The Business Times, 15 November 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 319 1 DEMAND FOR engineers, technicians and skilled workers will rise dramatically to keep pace with increased automation and the use of robots in Singapore's industry, Finance Minister Dr Tony Tan said yesterday. The current supply would be inadequate to meet the projected need
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  • 556 1 Change in thinking of major employer organisations THE SINGAPORE Manufacturers' Association wants the National Wages Council to be phased out in stages within the next two to three years, and will be offering a proposal to the government soon. The association hopes to see direct
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  • 213 1 AN IDEAL WAY to visit the National Exhibition will be to start with a "cruise" that takes in the harbour on which Singapore relies so much for its commerce and a panoramic view of the city's skyline. More important, it is a good way
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  • 253 1 FOUR major organisations have given their support to a Training-Within-Industry (TWI) programme by sending three representatives each for a training course. The training-the-trainer course is co-ordinated by the Singapore National Employers' Federation and is designed to train supervisors and managers in Singapore. The
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  • 472 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG GARMENT and textile manufacturers who fail to give their staff proper training will soon get a dressing down from the Trade Development Board (TDB). The TDB, the body responsible for the allocation of quotas to exporters, intends to make staff
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    63 1 SHARE PRICES staged ft mack awaited technical rally •o the Siagapare stack market yesterday. Same analysts believe the rally will be short-lived, even thoagh the market is still grsesly oversold. The mare bullish said the worst may al- ready be over. The BT Composite Index gained 7.83 points
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  • 534 1  -  By ALVIN TAY FINANCE COMPANIES, badly hit by the sluggish car and property markets and serious cases of double or even triple financing, are finding it less profitable to place their surplus funds with local merchant banks. Six months ago, finance companies used to
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  • 106 1 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) yesterday supported the call by Umno Youth to set up a royal commission of inquiry into the Bumiputra Malaysia Finance loans scandal. DAP deputy secretary-gener-al Mr Lee Lam Thye also expressed the party's support for the call
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 147 1 lops in Car Audio technology FUJITSU TEN LIMITED AMATEUR PHOTO STORES LTD. Singapore Phone *****22 Kuala Lumpur: Phone *****3/*****0 Penang: Phone ***** ***** Jakarta Phone *****9 The mini revolution SHOPPING HABITS in Singapore are changing. How? See Page 8 So much belter at (p.a.) FIXED DEPOSITS 1 month 7% p.a.
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    • 258 1 mm SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 AIRCRAFT 5 THE GOVERNMENT is firm on phasing out workers from non-troditionol sources by end-1986, the Ministry of Labour told the American Business Council and the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. Page 2 THE PHILIPPINES ronks as one of the world's most protest-ridden
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    • 118 1 Full report, Page 13 Asian stocks, Pags 11 International stocks, Paga 10 RENT ONE OF OUR CARS AND YOU MAY NEVER GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE IT. That will happen if you hire one of our chauffeur-driven luxury sedans. Meticulously maintained Mercedes Benz or Toyota Crowns that come with a
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    • 9 1 5 Bank Bumiputra board urged to resign, Page 4
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 404 2  -  By FOO CHOY PENG THE GOVERNMENT is firm on phasing out workers from nontraditional sources by end-1986, the Ministry of Labour told two major employer groups lyThis was expressed to the American Business Council and the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce in
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    • 184 2 INTERESTED in Singapore's geography or her Chinese literature of the last 25 years? Exhibitions on these and many other topics abound at the National University of Singapore's Open Day on Nov 24. A display comparing SBC and BBC newsreaders, a stock exchange mock run, and a
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    • 100 2 THE ROTARY Clubs of District 330 (Singapore and Malaysia) are inviting four young female executives and professionals to join their group study exchange scheme to visit Rotary Clubs of District 764 in New Jersey, US. This is the first time that District 330 will be sending
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    • 276 2 JIMMY CHONG SOON KHEAN has been appointed International Marketing Manager, tiger products division of Drug Houses of Australia (DHA). He holds a B Pharm (MELB) from the Victorian College of Pharmacy, Melbourne, Australia. lAIN BROWN has been appointed Manager, independent sales organisation at Sperry Computer Systems. He
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    • 294 2 CREATIVE Technology, manufacturer of Singapore's first microcomputer Cubic 99, plans to go into the Chinese market. Mr Sim Wong Ho, managing director of Creative Technology, said the company is negotiating with agents who want to bring the products to China. He
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    • 308 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Nov 13-15 Initiating Quality Data Processing Nov 13-15 Professional Selling Skills III Nov 15 Wage And Salary Administration Nov 15 Principles Practice Of Public Relations Nov 15-16 Creating Successful Advertisements That Sell Nov 16 Situational Leadership For Senior Managers Nov 16 Public
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    • 200 3 TAKE A length of cloth and cut it. That was exactly what a group of Austrian fabric manufacturers did when they staged the first Austrian fashion show yesterday. Textile and accessories companies taking part in Austria Style '85 decided that the only way to
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    • 79 3 ABOUT 100 unionists will meet at a seminar tomorrow to look into ways of promoting the well-being of working women. The seminar, to be held at the Jurong Workers' Centre, will feature two speakers Dr Aline Wong, a senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore, and Mrs
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    • 380 3  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF LAWYERS can contribute immensely towards the cause of consumer protection, two lawyers said yesterday. Their skills and knowledge were required in the study of the legal aspects of consumer problems, to identify weaknesses and loopholes in existing legislation, and to push
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    • 282 3 THE DEVELOPMENT of the clock and watch industry in Asia, and the challenges it may face in this decade, will be the theme of the Fifth Asian Horological Trade and Industry Promotion Conference from Nov 30 to Dec 1. Mr Tan Soo Khoon, president of
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    • 259 3 YOUNG AND GROWING. That was the assessment of the Asean leasing industry by several lawyers at the Third Asean Law Association General Assembly at the Shangri-La Hotel. But like a growing child, it faces obstacles which could slow down its development. At the "Lease
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    • 198 3 SCHOOL principals should take a deep interest in the National Cadet Corps (NCC) training activities in their schools because the Ministry of Education views these activities as very important extra-cur-ricular activity. This was pointed out yesterday by Mr Ho Kah Leong, Parliamentary
