The Business Times, 18 May 1984

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1984 60 CENTS
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    MAS monitors property loans
    626 1  -  Concern caused by weakening market By ALVIN TAY THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore is concerned that some property loans granted by financial institutions have become partly unsecured owing to the weakening property market. This means that should the borrower default, the financier will not be able
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    Lock icon MRT construction sites to promote corporate identity
    156 1 ALL HOARDINGS at Mass Rapid Transit Corporation's (MRTC) construction sites will now carry a standard stylised design showing its logo and slogan. Stationery, vehicles and other equipment used by the MRTC will also carry the logo soon. An MRTC spokesman said this corporate
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    NWC likely to suggest double-digit wage increase for workers
    284 1 WORKERS can expect a double-digit wage recommendation from the National Wages Council this year. The NWC has decided on a guideline of 10 to 12 per cent with full group offsetting, based on the national monthly average wage of $600. A
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    Lock icon Painted punks rock traditional funeral
    81 1 UPI WHEN a young punk rocker dies, can mourners show up wearing live rats and chains and with painted faces and blue or orange hair? A distraught mother does not think so. And the State Supreme Court in San Francisco on Wednesday upheld a ruling
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    STOCK MARKET
    71 1 SENTIMENT turned bearish yesterday as disappointed investors took to selling when the market could not master enough follow through buying support to fuel a rally. The selling pressure was particularly heavy during the afternoon session as trading took on a nervous note. At the close, the BT Composite
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    Local oil industry cautious
    375 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN SINGAPORE'S oil industry is keeping close tabs on the latest developments in the Gulf region. Basically, it is adopting, as it had on previous occasions, a wait-and-see attitude on the current flare-up between Iran and Iraq. This attitude is reflected in the
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    Lock icon Gulf nations hold urgent talks on escalated tanker attacks
    107 1 UPI PRO-WESTERN Persian Gulf nations met in Saudi Arabia yesterday for urgent talks on escalated attacks on oil tankers which Kuwait predicted will give superpowers a "pretext" to intervene in the region. The warning from Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah A
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    Lock icon Mak sentenced to death
    361 1 =The Jalil Murder UPI MALAYSIAN businessman Mak Foon-Than was convicted and sentenced to death yesterday for murdering a banker who blocked a crucial loan to the Carrian corporate empire just before it collapsed in Hongkong's biggest ever financial scandal. Mak, 32, had claimed in a statement
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      250 1 SHARE INFORMATION 15 RAW MATERIALS 14 MONEY EXCHANGE 8 MEMO-PAD AIRCRAFT CROSSWORDS SMALL to large businesses can now have a complete computerised accounting system for as little as $31,000. Omicron's Far East distributor has finalised dealership arrangements. Page 3 MOBIL Corp ond several other US oil companies have decided to
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      195 1 The Automatic Zoom PPC. New BT service BT today starts a new weekly feature on AIR CARGO as part of the drive to improve further our service to readers. This is one of Singapore's fastest growing activities. Last year, 261,000 tonnes of air cargo passed through the country, and the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Work begins at earth station
      455 2  -  Piling to be completed in 15 weeks By LIM SOON NEO EARTHWORK has commenced recently on the site of Singapore's proposed second satellite earth station, located in Bukit Timah. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) has awarded the piling and earthwork contract to Gammon (Hongkong)
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      Lock icon Extradition of local for role in 'Mr Asia' gang stalled
      189 2 AFP THE EXTRADITION of a Singaporean wanted in Australia to stand trial for his alleged role in the "Mr Asia" drug and vice syndicate has been stalled, the Australian High Commission here said yesterday. A spokesman said that Jack Choo
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      Low loaders to the rescue
      314 2  -  By JEFFREY TSANG COMPANIES facing difficulty transporting long concrete columns or train cars may soon have a 21.9-metre low loader to solve their problems. The low loader, made by King Trailers Ltd of Britain, is designed to replace the conventional trailers. This and five more
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      Gartshore Kerr to advertise Oriental
      481 2 THE ADVERTISING contract for the launching of The Oriental, Singapore, a hotel managed by the Hongkong-based Mandarin International Hotels, has been awarded to Gartshore Kerr Lim BBDO. The contract is "conservatively estimated" at $500,000 for coverage in Singapore. The overall marketing budget for the hotel
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      MEMO – PAD
      134 2 MEMO PAD Seminars and courses DURATION May 18 May 18 25 May 19 May 21 TITLE Energy Conservation Seminar '84 Shipping Law Lecture Course Performance Evaluation Workshop Essentials Of Budgeting VENUE RELC Building RELC Building POD Training Centre Dynasty Hotel ORGANISER Building Control Division Institute Of Shipping Management Personnel Organisation
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      Video games are not necessarily harmful
      176 3 THE CLOSURE of video amusement arcades has given video games an unjustifiably bad name, says Dr Robert Olton of Atari, the largest seller of such games in Singapore. Dr Olton claimed that the ban on video games in video arcades was based on unfounded
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      198 3 THE East Asiatic Company (S) Pte Ltd has appointed three general managers to head its three main trading divisions. Mr Steen Valbjoern is general manager (machinery division), Mr Peter Wong, general manager (consumer goods division), and Mr Robert Lee, general manager (graphics division). Mr Valbjoern has been
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      Travel agents know what clients want
      296 3  -  By JAIME LYE SOME local travel agents reject the charge that they are unaware of travellers' changing tastes. The charge was made at a travel seminar which ended yesterday. In fact, some participants at the seminar, Selling Profitably in NonProfitable Times, said that if
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      Lock icon Top prize for fiery entry
      59 3 Bernama A PHOTOGRAPH entitled "A Great Fire" by Singapore's Yeo Boon Khee won the first prize in the colour section of the Asian photography competition. "Bull Fight", an entry by Mr Liew Terk Wah of Thailand, won the second prize while Singaporean Boh Chew Peng
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      Drama Centre undergoes major renovation
      149 3 THE DRAMA Centre at Canning Rise has been extensively renovated and is now ready to take on the demands of theatre production and training. The auditorium has received a total facelift. Its interior has been redecorated, sightlines of the stalls improved by racking the floor,
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      Takeo Miki will arrive tomorrow
      177 3 MR TAKEO MIKI, former prime minister of Japan, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow. During his four-day visit, he will call on Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. On the agenda will be issues relating to political stability in Asia and the relationship between Singapore and Japan.
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      Goh to tour Geylang, MacPherson
      89 3 THE MINISTER for Defence and Second Minister for Health Mr Goh Chok Tong will be touring the Geylang West and MacPherson constituencies on Sunday. Accompanying him are Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Acting Minister for Communications; Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office);
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      Learn how your home electrical gadgets work
      235 3 WHAT CAN a housewife look for when buying an electrical appliance, and how do you treat a person who has just suffered from an electric shock? The answers to these questions and more can be found in a booklet published by the Public
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      Total on-line accounting
      592 3  -  Omicron offers complete computerised system for $31,000 By JEFFREY TSANG NOW, SMALL to large businesses can have a complete computerised accounting system for as little as $31,000. The hardware, which consists of a micro-computer, would cost $10,000. The balance would be for the software. And if $21,000
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      NTI selects 180 applicants
      194 3 THE NANYANG Technological Institute has selected 180 out of the 1,434 applicants who are technician diploma holders from the Singapore Polytechnic and the Ngee Ann Polytechnic for direct admission to the second-year course in the 1984/ 85 academic session which commences on July 2, 1984. More
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Japanese face shortage of semiconductors
      333 4 AFP MOST Japanese electronics companies are reporting a shortage of semiconductors, and they expect supplies to be tight for the rest of the year and perhaps beyond. A spokesman for NEC said the shortage might well affect output of certain finished goods like television sets,
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      Lock icon Seoul takes major step
      255 4 AP SOUTH KOREA'S growing electronics industry took a major step into high technology yesterday when Samsung Semiconductor and Telecommunications Co formally began mass production of large-scale integrated memory chips. The first plant of its kind in this country was dedicated in a gala ceremony at the
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      Lock icon Writer Irwin Shaw dies
      115 4 UPI IRWIN SHAW, who won acclaim as one of America's most outstanding authors for his plays, novels and short stories, died in Switzerland. He was 71. Mr Shaw died on Wednesday evening at a hospital in Davos, a 20-minute journey from Klosters, where the writer had
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      Lock icon BBC bird songs
      42 4 UPI THE LATEST long-playing British Broadcasting Corporation record is strictly for the birds. Or rather, from the birds. "Your Favourite Bird Songs" is precisely that an uninterrupted recording of the songbird pop charts, chosen by fans casting write-in votes.
