The Business Times, 28 December 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 1015 1  -  Manpower training the main thrust of developments By JEFFREY TSANG NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR tl was an exciting year with many v developments in science and r technology. Singapore moved into higher gear in its technology drive with tax incentives, developments in financing and the s establishment
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  • 710 1  -  By JOANNE YAP MORE COMPANIES invested in industrial automation this year after holding back last year when they waited to evaluate the results of their automation programmes in 1982. Robots, manipulators, numerical controlled (NC) and computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines, together with computer-aided-design and
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 1 SELLING pressure sent share prices slightly lower yesterday. Turnover was low us many punters are still away on holiday. The BT Composite Index fell by 2.38 points to 713.78. The Straits Times industrial Index skidded 2.(9 points to 813.89.
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  • 285 1 UPI THAT VENERABLE capitalist institution, the stock market, may be about to make a comeback in China after an absence of more than 35 years, a Beijing newspaper reported yesterday. In an article reprinted from the Guangzhou Evening News, the China Daily newspaper
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  • 132 1 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES will ask for a further moratorium on repayment of principal on its US$26 billion foreign debt when the current moratorium expires next month, Prime Minister Cesar Virata said yesterday. Manila first imposed the moratorium in October 1983 and it has been
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  • 421 1  -  By PENG AILIAN THE UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) will launch today another home banking service which makes use of the 60,000 personal computers in Singapore. To make use of UniView, a customer needs a telephone and a personal computer. He also needs
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  • 138 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN oil company officials remained tight-lipped yesterday over the country's decision to cut its crude oil production by 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) from next month. When contacted, they only said that they were not in a position to determine how the move
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    • 108 1 KENNEX BORON ACE The racket of Perfection Aqth Sfl i ff SPORTS fa LEISURE (PTE) ITD. Tel: 287 0044 (4 lines) Only >»iif Credit POSB ban ratesthe lowest in town Our interest rates are just 9% pa for all housing loans up to 10 years. And 9!4% for 11 to
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    • 269 1 THE PRIMARY Production Deportment has recently stepped up efforts to produce more fruit saplings to meet the target of planting 87,000 fruit trees in Singapore by 1989. Page 3 THE NATIONAL Council for US-China Trade, an organisation of more than 400 US companies, says trade with China will increase by
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    • 123 1 Competition in oil industry, Page 2 Banking services, Page 6 Freight outlook, Page 7 EDB considering financial incentive*, Back Page Full report, Page 13 Asian stock*, Page 11 International stocks, Page 10 very tender, very rare -<jr Ui There was a time when there were no machines and man was
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 658 2  -  Intense competition expected to narrow profit margins OIL REFINING By LOH HUI YIN THE OIL industry will bear the full brunt of intense competition next year after scrapping through this year with a few hard-earned reprieves. It anticipates problems on several fronts, particularly even
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    • 580 2 PETROL STATION chains face even tougher times next year as they jostle to cling on to their market share. The five established oil companies, and newcomer Singapore Petroleum Company, will not only have to contend with a dismal increase in petrol sales, but also higher
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    • 305 2 COMPETITION in the latest round of contracts awarded by the Housing and Development Board was stiff with 154 tenders chasing just 16 contracts worth $11.9 million. Tender prices were also close, varying at an average of only 8.3 per cent between one
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    • 512 2 ROBERT OPIAT has been named general manager of Samuel Montagu's merchant bank branch in Singapore. Mr Opiat is currently the executive director responsible for Samuel Montagu's banking and finance activities in the Asia-Pacific, based in London. He succeeds Christopher Clarke, who is returning to a senior appointment
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    • TRADE TALK
      • 67 2 an inter- national wire industry conference and exhibition, will be held from Jan 29 to Feb 1 next year at the World Trade Centre. Thirty-two experts from 18 countries will present papers on theory, design, application and manufacturing techniques. The conference is supported by an exhibition featuring some
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      • 82 2 is marketing a new software to help companies process wages and salaries more quickly and efficiently. The Peachtree Payroll System can process calculations for the Central Provident Fund, Mosque Building and Mendaki Fund, and IRBA income tax forms. The basic software allows separate payroll
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      • 73 2 an Australian company that specialises in manufacturing powder metallurgy products is seeking an agent, joint venture or licensing arrangement in South-east Asia. The company supplies shaped components to a wide range of industries including the automotive, household appliance,
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    • 275 3 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Jan 10-11 Jan 12 Jan 14-15 Jan 14-19 Jon 14-19 Jan 14-19 Jon 14-19 Jan 15-17 Jan 19 Jan 19 Jan 21-26 Iniection Molding Analytical Review Iniection Mold Design Product Design CNC Turning 1 CNC Milling 1 NC Wirecut 1 2-D Computer
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    • 295 3  -  PPD steps up efforts to meet target by 1989 By BOEY KIT YIN THE PRIMARY Production Department (PPD) has stepped up efforts to produce more fruit saplings to meet the target of having 87,000 fruit trees in Singapore by 1989. Production at its 8-hectare demonstration
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    • 247 3 THE Ministry of Education has revised certain conditions for the GCE "N" Level examinations. For a start, all private candidates who fulfil one of three conditions will be allowed to take the "N" Level examinations from next year. These candidates must have either:
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    • 68 3 A $3 MILLION project funded by the Singapore Turf Club will study how to slow down the ageing process and, possibly, the formation of cancer cells. The two-year project is led by Professor N P Das of the Biochemistry Department, National University of Singapore.
