The Business Times, 5 October 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 673 1  -  Merchant bank fails to meet high standards of professional competence By AMY CHEOK THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore has closed down the operations of Jardine Fleming (Singapore) Pte Ltd as a result of the latter's failure to meet the high standards of professional competence
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  • 448 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO LOCAL COMPANIES managed to clinch a mere 15 per cent share of the total contracts awarded for construction work of the Mass Rapid Transit system. However, the industry foresees a bigger role for local contractors as
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  • 820 1  -  By MANO SABNANI News Editor SHAREHOLDERS of the three public companies involved in the press merger have been strongly recommended to vote in favour of the Scheme of Arrangement which will establish Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) as the umbrella organisation for all their interests. Morgan
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  • 206 1 Reuter THE US Government is prepared to cooperate fully in a Vietnam-proposed conference on Cambodia if requested to do so by Asean. Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach has called for a 15-nation conference on the conflict between Cambodia's Hanoi-backed government and a
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 1 FOR THE first time this week, share prices in the Singapore stock market closed marginally higher. Yesterday's upward move was seen as s slight technical reaction to falls In three conseeative days. At the close, the Business Times Compsslte Index gained 9.87 points to 789 J8 while the
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  • 412 1  -  By LUCY NG THE CONTROVERSY over the rock musical production, Jesus Christ Superstar, has been resurrected. This time, the rock opera has met with resistance from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. Concern that the coming rock opera might upset certain religious groups, not forgetting the
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  • 134 1 AFP ECONOMIC growth is slowing in most industrialised countries, especially in the US, the Conference Board, a private fesearch unit, said. It noted that the US general indicator was rising by an annualised 2 per cent at the moment, as against 10 per cent three months ago
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    • 272 1 mm THE CONTINUING debate about the merit of structural steel against concrete in I construction is likely to get 1 more heated with the setting up of a society of steel j proponents. p«g«2 CHINA, stepping up its overtures to Taiwan, has said that its terms fpr reunification with the
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 430 2  -  By GRACE YU THE CONTINUING debate over the merits of structural steel against concrete in construction is likely to heat up with the setting up of a society of steel proponents. The Singapore Structural Steel Society was registered last month and will hold
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    • 133 2 THE FIRST of a series of group discussions ft»* quality circle facilitators starts this weekend. Organised by the National Registration Centre for QC Circles, which is administered by the National Productivity Board (NPB), the quarterly discussions would allow new and experienced people to discuss views, problems
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    • 179 2 GOING to a Singapore Symphony Orchestra concert this evening? Then look out for the SSO 1985 calendars. They will cost $10 each and the money will go into the orchestra's kitty to help it continue playing. V you have ever wondered about the flnanrial position
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    • 174 2 COMMERCIAL crimes in the Asia-Pacific region and the way to tackle the problem will be discussed at a five-day workshop to be held at the Novotel Orchid in January next year. The workshop is being organised by the Crown Agents of the UK and
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    • 200 2 THE CENTRAL Cooperative Fund has "made* nearly 35 per cent more money since the last financial year, in spite of its higher expenditure. Its latest statement of accounts for the year ended March 31, 1984, showed $1.62 million in the fund compared with
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    • 167 2 A BRITISH trade mission representing a cross-section of industries will visit Singapore next week in an effort to boost trade. The 25 members from the Derby and Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry represent engineering, construction, textile and consumer goods. Some of these products
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    • 516 2  -  By ANNA TEO VISITORS to the National Exhibition next month can capture live the frenzied excitement of major financial markets and follow the proceedings from the Changi control tower as well, all within the confines of Hall B at the World Trade Centre.
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    • 263 2 "SAYING IT With Music'' is British Columbia's way to soft-sell the Canadian province to local businessmen. The 30-minute film, featuring snow-capped mountains, green meadows and rushing seas, was shown to more than 150 guests at a business seminar yesterday. Mr David Eggleston, director
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    • 233 2 TELECOMS swings into the Total Defence movement with a set of special postage stamps that will go on sale on Oct 26. The set of five 10-cent stamps of different designs has been designed by Mr Lim Ching San. They will be on sale
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    • 14 3 How the Japanese have dominated the contracts awarded so far
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 335 4 UPI A US aerospace company has launched a major effort to sell new generation fighter jets in Southeast Asia and is considering deals to trade the planes for rice and other commodities. Northrop Corp is currently holding demonstrations of its F--20 Tigershark jet fighter
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    • 83 4 UPI photo TRAIN RIDES may never be the same again. Japan Air Lines has good news for those who have suffered jerky rides on noisy, rickety trains. Its new High Speed Surface Transport (HSST) system has a train that is not only quiet and fast, but
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    • 300 4 AP JAPAN would have a trade surplus of over US$45 billion with the United States by 1985, US Commerce Under-Secretary Lionel Olmer said. He added that in trade with Japan, the US is becoming an undeveloped country selling food and buying manufactured products.
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    • 102 4 AFP JAPANESE and European Economic Community (EEC) electronic industry leaders have agreed to study the feasibility of standardising their products. The consensus was reached when executives from 18 leading electronics goods makers from both sides attended a meeting of the Japan-EEC Business Roundtable in Toyko. Japanese producers
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    • 522 4 Reunification terms to be 'more lenient' than for HK UPI CHINA, stepping up its overtures to Taiwan, has said that its terms for reunification with the island would be even "more lenient" than those offered to Hongkong when it reverts to Chinese rule in
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    • 152 4 Reuter CHINESE crude oil exports rose in the first half of this year by 50 per cent to 9.74 million tonnes, with increased onshore output diverted to export earnings rather than easing tight domestic supplies, Western economists said. They were interpreting latest
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    • 407 4 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN government may consider giving tax incentives for the construction of i small hotels to cater to low- I budget family tours, Trade and 1 Industry Minister Tengku Raza- 1 leigh Hamzah said. The setting up of
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    • 303 4 AP DESPITE the high cost of living and a lower increase rate in income, Japanese manage to keep a tight hold over their pursestrings. The average Japanese household set aside 15 per cent of annual income this year and had total savings of
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    • 130 4 AFP A WORLD advertising conference has taken a firm stand against advertising taxes proposed by the Japanese government, saying they would reduce general information supply available to the public. Participants in Tokyo of the 29th World Conference of International Advertising Association adopted
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    • 328 5 Reuter THE OPPOSITION Labour Party has voted overwhelmingly to scrap Britain's nuclear arms and require the removal of all US nuclear weapons, including Cruise missiles, from British soil. The party's annual conference in the north-west England seaside resort of Blackpool on Wednesday endorsed a
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    • 880 5 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvic* number Local tim# From PAA PA5 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG SV SV379 0030 SEL GIA GAI302 0315 HLP SiA SQ47 0650 JED MAS MH681 0820 KUL CAL CIOIO 0825 JED/DHA MAS MH601 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH8I1 0940 PEN SWR SRI 76 0945
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    • 179 5 Reuter PROSPECTS for a quick conclusion to negotiations on Spanish and Portuguese entry to the European Economic Community dimmed yesterday after the community Foreign Ministers failed to agree on terms of entry. Spanish Foreign Minister Fernando Moran and Portuguese Finance Minister Ernani Rodrigues
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    • 264 5 Reuter AMERICAN Vice-Presi-dent George Bush has disclosed that he paid more than US$3OO,OOO in federal income taxes in the past three years, but said he wants almost half of the money back. Mr Bush, a multi-mil-lionaire, has reported total income of $810,477 in the
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    • 171 5 UPI THE US Federal Reserve has confirmed what most people suspected, that the richest American families the top 2 per cent control an enormous proportion of the nation's wealth. The study also found the average income of Americans, adjusted for inflation over the years, is lower
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    • 245 5 AP ANDREW wraps his tiny fingers around his foster mother's thumb Just as many babies do. When he's hungry or sleepy he cries. But the two-month-old infant has never smiled and he never will. There are a lot of things he will never do.
