The Business Times, 2 August 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1*84 60 CENTS
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  • 687 1  -  Proposal to allow payment of interest on deposits By ALVIN TAY, AMY BALAN THE PROPOSED BILL allowing the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to pay interest on deposits is likely to siphon off a substantial portion of government funds from the
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  • 156 1 Bernama A PROMINENT Malaysian banker yesterday suggests the establishment of a bumiputra board or section at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to list shares of companies which can only be registered in the names Of bumiputras. Datuk Azman Hashim, chairman of Arab
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  • 170 1 SINGAPORE has won the award for the best Asean exhibit at the Orchid Show held at the World Trade Centre with a display featuring more than 300 varieties, including Singapore's national pride, Vanda Miss Joaquim. Singapore beat four other Asean countries with its unique display of
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  • 229 1 THE PUBLIC offer of 20 million 50-cent shares in constructionbased Lee Kim Tah Holdings Ltd has attracted about $1.3 billion of application monies. The precise subscription level was not available from the lead manager DBS Bank yesterday, but preliminary estimates from market sources
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  • Article, Illustration
    64 1 AFTER fonr days of strong rises, the Hhgipwe stock market dully snccnmhed to prsflt-toking yesterday. The day closed with the allsector BT Csmpesite ladex patting on !.C3 points to 835.M, while the Straits Times ladnstrlal ladex eased I.M point to 945.71. Brokers said that a pullback fallowing the
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  • 461 1  -  By TERESA LIM Hongkong Correspondent THE BRITISH will maintain a consultative presence in Hongkong for three years after 1997. A joint liaison group of British and Chinese is to be set up once the Sino-British agreement on the future of Hongkong
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  • 455 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG MOST OF the companies wishing to hire workers from Hongkong, Taiwan, South Korea and Macau have been allowed to do so. The Ministry of Labour is understood to have given the green light to most of those employers who
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  • 101 1 UPI THE DOLLAR yesterday surpassed record highs in Britain, France, Italy and Belgium while trading in West Germany at an 11-year high. Gold prices dropped. Gold opened in London at U*****.75 an ounce, down from $341,125 at the close on Tuesday. In Zurich, where bullion
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    • 270 1 mm SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY EXCHANGES 6 EXPORTS of timber products in the first half of the year, excluding knocked-down furniture, fell by 5 per cent from a year ago in terms of volume and value. Page 3 ANG Peng Siong, still dizzy from his win in
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 349 2  -  By FOO CHOY PENG LEADERS of the Singapore Air Transport Workers' Union (Satu) who pushed hard for house unions to be formed from the industry-wide union have passed the acid test. Bargainable workers in Singapore Airlines, who previously formed the single largest portion of
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    • 272 2  -  By LISA LEE AN ESTIMATED $10 million regional market in fastening systems has prompted a tie-up between Wearne Brothers and a French company. Societe De Prospection Et D'lnventions (SPIT) and Wealco, a Wearne subsidiary, aim to capture sales worth about $1.5 million
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    • 161 2 THE Ngee Ann Polytechnic is to invest $1.5 million in a building automation and energy management system, Mr Lee Keh Sai, a member of the polytechnic's council has disclosed. Mr Lee, who was speaking at Ngee Ann's energy conservation campaign yesterday, said
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    • 175 2 THREE MORE schools, including the National Junior College (NJC), will join the Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls' High School in offering the Art Elective Programme (AEP) next year. The others are the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus and Victoria School.
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    • 93 2 THE RECREATIONAL needs of women and senior citizens will be discussed at a two-day seminar organised by the Ministry of Education, the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Singapore Physical Education Association. The Physical Education and Sports Seminar 1964, from Aug 24 to 25, will emphasise
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    • 407 2  -  By YAP BOH HOON SINGAPORE'S automation drive may be extended to include the issue of parking offence notices. The Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday started a three-month pilot scheme for parking offence notices to be printed out from a hand-held machine.
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    • 137 2 UNDER the Asean-Japan Friendship Programme for the 21st century, the second batch of participants consisting of 23 working youths and 32 civil servants will begin their one month programme in Japan from Aug 5 to Sep 4. The aim of the programme is to
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    • 70 2 THE AUSTRALIAN Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Bill Hayden, will visit Singapore on Aug 16 and 17. His visit will be at the tailend of a tour of Thailand, Geneva and Yugoslavia. He will be here at the invitation of Mr S Dhanabalan. Mr Hayden
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    • 107 2 TWO OFFICIALS from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are in Singapore to conduct an ergonomics workshop that begins today at the Hotel Equatorial. Dr C Pinnagoda and Dr K Kogi will address the two-day workshop organised by the National Safety Council of Singapore. Other speakers
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    • 134 2 THE French-Singapore Institute (FSI) and the German-Singa-pore Institute (GSI) will hold an open house on Saturday. The intention is to show 'A' level students, employees and employers in the industrial sector the nature of the two-year diploma course conducted by both the
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    • 305 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE FLYPAST to be provided by the Republic of Singapore Airforce (RSAF) this year is the largest so far, with a total of 53 aircraft. "Since this year's National Day parade centres on the 25th year of nation building, the RSAF
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    • 380 3 THE INCREASING popularity of built-in kitchens with appliances specially designed to fit into custom-made cabinets could help AEG regain its position in the kitchen appliances market. Its local agent, Behn Meyer (BM), recently won an $800,000 contract to
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    • 97 3 RECENTLY, A PERSON claiming to be a doctor from the School Health Services af the Ministry of Health called sa several pareats by telephone asking them to bring their children for medical cheek-nps at the Institute of Health. Dariag these cenversatisas, the person was both rude
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    • 389 3  -  By JOHN LIM Industrial Correspondent EXPORTS of timber products in the first half of the year, excluding knocked-down furniture, fell by 5 per cent from a year ago in terms of volume and value. The performance of the timber industry would have been worse
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    • 157 3 ONG SENG CHEW of Tat Lee Bank Ltd has been promoted from senior manager (Business and Credit division) to chief manager, operations (Domestic). The bank has also promoted Taa Ang Taa from senior manager (Administration and Finance division) to chief manager (Personnel/Properties). lily Geh Lei Eng has
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 485 4 Index records o.9pc fall in June UPI FT THE US government's index of leading economic indicators fell by a steep 0.9 per cent in June, the first major reverse in more than two years. Seven of the 10 indicators contributed to the month's decline