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    • 55 3 THE FIRST local course for professional librarians will have its graduation ceremony on Saturday. Twenty-one students of the Postgraduate Diploma Course in Library and Information Science will receive their diplomas at the annual dinner of the Library Association of Singapore (LAS). The graduates often take up
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    • 165 3 THE BROADVIEW Commodities case continued with the testimony in court yesterday by the company's accounts clerk. Miss Sylvia Leung Yuk Yu, 29, denied that she was trying to pass all the blame to Broadview Commodities Pte Ltd in Singapore in order to avoid
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    • 53 3 THE OVERALL air pollution levels for the third quarter of this year is lower than those of the previous quarter. They were also slightly lower than the corresponding period last year. The Ministry of the Environment attributed the decrease to the strong winds brought in by
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 527 4 Agencies INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's ruling Congress (I) Party was yesterday given a good chance of winning the Dec 24 general election barring an internal split over the selection of candidates. India's buoyant economy, backed by a record grain harvest, is likely to
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    • 466 4 AFP GENERAL Arthit Kamlang-Ek has seriously damaged his chances of becoming Thailand's Prime Minister by attacking the government's economic policy. The supreme commander of Thailand's armed forces had emerged as loser in the confrontation which he himself engineered with the civilian government of General
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    • 283 4 UPI ONLY 1,200 of Hongkong's 5.5 million people and 150 organisations have responded to a government appeal for comment on the Sino-British agreement. The six-week comment period expires today. The meagre response has drawn allegations that Britain's effort to assess public opinion deliberately overlooked potential opposition to gain a political
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    • 363 4 Reuter THE influential youth wing of Malaysia's ruling party yesterday demanded the resignation of the entire board of directors of Bank Bumiputra which paid out $1 billion in bad loans to Hongkong property developers. Anwar Ibrahim, a Cabinet minister and leader of the United
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 49 4 THE KUALA LUMPUR International Airport runway is to be expanded to cater for the projected increase in traffic and passenger volume, Malaysian Transport Minister Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyan said. "A special committee is now studying the matter before submitting its report to the government," he said.
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      • 48 4 STATE Railway of Thailand workers went on strike on Tuesday, stranding hundreds of passengers around the nation with a walkout over wages and working conditions. The strike by about 2,000 members of seven unions against the state-owned railway effqptively halted all long-distance passenger and freight trains.
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      • 47 4 RADICALS in Japan claimed responsibility for puncturing a jet-fuel pipeline at the new Tokyo International Airport at Narita yesterday, causing fuel leakage, police said. Police said the leakage did not effect airport operations, because there is enough fuel stored there to last about seven days.
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      • 37 4 NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari told leaders at the Organisation of African Unity summit in Addis Ababa to organise bilateral aid to deal with a tragic drought that is threatening millions with starvation across the continent.
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      • 39 4 EUROPEAN Community ministers have failed after two days of intensive talks in Brussels to agree on key terms for Spanish and Portugese entry, raising doubts about their ability to complete negotiations by the end of the year.
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      • 68 4 Agencies CONSUMER [Mice increases in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development slowed to a 1984 low of 5 per cent year-on-year in September from 5.25 per cent in August, the OECD said. But on a month-to-month basis, the inflation rate rose to an
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    • 249 5 AP PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, faced with mounting US government budget deficits, on Tuesday held his first Cabinet meeting since winning a second term, saying "there is much more to be done". White House spokesmen refused to confirm reports that the deficit could surpass US$l9O billion in
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    • 129 5 Reuter TALKS ON the Korean border question are going on in Pyongyang between Russia and North Korea. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Kapitsa and North Korean First Vice-Foreign Minister Li Jong Mok are leading their respective delegations at the talks, which began on Tuesday.
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    • 63 5 AFP TAIWAN'S exports of computers and related parts reached U*****.3 million in the first eight months this year, up 127 per cent from the same period last year. The Institute of Information Industry announced yesterday that exports of computer products and related parts in the first
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    • 735 5 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time KAL KE687 0030 KUL RBA BI443 0100 BWN PAA PA5 0155 JFK/SFO/HKG MAS MH681 0820 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN RBA BJ42I 1000 BWN SIA SQJ03 1005 KUL CPA CX710 1030 HLP
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    • 167 5 UPI INDONESIA'S oldest and biggest department store was destroyed by fire yesterday, the latest in a series of major blazes in the heart of Jakarta. The state-owned Sarinah Department Store burned out of control for several hours yesterday morning and firefighters at the scene
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    • 547 5 AFP THE PHILIPPINES ranks as one of the world's most protestridden countries with more than 300 street rallies and demonstrations notched up since the August 1983 murder of Benigno Aquino. Police and military figures on protests are hard to come by but the mass circulation
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    • 85 5 Bernama AN 18-MEMBER Malaysian trade mission will leave for the US and Canada on Nov 18 to promote Malaysian products, particularly wood and rubberbased items. Disclosing this yesterday, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries, Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, said the proposed trip would help
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    • 683 5 LABOUR LAWS SERIES NO.I PROFESSIONAL FORUM PTE. LTD PRESENTS SEMINAR ON PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 1984 27 NOVEMBER 1984 EQUATORIAL HOTEL INTRODUCTION A one day teaching Seminar on the Practical Implications of The Employment (Amendment) Act 1984 is organised to provide a detailed study of both the
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 403 6  -  By SOH TIANG KENG, Banking Correspondent DISCOUNT houses here may deal with a more varied portfolio covering medium-term government bonds, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities in future. This was predicted by the general manager of Commercial Discount "Company, Lee Han Min, who said this diversification
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    • 129 6 Reuter THREE leading Thai commercial banks cut their interbank lending rates by '/2 to of a percentage point yesterday. Bangkok Bank and Thai Farmers Bank reduced their ijtferbank rate to 13 per cent from 13.5 per cent. Siam Commercial Bank cut its rate to ,13.75
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    • 326 6 UPI BANKERS and officials of Latin American countries have outlined progress and problems in refinancing the southern hemisphere's US$35O billion foreign debt. Argentina, whose $1 billion of interest arrears remains the major problem for commercial banks, is nearing agreement that will enable it to pay
