The Business Times, 6 June 1984

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1,1184 60 CENTS
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  • Article
    Employees off insurance company get capital offering
    303 1  -  By ALVIN TAY EMPLOYEES of Cosmic Insurance Corporation Ltd, one of the top five insurance companies in Singapore, have been offered a portion of the company's enlarged capital. The larger capital base, increased from $4,545,000 to $10 million, was necessary to keep abreast
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    Lock icon Loan from China
    45 1 AP THE BANK of China has lent HK$3OO million to Hongkong's Mass Transit Railway Corp under an agreement signed between the corporation and the China Development Finance Co (HK) Ltd yesterday. The twoyear loan will be used for general working capital. AP
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    Emporium abandons supermarket plans
    510 1  -  Project would have cost $3.5 m a year By LEE HAN SHIH THE EMPORIUM group has abandoned plans to open up a supermarket and department store in Hougang which would have cost it $3.5 million a year. It has lost more than $100,000 in deposit placed
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    OCBC raises prime rate
    65 1 ANOTHER of the "Big Four" banks has raised its prime rate. The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation will increase its rate by a quarter point to 9.5 per cent, effective today. The last two days saw several local banks raising their prime rates by a quarter point. DBS
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    Islamic view of sterilisation clarified
    181 1 THE MUFTI of Singapore, Syed Isa Semait, has clarified how Muslims should approach the question of whether or not to apply for the Government offer of a $10,000 payment to the CPF account of women under 30 who opt for sterilisation or ligation. The offer
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    Re-exports increase Bpc to $15.9 billion
    546 1  -  By BOEY KIT YIN SINGAPORE'S entrepot trade was the main contributor to the growth of exports last year when the nation was climbing out of the worldwide recession. Much of the growth was in re-exports to South-east Asia and North America, while reexports to
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    STOCK MARKET
    59 1 BBAER prices sa the Stagapere staek market etaset wmimtMb higher screes the bead yesterday. TV epealag was qaiet, la spite sf a rally la hath Wall Street aai Lend en. Bat baying interest Lmpreved as the day At Ike fiaaj bell, the BT p«Ma higher M.71 while the
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    Singapore joins 'big league' cities
    335 1  -  By JOANNE YAP SINGAPORE is on the threshold of joining the "big league" convention cities capable of coping with the needs of business visitors and meetings. Mr Daniel Teo, former president of the Real Estate Developers' Association, said at a meeting in London last week
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    Lock icon First Rangoon embassy sets up office in Inya Lake Hotel
    78 1 AP SINGAPORE has opened its first embassy in Rangoon and began consular activities there on Monday. Three Singapore diplomats led by charge d'affaires David Low are manning the embassy, which opened on May 16 at its temporary office in the
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    Lock icon The first in Taiwan to handle offshore banking units
    96 1 AP THE International Commercial Bank of China (Taiwan) began offshore banking operations yesterday, becoming the first financial institution in Taiwan to handle offshore banking units (OBU). Miss Charlene Wu, assistant vice-president of the bank, told reporters she expected to re- ceive
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      258 1 SHARE INFORMATION 17 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY A EXCHANGES 16 AIRCRAFT MISTOW CROSSWORDS SINGAPORE'S smoll leother industry wiH b« represented by about 33 manufacturers, agents and distributors when the Fifth International Leather Fair opens at the World Trade Centre today. Page 3 EUROPEAN leaders will urge President Reogan at the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Momentum set on selling micro-computers here
      376 2  -  By JEFFREY TSANG MOMENTUM Computer Systems International of the US is eyeing a slice of the $30 million local micro-computer market. It is now looking for a distributor for the computer hardware that it hopes to launch in July. Mr Hugh Getty, who is
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      Cartier to get tougher over fakes
      515 2  -  By MONICA GWEE LES MUST de Cartier, the French Jeweller and maker of luxury leather goods, had sales of more than Sssoo million last year. But the company estimates it lost $50 million to the trade in fake Cartier products. Mr Alain Pen in,
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      More than 20 contractors sign up for China tour
      277 2  -  By USA LEE LOCAL contractors are showing considerable interest in visiting China. So far, more than 20 contractors, all members of the Singapore Contractors' Association (SCAL), have signed up for a tour organised by the association. The tour of China's western
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      TRADE TALK
      327 2 PEEM AGE AIN Prsdsets Inc, an American company, has developed an acrylic-impreg-nated wood flooring that is supposed to bring the beauty of real wood to high-traffic public areas in commercial complexes where conventional surface-finished wood flooring is impractical. PermaGrain solid wood flooring is manufactured by a patented process
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      MEMO-PAD
      279 3 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER June 7 8 The Secretary Thong Teck Singapore In Management Building Institute Of Today Management June 8-July 13 Current Company Secretarial POD Training Secretariats And Practice Case Study Centre Meetings Pte Ltd Workshops June 11-12 Computer Applications Apollo Sentosa Applied Technology To
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      292 3 JOHN PARK ELL has been appointed managing director of Olivetti (Singapore) Pte Ltd. In his new capacity, Mr Farrell will direct expansion plans for the region. A liberal arts graduate, Mr Farrell, 48, began his career in the Olivetti Group with Olivetti Australia Pty in 1963, where
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      Orchard Road in area hit by rising crime rate
      198 3 CRIME reports show that there were 258 offences in the Police 'E' Division between January and April. If the trend of the first four months continues, 1964 will see about 770 offences. This compares badly with the rates of the two
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      Former Australian premier on visit
      51 3 SIR CHARLES COURT, former state Premier of Western Australia, arrives this morning witjj his wife for a four-day private visit. They will attend a dinner at the Mandarin Hotel tomorrow given by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education and Mrs Goh Keng
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      Thirty three local dealers take part in Leather Fair
      267 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN SINGAPORE'S small leather industry will be represented by about 33 manufacturers, agents and distributors when the Fifth International Leather Fair opens at the World Trade Centre today. Altogether, more than 300 companies from 25 countries will exhibit
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      Plan to produce computer-made colour slides for SEA clients
      241 3 A SINGAPORE-DUTCH partnership plans to produce computer manufactured colour slides and transparencies for customers in South-east Asia. With the tie-up between Singapore-based VFPR Consultants Pte Ltd and AV Media Consultants of the Netherlands, customers can have access to the Dutch company's
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      Handbook on the MRT system
      83 3 ABOUT 150 companies offering more than 200 products and services are listed in a new MRT Handbook from the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. Companies are classified by products and services civil engineering; mechanical k electrical engineering; materials 6 direct services; and ancillary services. Useful for MRT
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      Science Centre to hold $1m exhibition
      67 3 A $1 MILLION electronics exhibition will be held in December by the Singapore Science Centre. The director of the centre, Dr Leo Tan, said the exhibition will provide information on the development of electronics. Visitors would have a chance to work on computers. Dr
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      Incinerator closing for maintenance
      67 3 DO NOT send rubbish to the Ulu Pandan incineration plant at Toh Tuck Road between July 2 and July 22. The plant will be closed for general overhaul and maintenance during that period and refuse should be sent to the dumping grounds at 32km Lim Chu
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      103 3 sa mall or large meeting, you get abig welcome. p The Palm Beach Hotel in Penang offers a warm welcome whether you have a meeting for 10 people or 200. We have a special wing for conferences and your seminar or meeting for up to 200 people can be handled
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Malaysia Ventures rejects all proposals so far
      352 4 Bernama MALAYSIA Ventures Bhd, the 0 country's first and only venture capital company, has rejected all the proposals it received so far because they fail to meet up to the high standards set by the company. Altogether, 30 proposals were received. Four of