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      Lock icon Chinese flock to 'hell'
      267 4 AP IN A PLAN to earn much-need-ed foreign exchange, China is operating group tours for its citizens to Hongkong, a city which the communists once denounced as "a capitalist hell". Payment must be made in Hongkong dollars, a currency not readily available in China, so it
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Bill withdrawn
        74 4 THE WEST German coalition government yesterday wit hdrew its controversial Bill for a tax evasion amnesty in the face of public oposition and back-sliding by the junior government partner, the Free Democrats. The collapse of the plan to protect businessmen and party treasurers from prosecution for evading tax
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        US-Soviet talks
        45 4 A HIGH-LEVEL Soviet trade delegation is scheduled to meet American business and government leaders in New York next week, in spite of a sharp chill in superpower relations. The talks will take place at a session of the USUSSR Trade and Economic Council.
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        Call for trial
        73 4 A MILAN magistrate has recommended that seven former officials of the failed Banco Ambrosiano stand trial for using shareholders funds to acquire Ambrosiano stock in a bid to head off its collapse. A prominent Italian financier, Carlo Pesenti, is one of four other men whose trial was
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        Risks of conflict
        38 4 THE EAST-WEST crisis and the arms race threaten to become "deep and enduring," increasing the risks of regional conflicts, says the 1963-1964 strategic survey of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, published in London yesterday.
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        Lock icon Tax cuts in budget
        34 4 Agencies AUSTRALIA'S budget for the July/June 1964/85 fiscal year, to be introduced in Parliament in August, will contain tax cuts as sought under a government/union prices and incomes accord. Agencies
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      Lock icon Frogs and snakes get reprieve
      88 4 Reuter FROGS and snakes in the central Chinese province of Hunan have been given a reprieve from the dinner table, the New China News Agency said yesterday. The government, saying hunters were endangering the species, banned their sale and imposed fines on those catching them.
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      Lock icon Disclosure form shows Reagan a millionaire
      231 4 UPI PRESIDENT REAGAN'S financial disclosure form indicates he is a millionaire and shows he accepted nearly US$9,OOO in gifts last year, ranging from hearing aids to part payment on a used jeep. The financial statement, required of all high-level government officials, was released on
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      Lock icon From America with love
      43 4 AFP TWO Americans have launched a "Love" campaign to try and persuade Russia to go back on their decision to withdraw from this summer's Olympics. They want Americans to send letters urging the Soviets to change their minds. AFP
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      Lock icon Panama labour strikes planned
      247 5 Reuter PANAMA'S opposition parties say they plan labour strikes to protest against what they consider to be the rigged victory of the government candidate in presidential elections 11 days ago. Panama City's electoral tribunal declared on Wednesday that economist Nicolas Ardito Barletta, 45, had defeated the
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      Lock icon New US textile import restrictions attacked
      172 5 Reuter THIRD World nations on Wednesday launched a concerted attack on new US restrictions on textile imports at a council meeting in Geneva of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt), the world trade body. A Gatt spokesman said Pakistan, on behalf of
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      Lock icon Mobil tankers avoid Gulf
      474 5 Interrupted traffic unlikely to cause oil shortage UPI MOBIL Corp and several other US oil companies have decided to stop sending tankers into the Gulf war zone because of the recent wave of air strikes on ships in the escalating Iraq-Iran war. Analysts in New York
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      Lock icon Washington renews pledge to keep strategic route open
      275 5 Reuter NYT THE UNITED STATES has renewed its pledge to keep the Gulf open to shipping after saying that it believes Iran has followed Iraq's example and attacked an oil tanker in the strategic waterway. The Reagan Administration said on Wednesday that
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      Lock icon UN may help China make better condoms
      102 5 Reuter CHINESE condoms are of poor quality and effectiveness and a US$2.7 million aid project is proposed to help improve the product by the UN Fund for Population Activities, a report by the UN agency said. The project is part of a proposed
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      Thais act to cut trade deficit
      332 5 THAILAND may have to curb its import of luxury goods in an attempt to reduce a massive trade deficit. Under new measures being studied, importers of luxury goods will be required to obtain foreign currencies from Thai exporters before import permission is granted. The
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      Lock icon Thailand may retaliate
      78 5 Reuter THAILAND is considering retaliatory action against Italy following an Italian ban on Thai marine products, Commerce Minister Kosol Krairiksh said. He declined to say what action Thailand may take. Italy has suspended imports of Thai frozen squid, cuttle fish and octopus since mid-April, saying they contain
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      Lock icon Britain wants HK deal but not at any price
      358 6 Reuter THE BRITISH government, anxious to head off any suggestion of a sell-out, says it is not willing to pay any price to reach agreement with China on the handover of Hongkong. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, opening a full-scale debate
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      Lock icon Study says US real interest rate measures flawed
      167 6 Reuter COMMONLY-USED measures of US real interest rates can be useful tools for economic analysis, but they are seriously flawed. A Conference Board study, which examined the role of interest rates in the economy, showed that real interest rates flashed misleading signals
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      Lock icon Mercedes workers strike
      222 6 UPI KEY car manufacturers on Wednesday began closing down production as striking metal workers stepped up industrial action in support of their demand for a cut in the workweek from 40 to 35 hours. The main Mercedes Benz car plant at Sindelfingen, one of Europe's biggest car
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      Lock icon House approves compromise MX package
      261 6 AP THE US House of Representatives has approved a compromise to allow production of only 15 of the 40 MX missiles which President Ronald Reagan wanted next year and then only if the Soviet Union fails to return to arms control talks by next April.
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      Lock icon Fairy tale violence serves a purpose
      243 6 UPI EFFORTS by publishers to edit gruesome details of death and dismemberment from fairy tales ruins the balance of wrongdoing and justice in the originals, a scholar said. "Children have a great hunger and thirst for justice," Fredericka Schmadel, a doctoral student in Germanic
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    DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
    687 6 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Local time From PAA PA5 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG sv SV379 0030 SEL MAS MH68I 0820 KUL CAL CIOIO 0825 JED/DHA MAS MH60I 0905 KUL MAS MH67I 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN SWR SRI 76 0945 ZRH/BKK RBA BI42I 1000 BWN SIA SQI03 1005
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  • AIR CARGO
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      WEEKLY FREIGHTER
      194 7 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight Local From Operator Flight Locol For number time number time FRIDAY FT FT71 2355 JFK/ORD/ANC/ FT FT78 0135 KUL/TPE/NRT/ NRT/TPE ANC/ORD/JFK JAL JL617 0705 KUL SATURDAY CAL CI331 0150 TPE FT FT76 0255 HKG/NRT/ ANC/ORD/JFF CV CV796 0845 LUX/AUH CAL CI334 0600 KUL/HKG/TPE KAL
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      Call for cut in freight charges
      327 7 QANT AS AIRWAYS and other international air carriers are trying hard to bring published air freight rates more into line with those in the Australian marketplace. Few Australian exporters pay the published rates as airlines have been discounting rates to forwarders and even shippers.
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      Transfer volume up 5pc
      209 7  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE managed well as an air cargo transhipment centre last year in spite of the recession. Total transhipment cargo in 1983 went up by 4.9 per cent to 66,437 tonnes. The improvement came in spite of a setback in the first quarter
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      What is the byte?
      67 7 CUSTOMER services manager of British Airways Mr Lew Llewellyn will speak on "Computers and their effect on the air cargo industry" at the fifth monthly promotional talk held the Changi Airport today. The Department of Civil Aviation Air Freight Promotion and Marketing Team is organising these
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      to Asian forum
      238 7 THE 12th International Forum for Air Cargo to be held in Singapore next week will attract more than 500 participants from all over the world. Under the theme "The Asian Marketplace Global and Growing", delegates will discuss several topics such as: WHY GROWTH of the Asian market
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      JAL traffic
      42 7 THE international cargo traffic of Japan Air Lines increased by 14.9 pa* cent to 20,664 tons in January compared with the same month last year. Its domestic freight grew by 8.6 per cent to 9,885 tons during the same period.
