The Business Times, 25 October 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, ISB4 60 CENTS
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  • 809 1 'I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would be implicated,' says General Ver Agencies PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos, under strong international pressure to ensure that the killers of opposition leader Benigno Aquino were brought to justice, appeared yesterday to be ready to question the
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  • 179 1 THE duration of the engineering course in the university should be extended to seven years for the cream of the undergraduates, suggested Professor T Y Lin last night. Professor Lin, who is the chairman of the San Franciscobased TYLin International, made the suggestion
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  • 398 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG SINGAPORE has decided not to ratify the conventions and recommendations adopted at two sessions of the International Labour Conference (ILC). This is partly because they contain proposals to legislate workers' benefits which are against the country's official policy
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  • 234 1 THE MALAYSIAN Cabinet received the first interim report on Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) loans submitted by the Special Investigations Committee yesterday. The interim report, prepared by the committee headed by Auditor General Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin, is said to have concentrated largely on
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  • Article, Illustration
    65 1 SHARE PRICES en the Singapore stock market fell yesterday In very Hgkt trading after a short-lived rally on Monday and last Friday. Some observers believe tbat the optimism in the preview trading session, generated by a painless Malaysian budget, may be misplaced. The BT Composite Index dropped 5.8»
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  • 326 1  -  By LUCY NG A SHIP which "disappeared" with $6 million worth of cargo in August has been found in Hongkong with its name changed. The cargo ship, Ocomas Prosper, has been placed under civil arrest, which means that it will not be allowed to leave
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  • 171 1 MALAYSIA HAS. recorded an external trade surplus of M 52.5 billion for the first six months of this year, a massive 650 per cent jump from a year earlier. Sharply higher palm oil, liquefied natural gas and crude petroleum export earnings made possible this turnaround
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  • 49 1 Reuter SAUDI ARABIAN Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani said yesterday in Geneva be was confident the price of oil in world markets would go up to the official Opec level as a result of concerted action by the group to cut output. Reuter
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  • 248 1  -  By TERESA LIM HK Correspondent NICHOLAS Chu, the Hongkong entrepreneur sought by Singapore police in connection with fraud charges, has been found murdered in Taipei. Taiwanese police sources indicate that a woman and a child were also killed. Chu was under investigation by Hongkong's
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    • 279 1 Mora reports, Page 6 SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 AIRCRAFT 4 WITH THE current emphasis on turning Singapore into a more attractive tourist destination, the Tourist Promotion Board's interviewers will question tourists at the airport on what they find most attractive in the Republic. Pag* 2 MOBIL HAS cut
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 359 2  -  By JAIME LYE THE SINGAPORE Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) is seeking the views of visitors on the climate, shops and the state of public toilets in its latest survey. The STPB, which carries out a yearly survey of overseas visitors, reviews the questions
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    • 188 2 WORK ON the next phase of a $2.3 million project to carry out fire-safety measures at the Institute of Education will begin late next month. At the recommendation of the Building Control Division of the Public Works Department, about 75 new fire-extinguishers and 40
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    • 446 2 A DECLINE in the number of Japanese tourists may be of some concern to the tourist industry, but latest figures show that in spite of the downturn, the Japanese spent more in Singapore last year than they did in 1962. In fact, they spent the most
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    • 180 2 NEW GENERATION executives will be the focus of a symposium organised by Aiesec, the International Association of Students in Economics and Management. This year's symposium, the 11th since 1973, is entitled "New Generation Executives Profile Today, Prospects Tomorrow". It will be held on
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    • 348 2 RODGER ALAN COMPTON has been appointed to the board of Esso Singapore Pte Ltd (ESPL) as refining director, replacing John Cama. Mr Compton graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in chemical engineering. He joined Exxon Company, USA in 1967. DAVID LIM TECK HIANG has
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    • 196 2 BANKS, financial institutions and insurance companies can now communicate electronically with the seven departments in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The latest issue of MASGIC Link, a publication of the MAS-GIC Recreation Club, said the MAS is one of the first public sector
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    • 145 2 PORT OF Singapore Authority car parks will come under the coupon parking scheme from Nov 1. Motorists will then be able to use the Housing and Development Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority's parking coupons at the PSA's car parks. It was also announced yesterday
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    • 83 2 SWEDEN'S Minister of Industry, Mr Tage Petterson, will arrive in Singapore from Thailand next Wednesday. He will call on Dr Tony Tan, Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Finance, next Thursday before visiting the National Computer Board. He will meet Swedish business representatives
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    • 129 2 f ENAMELLED wire maker Fujiktfra Singapore pects sales to increase by v two-thirds to {25 aMha as a result of a |6 million expansion programme. The latest issue of Sings- pore Investment News; published by the Economic 1 Development Board, said new machinery and
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    • 238 3 THE FRANCHISE for the chain of, Myshop convenience stores haft changed hands. A local businessman, Mr Hudson Lim, bought over the franchise on Oct 2 and has already acquired four of the seven outlets which were set up by. the former owner. -The chain of stores which
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    • 234 3 THE CENTRAL Supplies Department (CSD) will be saving $1 million a year when its current automation and computerisation plaif is completed by 1987. of improvements was initiated in 1978 but in March 1983, a study team was set up to upgrade its
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    • 141 3 SINGAPORE Airlines has once again been voted "one of the best airlines in the world", this time by British travel agents. For the second time running, SIA has been given the most votes by 201 travel agents interviewed in a survey conducted by Travel
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    • TRADE TALK
      • 154 3 Corpora- tion has introduced a portable computer system that is smaller than a briefcase. Called the Data General/One Personal System, the new model is the industry's first portable personal computer to incorporate a "full-size" liquid crystal display (LCD). The LCD is capable of displaying text and graphics with
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      • 86 3 of Ade- laide is looking for a distributor for its Neo Lux, a magnification unit for industrial applications. Neo Lux's two large lenses provide a clear image over an area of 310 sq mm with magnification of up to four times. Two flat Fresnel lenses project parallel
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      • 121 3 France will introduce the Ligne Roset collection at the 3rd Singapore International Furniture Show '84. One model from the collection is the Brigantin. Designed by Michel Ducaroy, the lounge set is fashioned for the young and the young at heart. According to the manufacturer, the Brigantin is soft