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      Lock icon Drug-and-rob gangs operating on tour buses to south of Thailand
      254 4 Bernama TRAVELLING by tour bus may be a cheap way to see a country but of late, some tourists are finding that it can be a very expensive trip. There has been an increasing number of reports of tourists being
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      Lock icon Jakarta gets working capital credit from World Bank
      115 4 AP THE WORLD Bank has announced a U*****.65 million loan to Indonesia to help small businesses there acquire working capital. The bank also announced a second loan for $65 million to finance swamp draining in South Sumatra in order to provide land
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      Lock icon Call to re-examine agricultural policy
      104 4 UPI AGRICULTURE Minister Shinjiro Yamamura indicated yesterday he would re-examine Japan's agricultural policy aimed at reducing rice production in view of an anticipated rice shortage this autumn. Mr Yamamura said in a statement made public yesterday that "rice production is the basis of Japan's agriculture
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      Lock icon Aussie economy stronger
      157 4 FC THE Australian economy has continued to grow strongly and its recovery base has broadened, according to government figures released here today. Commenting on the latest estimates, the Australian treasurer Paul Keating said the government was expected to be on target with its own prediction of 10
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      Not every dog can have its day
      71 4 EVERY DOG has its day, but .not pedigree dogs on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. The Antara news agency said yesterday that pedigree dogs are banned to protect local mongrels from getting rabies. Ten pedigree dogs have been rounded up and will
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      709 4 ARRIVALS Operator SttYICI numb«r Local tiwn From PAA MAS KAL CAL MAS AAAS MAS RBA SIA CPA GIA SIA SIA SAS THAI U6 AAAS GIA MAS GIA SIA PA5 MH681 KE624 CI010 AAH60I MH67I AAH811 BM2I SQI03 CX710 GA960 SO 105 SO 201 SK971 TG403 UB23I AAH682
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      Lock icon Question and Answer
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      Lock icon Home computer for only US$300
      182 5 NYT COMMODORE International, the leading US home computer manufacturer, has introduced a US$9OO computer for small business and home users. The performance and capabilities of the "Plus 4" compare with those of computers costing more than $6,000, such as Apple HE and the IBM PC
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      Lock icon Philips to start developing VHS video recorder
      306 5 AFP THE Dutch electronics giant Philips, the inventor of the V--2,000 video system, on Monday announced that it would begin development next year of the VHS standard video recorder pioneered by the Japanese firm Nippon JVC. The shift in strategy is likely to
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      Lock icon London summit to urge US backing for aid plan
      728 5 NYT EUROPEAN leaders will urge President Reagan at tomorrow's London summit meeting to support joint action to head off a possible new financial crisis next year, when about US$25O billion of Third World debt starts to fall due. Officials preparing for
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      Lofty challenge counters falling numbers
      91 5 REVEREND Gary Burgess of the Calvary Baptist Church in New Jersey was troubled by falling attendance so he issued a worldly challenge. Double the attendance at Sunday service and 'Td go up the steeple and eat my lunch", he said. Last Sunday, his congregation tripled.
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      Lock icon Reagan can have his armed bodyguards after all
      154 5 Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan is being protected while in Britain for tomorrow's summit meeting by armed bodyguards, against the wishes of Britain's police force. Home Secretary Leon Brittan gave the go-ahead for two of Mr Reagan's guards to carry arms, stipulating they should
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      Lock icon Oil buyers seek discounts
      324 5 Reuter BUYERS of crude oil from Kuwait in the northern Mideast Gulf are seeking US$2.5O per barrel discounts from official prices, which would lower the price of Kuwait spot crude to $24.80 per barrel. US traders said Kuwait's crude oil exports have dropped by 100,000 to
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      Lock icon Pancasila Bill generates opposition in Indonesia
      561 6 AFP A CONTROVERSIAL BILL to impose the Pancasila state ideology as the sole principle for all social and religious organisations has sparked widespread opposition in Indonesia, both among religious and secuv lar circles. Religious leaders fear that Pancasila which encompasses belief in God, humanitarianism,
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      Lock icon Strong growth for seven major industrial nations
      153 6 AP Reuter LEADING indicators of the world's seven major industrial countries are still showing strong economic growth signals, the Conference Board said. Sturdy economic expansion continues in Japan, the US, Canada and West Germany. Slower growth is reported in France, Italy and the
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      Lock icon US says 'No' to Stingers for Kuwait
      217 6 UPI V THE Reagan Administration has told the government of Kuwait that its request for more Stinger anti-aircraft missiles 2 would not be granted under 3 present circumstances, administration and congressional sources said on Monday. A state department official i said: "No decision
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Drug addicts
        45 6 NEARLY half of the Malaysian prison population of 14,000 are drug addicts, an official of the government's anti-drug task force said yesterday. He said that out of a population of 15 million people, about 350,000 Malaysians are believed to be addicted to drugs.
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        Diplomats expelled
        42 6 CZECHOSLOVAKIA expelled two British diplomats on Monday for spying, a move apparently intended as retaliation for Britain's expulsion of two Czechoslovak diplomats three weeks ago. British diplomats Desmond Lauder and Edward Brown were given two weeks to leave the country.
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        Car marketing deal
        61 6 CHRYSLER Corp announced on Monday that it will market cars and trucks built by the Japanese car maker Mitsubishi through 1995, a move analysts said may be preliminary to a joint car-building deal. Chrysler said the agreement will be negotiated on a year-to-year basis after 1995, but
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        Moscow visit
        58 6 FRENCH President Francois Mitterrand will visit Moscow in the second half of this month, the Soviet Union announced on Monday. The formal announcement ended weeks of speculation in the West on whether Mr Mitterrand would go ahead with the trip after FYench officials had indicated it could be
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        Lock icon World trade fair
        44 6 Agencies BRUNEI'S first ever international trade fair will be held in Kuala Lumpur from June 20, Malaysian sources said. They said a total of 96 companies from 15 countries in Asia and Europe would take part in the four-day event. Agencies
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      Lock icon Ejector seat kills spectator
      76 6 The portside engine of this British Royal Air Force Barrier Jet busts lata flames as it dies •ver spectators at aa air show la Aschaffeabnrg. A spectator was killed by the falling ejee- tlea teat, lie pil«t, Identified m First Uentenant Nick Gilchrist, ejected a few
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      Lock icon Printers join metalworkers in W German strike
      175 6 UPI THOUSANDS of printers joined West Germany's metalworkers on Monday in a strike that entered its fourth week with little hope for a quick resolution. The job action has led to a virtual halt in car production in West Germany, which produces some
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      Lock icon Missiles in Europe increase risk of war
      260 6 UPI PRESIDENT Konstantin Chernenko has said Pershing-2 and cruise missiles stationed in Europe increase the danger of nuclear war and provide the US with no military benefits. In a speech on Monday honouring visiting Romanian President Ceacescu, Mr Chernenko said: "The threat of
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      Lock icon Slower rate of growth for Bonn
      86 6 Reuter WEST GERMANY'S economy, the most powerful in Western Europe, grew at a slower rate in the first quarter of this year than in the last three months of 1963, official figures showed on Monday. The Federal Statistics Office said gross national product (GNP),
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      162 5 Douzaine Dc Hau(c Cuisine ParLe Chef Extraordinaire Roland Durand i 4 >4 i:> >*■ The Belvedere (June 6-17) Chef extraordinaire, Roland Durand of the much acclaimed restaurant Le Relais de Sevres a Paris is here to present his special style of French cooking— Cuisine d'lmagination. Chef Durand has prepared his