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    • 81 4 AP THE CHAIRMAN of the US Republican Party Platform Committee has said that a "no tax increase" pledge of some form will be written into the party's major 1984 policy statement. Congressman Trent Lott also said the proposed platform, to be presented to the Republican National Convention
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    • 213 4 AN AMERICAN industry group has urged a National Academy of Sciences committee to confirm the finding of a new cyclamate review and clear the artificial sweetener for a return to food store shelves. A committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported in April
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    • 222 4 AFP THE SOVIET UNION will not take part in talks in Vienna on the demilitarisation of space unless the US negotiates seriously, deputy head of the Soviet mision to the UN, Richard Ovinnikov, said in New York on Tuesday. He
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    • 141 4 NYT BRITISH Airways has cut its "stand-by" fares on routes between the UK and US by up to 18 per cent in a bid to win more traffic. The airline describes the cuts as "fine tuning" of the cheap stand-by rates introduced earlier in summer,
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    • 320 4 Bernama SPECIAL adviser to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Dr Saburo Okita, said Japan could not accept Malaysia's proposal to start a joint air service to San Francisco via Tokyo as this would only be at the expense of Japan Air
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    • 503 4 FT THE FRENCH government has announced a modest loosening of exchange controls, Including the abolition of remaining restrictions on use of credit cards abroad, in the wake of official figures showing a fresh rise in currency reserves to a record 86.3
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    • 334 4 UPI FRENCH consumers paid as much as 16 per cent more yesterday for a range of goods and services due to price increases imposed in the name of austerity by the new government of Prime Minister Laurent Fabius. Critics labelled the
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    • 76 4 THE LABT US Marin* to Imv# Beirut wsvm as Im walks towards tha back of a CH-46 tranaport helicopter and ia aUhouattad againat tha aftarnoon sun. Tha 100 Marinaa who wara guarding tha U8 Embaaay in Waat Bairut, and who wara tha last of tha US
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 96 4 TAIWAN has been importing US$5 billion worth of advanced machinery and equipment annually in recent years, Taiwan trade authorities reported yesterday. An official of the Board of Foreign Trade (Boft) said the government was putting emphasis on upgrading Taiwan's industry and consequently imports of technologically advanced machinery was
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      • 114 4 AMNESTY International said yesterday it was investigating reports that more than 120 people had been secretly executed in Cameroon after an abortive coup against President Paul Biya last April. "Dozens more have been imprisoned after brief military trials, and at least one case of torture is known," the
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      • 85 4 THE EUROPEAN Commission has started an investigation into possible dumping by Japanese excavator makers on the European community's markets. It said it had received a complaint by the Federation of Manufacturers of Construction Equipment and Cranes about certain imports. The complaint was based on a comparison of the
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      • 108 4 AN INTERNATIONAL seminar to discuss innovations and improvements to mining techniques for alluvial tin deposits will be held in Malaysia in October. The four-day seminar, organised by the South-east Asia Tin Research and Development Centre, is expected to be attended by miners, mining engineers, mine managers, equipment manufacturers,
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      • 115 4 Agencies THAILAND has awarded a contract to the Hughes aircraft company of the US to conduct a feasibility study on a communications satellite, Thai communications ministry officials said on Tuesday. The contract was awarded on Monday by Communications Minister Samak Sundaravej to the company to conduct a 90-day
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    • 129 4 AP INDIAN Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was given a public apology in the British High Ccourt on Tuesday for a "cruel attack" on her and her late son, Sanjay, in the best-selling book, "Midnight's Children". A passage referring to her husband, Feroze Gandhi, who died of
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    • 193 5 Reuter BRITAIN'S striking coalminers yesterday prepared to resist any court seizure of union funds as their leaders pledged to ignore a £50,000 fine imposed under new labour legislation. Welsh miners moved in to guard their headquarters in Pontypridd, north-west of Cardiff,
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    • 302 5 AP WITH RUNNING mate Geraldine Ferraro at his side and President Ronald Reagan in his sights, Walter Mondale embarked on his autumn US presidential campaign on Tuesday, warning that huge US government deficits threaten to create a "lifeboat economy" in which some
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    • 221 5 UPI OIL EXPERTS from the sixnation Gulf Cooperation Council began talks in Saudi Arabia yesterday on means of increasing their emergency oil storage capacity. The official Emirates news agency, WAM, reported that the experts from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and
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    • 287 5 AP JAPAN'S well-publicised export gains in recent years came mostly at the expense of Europe, not the US. According to a report published on Tuesday by the New York Stock Exchange, American manufacturers were widely held to be losing their competitive edge. However,
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    • 190 5 Reuter AN AMERICAN federal Judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by British women opposed to deployment of USmade Cruise missiles at Greenham Common Air Base in Britain. The women, along with two US congressmen, had sued the US government, arguing that the missiles created
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    • 185 5 IN SPITE OF opposition charges that it was approving the "filth-slinger of the nation", the Bonn Cabinet gave its approval on Tuesday tor a controversial power plant to go into operation without pollution-reducing equipment The vote came after a half-day of debate in a special wion
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 375 6  -  By SOH TIANG KENG THE EXPORT Credit Insurance Corporation of Singapore (ECICS) may show its first operating deficit this year since it started business in 1976. In the maiden issue of its quarterly newsletter, Risk Focus, ECICS warns that while the
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    • 313 6 AP RIFLE-CARRYING police watched yesterday as thousands of Filipinos, many carrying tattered bags, line up for the reopening of the nation's largest savings bank. Police said crowds were large but there were no incidents of violence as the 89 branches of Banco
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    • 278 6 Reuter LONG-TERM capital outflow from Japan hit a record monthXhigh of U8H221 billion In me, according to balance of pay meats figures released by Itkye's Ministry of Finance. Tbe outflow meant tbat Japan registered a preliminary $2,254 billion unadjusted
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    • 370 6 FT MAJOR French banks have wound up 15 months of complex talks by agreeing on a single country-wide system of electronic banking designed to increase France's international competitiveness in cashless payments technology. The accord was reached on Tuesday between two
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    • 124 6 Reuter THE CANADIAN government borrowed a record 120 billion yen in Tokyo on Tuesday, according to Bank of Tokyo officials who organised the loan. The previous record of 100 billion yen was raised by both the Australian and New Zealand governments earlier this month.