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    • 433 5 NYT THE US SECURITIES and Exchange Commission has charged that a New Jersey company committed securities fraud by distributing reprints of newspaper and trade publication articles that contained erroneous statements about the company's operations. The commission maintained that the reprinted articles should be considered
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    • 260 5 Reuter THE HOUSE of Representatives passed a wide ranging package of trade bills which would expand US manufacturers' rights to seek protection against dumped or subsidised imports and would provide for a fiveyear extension of the Generalised System of Preferences. Commerce
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    • 142 5 UPI AMERICAN factory orders fell 0.7 per cent in August the second decline in three months caused mainly by slowdowns in the non-durable industries from paper to toothpaste, the US Commerce Department said Wednesday. Orders for durable goods, particularly steel and office equipment, went
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    • 124 5 UPI EMPLOYEES at a furniture company in Indiana, US, worked alongside world-renowned designer Paolo Gucci periodically for the past three years but made no fuss over him. He worked there under an assumed name in secret. Mr Gucci, best known as a clothing designer,
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 456 6 Reuter FINANCIAL futures and traded options markets may have taken off internationally but in Switzerland the development has been slow and cautious. A Swiss tripartite bourse commission is still considering the introduction of a market for new financial instruments and the starting
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    • 384 6 Reuter FIRST Chicago Corp, the holding company for the tenth largest bank in the US, reported on Wednesday heavy loan losses, but said the problem was temporary. It was the third major US bank holding company to announce significant losses this year. Earlier talk
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    • 114 6 AP INDONESIA'S foreign exchange reserves rose to US$9.4 billion last month, and there was no need for the government to devalue Indonesia's rupiah currency, Arifin Sire gar, governor of the Central Bank, told a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. In last year's third quarter, foreign
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    • 234 6 Reuter THE FRENCH government has decided to follow West Germany's lead and drop a 25 per cent withholding tax on interest paid to individual non-resident holders of domestic bonds. The Finance Ministry said in a statement the measure applies to all new issues
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    • 121 6 Reuter A GERMAN Cabinet decision to end a withholding tax on interest earned by foreign holders of West German fixed interest domestic bonds will ease capital inflows which will in turn tend to lower interest rates. Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • Article, Illustration
      817 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed steady to slightly lower against major currencies yesterday after fluctuating narrowly in thin trading. It lacked clear direction due to the absence of fresh factors. The greenback closed little changed at 3.0430/40 marks compared with New York's 3.0420/40 close and at 1.2395/ 2406
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    • 189 6 HONGKONG The market edged up slightly in extremely quiet trading yesterday to close at U*****.00/50 an ounce after its opening $345.90/ 346.40 and the New York close of $345.75/346.25. On the local market, gold closed at HK53,226 a tahil after opening at $3,224. The krugerrand gained $10 on Tuesday's
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    • 316 6 BA Futures Inc LATE commercial selling in Chicago resulted in across the board losses in Finiillir prices yesterday despite a lower federal funds rate. Because of tßf, weak closing at Chicago, prices were chased lower at Simex. December contract opened at 88.26, 16 ticks lower than the previous close.
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    • 298 6 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady yesterday at lower opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. Short-dates weakened between 3/16 and 5/16 point at the outset due to softer US federal funds rate and were then unchanged with overnight closing at 11 10-7/8 and week fixed at 11-1/8 11
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    • 203 6 Interbank rates at 3pm C-iiwiM Nominal rate* SmMhoonion Local dolors to oao unit of fonigw moo partly currency: US dolor Storing pound Australian dolor NZ dolor Coi -odkm dolor 2.1650 2.6824 *9023 1 0586 1.6495 2.1660 2.6858 1 8053 1.0602 1.6509 2.8196 ***** 3 4286 3.4286 3.4206 •23.22
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    • 116 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate rose by 3/16-point to close at 8-5/8 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. Onemonth maturities rose 1/16 point to 8-3/8 per cent but two and three-month maturities remained unchanged from Wednesday's close. S$ interbank rotes at 3pm yesterday OH«c Bid Overnight 8
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 233 7 ARRIVALS Operator Flight Local number time From FRIDAY FT FT7I 2355 JFK/ORD/ ANC/NRT/ TPE SATURDAY CAL CI33I 0150 TPE CV CV796 0845 LUX/AUH KAL KE685 2140 SEL SUNDAY TMA TL355 0830 FT FT73 2355 BEY/DXB/ BOM/KUL LAX/SFO/ ANC/NRT/ OSA/TPE MONDAY NW NW901 1645 JFK/IAH/ LAX/ANC/ NRT JAL JL611
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    • 387 7  -  Second flight to counter space shortage problem By LIM SOON NEO ROYAL Brunei Airlines' second Darwin flight may be the answer to the problem of space shortage for cargo going in and out of northern Australia. Qantas operates a weekly Darwin-Singapore flight while Royal Brunei
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    • 458 7  -  By LOH HUI YIN A NEW freight forwarding company in Singapore plans to offer all three forms of cargo handling land, air and sea to customers by next year. Network Freight Express would become the first in Singapore to have such a package service, claimed
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    • 244 7 TREMENDOUS savings will be achieved when a new air route structure is implemented in the African continent. To be enforced in stages by the countries, it could save inter-continental flights at least 10,000 tonnes of fuel a year. Translated into dollars and cents,
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  • FEATURES
    • 554 8 IDEALLY a good government should be sensitive to its people's wants and needs though it should not be a slave to them. In other words, sometimes it should have the guts to be unpopular. The ideal, of course, is easier said than done, especially in
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    • 1383 8  -  The financial facts behind Singapore's big newspaper merger have finally emerged. RAY HEATH and CHAN 01 CHEE give the background. RAY HEATH, CHAN OI CHEE EVERY good businessman, like every good military commander, knows there is a time to fight, a time to retreat, and
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    • 422 8  -  Letter to the Editor M A Akbar President, Third Exc4 NTI Students' Unto* DEAR SIR, WE REFER to your editorial of Sep 22, 1964, under the heading "Students who live in Utopia". The editorial carried misleading facts about students of the Nanyang Technological Institute
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    • 780 9  -  By LEONARD SILK NYT IS THE AMERICAN economy heading for a recession in 1985? Most econo- mists are saying no it is just slow- ing down to -a healthier and more sustainable rate of growth. However, some believe that by the latter part
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 233 8 Singapore International Monetary Exchange Limited On 5 July 1984, SIMEX commenced trading in the International Gold Futures Contract. Two other contracts. Eurodollar and Deutchmark futures, were introduced on 7 September 1984. What are financial futures? What potential do they present? What advantages do they offer? How can futures contracts be