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      131 6 IWz 0 J MARTEL s»i Ki R -s Dances, draws, shows and nights of gold. DANCE SHOWS at Century Park Sheraton's Black Velvet &> Gold Club will open your eyes to the grace, vitality and liquid movements n\ of the art DRAWS for Cartier pens, lighters, watches and other prizes
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Forex markets
      414 7 SINGAPORE: The local currency closed lower against the US dollar yesterday at 5J2.0960/60 from $2.0930/40 on Monday. It closed at 5591.10/20 against the Malaysian dollar from 5J90.95 91.05 and 5126.80/85 against the Hongkong dollar compared with $26.85/90. The US dollar closed lower against most currencies compared with New
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      Foreign exchange
      192 7 Interbank rates at 3pm CWMCIM HOHI|M| Mteg SmittvMolwi Local dollars to on* unit of foreign quoted yet itordey e wee parity eHan0o US dolor 2 0940 2.0950 2.8196 -25.73 Storing pound 2 9316 2 9350 7 3469 -60.10 Australian dollar 1.8846 1 8875 3.4286 -45 03 NZ dollar
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      Asian $ market
      321 7 Asian market DEPOSIT RATES closed steady yesterday at opening levels in moderate trading. Periods were mostly lower at the outset on speculation that US interest rates will not rise further and thereafter they moved in a narrow range. Three months closed at 11-7/16 11-5/16, down H from Monday, six months
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      Gold
      273 7 SINGAPORE Futures closed slightly higher yesterday on renewed concern about the effect of Latin American debts, dealers said. Prompt closed slightly higher at U*****.80/396.80 an ounce compared with New York's $396.00/395.50, August at $403.00/403.50 against $403.00/402.30 and October at $410.00/411.50 against $409.00/410.30. LONDON The morning gold fix yesterday was
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      Money markets
      113 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate eased sharply to close at 4V-i per cent on the local interbank money market yesterday. Term rates eased by 3/ 16-point across the board. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Over- OH#r Bid r*ght 4 3/4 4 1/2 1-month 8 7 7/8 2-month 8 1/4
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      Lock icon Rise in Arab banks stems flow of funds to West
      291 7 UPI THE RAPID eqiMlM Arab baakiag la the past decade kai stemmed the flew ef Arab fsads te the West aad begaa ts spar the grswth st private ladastry la the Mlw East, a Saadl AraMaa badaessmaa saM. "The fM
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      Lock icon Quito suspends payments on part of debt
      328 7 Reuter ECUADOR has suspended capital and interest payments on nearly US$25O million of debt owed to foreign suppliers and government agencies. Deputy Finance Minister Diego Sanchez said yesterday that his country had approached the Paris Club of Western creditor nations about rescheduling $247
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      Lock icon FDIC imposes tough rules on Continental Illinois
      236 7 FT THE Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the American bank regulatory agency which led the US$7.5 billion rescue of Continental Illinois, the big Chicago bank, has been given sweeping powers to fire either the bank's board or its senior executives, if necessary. Details
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      Lock icon Treasury denies 'bailout' report
      79 7 Reuter A US Treasury spokesman has strongly denied a report that the Federal Reserve and the Treasury plan to assist US banks troubled by loans to Latin American countries. "Nothing to it at aIL It is utterly incredible," said the spokesman comment- ing on a New
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      222 7 Nature has taken f <. Etectratux adapts fhe'bee-hive'appDOdh for high-densify storage Bees have found the logical method to storing their honey systematic and equally-constructed combs that minimize space usage for maximum storage capacity. Nature has indeed answered today's storage problems. Electrolux's high-density concept is based on utilising the ceiling height
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  • SWEDEN TODAY
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      Swedish presence grows with trade & culture
      915 8 Swedish presence grows with trade culture The growth of the Swedish presence in Singapore is evidence not only by the operation of nearly 130 Swedish companies, including major multinationals, but by increasing cultural and academic exchanges, said the Ambassador of Sweden, Mr Haakan Berggren yesterday. Two-way trade between Sweden and
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      Long-term business approach essential to success in region
      919 8 Swedish companies are now showing greater Interest than ever before In Singapore and the ASEAN region, said Dato' Nils Ericsson, the Immediate past President of the Swedish Business Association of Singapore (SBAS), yesterday. Dato' Ericsson has spent the last seven years based
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      New know-how companies lead
      1286 8  -  by PROFESSOR GUNNAR HAMBRAEUS Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Something rather extraordinary has happened in Swedish industry in recent years. Hidden away behind the torments which industrial giants are suffering as a result of shrinking markets, dismissals and closures, a new spirit
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      SBAS attracts firms to promote two-way trade
      472 8 More than 50 Swedish companies, including major multinationals, are members of the Swedish Business Association of Singapore (SBAS). Founded In December 1981 the main purpose of the SBAS is to provide a forum for dlalogue between Swedish companies operating here, said Mr Gustav
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      OD — one of world's great male choirs
      564 9 OD one of world's great male choirs Singaporeans will hear this year one of the world's greatest male-voice choirs, the Orphei Drangar, the Royal Uppsala University Choir, which has planned a tour from Oct. 20 to Nov. 11 of Japan, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. It is their second tour
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      Sophisticated bank system
      712 9  -  ERIK LANDBERG Independent research has recently shown Swedish banking facilities for delivering services to customers to be among the most highly developed In the world. The advanced economic and cultural development of Sweden Is reflected In the sophistication of Its financial system and the high level of
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      Court theatre of 18th century
      324 9 Symbolic of Sweden's great cultural heritage is the Drottingholm Court Theatre first opened in 1766. Both as an aesthetic experience and a monument of theatrical history Drottingholm has a place of its own. The theatre's golden age began in 1877 when King Gustaf 111 took
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      Rich & diverse cultural life
      822 9 Rich diverse cultural life Sweden has a rich and diverse cultural life developed over the centuries. While the state assumes an overall responsibility for cultural policy, with emphasis on co-ordina-tion and long-term planning, its main aims is to stimulate not regulate cultural life. Throught the National Council for Cultural Affairs
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      Sweden stresses adult education
      1172 9 In Sweden, education is regarded as one of the keys to democracy and prosperity and since 1960 it has concentrated on adult education. The higher the education of the population, the greater are its chances of participating in the political process of the country, and the
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      95 9 Swedish Business Association of Singapore Killiney Road P O Box 292. Singapore 9123 Tel *****71. Tlx RS ***** Cable SVENSK The following members have contributed to the publication of this feature. Indevo Consultants (SEA) Pte Ltd The Axel Johnson Group LKAB Far East Re Ltd Perstorp AB Representative Office PK
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  • FEATURES
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      A lender's market
      520 10 IT MAY not be true that money makes the world go around but there is no doubt that a shortage of it brings a marked slowing down in the banking system. Banks survive primarily by putting customers' deposits into profitable use. Right from the start, banks have
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      1661 10  -  French study throws new light on a phenomenon threatening to repeat itself By SAMUEL BRITTAN FT EVER SINCE the thirties prophets of doom have been eagerly looking forward to a repetition of the Great Depression. One does not have to be of their number to find lessons
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      270 10 UPI IN AN INDUSTRY marked by the shifting tides of technological obsolescence, the workhorse Atlas-Centaur rocket continues its 20year tradition of lifting satellites into space. With a remarkable pedigree extending back to 1962, an improved "stretched" Atlas-Cen-taur model is scheduled to blast off Saturday
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      894 11  -  A major economic force finds itself playing an unaccustomed global role By CLYDE HABERMAN NYT IT HAS BECOME standard for Japanese political leaders to £say that Japan should cast off its accustomed docility and assume a diplomatic role matchMug its economic
