The Business Times, 3 August 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, ISB4 60 CENTS
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  • 582 1  -  Hang Seng index sees biggest single-day gain in two and a half years By TERESA LIM, Hongkong Correspondent GIGANTIC buying support yesterday pushed Hongkong stock prices up by their biggest single-day gain in two and a half years. The Hang Seng Index surged 66.95 points on
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  • 92 1 AFP TAIWAN yeeterday attacked Britain's ——1 ef aa tmpead lag agreemeat with Cfciaa ever the fatare ef n<agfcea| aai said a prepeaed Hiiwa greap weald taterveae la the territory's affaire. Fereiga Miahrtry mimmie Waag Cfcae-Yaaa made the statemeet wfcea eeauMatiag ea aa aaaeaaeemeat la Heagkeag tkat Ckiea
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  • 339 1  -  By AMY BALAN THE REGIME of fixed exchange rates may be over but the problems plaguing the international monetary system are nowhere closer to a solution with the floating exchange rates system. However, Dr Tony Tan, Minister for Finance and Trade Industry, told an illustrious
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  • 216 1 Reuter HIJACKERS holding a French airliner released their hostages and surrendered to security men after an explosion rocked the Boeing 737 parked at Teheran Airport yesterday. Security men surrounding the plane since it landed in Teheran early on Wednesday said the three hijackers first took
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  • 276 1  -  By ALVIN TAY AMENDMENTS to the Central Provident Fund Act have been proposed which will extend the Home Protection Insurance Scheme (HPIS) to members who buy an HDB flat with their CPF savings and use it as security to obtain
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  • 91 1 MANUFACTURERS of rubber products in Malaysia yesterday expressed strong support for the "Buy Malaysian" call by the government. The Malaysian Rubber Products Manufacturers Association (MRPMA), also expressed concern that one or two sections of the economy had been adopting an anti-buy Malaysian attitude. They
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 288 1 Reuter SINGAPORE'S refiners have cut back their crude runs to between 550,000 and 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) because of a lack of outlets for petroleum products. Industry sources said refiners had maintained an operational capacity of 800,000 bpd until the first half of this
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  • 165 1 PIGS ARE travelling in style these days on their long trips from farms in Ipoh to Singapore. They might not exactly be treated to air-conditioned comfort or stereo music on the way here, but fans and sprinklers are keeping the road hogs cool during the 600
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  • 482 1  -  By MONICA GWEE MEDICAL specialists in private practice should consider grouping themselves into research groups that can develop new techniques in their own fields. If this is successful, it will open doors for training medical and surgical specialists in private hospitals and not
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 264 1 mm SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY EXCHANGES 2 NON-RESIDENTS hove been lax in complying with tax provisions in South-east Asia in recent years. Governments, among them Malaysia's, have taken steps to ensure greater compliance. Peg* 2 A STRONG American dollar combined with robust economic growth has boosted US
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 541 2  -  By SOH TIANG KENG, Banking Correspondent NON-RESIDENTS have been lax in complying with tax provisions in South-east Asia in recent years. Governments, among them Malaysia's, have taken steps, including changes in legislation, to ensure greater compliance. This was pointed out on Wednesday to 80
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    • 339 2 Reuter FOREIGN BANKS have given a cautious reception to an ambitious Venezuelan proposal fo" multiyear rescheduling of debts of up to US$22 billion, sources in the country's Bank Advisory Committee said. "I think it's optimistic," one banker said of the proposal. "They are
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    • 108 2 Reuter US TREASURY Undersecretary Beryl Sprinkel said an easing in credit demands and evidence that the economic recovery is slowing could be a forerunner of lower US interest rates. "I would expect this to be a factor working toward lower interest rates," Mr Sprinkel said
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    • 66 2 Reuter PHILIPPINES Prime Minister Cesar Virata said on Wednesday he expected to reach agreement on a US$65O million standby credit with the International Monetary fund (IMF) by September or October. "We hope to start 1985 on a more normal basis," he said in the National Assembly. The Philippines
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    • 456 2 Reuter A SENIOR Reagan Administration official has urged stiffer control of US banks and greater public disclosure of their loans in the wake of the Continental Illinois bank crisis. "It is obvious on the face of it that the banking system is somewhat weaker
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 371 2 SINGAPORE: The US dollar yesterday extended early gains against most major currencies in fairly active late trading. The dollar rose to a late 2.9055/65 marks from an early 2.9010/20 and New York's 2.8960/70 close and to 244.80/90 yen from 243.95/244.05 and 243.75/85 respectively. Sterling fell to a late
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    • 232 2 Interbank rates at 3pm Local dollars to on* unit of foreign itarday c rom par It) currency: US dolor 2-1530 2.1540 ***** -23 64 Starling pound Australian dollar ***** ***** 7 3469 65 1 7945 1 7975 3 4286 -47 66 NZ dolor 1 0670 1 0696 3
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    • 126 2 THE OVERNIGHT rate rose by 2'/k-point to close at 8H per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. The one-month term rate eased by 3/16-point from Wednesday's closing, while the rates for the two and three-month maturities dropped by 1/16-point each. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday
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    • Article, Illustration
      293 2 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels after quiet afternoon trading. Period rates were steady to slightly lower at the outset and remained unchanged thereafter with one, three and six months closing at 11-11/16 11-9/16, 117/8 11-3/4 and 12-1/4 12-1/8 per cent, respectively. No business
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    • 271 2 SINGAPORE Futures recovered to close steady at around New York's levels in fairly active trading yesterday. December, the only traded position with a turnover of 784 lots, closed at U*****.10 an ounce a» against New York's. $357.50/358.50 close. HONGKONG The metal closed lower' yesterday at U*****.80/ 344.30 an ounce,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 336 3  -  By JOHN LIM THE URBAN Redevelopment Authority (URA) wants ideas from people interested in running commercial units in Peranakan Corner but it also wants to know if the applicants have any knowledge of the culture. Proposals documents, which applicants can obtain from the
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    • 175 3  -  By JOANNE YAP TWENTY-FOUR pieces of diamond-studded jewellery, each of them a Diamonds International Award (DIA) winner, are in town to enthral diamond lovers with their dramatic designs. Jhis is the first time DlAwipning jewellery is being exhibited in South-east Asia. The masterpieces have been chosen