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    • 458 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG "DO NOT DISTURB" signs, too often seen hanging on hotel room doors, will not be a feature of the Pan-Pacific Singapore Hotel coming up in Marina Square. Instead, the hotel's computer will keep tabs on the status of each room,
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    • 145 3 THE WORLD'S largest computer manufacturer has signed on one of Singapore's largest systems houses as its turnkey specialist. Digital Equipment Corporation, a US-based computer manufacturer, appointed the government-owned Singapore Computer Systems at a signing ceremony on Dec 12. DEC's Asean general man- ager, Lim Soon Hock,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 376 3 (A) MERCEDES-BENZ 200 A 525 GLM folding $3 million a day adds up to solid long-term performance Have you ever wondered how Mercedes-Benz has stayed so far ahead? Three million dollars is spent every day, 7 days a week on research and development. Meticulous attention is paid to areas that
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 503 4 NYT AN ORGANISATION of more than 400 American companies has forecast that trade with China will increase by US$l billion next year from the US$6 billion estimated for 1984. The National Council for USChina Trade also said that American companies formed 31 ventures
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    • 148 4 UPI THE AMERICAN government spent US$2B.5 billion more than it collected in November, making the deficit in the first two months of the 1985 fiscal year 23 per cent worse than last year, the Treasury Department said. The figures showed
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    • 454 4 Reuter JAPAN'S giant motor companies, fearing talks next week between Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and President Reagan, are pushing the government to end restrictions on the number of cars they can sell in the US each year. Under a US-Japan agreement, Tokyo's Trade
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    • 201 4 AFP UNITED Arab Emirates (UAE) Oil Minister Manah Saeed al-Otaiba said the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) would be headed for a price war unless "all" differences among members are settled by its current Geneva conference which resumed yesterday. Hinting at continuing
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    • 787 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local time From MAS MH603 0905 KUL SWR SRI 76 0930 ZRH/BKK MAS MH67I 0935 KUL MAS MH8I1 0940 PEN RBA BI42I 1000 BWN SIA SQI03 1005 KUL CPA CX7I0 1030 HLP G1A GA960 1100 HLP SIA SQ201 1115 HLP SIA SQI05 1120 KUL
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    • 331 5 UPI THE 65th ship attacked in the Gulf this year, a Spanish supertanker believed to have been fired on by Iranian warplanes, headed toward Bahrain for repairs yesterday. The 239,959-tonne Aragon was hit by two projectiles in the central Gulf on Wednesday as
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    • 95 5 Reuter PRESIDENT Reagan has called on the Soviet Union to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, calling their presence a serious impediment to improving USSoviet relations. In a statement marking the fifth anniversary yesterday of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan, Reagan said the US would not remain
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    • 277 5 Bernama THE PRESIDENT of the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr Nawawi Mat Awin, has called on the Malaysian government to review the free trade zone (FTZ) concept. Saying that FTZs were no longer valid, he pointed out that in spite of their
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    • 297 5 AFP US-ORIGIN deepsea sonar equipment, built around high technology that can be used for military purposes, turned up in Japan and was confiscated just before it was due to be shipped to the Soviet Union, Jiji press reported yesterday. The Japanese agency said the
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    • 117 5 AFP IMMIGRATION authorities have asked two foreign architects illegally employed in Malaysia to leave the country. Immigration director-general Abdul Jabid Don said the move was part of a crackdown on foreign architects said to be illegally working on 90 major projects valued at
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    • 213 5 Reuter PREMIER Zhao Ziyang has told Chinese farmers they must start producing food for export and a senior agriculture official says China's one billion people need better food not more. §The China Daily quoted Zhao as saying coastal regions which lead China's
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    • 78 5 AP FORTY TONNES of a lethal chemical leaked from a car at a railroad depot on the outskirts of Belgrade and threatened the city's water supplies. Vecernje Novosti newspaper identified the poison as Xylole, a chemical used by dye and paint manufacturers, and said it
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    • 146 5 AP A SHIP carrying China's first Antartic expedition moored off the Antartic continent on Wednesday while members of the team searched for the site of China's first observation station on the continent, to be named "Great Wall". The Chinese official news agency
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    • 93 5 AFP THE MANILA-BASED Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance grant of unspecified amount to finance a study to speed up development of Philippine coal resources. The bank said the proposals to be studied were to increase participation of private coal mining companies, outline specific
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    • 101 5 AFP SATOSHI Sumita, governor of the Bank of Japan, said the yen tended to be unstable against the US dollar, mainly due to high US interest rates. Mr Sumita said US longterm interest rates remained high in spite of two recent official discount rate cuts. The
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 978 6  -  This is the second in a series of articles on Singapore's banking and financial developments in 1984. Innovation has become the byword throughout the banking world. Computers, previously hidden in banks' backrooms, have emerged in the fore as banks compete to sell their services
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  • 122 6 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK will introduce its Unitellers (24hour automated teller machines) in three more petrol service stations today. The ATMs will be at a BP station in Havelock Road, a Mobil station at River Valley Road and a Shell station at Braddell Road.