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      481 11 NYT YEARS OF cautious financial management have so far saved Colombia from joining the long line of Latin American countries unable to keep up their foreign debt payments, but gradually Colombia is being besieged by the problems of its neighbours. "We live in the
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      627 12  -  Dollars and pesos still changing hands under the counter By CHRIS SHERWELL FT ADAPTABLE businessmen in the Philippines have grown increasingly sophisticated in their use of the local black market to beat the country's foreign exchange drought. To their surprise, they have found the government a
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      375 12 UPI FIRST IT WAS Frank Sinatra, the Forties voice surrounded by swooning American bobby-soxers. It was Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley in the Fifties, swinging hips and breaking hearts, combining the down-home look of backwoods Mississippi with smouldering sensuality. In the Sixties and Seventies, groups like
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      321 10 IBF The Institute of Banking ft Finance PREDICTING CORPORATE FINANCIAL DISTRESS 2-4 July 1984 Statistical techniques for Methods to avoid financial distress financial forecasting Corporate restructuring and valuation analysis Predicting and explaining financial distress Implications of financial distress models for practitioners COURSE LEADER Dr Edward I Altman, Professor of Finance
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      667 10 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Such rudeness is not useless (5) 6 Takes more than off? (5) 9 &ri somewhat amly tokmg a man out? (7) 10 Moulded quantity of gold and tin mixed (5) 11 Comes close to having pointed ears (5) 12 A degree as an artist (5) 13
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      331 11 Sometimes the reasons for buying a Swedish car are those impressive things the Germans are saying about it. mmffsm jtfxv.vx-x* K >?:w• > v.-.'---- ~Z <• y• i'i ji <\w? i. J *<5 •>••• W* JSi tut» Oniy the Saab managed, to conform to the American legal requirements inspite of
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      217 12 YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEE Fashionable Finest Briefcase, Portfolio Memo-Folder in PVC, PU Nylon Jacquard At the Stand No. Q5 (Left) of The sth International Leather Fair Date: June 6-9, 1984 Venue: Hall 3, World Trade Ceritre Singapore t.l i t trr; i.ig far r —i f/A *11 shou. SLN
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      127 12 to zm msm HIGHLIGHTS: R K Naroyon 8.03 pm, Channel 12 Narayan is among the finest Indian authors of his generation writing in English. His favourite themes are based on the peculiarities of human relationships and the ironies of Indian daily life. In this documentary, Narayan is interviewed at his
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      722 12 CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 3 PM Sec TEXT Live Sample Pages AkUMHJ «mJ C a 1 -i|C i t 200 rT OjT jiiiTit ntfißfTltS Mowed by Hotel The Richard Simmons Show Animals, Animals, Animals Weasel Romper Room 6.15 News (English) 6.25 Troftins 6.50 Happy Days 7.20 Newswatch (English news bulletin for
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      620 13 Last-minute switch from New York FT REUTERS, the international newsagency and business information group, has completed its ill-starred move to a public listing with the aid of a last-minute switch of shares to the London Stock Exchange from New York. Nearly 13 million Reuters
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      152 13 Reuter MERCHANT bankers Hill Samuel Group PLC and the partners of stockbrokers Wood Mackenzie and Co have agreed in principle for Hill Samuel to buy an initial stake of 29.9 pa* cent in Wood Mackenzie. The stake would be raised to full ownership
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      912 13 NYT TUMBLING prices have sent both the stock and bond markets into turmoil again, scarcely a year after they were finishing the most splendid recovery since World War n. As a result, a nation of perplexed investors keeps asking: "What
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      202 13 Reuter CANADA-based Northern Telecom Ltd believes it is on track to achieve or exceed its goal of over 25 per cent growth in consolidated revenues and earnings per share in 1964, chairman Walter Light said at a press conference. The conference was held
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      224 13 1982 *PlS=iaifigiBSii: Won The Golden Dragon Prize of Superior Of Machinery in Taiwan 1982. EYELET MACHINE HM-207AE SB ta SNAP FASTENING MACHINE HM-208BQ RIVETING MACHINE HM-5158C A A 1J Cgi> Tf <,> "jf V m <53) 0 o S Si fl Sf? 05 s?*o R K wastawJsswfasß m mnm a<«R£r*
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      Lock icon Big share offer by Nixdorf oversubscribed
      175 14 FT THE PUBLIC share offering from Nixdorf Computer, a West German data processing company, has been considerably oversubscribed. The share issue, through a consortium headed by Deutsche Bank, has raised about 550 million Deutschmark and is by far the largest of the recent spate
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      Lock icon Chairman of BAE expects link with General Electric
      170 14 Reuter AUSTIN Pearce, chairman of British Aerospace PLC, sees a merger with General Electric Co PLC (GEC) as more logical from a synergy viewpoint than merging with Thorn EMI PLC, a British Aerospace PLC (BAE) spokesman said. He was commenting on a
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      80 14 Reuter CLYDE Petroleum PLC has agreed to buy all shares of Second North Sea Oil and Gas Co as well as Third North Sea Oil and Gas Co, both subsidiaries of Philip Hill Investment Trust. The two companies hold a 5.5 per cent interest in the
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      Lock icon Wall Street prices hit two-week high
      283 14 UPI IN SPITE OF some late profittaking, the stock market rose to its highest level in two weeks on Monday in a broad advance based on the hopes of investors that interest rates would ease in the near future. Blue chips and high-technol-ogy issues
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      131 14 JUNE 04 cs Hud Boy Mn im 38* unch Mxttx 25* 14* 38 V, H 27* 21* 14 Int Uu 24* 24* v* Inti Nk*«4 ...14* II* V* Kfr Add 18 Be* TH 30* H tobtow B 14* 23** V» 4 Broscon 33* Mc Bkx*d 27* Con Imp Bk
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      177 14 JUNE 04 Read Trust 0k 300 5 Un Steel 125 unch INDUSTRIALS Urasec 565 unch Wootworlfi 1750 A Alpha 870 -5 MININGS Abercom 200 unch AE And a 930 450 ■10 2350 100 A/i«C 2900 1410 -5 1925 25 Buffets 8425 225 CNA 385 unch Cons Gold 1050 50
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      691 14 JUNE 04 US, ACF lndu*tne* 52* Alcon Alumn 291* H Alcoo 35H Lud 23* +(4 AWd Chwn Cp 331* AWd Stores 42 4-1 Afc*-Chalmers 12 Am Brandt Inc 55 4 Am Broodco*t 59 4 1 to Am Con Co 43* 4* Am Cyanamd 47* Am Elec Pwt 16*
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      946 14 Amsterdam JUNE 04 Fh ABN 338 00 •♦■35 123 50 5 Ahold 177 30 1 8 Akjo 90 60 3 AMf V 147 40 2 6 Amto* 60 30 +1 3 Berk 85 00 49 9 Boh 88 70 07 225 00 11 32 30 Bun et 66
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      62 14 ki> yi ss STS W... i. »i !*J.-S m st >.* E I^Mi gs to have your virgin white J asparagus (air-flown from Europe, naturally), HoGandaise or Milanaise Strawberries, with Grand Marnier? Or wrapped in a delicious crepe. Or if you prefer, with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream topped
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      119 14 f*Sf*Vrand ''g&BA&X* S! CHICKEN RICE $6Served with chilli ginger and thick soya sauce together with a bowl of bean curd soup KIAM CHYE DUCK SOUP $6Served with plain rice and slicea chilli in piack sauce MALACCA NONYA NASI LEMAK $s'Served with Ikan B'lis drumstick Sambal egg CONTACT: *****44 hotel grand
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      112 14 London stocks, Pago 19 sSMe Relax in a cosy atmosphere after a hard day's work with Live Entertainment by GINGERBREAD WEA AMD T V RECORDING ARTISTE ■Xi c. g V| .It is said (^at a rarc -/rtJCwPm [l|tf deserves an equally F exquisite setting. Because we believe in this, we
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      392 15 HONGKONG: Prices closed moderately higher yesterday but below the day's highs as some early buyers became sellers in the afternoon. Cheung Kong rose 20 cents to HK$B.45, China Light 20 to $1150, HK Land 7.5 to 13.025, HK Bank five to 16.20, HK Wharf 7.5 to $3.60, Hutchison
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      143 15 BANGKOK: Prices closed mixed yesterday with losses and gains about equal in quiet trading. The Book Club index rose 0.17 to 117.39 on turnover of 34.3 million baht with 116,799 shares traded. JUNE 05 A ok ham Thai Ana Fibre Ayuthoyo In* And Trust Bangkok Bank Bank Of Ayudhoyo
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      417 15 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply higher yesterday in fairly active trading because of the rally on Wall Street and the yen's rise against the dollar. The market average rose 127.10 to close at the day's high of 10,258.76 after gaining 78.69 on Monday, on volume of 400 million shares
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      Seoul
      88 15 TAIPEI: The market was closed yesterday. J urn 5 Won •II -10 -1 •4 +2 35 Hyundai Motor KAL 596 462 31 12 Chohaung 8k Commncal Bk 660 706 606 Korao Frit Korea Oi Korao Ship 710 842 440 unch +2 23 Doawoo Corp 390 583 Lucky Ltd Sarmung