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    • 83 6 Reuter THE BRITISH government may have scope to engineer a cut of V 4 to one point in bank base rates, now at 12 per cent, before the ruling Conservative Party's annual conference in October, according to stockbroker Phillips and Drew. But Phillips
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    • 523 6 Reuter HONGKONG interest rates have remained stubbornly high since early July and could soon undermine the manufacturing sector, bankers and stock analysts believe. The Hongkong Association of Banks (HKAB) raised the prime 3Vi points to 17 per cent on July 6, after which
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    • 187 6 Reuter US TREASURY Undersecretary Beryl Sprinkel said he supported the Federal Reserve's monetary policy this year but was concerned about long-term policy procedures. "The target growth range for Ml tentatively set by the Fed for 1985 is prudent and consistent with this risk-mini-mising view of
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 716 6 SINGAPORE: THE US dollar closed lower yesterday against most major currencies on some profit-taking and commercial selling in moderate trading. However the dollar's undertone remains firm on high US interest rates. The dollar closed softer at 2.9170/80 marks compared with New York's 2.9185/96 close, at 2.4725/40 Swiss francs
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    • 36 6 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender (or $95 million 91day Treasury bills. The tender closes on Aug 3. Each tender must not be for less than {250,000.
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    • Article, Illustration
      188 6 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. uss OH* U 7 days 1 month 2 month* 3 month* 6 month* 9 month* 12 month* 115/8 II 5/8 II 13/16 11 15/16 12 5/16 12 5/8 12 13/16 II 1/2 11 1/2
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    • 83 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate eased by IH-point to close at 6per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. The bulk of the day's business was done at 7V« per cent. The one-month term rate remained at Tuesday's closing level, while the rates for the two and three-month maturities
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    • 225 6 Interbank rates at 3pm t CivfMioMc Nmiimi rdM iiHVNSMflR Local dolan to ono MMrt of fwoffl WoeedyoM P moo parity USM* Storing pound AustrcAon dolor NZ dolor Conodnn dolor 2 1580 2 8043 1 7922 1 0660 1 6485 2.1590 2.8077 1 7952 1 0687 1 6506 2.8196,'
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    • 316 6 SINGAPORE Futures yesterday fluctuated within a US$2-range on selling and buying interest before closing steady around New York's levels. December, the only traded position with a turnover of 753 lots, closed little changed at $360.40 an ounce compared with New York's $360.00/360J0 close. HONGKONG The metal traded slightly higher
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  • THE XXII OLYMPIAD
    • 393 7 Reuter THE US won their first Olympic men's team gold medal in 80 years on Tuesday after defeating world champions China with a dazzling display of gymnastics. Seven perfect scores of 10 were recorded three each for the US and
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    • 639 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER AFTER years of trying, Ang Peng Siong believes he has finally got it all together. The Singapore swimmer, still dizzy from his win in the 100 m freestyle consolation final at the Los Angeles Olympics, told BT in a telephone
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    • 660 7 Reuter THE EXCITEMENT, colour and drama of the Olympic Games reach a new pitch tomorrow when two of the world's greatest athletes begin their quest for gold on the first day of track and field events. Americans Carl Lewis and Edwin Moses, the
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    • 157 7 Reuter UPI GOLD medal favourites Australia maintained their superiority with a 3-1 victory over 1980 silver medallists Spain in the men's hockey tournament on Tuesday. The win kept Captain Ric Charlesworth's team, unbeaten in two matches, at the top of Group A. Only
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    • 90 7 AP CHILEAN forward Jaime Baeza pushed a shot through a group of defenders clustered just outside the goal early in the second half to give his country a 1-0 victory over Qatar in soccer. The goal came after Qatar goalkeeper Younis Lari left the
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    • 235 7 UPI EUROPEAN swimmers, fightiag (w mbml place kMNn In ipirt where being ti—w aa la eeaated a ■ween, eaptared tkree dhrer mriili aad tkree Wimm m Taeaday. The US team sessped mil Ave Olympic titles sp for grahs to take Its geld medal total
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  • FEATURES
    • 438 8 MORE RENOVATION contractors need to register with the Housing and Development Board to cater for the huge demand generated by its unprecedented pace of construction which will see an estimated 48,000 flats offered this year. The need is all the more pressing when one considers
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    • 926 8  -  TESTING NEW TACTICS IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST GROWING COMPUTER SOFTWARE PIRACY By MALCOLM DAVIDSON Reuter EVERY TIME a teenage computer fan makes a few copies of his favourite game for his friends he could be banging another nail into the coffin of its creators. The huge boom in
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    • 736 8 NYT WHEN THE Lotus Development Corp received a report from an informant that Rixon Inc had made unauthorised copies of a Lotus financial spreadsheet computer program for use in its branch offices, Lotus filed a US$lO million copyright complaint. Rixon promptly settled for an
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    • 1476 9  -  Singapore's economy was vastly different in the *****. It was the Singapore of this period which gave Australian Helen Hughes her first close look at development economics. Through the years, her interest in the subject has not waned, and Singapore has remained her favourite case
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    • 505 9 rr IS RECOMMENDED that the number of foreign students in Australia on scholarship should be increased to 10,000. This would minimise the impact of the proposal that foreign students be required to pay more realistic (higher) fees. At present, foreign students in Australia
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    • 795 9  -  By TIM PEARCE Reuter AN ENGLISHMAN went to Tokyo with a contract that gave him two weeks' paid holiday a year. He took the first. The second, he was warned in a none-too-subtle way, would incur the company's displeasure. He doggedly persisted with
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 1121 8 to m imm HIGHLIGHTS 25 YEARS IN RETROSPECT "Jobs Lost and found" (Lost episode) 9.15pm Channel 5 Singapore's economic growth over the post 25 years has been called an "economic mirode". But wos it a mirode, or a carefully planned success story? This documentary tries to troce the economic problems
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 268 10 Reuter CHAMPION International Corp has executed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of St Regis Corp. The company says under the terms Champion expects to start a tender offer for up to 60 per cent of St Regis common stock at U5555.50 per