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      • 75 3 Calma subsidiary has introduced T-Boards, a new software package that provides an end-to-end solution for printed circuit board (PCB) engineering, design and manufacture. The product shares the same database as Calma's TEGAStation product, a computer-aided engineering workstation for schematic design, analysis and simulation of digital electronic circuits and
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    • 193 3 FURNITURE designer- Tan Chin Bock was unusually calm yesterday when receiving a $25,000 cheque. Perhaps the fact that he would be getting only a portion of the windfall had something to do with it. Mr Tan, 32, the first top prize
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    • 341 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN SMALL MOTOR vehicle garages and workshops will lose out to larger franchise-holding companies as more sophisticated cars take to the roads. The problem of a gradual decline in these companies, currently totalling about 1,000, is significant as they provide
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 474 4 Reuter FT MOBIL HAS cut 75 US cents a barrel off the price it pays for America's principal grade oil and the move was seen by industry analysts as likely to bring pressure on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to
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    • 225 4 AP THE American economy and tbe stock market have historically done better under Democratic presidents than- Republicans, a publication of Standard and Poor's says. But the report, issued on Tuesday, warned against making a direct link between the party in power and the state of
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    • 95 4 Reuter SAUDI ARABIAN Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani faces a tough task in his effort to persuade Nigeria to reverse an oil price cut, oil industry sources say. Sheikh Yamani arrived in Lagos yesterday, after attending a meeting of leading Opec (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
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    • 282 4 Whil# lisw# Reuter DEMOCRATIC candidate Wal-, ter Mondale, fighting to rescue his faltering election campaign, has accused President Reagan of hypocrisy in his bid to stay in the White House". The challenger on Tuesday released a letter purported to have been written by Reagan 24 years
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    • 268 4 Reuter OPEC's determination to cut oil production rather than prices could result in a weakening of the group's hold over the world market, said US Energy Secretary Donald Hodel. Mr Hodel said the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries runs the risk
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    • 519 4 NYT ORDERS for durable goods, an indicator of future production and employment, fell by 4.3 per cent in September to their lowest level in 11 months, the US Commerce Department reported on Tuesday. However, most of the decline from August resulted from the
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    • 195 4 Reuter FORMER WEST GERMAN chancellor Helmut Schmidt said a crisis of confidence might develop in the US dollar next year unless Congress and the administration work together to cut the huge US budget deficit. Mr Schmidt told the American Bankers Association that such cooperation,
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    • 290 4 UPI THE EEC HAS agreed to apply tariff cuts in international trade six months ahead of schedule if the US and its other major trading partners do the same. The original aim was to bring forward by one year tariff reductions that
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    • 737 4 Operator ARRIVALS Sfvira Local FrM KAL PAA CAL SIA MAS TMA MAS SV MAS MAS RBA SIA CPA GIA GIA ICE 687 PA5 Q009 SQ43 MH68I TL35I MH60I SV378 MH671 MH811 BI42I SQ103 CX710 GA960 GA887 tMM 0020 0020 0040 0750 0820 0830 0905 0910 0935 0940
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    • 525 6 Military head among three generals named Reuter AS EXPECTED, Philippine Armed Forces Chief General Fabian Ver was involved in a fnilitary plot to kill opposition leader Benigno Aquino, according to four members of a commission that probed the murder. They said in a
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    • 120 6 UPI "PRESIDENT Konstantin Cherjnenko told a special meeting of •the Communist Party Central Committee the Soviet Union is beset by an "acute" crisis in agricultural production, j Mr Chemenko, who presented proposals to guide the country's agriculture into the year *****, including a
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    • 296 6 Reuter THE UN Security Council, spurred by the South African government's massive crackdown on black unrest, has demanded the immediate eradication of apartheid. It also condemned "continued massacres of the oppressed people" and what it described as arbitrary arrests and
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    • 140 6 AFP THE SOVIET BLOC lost a diplomatic battle at the United Nations when pro-Western Thailand was voted into the Security Council and marxist Ethiopia failed to gain election despite being the official candidate of the African group, diplomats in New York said on
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    • 280 6 Reuter THE AMERICAN government has urged swift prosecution of anyone named by a Philippine inquiry panel as responsible for opposition leader Benigno Aquino's assassination, "no matter who they may be". State Department spokesman John Hughes was speaking on Tuesday shortly before the
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    • 190 6 FT, AP pfe»U THE VAST majority of shops in Italy kepi their shatters down on Tuesday In u unprecedented protest by their owners against new tax proposals which are aimed at reducing tax evasion. In Turin, shopowners (above) marched through the city,
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    • 102 6 UPI BRITAIN, where caning is still practised in schools, plans to exempt from corporal punishment children whose parents object to the practice, government sources said. Some teachers called the reported decision on Monday "a recipe for confusion and chaos." The sources said
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 615 7 SINGAPORE: The US dollar yesterday recovered against most major currencies In moderately active late trading to close higher than New York's levels. It closed firmer at 3.0320/30 marks compared with an early 3.0245/55 and New York's 3.0265/ 85 close. The greenback closed higher at 244.25/ 35 yen compared
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    • 196 7 Interbank rates at 3pm Locol doHon to on unit of foreign VMtodyw tordiy e no polity currificyt US do«ar Sterling pound Australian dolor NZ dolor Canadian dolor 2.1640 2.6357 1 8264 1.0560 1.6462 2.1650 2.6391 1 8283 1 0586 1.6482 2.8196 ***** ***** ***** 3.4206 -2325 -64.13 -46
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    • 318 7 BA Fututes Inc EUSODOLLAB futures at Simex yesterday opened at the high of Chicago. Hie easier federal funds and absence of Fed draining of reserves convinced dealers that Interest rates would continue to fall. December Eurodollar opened at 89.56 and broke through resistance at 89.60 to reach a high
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    • 118 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate plunged by 15/8-point from Monday to close at 6 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. One month maturities fell by 1/8-point yesterday and two and three-month term rates fell by 3/16point each. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overn*ht 6
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    • Article, Illustration
      277 7 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates extended earlier sharp losses in thin afternoon trading yesterday. Easier federal funds, US prime and broker loan rates and a 4.3 per cent drop in US September durable goods orders contributed to the sharp fall in rates. Period rates weakened between 3/16 and 1/4
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    • 37 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for $110 million of 91-day Treasury bills. The tender closes on Oct 26. Each tender must not be for less than 1250,000.