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      Sydney
      530 15 SYDNEY: Australian sharemarkets closed easier yesterday as buying interest slackened following Monday's strong gains. The All-ordinaries index was 6.8 points lower at 674.7, the All-industri-als marker was down 1.7 points at 925.1 and the All-resources index was 10.5 points weaker at 478.1. Turnover was $19.38 million. Brokers said institutions
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      Manila
      127 15 MANILA: Prices closed generally easier yesterday in dull trading reflecting lower metal prices overseas. The commercial and industrial index eased 0.16 to 134.16 and the mining marker was down 2.24 at 1,085.42. Oils remained unchanged at 0.713. JUNf 05 Oriental B 0015 unch Phi Ovaneos 0 0085 0 0015
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      Lock icon Nippon develops new steel technology
      80 15 Reuter NIPPON STEEL has developed technology to produce 100-millimetre thick high-tensile steel sheet capable of withstanding a harsh environment. The sheet, made by a continous on line control process, has a tensional strength of 50 kilograms per square millimetre at minus 60 degrees centigrade and
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      67 15 Reuter THE outstanding balance of margin buying positions on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges fell 38 billion yen to 2,746 billion last week from a record 2,784 billion the previous week, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said. It was the first fall in five weeks,
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      Lock icon Fujitsu and ICL extend collaboration
      424 15 FT FUJITSU and ICL have agreed to extend their three-year old collaboration until 1991. They are also to broaden its scope from the current base in component supply and mainframe construction to include two-way technical cooperation on software. The two companies also emphasised their commitment
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      Lock icon Japanese corporate profits forecast to rise 21pc
      89 15 Reuter CURRENT profits of major Japanese companies in the year ending March 31, 1985 are expected to rise by an average of 21.7 per cent from 1983/84. In 1983/84, the same companies' current profit rose 13.4 per cent, according to a survey by
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      Lock icon Toyota Motor leads in earning power
      327 15 AP UPI TOYOTA MOTOR is Japan's biggest moneymaking company for the second consecutive year in fiscal year 1983. The company, Japan's largest car manufacturer, accumulated a record ordinary profit of 398.5 billion yen, a report by the Wako Economic Research Institute said. A similar
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      281 16 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with June One RSS buyers quoted at 183.50 cents a kilo, down four cents from Monday. The morning session was marked down 2.50 cents on freer offerings of July, stop-loss liquidation and lack of buying interest. Levels rose half a cent in early
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      279 16 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 186 00 187 00N 184.50 *****N Int 1 RSS June 185.50 186 00 183.50 184.00 Int 1 RSS July 191.00 191 50 189.50 190 00 Int 2 RSS 185
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      93 16 (in M cants/1 ton pallets) June July (current mth) (forward mth) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR20 190.00 192.00N 192.00 194.00N SSR 50 188.00 190.00N 190.00 192.00N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 244 00 246.00N 246.00 248 00N SMR L 244.00 246.00N 246.00
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      66 16 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday rose two cents to Ms2t.l7 a kilo, moving from the ITA floor level of Ms2f.ls into the ITA lower sector for the first time since March 5. Turnover fell to lfl tonnes from 221 on Monday. Dealers detected abont 25 percent
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      TEXTILES
      105 16 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Bio* Phoenix 16's 3,500 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,550 Blue Phoenix 32's 4,000 Blue Phoenix 40'» 4,500 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21 3,600 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 5,600 Blue Phoenix 40's 5,800 Open-end yarn Blue
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      LONDON MARKETS
      876 16 COFFEE Robusta futures at midday yesterday were £30 to £5 a tonne down from Monday night as prices declined further from average £10 midmorning losses on long liquidation and chart-based commission house selling. July and September both traded last at £2,224 to show identical £30 losses from Monday's
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      PALM OIL
      203 16 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday weakenedfurther on short selling and buying reserve prompted by the continuing easiness in Chicago soy futures. Higher production figures and lack of export demand also dampened sentiment. June deliveries in the north region fell Ms9o to $1,445 a tonne, south $85 to
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      Produce exchange
      155 16 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% 487 50 Exchange FOB NSW (Seders' noon down? prices S$/ Nutmeg 100 kg) 110 FOB NSW 355 00 Coconut oil B W FOB NSW 256 00 Bufc FOB 240 00 Gombier Old drum FOB 253 00 FOB NSW 305 00 New drum FOB Copra
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      WHEAT
      177 16 CHICAGO wheat futures closed two cents per bushel higher In July in light trade on Monday. Nearby July posted a s'/i-cent range on the day. Slower than expected producer marketings of newly-harvested winter wheat in the southern producing states over the weekend caused some commercials to cover Friday's pre-hedges,
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      SOYBEAN
      207 16 CHICAGO soybean futures closed on or near the lows on Monday, off 16 to four cents per bushel in moderate trade. July posted a 20 >/2-cent range on the day. Trade expectations for a weekly soybean export inspection figure lower than last week and last year kept July on
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      RICE
      298 16 Singapore (S)/kito, •«-9<xtown) Thoi white 100% 1st class (kangaroo) rvew crop 100% 2nd doss 100% 3rd doss 25% rww crop B-10% 1 05 078 0.76 No stock No stock C-l Ordinary Loom on 100% first grode 100% second grode .100% third grode Parboiled 5% 10% Maize unq S3 unq
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      73 16 a > 41 1» Remunenasn//? A recent survey shows there are 310,000"' people reading Shin Min Daily News daily. 422,000* on weekends. Almost all are adults, half live in households with at least three wageearners, and a third of them read no other paper. Put these figures together and you
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      Modest gains sweep across a broad front
      4079 17 SHARE prices on the Singapore stock market closed moderately higher across the board yesterday after a slower opening. At the end of the day, the all-sector BT Composite Index gained 5.11 points to 860.71. The Straits Times Industrial Index finished 6.06 points higher
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      Chief price changes
      231 17 SINGAPORE Rises Indices Jaaa4 Mm S Taw Nk 830 20 IT CMMI •55.61 860.71 *****86 *****85 TOM 281 17 f" Infirm, ABM Owe 252 16 rrot/os -93 -80 Lntiiiii H 50( 338 14 939.39 945.47 COM 482 12 ST Ran 2828.46 2832.29 CAS H 50» 404 12
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      Late rally lifts KL market slightly
      364 17 A LATE rebound helped to take shares marginally higher on a (airly wide front at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The market opened on an easier note in line with the previous day's close. Subdued trading remained during most of the morning session
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      Business done on the SES
      3101 17 810 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 Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      General Corporation sets up trading arm
      783 18 GENERAL Corporation Bhd (GCB) has set up a trading division to handle the marketing functions of the manufacturing companies within the group as well as to acquire outside agency lines. Setting up the new division is part of the group's rationalisation programme, according to
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      Selected indices
      93 18 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Tuesday 925.1 Mondoy 926.9 Tuesday 932.44 Monday Closed Week ago 923.03 Week ago 927.9 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Monday 1131.57 Friday 1124.35 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago Closed Tuesday *****.76 Standard and Poors Monday *****.66 Week ago *****.97 Monday 154.34 Friday
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      147 18 SPK-SENT06A Carp Bhd ha raised its authorised capital from M$50 million to $200 million. SUPREME Carp Bhd has appointed Aseambankers Malaysia Bhd as independent adviser to minority shareholders on the takeover offer being made by Textile Carp af Malaya Bhd. PHINA Investments Pte Ltd, which recently purchased 50.7
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      HMPB takeover bid a boon to Castlefield shareholders