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 653 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Deputising on the set? (6) 7 Supported when being rude, perhaps in o shop <6, 2) 8 He starts rushing forward (6) 10 Gtrl |omtng the bond? (5) 13 Drug some fool (4) 14 Ruddy Roy's round the bend' (4) 15 Writers' quiet ways (4) 16
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  • SPORTS
    • 394 9 UPI WITH 808 DERNIER making San Diego look like an overwhelmed traffic policeman, the Chicago Cubs brushed aside the Padres 4-2 and raced to a 2-0 lead in the National League playoffs yesterday. Dernier, the MVP for Chicago during the first two games, created two runs
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    • 407 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS WHILE THEY are not allowed to race each other in local competition, motor sport enthusiasts will get a chance to assuage some of their yearning at this Sunday's 1984 Mobil Autocross Championships. A speed event for cars where competitors race
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    • 516 9 Reuter PHANTOMS of the past will be lurking in the back as Niki Lauda lines up for the European Grand Prix in Nurburgring, West Germany, on Sunday a race which could seal his third World Championship. But the Austrian driver is confident he can lay to
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1181 9 m AJ3 IjMDUD HIGHLIGHTS Staging an opera The Conductor 8.00 pm, Channel 12 As the principal conductor of Kent Opera, it is up to Roger Norrindton not only to choose the [solo singers, but also to see that the chorus is well-balanced. What is especially important in Fidelio is that
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 305 10 Reuter SALES of American-built new cars by the US car industry declined by 7.8 per cent in late September, which analysts said was largely caused by the United Auto Workers Union strike against General Motors Corp. GM sales declined by 20.2 per
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    • 145 10 Reuter MANUFACTURERS Hanover Corp says it is continuing to fund in the usual manner and its third-quar-ter earnings will compare favourably with the third quart» last year and exceptionally well with the second quarter of this year. The bank holding company, which is expected to
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    • 43 10 Reuter INVESTMENT holding company Kleinwort, Benson, Lonsdale PLC says it will pay £44 million for the goodwill of stockbrokers Grieveson Grant, an agreed acquisition announced in June. It will also buy stockjobbers Charlesworth and Co for £800,000. Reuter
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    • 289 10 UPI THE STOCK market suffered its fourth consecutive loss on Wednesday with prices skidding to a two-month low in active trading after an afternoon rally attempt fizzled. Late selling parallelled a drop in AT&T. Banking stocks also came under pressure after the large
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    • 105 10 Reuter BROOKE Bond Group PLC says it continues to recommend shareholders not to accept the takeover bid from Unilever PLC, which was extended from Tuesday until Oct 19. Unilever is offering 114p cash per Brooke Bond ordinary share. It has said on Tuesday it will
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    • 84 10 Reuter THE West German Cartel Office has been formally notified by Nestle SA of its proposed merger with Carnation Co. A spokesman for the office said as this was apparently "a critical proposal", it would probably require the full four months within which it must
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 349 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed a shade higher yesterday as late profit-taking pared early gains. The Hang Seng Index ended the morning session nearly 15 points higher at 999.83, but profittaking left it only 4.37 up at 989.47 at the close. Total turnover amounted to HK5152.71 million compared with $151.48
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    • 236 11 OCT 04 MT$ Cham Indus 20 00 -03 jan Hwa Indus 14 00 -0.1 Al Smear* Indus 7.15 unch Hon Ya Plas 31 40 -02 Ana Cament 26 00 -02 >oahc Cont 27 20 -0.1 Cathay Com 2750 unch Pocihc Elact I9 60 unch Chang Hwa Bank 58 50
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    • 270 11 SYDNEY: Share markets closed firm across the boards yesterday on improved turnover despite another sharp fall on Wall Street and easier bullion prices. At 1515 local time, the All Ordinaries Index was 2.5 up at 744.4. National turnover was 38.31 million shares with rises outstripping falls by almost two
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    • 75 11 Oct 3 Won Hyundai Corp Hyundai Motor KAL Korea First 990 630 495 720 -10 •5 -8 unch Bk unch 4 1 •1 -10 +5 -13 +4 -4 1286 -11 Commerciol Bk 6^0 Korea St*p 435 790 -9 unch Doewoo Corp Daewoo Ind Dong Ah Gold Star 500 635
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    • 337 11 TOKYO: Despite the slide on Wall Street and the yen's weakness against the dollar, share prices recovered strongly from yesterday's morning lows and closed firmer. The market average rose 54.69 to close at 10,642.0T after rising 47.33 on Wednesday, on volume of 320 million shares against 370 million on
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    • 166 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed steady in active trading yesterday. The Book Club Index closed unchanged at 119.06. Turnover jumped to 529,396 shares from Wednesday's 153,301. Singer Thailand accounted for most of the volume as 389,600 shares changed hands, closing up 0.50 baht at 35.50 faahL OCT 04 lab* Vam
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    • 136 11 MANILA: Share prices closed generally easier in dull trading yesterday. The mining marker eased 4.66 to 873.87 and oils fell 0.009 to 0.616 while the Commercial and Industrial Index was unchanged at 104.21. Lepantoß fell to 0.032 from 0.033 and Philex B to 0.1150 from 0.12. OCT 04 fmm
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    • 69 11 Reuter A JOINT-VENTURE factory built by Honda Motor Co of Japan and Kinetic Engineering of India will start on an annual output of 150,000 scooters in December, 1985, the Press Trust of India said. The factory, costing 450 million rupees, is in the central
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    • 195 11 Bernama A CONFERENCE on investment opportunities and strategies in the stock market will be held in Sabah on Nov 8. The conference, to be held at the Sabah government-owned Tanjung Aru Beach Hotel, is jointly organised by Sabah Development Bank Berhad (SDB) and Organisational
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    • 93 11 Reuter THE TAIWAN Aluminium Corporation (Talco) has cancelled a US$5O million joint venture project with American Aluminium Corporation (Alcoa), ending 18 months of negotiations. The cancellation came after the Economic Miiflstry failed to provide a financial guarantee and tax exemption for the venture, which was planned
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    • 144 11 AP EVERBRIGHT Industrial Corp, the money-making company set up last year by China and based in Hongkong, expects turnover of US$35O million this year. A report yesterday by the official Xinhua News Agency quoted Everbright chairman Wang Guangying as saying the company has
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    • 55 11 Reuter TOKYO Sanyo Electric, the Japanese consumer electronics firm, is issuing a US$lOO million convertible Eurobond, says colead manager Yamaichi International (Europe). The coupon on the 15year bonds is indicated at 3V« per cent, and will be payable semi-annually. The share conversion premium is expected to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 471 12  -  Manager asked to consider operating below ITA floor-price By MICHAEL NEILL MOUNTING DISPLEASURE with what it sees as the transformation of the 6th International Tin Agreement into "a Malaysian price support operation", coupled with continuing pressure to take action against consumer offtake of