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  • 405 6 Reuter NET international lending to developing countries will grow about four per cent per year over the next several years, Chemical Bank economists said. In a study, they said by the end of 1968, the total outstanding debt of 26
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • Article, Illustration
      722 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed higher against major currencies but weaker against sterling in light trading yesterday. The dollar firmed in the morning following its strength in New York but later fluctuated within a narrow range. Against the yen, the US unit opened at 250.15/25 yen and then
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    • 314 6 Interbank rates at 3pm Local doMors to one unit of foreign Mrdey c roaa parity CM** currCncy: US dotor 2 1775 2.1785 2 8196 -22.77 Sterling pound 2 5389 2.5444 7 3469 -65 44 Austrabon dollar 1 8058 1 8081 ***** -47 33 NZ dollar 1 0408 1
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    • 130 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate fell one percentage point to 6 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday, compared with 7 per cent on Wednesday. The term rates for the one, two and three-month maturities closed at a uniform 6'. per cent. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday
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    • 245 6 PERIOD Asian dollar deposits rates extended earlier gains in light afternoon trading yesterday on continued year-end covering interest. Periods firmed between 1/16 and 3/16 point at the start and then one month rose another 1/16 to close at 8-5/8 8-1/2, three months 3/32 to 8-27/32 8-25/32 and
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    • 321 6 BA Futures Inc FOLLOWING the weak closing in Chicago, Eurodollar futures traded lower on Simex yesterday. The negative tone was brought about by the rise in federal funds rate which traded above the 8 per cent discount rate. Trading was very light as most of the traders were still
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    • 123 6 HONGKONG The metal closed lightly lower yesterday in.- very thin trading on late overseas selling. The metal finished at U*****.50/311.00 an ounce compared with New York's $312.00/50 close and the previous close of $311.50/ 312.00 on Monday here. Local gold lost HKJI2 to close at $2,903 a tahil. Krugerrand
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    • 138 6 BARCLAYS TO BE "ONE BANK" From 1 January 1985 Barclays international and UK banking operations are to merge under the name Barclays Bank PLC. Barclays office in Singapore will adopt the new name from that date. Plans to merge Barclays Bank International with its UK parent were first announced in
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 131 7 TWENTY-EIGHT Lippixanere of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna were flown earlier this month from Frankfurt to Chicago aboard two scheduled Lufthansa flights. The horses were accompanied by 18 attendants. Chicago was the starting point of a fiveweek tour of the US by the Spanish
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    • 382 7  -  By YAP BOH HOON THE NEED for efficient handling of the heavy traffic coming through Singapore was the primary reason for Thai Airways International's move to computerise its Singapore station's cargo services. Thai Airways' station in Singapore is the first outside Bangkok to be
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    • 239 7 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight Local From Operator Flight Local For number time number time FRIDAY TMA TL351 0830 BEY/DXB JAL JL615 0930 KUL FT FT75 2355 BOS/JFK/ANC NW NW906 0935 HKG/NRT/ /NRT/TPE SFO/LAX TMA TL351 1000 TYO/(BKK/ DXB/BEY) TMA TL352 1000 TYOABKK/ DXB/BEY) FT FT70 0135 KUL/TPE/NRT /ANC/ORD
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    • 547 7  -  CARGO HANDLED By LIM SOON NEO CHANGI Airport should see a substantial increase in air cargo handled next year if the two projects launched by the Airfreight Promotion and Marketing Team (APMT) are successful. "Our team has been trying to promote trans-shipment
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  • FEATURES
    • 596 8 CONSIDERING the recent disenchantment with shares in the wake of a long and decisively bearish spell, the Singapore stock market did not perform badly at all these past two weeks. It was, to say the least, more resilient than many had expected. Restrained but resilient. However,
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    • 968 8  -  Specialty chemicals are making a quiet revolution in many major industries BY BOEY KIT YIN IN THE RAPID restructuring of the Singapore economy, computerisation and automation have made much of the running. Equally significant progress has been made in another industry, but one which has not
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    • 481 8 FT LEE MORGAN, chairman of the Caterpillar Tractor Company and, in recent years, one of corporate America's most ardent free trade advocates, has held a series of meetings with some of President Ronald Reagan's closest advisers. They include James Baker, the White
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    • 827 9  -  By ANNA TEO THE PAY PACKETS of many employees of some Singapore companies have shrunk recently, but the amount of funds going into the Community Chest has been correspondingly enlarged. General Electric, the Jack Chia Group, Hongkong Shanghai Bank and Texas Instruments, are just
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 948 8 HIGHLIGHTS Singapore 1984 7.55 pm, Channel 5 A television re-cap of the major events which happened in Singapore during the year. Evening At The Ballet Dancer (Last Episode) 8.30 pm, Channel 12 This last programme in the series profiles Peter Schaufuss, one of today's great male dancers. We see the