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    • 304 3 EXPORTS of cut orchids, which have been wilting since peaking in 1960, fell to a six-year low last year. Singapore exported $13.2 million worth of orchids last year, the lowest since 1977 when $11.3 million worth of cut orchids were exported. Sales overseas
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    • 81 3 THE DEPARTMENT of Extramural Studies will hold a course on "Sales Motivation and Effective Salesmanship". The course, which begins on Aug 16, is for those who want to know the techniques of effective salesmanship. The course will be conducted on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to
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    • 155 3 SINGAPORE worksites can do with more widespread practice of ergonomic principles. Changes in the working environment produce imbalance that may adversely affect workers' health and safety, said Professor WO Phoon, Head of Social Medicine Public Health, National University of Singapore. Professor Phoon presented a paper
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    • 221 3 MAGGIE TAN has been promoted to general manager of the Exhibitions Division of the Institute for International Research. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) Degree from the University of Singapore. PHILLIPPA WYBER has been appointed executive director of the American Hospital of Singapore. PETER LIM
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    • 87 3 THE fitness bug that has bitten Singaporeans is poised to bite harder. Fitness, Nutrition A Sports '85 promises to be one of the largest gatherings of people and equipment in the health business in South-east Asia. The exhibition, from May 16 to 19 next
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    • 320 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG A MAJOR aircraft engine manufacturer has set up a regional service centre to cater to the needs of small aircraft users, ranging from maintenance to the sale of new and used engines. The service centre of Pratt A Whitney Canada
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    • 420 3  -  By CHUANG PECK MING FRANCHISERS are making bold promises to potential investors in a bid to make more money. In recent months, there has been a growing number of them taking up advertising space in the local papers, guaranteeing investors as high a rate
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    • 326 3 A SYDNEY-BASED video cassette distributor, Communications and Entertainment Limited (CEL.), intends to break into the Singapore market by getting half of the 65-odd local dealers to distribute its titles. Its local subsidiary, CEL (Singapore) Private Ltd, which begins operations next month, hopes to bring in
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 376 5  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH, Transport Correspondent EMERY Air Freight of US has chosen its manager in Singapore to take on the task of developing its Europe-Asia busiMr Lim Tow Seng, regional manager based in Singapore, will be leaving to assume his new responsibility
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    • 174 5 FLYING TIGERS has signed a working agreement with Braniff to utilise the aft belly space on all flights to the 19 American cities which Braniff serves. The agreement gives Flying Tigers a guaranteed amount of space and will help to reduce costs by limiting
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    • 224 5 AIR CARGO from Hongkong is growing rapidly. The all-cargo carrier Flying Tigers has released figures showing a 45 per cent increase for the second quarter .of this year compared with the corresponding period last year. In the three months, Flying Tigers handled 16 million pounds of
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    • 471 5  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE SHARP growth in imports of fruit and vegetables over the past few years has created space problems for some airlines, particularly on flights from New Zealand and Australia. Figures from the Department of Statistics showed that the amount of
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    • 277 5 BRITAIN'S position in the European air freight league could be undermined by proposed changes in VAT on imports, the government has been warned. The UK's air cargo task force which represents the whole of the air freight industry has
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    • 316 5 Cargooews Asia THE Indonesian authorities have granted a stay of execution for 23 freight forwarders operating from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusumah International Airport. They will be allowed to operate until the authorities find a solution to the problems created in May when customs
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    • 90 5 PACIFIC Freight Airlines' applications for rights to operate all-cargo services between some US domestic points and across the Pacific to points in the Orient have been held up by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The airline said it plans to serve Stockton, California; Chicago; New York and Atlanta
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    • 159 5 VIRGINIA-based Sky Courier Network has rolled up liiiptesalve fiscal 1983 earnings and is now moving into specialised services. The air courier group posted revenues of US$4l million last year, up more than 25 per cent over ISO's $32 million total. Domestic operations accounted (or the
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    • 196 5 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Oporwtor Local tiHM frmm Operator Flight Locd Hm« For FRIDAY FT FT79 2355 JFK/ORD/ANC/ FT FT78 0245 KUL/TPE/NRT/ NRT/TPE ANC/ORD/JFK JAL JL617 0705 KUL SATURDAY CAL C133I 0150 TPE FT FT76 0255 HKG/NRT/ CV CV796 0645 ANC/ORD/JFF LUX/AUH CAL C1334 0600 KUL/HKG/TPE DXB/LUX) SUNDAY TMA TL355
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    • On the wing
      • 65 5 FLORIDA West Airlines has been granted a oneyear exemption to provide scheduled all-cargo service between Miami and points in Colombia by the US Civil Aeronautics Board. The carrier's application was opposed by Flying Tigers, which is of the opinion that the CAB should not act on it until the
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      • 37 5 PUROLATOR Courier Corp plans to initiate an allcargo service on a transcontinental basis, probably between New York and Los Angeles. A company spokesman said Purolator may eventually the service into a network covering the US.
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      • 43 5 QANTAS Airways will fly to China from Sep 1 Its Boeing 7478 will leave Melbourne via Sydney every Sunday (or Beijing. In addition, it will Jointly operate a weekly service to Guangzhou and Beijing with the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
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      • 35 5 BRITISH American Air Inc has been allowed to operate freight and passenger services between points in California and Honolulu, Hongkong, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and points in Belgium by the US Civil Aeronautics Board.
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      • 36 5 PEOPLE Express Airlines of Newark will operate a new service between Chicago and Newark from Sep 15. A spokesman for the carrier said that it will offer up to 10 round trips a day.