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    • 312 12 UPI TAIWANESE TRADE negotiators agreed on Wednesday to buy US$26 million worth of Louisiana yellow soybeans next year, doubling the country's intended purchase and increasing fivefold the state's foreign trade with Taiwan. Kwang Shih Chang, chairman of Taiwan's External Trade Development Council,
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    • 93 12 AFP INDIA WOULD reach near selfsufficiency in zinc and reduce import of lead substantially with discovery of the largest and richest deposit of over 60 million tonnes of ore in the north-western desert state of Rajasthan. At present, there is a wide gap between
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    • 160 12 Reuter GILL DUFFUS said it has cut its estimate of end 1964-85 world sugar stocks to 40.4 million tonnes, or 42 per cent of expected consumption, from last month's 41.2 million tonnes, or 43 per cent. This reflects fractionally higher consumption but lower output estimates
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    • 168 12 Reuter CHINA MAY not reach the minimum level of grain purchases from America required under the United States/China grain agreement, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Wenjin said. Mr Zhang said: "This year, we will try hard, but it is hard to say we will definitely
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    • 156 12 Chinese Produce Robust a 20/25% 502 50 Exchange FOB NSW Nutmeg (Sdtos' noon closing prices on Oct 4 SS/lOG kn) U0 FOB NSW 363 00 B W FOB NSW 256 00 Coconut oil Gombier Bulk FOB 195 00 FOB NSW 305 00 OW drum FOB 208 00 New
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    • 288 12 Singapore A-l special C-l special C-l Ordknaty Loonzain 100% 227 unq unq (S$/kilo, ei-godown) Thai white 100% 1st class first grade unq (kangaroo) new crop 1 05 100% second grode 100% third grade 260 unq 100% 2nd class 075 Parboiled 100% 3rd class 25% new crop 0.73 No stock
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    • 101 12 CRUDE PALM oil market prices were unavailable yesterday. Futures yesterday closed firmer on covering and speculative buying interest as sentiment was aided by higher Chicago soyfutures and Pakistan RBD palm oil purchase, dealers said. Spot October rose Ms2B to $1,093 per tonne, while November firmed $20 to $1,080
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    • 80 12 THE Kuto Lumpur Tin Market price yesterday was unchanged at the International Tia Agreement floor-level of M 529.15 per kg. The buffer stack manager was again the mala buyer, taking mast of the 212 tonnes offered, ap from fl on Wednesday. Demand from other sectors remained poor as
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    • 163 12 Yarn (In HKS per bole of 400 lb) China corded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'* 3,300 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,500 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,850 Blue Phoenix 40'» 4,250 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21'» 3,550 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 5,000 Blue Phoenix 40"s 5,250 Open-end yarn Blue
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    • 151 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade dipped to near opening lows late to range from up IV4 to off V* cent a bushel at the close on Wednesday. November ended near the bottom of a 6Vi cent range. The late sell-off came largely on local selling, with
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    • 683 12 COFFEE Robusta futures finished a quiet session yesterday, unchanged to £5 a tonne above Wednesday night's close in routine mixed two way activity. January traded last at £2,555, up £3 from Wednesday's closing bid. Prices opened lower, following an easier close in New York, then cnoved higher on
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    • 255 12 SINGAPORE The market closed slightly higher yesterday with i October One RSS buyers < quoted at 184.75 cents per i kg, up 0.25 cent from < Wednesday. The morning 1 market gained 0.50 cents I on some purchases of November One RSS. MALAYSIA Prices <-losed slightly lower in quiet
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    • 316 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers SsHen Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 181 50 182 50 181 50 182.50N Int 1 RSS Oct 184 75 185.25 184.75 185.25 Int 1 RSS Nov 186 00 186 50 186 00 186.50 Int 2
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    • 104 12 (cents/kg, 1-to« pollen) October November (current mtb) (forword mtb) NOON NOON K A S c -ii— m c —M •uftn jciivn Duyprj j(iicr) SSR2O 180 00 182 00N ***** 183 00N SSR 50 178 00 180 00N 179 00 IBIOON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers J SMRCV
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    • 152 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell from day's highs on a lack of buying support to close mostly lower on Wednesday, off as much as IV4 cents a bushel in March. Distant December finished V« cent higher. Nearby December ended near the bottom of a 4'/<
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4110 13 SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market closed generally higher for the first time this week. At the close, the BT Composite Index gained 0.87 point to 789.36 while the Straits Times Industrial Index put on 2.75 points to 884.54. Prices opened at
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    • 242 13 SINGAPORE Rises GEL** 1850 M Ctmmmn SO* 330 la* Mi Ml 198 M ta ?9g Ufi WW joo Omm Hap 360 Pw-B SOc 338 C C 320 S f t 126 Umk 263 +80 28 +8 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +6 +5 Indices Oct! Oct 4
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    • 470 13 SHARE prices drifted downwards for the fourth consecutive day yesterday as investor sentiment remained at a k>w ebb. As in the past lew sessions, interest was selective with a handful of situational issues bucking the trend to close higher. Trading remained cautious, as investors again
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    • 2650 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of abaree traded shown in bracket* In lots of 1,000 unite unleee otherwise apeclfled. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "STTT"
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 871 14  -  THE MONTH THAT WAS By AMY CHEOK SEPTEMBER was a game of nerves as stock market players agonised over what each day had in store for them. Sad to say, each day had little to offer. Against a background without fresh or positive news for
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    • 94 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Thursday 1059.0 Wednesday 1056.2 Thursday 989 47 Week ago 1047.4 Wednesday Closed NEW YORK Dow Jones Week ago 1014.98 TOKYO Wednesday 1182.86 Tuesday 1191.36 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1212.12 Thursday *****.07 Wednesday *****.38 Standard and Poors Week ago *****.87 Wednesday 162.44
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    • 195 14 Managers' prices for Oct 5 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 2.78 2.95 The Savmgs Fund 1.82 1 93 S'pore Prog Fund 1.19 1.26* S' pore Sec Fund 1.80 1.91 S'pore Invest Fund 1.12 1.19 S'pore Equrty Fund 1.24 1.31 Asia Unit Trust Second B'putro Third B'putro Fourth B'putro
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    • 345 14 TRACTORS Malaysia Holding Bhd's immediate outlook in its major markets is not encouraging as overall trading conditions remain depressed at present. In his latest annual statement, Tractors chairman Tan Sri Taib Andak notes that the surplus of both new and used equipment in the
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    • 93 14 SECURITY Pacific Carp's subsidiary Security Pacific National Bank is offering HKS3SS million or $465 cash per share for the 31 per cent of Bank of Canton Ltd it does not already own. Bank of Canton's assets totalled $5.13 billion at end--1983 and the
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    • 2024 14 810 and offer price» officially luted and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchan«e yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Alcoa (I 60S) (17) 1 59(1) 1.58 (14) I