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    • 160 10 Reuter THE BULK of National Westminster Bank PLC's increased international bad and doubtful debt charge reflects current perception of risk in sovereign lendbig, says chairman Lord Boardman. Reporting its interim results, the bank said specific International bad debt provision rose to £52 million in
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    • 30 10 Reuter THE BRITISH Trade and Industry Department has decided not to refer the merger between Pergamon Press and Mirror Group Newspapers to the Mergers and Monopolies Commission. Reuter
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    • 308 10 THE MARKET fought off profit-taking pressures to register a modest gain on Tuesday on indications the US economy is slowing down to a more sustainable pace. Some investors were disturbed that federal funds rates spurted but analysts said the activity was seasonal and
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 350 11 HONGKONG: SHARE prices closed substantially higher ahead of a press conference by British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe yesterday. The Hang Seng Index ended 26.59 points higher for the half-day session at 826.74 after being 14.26 points higher at the midmorning fix. Investors were expecting Sir Geoffrey to give
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    • 371 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed weaker in light trading on profit-taking and other selling of populars and blue chips because of the uncertain market outlook and the yen's fall against the dollar. The market average tell 50.10 to 9,948.40, after falling 40.24 on Tuesday. Prices rose initially on the Wall
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    • 407 11 SYDNEY:. Share markets closed firmer with industrial stocks leading the way following higher share prices in London and New York and a stronger Australian dollar. I Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 5.2 at 687.0, the All Industrials Index was up 9.0 at 988.7 and the
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    • 159 11 BANGKOK: Share prices closed generally steady in slow trading. The Book Club Index rose 0.04 point to 118.30 on turnover of 25.7 million baht with 159,597 shares traded. Bangkok Bank and Industrial Finance Corp closed unchanged at 230 and 142 baht, respectively, while Siam Cement gained two to 381
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    • 55 11 MANILA: Share prices closed lower in dull trading. The Commercial and Industrial Index dropped 1.63 to 119.47, the Mining Index was down 4.52 at 938.04 and the Oils Index was unchanged at 0.743. San Miguel B dropped to 15.25 pesos from 15.75 and Philex B to 0.16 from 0.1650.
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    • 55 11 Reuter MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co plans to increase production of video tape recorders (VTRs) to eight million sets next year from seven million this year, says a company spokesman. Matsushita forecasts world VTR demand to rise to 27 million sets next year from an estimated
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    • 471 11 FT HYUNDAI Corp of South Korea has been negotiating with Alcoa of Australia and the Victoria state government few a possible stake in a A 11.15 billion (US$963 million) aluminium smelter project in Australia, industry sources say. Alcoa is to have only a 45 per
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    • 105 11 AFP JAPAN'S exports of motor vehicles in the first half of this year rose 5.1 per cent from the year-before level to three million units, bolstered by active shipments to the US. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said this consisted of about 1.9 million passenger cars,
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    • Corporate round-up
      • 55 11 TOSHIBA Ceramics Co will place a US$3O million 10year convertible Eurobond through public placement with Nomura International as lead manager. A company spokesman said that coupon and initial conversion price for the par-priced bond, maturing Sep 30, 1994, will be set by Aug 7 and payment
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      • 117 11 Agencies JAPAN'S leading maker of precision ball bearings, Minebea, has agreed to take over New Hampshire Ball Bearing Inc (NHBB) of the US in a deal subject to US government approval. Minebea president Takami Takahashi said that his company was approached by NHBB in recent
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    • 88 11 AFP BROKEN Hill Proprietary (BHP) has concluded additional sales of steel products to China during July, the company said. Bill Farrands, general manager of marketing for BHP's steel division, said the company has successfully concluded negotiations in Beijing for continued supply of steel products that will
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 358 12 First quarter natural and synthetic usage up 6.7 pc Bernama CONSUMPTION of rubber in Malaysia (natural and synthetic combined) rose by 6.7 per cent to 16,631 tonnes in the first quarter of 1964 compared with the corresponding quarter of 1983, according to the Malaysian
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    • 808 12 COFFEE Robusta futures at midday yesterday were £11 a tonne above to £3 below Tuesday night. The market was virtually unaffected by a one million bag ICO quota cut which came about as a result when the 15 day average indicator price fell to 139.99 cents/lb. The cut
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    • 319 12 SINGAPORE The rubber market yesterday closed slightly higher with August One RSS buyers quoted at 187.50 cents per kilo, up 0.75 cent from Tuesday. The morning session gained 0.25 cent after fluctuating narrowly on some profit-taking and buying of August and September One RSS in quiet trading. Prices improved
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    • 274 12 RAS prices (m S canti/Mo, FOS m 1 win) MOON CLOSf lot 1 RSS prompt 185.50 186.50N 185 75 186 75N In? 1 RSS Aug 187 00 188.00 187.50 188 50 Irrt 1 RSS Sap 194 00 194.50 194.50 195.00 Int 2 RSS 181.00 I82.00N 181 00
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    • 87 12 (in canti/1 tw p (cur kugust rant mtfc) %mb%f (forwc ird Mtk) 1 NOON NOON RAS Buyan Sdten Ivycrt S^Urt SSR20 ***** I90.00N 189 00 I91.00N SSR50 186 00 I88.00N 187 00 189 00N MRELB Srin (nfM Sthtn SMRCV 234.50 236 50N 236 50 238 50N SMRL
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    • 346 12 BRITISH overseas trade in wool textiles returned to surplus in the first quarter of 1984 after the deficit in 1963, according to the latest figures from the Confederation of British Wool Textiles. Over the first three months of the year,
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    • 62 12 THE Straits Urn price Im Peatig yesterday re—iirt at Ike ITA deer level sf M9Zf.ll per kg with seatlmeat damp•aertag. The baffer sleek wmmager featared ae tke mala kayer wttk Japaaeaeaad leeal laterests day dae te lispi—!■ at tke start sf tke meatk eeal Clot wo prica om
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    • 148 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% 487 50 Exchange FOB NSW (Seders' noon doe* p rices cm Aug Nutmeg 1. S$/100 kf) 110 FOB NSW 338 00 B W FOB NSW 239 00 Coconut oil Gambier Bute FOB 215.00 FOB NSW 305.00 Otd drum FOB 228 00 New drum FOB