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    • 697 8 TCMHIGKDiaa CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Large drink at the airfield on the hid (6) 7 Uniquely beastly sort of town? (3-5) 8 Amusingly lordly, possible (6) 10 Like a head clerk? (5) 13 Act also backed (4) 14 Female seal? (4) 15 Just the girl to have a crack (4)
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  • SPORTS
    • 393 9 AP FOR BASKETBALL STAR Bernard King, a career-high 60point performance was nothing to be excited about. "I'd rather have scored 10 and we had won the game," King said on Tuesday night when, in spite of King's highpowered performance, the New
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    • 457 9 Australian Information Service CONTENDERS for the 1987 America's Cup yachting series have started assembling their forces at the challenge venue, the port of Fremantle in Western Australia. By March 1985 at least four of the competing syndicates the United States, Italy and two from
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    • 564 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS SINGAPORE'S golfing sensation Lim Swee Wah had a brief flirtation with stardom playing in the Taiwan Professional Golfers Association (PGA) championship a fortnight ago. After firing a four-under-par 68 for the day's lowest score in the second round, our
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    • 159 9 30 yachts out of SydneyHobart race Reuter THIRTY YACHTS have a ban» doned the Sydney-Hobart race» after being dismasted or dart£ aged in strong wind and rough seas, officials said yesterday. Among the casualties was the huge Bermudan yacht Com dor, a favourite to take line' honours for the third
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    • 145 9 Reuter w HOT FAVOURITE Burrough J; Hill Lad duelled gamely with Combs Ditch in a thrilling finish to win the prestigious King George VI steeplechase in I; Kempton, England, on Wednes- jl day but by only the narrow- rj est margin. The three-runner race de- veloped
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 338 10 FT LIMITED partners in the PetroLewis Corp have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the establishment of a royalty trust in which they will receive shares in exchange for dropping lawsuits against the company. The establishment of the trust is the centrepiece of the
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    • 166 10 AP R J REYNOLDS Tobacco Co officials are so confident people will keep smokiag that they are building the largest cigarette factay in the world. Reynolds Tobacco chairman E Horrigan Jr said: "We are putting money where our faith is in the future of
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    • 107 10 NYT the Westmoreland coal Co said on Wednesday that it would take US$57 million in fourth-quarter write-offs, consisting of certain metallurgical coal properties in West Virginia and the costs related to their disposition. Westmoreland, based in Philadelphia, attributed the move to continuing operating losses
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    • 283 10 NYT SMITH INTERNATIONAL Inc, which has been pursuing Gearhart Industries since last spring, has said that it is conducting negotiations with the concern that could lead it to ending its bid. Smith, an oil field services company based in Newport Beach, California, made the
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    • 292 10 Reuter PROFESSIONAL stock traders stayed away from Wall Street in droves on Wednesday, allowing the stock market to drift slightly lower in thin postChristmas trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.22 to 1208.92. In the broader market, losing issues led gainers
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    • 122 10 Reuter TRADING in Creusot-Loire and Schneider SA shares resumed on Wednesday after more than six months. But both were suspended temporarily by a surplus of sell orders for the former and buy orders for the latter, the French stockbrokers' association said. A Paris commercial court earlier
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    • 612 10 DfC 26 US$ ACF Industnas Alton Akron 28* unch Alcoa 36* Aiaghany Lud 22 Afced Own Cp 34* Aftad Stor« 49* Afcs-Chalmari 5* Am Brandt Inc 63* Am Broodcost 63* Am Can Co 49* unch Am Cyanamd 48* Am Elac Pwr 21 unch 37* Am Horn* Prod 51*
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 313 11 HONGKONG: The Hang Seng Index fell back yesterday below the 1,200 level as a wave of profittaking sent stock prices sharply lower. The market opened firmer but selling pressure took control late in the morning and finally sent the index to a closing 1,176.93, down 29.90 points. The index
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    • 215 11 OCC 27 Al Srvcara Indus Asia Camant KT 6 00 25.70 -005 -0.1 -0.9 •1 -0 1 ■0.2 Liar* Hwo Indus Nan Yo Plas Pacific Cons Pacific Elact Wira 1 ISO M30 26 70 18.60 -02 unch 06 unch Chang Hwo Bank 52 50 Poolung Popar 1.24 17 10
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    • 311 11 SYDNEY: Australian sharemarkets closed firmer in quiet trading with investors reluctant to take new positions ahead of the new year. The All Ordinaries Index was up 1.2 at 724.4. National turnover was 15.76 million shares. Brokers said trading was confined to yearend booksquaring following mixed indicators from abroad. BHP
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    • 398 11 TOKYO: Prices closed higher yesterday but off the day's highs in light profit-taking and position squaring ahead of today's last half-day session for the year. The market average, which posted a marginal 2.30 rise on Tuesday, gained 18.96 to 11,513.57 after hitting a high of 11,527.23. Turnover was 340