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      • 27 5 FEDERAL Express has been extended its overnight letter service from the US to eight Canadian cities: Calgary, Edmonton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 564 6 Reuter A STRONG American dollar combined with robust economic growth has boosted US imports by nearly 32 per cent in the first six months of this year, but the distribution of the benefits overseas is far from equal. Among the leading beneficiaries are
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    • 143 6 AFP ORDERS placed with US industry fell by 1.4 per cent in June, the second such fall in three months, in a further indication that economic activity is slowing down, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. In May, orders to industry rose by
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    • 216 6 UPI CHINA HAS blasted US "hegemonism" in Latin America and revealed it had dispatched a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official on a rare visit to Cuba. The two events appeared part of a concerted effort by Beijing to bolster its relations with Cuba, cool
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    • 374 6 Reuter OIL MINISTERS of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are expected to hold unofficial talks with North Sea oil producers soon, aimed at persuading them to maintain official prices and avoiding a price war. Gulf diplomats said yesterday that the Organisation
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    • 359 6 UPI A YOUNG widow has won ownership of the frozen sperm of her dead husband, but faces new legal battles before she can be artificially inseminated. A court in the Paris suburb of Creteil ruled on Wednesday that Corinne Parpalaix, 23, the right to the
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    • 153 6 Opecna THE performance of Opec countries in terms of the percentage of gross national product allocated to official development assistance is "tar superior" to that of the industrialised nations, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade A Development (Unctad). A report published by the
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    • 210 6 Reuter INDIAN Defence Minister RamaswamlVenkataraman resigned on Wednesday shortly after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress (I) Party selected him to be its candidate in India's forthcoming vice-presidential elections, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. His resignation came as Sripat Misra, the chief minister of Uttar
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    • 123 6 AP THE Soviet Union is making a crash effort to catch up and pass the US in the robotics race, according to a manufacturing expert at the University of Florida. Dr Delbert Tesar, who runs a robotics Master's degree course, said that while the US is
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 46 6 BRUNEI will formally join the United Nations on Sep 21, swelling the organisation's membership to 159, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday. The former Britishadministered territory, with an area of 5,787 sq km and a population of 200,000, gained independence on Jan 1.
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      • 58 6 EGYPT affirmed its recognition of Prince Norodom Sihanouk's Cambodian government-in-exile as the sole and legitimate government of Cambodia and demanded the immediate withdrawal of Vietnamese troops. The Egyptian position was spelled out in a Joint statement issued at the end of a five-day visit by Prince Sihanouk to Egypt
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      • 54 6 THE United States and the Soviet Union have reached a technical agreement to expedite the travel of their diplomats as well as citizens involved in educational exchanges. The agreement will permit Soviet diplomats to enter or leave the United States at Baltimore and San Francisco, in addition to
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      • 50 6 THE Assembly of the World Lutheran Federation has suspended two white South African churches for failing to re- Ject the system of apartheid. The federation, meeting in Budapest, voted to suspend the Federation the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa and the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in southwest Africa.
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      • 65 6 Agencies MALAYSIA will pressure Britain to grant the fifth landing right to the Malaysian Airline System in London, the Malaysian Senate was told. Transport Minister Chong Hon Nyan said specific strategies will be used in negotiations on the issue with that country. He added that political and economic
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • FEATURES
    • 479 8 HONGKONG TODAY is as exciting and unpredictable as the game of horse-racing. The people are the horses and the top jockeys are from the Deng Xiaopeng and Margaret Thatcher stables. Punters are aplenty and the totalisator, also called the Hang Seng index, fluctuates wildly as
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    • 1129 8  -  After all the British government's dreams and plans of a country united by effective information technology, it looks as if the cable industry could collapse even before it begins. Let RAYMOND SNODDY fill you in on the details. RAYMOND SNODDY FT THE BRITISH
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    • 815 8  -  By RON REDMOND UPI THE OLD Manchuri&n looked up from his tattered yellow scrapbook, took a quick drag on a cigarette and declared there was much to be said for brainwashing. "When Westerners talk about brainwashing, it terrifies them," he said in the smooth, aristocratic
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  • THE XXIII OLYMPIAD
    • 525 9 UPI SO WHAT does the American swimming team think of Michael Gross? Olympic swimming coach Don Gambril thought for a moment before responding. "They tell me," he said, "that gross means 'great' in German. So I'd say Gross is gross" The assembled
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    • 139 9 UPI THE US held on to a slim lead over Britain in the Olympic Equestrian three-day event on Wednesday following the endurance and cross-country Jump phase at Fairbanks Ranch. In individual competition, American Karen Stives Jumped Ben Arthur (lawlessly around the 33-fesce course to
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    • 743 9 UPI TRACK STAR Carl Lewis, nourishing flashy dress style and religious fervour in equal measure, swept into a news conference on Wednesday to announce that he "can't fail" at the Los Angeles Olympics. Sporting a new close-cropped haircut and a red leather tanktop, Lewis dodged
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    • 170 9 Reuter RUMANIA, so often the bridesmaid but never the bride, made Olympic history on Wednesday by winning the women's team gymnastics title for the first time. World champion Ecaterina Szabo and little-known Simona Pauca led the way by notching perfect scores of 10 two of
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    • 459 9 Reuter BRITAIN'S Daley Thompson concedes that arch-rival Juergen Hingsen can take away his Olympic Decathlon crown but only if he resorts to theft. The defending champion said he heard that Hingsen had promised to take a gold medal back to West Germany. "There're only