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    • 186 7 HONGKONG The metal closed slightly lower in fairly quiet and thin trading yesterday, with the bullion price dominated by exchange movements of the US dollar. It finished at $339.60/ 340.00 an ounce, down from an initial $340.20/60 and New York's close of $340.00/50. On the local market, gold ended
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    • 177 7 Reuter A 12-BANK advisory committee representing the Philippines' creditor banks has put together an "extremely complicated" financial package, details of which have still to be telexed to more than 450 international banks expected to take part, according to a senior US banker in Manila.
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    • 337 7 Reuter THE US Treasury yesterday sold its first issue specially aimed at foreigners against a mixed background of a rallying market but a surprisingly poor 20-year bond auction on Tuesday. Although demand for the US$l billion four-year notes is hard to gauge, analysts
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    • 167 7 Reuter US INTEREST rates should continue to ease reflecting less tension in the money markets, according to Citicorp's new chairman, John Reed. But he declined to be specific on where rates would be at the end of the year. Mr Reed said: "Direct!orally, rates
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  • FEATURES
    • 512 8 THE ONCE impeccable standard of service in Singapore hotels is in danger of slipping. The evidence is mainly anecdotal, but that does not mean that it will not soon appear in official surveys as empirical. The problem stems from a shortage of labour. And if
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    • 728 8  -  The key to Nakasone's likely success lies in the support pledged by former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who remains the kingmaker of Japanese politics in spite of his conviction a year ago for accepting a bribe from Lockheed Corporation. YUKO NAKAMIKADO reports. YUKO NAKAMIKADO
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    • 627 8  -  By CHAITANYA KALBAG Reuter INDIA'S fragmented opposition groups, riven by ideological gaps, have still to agree on a common platform to battle Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in national elections due within three months. Voter support for Gandhi's Congress (I) Party, which commands a
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    • 486 8  -  By SIRIPORN BURANAPHAN AFP THE ORIGINAL members of Asean are to meet in Bangkok next month to sign an agreement aimed at halting wholesale slaughter of their wildlife. The Asean agreement, drafted several years ago, is intended to implement the convention for the international
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    • 714 9  -  By STEVEN BUTLER FT NORTH KOREA'S acceptance of South Korea's proposal for talks leading to bilateral trade and economic cooperation could pave the way for a significant reduction of tension on the Korean peninsula. But South Koreans are still puzzling over North Korea's true intention,
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    • 331 8 LUCRATIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN ELECTROTCS Today, the world is experiencing a high demand for electronic components with the increasing inventions of electronic products and computerization. The manufacturing of electronic products have become lucrative investments. Today, Malaysia is one of the major suppliers of electronic components in the world and one of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 634 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 He added fresh weight to scientific knowledge (6) 7 He works with a wl (8) 8 In cool, it's colossal' (4) 10 Seeks prey for some pretty birds (6) 11 Grab what's gong around (6) 14 A hero for less than fortynine years (3) 16 Pretty
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  • SPORTS
    • 531 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE TEENAGE WONDER of Singapore squash, Lim Seok Hui, has all the necessary qualities to be among the best in the world. This is the assessment of Singapore's new coaches Neven Barbour and Rob Crothall who
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    • 289 9 AP NEVER MIND that the Baltimore Orioles finished in fifth place, 19 games behind the Detroit Tigers in the American League East Division this year. When the baseball team goes up against Japan's best in a 15-game series stalling on Saturday, reputations will be
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    • 1034 9 W aCJCb W HIGHLIGHTS Cosmopolitan Theatre Michel Strogoff 9.05 pm, Channel 12 The year is 1875. The Tartars in Siberia are rebelling against Russian rule. Alexander 11, Tzar of Russia, orders Captain Michel Strogoff to carry secret instructions from Moscow to Irkutsk, where the safety of the Tzar's brother, the
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 240 10 UPI EXXON Corp, the world's largest oil company and industrial concern, has reported its third-quarter earnings rose by 4.1 per cent primarily on higher production of crude oil and natural gas. Ashland Oil Co had a net loss of US$24l million in
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    • 131 10 Reuter CHASE Manhattan Corp's earnings have suffered from poor asset quality and efforts to strengthen the bank by boosting loanloss reserves. Chase last week reported a third-quarter net of US$93 million or $1.70 a share, down from $106 million or $2.76 a share in
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    • 75 10 Reuter BAT Industries PLC plans to raise US$3OO million through an issue of six-year Euronotes, says Citicorp as lead manager. There is also provision for a six-year $60 million standby revolving credit facility at V« per cent above London interbank offered rates. BAT may draw
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    • 276 10 Reuter THE STOCK markets succumbed to profit-taking on Tuesday and prices ended slightly lower in spite of a rally in the bond markets where Wall Street rallies are often born. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 4.19 to 1213.01. Overall,
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    • 430 10 Reuter CIGARETTE companies in the US are expected to show record earnings this year and next, in spite of a new government-mandated programme to put larger and more explicit health warnings on the labels of their product beginning in mid-1965. Analysts who
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 375 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed mostly higher yesterday on anticipation of a local interest rates cut, which was enhanced by lower US interest rates and the weakening US dollar. Leaders were unchanged to higher. Cheung Kong rose 20 cents to HKJB.SS, China Light 20 to $15.50, HK Land 2.5 to