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    • 111 11 MANILA: Prices closed generally firmer in continued dull trading. The commercial and industrial index was up 1.17 at 106.38 and oils 0.009 at 0.592 while the mining marker was unchanged at 726.58. DEC 27 Acoi* Mining fe..... NM 0.0016 ivtch n mi Phi Ovn«B PMex B Pic op B
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    • 157 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed lower in quiet trading. The Book Club index fell 0.28 point to 127.40 and declines led advances by seven to four. Turnover jumped to 1.3 million shares worth 49.0 million baht from 215,918 shares worth 48.6 million on Wednesday. DCC 27 1 Aokhom Thai Asia
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    • 118 11 Reuter YAMAICHI Securities Co has sold the only vacant seat on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to Utsumiya Securities Co, a Hiroshima company, for 1.64 billion yen, says Yamaichi managing director Kenjiro Hanada. The seat became available through a merger of three securities
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    • 279 11 AP THE JAPANESE Hitachi group has agreed to set up a second joint venture with south-east China's coastal province of Fujian, to make electric tools, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Hitachi Koki Co and Toei Shoko Co of Japan, both
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    • 195 11 AP DENTSU, the world's biggest advertising agency, and General Electric Corp of the US will team up to offer value-added network (VAN) services in Japan and internationally. Kunio Yoshihara, manager of the corporate planning division of Information Services Interna tional-Dentsu a joint venture
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 901 12 FT THE INTERNATIONAL Bauxite Association has shown in its ten years of existence that fears of its being a cartel to be unfounded. Henry Bovell, the association's secretary general, said: "The timing of the formation of the association, coming right after the Opec price increases,
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    • 213 12 CHICAGO soybean futures backed off b-oiTi midsession highs on Wednesday after running into solid overhead technical resistance to close two to three cents per bushel higher. January posted a 4' i -cent range on the day. A larger than expected weekly export inspection figure and the outlook for continued
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    • 225 12 WHEAT FUTURES closed 2'/« cents to y< cent per bushel higher in light trade on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday. March was held to a four cent range on the day. A larger than expected weekly export inspection figure and steady buying in March, May and July
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    • 532 12 COFFEE Robusta futures were neglected up to midday yesterday and showed losses on most positions of £2 to £6 a tonne, apart from May and July which were unchanged and up three respectively. Prices eased from the opening after the weaker close on Wednesday in New York, with
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    • 178 12 Reuter CHINA CURRENTLY has surpluses of maize in the north-east part of the country, rice in the south and wheat in central areas. The US Agriculture Department's officer in Beijing said in a field report, dated Dec 19, that China's policy was not to move
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    • 303 12 Singapore C-l special C-l Ordmanr Loonzam 100% unq unq (S$/kilo, ei-godown) Thai white first grade 100% 1st class 100% second grade (kangaroo) 096 070 100% third grade unq new crop J00% 2nd class Parboiled 5% 10% 232 227 fe 100% 3rd class 25% new crop 0 70 No stock
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    • 155 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25°o FOB NSW 492 50 Exchange (Sellers' noon closing prices on Dec 27 S$/100kg) Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW B W FOB NSW 438 00 281 00 Coconut oil Bulk FOB 180 00 Gombier 305 00 Old drum FOB 193 00 FOB NSW Ne» drum FOB
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    • 148 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed higher yesterday on further covering and light speculative buying prompted by Pakistan's presence in the market seeking further RBD palm oil for January 10 20 shipment. January deliveries in the south region firmed Ms2o to $1,245 per tonne while central rose $5
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    • 99 12 INDIA'S foodgrain stocks rose to a record 21.57 million tonnes on Dec 1 this year from the previous high of 20.23 million a month ago and 14.86 million on Dec 1,1983. The stocks on Dec 1 this year included 6.01 million tonnes of rice
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    • 77 12 TIIK Kuala Lumpur Tin Market price yesterday was unchanged at the ITA floor level of M 529.15 per kg with the buffer stock manager the main buyer. Kuala Lumpur's premium of K4II per tonne over the spot price in Ixtndon continued to depress sentiment. Turnover rose to 249
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    • 157 12 (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoemx 16's 3.050 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,200 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,750 Blue Phoenix 40's 3.950 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 2l's 3.400 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,600 Blue Phoenix 40's 4.850 Open-end yarn Blue Phoenix
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    • 145 12 SINGAPORE The market closed steady with January One RSS buyer quoted at 171.50 ~ents per kg, unchanged from last Friday. The morning session gained 0.50 cent on small buying support in quiet trading. The afternoon session saw prices falling back to overnight levels on lack of follow-through buying support.