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    • 128 9 Reuter BRAZIL beat West Germany 1-0 in a soccer qualifying match on Wednesday, a result which will almost certainly carry them into the quarter-finals. The West Germans can still qualify if they beat Saudi Arabia today. YsgMlavia beat Caaada by a single goal to become
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    • 84 9 AFP BRITAIN beat Canada 3-1 in their men's hockey match on Wednesday. The Britons took a 2-0 halftime lead through James Duthie in the 28th minute and Sean Kerley three minutes later, before Kerley made the game safe for them in the 39th minute. Left
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 839 9 TO GUSH) smi© HIGHLIGHT WORLD MUSIC ALBUM Musk from Hie bollet Giselle by Adolphe Adorn 8.45pm Channel 12 Another in a series of mini-musical interludes featuring well-known compositions and songs performed by some of Japan's top musicians. The scenic background to the music consists of landscapes and people living in
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    • 665 9 mmsamb CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Innocent opposition (6) 7 Wind strength ot Biggin H*, etc. (3. 5) 8 Caught in much irregular deakrtg (6) 10 Consider the room (5) 13 Divinities (ugh up in the theatre (4) 14 Where there's a good deal of taste in the ort (4) 15
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 284 10 UPI THE STOCK market scored its biggest gain in six weeks on Wednesday on volume of 127 million shares in what investors hope will be a revival of the bull market that began in August 1962. High-technology stocks paced the stampede of buying
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    • 203 10 AUG 01 (and Tnat Ik Un Stool 235 112 mch 2 WOUSTtlALS UNMC 5158 1475 -25 155 -5 MMNGS AE And a 800 -5 Angkn 2100 6000 -25 AMIC 2600 1100 -75 •IS 1790 A7V) -10 50 C G Smith ***** .5 500 20 CNA 2405 1010 Cum* Franc*
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    • 101 10 UPI DOME PETROLEUM Ltd hss signed the largest debt iwdwfcin plan In corporate history bat chairman Howard MacDonald said the US$4 billion pact would not be flnslisfrt until the company met a variety of crucial conditions. The 650-page agreement signed on Wednesday would spread $4
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 340 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed yesterday with the sharpest day's galas for over 2Vi years on political optimism despite some late takingA statement by British Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe on Wednesday which resolved some uncertainties over Hongkong's political future, boosted the market stj-ongly. The Hang Seng Index closed 66.96
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    • 250 11 AUG 03 AJ Smctft Indus NT 7 85 25 40 0 1 Cham Indus Lion Hwa Indus Nan Yo Plat 22 50 13 65 31 40 28 70 04 0.4 0 2 0.1 Cathay Cora Chang Hwa Bank 30 00 58 50 23.90 +03 -05 0 5 Pacific Elact
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    • 406 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply higher yesterday, their first rise for five sessions, spurred by bargain hunting in blue chips and populars based on the rise on Wall Street on Wednesday. The market average rose 138.47 to close at 10,086.87 after falling 50.10 on Wednesday. Trading was a moderate
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    • 83 11 Aug 2 Woo 680 9 Hyundai Corp Hyundai Motor KAL Korea F«*t 900 698 470 729 10 20 4 -1 Choh«ung Bk Comm«fcol Bk 654 660 625 1 unch 33 Korea Oil Korea Sh*> Lucky Ltd 1158 429 818 -18 4 unch Doewoo Cocp Daewoo Ind 505 639 660
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    • 368 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets yesterday closed higher on a strong rally as buyers pushed up blue chip stpdcs following encouraging signals from abroad. BHP led the local market's advance, rising 26 cents to $10. Its contributing shares rose 20 to $6.36, Bell Resources 30 to $4-40 and CSR 11
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    • 187 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed lower in active trading yesterday as large investors moved into the market The Book Club index fell 0.17 point to 118.13 while volume Jumped to 450,109 shares from 159,597 on Wednesday. Two large blocks of Thai Farmers Bank changed hands one of 110,000 shares at
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    • 109 11 MANILA: Share prices closed mixed in dull trading yesterday with the Commercial and Industrial Index unchanged at 119.47, the Mining marker up 13.57 at 951.61 and oils down 0.030 at 0.713. Lepanto B closed at 0.049 from 0.050 and Basic Petroleum at 0.0038 from 0.0044. AUG 02 Nm Onantal
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    • 59 11 AFP BRIDGESTONE TIRE CO said on Wednesday that its unconsolidated net profit in the current business year's first half rose 23.2 per cent over the same period last year to 8.44 billion yen. Sales in the six-months, ending June 30, totalled 265.75 billion yen, an increase of
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    • 280 11 Reuter BENGUET CORP, a major Philippine copper firm, said it is negotiating with the Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Corp (Pasar) for a possible supply arrangement. Benguet Corp president Jaime Ongpin said: "We are negotiating with Pasar and will advise results later." The company
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    • 167 11 Reuter MARINDUQUE Mining and Industrial Corp said the Philippine National Bank and the Development Bank of the Philippines will begin foreclosure proceedings on their mortgages on Marinduque assets. Marinduque also said it has asked the American Stock Exchange to halt trading in
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    • 61 11 LEPANTO Consolidated Mining Co said it will suspend copper mining for five months starting Sep 1 because its smelting contract with American Smelting and Refining Co (Asarco) has been suspended. Lepanto sakl Asarco suspended the contract after it declared force tnMjeure and said it will end copper smelting
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 446 12 AP THE AMOUNT of coffee that producing countries can ship under quota was cut on Wednesday in response to falling prices, the International Coffee Organization (ICO) announced. The world coffee market is regulated by the 73-nation International Coffee Agreement (ICA) a price-stabilisation treaty run
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    • 122 12 Bernama MALAYSIA can take credit for having developed a way to treat, as well as utilise, palm oil mill efflit ent (POME), the Directorgeneral of Envlroment, Mr ST Sundram stated. He noted that Malaysia was able to reduce effluent considerably. POME was
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    • 319 12 AFP EXTERNAL DEBT problems have forced Third World countries to cut hack sharply on sugar imports, pushing world prices to record lows. World consumption went from 93.5 million tonnes in *****3 to 915 million tonnes in *****4 for an increase of about one per
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    • 59 12 THE Straits til price la Penaag yesterday re. malaed at the IT A (tear level ef M$J».l5 per klle, reflecting condoning lack af demaad. Hm bafler stack manager was again the ma jar bayer, taking the balk a( the afferlag af lM taanea, dawa tram 711 aa Wedaeaday.