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    • 183 6 AFP LIBERALISATION of the Japanese financial market would take another two or three years, Finance Minister Mitsuo Sato said. This measure and the internationalisation of the yen matched "efforts by other industrial countries towards sustainable economic growth worldwide," he said on
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    • 84 6 Reuter CENTRAL bankers have discussed implications of the US current account deficit at their monthly meeting at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basle, central bank sources said. A senior participant said there was increasing concern that the size of the current account
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    • 298 6  -  By PENG AILIAN THE SINGAPORE office of QBE Insurance Group (QBE) will be the first in the group's worldwide branch network to install a new computer early next year. This is part of the Australian company's plan to update the computer
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    • 360 6 Reuter YESTERDAY'S October retail sales data should provide fresh evidence of an economic slowdown in the US, but any market benefit might be limited by growing concern that money supply growth would rebound in coming weeks, economists said. After
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    • 97 6 Reuter FRANCE relaxed exchange controls further yesterday. A finance ministry spokesman says French companies would be able to make half of their direct investments abroad in French francs and half in foreign currencies, instead of only 25 per cent in francs now. Private individuals would be
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 946 7 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed slightly lower against most major currencies yesterday after fluctuating in fairly active trading. It was firmer in the morning on short-covering but weakened in the afternoon on European selling following uncertainty over the near-term outlook of US interest rates. The dollar closed slightly
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    • 252 7 Interbank rates at 3pm Currwtci#t Nominal rata* quoted yeeterday C yom parity change Local doilors to on* unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2 1460 2.1470 2 8196 -23 89 Sterling pound 2 7039 ***** 7 3469 -63 20 Australian dollar 1 8474 1 8494 3 4286 46
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for $100 million of 91-day Treasury bills. The tender closes on Nov 16. Each tender must not be for less than 1250,000. *MMCATTS the avtrafe of the princ lenAnf rate* ot 12 major banfcs opcratnt
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    • 231 7 HONGKONG The metal closed steadier yesterday after fluctuating with the American dollar throughout the day and with persistant Asian buying outweighing selling by Swiss interests. The bullion price ended at a day's high of $346.10 50 an ounce compared with an initial $345.90/ 346.30 and New York's $346.00 50.
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    • 122 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate remained unchanged from Tuesday's close at 63/4 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. The one-month term rate rose by 1/8-point; and the two and three-month rose by 3/ 16-point each. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight 6 3/4 6
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    • 312 7 ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed lower yesterday while periods were steady compared with opening levels in thin afternoon trading. An offered tendency in the afternoon pushed shortdates lower with overnight and Thursday/Friday closing at 9-1/2 9-3/8 each after opening at 9-5/8 9-1/2. Period rates firmed between 1/16
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    • 369 7 BA Futures Inc EURODOLLAR futures opened sharply lower yesterday from previous close at Simex on growing belief that US interest rates had bottomed out after the recent falls. The December Eurodollar contract opened at 90.00, 30 ticks lower than Tuesday's close and four ticks lower than Chicago's close. The
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    • 89 7 Reuter A GROUP OF four banks has been awarded > mandate to raise US$l2O million for a petrochemical joint venture between the Saudi Basic Industries Corp and Exxon Corp, banking sources said. They said the borrower, the Jubail Petrochemical Co, also known as Kemya, has
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    • 208 7 A sound investment plan begins with office space in Raffles City Tower. Singapore's most valued, prestigious location. At the heart of the Central Business District, connecting Shenton Way, Raffles Place and Orchard Road. The gateway to Changi Airport via East Coast Parkway. And served by the City Hall MRT Interchange
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  • FEATURES
    • 399 8 THE CURRENT hotel manpower squeeze would ease if smaller and older hotels converted themselves into service flats or offices, the Minister of State for Education, Dr Tay Eng Soon, has suggested. Dr Tay said this would be a logical move since they were going to
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    • 1512 8  -  Singapore's mini-markets are filling the gap between supermarkets and the provision shop By CHUANG PECK MING SHOPPING HABITS in Singapore are changing. New affluence, more working mothers and the spread of HDB living has created a demand for a different type of store. Busy shoppers now want
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    • 464 8  -  By LINDA SIEG Reuter JAPAN HAS more than money riding on the race to build a new super-computer which can think for itself. National pride is at stake. This time Japanese scientists want to prove they can produce technological marvels of their own instead
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    • 1023 9  -  After Reagan's re-elections, the economic debate heats up By PETER KENYON Reuter AN UNEASY truce among policymakers in major capitals over how to manage the world economy has come to an end with President Reagan's landslide re-election victory. During the campaign Reagan's allies in
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 199 9 Bernama WORLD 500 cc motorcycle champion Eddie Lawson has confirmed his participation in the Selangor Grand Prix at the Shah Alam circuit near Kuala Lumpur on Dec 1 and 2. The official word ended weeks of anticipation of his attendance and also
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    • 443 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS FRESH FROM her triumph in the monthly medal competition last week, Sembawang Club's Louis Day will set out to do the same in the club's matchplay competition today. Day has been drawn to meet Catherine Chua in today's first round
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    • 250 9 Misbun drawn for the ProKennex finals Bernama MALAYSIA'S Haji Misbun Sidek has been drawn in Group Two for the US$lOO,OOO Pro-Ken-nex Grand Prix badminton finals in Kuala Lumpur next month together with Indonesia's Icuk Sugiarto and India's Prakash Padukone, the same players whom he defeated convincingly to capture third place
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    • 417 9  -  By BRIAN MILLER WATER-SKI enthusiasts hoping for a chance to show off their skills in competition will get the opportunity to ski under tournament conditions in January when the Water-Ski Federation holds the first of three novice meets in the sea off Ponggol. In
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL
    • 347 10 FT SAATCHI and Saatchi, Britain's biggest advertising agency, is buying the US-based Hay Group, a leading international firm of management consultants, in an agreed US$lOO million performance-relat-ed takeover. The deal is a major step for Saatchi into the wider business services sector, away from its mainstream
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    • 151 10 Reuter UNILEVER PLC and NV has experienced very little overall volume growth in the third quarter compared with last year. A company spokesman said European volume was flat. The US showed a fairly substantial improvement and volume elsewhere was slightly down. European third-quarter operating profit