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      Exporters will quote rates in S$ from August
      312 7  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH Transport Correspondent AIR CARGO rates out of Singapore will be quoted in Singapore dollars from Aug 1. Currently, rates are quoted in US dollars and pound sterling. This is good news for exporters as they will be assured
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      New chairman of cargo club
      156 7 CARGO sales manager of Qantas Airways, Mr Lai Sin, has been elected chairman of the Air Cargo Club of Singapore. Mr Lai, who has been involved in the airline's air cargo business since 1976, succeeds Mr Song Eng Hock, sales manager of Philippine Airlines. The
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      Tit for tat
      51 7 THE US Civil Aeronautics Board has turned down the application for US air forwarding rights filed by Air Market Express Ltd/Alexander Air Express Inc. The CAB said it has done so because the Taiwanese government has failed to give US air freight forwarders rights to operate in
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      Another flight
      49 7 CARGOLUX has added another freighter service to its weekly Boeing 747 flight from Luxembourg to Seattle and San Francisco. Flights were originally operated from Luxembourg to San Francisco via Seattle. They are now re-routed to fly first to San Francisco and then Seattle before returning to Luxembourg.
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      768 8 SINGAPORE: The local currency closed slightly lower yesterday at £>$2.1035/45 against the US dollar compared with Wednesday's close of 2.1030/40 but remained unchanged against the Malaysian dollar and the Hongkong dollar at 5591.25/35 and 5526.90/95 respectively. The US dollar was firmer against major currencies except sterling, but closed
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      Foreign exchange
      214 8 Interbank rates at 3pm Local doNors to r— lordey <*«*. om unit of US dolor 2.1040 2.1050 ***** -25 38 Staffing pound Australian dolor 2 9424 ***** 7 3469 -59 95 1 8894 1 8918 3 4286 -44 85 NZ dolor 1 3655 1 3683 3 4286 -60
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      Gold
      211 8 SINGAPORE Gold futures fluctuated narrowly in very quiet trading yesterday before closing slightly firmer. Total sales for the day were recorded at one lot. Prompt closed slightly firmer at U*****.50/378.50 an ounce compared with New York's $376.00/376.50 close, June at $379/381 compared with $378.00/ 378.30 and August at $386/
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      Money markets
      126 8 THE overnight rate yesterday closed easier at 7% per cent on the local interbank money market compared with the previous closing. The one-month term rate was unchanged, but the two-month rate eased by 1/16 point to close 8-5/16. Discount prices At yesterdoy's close Prices offered by discount houses
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      Asian dollar market
      381 8 DEPOSIT rates (or Asian dollars closed steady yesterday at easier opening levels in light trading. Periods weakened between 1/16 and V4-point at the outset on lower Eurodollar deposit rates but remained unchanged thereafter with one, three and six months closing at 10-15/16 10-13A6, 11-% 11-H and 12-Vt
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon 'First' Western loan for Soviets
      286 9 NYT IN THE largest Western bank loan to Moscow since the Russians' 1979 military intervention in Afghanistan, an international syndicate of 31 private banks agreed on Wednesday to lend the Soviet Union US$25O million, the Dresdner Bank announced on Wednesday. No American banks are included
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      Lock icon Bundesbank may fight back with higher rates
      575 9 Reuter THE record gap between US and West German leading interest rates in the dollar's favour could eventually force the Bundesbank to fight back with an increase in its discount and Lombard rates, analysts said. The Bundesbank's policy-making council meeting convened yesterday and
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      Lock icon Chartered Bank PLR up
      79 9 Reuter THE CHARTERED Bank Ltd yesterday raised its Singapore prime lending rate to 10 per cent from 9.75. Its one-month fixed deposit rate was raised to 7.75 per cent from 7.50, and nine and twelve months to 7.25 each from seven. Three- and six-month fixed deposit
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      Lock icon Tokyo asked to relax forex rules
      148 9 Reuter THE JAPAN Foreign Trade Council, a private organisation set up mainly by trading houses, said in a report that Japanese companies should be allowed to issue commercial paper and straight bonds without collateral in the Japanese financial market. The report also called for
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      Lock icon New device to help poor
      556 9 AP THE WORLD BANK is planning to offer loans with a cap on the rate of interest a new device designed to help poor countries out of their debt problems, bank president A W Clausen said. International debts are a growing subject of security concern.
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      Lock icon Group of 10 unable to agree on debt crisis
      234 9 Reuter DEPUTY Finance Ministers from the Group of 10 leading industrialised non-communist countries were unable to reach consensus on long-term solutions to the global debt crisis or ways of halting currency instability. US Treasury Under-Secre-tary Beryl Sprinkel was said to have
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      112 9 DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE IMPORTERS I Just published, the Directory I -""'^,5 of Singapore Importers the I most I one which contains, with details. f —"""jBPBB the 1700 major importers. wholesalers and distributors who are responsible for the Singapore s import trade Arranged by 265 categories of products, it also provides
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      96 9 i d has welcomed the o'svdio of international business and olitics.But it's you he recognises. WWVWW .V •V V» v "is Where else but the Shangri-La At the Shangri-La, we believe that perfection isn't achieved by merely doing a job well. It comes by striving to better your own personal
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      Manila woes far far from over
      476 10 AS CONTRADICTORY claims continue to be made about who is leading in the Philippines National Assembly elections, it is becoming Clearer that opposition and independent groups have chalked up sizeable gains. Already, several ministers have conceded defeat. Now, President Marcos has called an emergency
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      931 10  -  The Philippines hopes to salvage its economy with a little help from its friends By GERRY AZIAKOU AFP THE PHILIPPINE economy, beset by a huge foreign debt, runaway inflation and low productivity, faces a bleak future, with the government pinning its hopes on increased exports
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      Lock icon Economists urge action for the ills of western unemployment
      592 10  -  By LEONARD SILK NYT A GROUP of leading economists, assembled by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit and non-partisan foreign policy organisation, concludes that unemployment, which has taken a back seat to inflation as the leading problem of the industrial
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      Lock icon Millionaire with a mission
      414 10 AP PAUL-LOUP SULITZER is a multi-millionaire with a mission. In publishing his fourth best-sell-ing financial thriller, the Frenchman hopes to shatter outmoded stereotypes about big money and get France back on its ecomomic feet. "Money isn't dirty, earned fortunes aren't suspect and entrepreneurs are not white-collar
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      Lock icon Iraq arrests its slide
      722 11 Plan to boost oil exports will help Baghdad save the economy FT OVER the past two years the effects of economic attrition on Iraq have often seemed as dangerous as possible defeat on the battlefield. Today, as Iraq steps up its attacks on oil tankers in
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      Lock icon Olympic sponsors go for the gold in LA
      602 11  -  By LOUISE KEHOE FT "MCDONALDS'commitment is to the Olympic Games and what they stand for. The Games will go on, as will McDonalds' support of the Games and the Olympic ideals. We still hope that all young people from around the world
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      Lock icon Small planes are big news
      291 11 Reuter THE WORLD'S airline industry, dominated for years by the concept that big was best, is coming around to the idea that small might be beautiful. For two decades, the major airlines and planemakers have spent many millions of dollars on large wide-bodied craft able
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      157 11 KAMPACffr Japanese Restaurant NOW IN SHENTON WAY V V v>A MTiliM Wk Savour Sashimi at the newly-opened Kampachi in Shenton Way. Every dish at the Kampachi is delicately prepared using the freshest ingredients flown in from Japan. Whether you want a light lunch or an elaborate dinner, the Kampachi offers
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      151 11 TO LET 1000 sq.ft —50,000 sq.ft Banking/Finance House units available at Ist level Please contact Fred Klass or David Wong Sole Marketing Managing Agent: Goddard Smith, Talhar Wong Re Ltd International Property Consultants 2303. United Overseas Bank Building 1. Bonham St. Raffles Place Singapore 0104 Telex: RS ***** GSWTW A
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      342 11 mitt md mm Music of many lands 8.03 pm Rachel Beeman teaches a song from the Orient in this series designed to help children discover their musical environment and learn new musical skills. Evening at the opera Zhaojun crosses the border 8.30 pm After being made an imperial concubine, Zhaojun
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      659 11 BriStoW ifVaixk OX TbOGH G»UVS... COMS OFF SUaGrftS, «OU.GT> OP < POiSS SoNmPiN R€GMR€S) some WaSiSTfcNGe. j rr >—_______ flat V y IBpTßtJ^yp tfSKWKNaaa (Miasms) CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 A man of father's height (6) 7 Evenly divided! (3, 2, 3) 8 Silk producer (6) 10 Flabby fellow capoble of
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      Lock icon New York closes mixed on moderately heavy volume
      269 12 Reuter A TECHNICAL rally of any strength failed to materialise on Wall Street and stocks closed mixed on moderately heavy volume on Wednesday. "The market really does not want to go down but there are not enough buyers who are able to
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      Toronto
      132 12 Hud Boy Mm 12* 1* Atwtto c$ 26 unch Imp OH fcrco PfQy 38* 14* AJcon 364 bt Un 26* -<k 234 Bonk Mont 23* unch 17* Bonk Nova Scotio B«l T*l 10* 30* inch lotofcr» B 14* 22* Broscan 36 unch Can Imp Bk 24* 48* Can Prm
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      Johannesburg
      208 12 MAY 1* •o«d Ta»t Bk Un StMl 3IS 130 -2 •5 INDUSTRIALS 5 Woahnut lit 1815 inch A Atpho 9606 Abwcom AE And Q 210 940 -5 -10 Ml An0oi NINGS 2190 30 AA5T° p 3100 1400 unch Angfcoal Bfc wyyoor* 1800 7so C 6 Smith unch •30 -5
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      New York
      543 12 MAY I* 0s$ •f* Fvestone Tre 17* 18* -ft -ft Noti Gypsum Co NCR Corp 34* 104* •1% Alcon Alunvn 28 FMC Cp 47* 34* •ft Nrwmont MnQ 44* 55* Alegheny Lud AWd Cham Cp 23* 51* 21 -fft 33* -ft 10* AJked Stores 43* Obi Cp 28*
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      European markets
      884 12 Amsterdam MAY 1* Fh ABN 366 00 4.5 130 00-0 5 Ahold 189 90 -04 95 20 +06 AM£V 153 50 05 Amtos Amrobnk 6470 +07 38 00S Boh 9500 unch 238 00 +1 Botko 32 30 +0 3 Burt«t 6980 -0 2 34 20 +02 353 00
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      IMPROVEMENT AT BICC
      32 12 BICC PLC's improved level of activity seen in the latter part of 1963 has continued into the early month» of this year, chairman Lord Pennock told the annual meeting.