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    • 156 12 MALAYSIAN palm oil market yesterday rose on covering and speculative buying interest sparked .by a firmer Chicago soybean complex cloae. August deliveries in the south and central regions firmed Ms2o to $1,000 per tonne and north $10 to $990. September in the central traded at $997.50 while October
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    • 128 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) Chino carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'* 3,450 Bk>e Phoenix 20"» 3,550 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,900 Blu* Phoenix 40'» 4,350 Girded yorn, honk Bkje Phoenix 21'* 3,600 Combed yarn, cones Olm Phoenix 32's 5,500 Bkje Phoenix 4C* 5,600 Open-end yarn 3,900
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    • 145 12 Chineee Produce Robusto 20/25% Exchange FOB NSW 487 50 (S«M>n' mm doMH« p nee* m Aug Nutmeg 2 SS/100 kg) 110 FOB NSW 338 00 Coconut oil B W FOB NSW 239 00 BufcFOe 215.00 Gambier Old drum FOB New drum FOB Copro Mixed (loose) 228 00 232
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    • 134 12 Singapore (S$/Mo, ei-go4own) Thai white 100% 1st doss (kangaroo) 1 05 now crop 100% 2nd doss 077 100% 3rd doss 075 25% now crop No stock B-10% No stock Thai broken A-supor 0 65 Spoaal 0.58 Thai rice 55% No stock China rice 10% 092 15% No stock 25%
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    • 130 12 WHEAT future* closed 1V« to 4Vi cents per bushel higher in light trade on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday. Prices maintained midsession gains, deriving support from news of crop deterioration in the Canadian plains due to dry weather. A reduction in crops could increase export demand for
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    • 936 12 COFFEE Robusta futures were £12 higher to £3 lower at the end of the morning session yesterday with gains mostly confined to nearby positions. Nov ended at £2,284, £12 up and £1 below the high. The market rallied, after early losses of around £4, on light follow-through buying
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    • 261 12 SINGAPORE The market closed easier yesterday with August One RSS buyers quoted at 186.50 cents per kilo, down one cent from Wednesday. The morning session opened marginally lower following easier London advices but thereafter fluctuated narrowly on light buying and some profit-taking in quiet trading. The afternoon saw prices
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    • 260 12 R AS prices s omwu*, foc MM) NC Bvyws ION Sdcrs CLOSI Int 1 RSS prompt 185 50 186.50N 184 50 185.50N ktf 1 RSS Aug 187 50 188.00 186 50 187.00 Int 1 RSS S«p 194.00 194.50 193.00 193.50 Int 2 RSS 181.00 182.00N 180.50 181.50N
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    • 81 12 1 I idtas) August #9nb#f (cm rrant mt+\) (forwfl ird Mth) NOON NOON RAS Bvyan (qui UUn SSR20 188.00 190.00N 189.00 191 OON SSR50 186.00 188 OON 187.00 189 .OON MRELB B«f«n Safer* SMRCV 233.50 235.S0N 235.50 237.50N SMRL 233.00 235.00N 235.00 237.OON SMR 5 214.00 216.00N
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    • 108 12 SOYBEAN futures closed 5 Vi to eight cents per bushel higher in quiet, thin volume trade on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday. Speculative buy lag enthusiasm in soyoil supported prices in the soybean pit. Some traders said values may be technically retracing seU-offs of the past few
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    • 1002 12 BANQUE FRANCABE DU COMMERCE EXTEREUR 21 boulevard Hauaamann, ***** Par* Cedex OS Tat: (1) 247-47-47 Tatax: 660 370 F SO Rafflee Placa •36-01 Shan Tower Singapore 0104 Tel: *****65 Telex: RS ***** BFCE SO BALANCE SHEET as at 31st December 1983 (after allocation of profits) thousands of francs) ASSETS Cart,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 4225 13 SHARE prices closed steady on an all-time high volume of 32.78 million units yesterday at the Singapore stock market. At the final bell, the allsector BT Composite Index gained 8.34 points to 964.06 while the Straits Times Industrial Index added 7.04 points to 843.03.
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    • 259 13 SINGAPORE Mm* Indices Ham** S f f Sal 9ra( SH> Mm FW Cm M Laa, Aaslvel C 1 Ml* KLIt gM SImM •I 50* 1220 181 MrtMi 326 a Ia4 620 Um 338 jat $1.50 640 Aawl 540 l» 50c 330 m 266 Lm 50« 269 4cs
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    • 441 13 SHARE prices closed steadier at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as investors returned to the market after Wednesday's profit-taking. Trading was (airly active with total turnover amounting to 10.93 million units valued at M$28.91 million compared with Wednesday's 12.16 million units worth
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    • 5128 13 BID and offer price» officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In IoU of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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    • 836 14  -  THE MONTH THAT WAS By AMY CHEOK THE goodies came only late in the month. But nobody complained. Just when it appeared that all was lost, the Singapore stock market gathered sufficient strength to close the month of July in style. The broad-based BT
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    • 2807 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 Aim Hldg cd Alcom (2.306 2.315) (24) 2.31 (5!
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    • 201 14 THE Foreign Investment and Capital Issues Committees have approved South Malaysia Industries Bhd's (SMI) proposed acquisition of five companies four property-based and one in oil palm all on revised terms. SMl's advisers, Permata Chartered Merchant Bankers, said the total consideration for the five companies
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    • 61 14 SPP LIMITED: 14th AGM on Aug 3 at 10am in Registered Office, 315 Alexandra Road (0315). TBANSMABCO Limited: AGM on Aug 3 at 11.30am at 65 Chulia Street, #1S40 OCBC Centre (0104). DEVELOPMENT ft C*mmeretel Baak: 19th AGM on Aug 8 at noon in Registered Office of the
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    • 98 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Thursday 1010.0 Wednesday 989.2 Week ago 970.4 Thursday 893.69 Wednesday 826 74 Week ago 763.07 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Wednesday 1134.61 Tokyo Dow Jones Tuesday 1115.28 Week ogo 1096.95 Thursday ***** 87 Wednesday 9948.40 Standard and Poors Week ago 9932.18 Wednesday
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    • 207 14 Manogers' prices Second B'putro 525 530 for Aug 3 Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 432 490 4 37 495 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro Seventh B'putra (A) 331 3 15 336 3.20 The Commerce 3.32 3.53 2 21 226 The Savings Fund 2 06 2.19 Seventh B'putra
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    • 444 15  -  By CHAN MAY PENG THE INSURANCE Corporation of Singapore Ltd, a 52-per cent owned subsidiary of DBS Buk Ltd, performed poorly for the first six months ended June 30, 1964. Group pre-tax profits after interest on borrowings and depreciation fell 41.5 per cent to
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    • 402 15 A BUMIPUTRA party is believed to be negotiating to purchase 14 per cent of United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd from United Engineers Ltd. If the negotiations prove successful, the move will result in a reduction of UEL's equity in UEM from
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    • 588 15  -  New company likely to be listed on Perth exchange By NAJEEB JARHOM CHUAN HUP Marine has teamed up with one of the three biggest offshore oil service operators in Australia Lombardo Marine Pty Ltd. Their joint-venture company, in which Chuan Hup owns 30
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    • 879 15 SHARE prices closed closed firmer yesterday, with some issues rising sharply, after quite an active day's trading, dealers said. At 3pm, the FT-30 index was up 10.6 points at 806.8. Yesterday's closing middle prices of selected stocks, excluding stamp duty, were: INDUSTRIALS Aug 2 Pw»c« A*»d-Lyons 198 +2
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    • 393 15 JACK CH1A-MPH Lid has received acceptances and excess applications totalling 41.8 million new shares with transferable subscription rights (A). Acceptances amounted to 39.42 million new shares with TSR (A) or 96.34 per cent of the 40.91 million new shares to be issued while excess shares application amounted to
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      • 34 15 Greep pre- tax profits if $8M,219 far tie six m—tha ended Jue SI, 1164 ($M1,488 prevtoasly), ud pesttax preflta «I to $541,21« ($574,488), m group taraaver «I »JJ milliaa ($2.53 million).