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    • 302 10 Reuter STOCK prices closed sharply lower on Tuesday in light trading on Wall Street with investors worried about an array of interest rate, economic and federal deficit problems. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 12.59 to 1206.60. Losing issues led gainers 1,050 to
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 417 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed moderately higher yesterday in fairly active trading with followthrough buying. The Hang Seng Index closed the 11.80 higher at 1,077.93. Turnover for the half-day session was HK5155.37 million compared with Tuesday's $195.34 million. Blue chips gained across the board, with Cheung Kong rising 20 cents
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    • 285 11 NOV 14 NT Chem Indus 18 50 02 Lien Hwo IrKfcjs 11 30 0 35 Al Smear* Indus 6 65 0 2 Nan Yo Plos 29 20 06 01 24 40 -0 1 Pacific Cons 25 30 Cottxiy Cons 27 80 04 Pacific Elect 1740 04 unch Chang Hwa
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    • 428 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply higher yesterday in active trading as investors moved from international populars to incentive-backed issues, drugs and banks. The market average rose 55.74 to 11,320.90 after rising 30.40 on Tuesday. Turnover was 430 million shares against 360 million on Tuesday. The Stock Exchange Index closed
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    • 145 11 MANILA: Shatre prices closed generally easier in dull trading yesterday. The Commercial and Industrial Index was unchanged at 113.02, the Mining marker was down 0.93 to 829.12 and the Oils Index fell 0.017 to 0.590. NOV 14 Peso* Oriental B 0012 0 001 I Phd Overseas 0005 -0 0005
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    • 428 11 SYDNEY: Share markets closed steady yesterday after early weakness as buyers returned to the resource boards. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was steady at 778.3, the All Industrials Index was steady at 1124.9 and the All Resources Index was unchanged at 510.1. BHP rose 10 cents to
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    • 139 11 BANGKOK: Share prices continued to rise in active trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.85 to 123.45 as rises outled falls losers by more than a two-to-one margin. Turnover climbed to 1.07 million shares worth 143.7 million baht from Tuesday's 807,066 worth 134.0 million. NOV 14 Win S«om
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    • 70 11 No* 14 Bar* Seoul Won 637 1 Hyundai Motor KAL 625 540 -2 4 Choheung Bk Commercial Bk Do«hm Irxj 610 666 567 10 •3 7 Korea O4 Korea Stvp 1300 412 45 +2 Do«woo Corp 487 639 4 5 730 650 5 846 -14 757 -2 1250 55
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    • 73 11 Reuter SUN ORIENT Exploration Co, a subsidiary of Sun Co Inc, has begun drilling its first wildcat exploration well off China. The Nanhai Four jackup rig is drilling the well in the Gulf of Beibu on Contract Area 23/25, one of two contiguous blocks,
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    • 291 11 FT WESTINGHOUSE Electric Corp and two Japanese companies have reached an agreement to develop, manufacture and market electronic communication products. The joint venture must be approved by the boards of directors of Westinghouse and its partners, Sanyo Electric Co of Osaka, Japan, and
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    • 130 11 Reuter JAPAN'S six major steel companies have reported sizeable profits in the six months ending Sep 30 after showing big losses for the same period last year. Japan's largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel Corp, boasted a 30.48 billion yen after-tax profit compared with a 10.22 billion
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    • 91 11 UPI THE JOHN Fluke Manufacturing Co Inc has secured another million-dol-lar order from a Chinese instrument factory for sophisticated electronic equipment. Company officials say the new US$l.B million contract calls for Fluke to supply Beijing Radio Research Institute with about 1,000 kits to produce the
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    • 486 11 2S@ <tji{ M a iiucK to wiae, diw ——i Ailii mtefiOilit /S J. nh~ Luneheon^^, Nonya cia i a t the L" na ?S^ th<reaHh,n9 .t 4 per per»oo Sii tin, VV'> a The Chef carves at 8.15 pm every Thursday at the Baron's Table In the best European tradition
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 634 12 Bernama THE PROSPECTS for a copper mining industry in Malaysia appear to be promising although at present it could only boast of a small copper mine in Mamut, Sabah. The current mineral exploration programmes of the Geological Survey Department carried out in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah
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    • 326 12 UPI THE US Agriculture Department said on Tuesday that increases in estimates of foreign grain crops have led analysts to scale back their projections of this season's US grain exports. In a world agricultural supply and demand estimates report, the department reduced its
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    • 346 12 Reuter COFFEE PRODUCERS and trade sources disagreed on the extent of losses caused to Colombia's 1984-85 coffee crop by heavy rainfall, with estimates varying between 5 per cent and 30 per cent. However, trade sources said the damage will not affect supplies in
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    • 373 12 UPI BETTER TRANSPORTATION methods and more international financing for developing countries are the keys to a healthier grain industry and to eliminating famine, grain experts said on Monday. Speaking at the 2nd World Grain Conference currently being held in Mexico City,
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    • 192 12 Reuter RUBBER producers and consumers have agreed to re-negotiate the International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) between April 22 and May 10 next year in Geneva. Conference sources have agreed during their threeday meeting to ask Peter Lai of Malaysia, executive chairman of the International Tin
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    • 79 12 Reuter THE Indonesian government has waived the surtax on coffee exported to countries which are not members of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO). A decree issued by the Indonesian Finance Minister said the regulation was retroactive to Sep 1. The government had earlier imposed the export
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    • 214 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed on or near the lows on Tuesday, off four to 6'i US-cents per bushel, with January posting a sevencent range in moderately light trade. Expectations that the USDA will lower its projected export number 40 million to 50 million bushels
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    • 245 12 SINGAPORE The market closed marginally lower yesterday with December One RSS buyers quoted at 173.75 cents per kg, down 0.25 from Tuesday. Prices recovered slightly in the afternoon on small buying interest but still finished lower on balance. MALAYSIA The market closed slightly higher yesterday, with December One RSS
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    • 341 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt Int 1 RSS Dec 84 170 50 171 50 171 00 I72 00N 173 25 173 50 173 75 174 25 Int 1 RSS Jon 85 175 25 175
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    • 113 12 (cents/kg, l-»o n pollets) December 84 Jonuory 85 (current mth) (forward mth) NOON NOON RAS Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 168 00 170 00N 169 50 171 50N SSR 50 166 00 168 00N 167 50 I69 50N MRELB 6uy**j Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 199
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    • 97 12 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market price fell nine cents yesterday to the International Tin Agreement floor-level of M 529.15 per kg. It has held above that level since Nov I. The buffer stock manager supported the metal strongly at the floor in the absence of other buying interests.
