asean officials working group will be set up to review developments for a political solution on the Cambodian problem. This was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Asean foreign ministers after a twoday meeting in Jakarta. In a
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  • 195 1 SENIOR Asean officials are putting the finishing touches to the supplementary agreement on Singapore's Asean Industrial Project. The agreement to formalise the go-ahead to produce Hepatitis B vaccine as an Asean project will be signed by the economic ministers today at the end of
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  • 67 1 AN RSAF student pilot and his instructor ejected to safety over the South China Sea at about 3.00pm yesterday, the Ministry of Defence said. They were on a routine training flight in a BAC Strikemaster. The two officers were later picked up by a
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  • 375 1 AP THE world's population grew to nearly 4.8 billion in the past year, adding about as many people as live in Mexico and Austria combined. The Population Reference Bureau, a private Washington research group, has estimated that the world includes 4,762,000,000 people, an increase of
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  • 616 1  -  ACUTE SHORTAGE OF VITAL COMPONENTS By AMY BALAN and LEE HAN SHIH A SEVERE shortage of vital components is stifling the growth of Fngapore's electronics industry The shot *e of microchips, integrated iits and some types of s*. onductors is so acute that an alternative market
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  • 411 1 A SINGAPORE computer company has designed a one-two-three way to buy tickets without fuss for the Arts Festival in June. Hand in your order on an easy-to-fill form. The ticket seller keys in your order on a computer terminal. You check the order on
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  • Article, Illustration
    88 1 SHARE prices sn the Singapore Stseh Exchange yesterda\ ended mixed ts easier after moving qnietly within a narrow range thronghont the day. Investors con tinned to stay on the sidelines as problems confronting the market, snch ns the political uncertainty across the canseway and the lack sf a
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  • 166 1 THE US dollar surged to a three-month high against major European currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Dealers said the dollar continued to be boosted by the possibility of industrial strife in West Germany and forecasts of higher interest rates in the US. The
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  • 48 1 Reuter LEADING American hanks lifted their prime lending rate to 12.5 per cent (ram 12 per cent yesterday, the third half-paint rise in less than twi months. The increase was led by Chase Manhattan Bank and Manufacturers Hanover Trust. Other hanks are likely to fellew.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 248 1 HOUSE UNIONS should extend their scope of representation. This will improve the quality of leadership in the labour movement and increase trade union membership, says NTUC secretarygeneral Ong Teng Cheong. Page 3 UNLESS a commercial oil or gas discovery is made off the coast of China by 1987, many foreign
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    • 113 1 Savings Accounts Current Accounts Term Deposits Personal Loans w* *T FOUR SEAS COMMUNICATIONS BANK iTO ,t •>» OC9C t.' *ii> He*d OMice "4 Leader...page 8 Thanks a lot! WE WOULD LIKE to thank all those readers who telephoned yesterday to congratulate us on the improved appearance of Business Times. It
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 511 2  -  SANA EXTENDS CARE FOR DRUG ABUSERS By SHAHRIR ARIFF THE INHALING of chemical vapours given out by glue, turpentine and paint thinners is causing some concern to the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (Sana). The association is suggesting that parents help handle the growing incidence of inhalant abuse
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    • 329 2 HACO PVBA, a manufacturer ..of hydraulic pressbrakes and shears, intends to break the mo--v nopoly enjoyed by Gadelius Pte Ltd, its sole agent in Singapore and Malaysia. The regional sales office in Singapore, Haco Far East Pte Ltd, will be appointing two more agents for the local
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    • 200 2 THE VOCATIONAL and Industrial Training Board has introduced a staff exchange scheme with training colleges overseas. The purpose is to establish professional links with foreign institutions with a similar interest as the VITB. Such an exercise would lead to a better understanding of foreign vocational
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    • 341 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING A FRANCO-SINGAPORE venture's initial attempt to sell French cakes and breads through hotels here did not turn out well. As a result, the company has refocused its marketing strategy and turned to supermarkets. After five months in business, La Boulangerie de Paris, involving
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    • 141 2 CHARITY does not necessarily begin at home for some Hollywood movie and television stars. These sporting stars are coming to Singapore in the hope of raising about $500,000 on the tennis courts for the Community Chest of Singapore. Among the stars of the "celebrity
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    • 389 3  -  By CHUANG PECK MING EMPLOYERS found out yesterday that they could turn to the government for help in hiring disabled people. Prior to this, few employers knew how to do so. Government officials at a seminar on employment of the disabled yesterday disclosed that
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    • 213 3 AN SIA pilot, Captain NLW Evans, has won the 1983 Orient Airlines Association (OAA) Aviation Safety Award. This prestigious award is given to deserving employees of OAA member airlines in recognition of. significant contributions towards safety, deeds of heroism, or actions beyond the
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    • 299 3 MEMO PAD Seminars and courses May 9 Key Business Skills For Executives May 10-11 Strategic Marketing May 10-11 Computer-Aided Engineering May 12 19 Performance Evaluation Workshop May 16 Taxation For Your Own Business May 16-17 Selling Profitably In Non-Profitable Times May 17-18 Tender Evaluation And Contract Administration For The Public
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    • 340 3 TIMBER exports increased for the ninth straight month in March this year, reaching a total value of $86 million. The rise of 9.2 per cent, from $78.6 million in March last year, is modest compared with preceding increases of 18 per
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    • 330 3  -  STEP WILL ENHANCE LEADERSHIP QUALITY By LUCY NG HOUSE UNIONS should extend their scope of representation to as wide as possible. This will improve the quality of leadership in the labour movement and increase trade union membership. "There is a potential for further increase
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    • 318 3 MALAYSIA Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) has appointed Taa Sri Datak Nasrnddia bin Mohamed as chairman of the company. Tan Sri Datuk Nasruddin retired last month as the secretary general of the Trade and Industry Ministry after 27 years in government service. He is currently on the board
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    • 81 3 THE CASE against an employee of governmentowned Unicorn International, accused of a rash act endangering human life during the second Aerospace Exhibition, has been adjourned to June 6. Richard Ong Kheng Huat, 44, regional sales manager in Unicorn, was said to have brought a live anti-tank
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    • 87 3 CONSTRUCTION work has begun on a new bus interchange to serve the residents of Jurong East and West New Town. The interchange is situated at the Town Centre off Jurong East Street 13 and will be in use by next March. It will serve
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    • 59 3 THREE cases of malaria involving a 12-year-old student, a 17-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were reported in the Clementi/West Coast area. They developed high fever between April 12 and 22. They probably contracted malaria from imported cases in the area. The Ministry of the Environment has
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 382 3 BLUES? ifilraii YOU NEED THE POWER OF MS Personal Computers are good for individual or small stand alone applications. Their capabilities however stop there. Lack of sophistication, expandability, security and adequate processing power are the common BLUES encountered by most users. Your Company however need not face such adverse prospects
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 500 4 World recovery is now a key determinant AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday held out hope of an improving international economic environment for debt-ridden non-oil-develop-ing countries (NODCs) this year and next, but made it clear that it would take them several years to overcome