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    • 420 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE LEE KIM TAH Holdings Ltd (LKT), whose public offer at $1.50 each was subscribed 40.3 times, has allotted more than a third of the 18 million shares available for public subscription to small investors. Applicants
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    • 28 14 ODBSBANK Effective from 6th August, 1984 our Investment Banking Department will be located at 6 Shenton Way #05-00, DBS Building, Singapore 0106. Telephone: *****11 Telex: RS ***** DBSIBD
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    • 67 14 LTCB The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan limited U.S. $10,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE U.S. DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE STH AUGUST, 1988 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from 3rd August 1984 to 4th February. 1985 the
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    • 453 15 International Conference on SECURITIES REGULATION, INSIDER TRADING, TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS lOth-llth August 1984 SINGAPORE PROF LOUIS LOSS HARVARD PROFESSOR AUTHOR ATTORNEY GOVERNMENTAL ADVISER Cromwell Professor at Harvard Law School and formerly visiting Professor at Yale. London and others; Sometime Consultant to International Bank and various foreign governments Author of Securities
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  • 409 16  -  By LISA LEE THIRTY-FIVE local builders which can bid for the largest government projects have made it to the new central register implemented on Wednesday. The local builders account for more than half of the 68 building contractors qualifying for the top projects
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  • 494 16  -  By QUEK SWEE PENG MUCH AS contractors would welcome a law making it mandatory for foreign construction companies which clinch major government projects to engage local partners, they are equally concerned about its impact on Singapore's free enterprise system. One local contractor maintains such
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  • 440 16  -  By SOH TIANG KENG SINGAPORE economist and specialist in fiscal policy, Dr Mukul Asher, yesterday called for a "searching re-examina-tion" of tax incentives to attract foreign investment in Asean nations. Some of the existing incentives, he indicated, may be redundant or out of line
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  • 317 16 "A SKY CONCERT" that is what is promised for this year's National Day fireworks display on Aug 9. This year's show will, for the first time, be held at two sites simultaneously. There will be a higher level display on the
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  • 63 16 Reuter A LIVE cannon, fireworks and brass bands will accompany the New York Philharmonic Orchestra when it performs in Singapore next month, organisers said yesterday. The 110-strong orchestra, led by Zubin Mehta, will perform outdoors at the National Stadium on Sep 8 as part of
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  • 308 16 MOUNTAIN gods and Japanese labour laws are forces to be reckoned with for any willing female ready to go underground to work in the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project. Yes. Singapore women are permitted to work in excavation
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  • 442 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE progress of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project has been satisfactory, said Communications Minister Yeo Ning Hong. Dr Yeo, who is also the Second Defence Minister, was at the Shan Road Station yesterday to gather first-hand information on the progress
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  • 74 16 WALL Street stock prices yesterday continued a rally which began on Wednesday because of signs that the US economy is slowing and hopes that interest rates may ease. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly seven points to under 1141. Overall, gainers led losers about more
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  • LATE FILE
    • 49 16 AFP MALAYSIA is to build a multi-million dollar light rail transit system to ease the traffic in Kuala Lumpur, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said the Cabinet approved the Mss2l million transportation project that has been under study since 1981. AFP
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    • 52 16 UPI EXXON CORP is still the largest industrial company in the world, but number two, Royal Dutch Shell, closed the gap last year, Fortune magazine reported. Fortune's list had 19 oil companies among the 50 largest industrial companies in the world, ranked according to 1963
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    • 46 16 AP MALAYSIA'S national debt stood at M 563.532 billion at the end of last year, Deputy Finance Minister Sabaruddin Chik told the senate yesterday. He said the debt consisted of $30,946 billion in foreign debts and the rest in domestic debts. AP
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    • 57 16 Reuter OPEC president Kamal Hassan Al-Maqhour has said reports that Opec will hold an emergency meeting in the next few days are "absolutely false", a senior Opec official said. The acting head of the Opec secretariat, said Mr Maqhour had told him "there has not been any
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    • 55 16 AFP THAILAND, in a bid to curb its soaring trade deficit, is to announce a "temporary ban" on certain imports soon, the Bangkok Post newspaper said yesterday. The Post quoted a government source as saying that the Commerce and Finance ministries were secretly working on
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    • 60 16 WMsm Outlook for today: Portly cloudy, with showers in several oreos in the lote morning and afternoon. Report tor 24 hours pnor to 7 30pm on Aug 2 at fh« orport Maximum temperature 31.3 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 24.8 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 6.70 Rainfoll in millimetres
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 368 17 AFP INSURANCE premiums for crude oil cargoes in the Gulf area including the Iranian oil terminal of Kharg Island, have been reduced forthwith by Lloyd's Marine Underwriters. This reduction follows a lull in attacks on neutral shipping in the region, and affects all parts
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    • 695 17  -  By LINDA CHEE SEABORNE cargo handled in Singapore waters continued to grow steadily for the first five months of 1984. Between January and May, total cargo throughput increased by 12 per cent to reach 45 million freight tonnes. Of this amount, more than half,
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 86 17 Reuter THE NUMBER of ships awaiting berth at Chittagong Port fell to 12 on Wednesday, with a maximum delay of seven days, port officials said. Seventeen vessels were awaiting berth, with a maximum delay likely of 10 days. Eight more ships are expected to berth at the port.