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    • 167 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yam, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 3,150 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,200 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,800 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,000 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21 s 3,400 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,800 Blue Phoenix 40's 5,000 Open-end yarn
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    • 97 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed on or near the lows on Tuesday, off four to IV* US-cents per bushel in light trade. Car gill sold December late and on the day, both outright and in spreads, overcoming scale-down purchases by Shatkin, Pillsbury and E F
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    • 922 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a very quiet morning yesterday £9 to £1 up with November finishing £4 higher at £2,600 and January also £4 up at £2,360. Prices were expected to open little changed but firmed from the opening on easier sterling against the dollar. Activity picked up
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    • 154 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% Exchange FOB NSW 492 50 Nutmeg (Sellers noon doling prices on Nov 110 FOB NSW 396 00 u kg) B W FOB NSW 281 00 Coconut oil Gombier Bulk FOB 195 00 FOB NSW 305 00 Old drum FOB 208 00 New drum FOB
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    • 278 12 Singapore A-l special C-l special 187 unci (S$/kilo, ex-godown) C-l Ordinary unq Thai white Loonzain 100% 100% 1st doss first grade 100% second grade unq 230 (kangaroo) new crop 096 100% thrd grade unq 100% 2nd class 070 Parboiled 100% 3rd class 070 5% 227 25% new crop No
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    • 148 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed weaker yesterday on a technical correction after a recent surge, with a lower Chicago soybean complex close further dampening sentiment. Some late short-covering saw prices finish slightly above the day's lows. November deliveries in the south region fell Ms6o to $1,287.50 per
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    • 4192 13 THE SINGAPORE stock market staged a significant rally yesterday after four consecutive sessions of falls. The BT Composite Index gained 7.83 points to 704.19 while the Straits Times Industrial Index rose 6.18 points to 801.70. Volume was moderate at 13.04 million
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    • 258 13 SINGAPORE Rites 0 S 590 G 1 HWa* 50« 225 $Tf»7S 1100 SHU 595 G—twy 484 Faa-CI 50« 295 O C C 895 M I—tuna 555 H LMC CrWrt 500 Mam HUgi 290 Gwnl 209 Falls G C Lit* 1730 N S T 600 ■«#>>< SOt 125
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    • 485 13 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market closed on a mixed note yesterday, thanks to some light buying support in the afternoon. Trading, however, remained on the quiet side except for several situational issues in industrials and finance which attracted investors' interest. Turnover reached the six-million
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    • 3836 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 unltf unless otherwise specified. All Time SetUement Con tracts are quoted after the word
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 617 14 Datuk Rahim to acquire just below 10 pc of enlarged capital PILECON PROMINENT property consultant Datuk Abdul Rahim Rahman has emerged as the principal bumiputra partner in Pilecen Engineering Bhd, the construct ion/engineering company which is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Datuk
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    • 281 14 Bernama THE Malaysian canned seafood industry appears heading for a rather bleak future in the face of a shortage and rising price of raw material supplies, growing competition and inadequate advertising. An article in the latest issue of Infofish Marketing Digest,
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    • 153 14 PILECON Engineering Bhd, which is expected to be listed on the KLSE by the end of the year, has reported 13 per cent increase in group pre-tax profits to Mss.l million for the six months ended June 30, 1984. Consolidated turnover for the diversified
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    • 684 14 NYT THE Pabst Brewing Co, the sixth largest brewer in the US and the subject of repeated takeover bids in the past few years, has received two new offers, each valued at US$63 million. The offers, made by Paul Kalmanovitz, a
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    • 779 14 NYT NO INVESTOR enjoys buying a stock and watching it plunge in value, but the approach of the tax-loss selling season on Wall Street has the potential of easing that pain somewhat. The principle here is that selling some market losers and there are
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    • 2835 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A Choc (2.406) (3) 242 (11) 238 <5)2.42 (4)2
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    • 99 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Wednesday ***** Tuesday 1124.6 Wednesday 1,077.93 Week ogo 1124.7 Tuesday 1066 13 "Week ago 1046 03 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Tuesday 1206.60 Monday 1219.19 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1244.15 Wednesday ***** 90 Standard and Poors Tuesday *****.16 Tuesday 165.97 Week
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    • 234 14 Monogers' prices MARA Bumiputra for Nor 15 First B'putro 512 517 Second B'putro 4 70 4 75 Singapore Unit Trust Th*d B'putro 3 97 4 02 The Commerce 2.57 273 Fourth B'putro 4 22 4 27 2 86 2 91 2 75 2 80 196 2.01 3 72
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    • 46 14 UAC Berhad: 25th AGM at Registered Office, 15th Floor, Wis ma Supreme, Jalan Punchak, Kuala Lumpur on Nov 20 at noon. KEMAYAN Oil Palm Berks*: 19th AGM at 5E Foh Chong Building, 66 Jalan Ibrahim, J oh ore Bahru on Nov 24 at noon.
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    • 701 15 w mm™ By HOCK LOCK SIEW NOBODY can deny that remisiers play a crucial role in the securities industry, and noone is more aware of this than the indusiry's watchdog, the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Hence its latest survey to find out the
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 39 15 After-tax profits of Mss.l9m ($3.15 m) for year ended June 30, 1984. Directors are recommending a final dividend of 80 cents less tax payable on Dec 31 to shareholders registered on Dec 13.
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      • 42 15 After-tax profits of M 5295,000 ($1.08 m) for the six months ended Sep 30. Directors have declared an interim dividend of 13 cents per share less tax payable on Dec 20 to shareholders registered on Dec 7.
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      • 35 15 After-tax profits of Ms2.B6m ($2.23 m) for year ended June 30. Directors are recommending a final dividend of 18 cents less tax payable on Jan 3 to holders registered on Dec 13.