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    • 277 12 Singapore C-l kmcid una (SJAio, |i<nn) C-l Ortinary Loonzan 100% unq Thai whit* 100% 1st doss first pod« 100% second grade S3 (kangaroo) 1.05 0.77 100% Mrd grade unq ntw crop 100% 2nd ckm Porboflod 280 100% 3rd cJom 075 5% 25% now crop No stock 10% 275 B-10%
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    • 113 12 CBT WHEAT future* yesterday closed V« cent per bushel higher to two cents lower in extremely thin trade. Nearby months maintained some early strength derived from foUowthrough buying after Tuesday's climb, while old crop Armness in corn added support. But deferred» fell as buying interest dried up after mid-session,
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    • 135 12 CBT SOYBEAN futures ended 3V« tp V* cents per bushel higher yesterday in active but thin volume trade. Prices advanced on trade talk the USSR is in the market for up for a large quality of European soyiueal. Local selling pushed new crop to the negative side briefly after
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    • 362 12 UPI MORE THAN HALF the income earned by America's farmers comes from second jobs, but the extra money does not come close to putting them on economic par with other American workers, statistics show. "The No One cash crop today is the job in
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    • 158 12 MALAYSIAN palm oil futures closed lower yesterday in line with easier physical prices on selling prompted by a rise in crude palm oil export duty announced by the Malaysian government. India's rejection of offers at its palm oil tender on Tuesday dampened sentiment. The August position fell MH9
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    • 163 12 Tan (la HK$ per Me of 400 fc) China cordad yarn, conas Bus Phoenix 16» 3,450 Bkie Pho «m 2C* 3,550 Out Phoenix 32 3.900 Out Phoenix 40-* 4,350 Car dad yorn, honk Bbe Phoenix 21's 3,600 Combad yam, conas Bu* Phoenix 32 5.500 Bkie Phoenix 40"» 5,600 Opan
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4199 13 A BOUT of profit-taking caused share price® at the Singapore stock market to close mixed yesterday. After four consecutive days of strong rises, the BT Composite Index added 2.63 points to 835.99. The Straits Times Industrial Index lost 0.09 point to 945.71. Dealers
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    • 232 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices M loriim G«M Com ocTc iMfi Horn fnmo M S»Mpr< Dim M r f u 880 250 282 266 985 640 605 ■rd 216 510 398 Falls SV) 20 20 18 16 15 15 15 13 12 12 -15 Mr SI Aa« 1 STCI
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    • 414 13 THE Kuala I jimpir stock market closed on a mixed note yesterday as profittaking set in after the sharp advances in the past few days. Turnover dropped to 12.16 million shares valued at lfls3LU m<m*wi from Tuesday's 14.34 million units worth $36.61 million In
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    • 4924 13 810 and offer prices officially luted and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1097 14 SRI HARTAMAS Corporation Bhd (formerly Folex Industries Bhd) is building a base in property with the development of its first major project on a piece of land in Kuala Lumpur's "New Golden Triangle". Besides property development and ownership, the company will
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    • 404 14 KHONG GUAN Flour Milling Ltd has managed to stage a turnaround for the year ended April 30,1964. Group net profits stood at $313,000 as against net losses of $296,000 in the previous year. But the improved performance was largely due to a
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    • 94 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Wednesday 989 3 Tuesday 979.7 Wednesday 826.74 Week ago 960.3 Tuesday 800.15 NEW YORK Week ago 758.48 Dow Jones TOKYO Tuesday 1115.28 Monday 1109.98 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1086.57 Wednesday 9948.40 Standard and Poors Tuesday 9998.50 Tuesday 150.66 Week ago 9800.11
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    • 200 14 Managers' prices for Aug 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 3.28 3.48 The Savings Fund 2.02 2.14 S'pore Prog Fund 1.45 1.54 S'pore Sec Fund 2.14 2.27* S'pore Invest Fund 1.23 130 S'pore Equity Fund 1 46 1.55 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 2.64 2.79 Mai Prog
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    • 3169 14 '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 Al«* Hide cd Alcorn (2.256) (3) 2.24 (5) 2
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    • 708 15 urn mm*** HOCK LOCK SIEW THE SUDDEN market euphoria, while raising expectations that the bull market is here again after a half-year absence, also brings in its wake hopes that the corporate arena will soon see more exciting developments. Any observer would have noticed the dearth
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    • 495 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE SHIPREPAIR companies are set for better times ahead, if the latest interim performance of Sembawang Shipyard Ltd is any indication. According to Sembawang's directors, a "substantial" increase in shiprepair business volume and improved prices have enabled the group to report
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    • 971 15 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday after another quiet day's trading, but Hongkong shares rose sharply on news of British Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe's press conference on the future of the colony, dealers' said. Some shares moved off the lower early levels in the last half-hour's trading after Wall
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    • 600 15  -  TAKEOVER OF TAI SANG By TERESA LIM Hongkong Correspondent UNITED Industrial Corporation (UIC), through its financial advisers in Hongkong, Wardley Ltd, is challenging the Ma family over certain undertakings the latter claimed to have received which could upset its takeover bid for Tai
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    • 204 15 THE POWERFUL Fleet group has appointed Mr Mohd Desa bin Pachi (above) as acting chairman. He takes over from Mr Daim Zainuddin, who was recently appointed Malaysia's new Finance Minister. Mr Desa is the group chief executive of Malaysia Mining Carp, the world's
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    • 278 15 BEDFORD Plantations Bhd will acquire the entire issued and paid-up capital of Yong Lee Motor Credit Sdn Bhd for a total cash consideration of MsB million instead of through an issue of new Bedford shares. In January, Bedford agreed to buy Yong
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    • 220 15 CK LIEW HOLDINGS Pte Ltd has increased its holdings in Veaeer Products Ltd from 18.4 per cent to 18.55 per cent after the purchase of an additional 33,000 shares in the latter at $1.52 per share. Veener chairman Mr Liew Choon Kee is deemed to have an interest
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    • Latest
      • 50 15 Group pre-tax profits, after interest on borrowings, for first-half 1984 fell to ft.M million (from $U.a million). Net earnings per share stood at 11J cents (lt.5 cents). Gross Interim dividend si per eent to he paid on Sep 14 to shareholders registered on Sep 7.