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    • 106 4 Reuter AN EXILED Philippines opposition leader said yesterday that the May 14 elections in his country were a US-backed sham aimed at diverting attention from growing public resentment of President Marcos. Raul Manglapus, a former foreign fainister living abroad since Mr Marcos imposed martial law
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    • 227 4 UPI THE SETTING, the traditions and the sporting spirit remain, tainted no doubt by the onslaught of commercialism. On Monday, the Olympic Flame was kindled from the rays of the sun at a ceremony at Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient games, before beginning its long
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    • 38 4 Reuter BRITISH women working In the London branch of Bank Melli Iran have been ordered to cover their heads and arms and wear dark clothing and minimal make-up, or face being sent home. Renter
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    • 156 4 NYT CHINA will take its first step into the international weapons open market at a defence exhibition which began in Canberra yesterday. Australian officials believe the Chinese plan to use the Ausdes '84 exhibition to explore contacts with Australian military equipment manufacturers on
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    • 185 4 AFP JAPAN'S satellite communications programme suffered a knock on Monday when its first communications satellite developed another mechanical malfunction. The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) said two of the three transponders carried by the satellite Yuri 2-A were found to be not working normally, allowing the public
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    • 741 4 ARRIVALS Opocotor Service Local From tiwi« PAA PA5 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG MAS MH68I 0820 KUL KAL KE624 0840 KUL CAL CIOIO 0825 JED/DHA MAS MH60I 0905 KUL MAS MH67I 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN RBA BI421 1000 BWN SIA SQI03 1005 KUL CPA CX7I0 1035 HLP GIA
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    • 138 5 AP WITH civilian unemployment holding steady at 7.8 per cent in the United States, it is still creeping up among some of its main competitors, according to figures from the US Department of Labour made available on Monday. Since standards differ from country to
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    • 289 5 AP Reuter VIETNAM veterans expressed mixed feelings on Monday after a US$lBO million tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit against makers of Agent Orange, and some were disappointed that chemical companies will avoid having to appear in court. One group was concerned because the
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    • 36 5 AFP THE cumulative total of Nissan car sales in Japan topped the 20-million mark at the end of last month after half a century of motorcar production since 1934. AFP
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    • 217 5 AP JOSE NAPOLEON Duarte, proclaiming himself president-elect of El Salvador, has made an urgent call to the US to send more military and economic aid. Addressing a news conference, the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) leader claimed victory in Sunday's presidential elections, saying he
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    • 242 5 Agencies THE US balance of trade deficit surged by 33 per cent to a record US$25.B billion during the first quarter of this year. US Department of Commerce figures published yesterday show that the new threemonth record soared past the former high mark of $19.4
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    • 36 5 AFP ABORIGINES are 10 times more likely to end up in jail than whites. The Australian Institute of Criminology said yesterday that aborigines were "grossly over represented" in prisons. AFP
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    • 278 5 UPI UNLESS a commercial oil or gas discovery is made off the coast of China by 1987, many foreign oil companies will abandon the search in what is believed to be one of the world's most promising areas, a US energy
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    • 94 5 AP EXXON Corp has abandoned the first exploratory oil well it drilled in the South China Sea. The well was a joint venture project with units of the Royal Dutch-Shell group of companies and the China National Offshore Oil Corp. While
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 53 5 ACCIDENTAL plane crashes round the world killed 909 people last year, a slight drop on the 1982 figure of 923. The International Civil Aviation Organisation said that its figures did not include the 269 people who died last September when a South Korean airliner was shot down
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      • 42 5 STRIKING British coal miners stepped up their picketing on Monday at a steel mill near Glasgow and clashed with police during an unsuccessful attempt to prevent coal from being deliver- Ed to the plant. Police said 31 miners were arrested.
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      • 52 5 BRrTAIN wants the UN International Law Commission to examine the abuse of diplomatic immunity to transport weapons and explosives as Libya did in London. British delegate Sir lan Sinclair said he would raise the abuse of diplomatic bags at the commission's 36th session, which opened in Geneva
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      • 62 5 PRESIDENT Reagan would handily defeat either Walter Mondale or Gary Hart if November's presidential elections were held now. A nationwide telephone survey of 2,700 voting-age Americans, conducted by the Los Angeles Times, showed that Mr Reagan would beat former vice-president Mr Mondale by 53 per cent to
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      • 43 5 Agencies SOVIET geologists have discovered a field of high-quality oil near the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Tass news agency said drillings had produced a gusher of good quality petroleum and gas from a depth of 1,200 metres. Agencies
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 496 6 DEBATE ON INTERNATIONAL DEBT CRISIS CENTRAL bankers, in New York for a three-day debate on the international debt crisis, are unlikely to decide on new long-term solutions, a senior official of the US central bank said. A Federal Reserve Board official on Monday
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    • 233 6 UPI A LEADING private banker has told central bankers that calls for capping of interest rates on loans of indebted countries "could do great" harm to lenders and borrowers alike. William R Rhodes, a senior Citibank official who has played a major role
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    • 109 6 Reuter CANADIAN Finance Minister Marc Lalonde says economist Henry Kaufman is wrong to suggest interest rates may move even higher barring an effective US fiscal policy. Mr Lalonde, answering questions in the House of Commons on Monday, said Dr Kaufman's position is not widely shared. The
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    • 292 6 SINGAPORE has passed its one-year test as secretariat of the Asian Leasing Association (Asialease), a regional grouping of financial lessors in Asia. Asialease's governing council has decided to base its headquarters here for another year. The Republic first served as secretariat on April
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    • 101 6 FT THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank is considering making its first major loan to a country outside the European Economic Community (EEC) as a result of pressure from India. India has asked it to provide US$55 million for developing the Panna oil fields, and
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    • 112 6 Reuter DOMESTIC considerations in Britain do not argue for an imminent rise in clearing bank base rates, although international considerations could produce a '/j point increase by the end of the year, brokers James Capel and Co said. It noted that there has been
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • Article, Illustration
      530 6 SINGAPORE: The Singat- pore dollar closed weaker lg at 512.0940/50 against the n US currency compared with Monday's close of 2.0920/30, slightly firmer at 5591.15/25 against the Malaysian dollar compared with 91.20/30. h Against the Hongkong dollar, it closed unchanged J at 5526.75/80. The US dollar closed lower
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    • 245 6 SINGAPORE Gold futures trading was at a standstill yesterday because of a lack of interest, and prices closed narrowly mixed. Prompt was little changed at US$372/374 an ounce against New York's $372.00/372.50 close, June lower at $373.50/375.50 compared with $374.30/ 374.60 and August slightly firmer at $381/383 against $380.80/381.50.