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    • 239 11 OCT 24 AJI StfKere Indus NT 780 25 50 -0 1 0 1 Chem Indus Lien Hwa Indus Nan Y a Plas 18 70 13 35 30 20 2570 -03 -03 -03 -02 Cothoy Cons Chang Hwa Bank Chen Loong Chia Hs»i Cement Chmo Chem 26 20 5450 1950
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    • 363 11 SYDNEY: Stocks closed firm on improved turnover yesterday as investors responded to improved bullion prices and a weaker US dollar. The All Ordinaries Index was 5.7 higher at 747.6, the All Industrials marker was up 4.6 at 1,093.4 and the All Resources Index was 6.5 firmer at 480.6. Advances
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    • 71 11 Oct 24 Won 660 3 Hyuod® Corp Hyundoi Motor KAL 640 620 512 715 -316 -2 +2 -10 Choheung Bk Commercial Bk 624 676 560 unch unch 4 Korea 04 Korea Ship 1210 410 793 unch -10 3 477 729 7 640 4 848 659 -5 1276 -?*> Gold
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    • 389 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply higher yesterday but was off the day's highs in brisk trading. The market average gained 148.68 points from Wednesday's close to 11,178.63. Turnover was a heavy 470 million shares against 370 million on Wednesday. The average touched a high of 11,184.39 in early trading,
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    • 131 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed mixed in inactive trading yesterday as investors remained on the sidelines. The Book Club Index finished 0.05 point higher at 119.64. Turnover was 167,708 shares compared with 182,034 on Monday. OCT 24 hfti Sam City 436 2 Cement Ayuthayo tw 125 South Ana Rbre And
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    • 131 11 MANILA: Shares closed higher yesterday but trading was dull due to the tight money situation. The Commercial and Industrial Index rose 6.30 to 109.83 the Mining marker was up 6.06 at 850.56 and the Oil issues climbed 0.009 to 0.583. OCT 24 Tt Oriental B 0011 +0 001 Pt»l
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    • 66 11 Reuter THE OUTSTANDING balance of margin buying positions on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges rose last week for the first time in seven weeks, ending the week to Oct 20 up 82 billion yen at 2,616 billion yen. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said
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    • 278 11 Reuter RECKITT and Colman PLC say it is raising its bid for Nicholas Kiwi to A 54.30 per share, which is equivalent to $5.02 per share prior to the one for six bonus issue. Alternatively, Reckitt will offer one Reckitt and
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    • Corporate round-up
      • 74 11 CHINA expects to reach final agreement soon with Mitsubishi Motors Corp for the import of US$l2O million worth of trucks, which would be the country's biggest single purchase from a foreign car company. The China Daily said initial agreement was signed last week
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      • 78 11 Reuter KAWASAKI Steel Corp and traders Mitsubishi Corp have set up a joint venture with Brazilian mining and ferro-alloy producers to make ferro-silicon for export to Japan. A Kawasaki spokesman says Cia Vale Do Rio Doce, a Brazilian state mining firm, and Electrometalur
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    • 219 11 Reuter MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial Co has announced consolidated net income of 57.85 billion yen (42.67 billion yen) for the third quarter ended Aug 20. Pre-tax profits came to 155.88 billion yen (114.57 billion yen). Sales were 1,173 billion yen compared with 975.81 billion
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    • 97 11 Reuter BROKEN Hill Pty Co (BHP) says contrary to press reports, no estimates have been made on the possible significance of hydrocarbon indications in the Challis One Well in the Timor Sea. The Australian Financial Review yesterday said BHP predicted it had found a 40
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 481 12 Imports till August exceed whole of 1983's Reuter A STEEP RISE in gold imports to Japan this year is due to low domestic selling on to the market, industrial demand and the opening last year of a new spot physical market, industry
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    • 143 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW 502 50 Exchange (Setters' noon doum prices on Oct Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 363.00 24. S$/100 kg) B W FOB NSW 256 00 Coconut oil 195.00 208 00 Gambier Bufc FOB OW drum FOB FOB NSW 305.00 Now drum FOB 212.00 Copra
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    • 281 12 Singapore A-l special 222 (S$/kilo, ex-godown) Thoi white C-l special C-l Ordinary Loonzoin 100% unq unq 100% 1st doss ♦irst grade unq (kongaroo) 100% second grade 255 new crop 1 03 100% third grade unq 100% 2nd class 100% 3rd class 073 0 71 Parboiled 247 25% new crop
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    • 385 12 SINGAPORE The market closed higher yesterday with November One RSS buyers quoted at 177.00 cents per kg, up 1.75 from Monday. The morning session gained some two cents on some buying support in quiet trading. In the early afternoon, values moved up slightly on some continued buying support but
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    • 160 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed slightly higher on light covering interest yesterday as sentiment was aided by firmer Chicago soybean futures. But trading was quiet as most operators remained sidelined following the holiday yesterday. October deliveries in the north and south regions rose M 52.50 each to
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    • 356 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB m bales) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 175 50 176 50 175 25 176 25N Int 1 RSS Nov 177 50 178 00 177 00 177 50 Int 1 RSS Dec 179 75 180 25 179
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    • 108 12 (ce«t»/Vg, 1-ton pollers) November December (current mth) (forward mth) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR20 173 00 175 OON ***** 176 OON SSR 50 171 00 I7300N 172 00 174 OON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 204 00 206 OON 206 00 208
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    • 867 12 COFFEE Robusta futures at midday yesterday were £31 to £17 below Tuesday's close due to higher sterling against the dollar and news that Indonesia intends to ship 35 per cent of its annual International Coffee Organisation quota this quarter. November led the decline, and traded last at £2,510,