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      • 41 15 Profits after tax of M 5459,000 ($317,000) for six months ended Sep 30. Directors have declared an interim dividend of 18 cents per share less tax payable on Dec 20 to shareholders registered on Dec 7.
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      • 41 15 Profits after tax of M 5213,000 ($203,000) for six months ended Sep 30. Directors are recommending an interim dividend of 8 cents a share less tax payable on Dec 21 to holders registered on Dec 7.
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    • 322 15 PAHANG INVESTMENTS' proposed acquisitions of significant stakes in two UK-based companies may not be in keeping with one of the City Code rules on equity stake building. According to a London Financial Times report, Pahang may well have to re-cast its plans to
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    • 24 15 THE DUE DATE for delivery of settlement contracts in the shares of Supreme Corporation Bhd will be brought forward to Nov 21.
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    • 1003 15 SHARE prices were marked easier at the outset yesterday in quiet trading. The FTSE 100 index was down 7.4 from Tuesday's closing high at 1176.3 at 9.45 am. Although still optimistic about a further reduction in UK interest rates, market operators said sentiment was subdued following Tuesday's sharp
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    • 474 15 WANNIAN Holdings Ltd (formerly Veneer Products Ltd) has clinched another hotel deal in China, this time in the port city of Beihai. Through its 50 per cent owned Hongkong vehicle, Carrivest Company Ltd, it has signed an agreement with the Beihai Economic Development
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    • 823 15 Bernama PALMCO Holdings Bhd is optimistic that the company will perform better in the coming year in view of the continued recovery in the world economy. The positive outlook is also based on the fact that the proceeds of the recent rights and special issues would
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    • 276 15 GENERAL! CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 1983 H The General Council of Assicurazioni Generali, presided over by Mr. Enrico the Company, met to approve the Group Balance Sheet for the financial year ASSETS in thousands of I .S. S Building and farm propertyFixed interest bearing securities Shares (including Associates) Mortgage and policy
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  • 628 16  -  Students at convocation told of danger of leaving politics to mediocre By TSANG SAU YIN PUBLIC LIFE should be made the first resort of good, committed and the ablest people in society. Otherwise, it could become the last resort of the
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  • 197 16 THE SCOPE for biotechnology in Singapore is limitless, said the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, Dr Chua Sian Eng. Singapore should thus look into a programme of research and development in defined areas of biotechnology so as to have a strong
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  • 490 16  -  By ANNA TEO THE NATIONAL University of Singapore is today held in high regard throughout the world because it has succeeded in maintaining a balance between two essential but potentially conflicting roles. This was expressed by Professor A S Carrington, consultant for Singapore to the
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  • 124 16 PLANS FOR the year 2000 will be discussed at the coming Asean-Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Asean-CCI) meeting, due to start at the Hilton Hotel later this month. Three Asean working groups will be meeting, beginning Nov 25, before the Asean-CCI Council meeting
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  • 60 16 Agencies THE CHIEF lawyer for the commission that investigated the murder of Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino yesterday rejected President Ferdinand Marcos's order to help the ombudsman prosecute those implicated by the panel. Meanwhile, the President has ordered an investigation into the murder of Zamboanga mayor Cesar
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  • 331 16 THE COMMUNITY CHEST of Singapore has just added another corporation to its list of supporters, but this organisation makes no qualms about its support being as much a business as a philanthropic venture. American Express calls it "cause-related marketing". Practised in
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  • 153 16 UOB BULLION Futures Ltd, a subsidiary of the United Overseas Bank group, will sell lOOgm platinum bars through the group's branches from today. The group said in a statement yesterday the subsidiary would be the first company in Singapore to sell platinum bars to the
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  • 61 16 WALL STREET stock prices were lower in early trading yesterday as the market continued its week-long correction amid renewed concerns about the federal budget deficit. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about one point to under 1206. Overall, losers led gainers five to three. Volume was
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  • LATE FILE
    • 34 16 AFP THE PHILIPPINES is expected to have a combined balance of payments (BOP) deficit of US$3.9 billion for 1984 and 1985 before exceptional financing, its central bank reported yesterday.
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    • 44 16 AP UNION LEADERS of the state railway of Thailand said yesterday their second round of negotiations with the government had failed and they would continue a nationwide strike that has cut off train service to the Thai provinces. AP
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    • 50 16 Reuter SWISS WATCH exports rose 11.5 per cent to 2.63 billion francs in the first nine months this year, an official of the country's watchmakers' association said yesterday. Exports showed a volume rise of 7.5 per cent compared with the same period last year. Reuter
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    • 49 16 Reuter ISRAEL yesterday confirmed that troop withdrawal talks with Lebanon will resume today and an official spokesman indicated that some Shi'ite officials, whose arrest by Israel last Thursday caused the UN-spon-sored talks to be called off by the Lebanese government, may soon be released
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    • 33 16 AP DISCOVERY'S spacewalking salvage crew yesterday captured a second stranded satellite. The Westar 6 payload rescue comes after the shuttle crew had salvaged the Palapa B2 satellite on Monday. AP
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    • 31 16 Reuter CHINA PLANS to arm its navy with a new generation of tactical and strategic missiles within five years, the China news service said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 59 16 Outlook for today: Partly cloudy with showers over several areas in the late morning and afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Nov 14 at the airport: Maximum temperature 29.8 Associated humidity 75 Minimum temperature 23.8 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 3.05 Rainfall in millimetres 10.4
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 168 17 A CLASH is looming between Danish shipowners and seafarers over cuts in minimum manning levels. The Danish Seamen's Union has said it would fight proposals to bring down minimum manning levels established, 20 years ago. Industry Minister Mr lb Stetter is expected to announce
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    • 152 17 TMR/ITN STEAMSHIP companies appear to be winning the latest battle against airlines in the tussle for freight. Computers, long the darling of the air freight industry, are transported in increasing numbers on ocean liners. For instance, Burroughs Corp in the US is moving 64 per cent of inbound
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    • 428 17  -  By LINDA CHEE CARGO throughput between January and September 1984 grew at a slower rate of 6.7 per cent over 1983. It was a let-down compared with the 9.6 per cent growth rate achieved between January and August over the previous year.