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    • 264 6 Interbank rates at 3pm quotad yaaftarday eroea parity change Local dollars to ftn# tin ft fnrainn IPCHI Ui currency: US dollar 2 0948 ***** ***** -25 71 Sterling pound ***** 2 9068 7 3469 -60 48 Australian dollar 1.9167 1 9198 3 4286 -44 05 NZ dollar 1
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    • 321 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady yesterday at firmer opening levels. Short-dates firmed between V* and 9/16 points at the outset on a higher US Fed funds rate and were then unchanged with overnight and Wed/Thurs closI ing at 10-11/16 10-9/16 and week fixed at 10-13/16 1011/16. Some
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    • 111 6 OVERNIGHT rates closed higher at 7H per cent yesterday, compared with Monday's closing. The bulk of the business was done at 713/16 per cent. One-month term rate slipped by 1/16 percentage point to BV* per cent. Discount prices At yesterday's close Prices offered by discount houses on May
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 369 7 From Hotel Properties Limited "CONGRATULATIONS Hilton International Singapore for being No. 1 again" At the recent 4th Salon Culinaire Asia's most established biennial international culinary competition held in conjunction with the Food Motel Asia Exhibition, Milton International Singapore emerged overall winner for the fourth time in succession. A total of
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  • FEATURES
    • 467 8 A DESPERATE choice is facing many Singapore electronics manufacturers either pay up to 10 times the list price for components, or face a freeze on growth. And many companies are so anxious to obtain microchips, integrated circuits and some types of semiconductors, that they have resorted
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    • 1361 8  -  Management in America is coming under scrutiny in the wake of recent corporate takeovers By MICHAEL BLUMSTEIN NYT AMERICAN corporate management is coming under scrutiny for activity that sometimes appears more in the interest of the managers than the company stockholders. Much of this activity stems
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    • 1008 9  -  :lrian Jaya's jungle tribes take their first steps into the 20th century Cannibalism, once practised by some New Guinea tribes, has been eradicated by the combined efforts of the government and Christian missionaries. Primitive stone axes and hoes are being progressively replaced by metal
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    • 572 9  -  By STEVE LOHR Reuter JEFFREY Harris is a private eye, but not the usual kind. "I wouldn't tail your wife for you or anything like that," he explained, a bit defensively. On the contrary, Harris's clients are not individuals but companies, such as Levi's,
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    • 212 9 Letters to the Editor PERHAPS one factor in the apparent ineffectiveness of the ARF scheme to check imports of additional new cars is its ad valorem basis? If a flat specific tax (instead of customs duty ARF) of .say, $150,*****00.000 applied irrespective of vehicle cost, surely this
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    • 90 9  -  John Carter Ex-Services' Association «I Singapore ON BEHALF of the Ex-Ser-vices Association of Singapore, I seek the assistance of your newspaper in our search for accommodation. Our requirements are modest. Any secure place where we can store the association's property and have room to hold our
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 567 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 A fight to abandon (5) 6 Possibly the first cracks (5) 9 Where the pictures are shown in frames! (7) 10 Felt wrong about some of us beina musical (55 11 Tell off for bad language (5) 13 Mode something hot for dinner (7) 15 Famous
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    • 246 9 1 mm vm ajMaa Lynn Horrell 8 pm A musical potrait of a great cellist, Lynn Harrell, shot on location in Liverpool, London and New York. We see Harell in rehearsals, on tour and making records in short, the life of a busy international artist. Cosmopolitan Theatre Cervantes (Port 2)
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 226 10 UPI GENERAL Motors Corp's board of directors increased the second quarter dividend on common stock to US$l.25 per share, the highest the dividend has been since the fourth quarter of 1979. The car maker said Monday's increase reflects its improved sales and extensive cost-cutting and quality
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    • 44 10 Reuter DU PONT CO is under no time pressure to make additional asset sales. Chairman Edward Jefferson said that Du Pont will have after tax gains of US$l.2 billion once the sale of Conoco's chemical business is completed. Reuter
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    • 129 10 Reuter RJ REYNOLDS Industries knows of no corporate development for the sharp rise in the price of its stock lately. Reynolds, which recently sold some transportation businesses, rose 5 3 8 on Monday to US$65 on a volume of 632,800 shares. Traders said there was
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    • 348 10 WALL STREET stock prices finished mixed on Monday and turnover faded into one of the slowest sessions this year. Disturbing interest rate forecasts made last week continued to influence the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell over 16 points on interest rate
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    • 221 10 MAY 07 INDUSTRIALS Un StM* UnMC Woahronh 135 560 1800 3 inch unch A AlpTvj MININGS 225 unch A£ And CI 960 10 tnch 25 Lnch 50 Angten 2385 35 AAST Barlows 3100 1450 2625 Anghoai Butt «fc 1725 7975 50 225 Chckers Charter CNA 345id 5 •15 Cam
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 369 11 HONGKONG: Prices yesterday partially recovered the losses of Monday on sporadic short-cover-ing, but investment interest was thin. The Hang Seng index closed 15.95 higher at 969.65 after Monday's 51-point loss. Among leaders Cheung Kong rose 15 cents to HK$B.6O, China Light 30 to $11.10, HK Land five to $3,125,
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    • 162 11 MANILA: Price indices closed easier in continued dull trading reflecting lower metal prices overseas and the economic situation in the Philippines. The Commercial and Industrial index was down 1.08 at 132.37 while the Mining marker fell 2.40 to 1,059.19. Oils eased 0.01 at 0.782. Philex 'B' rose to 0.20
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    • 557 11 TOKYO: The market fell sharply towards the close yesterday and ended lower in limited trading, depressed by the yen's fall against the dollar. The market average lost 106.52 to finish at 11,052.44 after falling 31.21 on Monday, with turnover at 360 million shares against 480 million on Monday. The
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    • 9 11 The market was closed yesterday for Buddha's birthday.