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    • 79 12 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market price yesterday stayed at the International Tin Agreement floor-level of M 529.15 per kKDealers said the buffer stock manager absorbed the bulk of the 174 tonnes offered, down from the previous 197 tonnes on Monday. The KL premium ever the spot price in
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    • 115 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed 4'« to 3'4 US-cents a bushel higher in active trade on Tuesday. December made new day's highs late, ending near the top of its 5' a-cent range. Tuesday afternoon's USDA stocks report could be viewed bullishly as it may reflect
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    • 121 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied late in the session to close 7'i to five UScents a bushel higher in moderately active trade on Tuesday. November finished near the top 11' 2-cent range. Active purchases of November by C D Commodities in the latter part of
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    • 168 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) Shirt mg Hongkong Golden Peok, 60 x 60 116 50 ***** China carded yorn, cones White cloth Blue Phoenix I6's Blue Phoerux 20's Blue Phoerux 32's Blue Phoerux 40's Carded yarn, hank 3,350 3.500 3.800 4.150 Japon No 10,000 Three Peaches
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    • 425 12 THE SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD. (A Government of India Enterprise) "SHIPPING HOUSE" 245, MADAME CAMA ROAD, BOMBAY -*****1. TENDER NOTICE Sealed tenders are invited from experienced/ reputed shipchandlers who are having at least two years of practical shipchandling experience with shipping companies of repute and who are also a
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4177 13 THE BUOYANT mood generated by the Malaysian budget evaporated yesterday as share prices resumed their slide. The BT Composite Index fell 5.89 points to 769.83, while the Straits Times Industrial Index dropped 7.70 points to 867.59. Volume was very light at 5.79 million
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    • 246 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices AIM lOOti 226 *9»8a 230 0 fan 855 218 Mt W I SO* 158 M T f 430 M ln»«im 690 Datd. 8afcy 620 H* L~ 50, 250 C ft C 308 Sal Cacaaati 293 M Credit 233 Falls Soar* Land 342 31 30
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    • 475 13 HOPES of a sustained rally were dashed yesterday when share prices fell sharply on a broad front at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Right from the opening bell, prices were marked a few cents lower after the break on Tuesday for Deepa vali.
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    • 2860 13 810 and offer prices officially luted and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of I,ooo.units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT". Big
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 930 14 Two courses open to minority shareholders MINORITY shareholders of Hongkong Tin PLC have to choose between allowing the present management and operations of the company to continue or approving the proposed capital reconstruction which will lead to a dilution of their shareholding. According to Aseambankers,
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    • 161 14 Bernama DUNLOP Malaysian Industries Bhd, one of Malaysia's largest tyre manufacturers, said that the 50 per cent duty on imported tyres would help put the tyre industry on a firmer footing to compete in the highly-competitive overseas market. A company spokesman, in welcoming
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    • 100 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Wednesday 1093.4 Tuesday 1088 9 Wednesday 1054.31 Week ago 1086 5 Tuesday 1045.16 NEW YORK Week ago 1017.43 Dow Jones TOKYO Tuesday *****1 Monday 1217.20 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1197 77 Wednesday 111 78.63 Tuesday ***** 95 Week ago *****.87 Standard
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    • 230 14 Monooers' prices for Oct 25 Second B'putro Thvd B'putro Fourth B'putro 503 4 17 458 506 422 463 Singapore Unit Tru*t The Commerce 2 64 2 80 The Sovetgs Fund 1 76 1 87 S'pore Prog Fund 1.12 119* S pore Sec Fund 1 69 1 79 S'pore
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    • 272 14 BREWERIES in Kuala Lumpur are still assessing the effects of the proposed change in levying duty from specific rates to an ad valorem basis. The change was proposed in the latest 1985 Malaysian budget as part of the continuing process
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    • 2147 14 BID and offer price» officially listed and business Ifi and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchance yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In IoU of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Ajmomoto (3.765) Alcorn (1 518) (5) I 55 (3)
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    • 75 14 SINGAPORE Newt aad Publications Limited: EGM on Oct 27, at 10.15am at Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, Main Wing, the Mandarin Singapore, 333, Orchard Road. TIMES PaMMdag Berfcad: EGM on Oct 27, at 10.30am in Mandarin Court A, 4th Floor, Main Wing, the Mandarin Singapore, 333, Orchard Road.
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    • 731 15 DUNLOP Holdings PLC, the ailing tyre group in which Pegi Malaysia has about 26 per cent, may see another change in the company's top management. London reports said the banks which have been keeping the company afloat wish to put their candidate, Sir
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    • 325 15 FAR EAST-Levingston Shipbuilding, in the news lately over plans to build the world's first Mod 5 jack-up, has scored another first. This time, the cash-laden subsidiary of the Keppel group, specialising in offshore activities, has successfully converted a jack-up rig to a much-im-proved
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    • 304 15 Bernama PEREMBA Bhd and Syarikat Maluri Sdn Bhd have been identified as the vendors of the 50 per cent stake in Darulaman Realty Sdn Bhd that Raleigh Cycles (Malaysia) is proposing to acquire. In a reply to a KLSE query, Raleigh said as a
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    • 45 15 LIM Kah Ngam Ltd has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, LKN Holdings Pte Ltd, to carry on the business of an investment company. LKN Holdings was formed on Oct 16, with an authorised capital of $25,000 and a paid-up capital of $2.