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      197 12 You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsiang Restaurant, Singapore's NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. Conveniently located next to the Shangri-la Hotel. At the RELC Building. With ample FREE parking facilities. We also cater for weddings, anniversaries, etc. And have private function rooms. IZPSI Pin Hsiang
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      88 12 your very own retreat is |i j i* •si" i ■mrzzf i f At Scotts Cafe, we serve all your tastebuds' fancies from delicious Western cuisine to mouth-watering Oriental dishes. Set in an intimate atmosphere surrounded by red brick walls, wrought-iron lamps and lushi greenery. faitL ASA Your Mud In
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      93 12 p A ■ssseessez&z TSiHSX sink into our cosy J y comSiXSitS^BSiS BUSINESS HOURS 400 pmßlooim P«y Time- drinks* From 8.00 pm onwards Live Entertainment r«*» c" »> *****22 ff 1400 V PRESIDENT merlin hotel k 181, Kitchener Road, JL SSL Singapore 0820. Tfel: *****22 WnJWm w -r At Kushinobo the
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      128 12 MEMBERSHIP FEE Single $15.00 per month Couple $25.00 per month Family $30.00 per month Group/Company Negotiable ENTITLEMENTS: Exclusive use of the Swimming Pool on 3rd Floor of the. Hotel from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 10% Discount on all meals in Cafe De Grand. 10°o Discount on all drinks in
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      146 12 London stocks, Psgs 17 COME AND BEHOLD THE TREASURES OF THE DRAGON PALACE RESTAURANT Basement 2 Lobby We offer a tribute to oriental gourmets-superb CANTONESE cuisine in a relaxing ambience. Treat yourself and friends to a pleasureable meal. We also offer an attractive WEDDING OR COMPANY DINNER PACKAGE Daily Business
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      Hongkong
      442 13 HONGKONG: Share prices closed mixed in continued thin trading yesterday and the Hang Seng index ended 15.60 lower on the day at 933.72. Brokers attributed the fall in the index largely to the decline in Hutchison Whampoa which went exdividend and ex-bonus. Hutchison closed at HK$lO.7O against Wednesday's $14.70
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      Taipei
      266 13 MAY 17 Al Smcere Indus Ana Cement Cattyjy Cora Chang Hwo Bank Chan Loong Chao Hun Cement Chma Chem China Dev Chma Elect Wire Chmo Gulf Ptas Chma Rebor Chma Steel Chung Chm Tex Chung Hwo Pulp MT 905 33 60 3280 55.00 2970 30 40 19 30 27
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      Tokyo
      418 13 TOKYO: Prices plunged, with the market average posting the second largest fall on record because of concern about heightened tension in the Gulf after Wednesday's attack on a Saudi tanker, dealers said. The market average fell 279.34 to 10,340.51 after rising 15.31 on Wednes- day. The record one-day fall
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      Seoul
      79 13 May 17 Woo 680 -5 Hyundai Corp Hyundai Motor KAL 677 550 459 -18 -10 -1 685 713 -7 Commencal Bk Daelim Ind 704 576 •14 Korea Oil Korea Sh*p 939 410 721 •30 -1 1 Daewoo Corp Daewoo Ind 391 555 675 -4 -10 Samsung Co Samsung Elec
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      Sydney
      408 13 SYDNEY: Demand for BHP and the day's four new listings dominated trading on Australian share markets, with prices supported by rises in share and metals markets overseas. The All-ordinaries index closed up 3.1 points at 733.3, the All-indus-trials index 2.6 at 993.8 and the Allresources index 3.4 at 528.3.
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      Bangkok
      115 13 BANGKOK: Prices closed generally steady again in light trading yesterday. The Book Club index closed unchanged at 117.28 on turnover of 11.2 million baht. MAY 17 Mh Sam Crty Camcnt 370 63 50 -31 Asia Ffcr* Ayuthoya hv And Trust Bonk 230 unch South Asia Ftot Thoi Commercial 464
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      Manila
      114 13 MANILA: The market closed mixed yesterday in continued dull trading. The commercial and industrial index was up 1.00 at 132.83, the mining marker fell 3.21 to 1,059.99, and the oils index rose 0.003 to 0.706. MAY 17 Onsntal B Phd OvarMOt PMti B 0014 -0001 0 006 ***** 0
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      TRADING IN CONIC SUSPENDED
      59 13 CONIC INVESTMENT Co Ltd said it requested the suspension of trading in its shares on Hongkong stock markets because a major debt owed to it may be irrecoverable. It said in a statement the suspension, which began yesterday, will last until the end of May. Stock
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        Nissan plans plant in China
        145 13 NISSAN Diesel Motor Co, Japan's leading largetruck maker, is planning to set up a joint venture in China for the production of 2,000 eight-tonne class trucks a year. A Tokyo economic daily newspaper, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, quoting industry circles, said China had asked for Nissan's
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        HK Land company issues writ
        182 13 HONGKONG Land Co Ltd said a wholly-owned subsidiary has issued a writ against the Hongkong government over an uncompleted residential development. The company said in a statement that Humphrey's Estate (Queen's Gardens) Ltd issued the writ in connection with a proposed project of three high
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        Receivers for Osawa
        51 13 THE Tokyo district court has appointed Seiji Tsusumi, chairman of Seibu Department Store Ltd, and lawyer Shozo Miyake, as receivers for J Osawa and Co Ltd). J Osawa, a trading company handling jewellery, cameras, watches and gold goods, applied for receivership last February because of mounting business
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        Wing On profits higher
        69 13 WING ON Holdings Ltd has announced group net profit after tax, minorities and provision against investment and development projects of HK540.59 million ($26.62 million on operational revenue of $156.44 million in 1963. Provisions were $69.73 million ($64.34 million). A final dividend of four cents (same) has
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        Toshiba-Polaroid venture
        70 13 POLAROID Corp has entered into a cooperative agreement with Toshiba Corp for development and marketing of state-of-the art home video cameras and recording systems. The company said it plans to introduce in North America late this year a system consisting of a compact lightweight combination eight- millimetre camera
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      78 13 FT7 nev. > A glorious German wine celebration, highlighting a lavish German buffet and exclusive German wines from the renowned wine-growing regions: Moselle-Saar-Ruwer, Rheinhessen, Rheingau, Rheinfalz, Franconia, Alsace, Baden and Nahe. Made available by the glass for your tasting pleasure. With live entertainment by the specially flown in 12-member German
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      126 13 If smooth and silky is your style of relaxation, then surround yourself with SILK tonight. The smoothest trio in town entertains Mondays to Saturdays in the luxury of the Fountain Lounge. Century Park Sheraton Singapore Where style surrounds you. Nassim Hit Singapore 1025. Tel *****77 Telex CPHSIN RS ***** RS
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      81 13 Paramount Hotel wr>e<e the nippy people go Celebr i to the coming of t"e eni] Jlite fling v f•4j Poolside Barbecue Fashion Show x. May 11,18 &25 mJ 7.00pm-11.00pm M m 7 Showtime: 8.30pm r $18.00 J^ perpe,son VWv POOLSIDE, LEVEL 4, Paramount Hotel Marina Parade Road Singapore 1544 Tat
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      77 13 This evening, the Tradewinds fan seafood to a sizzle. Vv m A seafood barbeque on the roof of the Hilton under a canopy of stars. What could be more tempting? An array of fresh seafood awaits you every Friday from 7pm 10.30 pm. TftDEWNfi 4* v* Be in vogue Lil
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      278 13 \f^aWf ciaU I Chinese euisme: renowned I >CHongKongl Clrhets I Court to 1 1 J^ K^^ceb»as. We're open the whole day: Mon to Sat 11.30 am to 11 pm (Tim Sum dishes served from 2 to 6 pm) Sunday 10 am to 11 pm (Tim Sum dishes from 10 am
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      Malaysia abandons KLCE tin futures
      645 14  -  Idea may be revived some time after 1986 By MICHAEL NEILL AS THE CONTROVERSY surrounding trading palm-oil futures on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) continues to reverberate around Kuala Lumpur, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Paul Leong announced his government's decision to abandon any idea
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      Lock icon Malaysian rubber production fell in February
      138 14 Reuter PENINSULAR Malaysian rubber output fell to 113,980 tonnes in February from 157,160 in January and 117,935 in February 1983, the Malaysian Statistics Department said. The fall was attributed mainly to a sharp drop in production on smallholdings. February exports of rubber fell to
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      TEXTILES
      145 14 Yarn Shirting 116 50 (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) Hongkong Golden Peak, 60 x 60 115.50 China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 3.550 White cloth Blue Phoenix 20's 3,600 Japan No. 10,000 Blue Phoenix 32's 4,000 Three Peaches 221.50 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Japan No. 2003
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      Lock icon Indian tea exports hit
      173 14 Reuter INDIA'S tea exports dropped to 187 million kg in the 1963/84 season which ended on March 31 from 192 million kg in the previous year due to a paralysing 15-day national port strike in March. However, soaring world tea prices helped boost India's income from