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    • 346 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in bales) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Setters Int 1 RSS Prompt 169 00 170 00 168 50 169 SON Int 1 RSS Jon 85 172 00 172 50 171 50 172.00 Int 1 RSS Feb 85 ***** 175 50 *****
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    • 104 12 (cents/kg, 1-ton pollen) j onuary 85 February 85 (current mth) (forward mth) NOON NOON RAS Buyers Sellers Buyer* Sdlcn SSR 20 167 50 169 50N 169 50 171.50N SSR 50 165 50 167 SON 167 50 169.50N MRELB Buyers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 194.00 196 00N 196.00
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    • 4115 13 THE Singapore stock market eased slightly in quiet trading yesterday. Dealers reported that punters are still in a holiday mood and are awaiting the new year before committing their funds. The BT Composite Index fell by 2.38 points to 713.78 while the Straits
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    • 261 13 SINGAPORE p. Indices Doc 26 0* 27 (mm 498 +16 BTCompo*** 716 16 713.78 H LNN Cro*t 520 10 IT InAcotor *****98 *****97 Tooofc C—>» 424 +10 8T08/0S -189 -190 AM Owe 278 9 ST Udustnofc 816 38 813 69 OnMd HMgt 318 +8 ST F«ooc. 2404
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    • 513 13 SOME late buying activity helped check the downward slide of prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Except for Pilecon Engineering Bhd, which made its debut yesterday, trading was fairly quiet and share prices closed on a slightly easier note. After a steady start,
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    • 2561 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 14X10 units unless otherwise specified. All Time SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 661 14 ISLAND Peninsular's listed plantation subsidiary, Austral Enterprises Bhd (AEB), has projected group pre-tax earnings of at least Mslo million and $17 million for financial years ending Jan 31, 1985 and 1986, respectively. For the year ended Jan 31, 1984, group pre-tax profits amounted
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    • 170 14 MINORITY shareholders of Austral Enterprises Bhd (AEB) have been advised to vote for the company's proposed acquisition of Kok Foh Estate and its palm oil mill as the terms have been described as "fair and reasonable". The move is also in the best interest of AEB,
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    • 825 14 THE YEAR 1984 has been notable for Malaysia's palm oil industry. It is the year in which the futures market for palm oil in Kuala Lumpur the first and only one of its kind in the world encountered a crisis of confidence which,
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    • 2743 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 showjUn brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A Choc (3 088 3.1 OS) (5) 3 02 (2)
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    • 33 14 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Boustead One-for-tive <n $1 50 per share Ex-date: Dec 17 Books close: Dec 29 Company BONUS ISSUE K L Industries One-for-one Ex-dote Dec 17 Books close: Dec 31
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    • 136 14 Company RIGHTS ISSUE AISB One-for-two $0 80 per shore H K Tin Five-for-one (n $0 50 per shore Int Wood One-for-one $1.20 per share Landmarks HIdgs One-for-four $1 00 per share Peak Hua Three-for-two (ri $1 50 per share Sub-division of $1 par into 2 shores of 50
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    • 319 14 MALAYSIAN Plantations Bhd is acquiring the entire issued and paid-up capital of Segamat Oil Palm Plantation Sdn Bhd (SOPP) for M 54.03 million in cash. The company has announced that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire SOPP from
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    • 294 14 GENTING Bhd's As3oo multimillion joint venture project to build the first casino-hotel complex in Perth, Western Australia, is expected to be ready by 1987. This is because the Western Australian government, which has chosen Tileska Pty Ltd from 12 applicants, hopes to have the complex
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    • 105 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Thursday 1079 7 Hang Seng Index Wednesday Closed Week ago 1063 4 Thursday 1176.93 Wednesday Closed Week ago 1184 42 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Wednesday 1208.92 Tuesday Closed Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1208 04 Thursday *****.57 Standard and Poors Wednesday *****.59 Wednesday 166
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    • 232 14 Managers' prices Second B'putro Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 4 87 4 92 401 406 for Dec 27 4 42 4 47 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 302 307 2 90 2 95 The Commerce 2 49 2 64 Seventh B'putro (A) 204 209 The Savings Fund
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    • 118 14 AOKAM Tin Berhad: 30th AGM at The Conference Room, Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad, 39th Floor, Menara PNB, 201 A, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur on Dec 28 at 11.00am. AYER Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Berhad: 8th AGM at the Conference Room, Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad, 39th Floor, Menara
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    • 372 15 PAN-ELECTRIC Industries Ltd has announced that the transfer register for its $15.9 million 9 s per cent convertible unsecured loan stock 1980/87 will be closed from Jan 28 to 30 for fixing entitlements to the half-yearly interest for the year ending Jan 31, 1985. CONSOLIDATED PLANTATIONS Bhd warrant
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    • 207 15 SATERAS Resources (M) Bhd, formerly Synthetic Resins, made a group operating pre-tax profit of M 57.060 million for the six months ended Sep 30, 1984. Sateras Resources said in a statement that the results could not be compared with those of the previous
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    • 705 15 LAST FULL YEAR Company Period Dote Year Net EPS Gross Net announced ending (cents) div profit lost year r 000) G Lumber Interim June 30 Sep 84 3,618L K G Hldgs Interim Sep 12 Dec 84 83 10 0 1.964 Peak Huo Interim Oct 5 Dec 84 0.3