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 129 17 THREE of the "big-six" Japanese shipping companies with low tanker operating rates reported that wider profit-margins in liner container and car carrier services to North America had brought them sales and profits higher than expected this first half business year. The three are NYK Line, Mitsui OSK Lines
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      • 67 17 CARGO handling at Madras Port was suspended on Tuesday and is unlikely to resume for another 24 hours because of a cyclone crossing the coast nearby, M Krishnamurthy, the marketing manager of the port, said. He said that 20 ships, most of them Indian oil tankers,
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      • 59 17 THE Japanese Port of Kobe registered a container throughput of 1.62 million TEUs last year, compared with 1.5 million TEUs in 1982. Total throughput grew at a slower rate, from 144.7 million tons to 148 million tons. Boxed cargo constituted 63.9 per cent of total cargo handled.
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    • 1168 18 Lloyd's List THE OUTLOOK for Hongkong's shipowners is difficult to forecast. Many have experienced falling returns and introduced belt-tightening exercises this year. Yet a number of the leading owners believe they have fostered moves which will set foundations for improved profitability next year.
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    • 158 18 UPI AN OIL slick from the sunken tanker Puerto Rican was moving north along the California coast and was "breaking up considerably," the US Coast Guard says. The slick, 10 km long and 60 m wide, was about 80 km north of Bodega Bay, Coast
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    • 1540 18 ALGERIA Algiers Oct 15. About 1-2 days delays with about 6 vessels waiting. Bejaia Oct 14. Three vessels waiting. Skikda Oct 14. Five vessels waiting. ANGOLA Luanda Oct 23rd. 4-5 days. 4 vessels anchored. Lobito —1-2 days. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Oct 23rd. Customs personnel strike on Oct 25th
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    • 1905 18 LIMITED grain chartering is reported on the freight market on Tuesday with rates edging lower where changed while fairly active fertiliser business developed on Indian government account. Two grain cargoes were covered from the US North Pacific to Taiwan at $17 and one cargo at $16.75 compared with
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    • 221 19 TMR/ITN A MARRIAGE between American President Lines and the Port of Seattle, US is going through a tough time. The American carrier is concerned with Seattle's plans to build a competing intermodal rail service. APL. which plans to use the port as its chief load
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    • 577 19 Reuters AWASH with caviar and champagne, the Royal Princess gets a royal blessing today at the start of its career as the most expensive cruise liner afloat. Princess Diana, Britain's future queen, will formally name the £150 million ocean-going palace at a tightly-guarded
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    • 212 19 KONE FELS Cranes Pte Ltd has completed the construction of two doubleboom harbour cranes for the Johor Port. The cranes one 12-ton grab crane and one 35-ton multi-purpose crane will form part of a multi-mil-lion infrastructure at the port. The cranes, built at a cost
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    • 191 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Eurqpe. Far East Persian Gulf. Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia
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    • 744 20 Nov 8-12 Arctic offshore technology conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Nov 12 Economic design of cooling water, fuel and electrical power generation systems for motorships, 1730 hours. Institute of Marine Engineers, 76 Mark London EC3. Nov 12-18 Expoship Far East 1984 international maritime exhibition, Hongkong Exhibition Centre. Nov 13
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    • 3921 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore (or 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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    • 689 25 SBST RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Ship Arrival for LCL movement Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Jayakorta ***** 15.11 84 2300 NAPL TA 3 0900-1100 B8 E Promoter 093WB 15.11 84 2100 Green Asia FSB 0800-0900 S3 Kris Lemona 8 16.11 84
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    • 1808 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (Si Afra-Earaala Uae Transgroup (S). Akreakiel User Service Kim Shpg (S) AMrH C Taepfer Oceanus Shipping Agencies (S) Mariniex Enterprise <PK) Alpac Intrasea (S) Binlang Shpg <KL) Island Cargo Handling
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    • 447 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Jenhol 22 Thong Soon alongside 15.11.84/2300 Lampung 45A Heap Senga alognside 15.11.84/0600 Lina 101 15/6 Paciro alongside 15.11.84/0600 Rajah Brooke 20W SSPL alongside 15.11.84/2300 Sea Queen No 1 8/9 H Gilf alongside 15.11.84/2300 Manoloeverett 25/26 Everett I4.il
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    • 658 21 V\v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 VESSEL VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTASEJATI E-533 In Pt-20/11 HOOEIDAH, AOABA. PT SUDAN. MUtCALLA KOTAAGUNG E-535 2-5/12 HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH. AOABA, PT SUDAN KOTASEGAR E-537 8-11/12 JEDDAH, ADEN. BEIRA. D SALAAM. MOMBASA KOTAABADI E-539 1-4/1/85 MOMBASA, D
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    • 208 21 Agents SINGAPORE Pll TEI *****33 P KEIANG SEIATAN AGENCY TEL 3880b6 *****32 Kl SEIATAN AGENCY TEI *****9 *****2 PENANG LEAN BEF CO TEI *****/***** 2 WOOD LINE SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE KJt STORE MAID REUNON DURBAN C'TONN KAYIN SA-6 Sid Sid SM Sid h Port 11/11 MERCUR SA-7* Sid Sid In