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      RICE
      293 14 Singapore C-l special C-1 Ordinary Loonzoin 100% Unq IMq (S$/kilo, e*-gadown) Thai white first grade 250 100% 1st class 100% second grade (kangaroo) 1 05 100% thrd grade Unq new crop Parboiled 100% 2nd class 080 5% 10% 260 255 100% 3rd class 0.76 25% new crop No stock
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      Straits Tin
      86 14 THE Straits tin price la Penang yesterday remained at the IT A fleer level ef Ms».ls a kfla as sentiment was further depressed by easier London advices. Dealers neted the buffer stack manager sopparting strengly at this level amid can tinned small demand tram lecal Interests and absence
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      WHEAT
      151 14 WHEAT futures closed four to 3V4 cents per bushel higher in moderately light trade on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday. Prices ended at the top of a 6^-cent range. Bullish trade sentiment overflowed from the soybean complex, which rallied on talk that Brazil had re-suspended exports of
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      SOYBEAN
      128 14 SOYBEAN futures rallied after midsession to close 22Vi to 9V4 cents per bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday, near the top of a 27 '/i -cent range, in active trade. In small lot activity, the large Professional House bought July and the Cash Hog House
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      PALM OIL
      146 14 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil market rose further in moderately active trading yesterday on covering and speculative buying, with a higher Chicago soybean complex close boosting sentiment. May deliveries in the north, central and south regions firmed Ms4o, $35 and $15 respectively to $1,770 a tonne. July in the
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      Indonesia expects to export more coffee
      88 14 INDONESIA expects to export US$46O million worth of coffee this year, the Indonesian Coffee Exporters Association said. "Indonesia's coffee exports in 1984 will be better than in 1983 and we can expect to pocket $460 million worth of exports," said association chairman Dharyono Kertosasto.
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      SSR and SMR
      97 14 (in M CMtt/1 ton poiWti) June July (current mth) (forward mth) NOON NOON RAS Buyers ftwycr* StlUn SSR20 199 00 201 00N 201 00 203.00N SSR 50 197 00 199.00N 199 00 201 00N MRELB uy<u B«iy«n SMRCV 255 50 257.50N 257 50 259 50N SMRL 255
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      Produce exchange
      147 14 Chinese Produce Robusto 20/25% 487.50 Exchange (Seders' noon ciotiM FOB NSW 1 prices. S$/ Nutmeg 100 kg) NO FOB NSW 355.00 Coconut oil B W FOB NSW 256 00 Bufc FOB 223 00 Gombier CHd drum FOB 236 00 FOB NSW 300 00 New drum FOB 240 00
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      LONDON MARKETS
      685 14 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a fairly active morning £29 to £9 a tonne lower on light mixed selling after news the ICO 15-day average rose to 145.40 cents, triggering a one million bag quota release. July ended at £2,385, 15 down from Wednesday but 10 above its low.
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      Lock icon Mill dispute delays cane harvest in Fiji
      211 14 Reuter THE FIJI Sugar Corporation has deferred harvest of the 1984 cane crop, due to begin last Monday, because of a dispute affecting the smallest of its four mills. Industry sources said farmers supplying the Perutng mill are unwilling to start cutting cane
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      RUBBER
      316 14 SINGAPORE: The rubber market closed slightly higher yesterday with June One RSS buyers quoted at 202.25 cents a kilo, up 1.25 cents from Wednesday's close. The morning session was marked up three cents on trade and speculative buying of June One RSS following firmer Japanese market advices. Prices eased
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      RAS and MRELB
      267 14 RAS prices (m s conts/Mo, fob m bales) NOON CLOSE Bwyers ScNors Buytn ScNcfs Irrt 1 RSS prompt 201.00 202.00N 201.00 202.00N tnt 1 RSS June 203 00 204 00 202 25 202.75 Int 1 RSS July 206 25 ***** 205 25 205 75 Int 2 RSS
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      Lock icon Sugar output estimated at 6.2m tonnes
      120 14 Reuter INDIA'S white sugar output is estimated at 6.2 million tonnes or less in the year ending Sept 30, sharply down from last year's 8.3 million, an industry spokesman said. The spokesman for the Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma) said drought in some major
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      85 14 The only Car Rental Company In Singapore that offers chauffeur driven Cadillacs I wtr V 11' if .I rnrt rmen II •i r Hourly rental at SsBo. Minimum rental is three hours. Daily rental at Sss6o. for the first eight hours. A surcharge of Ss2o per hour is levied from
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      89 14 rrt H Lll_J THREE HANDICAPPED MONKEYS MUG MOUNTAIN MEN Police are scouring the slopes of one of China's holiest mountains for three mugger monkeys who. according to reports have been robbing tourists and pilgrims. Each of the three old monkeys has a physical defect. One is hare-lipped, another is one-eyed
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      Market slides back after steady opening
      4375 15 THE slide on the Singapore stock market continued yesterday as nervous traders and investors started to sell shares so as to lighten their holdings in a market afflicted by uncertainties and an ill-defined trend. At the close, the all-sec-tor BT Composite Index lost 8.85
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      Chief price changes
      261 15 SINGAPORE Rises Jocks Int 550 Komunting S0< 810 1 Sombowo ng 515 Tronob Mmi 1 150 U O 1 440 P M t 1 50* 251 Dunlop Eit 194 TomoHob 950 Twos Pub 805 Stb Msm M 605 Falls Wilkinson 570 Kudto. 50< 2000 8o« to 1130
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      Tin issues buck easier trend in KL
      383 15 SHARE prices generally closed easier on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. But tin issues managed to occupy the limelight on the trading floor. After a quiet opening, prices were narrowly traded for most of the morning session as lack of good leads
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      Business done on the SES
      3492 15 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time SetUement Contract* are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      Bright prospects for Esso
      428 16 □(MIS? PROSPECTS for Esso (Malaysia) Bhd are bright because petrol demand is expected to remain high in the future, London stockbroking firm Laurence, Prust noted in its latest investment letter. The stockbroking firm said the outlook is bright even though it has lost the supply of
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      SMI to build medium-cost housing project
      385 16 SOUTH Malaysia Industries Bhd (SMI) is to undertake the construction of a medium-cost housing project at a 4.8-hectare site near Kuala Lumpur. This is one of many projects in the pipeline, said SMI managing director Mah Siew Kok after he signed a Ms3o million
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      Property division the profit spinner of Cold Storage
      445 16 ALTHOUGH traditional food business contributed most in terms of sales for the Cold Storage Holdings PLC group, the profit spinner was its property division. In fact. Cold Storage's property division was responsible for almost half or $16.5 million of the total pre-tax
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      Philips turns in bumper results
      75 16 PHILIPS has turned in bumper profits for the first quarter of 1984, lifting after-tax earnings to F1 282 million from F1 122 million for the same period in 1983. Sales rose strongly with volume gains rising to 9 per cent for the quarter, against 5
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      Selected indices
      99 16 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Thursday 993.8 Thursday 933.72 Wednesday 991.2 Wednesday 949 32 Week ago 1001.9 Week ago 921.31 NEW YORK TOKYO Dow Jones Wednesday 1153.16 Tokyo Dow Jones Tuesday 1150.86 Thursday *****.51 Week ago 1165.52 Wednesday ***** 85 Standard and Poors Week ago ***** 71
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      Unit trusts
      201 16 Managers' prices MARA Bumiputra for May 18 First B'putra 6.34 6.39* Second B'putra 5 59 5.64 8lngapors Unit Trust Third B'putra Fourth B'putra 4.85 4 90 5.66 5.71 The Commerce 3.23 3.43* Fifth B'putra Sixth B putro 3.77 3.82 The Sovrtgs Fund 1.97 2 09 3.66 3.71 S'pore
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      Lock icon Demand for German stocks rises
      174 16 Reuter DEMAND for West German securities was extraordinarily strong in 1983, particularly from domestic non-banks which increased purchases of debt instruments, shares and investment certificates, the Bundesbank said. Foreign investors showed unusual demand for mark securities and private investment also rose in 1983. Purchases of
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1408 16 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose poyoble the yea previous year A B N 13% May 3 NYA NYA 26% 26% A Enterprises 12%(n) April 17 Apnl 30 Moy 22 22% 22% Aetna 74%(b June 20 June 27 July 17 74% 74% Ajinomoto
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2403 16 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 INDUSTRIALS Aleaai (2 325) (6) 2 28 (I) 2 29
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      42 16 BOUSTEADCO Singapore Limited: 9th AGM on May 18 at noon in Phoenix Building, 11, Palmer Road (0207). PAN Malayan Holdings Limited: 24th AGM on May 18 at 4pm in Conference room 63, Market Street, #14-00 Tat Lee Bank Building (0104).