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    • 557 15  -  By AMY CHEOK FUTURE earnings at Amcol Electrical Industries Ltd is expected to rise significantly following its ambitious foray into China, an area that is yet to be fully explored by the group. Fast-growing Amcol is wasting no time in tapping this vast potential
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    • 653 15  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI IF ONLY wishes could come true, investors would probably wish they could have a copy of future newspapers today to help make investment decisions. But investors need not indulge in such wishful thinking anymore, for a technical analyst has devised a method
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    • 931 15 THE MARKET yesterday closed quietly easier with operators awaiting the UK pit supervisors' decision on their strike due to start today, dealers said. Prices drifted from their opening highs on lack of follow-through buying. Yesterday's closing middle prices of selected stocks, excluding stamp duty, were: INDUSTRIALS Oct 24
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    • 217 15 MPH INVESTMENTS, a subsidiary of Jack Chia-MPH, has acquired 5,000 shares in Haw Par Brothers International for $10,500 on Oct 17. Following the purchase, Mr Jack Chia is deemed to have an interest in 30.68 million Haw Par shares representing 20.59 per cent of the issued share capital
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    • 731 14 3 THE MITSUI TRUST BANKING CO, Non-Consolidated Balance Sheet (As of March 31. 1984 and 1983) Bonking Account Assets Cosh and Due from Bank Call Loans Securities (Note 4) Loans and Bills Discounted (Note 5) Foreign Exchange Assets (Note 6).. Other Assets (Note 7) Premises and Equipment (Note 8).. Customers'
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    • 260 15 "Step into the biggest Electrical-Electronics showcase of Asia" ENEX-ASIAB4 l- S.E. Asia sth International Electrical Electronic Enoineoring Exhibition Enex-Asia '84 presents to trade visitors the biggest exhibition in electrical and electronics technology. More than 600 exhibitors from 30 countries displaying a full and comprehensive range of the latest electrical/ electronics
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  • 477 16  -  By PENG AILIAN THE CHARTERED Bank Building should be 80 per cent let out by the end of this year. This "cautiously optimistic" view was taken by Mr M K Brown, chief manager of Singapore operations when the new 44-storey building was opened
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  • 328 16 THE MINISTER for Health, Mr Howe Yoon Chong, won his appeal yesterday against the reassessment of his Binjai Park home in 1976 from $8,400 to $28,800 for property tax purposes. His appeal was allowed on the basis that the chief assessor did not accord Mr Howe
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  • 250 16 HOTEL Tai-Pan Rama da is raising $45 million from the Singapore money market to finance part of its $70 million extension project. British merchant bank Arbuthnot Latham Asia is arranging the 7-year syndicated loan bearing interest of two per cent above the prime rate. It
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  • 356 16 AFP THE Commander of US forces in the Pacific, Admiral William Crowe, said yesterday that the naval base at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam was now a "permanent Soviet facility." He called this an alarming development with strategic implications for
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  • 200 16 Bernama ASEAN is looking into the possibility of declaring a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South-east Asia to promote regional peace and stability, Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. It would be a concept to complement the Zopfan (Zone of Peace,
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  • 304 16 i SINGAPORE Airlines and Air Lanka are both playing a waiting game while the notice of termination of their air services agreement, served by the Singapore government last week, hovers over them. Since the notice was received, Air Lanka
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  • 402 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE Airlines has yet to fix formal talks with Qantas Airways for its three additional flights to Australian cities. An SIA spokesman said yesterday the airline was waiting for Qantas to initiate discussions as it was understood that the
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  • 73 16 WALL STREET stock prices were mixed in early trading with the blue chip issues performing slightly better than the rest of the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which inched lower at the opening, was up about l'/i points to over 1214. Overall, however, losers held a
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  • LATE FILE
    • 58 16 Reuter TAIWAN'S textile exports this year will hit a record US$6.2 billion, up from last year's U554.99 billion, vicechairman .of the Taiwan Textile Federation Chao Liang-kung said. He said the exports totalled U554.25 billion in the first eight months of this year, up about 30 per
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    • 39 16 AFP MR SOEKARNO, director general for the press and graphics at the Indonesia information ministry, yesterday firmly denied charges by Amnesty International that an officially sanctioned anti-crime campaign had killed some 4,000 people in Jarkata. AFP
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    • 66 16 Reuter A FRESH initiative to end Britain's 33-week-old coal strike was unfolding yesterday amid signs that pit supervisors plan to call off a walkout that could close every mine in the land. Union leaders representing the 17,000 supervisors were meeting to discuss a peace formula
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    • 49 16 Reuter SOME 400 Japanese and Australian businessmen are to begin a three-day meeting in Tokyo today to discuss ways to revitalise bilateral trade ties. Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Hikosaburo Okonogi will address the opening session of the Japan-Australia Business Cooperation Committee, sources said. Reuter
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    • 29 16 Reuter UNITED STATES consumer prices increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4 per cent in September after a 0.5 per cent August rise, the labour department said.