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    • 206 14 SEMBAWAHG SHIPYARD LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) INTERIM RESULTS 1984 The Directors of Sembawang Shipyard Limited announce the unaudited results of the company and the group for the half year ended 30 June 1984 as follows: COMPANY GROUP 1984 1 983 1984 1 983 SS'OOO SS'OOO Turnover 60,096
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    • 71 14 THE MITSUI TRUST BANKING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE BRANCH U5520,000,000 Negotiable Floating Rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due sth February 1986 In accordance with the provision of the Certificates, notice is herebv given that for the Interest Period from 2nd August 1984 to 4 th February 1985 the Certificates will
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    • 301 15 iTHE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF SINGAPORE UD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (A Subsidiary of DBS Bank) I) UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30.6.84 1984 1983 or 4 In the opinion of the directors, no item, transaction or event of a material and unusual nature has arisen which
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  • 371 16  -  By JOANNE YAP ALMOST ALL the pig farmers who had invested in waste treatment plant are claiming compensation from the government. Of the 45 eligible farmers, 43 have done so. An official from the Primary Production Department (PPD) said that the last two
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  • 190 16 THE Housing and Development Board will be able to provide loans for purchase of its vacant lands if an amendment Bill introduced last week is enacted. The proposal means HDB vacant land which has already been given planning approval may soon be bought with HDB
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  • 70 16 THE MOSQUE Building Fund is to be re-designated the Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund. This is to allow part of the contributions made to the fund to be channelled to the Yayasan Mendaki. An Administration of Muslim Law (Amendment) Bill was introduced on July 24.
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  • 311 16  -  By JOHN LIM Industrial Correspondent AT LEAST four Housing and Development Board flat owners, who paid a total of $7,800 as 20 per cent deposit to a renovation contractor, are now regretting that they made such a payment. Police have confirmed that three reports were
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  • 217 16 AUSTRALIAN banks yesterday entered a new era of deregulation, called for by the Campbell Report into the Australian financial system about three years ago, and endorsed by the Martin Report earlier this year. The most significant move is the lifting of restrictions on
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  • 77 16 UPI THE REAGAN Administration says it will seek legislation to eliminate the so-called unitary tax 11 states impose on multinational corporations if the states do not change the method of taxation by July 31,1965. The deadline was set on Tuesday by Treasury Secretary Donald
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  • 310 16  -  By FLORENCE CHONG in Sydney AIRLINES operating in and out of Australia need no longer comply with minimum or fixed air fares. The Trade Practices Commission (TPA), a federal watchdog body on business practices, has decided to abolish at least temporarily the
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  • 118 16 Bernama THIRTY-THREE Australian companies, with a total investment potential of about MSI 12 million, have proposed to set up medium-scale manufacturing projects in Malaysia within the next two years. The director-general of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida), Mr N Sadasivan, said two of the
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  • 304 16 AN electronic "fingerprint" called Prolok will soon have software pirates beating their heads against the wall. But it will also present a setback to Singapore's efforts to increase computer literacy. Prolok, a coding device that modifies software programmes to make them almost
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  • 315 16  -  By CHUANG PECK MING GOOD RELATIONS between employers and workers will help pave the way for new technology to be introduced in Singapore. A group of union leaders, who visited Japan recently, found out that good labour-man-agement relations were the stabilising force that "prevailed in
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  • 338 16  -  By JEFFREY TSANG ONE UNMENTIONED fact at the Olympics Games is that it has the largest and most sophisticated information and voice communication system ever set up to cover a sports event. American Telephone A Telegraph (ATAT), the Games' telecommunications
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  • 70 16 WALL Street stock prices improved in early trading yesterday as the market continued to be impressed by signs that the US economy is slowing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, after a brief move lower at the opening, was up nearly 3Vi points to around 1119. Overall, gainers
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  • LATE FILE
    • 46 16 AFP TWO merchant ships, one Japanese-and the other Liberian, were damaged by explosions last Friday at a point in the north of the Gulf of Suez, and one of the blasts was caused by a mine, Lloyd's of London announced yesterday. AFP
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    • 55 16 Reuter HIJACKERS who diverted an Air France Boeing 737 from West Europe to Teheran yesterday released two of its 55 passengers. Iran's national news agency Irna reported that the hijackers, who demanded that the aircraft be refuelled, were in contact with Teheran officials, but their full
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    • 53 16 AP MALAYSIA'S new king, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Tuanku Mahmood Iskandar, will be officially installed at a ceremony to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 15. Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the date was fixed by the conference of rulers
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    • 37 16 Reuter CAMBODIAN resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk ended a five-day visit to Egypt yesterday with a renewed Egyptian pledge of support for his campaign against Vietnam's Soviet-backed military presence in Cambodia. Reuter
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    • 65 16 AFP JAPAN yesterday asked North Korea to return four crew members and the body of the skipper of a Japanese fishing boat shot dead after their boat allegedly intruded into North Korea's military boundary last Saturday. The request was sent by the Japanese Red Cross