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    • 52 11 The market closed steady as turnover moved lower. The Book Club index fell 0.10 to 117.82 on turnover of 9.9 million baht. Jalaprathan Cement, Siam Cement and Bangkok Bank closed unchanged at 135, 399 and 232 baht respectively. Saha Union rose one to 111 and Maboonkhrong fell 0.50 to
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    • 595 11 SYDNEY: Stocks retreated on Australian stock exchanges again yesterday because of the stronger US dollar and fears of higher interest rates which hit metal prices overnight. The weakness was accentuated by the thin market due to the long weekend holiday in Britain. At the close, the All-ordinaries was off
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    • 283 11 MAY 08 NT f Cham IndLn 25 20 02 Al W*«« Mui Amo Cement 900 33 50 0 3 03 L«en Hwo tndu» Nan Ya Mm Pocihc Com n 35 35 70 30 10 unch 03 01 C omoy Corn 31 40 0 4 Pocihc Elect Chang M»o Bank
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    • 169 11 Reuter RESULTS for Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd in the first four months of 1984 showed an improvement over the same period in 1983, chairman Simon Keswick told the annual meeting. Mr Keswick said electricity sales increased in line with forecasts, and subsidiaries started the
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    • 234 11 Reuter FIRST QUARTER results of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp have shown an improvement over the same period in 1983, chairman Michael Sandberg said. He told the annual shareholders' meeting that 1984 was likely to be a year of further progress, but gave no specific figures.
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    • 358 11 NYT FOR the first time since the early days of the motor industry, the General Motors Corp has bought a minority interest in a small company rather than swallowing it whole. Last week, in a littlenoticed move, GM paid US$3 million for
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    • 192 11 J A *> You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsiang Restaurant, Singapore s NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. G>nveniently located next to the Shangri-la Hotel. At the RELC Building. With ample FREE parking facilities. We also cater for weddings, And have private function rtx>ms. Pin
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 394 12 Mahathir says it's not impossible MALAYSIA, the world's largest producer of natural rubber, has ambitions to become the biggest producer of rubber tyres in the world. This was disclosed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday. Speaking at the opening
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    • 177 12 AFP EGYPT is negotiating with India for the import of 20 million kg of tea valued at US$5O million during 1984. Officials in New Delhi said yesterday that the proposed contract between India and Egypt would be the largest so far.
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    • 251 12 Singapore £122?%» (SVU. Thai white 100% second grade 255 100% 1st doss 100% third grade Unq (kangaroo) Parboiled new crop I 05 100% 2nd class 0.82 265 100% 3rd class 0 78 260 i 5 io%* w p KSS Mo Thoi broken Hongkong A-super 0.63 (MKS/p«a»|, ex-godown) Sp*c»oi 0.58
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    • 1183 12 COFFEE Future at midday yesterday were £26 to £10 a tonne above last Friday's close and Just below new contract highs. Near July at £2,155 was £25 above the previous close, but six down from the new high. Prices had been due to open some £10 higher following
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    • 87 12 THE STRAITS TIN price In Penang yeoterday rethe ITA floor level of MW.IS a kilo, tfce buffer stock m ***«er again providing 1 the rapport Dealers also noted Utile baying from local Interests bat there was no foreign demand as sentiment was dampened by sterling's fall against the
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    • 129 12 FUTURES closed mostly lower on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday, with only old crop May ending higher. Prices ranged from two cents per bushel to four cents lower, with July posting a 4Vi cent range. A lack of deliveries and tight stocks at delivery points kept spot
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    • 95 12 SOYBEAN futures closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday, ranging from up two cents a bushel in July to off '/i cent in deferreds. July ended near the top of a 21-cent range. Old crop prices rallied from morning lows when the professional house bought back
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    • 221 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices rose further on covering and speculative interest in anticipation of higher Chicago soy futures yesterday, but trading was quiet with operators sidelined on lack of fresh factors. Interest remained centred on May, with north, central and south regions rising Ms3s, $25 and $15
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    • 149 12 Chinese Produce Robusfo 20/25% Exchange FOB NSW 4B7.50 do 100 kg) 9 price*. S$/ Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 355 00 Coconut oil B W FOB NSW 256 00 BufcFOB 194 00 Gombier CHd drum FOB New drum FOB 207 00 211 00 FOB NSW 300 00 Copro London
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    • 44 12 Reuter INSUFFICIENT rain in northern China could cut the country's wheat crop this year by about three million tonnes to 78 million tonnes. The 1983 wheat harvest was a record 81.39 million tonnes, according to the latest official Chinese figures Reuter
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    • 352 12 SINGAPORE: THE rubber market closed lower yesterday with May One RSS buyers quoted at 205.50 cents a kilo, down 6.50 cents from Monday. The morning session fell 3.50 cents on selling of nearby One RSS. Prices fell a further three cents in the afternoon on continued selling with lower
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    • 307 12 prices s cMft/kic, foc NOON in bales) aosc •nt 1 RSS prompt 211 50 Int 1 RSS May 211.00 •nt 1 RSS June 214.25 •nt 2 RSS 209 00 UK/Cont 208 00 •nt 3 RSS 205 00 UK/Coot 204 00 •nt 4 RSS 196 50 LK/Cont. 195.50
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    • 96 12 M caau/1 to RAS «poN*ts) Moy (currant mth) NOON fco*rt S«H*n (forward mth) NOON SSR20 SSR SO MRELB 202 50 201.00 204 50N 203 OON S«N*r* 203 00 202 50 205 OON 204 SON S#N#rs SMRCV SMRL SMR 5 SMR GP SMR 10 SMR 20 SMR 50
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    • 276 12 Reuter to it's A THREE-WEEK United Nations conference to negotiate a new international cocoa agreeju- ment opened in Geneva on Monw. day with major differences ■Is among producers and consumes ers over possible export controls to stabilise prices. le w The present accord, due
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    • 204 12 Reuter INDONESIAN coffee exports haw Important quality problems and may face market losses as a result. The World Bank, th a confidential report, said that Indonesia's share of the market is supported by the International Coffee Organisation quota system and when quotas are relaxed in the
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    • 4189 13 Market eases in quiet trading I 1080T TlOBO 6u id r ..1... j SHARE prices ended mixed to easier after moving quietly within a narrow range on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Trading activity was mostly centred on a handful of plantations mining stocks which managed to post handsome gains.
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    • 467 13 PLANTATION stocks stole the limelight at the glial* Lumpur stock market yesterday amid generally easier trading conditions. Several rubber counters, particularly small capitalises ones, chalked up gains of more th»n MJI From the start, prices hovered around overnight levels with trading done on a quiet note.