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    • 97 14 TRACTORS Malaysia HMkp Berhad: 19th AGM on 24 October, at 9.30am in Melati Room, 3rd Floor, Subang View Hotel, Subang Jaya, Selangor. SINGAPORE News aid Pablleatlaas Limited: EGM on 27th October, at 10.15am at Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, Main Wing, the Mandarin Singapore, 333, Orchard Road. TIMES
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    • 723 15 mm.** [fSimeu imi HOCK LOCK SIEW WHICH COMPANY employs more than 36,000 people, operates 200 companies in four continents, has sales running in excess of MJ2.46 billion a year and has its shares listed in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hongkong and London? If you're still wondering,
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    • 266 15 KUMPULAN Perangsang Selangor Bhd, the investment arm of the Selangor government, is considering making a public issue early next year, said its chairman >Datuk Haji Ahmad Razali Haji Mohd All. He said the possibility of seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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    • 370 15 LAST FULL YEAR Company Period Dote Yeor Net IPS Gran Net announced last year en<j »ng (cents) div Df OTIT ($*000) G Lumber Interim June 90 Sep 84 4 3,618L Lion Corpn Intorim Aug 16 Dec 84 87(e) 4.9(a) 6,458 Amol StMl Final Aug 20 Jun 84 7.4
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    • 851 15 SHARES closed mixed in thin trading yesterday, having opened lower on a third-quarter loss, dealers said. At 3.30pm, the FTSE 100 Index was up 2.8 points at 1124.9. BP was up ,7p at 496 after 490, ICI was up 3p at 650 after 646, while GKN was unchanged
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    • 311 15 MALAYSIAN property consultant Koo Siew Koon has fired another salvo in his continuing battle against Paper Products (M) and its related companies. He applied yesterday to strike out Chandan Holdings' defence statement. Chandan's defence statement was made by its solicitors Sri Ram
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    • 545 15  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI TO TRACK down and minimise the incidence of trade frauds in Singapore, the authorities have created a special surveillance unit the Commercial Affairs Investigation Department. This was disclosed by the Attorney-General of Singapore, Mr Tan Boon Teik, when he addressed 150
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    • 428 15 INDUSTRIAL Oxygen Incorporated Bhd (IOI) is proposing to transfer its manufacturing, distribution and sales of industrial and medical gases and accessories to its wholly-owned subsidiary Industrial Oxygen Incorporated (M) Sdn Bhd (IOISB). The consideration for the transfer will be based on the net
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    • 334 15 Bernama MUDA HOLDINGS Bhd's public offer of 7.26 million shares has been oversubscribed by 50.2 times. A total of 291,879 applications amounting to 372,202 million shares were received but only 7,146 were successful at the balloting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Muda's public issue comprised 15.046 million shares
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    • 184 15 THE partnerships of Laurence, Prust k Co and De Zoete St Bevan have entered into an agreement whereby David Croft, Michael Hope-Lewis and Martin Wedgwood, at present partners in the Far Eastern section of Laurence, Prust's overseas department, will be joining De Zoete
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    • 64 15 A MEETING will be held today to discuss the formation of a Singapore Technical Analysts/ Traders Society. "The time seems ripe for the establishment of our own Singapore association of chartists and technical analysts, such as those that exist in many other countries," says Mr Mickey Bain of
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    • 89 15 Korea Exchange Bank 11.5.530,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 1988 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that the rate of interest for the period sth October, 1984 to sth April, 1965 has been fixed at 12 per cent per annum and that the coupon amount
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  • 851 16 THE EFFECTS of keen competition between the Times Organisation and the Singapore News and Publications group, operating independently in the business of newspaper publishing, would be devastating. But the proposed merger ofthe two groups will prevent such a situation from ever arising. This
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  • 667 16 THE PURPOSE for the press conference held by the People's Action Party on Oct 26, 1981, was to help its candidate win the Anson by-election, Mr Goh Chok Tong told the High Court yesterday. It was not aimed at destroying the Workers' Party and
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  • 302 16 UPI TWO people were killed and at least 16 others were injured yesterday when bombs exploded almost simultaneously at two banks and one shop in the heart of Jakarta. A government spokesman said a total of eight people were
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  • 167 16 Bernama PRESIDENT Marcos yesterday criticised Asean for its slow progress in achieving its original objectives of establishing closer economic, social and cultural cooperation among the member countries. He said it was rather "ironic" that this regional grouping, which was originally conceived as a vehicle for economic,
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  • 154 16 Bernama THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists (NUJ), Malaysia's biggest journalists' association, has criticised the Hongkong authorities for barring the press from covering the highly controversial preliminary trial of former top executives of the collapsed Carrian group of companies. The NUJ, in a statement yesterday, said
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  • 177 16 MORE SHOPPERS in Johore are finding that it pays to stay home rather than venture across the Causeway to Singapore for their daily essentials. Apart from being spared long queues at the Causeway, they are finding it much cheaper to shop in Johore. The
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  • 448 16  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Banking Correspondent ONG BULLION a member of the Ong group of companies with diversified interests will soon join hands with the First National Bank of Chicago in their gold and financial futures business. The two companies, both clearing members
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  • 79 16 STOCK prices held a technical rally in early trading on Wall Street yesterday as the market attempted to break out of a four-day slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 6 l /t points to under 1190. Overall, gainers held a four to three lead over
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  • LATE FILE
    • 62 16 Reuter THE Hongkong dollar's linked rate to its US counterpart will be maintained, the Governor, Edward Youde, said in his annual address to the Legislative Council. There were speculations that the linked rate, at HKJ7.B to the US unit, would be dropped some time next
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    • 41 16 AFP THE Federation of Livestock Farmers' Association, Malaysia, is looking into the possibility of exporting more than 30,000 suckling pigs to Hongkong over the next few months to ease an "unprecedented" glut of pigs in the country. AFP
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    • 44 16 Reuter THE US, Australia and New Zealand today begin their first major military exercise since a dispute broke out over the defence pact linking the three nations. More than GO aircraft are involved in the exercise, codenamed Triad 84. Reuter
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    • 47 16 Reuter SEPARATIST guerrillas attacked a police station and two state owned buildings with bombs at Point Pedro in Sri Lanka's troubled northern Jaffna district, police said yesterday. A customs office and an abandoned house, formerly occupied by the Point Pedro magistrate, were damaged.