      276 18 THE takeover proposals by Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Bhd (HMPB) provide shareholders of Castlefield (Klang) Rubber Estate PLC an opportunity to maintain an investment in a high quality plantation company with reasonable growth prospects. This point was made in Castlefield's circular to shareholders
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2157 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aiinoinoto (3.825) Alcorn (2.256 2.265) (3) 2.24 (4) 2.25
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      Lock icon Stop-loss orders can limit investors' risks
      767 18 iMLH NYT MANY investors lament that they failed to sell stocks soon enough either to limit losses or to preserve profits during the protracted market decline of the past 12 months. These people would often have been better off if they had used a
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      173 18 COLD Storage Batdlaga PLC: AGM on June 7 at noon in Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, Mandarin Hotel, 333 Orchard Road (0923). EC Yaa Smag Limited: 11th AGM on June 8 at 12.30pm at 65 Chulia Street, #47-01, OCBC Centre (0104). HUME ladastries (Malayria) Berfcad: EGM on June
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      Lock icon AHL gives banks charge on hotel
      87 18 Reuter ASSOCIATED Hotels Ltd (AHL) has granted to a syndicate of banks a floating charge over its Hyatt Hotel business, its major asset. AHL said it transferred the Hyatt business to a wholly-owned subsidiary for this purpose. It took the action after its major
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      Unit trusts
      212 18 Monogors' prices MARA Bumlputra for Jimm 6 First B'putra 6 17 6.22 Second B'putra 550 5.55 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putra Fourth B'putra 479 4.84 5.47 5.52 The Commerce 3.17 3.37* Fifth B'putra Sixth B putro 3 65 3 70 The Sovngi Fund 1 93 2 05 3
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      Shell explains delay in proposed bonus
      390 19  -  By CHAN OI CHEE SHELL Refining Co (FOM) Bhd is still unable to finalise its long overdue one-for-one bonus issue first proposed more than a year ago. This is becauae the subject of its asset revaluation, the surplus of which will be capitalised for
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      Consplant to get $3.4 m annually from sale of Seafield Jaya
      403 19 CONSOLIDATED Plantations Bhd has estimated earnings of some $3.4 million annually from the proceeds of its sale of a 30 per cent interest in Seafield Jaya Sdn Bhd to Sungei Way Development Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of United
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      LONDON STOCKS
      965 19 THE market yesterday closed above the day's lows, helped by a lower than expected rise in money supply for May which made a rise in UK base rates less likely, dealers said. At 3pm, the FT 30 index was off 3.8 points at 839.5 compared with its 1100
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      Martin Craven joins N M Rothschild
      112 19 MERCHANT bank NM Rothschild A Sons (Singapore) Ltd has appointed Mr Martin Craven (abcve) as an assistant director responsible for the bank's investment management operations. Mr Craven was last reported to have left Wardley Investment Services Ltd as senior investment manager. Since last Nov
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      103 19 THE HONG LEONG Corp Ltd group's interest in Htag Lewg Finance Ltd was raised by 0.01 per cent to 7.51 per cent following the purchase of 20,000 shares at an average price of $3.92. The other major shareholder is Hug Lcong Investment Heldlags Pte Ltd, which holds a
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      Fed Cables gears up for expansion
      285 19 FEDERAL Cables, Wires ft Metal Manufacturing Bhd (Fed Cables), the market leader for manufactured cables and wires, is going ahead with its modernisation and expansion programme. This is to meet the expected boost in demand for cables over the next five years. Fed Cables
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      Berjaya Kawat
      19 19 TRADING In the shares of Berjaya Kawat Bhd will be suspended from June 15 until further notice.
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      Khong Guan sells UMF stake for $22m
      357 19  -  By CHAN MAY PENG KHONG GUAN Flour Milling Ltd (KGF) is selling its entire 30 per cent stake in United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd (UMF) for a hefty cash consideration of MJ22.5 million or $12.50 per share. The buyer of the block of
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      Liem has big stakes in Marina Square
      529 19  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM INDONESIAN cement king Liem Sioe Liong, reputed to be one of the six richest men in the world, has emerged as a major shareholder not only in the giant Marina Square complex but in the anchor shopping tenant too. Mr
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      Ambassador buys stake in KL property company for Ms3m
      126 19 AMBASSADOR Hotel Ltd is acquiring a 30 per cent interest in a Malaysian property company for Ms 3 million cash. Ambassador will take up three million shares of par value $1 each in Look Fook Sow Sdn Bhd, now dormant, but
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      179 19 I < Midland Bank in Singapore is your own direct link into one of the world's largest international banking groups. Staffed by experts with many years of local market experience Midland Bank in Singapore is involved in all aspects of wholesale international banking, including foreign exchange dealing, trade finance and
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    SIA after-tax profit hits high in last fiscal year
    535 20  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH Transport Correspondent SINGAPORE Airlines made a $123-million after-tax profit, a 17-per cent increase in the financial year to March. It was achieved against the backdrop of falling fuel prices and a slight recovery in the world economy.
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    54 20 Bernama THE Malaysian Employers' Federation welcomed the signing of the agreement on Indonesian immigrant labour to Malaysia, calling it a step in the right direction. Datuk Musa Hitam and the Indonesian Manpower Minister, Mr Sudomo, signed in Medan on May 12 an agreement on the recruitment
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    Lock icon Saudis down warplane
    469 20 Iraqi air raid said to have killed 300 Iranians Agencies SAUDI Arabian air force Jetfighters yesterday shot down an unidentified warplane in a brief dogfight over the Gulf waters. The Saudi Defence Ministry interrupted regular programmes on Saudi State radio yesterday to announce the downing. The intruding
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    Marco Polo man leaves for KL's Shangri-La
    232 20 "AN OFFER that could not be refused" has hired Mr Dario Regazzoni, the Swiss who ran the Marco Polo Hotel for almost 10 years, to join Shangri-La International. Mr Regazzoni will leave the Hongkong-based Peninsula Group for the Kuala Lumpur Shangri-La Hotel. He
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    208 20 Agencies TRAPPED Sikh extremists IN NEW DELHI fired machineguns and mortar bombs at troops ringing the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday, killing two people and wounding four others. An Indian government spokesman said that about 40 people left the temple after the army issued repeated loudhailer
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    TDB publishes 40 country profiles to help companies
    164 20 THE Trade Development Board has published profiles of 40 countries to help companies who want to sell in those markets. The Country Profile Series, produced with a $40,000 sponsorship from the DBS Bank, is part of a programme to assist and encourage
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    Wong Nang Jang appointed new chairman of FOCL
    107 20 MR WONG Nang Jang has been appointed the new chairman of finance company Forward Oversea Credit Ltd (FOCL). Mr Wong will still retain his present duties as general manager, international division of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, in addition to his new appointment. FOCL
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    Lock icon Dow Jones still rising
    57 20 Reuter WALL STREET stock prices yesterday were lower in early trading because of continued profit-taking. The Dow Jones industrial average, which rose more than seven points on Monday for its fourth straight gain, was off five points to under 1127. Overall, losers led gainers five to
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    NEW EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER
    51 20 PRESIDENT Henri Mabarak has —I Fereiga Mhrister Kama! Haasaa All as Aetlag Prime Mlaister tt Egypt feUewiag the sadtea death eT Prime Mlais- tor Paa* MakleMto. Ij| mm A ofcrf* DJ ntmofm Miktnk tin pnvlM for the preaeat Cattaet to re> mala to «fflee for toe
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    Lock icon Getting green light to buy cars
    142 20 NST MALAYSIA'S customs officers and staff can no longer Just decide to buy a car they need the approval of their heads. Under a new ruling, income, assets and expenditure and details of the car must be declared. The ruling is effective from June
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    Not easy to drive away from offence
    84 20 MALAYSIAN drivers who have been led to believe that they can get away with traffic offences committed In Singapore are in for a shock. Under a new system, Malaysian drivers would be stopped at the Causeway and asked to pay for the offences.