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    • 2111 13 BID. and After price* of(Jc tally listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with tbe number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word
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    • 230 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices AywHHem ft* 3600 400 ''•hW 1920 170 7 Mo, s A Eeterynee 560 35 f 900.07 997 92 M A A 1530 30 9T UAniu, 9T09/0S ST Mactnoh ST Faaaca STHM* SThapartiw *****21 *****09 UM Mdm 1120 30 -160 159 Sal T ir»«Mii 406
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 590 14  -  WJ Em BOUSTEAD! By CHAN OI CHEE BOUSTEADCO Singapore Ltd is hoping to see significant improvement in its two major problem divisions, Boustead Australia and the local engineering division. Together with the positive contributions from the group's newly acquired interests, Bousteadco's full-year results "will
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    • 2115 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to tbe Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with tbe number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Ales* (1388) (1) 135 (5) 136 AaMk (1018
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    • 204 14 CHIN Teck Plantations Bhd has returned to the black for the first six months ended Feb 29, 1984, turning in pre-tax profits of M 51.42 million as against a loss of 1833,347 previously. This was achieved on the back of a jump
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    • 240 14 WAN THE Asloo million Asian-fi-nanced Merlin Hotel, shopping and office complex in Perth is heading for completion in a record construction time of 18 months. Begun 14 months ago, the three-hectare project is scheduled to open on July 1. Mr Ray Nardi, the manager
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    • 225 14 Morxjgerj' prices for May 9 MARA Bumiputra Fit B'putro 6 60 A AS Second B'putro 5 57 5 62 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 4 73 4 78 5 65 5 70 3 79 3 84 3 64 3 69Trv« Commerce 3.32 The Savings Fund I
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    • 99 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Tuesday 998.5 Tuesday 969.65 Monday 1000.4 Week ogo 995 2 Monday 953.70 Week ago 1034.73 NEW YORK TOKYO Dow Jones Tokyo Dow Jones Monday 1166.56 Friday 1165.31 Tuesday *****.44 Week ago 1170.75 Monday ***** 96 Week ago ***** 09 Stondord and Poors
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    • 138 14 MALAYAN Uaited Iadaatriea Berhad: 13th AGM on May 10 at 11 am in MU1 Plaza Conference Centre, 1st Floor, MUI Plaza, Jalan P flam lee, Kuala Lumpur. Singapore News A PabUcatlaai Limited: Second AGM on May 10 at 10am at 307 Alexandra Road (0315). MULPHA (Singapore) Limited: 15th
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    • 854 14 THE market yesterday closed lower with the prospect of higher interest rates dominating sentiment. At 3pm, the FT 30 share index was off 8.9 points to 906.5. Increases in US prime rates to 12V4 also affected sentiment. North Americans were mixed and gold shares retreated with the bullion
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    • 469 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE MULPHA International Trading Corporation Bhd (MITC), formerly known as Guthrie Malaysia Holdings, has turned in better-than-expected group earnings for the year ended Dec 31,1963. Pre-tax earnings for the -trading, engineering, manufacturing and property management group amounted to M 54.93 million,
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    • 248 15 LION Corporation has more than doubled its audited group pre-tax profits to M 57.43 million for the year ended Dec 31,1983. The better earnings, compared with $3.50 million previously, also exceed Lion's profit forecast of $7.18 million for the peri(|3 reviewed. Group
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    • 502 15 YESTERDAY, BT introduced the BT Overbought/Oversold indicator, the first in a set of three new technical indicators designed to help investors assess the state of the market. Today, we introduce the BT Cumulative Advance/Decline indicator (CADI), which is purely a technical indicator based
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    • 837 15  -  L Companies Editor: ALAN LEE By AMY CHEOK NATIONAL Iron Steel Mills Ltd has invested more than $65 million in its Eastern Industries group of companies in an effort to develop the latter's downstream construction products and services. This is to de-emphasise
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    • 613 15 TIME Engineering Bhd has teamed up with its 30 per centowned associate in Singapore, Carlee Electronics Pte Ltd, to assemble printed circuit boards for the Malaysian market. The recently-listed company said yesterday that a new Jointventure firm, Time Carlee Electronics Sdn Bhd, has taken out
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    • 333 15 INDUSTRIAL Oxygea Incorporated Bhd has obtained approval from the Malaysian Capital Issues Committee and the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the special issue of 18.45 million shares to bumiputras. The CIC has revised the issue price of the special issue from 90 cents per share to 50
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    • 576 15 FUSAN Fishing Net Manufacturing Bhd is fast breaking new ground in its bid to diversify operations and completely discard its traditional image as a maker of fishing nets. The company is venturing into credit and leasing by setting up
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    • 251 14 For the first time ever in Southeast Asia PROPERTY SHOWCASE '84 A 5-day extravaganza featuring the choicest pieces of real estate on the market PROPERTY SHOWCASE '84 Malaysia's largest single property exposition staged specially for the investing public as well as tne discriminating home owner. It will feature the projects
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    • 274 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 185 AND MERSING PRIVATE LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN In pursuance of Section 272 (1) of the Companies Act Cap. 185 that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at Coopers Lybrand 9 Penang
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    • 89 15 NOTICE We, ENKO INDUSTRY MARITIME CO. LTD., JAPAN hereby confirm that we have appointed ANPAC NOVO SDN. BHD., as our official agent and broker in Malaysia relating to the purchase and sale of marine equipment/ machinery and vessels (new built/ second-hand). We, ANPAC NOVO SDN. BHD., would like to express
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    • 139 15 DISTINCTIVE OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE COMPLEX. IDEAL FOR TRADING COMPANY OR INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL s J WEST COAST ROAD Modern 4-storey fully air-conditioned Office Building. Massive 2'/: -storey Warehouse with ground floor ceiling height approx. 8 metres and equipped with loading platform and dock levellers. Close to PSA ports and abundant
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  • 481 16  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF EMPLOYMENT agencies must screen potential foreign servants more thoroughly before recommending them to prospective employers in Singapore. Foreign domestic helps should be screened for their skills in housekeeping and childcare to meet the requirements of the employers. Their employment history, family
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  • 65 16 AP SIR EDWARD Youde, governor of Hongkong, arrived in Beijing yesterday for a 14th round of talks on China's takeover of the British colony in 1997. The negotiations take place today and tomorrow at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, the complex where US President Ronald Reagan
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  • 386 16  -  By ALVIN TAY GOLD futures trading on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) regained some of its lost lustre on Monday when 48 lots of 100 ounces were done. But, the glitter turned to gloom yesterday with not even one lot traded. On
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  • 166 16 ONE OF THE world's oldest banks has set up a representative office in Singapore. The latest representative office in the Republic, the Banco di Sicilia, has a history that dates as far back as 1480, said Mr Marcantonio Stagno d'Alcontres, who is here to
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  • 111 16 IT IS A SIGHT to beheld, whichever side of the earner» yon may he on. Per this tribesman who has Jut emerged (ram a Stone Age existence, what he captures is sac for the family album, or cave maybe a picture of Pope John Paul. The Pope
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  • 533 16 f Th# Jalil Murder THE PROSECUTION yesterday introduced a surprise witness at the Jalii Ibrahim trial. He was Korean, stocky and athleticlooking, with curly black hair and what may be described as "typical Korean eyes". Deputy Crown Counsel Anthony Duckett applied to High Court Judge O'Connor
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  • 67 16 YOUR mother was right when she warned that dirty old money was unhealthy. Just ask the US Federal Reserve Bank. Recent testing shows shredded bills and food stamp coupons from San Francisco and Los Angeles are unsafe and could make people sick, especially if the
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  • 96 16 Bernama DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that he is leaving it to acting Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan and the other faction led by Mr Tan Koon Swan to resolve the party's current crisis. "It's their
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  • LATE FILE
    • 35 16 Reuter THE Soviet Union will not take part in the Los Angeles Olympic Games because of the behaviour of organisers and the US government, a statement issued by Tass yesterday said. Reuter
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    • 44 16 AP SOME OF the Libyan diplomat expelled from Britain after the siege of their London embassy have been executed by firing squad for "bungling the job". The Daily Telegraph yesterday claimed its information came from "well-in-formed sources". AP
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    • 41 16 Reuter JAPAN plans to bolster its armed forces to defeat small-scale attacks. The Defence Council, chaired by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, agreed to launch a new programme in 1966 to improve the quality of Japan's weapons. Reuter
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    • 39 16 Reuter POOR rains have caused water shortages for more than 10 million people in northern China while in the south, 130 died and 400 were injured during severe snowfalls this winter, said the China Daily yesterday.