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      • 82 17 Reuter SUMITOMO Corp said it contracted to have a 234,000 deadweight ton Japanese tanker scrapped at a shipyard of Nippon Kokan KK in western Japan. The shipbreaking contract is worth about one billion yen and the very large crude carrier, the Japan Carnation, belonged to Japan Lines
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    • 797 17 Hi»p>ng Uw Ng« Col Shipping LM Pag* Col Atao vi 3 Faico VI 4/5 Afvarfcial Law VI 5 Faw-Lawr V 1 AC Toaptar x 5 FM&CAVN VI 1 VI rv V s Fronco-Batg 4/5 AJpoc Anfara Shpg APC Una API 4 4/5 Fret a Shpg Fr«ght Lain
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    • 978 18 Seatrade ONE OF THE most controversial of all the South Korean shipping companies, Sammi Line, disappeared from the scene for good on July L Its parent, Sammi Corporation, has sold the line's 18 ships, totalling 380,000 grt, to Pan Ocean Bulk Carriers
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    • 1542 18 GRAIN voyage fixing supported by scattered ore, coal and sugar business featured the freight market on Wednesday, brokers said. Fairly active North American grain expert business included a booking from US Gulf to Japan with 47,000 long tons at an unchanged US$l3 fio, while US Gulf to Aqaba
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    • 496 18 Reuter EGYPT ASSURED the world that the Suez Canal remained safe for shipping despite reports from Lloyds of London that said three vessels had been damaged by explosions in tht Red Sea. "The Suez Canal waters are clean and safe for
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    • 389 18 Sept 3-7 2nd international hydrographic technical conference. Theatre Royal, Plymouth. Sept 4-7 International Maritime Exhibition, Gdansk, Poland. Sept 14 Limitation of liability: the 1976 convention, Institute of Maritime Law seminar, University of Southampton. Sept 18-28 Marine insurance and maritime law training course, Richards Hogg International Adjusters, 12-13 Essex
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    • 209 19 AP A FLOATING U-shaped boom controlled the crude oil that oozed on Wednesday from a grounded British tanker, but the huge slick released earlier kept spreading westward and was 40 km long. The US Coast Guard said the slick posed no threat to the fragile marshes
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    • 420 19 DELAYED freight payments to US liner operators are now estimated to be running at US$2 billion or 10 per cent of the total accounts receivable. Recession has prompted some service users to try to extend the allotted credit period. Others have simply
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    • 159 19 Reuter WORLD OIL tanker tonnage in lay-up, idle or under repair declined to 49.20 million long dwt at end July from 49.6 million at end June, London shipbroker Howard Houlder said. The number of vesels, however, rose to 266 from 250. Laid-up combination carrier tonnage
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    • 192 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits
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    • 287 19 SHORE-BASED cargo handling costs in Australia are up to 70 per cent higher than in some Asian countries. Delegates at a recent transport seminar in Sydney, Australia, agreed that there was considerable room for improvement in cargo handling. But they disagreed as to where the
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    • 4544 24 §®aSGX!EB 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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    • 615 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 As<a Winds 405 3.884 2300 Or Seawinds TA 3 0900-1100 P4 P Fillmore 137/3 4 8 84 0700 A PL TA 3 1200-1330/1800-1900 P3 1330-1500/1800-1900
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    • 1628 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (St Mr»EtiiM» Uar Transgroup (S) Ahreafclel Liner Servlcr Kim Shpg (Si Alfred C Taepler Oceana* Shipping Agency (S) Maiintn Enterprise (PK). Alpar Intrasea (S) Binung Shpg (KL) Island Cargo Handling
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    • 409 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Hugheverett 29/30 NAPL alongside 3.8.84/2300 I Yermoshkln 46/7 S'pore Sov alongside 3.8.84/1500 JensonlV 22 T Soon alongside 3.8.84/2300 Kota Berjaya 10/11 PIL alongside 3.8.84/2300 New Whale 27/8 Sin Chiao alongside 3.8.84/0600 Sangerhausen 6/7 S'pore Shpg alongside 3.8.84/1100
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    • 330 18 mil FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. Spore 3) H buf| 4) Gbort From Europe VESSEL 1) Gbori I 2>Wb»r e 3) In 4) Rdam 5) L» M P MITME B. BUTANE B. BUTANE 5/8 12/8 19/8 26/8 2/9 9/9 18/9 S. EDO KOMMGAN KASUGAM N Kin 8 SURW N.
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    • 907 19 The Straits Steamship Group QGC Overseas Containers Limited I CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok umrooi mt MMMfWJJ KMKEKIS MONSMMC EHSS cmkmui ■Munur inoraa mt s>" n<*m M/l Ml 13/1 14/1 Ml 21/1 27/1 »/l (4/» M/I 12/1 14/9 W9 ?7 n
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    • 740 21 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES w A'il' > b\[ V? f W KOTA WMATA KOTA MCOAH KOTAWWAWAN KOTA WARUNA KOTA RAKYAT KARACHI/P GULF SERVICES VOYAOE E-304 -306 SPORE 24-27/8 20-24/9 t./.'l KOTA MAKMUR KOTA CAHAYA 18-21/9 15-18/10 26-30/9 19-22/10 COLOMBO/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON SERVICES 24-30 9W* T 5- V/a 14-19/9 BANGKOK DIRECT SERVICES
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    • 633 21 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE FROM EUROPE HAM BIMVEN I DAM HAVRE UK P KEL ANC S TORE FOR Hmlmi [ipini StM SiM SjM UM SaM 7/1 l/l MIC. TUN Kurama Mjru SaM SaM SaM SaM SaM 12/1 14 Iwe INK Uf ot IMup SaM SaM SaM SaM
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    • 501 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East S'pore Service Fii Container Vessel Buun Toko- Kate Km- S'para Tffriok 60WA ¥10 08 11/7 14/7 10/7 20/7 1/1 2/1 EXPRESS SEH-CONT/UNER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE STORE PKELANGRDAM TUURY/HSURC/ ANTWERP ADAM LONDON BREMEN SONBAJ VSW 1/84/8 7/1 30/1 2/9 4/9 0/9 S. PANJANG V7W