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    • 57 16 Reuter WEST German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in China yesterday for a sixday visit expected to be marked by an agreement under which Volkswagen cars will be assembled in Shanghai. A contract for 20,000 San tana models annually as well as a plant to produce 100,000
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    • 58 16 wsnssm Outlook for today: Fair except for thowors in a few areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Oct 5 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.4 Associated humidity 69 Minimum temperature 24.1 Associated humidity 99 Hours of sunshine 6.85 Rainfall in millimetres Troce Rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      • 90 17 Reuter THE LONDON-based India-Pakistan-Ban-gladesh conferences will be increasing the congestion surcharge at Bombay port from Oct 4 because of berthing delays. The surcharge on a full container load will be raised to US$2OO from $100, and that on less than a container load and on break bulk
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      • 91 17 Reuter A HAMBURG shipyard has landed the biggest order ever placed for a civilian ship conversion US$l3l million to rebuild the luxury liner United States into a cruise ship. Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft said the contract was signed with United States Cruises in Seattle last Saturday. The company said
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    • 431 17 TRANS-PACIFIC operators have found it increasingly viable to enter into space-charter agreements to rationalise their operations. The latest to enter into a space-charter agreement are Sea-Land Services and Hapag-Lloyd. The two companies have filed a space-charter and terminal agreement with the US Federal Maritime Commission.
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    • 232 17 UPI US COAST Guard officials said it would be several days before a Taiwanese freighter can comply with safety regulations and sail home, ending an ordeal that stranded the vessel for more than two months in San Francisco Bay. The Panamax Nova, loaded with a
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    • 762 17 1 f N» C«i A too AhrankalUnar AC Toaptar AAphotrorn A*xk Antoh Onont AFCLno A«. Arrow Lam Asa Anabrakar Attn Lrat Auatauo Lin* Batt-Onanr Bathe Ent Bangkok Cant Bank Lin* BBS Ban Una Bkja Star BoNor Shpg BSC Una Biama fiwa Star Camaroon Shpa CCUna CCM CoytonShpa
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    • 309 17  -  By KINGSLEY WOOD CONTINUED attachment to the traditional European concept of shipping by the cloGed conference system is of declining validity. The Australian Shippers' Council, in its annual report, said that Australia was essentially a shipper and not a maritime nation. As such, it said, Australia
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    • 645 18 Reuter THE WAIL OF a siren shatters the calm in the Gulf of Thailand as sailors on a Thai navy gunboat scramble to their battle stations. Two gunners rush to the forward 20mm cannon of the patrol craft while two more man the
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    • 188 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 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 Container
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    • 351 18 UPI RESCUERS HAVE recovered four bodies from an excursion boat that sank after colliding with a barge. The Martina was carrying 47 people, many of them children, on a chartered birthday cruise when it collided on Tuesday evening with a tugboat towing a
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    • 101 18 Reuter THE INTERNATIONAL committee of the Red Cross has unveiled a device which enables submarines to identify hospital ships or neutral vessels. The device, a one-metre long cigar-shaped buoy, is towed behind vessels wanting to signal their immunity. Its sonar signals can be picked up by submarines up
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    • 1604 18 CHARTERING continued to be mainly confined to the time-charter sector of the freight market on Wednesday with no fresh coal and iron ore business reported and grain fixing on a small scale, shipbrokers said. A 59,000 tonner was arranged for a time-charter voyage from South Japan to Cape
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    • 241 18 AN international meeting of seafarers and shipowners has backed a call to tighten regulations over the transport of nuclear cargoes. The Joint Maritime Commission of the International Labour Organisation meeting in Geneva said it was concerned about the potential dangers posed by the developing trade
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    • 158 18 AFP THE BRITISH Shippers' Council has mounted a •strong case for the withdrawal of a proposed freight rate increase of 12.5 per cent by the North Atlantic Westbotind Freight Association. The increase, effective on Monday, has been overtaken by the relative movements of sterling and the
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    • 178 18 THE UNITED Arab Shipping Company recorded a milestone recently. On Sep 14, the company loaded the 200,000 th box on A 1 Mariyah, a containership serving its Far East/ Middle East/Red Sea trade, when it called at Yokohama. The 200,000 th
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    • 175 19 AP SIX EUROPEAN owners have entered into a new cross-charter vessel scheduling agreement, pooling nine container freighters for a weekly run between western Europe and US west coast ports. The Transocean Shipping Agency, which represents the Pacific Europe Express, said the agreement involved Blue Star Line
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    • 283 19 Reuter AFP DOCKERS AT India's nine major ports have been asked to Join a work-to-rule that has hit Bombay since Sep 10. All-India Port and Dock Workers' Federation President SR Kulkarni said the call followed rejection last week by the government of Bombay dockers' demands