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    • 1525 15  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN MORE THAN $500 million worth of shares are currently suspended on the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges. The market capitalisation of companies which have asked for a temporary stop in dealings in their shares and those which
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    • 737 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM CEREBOS PACIFIC Ltd is ready to launch new products next year following the success of its various food items in the Far East and Australasia. Coupled with greater automation, the company is confident that the group taxable profits of
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    • 668 15 Current Ex Books Dote Totol for Totol for payment dote dose payable the yeor previous y A 1 S B 15%(b) NYA NYA NYA 15% 15% Amol Steel 8%TE(b) Dec 4 Dec 14 NYA 8%TE 4.1 %TE Aokom 18% Dec 4 Dec 14 Jon 31 28% 26% Ayer
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    • 55 15 THE ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN SINGAPORE Banking Hours on Monday. 31 December 1964 Notice is hereby given that member banks in Singapore will open for business on Monday, 31 December 1984 up to 11.30 am only, to enable them to close their books for the year. By Order of the
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    • 76 15 Ma KOREA EXCHANGE BANK U5550,000,000 Floating Rate Notes due 1993 In accordance with the terms and conditions of the above notes, notice is hereby given that for the 6-month interest period from 24th December, 1984 to 24th June. 1985 (182 days), the notes will carry an interest rate of 9-9/16%
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  • 698 16  -  By LEE HAN SHIH SOUTH KOREAN contractors saw their overseas orders plunge from US$lO.4 billion in 1983 to less than $6 billion this year, and are now faced with a "life-and-death struggle" to stay afloat. To survive, contractors are diversifying out of the Middle East
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  • 420 16 THE SECRETARY -GENERAL of the Singapore United Front (SUF), Mr Seow Khee Leng, has publicly apologised to the Prime Minister and other ministers for defaming them in election speeches at two rallies. Two apologies each one to Mr Lee Kuan Yew
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  • 477 16 CHRISTMAS may be a period of peace and celebration, but for Selco Salvage, the business of rescuing stricken vessels continued as usual. In the Persian Gulf alone, where the two warring countries of Iran and Iraq are still battling it out, Selco was involved
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  • 143 16 AP Reuter PRIME MINISTER Bob Hawke will discuss conditions in Asia and the Pacific with US President Ronald Reagan in Washington next month on an overseas trip that will include talks with the European Economic Community. Mr Hawke, who met Mr Reagan in
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  • 271 16 FURTHER poll violence marked the second day of voting in India's general election. The violence occurred in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, one of seven states and union territories voting yesterday. The Press Trust of India said that before the polls opened, rival
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  • 352 16 THE 450-STRONG Esso branch union will meet next Wednesday to obtain its members' mandate on the form of industrial action it should take to pressure the management in pay talks. A deadlock in the six-month long talks for a new
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  • 358 16  -  By MONICA GWEE THE ECONOMIC Development Board (EDB) is considering financial incentives such as interest-free loans to companies which buy tools locally for products designed and developed in Singapore. "This idea is rapidly gaining support and may soon evolve into
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  • 86 16 UPI CAMBODIAN guerillas have retaken half of a key resistance camp near the Thai border that was captured by Vietnam in a Christmas Day offensive. Insurgent sources said yesterday that about 4,500 guerillas of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) were involved in
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  • 70 16 WALL STREET stock prices opened lower yesterday, continuing Wednesday's modest stock market decline. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off about 14 point to about 1208.5. In the broader market, declining issues led losers by a ratio of three to two. Volume on the New York Stock
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    • 40 16 Reuter THE Saudi Arabian riyal has been devalued from 3.56 to 3.58 to the US dollar. Dealers in the Gulf received the new parity rate by telex from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency yesterday morning. Reuter
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    • 54 16 Reuter THAILAND'S Finance Ministry has revoked the operating licence of First TYust Co Ltd, a finance company with debts of more than 300 million baht. In spite of two capital cuts to 60 million baht from 417 million, the company failed to convince the authorities it
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    • 60 16 AFP US industrial productivity should increase by 2.5 per cent a year between now and 1989, the Conference Board, a leading economic research group, announced yesterday. Increases in industrial productivity slowed to an average annual rate of 0.1 per cent between 1973 and 1962, the
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    • 47 16 Reuter TWO Bolivian ministers have resigned, taking to five the number of Cabinet members who has resigned in the past two weeks. Planning Minister Rene Fernandez and Foreign Minister Gustavo Fernandez said they tendered their resignation to President Hernan Siles Zuazo. Reuter
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    • 42 16 Reuter SYARIKAT ISLAM, one of four groups fused into Indonesia's second-largest political force, has severed ties with the body. Syarikat Islam is the second Muslim grouping that has cut its affiliation with the Muslim United Development Party.