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    • 829 21 BLN LLNL CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE IQtUWW Cardan Bay Rrn ilrt* fra**turt Eipets Rattan Bay Mjmbwf iipini Mm Mjru Benjvon !o»« iptMi CjrAfjn Bit STRUTS STOM PKELANG 19/11 21/11 21/11 21/11 4/1? C/ 12 12/12 14/12 21/12 21/12 21/12 29/12 4/1 VI 12/1 14/1 21/1 22/1 CUMH FROM
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    • 610 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN! NATIONAL LINF Far East S'pwe Service Fufl Container Vessel. ftoan Totahamj Hot* Kjataaa* Hanfkan|S part I, Pno» MAIAPKHt Vl4* 10 21/11 30/10 J/11 S/Il 15/11 Wll GOWK *14 HB IS/11 17/11 22/11 2J/11 21/11 »/i| M*UPM«TVIS« 21/11 21/11 J/12 4/12 9/12 11/12 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE
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    • 472 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES jk BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION Pogon V 79 Htooeywa* Myomaywa VB4W Htoneywa Discharge Only Loadns for Rangoon S'pore P.Kelong lnPt/18 Nov 22/23 Nov 1/4 Dec 9/10 Dec Penong BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SI> RE R DAM h ULL HMBG IVYBANK Sailed 7 Dec
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 900 22 4 kECUADOR/PERU/CHILE K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN LTD. Q r»\ FCIDCR ASIA SIM V3O MOT MIR VSI VSI PKIG PNG SPORt »06t GUAYAQUIL 24 Nov 26 No« 2S Nov 26 Dec 25 lan CULM) 31 Un MICA KJUIQUf ATAGASTA S ANTOHO VALPARAISO 6 Feb 7 F«4> SFeb 11 Feb 11 Feb
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    • 253 22 SA Ml V S7ls€ S VfRGELEGfN V 071 Maputo Ctown fOu Clan RidurihDurljan Sport Bay r— 31/10 29/10 2/11 16/I*l 11/11 23/11 9/11 13/11 1/12 W\l/f JARWNE SHTfING AGENCIES (Ref. *****4/ OOK) (TcrrnM 70 SHEN'ON WAY #04 03 MA WW HOUSf SMGAPORE 0207 TEI *****11 TELEX M 0 RS *****
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    • 567 22 ///f CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE Loidnf In 10S ANGIUS SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE. TACOMA VANCOUVER BC Rcccptni Ea/FCI Conlmm P Sinjapw? I Anj«rs lATFWW ft) No. 21/22 Na. 1R Ok AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accept!* Fa/Fa CattMws ?1 17 No. ?j ?4 No. lOk •> b OK 7
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    • 651 22 SANKO ASIA FROM JAPAMCSC *O*TS AND HOMOKOMG 1. STARLET ■2. REGENT RANGER 3. AKIMARU 4 SHMKOMARU 5. MERDCKA 6 SANKO SCORPIO 7. TOMOCO Ajmt Singapore Port Kfi»nj Penanj GENERAL SURVEY FOR: S«eapore P. Kelanj Pwianj GDN 18/16 Nov 17/18 Nov GDN 19/16 Nov 17/18 Nov 17/19 Nov 20/21 Nov 21/23
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    • 565 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road #27 16 International Pla/a Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (1 0 Lioesl <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pore P. Ketang loadng tar BUNGA KENANGA 88M913 Saied hi Port ROTT ANT/UJ( (AVON) ALEXANDRIA *****14 hi Port SETE ROTT ANT UK (AVON) fii SEAWOOD SHIPPING
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 704 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/trom Scandinavia C FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) PAUL S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1800 18/11 LCI Cargo 0600 18/11 Jayakarta Also accepting cargo to/from Bangkok and E Malaysia JAYAKARTA Spore Closing Times FCI Cargo LCI Cargo 1000
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    • 630 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels 1 SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: Vnut H"" BM mcNO* »A*f( No I Dorum No Odum II 11 I 22/11 2/12 2012 4 12 J/12 No t> Dorjfn IOSN I 12 13/12 24/12 No 7 Daum 409* U/l? ?1/|? No I Down *09* 24/12 2»/12 2/1
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    • 610 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** PCNANG MESSRS MAI THONG SHTMNG 23 Weld Quay Penang Cables iAYAFW PENANG Tel ***** ***** Tele. MA 4004 i
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    • 95 23 DURBAN. JOHANNESBURG MAPUTO. MAURITIUS REUNION WESTBOUND KEYSTONE ACE 21W LADY DONA 24W LADY DONA VIIE 911 84 17 11 84 41? to Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street =08-11 Tat Lee Btdg S pore 0104 Tele* RS ***** KtMTRA Tel *****8 m SHEN6 TAI LINE REGULAR LINER
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 391 24 Ke<|i*Nial Container l-iiies 3 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual ki:L Berthing P.S.A. 1500 Hrs. Tuet, Thurs Sat H|WO D E K| S E N CO LTD I I.TRA lIKAVY LIFT C ARKIKK SINGAPORE ISLANDS LINE k HONG KONG ISLANDS LINE I fUUY CONTAINfRISED SERVICES TO AUSTRALIA 4 U S I
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    • 82 24 FARGO SHIPPmC COMPANY (PTE.) LTD EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICF SINGAPORE/BANGKOK EVERY 2 DAYS r\ THANA BHUM SMI BHUM THANA BHUM SMI BHUM THANA BHUM Sport 17/11 Nov 20/21 Nov 24/25 Nov 27/21 Nov 1/2 Doc Bfck 21/22 Nov 23/24 Nov 21/29 Nov 30/1 Dec 5/8 Dec J AhS t klfcI h
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 175 24 W ■> ional Weather 4/ A/5# J V ■vIN fcT ?.*;V M < *j> y z.« iy > B V 5 W**l SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. c O w Wind direction with speed m knots Wave height One half fleche represents 5 knots LEGEND:
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    • 29 25 WORLD LINE LIOORNE GENERAL AGENTS SEAUON SMTftiG (S) fTE LTD SMGAROftE SALES/BOOKH6S TEL *****11 (I UNES) CUTTAGONG HALMA (CALCUTTA) M/V ARTOiS VIILS4 M/V ANXHJ VILSS M/V ARMAGNAC V2L55 BSHBSHI
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    • 197 25 Scan Dutch 9 y, t *s»t To Europe (Med/UK/NC/Scan) To Red Sea/Mediterranean From Europe SeUndu B Perm* Toyama Scan Dutch Edo Hot rig an lutlandia Also Accepting To: HONG KONG I BSE WntSM From Red Sea/Med. (1) Borcelono, Genoa, Bilbao, Leghorn Valencia (2) Amsterdom, Antwerp, LeHavre, Basle, Southampton, Liverpool, London
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 588 26 MOI IS Mitsui OS K. Lines. Ltd. CONVENTIONAL/SEMI-CONTAINER EAST AFRICA NEDLLOYD MOJI GLORIA PEAK ALTAI MARU WEST AFRICA NEDLLOYD MANILA In Port Mombasa. Daressalaam 26 Nov Port Louis. Reunion 5 Dec Mombasa, Daressalaam. Tanga Zanzibar. Nacala, Beira, Tamatave NEDLLOYD MANILA In Port Monrovia. Abidjan, Apapa, Tema, Douala POPI P 17
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