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      Magnum Corp puts off rights issue to raise M$55.67m
      837 17  -  By CHAN OI CHEE MAGNUM Corporation Bhd has postponed its proposed one-for-five rights issue because of a delay in getting approval for its purchase of a 40.7 per cent stake in United Malayan Banking Corporation (UMBC). The proceeds from the cash
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      UE reviewing plans for redevelopment
      768 17  -  River Valley site project still pending By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI UNITED Engineers Ltd has joined the list which just seems to get longer each day of property developers which have shelved their development plans. UE's group chairman, Mr Michael Wong Pakshong, said: "Plans for the River
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      Lock icon Royal Dutch earnings helped by higher output
      430 17 Reuter ROYAL Dutch/Shell Group PLC has said that its first-quarter net income, which rose to £982 million from £508 million, reflected increases in crude oil production and gas sales. Earnings from manufacturing, marine and marketing were substantially higher on the reported figures, though
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      LONDON STOCKS
      1014 17 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday, helped by the recent spate of encouraging company news and an easing of worries over a possible rise in US interest rates, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times 30-share index was up 11 points at 890.4. Government bonds gave up early gains
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      MRCB to acquire Happy Jaya for M$6.5m
      183 17 MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) is acquiring the entire paid-up capital of Happy Jaya Sdn Bhd, which owns a piece of land 10km from Kuala Lumpur, for M 56.5 million cash. The acquisition will be financed by internal as well as borrowed funds.
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      52 17 SPP LTD has reported the resignation of Mr Phan Kah Foh from its board of directors from May 10. The board now consists of Mr Peter Stuart Bryant, Mr Ong Tiong Soon Leonard Mr Cheng Tye-Loke, Mr Chew Beng Gim, Mr Lim Tjoen Kong and Mr Kong
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      218 17 MALAYSIA Borneo Finance Corporation (M) Bhd, the 42.5 per cent owned associate of MBf Holdings Bhd, has reported strong earnings at the interim stage. The finance company, which obtained a listing on the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore stock exchanges last year, chalked up a creditable 29 per cent improvement in
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      73 16 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 20th November, 1985 of: THE MITSUI TRUST BANKING CO, LTD. #16-03, DBS Building, 6 Shenton Way, Singapore 0106. We hereby certify that the rate of Interest payable on the above mentioned Certificates of Deposit for the
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      152 17 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND CONSULTING FIRM SEEKS THREE PROFESSIONAL STAFF Senior Consultant Firm grasp of ASEAN political/economic/business environment Ability to work with senior MNC executives Performance oriented self-starter Excellent written and oral presentation skills ASEAN Analyst Ability to identify, analyse and forecast ASEAN political/ economic/business issues Good written and oral presentation
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    313 18  - By LISA LEE THE LARGEST private landscaping job in Singapore has been awarded to NBT Enterprise. This joint venture between North Borneo Timber and a former civil servant, Mr Yong Fann Chin, has just won the $6.8 million contract to turn the now bare landscape of Marina Square into a
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    March tourist figures drop by slight 1.2pc
    225 18 THE IMPRESSIVE 4.4 per cent growth in visitors to Singapore recorded in Feburary was not sustained in March, which registered a 1.2 per cent drop in arrivals compared with the same month last year. This seems to confirm an earlier forecast by the
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    28 18 Bernama TEST-TUBE babies are smarter and more physically developed than babies conceived naturally, Professor Carl Wood of the Queen Victoria Hospital in Melbourne said. Bernama
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    853 18  -  By ZHOU MEI GETAP (General Electric (USA) Television and Appliance) in Kallang Basin should know within the next two to three months whether it would be its American parent company's supplier of the converter used for the Comband system developed by General Electric
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    334 18 UPI AFP PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos yesterday ordered a series of belt-tightening measures to revive a flagging economy following a major setback in crucial parliamentary elections. Mr Marcos's move came as Attorney-General Estelito Mendoza resigned as a Member of Cabinet and governor of Pampanga
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    District Judge decided too fast, says DPP
    198 18 THE DEPUTY Public Prosecutor told Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin yesterday that a Senior District Judge decided too hastily when he aquitted two Workers' Party members of making a false statutory declaration about the party's acounts. DPP Mr Tan Teow Yeow was referring
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    Soviets tell why they pulled out from Games
    263 18  -  By KANG SIEW KHENG THE SOVIET decision of May 8 was not one of boycott of the 1984 summer Olympics, but a choice of non-participation''. This was asserted at a press conference held by three officials from the Soviet embassy in Nassim
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    173 18 UPI THE POLISH Olympic Committee yesterday announced that it would join the Soviet Union and other communist-bloc countries in a boycott of the Los Angeles Games this summer. "It was decided that a Polish representation will not be entered for competitions of the 23rd Olympic Games in
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    52 18 UPI LIBYAN supporters of Colonel Gaddafi demonstrated in front of the US Embassy in Athens and warned that "suicide groups" are ready to assassinate the Libyan leader's foes and "destroy" those that harbour them. About 100 Libyans, mostly students, took part in the peaceful demonstration on
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      43 18 Bernama THE US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday described as "mere speculation" a report that an American merchant ship had sunk in waters off Mersing during World War II with 1.000 Japanese soldiers and a cargo of diamonds on board.
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      45 18 UPI AMERICAN oil imports surged 9.9 per cent in April above year-earlier levels to meet the nation's rising demand for diesel fuel and other petroleum products. The American Petroleum Institute said non-Opec producers supplied about two-thirds of the April imports. UPI
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      34 18 UPI JAPANESE shipowners, responding to a string of attacks on commercial ships, yesterday ordered all their oil tankers and freighters out of Gulf waters as soon as possible. UPI
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      45 18 AP NATO defence ministers ended a two-day strategy session yesterday with a pledge to use new technologies in building conventional arms for the *****. The 14 ministers also agreed to increase spending in the next six years on support facilities. AP
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      51 18 UPI A FLASH FIRE raced through the building housing the main office of the central bank of Tanzania yesterday, destroying virtually all the bank's records dating back to 1966. Police in Dar Es Salaam said they have not ruled out the possibility of sabotage.