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      Lock icon Manila police on 'red alert'
      40 20 UPI AUTHORITIES put the entire Manila police force on "red alert" yesterday, warning that two mysterious fires and the murder of a top police official were part of a subversive plan to "sow terrorism". UPI
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      31 20 UPI AN INDIAN nuclear reactor using a man-made uranium isotope has started fission operations. It is the only operational reactor of its kind in the world. UPI
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      Lock icon Close watch on 'hot' horse
      31 20 Reuter A TIGHT security net has been thrown around the odds-on favourite in today's derby, El Gran Senor, the hottest property in European horse racing. Reuter
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      41 20 AFP CHAIRMAN Zhao Ziyang yesterday became the first Chinese premier to pay a basically political visit to the executive of the EEC. He was formally received at EEC headquarters by Gaston Thorn, president of the commission. AFP
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      41 20 AP THE gross national product of Taiwan in the second quarto- of 1984 is expected to reach U5513.87 billion, up 11.78 per cent from AprilJune last year, the directorate general of budget, accounting and statistics said on Tuesday. AP
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      33 20 AP AMERICA has pulled out of its economic recession at the expense of foreign countries by relying on deficit spending, former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said. AP
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      37 20 AP ISRAELI Defence Minister Moshe Arens on Tuesday consulted US Secretary of State George Shultz on a wide range of issues affecting the Middle East, a spokesman for President Reagan said. AP
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      165 20 AG DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME June August 1984 Course No. Course Title Date 8. Starting Managing a Small Business 9. Tactics Techniques for Effective Supervision 10. The Allen Management Seminar 11. Starting A Productivity Improvement Programme in your White Collar Areas 12. Maximising your Management Performance 13. Strategic Tax Planning for Businesses
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      56 20 ffißEßiasa Outlook for today: Partly cloudy; showers over several areos in the late morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on June 5 at the avport: Maximum temperature 27.1 Associated humidity 84 Minimum temperature 23.7 Associated humidity 98 Hours of sunshine 0.10 Rainfall in millimetres 121.5 Rainfall this month
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      273 21 Reuter BRITAIN AND Greece have agreed to work together to fight protectionism in shipping, British Transport Minister David Mitchell said. Mitchell, in Piraeus for the Posidonia Shipping Exhibition, said after a twohour meeting with Greek Merchant Marine Minister George Katsifaras, "We (Greece and
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      KPA plans to promote its deepwater port
      707 21  -  By VONG NYAM MING AMBITIOUS plans have been laid out to promote Kuantan Port, Peninsular Malaysia's newest deepwater port on the east coast. The Kuantan Port Authority (KPA) is making its rounds of local shipping communities to use the port and has mapped
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        82 21 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN shipyards received foreign orders to build 47 vessels totalling 769,000 gross registered tons in the first five months of this year, down from 61 vessels totalling 1.35 million tons in the same 1963 period, the trade ministry said. The value of orders in the
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        37 21 Reuter THE AUSTRALIA Northbound Shipping Conference said it will alter its Australia to Japan and Korea currency adjustment factor to a positive 1.25 per cent from a negative 1.65 per cent, effective July 1. Reuter
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        Redeployment of ships
        126 21 SHOWA Maritime USA, general agents in North America for Showa Line, announced a major redeployment of Showa vessels in the transPacific service, including the introduction of the recently built Hyuga Maru to the Pacific northwest/Japan trade route. The 1,900 TEU Hyuga Maru was launched at the Tsu
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      682 21 SMppinQ LJn# Fmgm Col SMpptngUM P*Q* C4 •MpptngUiw Col UM PIT Col AiMi Troraport IV s Evargraan IV 3 Uoyd Tnattato IV 4/5 Sonfc o Urw VI Afao VI 3 Fargo Shpg VI 1 Lu'i Brofhar IV 1 Sonko Am VI Ahronkial Law VI 5 Faxo VI
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      666 22 AFP GRAIN rates turned easier last week on the freight market, except to the Iraqi/Iranian war zone, but business was badly affected by holidays in Britain and the United States on Monday and Thursday in Continental Europe. Meanwhile Indian government charterers were required to pay more for their
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      Seminar for Asean ports
      113 22 A THREE-DAY seminar on Human Resource Development Through Quality Circles will be held at the World Trade Centre Conference Hall 2 from July 30 to Aug 1 this year. The seminar is in response to a request by members of the Asean Port Authorities Association (APAA)
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      Lloyd's to install worldwide minicomputers
      509 22 OVER THE next two years, Lloyd's Register of Shipping is installing a worldwide minicomputer network to improve data communication, processing and storage facilities in its offices in more than 50 countries. This network, linked to LR's mainframe computer at its London headquarters, will allow survey
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      177 22 FT SANKO Steamship, the deficit-ridden Japanese tanker operator, saw its parent company net loss widen to 55 billion yen in the year to March 31 compared with 47.6 billion yen in the previous year. At the pre-tax level the losses were marginally lower at 55.5 billion yen
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1704 22 FAIRLY active coal chartering has developed from the US east coast and Australia and grain firing has also increased although with rates failing to show any recovery on Monday, shipbrokers said. Coal was covered from Hampton Roads to Bilbao at US$7.3O and to Taranto at |6.30 while two
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      US facing problems of port development
      347 22 THE DEPUTY executive director of the Port of Oakland, Mr James J O'Brien, told an international symposium, jointly sponsored by the University of Haifa and the Israel Shipping and Aviation Research Institute, that the United States faces critical problems of port development over the
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      CONSORTIA
      193 22 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports, Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia
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      199 23 Reuter TURKEY MAY ban its merchant ships from entering the Gulf after Sunday's Iraqi missile attack on a Turkish oil tanker, Minister of State Mesut yilmaz said. Yilmaz, the government's chief spokesman, said in a statement that the government is consid- ering new measures
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      Lock icon Japan attempts to recover its competitiveness
      350 23 AFP THE JAPANESE oceangoing shipping industry will try to recover its international competitiveness by building a well-balanced fleet with modernised vessels and a mixed-crew system. Kiyoshi Kumagai, president of the Japanese Shipowners Association, was quoted by the Shipping and Trade News as saying that
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      Lock icon Daewoo wins bulk carrier orders
      98 23 AP DAEWOO Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery said it has received US$2l7 million in orders for four bulk carriers and eight tankers from India and Saudi Arabia. Daewoo recently concluded a contract with the Shipping Corp of India to build four 45,000-ton class bulk carriers, valued
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      PEOPLE IN SHIPPING
      186 23 OIL SPARROWS Offshore Services, a Joint venture between Straits Steamship of Singapore and Sparrows Offshore Services of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, has appointed BmH P Pry as operations manager. Ronald, who halls from Ipswich, was with Ransomes 6 Rapier PLC, Waterside Works, UK. He has wide experience in
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      Technical innovation award at heavy lift conference in S'pore
      343 23 AN AWARD for technical innnovation will be made at the Heavy Lift Transportation Conference to be held in Singapore from Nov 5 to 6 this year. The organisers of the conference, Maritime Press International (MPI), are currently negotiating with a sponsor
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      Lock icon Man jumps off ship due to Gulf voyage
      125 23 AFP A 44-YEAR-OLD Japanese engineer of an auto carrier, Jumped off his Omanbound vessel apparently for fear of a voyage to the Gulf war zone, police said. They said Moritoshi Harada, clad in a life Jacket, was found drifting in waters about
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      3546 28 QCaaBEKOILB 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
      592 29 sr RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Ship Voy Arrival for LCL movement date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Hakata Moru 52/538 7.6.84 1600 Borneo Shpg FSB 1100-1300/2100-2200 G3 CR Libreville 3R 7.6.84 0700 Optorg FSB 1300-1500/1800-1900 B6 Jenwel 18/84 7.6.84 0700 Thong Soon FSB
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      Who acts for whom...