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    • 247 16 U5520,000,000 Extendable* Floating Rate U.S. Dollar Negotiable Certificates of Deposit, due 25th October 1983 THE MITSUBISHI BANK, LIMITED (Singapore Branch) A In accordance with the provision of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the six month interest period from 25th October 1984 to 25th April 1985, the Certificate
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    • 57 16 ÜBI Outlook for today: Portly cloudy with showers in several areas in the morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Oct 24 at the oirport: Maximum temperature 32.6 Associated humidity 61 Minimum temperature 24.2 Associated humidity 92 Hours of sunshine 7.55 Rainfoll in millimetres Nil Rainfall this
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 339 17  -  By KINGSLEY WOOD AUSTRALIAN National Line and Sri Lanka's Ceylon Shipping Corporation will use Singapore as a transhipment base in a new arrangement made covering several liner trades. The two national flag carriers have agreed that starting from mid-Novem-ber, cargo destined
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    • 323 17  -  By JUNE LIM EAC LINES has terminated its trans-Pacific space charter agreement with Sea winds barely a week before the starting date. In a short statement made to the press, EAC said it "has been informed that Sea winds Ltd will discontinue its Pacific service
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    • 140 17 AMERICAN President Lines has more than doubled the original size and capacity of its South Kearny Intermodal Terminal to handle the growing volumes of cargo moving between Asia and the New York-New Jersey mmarket. The newly-expanded terminal can accommodate more than 1,300 forty and 45-ft
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    • 670 17 fWpplm Una N|t Cat Afao VI 3 Ahranfcial Linar VI 5 Afehotron* VI 4 AJpoc VI s APC Una V 4 APL 4/5 ASCL Avobrokar V S AtAtoiia Una V 1 Bott-Onant VI 4/5 Bathe Ent IX 3 Bangkok Cant VI 2 Bank Una V 5 BBS
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 112 17 Reuter JAPAN HAS refused to transfer its most modern shipbuilding technology to South Korea but may sell it's established techniques, a Japanese shipbuilding industry official said. The official, who declined to be named, said a Japan/South Korea shipbuilding conference in Seoul last week ended with the Japanese
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      • 66 17 MEMBER lines of the Japan/West Africa (Angola Cameroun range) and Japan/West Africa (Nigeria/Senegal range) Freight Conferences said they will cut their currency adjustment factors (CAFs) to 1.5 per cent from 4 per cent on Nov L Member lines of the Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak Freight Conference said they will
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      • 47 17 Reuter THE India, Pakistan and Bangladesh Conference Lines said a 10 per cent surcharge will be applied on trade between Europe and the Port of Chittagong, effective Oct 29. The surchage has arisen because of a deterioration in port working and berthing situation there. Reuter
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    • 1006 18 Maritime Asia THE SHIPOWNER has used the computer to store, process and quickly identify problems on the commercial aspects of a vessel's operation. The technical department usually uses the computer to monitor spare gear inventories, plan preventive maintenance schedules and store fuel
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    • 185 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 Line.
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    • 1820 18 HIGHER rates for grain chartering out of the US Gulf continue to feature the freight market on Tuesday with U5515.60 paid for business to Japan against $15.40 previously, shipbrokers said. A combination carrier of 75,000 tonnes dw was secured for about 57,000 long tons of grain from the
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    • 1348 18 The above information is compiled from data provided by the Singapore National Shipper's Council and other sources ALGERIA Algiers Sept 15. About 12 days delays with about 45 vessels waiting. Bejaia Oct 14. Three vessels waiting. Skikda Oct 14. Five vessels waiting. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Oct 9th. No
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    • 224 19 UPI PANAMA protested to US authorities on Tuesday the passage of a plutoniumloaded Japanese ship across the Panama Canal after dark and demanded the issue be taken up by the canal commission. The Sheisin Maru, carrying plutonium from France to Japan, crossed the canal under
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    • 251 19 Lloyd's List LAURO Line plans to sell three large combination carriers which have been in lay-up for the past two years. Market sources said the Italian company has received offers for the 136,000 dwt vessels. On current second-hand market, brokers estimate that the ships
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    • 136 19 Reuter THE INDIAN government has approved a 106 million rupee scheme to expand container handling facilities at the Port of Calcutta. A port trust spokesman said the scheme, which includes a new 90,000 sqft container freight station and two gantry cranes, will increase the port's capacity to
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    • 189 19 set up before 1997. Reuter THE depressed state of the global shipping industry is likely to continue for a few more years, senior vicechairman of World-wide Shipping Agency Ltd, Helmut Shomen, said. He told a Rotary Club meeting that the shipping world, including
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    • 4631 24 aaaapiMLß 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
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    • 686 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 Sea Prelude 37 25.10 84 2300 Eastern M TA 3 0900-1100 B8 E Grade 003RE 25 10 84 2300 G Asia FSB 0900-1100 S4 Benavon
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    • 1763 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Atra-Enuli Uat Tranagroup <S) AhreakM liaer Service Kim Shpg (S). AHM C Taepter Oceanus Shipping Agencies (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alpae Intraaea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) bland Cargo Handling