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      44 18 AFP A YOUNG American adventurer arrived in Bangkok yesterday after 11 months in detention in Vietnam for violating its territorial waters during a hunt for buried treasure. Frederick Graham, 19, was released upon payment of a US$ll,BOO fine. AFP
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      530 18 The Applied Learning Model (ALM) A Skills Training Technique Singapore, June 4 5,1984 The Applied Learning Model (ALM) was developed in the United States by Dr Arnold Goldstein and Dr Melvin Sorcher in the 1970'5. The ALM combines social learning and behaviour modification theories for an effective approach to skills
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      68 18 Leader, Page 10 More cute in the offing, Page 10 N 'A y* tv t, We've moved Sumpiles Investments Re Ltd Lot A 8354 Tuas Crescent (junction of Ave. 18) Jurong, Singapore 2263 Tel: 462-2326 Telex: RS ***** SUMPI We hire out/charter: •Cranes (18 —150 tons) J Piling Rigs PLH6OP4SA.
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      618 19 THE WAR RISKS rating committee of Lloyd's underwriters has increased its geographical definition .of the Gulf States area, in which special high war risk maritime insurance premiums apply. With effect from Tuesday, the zone will apply to all ports north of 28 degrees
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      Large tankers laying up at Johor Straits
      485 19  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE POOR worldwide demand for crude carriers has brought about an unexpected windfall for the Johor Port Authority. Its lay-up bay, strategically located in the Straits of Johor, is now fully laid up with more that 20 large tankers, including
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        69 19 SEAWINDS, which operates three ships in the trans-Pacific trades, has added a fourth modern vessel to its service the Falmouth Bay. The British-flag vessel was chartered recently from Overseas Containers Ltd for several voyages initially to fill the gap while Seawinds's existing vessels are docked consecutively in
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        29 19 Reuter THE JAPAN and Hongkong/South Africa Shipping Conference said it will raise its bunker surcharge to 40 per cent from 38 per cent, effective June 1. Reuter
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      399 19 Shipping Lin* P*g« Coi Shipping Lin* Pag* Col Abej. Transport V I FMG-CAVN VI 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Franco- Belg in 4/5 Afea VI 3 Frata Shpg VI 2 AhrenXiel Liner vn 5 Freight Links VI 4 Alpac VI 5 Freight ManageAntara Shpg IV I ment
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      1138 20 Lloyd's List A FUNDAMENTAL shift in the balance of power in the world's liner trades is expected to take place over the next decade. The century-long dominance of conferences is hanging by a thread which, ironically enough, only shippers will be able to secure.
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1603 20 LIMITED grain chartering is reportd out of the Great Lakes but other sectors of the freight market are very subdued on Wednesday with no new iron ore or coal fixing evident, shipbrokers said. A vessel was booked for grain for 18,000 long tons from the Great Lakes to
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      ONGC orders ships from S'pore
      329 20 THE STATE-OWNED Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India has ordered 13 supply ships from Singapore and South Korea at a total cost of US$45 million for oil exploration operations. Of the 13 vessels, five will be built in Singapore with the rest in
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      Harper Group reports results
      102 20 THE HARPER Group (OTC) of international freight forwarding and total transportation companies reported the financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 1984. First quarter revenue was up 14 per cent to US$45 million as compared with $39.5 million for the same period in 1983.
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      CONSORTIA
      193 21 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.
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      Free port status for two ABP ports
      268 21 PLANS ARE now well under way for the development of free port sites at two Associated British Ports (ABP). Southampton and Cardiff, which have been chosen along with four others to spearhead Britain's latest commercial experiment. Southampton is likely to be one of
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      New cruise operation to be set up in US
      414 21 ANEW CRUISE' ship operation is to be set} up in the United States, there has been a burst of renewed interest in passenger shipping in recent months. Two ships, one newbuilding and one secondhand, are planned for a company that is
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      4995 26 aeaapiDiiß A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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      CONTAINER SCHEDULES
      622 27 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Australia 420E 18 5.84 2100 Bakke Sime FSB 0800-0900 S3 Strathconon 29/374 19 5.84 0700 Borneo FSB 0900-1100/1800-1900 S4 Harvester 29/84 19.5.84 0800 SMS FSB 0700-2000 B4
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      Who acts for whom ...
      1704 27 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFT A African Shipping Agencies IS) Afra-Earaate Um Transgroup (S) Ahreaklei Uaer Service Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Taepfor Oceanua Shipping Agency (S) Marintez Enterprise (PK) Alpae Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo
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      451 28 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Borbar Tampa Donam No 7 Jiang Ting Ned Kyoto Straits Hope Tong Bai Shan World Utility Dan Yang Golden Haven Jenhol Kota Ria Langsa San Luis Shun That Straits Star 46/7 37/8 18 44 21 29/30 8/9
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      259 19 Publi<h*d and Distributed bv rrm FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS I*l2 Jurong Port Road. Singapore 2261 member of The Times Organisation I \RL)IM I M FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ •KOREAN MCUN 24* OROTAI CHEF 39W H.K COfITWO AON S. SEAS BROS 46* CHEVM.fR PAUL 40* CHMCONTMO 26* OCVUtR ROZE 39*
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      302 19 OSEALORDE3 UASC J UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO SAG L NATIONAL LINE OP BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND I UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE KROM JAPAN TAIH \N lIOMikOMi RED SEA SERVICE SEM.ORD SHPfWG AGENCES (Ret No. *****5/OOC) 70 SHENTON WAY #04 02C MARINA HOUSE.
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      24 19 mm LONDON Freights 11/111 CONSORTIA 111 SHIPPING Schedule VIII/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO Acts for Whom IX SHIPS In Port X REGIONAL Weather X
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      716 19 TIMES business Dirvc lory of Sin&iiMMV (BUKII MKRAHI GIVES YOUR PRODUCTS SERVICES THE PROMINENCE THEY DESERVE MAERSK LINE EXPORT FASTEST SERVICE TO USA EUROPE TO_U.S_ PACIFIC. GUI.F. ATLANTIC. EAST CANADA. INLAND POINTS Bpa G2E!a lIEHICKCT En LEXA MAERSK Saied In Port 25-26/5 1-2/6 7-7/6 I S-9/6 14-14/6 15-16/6 30/6 7/7
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      375 20 MM, FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE I From Eur B BUTANE B. KEMUMNG B. BUTANE B. KEMUMNG B. BUTMK B. KEMUMNG B BUTMK SaMOl* Sated Sated N.DCBM Sated r—# 1) Barcelona Genoa. 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp. L.Havre. Baste. UK. 3) Bremen. Bremerhaven Aartius Coperttacen. Helsinki 4) Malmo. Stockholm. Oslo Accept inf Europe
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      449 20 SHALLOW DRAFT LCT/COHTAHER VESSEL AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER/FREIGHT Dimensions 53.7 m xl37m x 3.5 m DWT 1167 Draft Loaded 2 54m Draft Light 15m Speed 9-10 knots Boilt Singapore 1982 Cl °ss ABS (Foreign-Going) F 'og Singapore Nov Aid Fully Equipped Copable of carrying 50 TEU loaded plus 25 empty equipped
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      847 21 mm ii OCC The Straits Steamship Group Overseas Containers Limited CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Satoah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CMMMMV FRMKFURI f IPWSS inoroa my m«« cimss HMME Exmss T«» £Xf«SS r an an 27/7 nn SSS??..?" 55 Un 14/7 Kl M/l K/l 07/8 M
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      625 21 NOTICES SABAH, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE FAR EAST/GULF Of ADEN AND RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE NOTICE TO SHIPPERS CONGESTION SURCHARGE The member Lines of the above Conferences have been monitoring the berthing situation at the undernoted port and have reported and agreed on the tollowing:ADE* In view of the