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    • 31 16 Reuter IRAQ has said that its air force successfully attacked two large ships, believed to be oil tankers from the Iranian loading terminal of Kharg Island. Reuter
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    • 32 16 AFP VISITING US Vice-Presi-dent George Bush arrived in Tokyo yesterday and urged Japan to take additional market-opening measures during a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe. AFP
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 278 16 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME May July 1984. Course Course Title No. 1. Tender Evaluation Contract Administration for the Public Sector 2. The Ideal Tax-Efficient Emolument Package 3. Purchasing Supply Management Skills 4. Purchasing Negotiation Skills 5. Critical Skills in Managing Teamwork 6. The Applied Learning Model A Skills Training Technique 7.
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    • 509 16 time manager international Advanced Training B Techniques I I (a member of The Times Organisation) PRESENT THE TIME MANAGER SEMINAR for SINGAPORE MALAYSIA Ist Seminar 21st 22nd May 1984 2nd Seminar 31st May Ist June 1984 In view of overwhelming response, we are pleased l« announce that a second TIME
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 52 16 wmm Outlook for today: Cloudy; scattered showers in several areas. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on May 8 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.3 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 23.8 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 6.45 Roinfoll in millimetres 1.4 Rainfall this month 103.6 Rainy days this
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 302 17 INDONESIA IS constructing a purpose-built container repair station which will be completed soon. Construction of the government-owned facility at the Cakung Warehousing Centre that neighbours Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port began last month and should be completed early next year. When the centre is finished, there
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    • 664 17  -  By LINDA CHEE ARGENTINIAN shipping line Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas (ELMA) is poised to capture a major share of traffic in Argentinian beef to Singapore. Its first shipment of 30 tonnes of Argentinian beef on the Santiago del Estero will reach Singapore
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    • 722 17 Shipping Um N9* Col snipping UfM Col Abe* Transpon ACToepfer Afea Ahrenldel Uner Alpac Antara Shpg VPC Unr VPL Lrrow Lines ISCL UU broker ttlas Una tusiisia Line Jalt-Orient 1*1 tk- Enl Bangkok Coat lank Line IBS ien Line Hue Star tohler Shp( ISC Line urma Five
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    • 913 18 Seatrade COPING WITH illness at sea is not a clear-cut issue. A seaman cannot just pop round to the doctors or be whisked off in an ambulance at a moment's notice. Vessels do not, as a rule, have a doctor on board; instead,
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    • 246 18 MEMBERS OF Lloyds may in future have to try to settle their internal disputes by arbitration in- stea d of going directly to the courts. It is understood that draft proposals for a new by-law on arbitration could be put to the governing Council of Lloyd's
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    • 463 18 Lloyd's List THE WORLD'S container fleet could handle forecast j traffic growth for the next two years without taking delivery of a single new vessel. > Far from freezing their plans, however, owners have on order vessels with 570,000 TEU capacity a 30
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    • 267 18 WITH THE expansion of its trans-Pacific sales force, Lykes Brothers Steamship of New Orleans has announced several new appointments. Denis B Dineen, previously general sales manager Gulf services, is now general sales manager of Lykes'strans-Pacific services. He will be based in San Francisco. Munetaka Mori, a graduate
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    • 723 18 May 8-1# Middle East ports exhibition, Palais des Congres, Tunis. May 8-1« 3rd international all-industry marine purchasing conference and exhibition, Kensington Ex--1 hibition Centre, London. May 9-11 Solvency Assessment, Risk Research Group course, Royal Westminster Hotel, London. May »-11 Ro-Ro 84, international conference and exhibition on marine transport
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    • 147 18 A UNIQUE navigation safety research and simulation centre is under construction near the Black Sea port of Odessa. It will be the biggest in the Soviet Union. In one of the sectors of the centre, engineers have modelled a Suez Canal. Artificial dams, deep
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    • 57 18 THE AMERICAN Bureau of Shipping has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, ABS Boiler and Marine Insurance Company (ABS/BMIC) registered in Vermont, has received authorisation by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors to carry out inspections of boilers, pressure vessels and pressure related equipment to
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    • 189 19 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. Line.