      1602 29 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afra-Earasla Uw Transgroup (S). AhreakM Uaer Service Kim Shpg (S) AIM C Taeptor Oceanus Shipping Agen cy (S) Marin tex Enterprise (PK). Alpar Intrasea (S) BinUng Shpg (KL)/ Island
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      365 30 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Qlng He Cheng 31/2 Y Fung alongside 6.6.84/0700 Straits Venture 20 SSPL alongside 6.6.84/0600 Frances Bay 19 Malay States 6.6.84/1400 8.6.84/0700 Shou Shan 27/8 Guan Guan 6.0.84/1000 11.6.84/2300 Johneverett 38/9 NAPL 6.6.84/2300 9.6.84/2300 Ned Linge 44 Ned-EAC
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      270 21 'i i 1 UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO'SAG NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND i UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES 1 FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE I KOM -I \I N TAIWAN lIOM.kOM. AL MAMTAH *7* AL MUM ftHMMMV.4* HMMUMBV7* AISO CAILMG •MfiOTA MMTA Al MMBTAH 7
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      286 22 Wi&m FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE r— From Europe VESSEL 1) Gtwt ?)«flMr| 3) r>« 4) r«wi S)UH SaM SaM I SaM SaM SaM 6/6 13/6 20/6 27/8 4/7 H/7 SaM 7/6 14/ i 21/« 21/6 5/7 12/7 ma. Gam. 2) Amsterdam. Awl tip. LHant, Basic. UK. 3) Brtmtn, m. Aarhw,
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      395 22 YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South Wnl Pacific North Waat Faadar at Tokyo Faadar at Kotoa 9 m 11/f Mf 17/1 IJ 24/1 U 1/7 T« MIDDLE EAST Also accepting LCL Cargo lor USA Ports only. VIC/J7I WN/377 m/i7i N5/37J to Doha I Abu Dhjto CONVENTIONAL SERVICES Atlantic/ Faadar
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      731 23 The Straits Steamship Group OCL Overseas Containers Limited CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT 3-pm rite| 11/4 12/1 15/4 21/1 24/1 27/1 M/ 7 44/7 12/7 14/7 21/7 21/7 nn 34/7 M/l M/l 12/1 14/1 7M.BQ ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: Hanlwi to Urtoa. GoßwMf. StoettoM, Mtartan :to Win, >«ul»4—. Otto s± CONTAINERSHIP
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      286 25 Vl?\ MALAYSIA SHIPPING CORPN. SDN. BHD. VESSEL Wl. PENANG P. KELAMG LOADMG FOR KOTAHAftAPAN 5/84 IMI/6 KK/SXN/TA ROTA BAHAGIA 5/84 1-11/1 12-16/6 KU/KK/SKN ROTABERUAN 5/14 14-U/8 KK/SXN/TA ROTAMMM 5/14 20-26/6 KUC/KK/SKN Agents SINGAPORE Pll Tf L *****33 P KFI ANG SEIATAN AGFNCY TFI *****6 *****32 Kl SFIATAN AGENCY TFI *****9
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      788 25 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTMCR SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE 10 EUROPE ■reaatai Faprni STRAITS SPO« PKEIANG 11/0 12/1 (aprni 19/0 21/0 244 27/4 •aaaw* 4/7 f/7 Honfkoa* Eiprns 12/7 14/7 Cardan Bit 21/7 2J/7 21/7 10/7 Lretrpaal Bar 4/1 0/0 Bremen Eiprns 12/| U/l now cum HAM H«*w| [iprns SIM Hum Mara
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      734 26 SANKD ASIA FROM JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG 1 FUKUZAKI MAM) 2 GREAT MOUNT 3 GOTON6 ROYONG 4 StTI NORMS 5 PROS TftAOCR 6 OVER NA YE 7 CAMPHOR Singapore f. Ketanc In ft/6 Jun 7/1 JM 13/14 Jui 14/15 lun 15/16 Jun 14/17 km 19/20 Jun Ag«nt» Smgopore C F
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      500 26 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Ro<icl "27 16 Internatiom Pl.t/.i Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 110 Lines, •O- t' L'l r > V BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK FORT KISON 88*4907 PXtfa* Lm4r| tar:23/s sm/wn/wn/uji I d| SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S pore P Ketang Im** tar Agwh Sogapvt MIIASU (PIE) ITO
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      442 27 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE STRAITS/AUSTRALIA RO-RO CONTAINER SERVICE 9f o'">f »<"0 CO"*#" u" Abo acceptinf carp to Los AnfHcs i San Francisco TO/FROM NORTH AMERICA ATLANTIC COAST EXPORT PUmi S'P»* hPt 0 nMCE If N PEARL 45E N ZRCON 2SM 12/8 *«sa 15/6 N TOPAZ m 19/6 OKMGHT 17E
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      512 27 HEUNG-A SHIPPIN Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON »eise< tm WCHO* BUSAN Owu 404N No J Oanjm 40?* No 7 Dtnjni 40W No t (Mum 404* 71/ 4 N» I Down 40* Ooru 40W No 9 Donun 403 M No i Donjm 40SN 4,7 io/7
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      855 27 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BM.NNG 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SMGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P «LANC PENANG M/S SHMKAT NAH SOON SOU. M> IST AND 2NO FLOOR MESSRS KM THONG SHTfMG 23 WcU
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      123 27 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN JOHANNESBURG MAPUTO. MAURITIUS REUNION WESTBOUND ARITA 9W/84 EASTBOUND ALS CONFIDENCE SE/84 30/6/84 ETD R BAY 17/5 ETD DURBAN 23/5 16/7/84 ETA SIN 9684 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street. #06-06 Tat Lee Btdg S pore 0104 Tetex RS ***** KIMTRA Tel *****8
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      534 28 ICt'f|i<mal Container Lilies 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGXLA VOY STOW SMI* VOY S'PORE PHKT RATANABHUM 113/114 10 km 13 km 247/244 hi Pgr) 7km 5 SINGAPORE ISLANDS USE \r— MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER S'pore PK JAMAL SHAH taft/6
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      188 28 JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE LTD Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) and Orient Overseas Container Line Inc (OOCL) are pleased to announce that an improved Far East/North America Liner Service will be phased in following the restructuring of the FMC Agreement ***** (Tripartite Agreement) effective
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      41 29 SEMJON SHPPMG (S) PTE LTD. tjmtti taws ORIfNTAt Sf A WINDS UNtR AGI N( P!f i ID SINGAPORE TEL *****81 SALES/BOOKINGS MALAYSIA GFNERAL FREIGHT iM| SDN BHD PK MO4-V8 KL 9141*4 PEN *****3 DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES (Accpt*, fcl o»d La)
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      429 29 LIZENA PTE LTD T«fc *****29,*****67,73M0M Tatex: R*****1 ETA ETD Loadrj far KXONC WMTUK 23/S 30/f HCM/IW »SMMC h POT 11/* Dwta/Nfcai In «SQ hNrt 9/C Mri/lfcKit GUNTUNGMTAI 17/ C 25/1 UMfca* SDTWCf TO EAST KMJMffTAM (NXMSM FLM) 1 Shipping Private Ltd «G> T#tophoo«: *****90.*****43. REGULAR SERVICE TO AMD FROM CHnTAGONG/MAORAS
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      117 30 Mi Singapore 5 Continents-1 Forwarder LCL Wke to Hamburg with JifES 00 <*«*K»tK>ns (Gennony/ Aus tna/Swrtzedand/Denmark) and vice versa. IM fcpatan. no kppn 11/«, 14/8, 11/ C MMMM WOULD lUHSPORT (J) PTE LID T* *****11 Tain: 15 ***** PASJN MADJU SON BHD REGULM WEEKLY SERVICES TO ft FROM BELAWAN vessel
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      116 30 PROMPT SHIPPING LINE SA. \j«v 3a'^ aa?isa' ~B SMITWI CMOS n POMTDnH. OHDBO. LOW. IMOS MOMOVU MR HMKMMS CMEEX 2C»*r *.O«Ui ■MMCMra -2GOOUI MOTO: WEN CMANO tNPWMO A ENTERPRISES PTE LTD 10 ANSON ROAD. *27-15, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****31,*****37 S *****37 TELEX: RS34S3I Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd.
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      501 30 C.Y. LINE (A Mtmbtr Of Tho ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD nil* COffTAMERCED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) HONOKMC CONTHO 40W 18/8 11/1 swx seas me «t« w/c is/a CICVAtO PAUL 40W 22/4 21/8 aw* com mo a/a [MmUa Fttam Hto| Br«n Antwerp 21/8 M/< 2/7 4/7 5/7
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      590 30 COMPANA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE*' ls<dM| lex Caftao Mat»aia b W li alter Ptwun ports art* ti»nv»pi»»«nl a* Moofkrvn and *r »oD» On CPS Throat* RJK ol la*n( to kail d»sl.nat«yi Penanf P. KeUnf Saifaporc •HUOfWKTT 6/9 km 10/12 km MANOLOEWRETT 21/30 M> 1/3 Mr WWWRETT 5/7
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      564 30 mm cwraow —poatin fui com mo soma fcla carfats to USA Cast i West Coast. Pmmu. MMw mi East CaaaA Sat n* Mi AM CAUFONMA 7k» Xkm »M 12 M MM KM m HONG HONE 14 h« > M II M 21 M 23 M 25 M AM Mil IMC
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      164 30 Regional Weather 3 m m i s is <4 0U sH j C' 4 fc~ LL^ SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.90 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature c >C\ A slower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Ra,n u. O Cloudy Sky Wave he '9 ht
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