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    • 375 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES New Dove Prosper Rajah Brooke Sun Timor Waheng Builder III Court Lady Equator V Fukuzakl Maru Hong Soon Johneverett Langsa Nlaga 21 Rich Seven Silver Light Stepan Vostretsov Str Venture 18 15/6 20W 29/30 27/8 22 5
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    • 247 18 tm.nMm FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe From Europe 20/11 18/12 1) Barcelona. Genoa, 2) Amsterdam. Antwerp. L Havre. Bask. UK. 3) Bremen. Bremertiaven. Aarhus. Copenhagen. Helsinki 4) Maimo Stockholm. Oslo 'Acceptmf Europe cargo tor feeder na S pore 'Also direct carp) tor Spore 11 Pts contact PEMSC P. Kelang
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    • 915 19 QCL The Straits Steamship Group rsr STRAITS SHAPING Singapore to Sebeh, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok Overseas Containers Limited MMMKCHB DHUII FtANWMT EVKSS ROMOON MT WMMKEVKSS Stan Irhn IB* 11/11 21/11 •1/12 11/12 19/12 11/12 IC/12 It/12 23/12 25/12 •2/1 M/l lt/1 12/1 17/1 10/1 24/1 20/1 20/11 21/11 2S/1I
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    • 479 20 1 Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK On carriage to Scandnavia, Med, Carribean t S. America Inland hautauje to Mand destinations in Europe ruaiM S'pai P Katanf Panf Laiwt Mm (aw tfbin Rtai BTurari Mwarj >13/11 15/11 17/11 1/12 4/12- 7/1212/12 10/12 15/12 CWimßit 4/11 </U WrurEiprrss IC/U 4/12 Otaaßay 11/11 MvEipns 21/11*
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    • 1142 22 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. ECUADOK/PERU/CHILE FffDt* MO DO VS. Ml ST* *21 A VESSEL PKLfi PNC SPORE KOK GUATAQURCAUAO MICA KJUQUI ATAGASTA SJKTONO lAIMRABO 27 Oct 29 Oct 31 Oct 24 Mm 24 Dk 29 Ok 31 Oct 7 lan 9 tan U ta* 12 iw CENTRAL AMERICA
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    • 521 22 CALFORNA/PACFIC NORTH NEST SERVICE EXPRESS COOT AIMER/REEFER BULK SERVICE im*i hr ias mn. San fmnosco. Seattle itcow. iMcam >x Acc*tta| fa/fa Man MUn SrtfWWt I Ante*B ~mnh is/URM URK .AlVVMill imti VJ: ftm HA. Si* kMI tan/2(oct 2Nn IMn 14 Mm Mtf/tra 17/11 Mn aim 2Ok lOk Mtf/Om 2V2«Mn 10k
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    • 535 22 SANKO ASIA LINEX^z FROM JAPANESE PORTS AND HONGKONG) P. Kdani I* Nrt/25 Oct 27/21 Oct 2/4 Nn 5/1 MM 9/10 Nn 9/11 Nn 13/14 Nn 2. FUKUZAKI MM 3. OUT MOUNT 4. ram mm 5 EDO MAM f RIM 7. STARLET GON 19/21 Oct 31/ 1 Nn 2/4 Nn fi/INn
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    • 356 22 INTRASEA !PTE) LTD •■*>? i»i I>l ft f BREAKBULK SERVICE TD EUROPE/HK S'pwt P. Mmi Lm*« tar> BUNGA KOMNGA M 4913 9/11 ROn/MTWJI. (AWM) ALEXAMMtA *****14 ||/U IOTT/SETE/ANT/1.1. (MM) fii SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPOIATI9N S pore P. KeUnj Ua*« tar MASA3HNA MAM 1/11 Ml 111 Ml 111 s«w" <pie) in nooß-r
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    • 657 23 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia 0 CHIEF S'pore Closing Times: FCI Cargo 1200 LCI Cargo 2359 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) Havre t Ketaf Sinfipore HKong K'ltang C PAUL 41E Sailed 30/10 3/11 C CONTABO 27E Sailed 30/10 31/10 4/11 6/11 N CRYSTAL 2«... MAETERUNCK 3E.. K
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    • 323 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels rxys am SFMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO «(,»»•< II V P!l 'KM >1 M > 4 "SiO •."..'ft." IK .'.'OM'Kl ISO 'M ill lis v. i ■s T■ iNCS VI 111 \('N WM(I »i mi 15 1,1 Kv.hJ Wl» 1.l s tb J v -v
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    • 456 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHAPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BULDMG 55. Martct Street Sinfipore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SMSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KELAK FENANG M/S SNARKAT MAN SOON SON Ml). IST ANO 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS NM THONG JMIRfc 23 WekJ
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    • 51 23 ahrenkiel liner service gmbh >HANNESBU«G MAPUTO J SHEN6 TAI LIME TAIW AN-STRAITS-T AIWAN ua ii sro* "E l BRIGHT FORMOSA 24/10 26/10 1/11 3/11 OOKS, 12/10 14/10 7/11 9/11* 16/10 19/10 10/11 12/11 EMU COPOutfiON (PIE) LTD Ht zzzrru (4 kH) ***** roti keumk aswt OMENTAL SNPFMG CWHWATIOH Td *****8
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    • 453 24 I?e<|i»iial Contsiiiicr Lilies 3 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P S A. 1500 Hrs Tues. Thur» Sat GDI REGULAR/FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA »0T S» SRLA BKK PUT SXLA RAT ANA MM 194/197 26/27 Oct 29/36 Oct RATANAMM 198/257 2/3 Nn 5/7 Nov HINODE KISEN CO. LTD MIDDLE EAST REGULAR
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    • 29 24 f FARGO SHIPPmC COMPAMY(PTE ILTD^ i express container servicf SINGAPORE/BANGKOK EVERY 2 DAYS <'R R, M d 7 07 T ,in,nnq Pag.,, Compir, Singapore 0208 !p, ,>*****7 *****88 *****52
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 166 24 Regional Weather m m ■'"v- J >0 V TA V If 'A A >,1 1 S nf»iS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: •c O w Wind direction with speed m knots Wove height R Thunderstorm Temperature c Weather Wmd direction with speed m knots
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    • 150 25 EE *JUm* A—^=r French Uw REGULAR SEN-CONTAINER SERVICE TO BANGLA-OESH/NXA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN m M/V ARMAGNAC VIOIS4 M/V ARTOIS VIILS4 M/V ANJOU VISS Sea winds DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES am»n ORIf N? *1 Sf*#!ND< ItNfR *Gf NT PTf I IP SINGAPORE MALAYSIA TEL ??OSMI SALES BOOKINGS GENERAL FREIGHT Ml SON BHD PK
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    • 259 25 WORLD LINE STKAMLK mm CO. LTB MNMY MV "GANGOTtt" STORE LOMNNG FOt (BITlfTO) 27/10 IKWAS/MiClin* GENERAL AGENTS MTOMK MOCKS PTE IT! BOOMK agents n«Mf FUNIT somas TEL *****M/1, 223M11 TUbBMNMt Scan Dutch To Europe (Med/UK/NC/Scan) PENANG Anson In Port Anson 1/11 Anson 8/11 Anson 15/11 Anson 22/11 Anson 29/11 P.
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 333 26 Pasir Panjang Complex i M m 1 liffmii ir*ff ?5M Location These eight single-storey godowns are right behind the transit sheds on Pasir Panjang Wharves, which makes them ideally situated between the Central Business District and Jurong Industrial Estate. PAS4R PANJANG COMPLEX Features There are 95,000 sq metres of covered
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