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    • 479 19 THE PHILIPPINE Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is studying the possibility of reducing the number of manning agencies hiring Filipino seamen to work in foreign ships. A POEA official told Business Day that an initial study by the administration, which also supervises the recruitment
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    • 320 19 CONFERENCE SHIPPING has won the lion's share of New Zealand's record kiwifruit harvest this year. Some 12.5 million trays of kiwifruit will be exported this season and the breakdown of destinations is about 30 per cent to Japan, 28 per cent to West Germany, 15 per
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    • 431 19 Cargonews Asia PLANS BY Yang Ming Line of Taiwan to operate container services to Australia from the middle of next month are meeting with growing opposition, based on claims that its entry could see the trade faced with excess tonnage of the order
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    • 89 19 Reuter SEVEN men were drowned and 10 people were injured today in a double shipwreck in giant waves in the North Sea. Four fishermen drowned when their boat smashed up on rocks and three men who went to search (or them died when six-metre high waves capsized
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    • 353 19 Lloyd's List A NEW INVESTMENT company is sweeping into the prospering market for large bulk tonnage with the purchase reportedly for more than USJ27 million of a newbuilding left at the shipyard gates by the original contractor. Marivest, a Stockholmbased consortium whose formation was
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    • 103 19 LAST YEAR, India's major ports' traffic amounted to 100.6 million tonnes compared with 96.97 million tonnes in the previous year, according to a government press release. This increase in traffic was achieved "during one of the most serious recessionary situations ever faced by the
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    • 5972 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 652 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy Arrival date/time Operator Godws for LCL cargo FCL movement schedule Location Sov Accord Sea Hawk SO Concordia Ratana Bhum Anders Maersk Takori I Ming Energy B Kemuning Sea Prelude Yanshan Harvester jGoki Alisa Maersk Rando E
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    • 1533 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afra-Ea/aMa Um Transgroup (S) Ahreaklei Umt ServW Kim Shpg (S) C T*ffcr Oceanus Shipping Agency (S) Marin tea Enterprise (PK). Aipae bitraaea (S) BinUng Shpg (KL)/ Island Cargo Handling
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    • 385 26 1 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel KEPPEL WHARVES Abuqir Barber Memnon Gogo Royal Kota Wisata Ned Napier Donam No 9 Kim Ann Lindblad Explorer Ned Katwijk Silver Star Yan Shan PASIR PANJANG Berth 37/8 47 15/6 13/4 44 38/9 29/30 45 44 20E 47 Agent NAPL Barber MT
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    • 443 17 PubHxhmd and Distributed bv FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS y2 Jurong Port Road, Singapore 2161 A member of The Times Organisation cni? I \RDI\I M \ll *7i M FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ •TRM6WOM.D BMDGE 20« 12/5 KOREAN CHANCE 24* 21/5 OROTAI CHEF 3M 4/6 till CONTARCR 40* 9/6 1 SEAS
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    • 376 17 ii. I SEALORD p'i ii 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 JAPAN TAIWAN lIOMikOMi Al MANAKH V.7* HAMMURABI M+ Al MRQAB V.s* Al MMtfYAH V.7* AISO CAUMG •mean +hakata
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    • 28 17 iraiCDa LONDON Freights 11/11 l CONSORTIA 11l SHIPPING Schedule VIII/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO Acts for Whom IX SHIPPING Events X SHIPS In Port X REGIONAL Weather y
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    • 678 17 TIMES Business I )ir<•< i< >r <>l Sin^.iporc DEVELOPED OVER A PERIOD OF 86 YEARS (BUKU MERAH) MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.B. PACIFIC, OULF, A crsa *■/-nripj;jn.HM3J.n.T^ •vf 10-10/5 17-17/5 24-24/5 I 25-26/5 WXM WTfim M. M M RANDO M RANDO LEXA MAERSK LOUS MAERSK 30/6 7/7
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    • 331 18 Willi r—# FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. From Europe Mm Acctptaf Far 1) Barcelona Genoa. 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp. l.Hawe. Basle. UK. 3) Bremen, Bremer haven Aarhus. Copenhagen Helsinki 4) Malmo Stockholm. Oslo 'Accepting Europe carp tor feeder »ia S pore 'Also direct cargo tor Spore I Bangkok Pts contact
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    • 426 18 YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA NEDOOOn SIMTHCONON Pacific South Wml Pacific North Wast Faadar at Tokyo Faadar at Koba M Mar m LA/LB OM im. SEAT "/J MMCAM 7/1 11/1 TOKYO M "l 11/5 a/5 SMN-KASHUM 14/1 17/S I APOUO 21/ C 25/5 27/5 ASM M 21/S a/I s KBMI
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    • 863 19 The Straits Steamship Group Overseas Containers Limited i CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE 10 UK CONTINENT STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Porta and Bangkok 1 ,'Tifl PEGASUS HIDE pegasus p«se SW6APOKE TO STOBI to Port/09 May 15-14 My SMAIm AW? BRUB STRAiTS WITUtt *04 S<bu Kuch an stw via kb*uh 4CCtTO
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    • 484 19 %mv w munon lonnes. Franco 80/ yum Services rln h.T f.-,w hrciu h Sen ><•»• H Hclui.tn h.,r h.,strrn ,»»«•> "im Iil 1 i'-'! l il'.'.'lMJ iMffrhcr Acr Consorlti CHARGEURS HA VRAISE MfOfX LINf Il ll.y-n- :r-JtT, I I I' D'.'iv.ir A mi:T 29 Mar 31 M*? 2 Jw Ikm
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    • 732 20 I 10 COMTMINI UK Kit«w Mara Cardif an Bay FraNiiwt Eipress Inorpool Bar Bremen Eipress Hambwi Eipress Tgkie Eiprrss Bonavon Hapag-Lloyd S pore P Kelang Pen Leuoesßilbao Genoa Howe Rdam B haven Antwern Santa Ft 10/5 11/5 21/5 8/6 10/6 13/ C IS/6 16/6 21/6 MO Lanj Oakland Seattle Tacoma
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    • 328 20 J/C.tS'line MOMfS 1* FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE 10 FUROPf Vl* SUF/ H ol mTTcTTwnortiurT"^™™^™ loMjnt R don Film HW| Artoorp 31/5 1/6 3 6 S/6 16 9 6 10 6 12/4 14 6 17 6 23 6 24/1 76 6 6 1/7 FROM EUROPE OtCNTU CMff M MI CONTMCR 39E S*H
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    • 800 21 PILi GROUP VESSEL KOTA WANGSA KOTA MURNI KOTA AQUNC VOYAGE E-501 E-505 E-507 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: 22-25/5 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH, ADEN. PORT SUDAN. MOMBASA. D SALAAM 2-5/6 NODE ID AH, JEDOAH. AQASA, PTSUOAN. ADEN 15-20/6 HODEIOAH, JEDOAH. MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D SALAAM KOTA CAHAYA KOTA PUSAKA I KUWAIT COLOMBO/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON