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    • 493 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION Loadnf for Rangoon Spore P.Kelong Penong Bossein** V6B 5/7 Aug In p t /3 Aug Htone Ywo V 194 8 9/11 Aug 5/7 Aug Po-an 20/22 Aug LOADING FOR HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP BANK LINE EXPRESS DEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL
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    • 1394 22 USA CANADA XYI PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPI/MICROBRIDGE A FEEDER/ MOTHER VESSEL PKL6 penang stow t/s port LA/LI ASM STAR *26 HARBOUR BADGE V2I 6 Aug 8 Aug 10 Aug (KL) 17 Au« 1 Sect ASIA SIM *26 ASM MARU V 3043 6 Aug 8 Aug 10 Aug
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    • 547 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE lu*if for LOS ANGELES SM FRANCISCO SEATTLE TACOMA VANCOUVER B C Acccpta* fa fa Contanen P Mar* Singapore I tafdn AWSSU W 5/1 Sopt I Oct AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acctptoit FCL fa CantMWft *>•» Pr mm St* aim acc«h xvsrl* tu 1
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    • 578 22 SANKO ASIA FROM JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG 1 REGENT RUTH 2 ELM 3 EDO MARU 4 GOTON6 ROTONG 5 SfISHO MARU i SHMtO MARU 7 KOYU MARU 5/7 A* 9/11 *ut 11/13 At* 13/15 Auf 14/16 Au( P. Kctanf Penary In P«rt/3 Auf 4/5 Au| MPt/5 Auf 7/1 Auf 12/13
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    • 531 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road »27 16 Internationa' Pla/a Singapore 0207 Tel *****11 (ID tinesl BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK MAGIC STM *****09 SI S part p. KciMf loadn( tar:12/0 w/i hott/ant/ujuavon) SEAWOOO SHIPPING CORPORATION S pwt P Keiang Loarfc* tar: S pore P Keiang load** tar: FONT YALE 23/1
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    • 747 23 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE «*««<•»< ">* »CI COWIOrtWW Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia TW BRIDGE S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1400 9/8 LCL Cargo 0200 9/8 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) P. Ktteng Singapore HKong K uung Bun 14/1 22/1 27/1 31/1 in/9 9 SS BRDGE 46E C PAUI 40E
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    • 44 23 PALMYRA TSIRIS LINES S.A. BANGKOK S PORE Loadmg tor: IYOBETUS 8/1 1 8/ l DMMAM/MJBAJ OCEANUS SHIPPING AGENCY PTE L TD A il i SNGATORE TEL: *****77 TLX: RS ***** OSAL V\L5// P *Q-AIIG. MARfCTEX ENTERPRISE SON BHD TEL. *****6 TLX MA ***** MARTEX
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    • 419 23 HEUNC-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON DOMAM II SEMI-CONTAIN BANGKOK. K sum NIPIIINI AGfNCOS Pll 11(1 lf» ?;«99;/ ???/•> 10 I Op" .t«ms 1 7AV4B 7 (l.irmuli ,vo?4so ??a?so4 ir,»si Ml. »f\n AM hi'. IHNAS SHI* SDN HHP *1 IH 414 MO 414'44 PH
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    • 668 23 Page VII SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD S*SOV BULMNG 55, Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SHSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS »1M P KELANG PfNAJK M/S SHARKAT NAM SOON SON BHD IST ANO 2ND FLOOR |g5 Ml TlttK WMC
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    • 103 23 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN JOHANNE SBIJRG. MAPUTO MAURITIUS ft RFUNION WESTBOUND SAMAT 12AW/84 MARi BOEING GON47 1/9 DURBAN 18/8/84 19/9/84 EASTBOU BARON STAR 7E ETD DURBAN SIN Agents: Kim Shipping A Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street *08-06 Tat Lee Btdg S pore 0104 Tete* RS ***** KIMTRA Tal
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    • 627 24 Itc«|i»nal Container Lines 3 Sailings Weekly ki:l Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P S.A. 1500 Hrs Tues, Thur# Sat REGULAR FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA voir SM SKI* KK KT SKU KATMM MM 251/252 NPt/4Aug 6/7 Ao« RAT AIM BHUM lit/IN U/ll lag 15/18 Aug 11/H Aug 22/23 A* HINOOE KISEN CO.
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    • 226 25 r BALTIC ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD ><f NTO\ WAV .vO4 i( B °t DC, S POWf .'.'l/801 Tfl.f* HS 3.1 7♦ >' BA[ Tlf HI f ADDRf BAL Tl( SHT n no ocsTfwnon WMMN In Port 3 Auc Pontixui lggL*-P WW) llAuc Wwtf&Mfc.,, SOBMK (BR 1574) 15 Auj II Au( Pentianat
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    • 713 25 ga LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1. Magazine Road. *OS-M. Cantral luDdlnf Smgapof# 0105 Tat 533M14 A *****22 LIZENA PTE LTD Tofc *****29, *****67, *****60 Tstox: R*****1 ETA ETD Looting for IOONG KNTUK 21/1 30/1 HCWKm SB SAMN6 h Pvt 7/1 OiMi/Pakai Bin GUNTUNGima 25/1 31/t filming SERMCC TO EAST
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    • 652 26 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT IFT fCI BUI AUSTRALIA u/a. 11/1. n/t 7/9 UK/CONTVENT 4/1. 11/ l N/I. 4/9 CANADA/U S A 7/114/1 a/t ji/i lEW ZEALAND v«. 21/1. 21/1 FA* EAST M/i, OA JI/I ui nan. SCtNMW U Htf« WMV ROTTEHMM. MKN. HMMK «u major ran WST I [AST COAST I OIF
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    • 574 26 S| Zwereff Zi)ies/ COMPANW PERUANA DE VAPOREES (CJ\V.) > "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" 0 L"H»-t tor Calao. Mjtarjm kM it otlwr Permnaa ports wtti ttjrnlnwient m it Kobe Zg On CPV Tkroofti Uts ot l*)m« to tin* 5 Petwnt P S"«»« w mumayeverett 5/« 4 RRMNEttRETT THOMASEVERETT 19/21 AM| 22/23 AM|
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    • 514 26 ZIM GOLD STAR LINE 14 DATS KXPKBN SZB TICS TO DUMBAM GALLEON RfTEGRTTY Durban Capetown P [lu 14 Au| GOU) STKI Cotofflbo/Mombasa/0 ES/Maputo/Durban 8 A* V! DAT* KXPRXtt tKIt TICS TO APASA GOLD NJU Afedpii Ap«M lafos/P H* Oouu lmi Momcmj Down 15 Aug Mis 01 S and Honbrsi STAR
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 162 26 3 Regional Weather m A 4 Sk M J m iSfe 38 Al S IL* LL^K SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: K Thunderstorm Temperature o c X\ Jm Shower Weather Wind direction with speed m knots Rain O Cloudy Sky Wove he,gh, Surface winds
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