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    • 36 16 UPI PRESIDENT REACAN has confirmed that the US had conducted secret talks with Cuban officials about the return of criminals who arrived in the US on the 1960 Mariel boatlift. UPI
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    • 59 16 Reuter A JAPANESE high court judge handling the appeal of former prime minister Kakuei Tanaka against a bribery conviction resigned yesterday after being accused of shop-lifting. A supreme court official said Judge Fuyoshi Matsunaga, 51, had said an evil spirit made him steal two books worth
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    • 39 16 AP ISRAELI Labour Party leader Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir met yesterday, for the first time since last week's general elections, for exploratory talks on forming a bi-partisan national unity government. AP
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 58 16 Outlook for today: Showers in o few areas m the kite morning and early afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Aug 1 at the airport Maximum temperature 31.6 Associated humidity 73 Minimum temperature 26.0 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 9.45 Rainfall in millimetres 8.6 Roinfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 223 17 Reuter THE INDIAN National Shipping Board (NSB) is to recommend the Indian government to give shipping companies incentives to merge to make viable units, NSB chairman MR Krishna said in an interview. He did not specify the nature of the incentives it
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    • 521 17  -  By DANIEL SIM THE ARRIVAL of the Sun Timor in Singapore recently has offered shippers the choice of a new service to Papua New Guinea. The Sun Timor is one of two general cargo vessels deployed on a fixed sailing schedule to
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 100 17 INSURANCE premiums for crude oil cargoes in the war risk zone of the Gulf states area have been cut from 5 per cent to 3 per cent, Lloyd's Marine Underwriters said. These rates, which are arranged on an individual basis, port to port and one voyage at
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      • 62 17 Reuter THE SOUTH Korean government will allow the Korea Shipping Corp to operate three more container vessels to North American west coast ports, Korea Maritime and Port Administration officials said. The KSC at present operates two vessels to American west coast ports. The other three
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      • 42 17 Reuter THE FAR East/Riverplate/Far East Freight Conference announced a 10 per cent increase in general rates except ad valorem rates, additionals, arbitraries and charges effective Oct 1. It said the increase is subject to Argentine government approval. Reuter
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      • 84 17 NORTH KOREA is to help Ethiopia design and build fishing boats as well as passenger and cargo vessels under an agreement signed in Addis Ababa. The accord follows a feasibility study carried out by Ethiopian and North Korean experts on the lakes and port areas of Ethiopia,
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    • 664 17 »h»plnj Uw Cot Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner VI 5 Alpoc VI 5 Antoro Shpg rv 1 A PC Lin* V 4 APL 4/5 ASCL 1 Asiabroker V 5 Austosia Lm« V 1 8oM-Or>ent VI 4/5 Bongkok Coot VI 2 Bonk Lrw V 5 BBS 1 4/5
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    • 331 18 AP THE UNITED States has warned ship captains to be extremely cautious in passing through the Gulf of Suez because "there have been unconfirmed reports of explosions which were possibly mines near ships in this area. US Defence
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    • 189 18 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 EABT/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container Line. NedDoyd
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    • 179 18 A SHARP (all in the number of vessels calling at Qatar! ports and in the volume of imported cargo has been reported by the Qatar National Navigation and Transport Company. The company's figures on port activities for the first half of this year
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    • 441 18 UPI *AN EIGHT-kilometre-long sheen of crude oil spread on Tuesday from a grounded British tanker, threatening to contaminate two wildlife preserves along the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard said. The 210-m tanker Alvenus was carrying 14.7 million gallons (350,000 barrels) of
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    • 1117 18 Fairplay WHETHER looking for spare parts for a washing machine, a private car or a ship's engine, people generally hold the opinion that they will "only get what they pay for." They also think that genuine replacement parts supplied by the manufacturer, though usually
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    • 1254 18 GRAIN, coal and ore remained in the background on the London shipping freight market on Tuesday, leaving time-charter business to play a larger role. Maritime Transport Overseas (MTO) was particularly busy on the Continent, where it booked four vessels for east bound trips. These included the 26,573 dwt
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    • 1025 19 ARGENTINA Buenos Aires July 9th 16th. 3 generals :1 day. 5 grain loaders: 7 8 days. Bahia Blanca 3 grain loaders 3 4 days. Necochea 4 grain loaders: 11 16 days. 4 vessels berthed. Rosario 8 grain loaders: 10 14 days. 9 vessels berthed. San Lorenzo 1 grain
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    • 436 19 A TEAM of international bankers are negotiating an emergency loan for the country's biggest shipowner, Eddie Steamship. Taipei shipping sources said the company, which faces acute cash flow problems, was seeking an immediate advance of US$l2 million in addition to fresh future
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    • 267 19 THE US SHIPPING Act of 1964 is expected to result in a proliferation of multimodal companies across the country. The Federal Maritime Commission's vice-chair-man, Mr James J Carey, said that such transportation companies will improve the efficiency of the
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    • 319 19 THE ZAMBOANGA, one of 12 vessels owned by the financially-troubled Maritime Company of the Philippines, will be handed over to Wardley Ltd of Hongkong. The vessel was arrested by two Filipino creditors to MCP the Transpacific Towage Inc and the Philippine
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    • 159 19 Reuter JAPANESE shipowners are seeking government help in setting up a hull war risk reinsurance system, mainly for the MidEast Gulf. A spokesman from the Japan Shipowners Association said the domestic system would be a response to heavy war risk insurance and reinsurance
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    • 5733 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 623 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Kansoi Pioneer 366 2.8.84 2300 Chip Seng FSB 0900-1100 U2 L Srimathi 18W 2.8.84 2000 NAPL TA 3 0700-0800 L8 Al Mariyah 8 2.8.84 2300