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      683 22 EXPORTS Peter Rs Santa Fe TH FUR Off MtDmmNM S iiorc P ket.tncPen I euoesßrtbao Genoa Hburg Rdain B havenAnlwfrp 19 520 5 22/5 26/6 21/6 24/6 19/6 23 524 5 26/5 11/6 14/6 22/6 21/6 25/6 30 6 HK l«ng Bead) (31/5) IZ/6 1/6 U/6 5/6 24/6 15/6 3/7
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      512 22 m FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE ]t&.S.L,INE ijMf* imp* %t lOtfinatfij* Sl*/ EUR Off VIA Member of the Ace Convortwm FRfIM EUROPE Vl* SUEZ 11 Memoer ol the Ace Consortium HK CONTAKA 3* SCVEN MAS MDCE 451 CtCVAIH PAU. m Vpo. f HKonf Kaortuif Bwan Tokyo 76 5 30 5 3 6
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      263 22 r «i EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE EUROPE 'FAR [AST CONTAIN(R SERVICE FAR EAST/MED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE MEDITERRANEAN SEA EAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE TAIWAN SOUTHEAST ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE STRAITS/TAIWAN CONVENTIONAL SERVICE i FAR EAST/US WEST COAST CONTAINER SERVICE EAR EAST,US EAST COAST AND CARIBBEAN SEA CONTAINER SERVICE USA CARIBBEAN
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      1087 22 I [Everett Lines/ COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" 1 *>in( to* CaMao Mdtd'an. lo and ill ottier Perunan ports *>th transhipment at Hongkong and or Hot* On CPV Through Bills ot lading to tinal destination Penant P. Kelanf Snjaport RAMOtCVERETT* 6*l 33/34-1* May THOMASEVERETT* 21/23 Mar 24/26
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      295 22 mSINOSE \s MARITIME PTE LTD m MAN BORHAN PORT KfiANG PENANG ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES S«(apart loadnf for 26/5 6 Abbas. B Mrnnen SWOSf MARITIME PTE LTD TEI ******4 71 *****70 MAiOSE MARITWf SDK BHD Tel *****2 3 MAI AySIA TRAM t TRANSPORT LTD T* *****
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      854 23 PIL GROUP VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTA WANGSA E-501 27-30/5 HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH, ADEN, PORT SUDAN, MOMBABA, O'SALAAM KOTA MURNI E-505 2-5/6 MOGADISCIO. HOOEIOAH. ADEN. AOABA KOTA AGUNG E-507 15-20/6 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH. MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM KOTA WARUNA E-509 1-3/7 HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH. AOABA. PTSUDAN KOTA SALAM E-511 5-10/7 HODEIOAH, JEDOAH. ADEN,
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      673 23 BEN USE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE BMK FROM ElMOft HAM B HAVEN RDM HAVRE UK TajTEi bMSM MSMSM Lwtrpad Bit Sa4td Saiad Sattd SaAtd Saiad Stoma [iprtss Salt* Sadtd Saird Saitd Sattd Hawbwg Eiprtu Sattd Sattd Sattd Sattd M Kiaama Mara SM Sattd U/S M/S 22/S It*® Etprtss
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      517 23 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE FAR EAST FULL-CONTAINER SERVICE S POM KAO YOKOHAMA KOBE GOWA VBHB 23/5 21/5 2/8 4/6 EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STOtf PRFLAN6 TUWY/ R-MM/ HHK/ AMTWERP lON ADAM BREMEN KUIAJ V?W6 2022/5 13/4 15/4 IS/S 21/ C BAAO ULLAH V7WB 17/4 22/6 14/7 11/7
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      541 23 BOUSTEAO SHIPPING AGENCIES m PAAN V 72 HTONEYWA V 194 PAGAN V 75 BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Lme) Loading for Rangoon S pore P.Kelong Penong Spore 22/24 May 23/24 Moy 8/10 June PHASHWEGYAWYWA 15/17 June bankune EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT IVYBANK CLYDEBANK SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG
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      759 24 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. USA CANADA pacific COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPI Ml( ROBRIDUK MINILAND BRIDGE) T AIWAN-JAPAN-CHINA ALSO ACCEPTING: SHANGHAI, HSINGKANG, TSINGTAO. MOM. NAHA, SHMZU VIA KOBE FAR EAST HONGKONG CONTAINER V39E S. S BRIDGE 4SE CHEVALER PAUL V39E CHMA CONTAINER V2SE PKLG 18 May 26 May 29
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      266 24 cc*pting Br*akbulk and contain*ri**d cargo** Dir*ct to South Africa A, fjit.in: Container;, Onl, HAYAKAWA MARU V 5114F SA VAAL 5715f Richards S'pote Durban Bay 27/S 5/4 12/® 25/6 CTown E Ldn Maputo Pill 14 6 12/ C 30 6 2t/C CHAR CHING MARINE CO LTD CCIJNII USA WESTCOAST FULLY CONTAINERISED
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      732 24 '/l€ CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER REEFER BULK SERVICE lojftni tor lOS ANGELES SAW FRANCISCO Si AT TIE lACOMA VANCOUVER BC Accfptnt ECt/fCE Coitaawri AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acctpte* FCI Fa Contuwn •Aha Kceplnt h«n PKtbi* tar AucA M Lftt PA«ta<* Spat Mat> S,*> Ahaacc** VBMVI KAtMn 19 20
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      607 24 SANKD ASIA LINEWr^ FROM JAPANESE FORTS ANO HONGKONG m GOLDEN LINE CUM CMN SHIPfMC (PTE)IfID *■"1 lai Prime* U Mfe(. M C*d SAwt SUSAPOM 0104 T* ****** (II LHS) I# HuaU LOTpv N2ll t iManf 317*1 fiwi Mvm h* fiatai if* asm uon m m m in mn SIR AITS/PERSIAN
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      553 24 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road *27-16. Internationa' Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (1 0 Linesi o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK DAHLIA *****05 KONKAR THETIS S pore P Kdanf Ludnf far--19/5 KANTES/ROTT/U.K (AVON) 30/5 l/« ANT/ROTT/U.K ALPAC LINE S pore R Keiang Loadrj for. ALPAC ASIA 16SWB 25 May
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      585 25 SLNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia K JACEJIN S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1500 20/5 LCL Cargo 0300 20/5 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) Havre P. Kelang Singapore HKong K'siung But; HK CONTAINER 39E Sailed InPort 19/5 23/5 24/5 27/ SSBRCGE4SE Sailed
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      541 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPI Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNC. BUSAN, INCHON SEMI-CONTAINERISEDI>IRECT SERVICE TO CMITTAGONG. CHALNA. CALCUTTA SPORI AGtNTS KPTUNE AGiNCKS PT( LTD IH ?*****7/278V434 (Bookng*) ???7510 <Ope»it.om) ?2??487 ??09?M (Tefmnjl) ??0?450 ??0?504 (CFS) MS. ArSM AGIMS I UNAS SETIA SON BHD Kl lei *****0 *****4 PK Tel
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      1367 25 W SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUHWNG 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Liws) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S f kelang penang M/S SHARK*! WAH SOON SON M> IST AND 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS HAJ THONG SHPPMG 23
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      690 26 lte<|iiHial Container Lilies 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual KCL .Berthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday f SINGAPORE ISLANDS USE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER IftMA L SHAH KASUGA MMU Spore PK 22/24 Iby Pnf Loadnf far rt. Last, limor Duban T«*u. MM, Hsdodjti. Gizan KUSU BIWO 21/30 JM *Hea»y Ht
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      78 27 LICORNE A—WAV. L9I 13! SESH ««Ml M/V ANJOU VSLS4 M/V ARMAGNAC V6LS4 M/V AUTOIS V7LS4 AGENTS SEAUOH SHPfWG (S) PTE LTD. 1 RE SALES/BOOKMGS TEL 2205M1 (I LUES) TO BANGLA-DESH/NXA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN COLOMBO BOBAT jUMOI 24/5 29/5 31/5 23/6 26/6 29/6 16/7 19/7 21/7 <^Seawinds taws ORIENI At SMWINDS lINfR AGFNrv
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      342 27 jr Nedlloyd Lines Loading for CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA I CARRIBEAN/CENTRAL/EAST COABT SOUTH AMERICA VESSEL 8 "FORE CBAL WSTAD *BTOWNP. OF RIO J SPAM N. Nagasaki 8/6 21/7 23/7 28/7 30/7 26/8 N.Nagoya 8/7 21/8 23/8 28/8 30/8 26/9 N. Nassau 8/8 1 21/9 23/9 28/9 30/9 26/10 accepting containers
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      26 28 MESIA LINE ETA ETD LOADING FOR M.V. LABORE 23 May 25 May Muara Afenb: Unipacnic Trans A Trading Agancy Pta. Ltd. Tal: *****4 (5 linas) Singapora
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      33 28 m UN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1. Magazine Road. «05-08 Central Building Singapore 0105 T*l *****14 ft *****22 WEEKLY SJRVKS SiKGAPORE TO KUCHING VESSEL ETA ETD LIN PETALING In Port 21/5 2S/5 29/5
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      537 28 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERtSED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) 1* IctUrx Rdwi Filmc H bu| Brem *nt«*fp 1/0 10 6 12/0 14, 0 15/0 17/0 23/0 24/0 21 t 21/0 1/7 21/0 30/0 2/7 4/7 5/7 7/7 0/7 7/7
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      653 28 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mile Tower, Beoch Rood, Singapore 0719. Tel: *****44 Tli R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE STORE P KELANG PENANG PHUKET LANGS* VS4 84 In PI/19 May 24 May 22 May LANGSA V 55/14 25/26 May 29 May FULL CONTAINER
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