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    • 662 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS IKJJEBSEN LINE K. NEW ZEALAND mi asm SV *1 S P»« Pwaaf W| tt<Wi( kichton Buun Ovakj TWASV7 Sated kM 11/5 14/S 17/5 19/5 21/5 m«m NfSCH V.7 3/C 6/6 l/( 14/6 17/1 21/6 CARGO TO/FMH P KELANG MB BANGKOK BT FEEDER CMIGO FOR «H« MO OnOt
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    • 540 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE GLAD TO INFORM ALL OUR CLIENTS, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS THAT WE ARE MOVING ON 9TH MAY, 1984 TO OUR BUILDINGAT THE FOLLOWING NEW ADDRESS EKA JAYA AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD EKA JAYA HOUSE 15 NEW BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE 0105 OUR TELEPHONE
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    • 541 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line Loading tor Rangoon S'pore P.Kelong Penong MYOMATWA PHASHWEGYAWYWA V 242 PAGAN HTONEYWA V 194 S'pore P.Kelong 12/13 Moy 19/21 May 21/24 May 26/28 May \> BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG IVYBANK 19 June
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 891 22 K KAWASAKI RISEN KAISHA, LTD. PACtfIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND vl* IPI MICROBRIDUK A MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER/ K PIONEER V 33 ASIA STAR V 23 MONTE RUBY VI7 S.S BRDGE V4SE J. BRDGE V3l KANSAI PIONEER 34 MOTHER VESSEL R BRDGE V 1215 TOKYO MARU VlO TOWER BRDGE V 25
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    • 438 22 IE CHAR CHING MARINE CO LTD HCUkMi USA WESTCOAST FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE MOTia VESSEL ccpi CC LA CC SEA CC OAK NUE 01 AM OAKLAM) SEATTLE Alu accept!* contaowrt »u MB to Houston. N. Orttam Via Mcroimdft to Kmai City. Dalas Mcmpta Hmojpoti St Low. fortwortt Vu Lonfbcacti. Oakland 1
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    • 589 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE lo«*n| to, lOS ANGFIfS SMI FRANCISCO SEITTLE TACOMA WAMCOUVtR BC Accepts, Fa fa Contwwn AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE »(C(pta{ fa fa Mann Aho KCtptoif 10, Aucl Nrt UM s»"'5 M* SH. Uukc** WHM AAIMU n Ik, lb, i 11 Iwi t<n Clow, <1
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    • 747 22 SANKO ASIA LINEI FROM JAPANESE POUTS ANO HONGKONG A9»nti Smgoporr C F Shorp ACo (M) Pte Ltd Tel *****22 PortKelon, JANAS Shorp Sdn BKd Tel *****4/*****9 Penong jANAS Shorp Sdn Bhd Tel *****5'*****9 GENERAL SURVEY FOR SANKO SCORPIO will b« held on 12 584 <«) SHINKO MARU will be held
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    • 650 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road •27-16. International Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (1 0 Lines) o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK DAHLIA *****05 Spw* P Minj iMdinf for 12/5 15/5 NANTES/ROTT/U.R (AVON) ALPAC LINE ZZZd*"" AIPAC ASIA 165N8 S pore P Keiang Loadnf for: 17 Mar Chat an Tamatavc
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 631 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): •«»»«< i*e AC* TW BADGE 20W+ K JACEJW 24N 0 CHEF 39W HK CONTAMER 40N. SS BODGE 4€N... C PAU. 401 V Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia TW BRIDGE S pore Closing Times FCL Cargo 1200
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    • 634 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPIN Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO ANGKQK. KEELUNG BUSAN. INCHON 1 11 s 15/5 10 t MCHON BUSAN »,5 a/5 M/ 5 K 11 t 15/t 72/1 SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICETO CHITTAGONG. CHALNA. CALCUTTA AGIMTS NFPTUW AGINCIS PTE ITO TH ??«997?/?;SM34 < Booths ???7510 (Opetitwrn) ????417 ??09?54 (Tefnwal)
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    • 886 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD Ss?? |a^l 0104 Tetephoo€ *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** r kelang M/S SHARftAT NAH SOON SON BHD IST ANO 2NO FLOOR HAI THO* NO 1 lALAN CEMPEfWNG PORT KIANG MALAYSIA Tel 3*6006/8 Tele.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 752 24 lttf«|ional Container Lines rrifli 2 Sailings Weekly ft.lil.jfJ Reliable Regular Punctual .Berthing PS A 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday SMIBHUM THANA BKJM SMBHUM THAIU BHUM SMBHUM THAW BHUM SMBHUM THAN* BHUM SM BHUM THANA BHUM SMBHUM WW 1665/167* im/iim 1675/168N 11K/U9N 16SS/169N 119S/120N VIS9S/170M 120S/121N 170S/171M 121S/122M 171S/172N regular feeder service
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 118 25 I /POftWF sdoal acemts seauon swpmg (S) m ltd.l c V/: SINGAPORE SALES/BOOK MGS TEL 2205M1 (I L*S) TO BANGLA-OESH/VDM/SM LANKA/PAKISTAN French Line M/V ANJOU VSLS4 M/V ARMAGNAC V6IS4 M/V ARTOS V7LS4 ■n-L,i i ,,.yai.i;-i.,,w 19/5 23/5 20/6 23/6 13/7 16/7 19/7 DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES »a*'< ORIf NT Al
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    • 378 25 jr Nedlloyd Lines Loading for: CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA! CAJtMBEAM/CENTRAL/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA VESSEL pPRJWn CSAL WSTAD •■TOWN P. Of MO J STOS SPAM N. Nagasaki 8/6 21/7 23/7 28/7 30/7 26/8 28/8 N.Nagoya 8/7 21/8 23/8 28/8 30/8 26/9 28/9 N. Nmmu 8/8 121/9 23/9 28/9 30/9 26/10 28/10
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 673 26 I C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) H bw| Bran M.(rp wi ,v 5 j,/i 1/11/8 5/1 M H/i ,/J ~/S 15/. 17/6 l/ 2 M/< 21/1 R/i n/i MQWGHOW6 cowrmi «ow[ >/> l>/t J a/t n/t
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    • 569 26 IHD HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mite Tower, Beoch Rood, Singapore 0719. Tel *****44 TU R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE STORE P. KELANG PENANG PHUKET LANGSA V 53/14 M PI/12 May 15 LANGS* *54/14 11/19 May 2 2 Ma. LAMPUNG *63/84 Sato) h
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    • 670 26 ~ZIM now carat** i c«t. Pmmm, A**SSEt «W»* I? May 17* to *to »to A KESSEI M HAM 2J wto S w 12 vcssci m C»ifo*na n May J I*J lt 3 JJ VESSEL CAif OftNU 6A*3O to u >2 J 2 2 A HESSEI 2NHONGIONG llto t M It
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 155 26 Regional Weather i.l O- %<> <o J<s :> Mr Jv V v 7 ■> v^rv *< Sisa Eflß Wind direction with speed in knots SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: 4 R Thunderstorm Temperature °C y Shower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rain
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