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    • 400 19 THE ONE-DAY Sydney shipping symposium organised by the Australian Shippers' Council probably covered more ground than others. The task force set up to review Australia's overseas shipping arrangements, announced by Transport Minister Mr Peter Morris, is the fifth he has appointed in the last
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    • 430 19 AP THE 17-DAY cruise of a Libyan cargo ship through the Red Sea'last July underpins the US State Department's conclusion that there is "persuasive circumstantial evidence" that Libya mined the entrances to the international waterway. At least 19 ships have been damaged
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    • 248 19 LEADING towing and salvage companies plan to take tough action against the demands by owners for a share of salvors' remuneration. The International Salvage Union representing 30 top salvors decided during the weekend to expel any member conceding payment. "We believe that this will
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    • 4497 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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    • 664 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule 1 Location B Penaga 113/84 5.10.84 2000 Leo Shpg FSB 0700-0800 SI Keum Glory 8N/84 5.10.84 2300 Worldwide TA 3 1000-1100 B8 As Progress 438 6.10.84
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    • 1796 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AKKA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afro-Karasia Liar Transgroup (S) Akreakicl liner Sfnlff Kim Shpg <S) Allred C Ttrplrr Oceanus Shipping Agen cies (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alpac Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo
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    • 381 26 4 Vaaaal Berth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Anchan 8/9 alongside 5.10/1200 Lantana 47 alongside 5.10/0500 Sonko Scorpio 19 alongside 5.10/1200 Great Fortune 27/8 5.10/0600 6.10/1830 Haisbon 47 5.10/0930 6.10/0930 Helmut Hermann 18 5.10/0800 5.10/1700 Jenson IV 22 5.10/1900 6.10/2300 Kim Soon Li 22 5.10/0700 5.10/1800 Kimia Maju
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    • 523 20 M S LINE MOHfM S*'" Jatnat'-J*. FULLY CONTAINERISED SJJ* VICE 10 [UROPt VIA SUEZ *1 Member ot the Ace Comortun Sf KN SIAS BMDGE 47W KOKAN warn ?6* TtMSNOMD BWOGf ORCNTU CHKF 41N HONGKONG C ONI AWE* 4?W CXVM.CD Ml* *2W AISO 10A0MG FOR BMMfRHAVIN Atfjm Filmk M'buj Antwei 30
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    • 393 20 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE ACUPTMG fCI I LCI C Alt GO TOR m «c mt fu mm urn im £»er Gent* 01 10 25/10 11/11 12/11 04/11 05/11 17/11 f>er Grand 1110 05 11 11/11 13/11 14 1115/1117/11 Iter C*mn 21 10 IS/11 n/ll 22/11 24/11 25/11 27/11
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    • 541 20 KIE GWAN SHIPPING (M) SDN. BHD. No 26-A iALAM BERANGAN PORT KELANG, SEIANGOR MALAYSIA TEL: Nov 3U782. 38(435. 3891(2 3107(4.*****2.*****7 W. MALAYSIA/S PORE TO E. MALAYSIA SERVICES: P KLANG THAU SENANG Khblu Ta«au. S kan in Pt/8 Oct 9/11 Oct tGAMBELA Kkbiu. S'kan. Tawau 11/16 Oct 17/19 Oct tHATI BAIK
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    • 168 20 US I NOSE u MARITIME PTE LTD W!IfJl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Singapore Loadng for ELNML 11/10 8 Abbas 6 Kh RAN VAECAf 30/10 B Abbai 8 Kh SINGAPORE SKOSE MARITIME PTE LTD TEL *****44 7 1 *****70 PORTWLANG MALOSE MARIIME SON 6HO Id *****2 3
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 782 21 V VESSEL KOTA TIMUft KOTA MULIA KOTA MUTIAAA KOTA PETAM KOTA AOUNG KOTA SEJATI PIL GROUP VOYAQC SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: E-527 10-14/10 DJIBOUTI, HOOEIOAH, JEDOAH. AOABA E-S2S 10-IS/10 ADEN, HODEIOAH. JEDOAH, AOABA, PTSUOAN CP/40/04 20-30/10 REUNION E-S2O 4-7/11 MOOADISCIO, TAMATAVE, MOMBASA. D'SALAAM E-S3l 7-0/11 HOOEIOAH. JEDOAH, PT SUDAN. MUKALLA E-533
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    • 513 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS COW MO SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE WITH I BE* FT TO CM! AT RED SEA PORTS POMNC FED MA SM6APOM KkJ JEBSEN LINE NEWZEALAND SINGAPORE PORT K[l ANG K LUMPUR PfNANG B(N lINE BLNDIRA B( NOiRA BE NDt R A If I *****44 TEI 3865? 1 TEL
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    • 427 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF Far East Spore Service Fii Container Vessel. Buun (Mm Mb* KMtawf Hmftan|S p«t T| PiM (fct). com vu« ?n 1/10 s/io s/io MAMPAMT *.11M 2S/S 20/S 1/10 5/10 7/11 12/10 14/10 SOW* V.IJ M 11/10 10/10 21/10 25/10 27/10 1/11 J/11 MAJAPMOT *14 W 20/10
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    • 407 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE SIM SHIPPING CORPORATION Po-on V 75 PKosh wegyo wywo Loikaw Myomaymo VB3 Discharge Only Loadmf for Rangoon Spore P.Kelong Penong In Pt-7/10 8-9/10 15-16/10 12-14/10 24-28/10 BANK LINE EXPRESS DEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG MEADOWBANK Sailed 18 Oct 23 Oct 20 Oct
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 866 22 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. USA CANADA PACIFIC COAST (laeMtac DEBTINATIONS INLAND »l» IP! MKROBKIIKiK L MINILAND BRIDGE) IWPgI I 11 T/e DnDT I A/IB CC ATTIC HAITI AMTI VAN RT PfWTI AND FEEIO/ MOTHER VESSEL KANSAI PIONEER V3BE TOWER BRDGE V3O TOKYO MARU Vl5 J ATM APOLLO V
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    • 388 22 Accepting B South Africa iX KKBiEH VJ73 U VML V.I7ISF KDU.OTD COLOMO UI3F Braafcbulk and cowtainartaad cargo— Diract to Mm I*t CTmm iiai Ham* PHi vn 11/11 w/u u/n 27/ia 31/11 »/H 11/11 IVII IVII MMXNE SHTftK MEMOES (R«f. 242*64/ 00K) 70 SHENTON WAY #04-03 MAMW HOUSE SMGAPOK 0207 TEL
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    • 620 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS COMTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE Im*« tar LOS ANGELES SAN FKANCBCO SEATTLE TACONM. VANCOUVER C Acc*pM( Fa/fa CinUntn AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acc*M| fa/fa Minn »P"« hm MM Sr* Mhkc AAHMT 22/23 Oct 30 Oct 6 No. i? No. AM In I>n fnm 22/23 Oct 30 Oct 2G/27