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    • 1567 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afra-Ewaala Um Transgroup (S) AhreakM Uaer gervtae Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Teaptar Oceanus Shipping Agency (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK). AlpM Intrases (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo Handling
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    • 434 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Cochise 13/4 Aru alongside 2.8.84/1200 Jurata 33/4 Baltic alongside 2.8.84/1500 Ned Baltimore 47 Ned-EAC alongside 28.84/0600 Pres Wilson 15/6 APL alongside 2.8.84/2300 Regent Ruth 19 Sharp alongside 2.8.84/0600 SD Estero 35/6 BOR alongside 2.8.84/1500 Yu Guan Shan
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    • 648 19 CONTAfOSHP SERVICE TO/FROM BAN6KOK STCK BKOK PEGASUS rm V337N 13 64 PEGASUS PMX V33W 07-01 Aug 10-11 Aug BANGKOK AGENTS: BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL: *****80 SWGAPOtt TO SABAH. SAKAWAK AW) BWIC S PORE: STRAITS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. TEL: *****44 ggTheSwir* china Navigation Co. ran cowtmo sawct to row mm
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    • 566 19 Franco Belgian Services F*r fji. \*rrvi wvn A/ >'ur /.|«VM iMIWHIKOf Act CONSORTIUM! 11-. ,1 1 1 1: rrox P. KTLMK Lt fowt ttm 4ttm* Hm BHwaa M KOKAM lACLBI hP*l 2M| »fc| »h| flh| »k| lik| SUM US MM ximrouwi umum nfc "J* ?li*» ?i£ awann* amnuocj 22Mi n»m
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    • 637 20 IF Hapag-Uoyd !0 CONTINENT UM EXPORTS S pore P Kebnf Pmf Lea on B*»o G«no> H'bwf Rdam B'haren Antwerp Aenee Ibduneri 23/* 25/1 27/1 14/9 l«/ 9 Connecting in Tokyo Connecting in Kobe "Aho accepting cargo tor ATLANTIC GULF PORTS via mtnilandbridge, and US MO-WEST by rmcrobridge" FROM CONTINENT UK
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    • 300 20 M S LINE FULLY CONTAIN ERI S E D SER VICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ T 01 ,hf ce Com.ort*jm_ MOMfM SmtPP j r, j» FROM EUROPE VIA SUEZ J A Mtmotf o! the Ace Consortium SEC SEE FULLY CONTAINERISED TO/FROM NORTH AMERICA WEST COAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE To/From BUSAN CONVENTIONAL
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    • 1036 20 KIE GWAN SHIPPING (M) SDN. BHD. No 2(-A MIAN BHANG AN PORT KEIANG SfIANGOR MALAYSIA TEL Nn 3U712. 3K435. *****2 *****4.*****2,3*9097 H. MALAYSIA/S PORE TO E. MALAYSIA SERVICES: P KLANG UICMOH SATU KKblu Skan Tawau InPt 6 Aug t RITA KKMu. Skan 4/10 Aug THATI SENANG KKUu S kan. L
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    • 185 20 Yt US I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD 120 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Si*apart lot** far |/t B Abbas. B Khomcn Wl HUANG PfNANG S4NOS* MARITM PTI ITO TCI *****44 7 *****70 MAiOSt MARITM SON BHD Tel *****2 3 MAIA*S» TRAOt t TRANSPORT ITO Tel ***** I
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    • 804 21 r I I PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTA WISATA E-515 12-15/ a ADEN. MOOEIDAH, JEDOAH, AQABA KOTAMEGAH E-517 15-19/1 DJIBOUTI, HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH, PT9UOAN, MOGADISCIO, MOMBASA. D'SALAAM KOTAWNUWAN E-519 S-10/S ADEN, HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH, AQABA KOTAWARUNA E-521 10-14/9 HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH, AQABA, PTSUDAN KOTARAKYAT E-523 IS-20/9 MOGADISCIO.
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    • 685 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE EUROPE B HAVEN ROAM 77/1 a/i 5/» 11/# 12/# 2#/# 21/1 nn nn Vl# 7/1# IVl# 14/1# 21/1# 22/1# 21/1# 29/1# futon STUNTS FIOMCMOPE HAM BWffN RTMM HAVRE U K P KEI MB STORE FOR Br«n«« Eiprni SaM SaM SaM SaM SaM
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    • 511 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East S pore Service Ful Container Vessel Bus* Tako Kobe Km- Sparc TiPrwt hawu itu| GONA *10-08 11/7 14/7 18/7 20/7 l/« 2/« EXPRESS SOi-COftT/UNER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STORE P KELANGRDAM, TLBURY/ KDURG ANTNERP ADAM LOGON BREMEN SOOMftM l/M/l 7/1 30/t 2/9 4/9 6/9
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    • 482 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION Loadng for Rangoon S pore P.Kelong Peoong Bossem** V6B 5/7 Aug In P*/3 Aug Htone Ywo V 194 8 9/11 Aug 5/7 Aug Po-on 20/22 Aug LOADING FOR HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP BANK LINE EXPRESS HPEPEHDEHT SERVICE TO UK/COMT V r\ea akj v
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    • 727 22 to- Wj"K"line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE feeder/ mothei vsl spone kobe guayaqul cailao arka iquque antoea«ast» Valparaiso s mtomo ASM SIM V2t X* ENCOUtAfiOCNT 10 A* 2th,, X Up 2 Oct (Oct 7 Oct I Oct 11 Oct 1) Oct CENTRAL AMERICA /CARIBBEAN SEA FHKR/ffl MOTKIVSI STORE KOBE M7ANR.LO
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    • 514 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE tu*iC tar lOS ANGUES SitN FRANCISCO SERTTIE. IRCOMt VANCOUVER BC Acceptan Fa Fa Cantinm P K(t«l( S«(ApOrf I ssa S«pt 5/4 Sapt 2 Oct AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acctptait Fa/fa Conljnrrt Plta| S pmt frwm WHO (NMSr 2/ 3A* 10 A«t Ohmi jI
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    • 666 22 SANKO ASIA LINE. FROM JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG 1 IKGENT RUTH 2 ELM 3 EDO MMU 4 GOTONG ROYONG 5 StISHO MMU SHMKOMARU Gdn 19/3 Am( S/7 Auc 9/11 hut 11/13 Auf 13/15 Auc P Kdanc In Port/3 Au| 4/5 Au| 7/1 Au» 12/13 lti( 14/15 Ai* 14/17 Petunf 4/S
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    • 533 23 ,NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia TW BRIDGE S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1400 9/8 LCI Cargo 0200 9/8 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) BRRBANE. SYDNEY MELBOURNE 28/ ADEIAHE 2/ FREMANTLE 7/ Also accept** cargo to/from Bangkok and E. Malaysia •for At.:rjr(* only JAYAKARTA S pore
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    • 724 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SJNSOV BUdDiIG 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Number? *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SKSOV SINGAPORE Teiei Numbers RS 213*0 RS ***** RS ***** p KELANG M/S SHARK AT NAM SOON SON BHD IST AND 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CEMPENMG PORT KLANG
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    • 64 25 LICORNE M=*~ DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES frmni «6/»'v ORK NT At SMWINOS I INf R AGfNCY PH I IP SINGAPORE TEL 1 SALES'BOOKINGS MALAYSIA GENERAL (-REIGHT |U| SDN BHD PK MO4AB Kl 914 '44 PEN J***** (Accepting FCL and LCL) DIRECT CALL OAKLAND I L.B€ACH >7J JAVA WINDS ORIENT WINDS
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