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    • 312 22 SANKO ASIA UNEXS FROM JAPANESE POUTS ANO HONGKONG] 111 GOLDEN LINE MM WAN SMPPIRC (PTE)Lit hll«li< M M*| M C«d )M mm iim i« m*m ae urn I# tab laapv WU r >u« ami ttm fatal A<aat OM*T U.OTD (DMHIG M 371 STKAfTS/POtStAN GULF SERVICC: P(M GOLDEN SEASON Dob* Doha
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    • 454 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road =27 16 Internation.* Pa/a Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 <10 Lines) o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pore P. Ketanj Loadnf tar:FATROUZ 2 *****12 FORT NANANO *****11 7/10 10/10 11/10 14/10 rott/ant/ujl <avon) oott/ant/ujuavon) SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION S pore P Keiang Loa** tar FORT
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 716 23 J.NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD I TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): SSBHDGE47W+ 10/10 11/10 29/10 30/10 1/11 3/11 K JACEJM 26W 15/10 16/10 4/11 5/11 7/11 9/11 TW BRDGE 22W 22/10 23/10 11/11 12/11 14/11 16/11 0. CHEF 41N 3/11 4/11 22/11 23/11 25/11 27/11 HK CONTAMER 42W 12/11 13/11 1/12
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    • 499 23 DON AM HEUNO-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels I SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON 1 VflMl Sport W« ME Mi I Dmm/4«7N 11/11 15/10 10MM/40W *1/10 24/10 Hi C Oman 40 7N 21/10 31/11 lb. 7 Dnn «0M 7/11 12/11 Nil touai 40M 15/11 20/11 25/11 1/11 11/11
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    • 574 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD StftSOV BULDMG 55, Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV S*GAPOR£ Tefei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P. KELANG PENANG M/S SHARK AT NAM SOON SON. BHD IST ANO 2NO FLOOR. MESSRS HN THONG SMPPMG 23
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    • 104 23 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN. JOHANNESBURG. "APUTO. MAURITIUS A RFIJNION WESTBOUND HAISBON VOYI7W NAXOS ISLAND 19W EASTERN HARMONY 9E/84 13.9 84 PT LOUIS DURBAN 20/10/84 19.11.84 ETD ETA DURBAN SIN 21 9 84 9 10.84 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pie Ltd 63 Market Street. #08-06 Tat Lee B»dg S pore
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 311 24 D VEB DEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE i'ftn 'hntwrp luted cnaanctMu 10 Oct 4 t Nw 7 nw ftkSEMLX 3 Not 28 Nw »Nw 10k CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE S'p«t hd P*| fait Rdam Hbwt I n i Oct 9 Oct I No« 12 Nw 14 Nw i:i'w2
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 158 25 ,M 'Ml ~T nwumin Singapore 5 Continents-1 Forwarder Offering direct LCL Service to Hamburg with connection to European destinations (Germany/ Austria/Switzerland/Denmark) and vice versa. Nat FID 11/10, 11/11, 25/10, 4/11 PMMLPRA WORLD TRANSPORT (S) PTE LTD Tti: *****11 T«t«x: RS ***** PASIN Cheng Lie Navigation Co., GENERAL AGENTS: ULM CONTMENTAL
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    • 38 25 BALTIC ENTERPRISES ,PTE) LTD w f M •< 4 jl NG Shipping Private Ltd. JwA Tctopfcorw: *****90,*****43. SEMCONT/UNER SERVICE T CHTTAGONG/MADRAS (S'pare Flat) SNGAfORE POMNG CHTTAGONG NEW GAIACTK* 22/10 12/11 NEW GUARDIAN 31/19 7/10 m GENSTAR 14/11 h Nrt
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    • 603 25 LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1. Magazine Road eOS-Ot. Central Bu**ng Singapore 0105 T1 *****1* *****22 I mutm cam a od mtml wntwot cotowu. km mmm HHI CMMMCMER »In GDOUI HSEJITI WEN CHANG MMMBIQ ENTERPRISES PTE LTD It ANSON HO AO. **7-15, MTERNATIONAL PLAZA. TEL: *****31, *****27 4 *****27 TELEX:
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 122 26 rrwi -JN SHIPPING PTE LTDT TEL: *****39. *****20 TLX: RS ***** INDON 6000 HARVEST LMES (OWNERS AGENT if. HOLMNGS PTE LTD) ssn rr* LMNM Hi MSTWAZNMM f SUMN WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE 1/11 p. ROME. PNE 11/11 m. hrc. KR liLSj et*/etdp. t MT VOT-37 UM I MT VOT-3S 9 Nw
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    • 124 26 BOHLER SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 137, Mar Vet St *11-02, Bank of East Asia Bldg S pore 0104 Tel *****44 (3 lines) Telex RS ***** BOSHIP •c.b*itai«a io HJMSTER 15 A VESSEL 16 A VESSEL 21 Derrick 120 torn Mete* Loadhf for:Kuwatt/Hodfedah Bombay Madras/ Jeddah/Hodeidab/ Aqaba Bandar Abbas KOREA MORAN SHIPPING
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    • 430 26 I* C.Y. LINE (A Member Of Th« ACE Consortium) CHO YANG CO. LTD FULLY CONTAfERtSED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VU SUEZ) SW* JUS MQ V47W KOREAN lACEK nuusimu) noa 2» OWTAI OCT 41* S'pmPJUni WNII/11 15/11 11/11 22/1* 23/14 3/11 4/11 IMmlta flint KW|N< A#l»»p a/14 14/10 1/11 J/11 4/11 1/11
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    • 547 26 Everett Lines COMPANA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (Cf.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loa*« tor CAo Malar a* to and <1 oftn Peruvian pom witti transhipment at Oh CPV Throwft! Wh ol laftflf te tmal destination manoloeioett iyewrett P. Kcianf 5/7 Ort 12/14 Ort 27/29 Ort Snfiparet 1/9 Ort 15/14 Ort 30/31 Ort
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    • 447 26 ZIM NOM-CONFEKNCE —WWI Rtl CORTMO SOWS lUM* cjt|ms to USA Cast ft West Cost. Canhfceao and Last Canada ICLIt v.v ZIM EN.AT CONTAINER LINE S-pan EM IfMt fapa Vmc* m STMT 14 Oct 20 Oct (Rat 4Hn 7 Nr. ll Rn 2*SMCWMH »Oct 12 Ibt 21 Rm 20 Mm It
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 174 26 Wt Weather K5 4. h N .&V m WA 21 ss! 403 ft A W til* •Ll^C SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. Wind direc'tion with speed in knots Wave height LEGEND: R Thundwstorm X\ 9 Weather Wind direction with speed m knots y Shower j
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