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    • 54 16 Outlook for today: Cloudy with rain throughout most of the day. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Dec 26 at the airport: Maximum temperature 29.12 Associated humidity 80 Minimum temperature 24.6 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 0.80 Rainfall in millimetres 1.4 Roinfall this month 200.7 Roiny
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 162 17 UPI TOLLS levied on ships passing through the Suez Canal will be raised slightly on Jan 1, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, Adel Ezzat, said in a report from the newspaper A 1 Akhbar. The newspaper quoted Ezzat in
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    • 150 17 AFP OIL and soybeans are leaking from the South Korean freighter Choong Yong which ran aground outside Keelung harbour in northern Taiwan, officials said on Wednesday. Keelung Harbour Bureau officials said that part of the 22,000 tons of soybeans in the ship's hold were
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    • 347 17 THE PORT of Singapore Authority has appropriated the berth at Godown 37/38 in Keppel Wharves to Yick Fung Shipping Enterprises, the local shipping agent for China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco). Effective Jan 1, 1985, Yick Fung will have exclusive use of
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    • 858 17 Stripping Lin# C4 •Mpping Una NH Col Afea VI 3 Elmo 4/5 Ahrenkiel Leier VI 3 Everett Unas X 4 AC Toepfer X s Evergreen IV 5 Alphotrans VI 4 Fargo Shpg VI 2 Andfko ShpQ VI 5 Fesco VI 4/5 ANL 1 1 FMG-CAVN VI 1
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 124 17 KAO Hsing Navigation Co Ltd has become the latest Taiwanese shipowner to face severe financial problems. Writs have been issued by the US-based FlexiVan Leasing Co (formerly Uniflex) against eight of the company's 15-ship fleet, consisting largely of Panamanian-flag log carriers (eight) as well as four larger vessels
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      • 71 17 SOUTH Korea's (Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd) won a US$45 million contract from Norway's (Rederiet Sig Bergessen DY Co) to build a 365,000 dwt ore carrier, Hyundai officials said. The Export-Import Bank of Korea will finance 80 per cent of the total contract in an eight-year nine
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      • 47 17 THE PORT of Houston has started using a new US$4.7 million shiploading system which initially increases loading efficiency at its bulk materials handling plant by 50 per cent. The system includes a $3.4 million travelling shiploader, dust suppression system and a new conveyor belt system.
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    • 1115 18  -  By LINDA CHEE THE PORT of Singapore Authority has for the fourth year running delayed a tariff revision to ease the burden of recession on the shipping community. Other rates have also been held back or even reduced to stay competitive. On Oct 1
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    • 1050 18 ALGERIA Algiers Nov 15th. About 1-2 days delays. Bejaia Oct 14. Three vessels waiting. Skikda Oct 14. Five vessels waiting. ANGOLA Luanda Dec 12. 8 days. 4 vessels anchored. Lobito Dec 12. No delays. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Dec 11. 34 vessels berthed. Necochea Dec 11. 1 grain loader
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    • 231 19 Fairplay TIMBER handling at the Port of Rotterdam will get a boost from a U*****,000 investment in a covered facility for imported timber. The facility, at the Waalhaven multi-purpose yard, will be built by MultiTerminals, one of the two major container operators at the port, who
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    • 652 19 AFP THE depressed world shipping industry faces a pessimistic future with an increasing number of creditstrapped shipping lines likely to be forced out of business. Analysts have little cheer to offer hard-pressed shippers for although 1984 is expected to be a
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    • 189 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia
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    • 200 19 AP THE Korean "turtle ship" displayed at the Louisiana World Exposition will make its permanent home in New Orleans from Wednesday. The replica, one-twenty-seventh the size of the 16th-century vessel believed to be the world's first iron-clad battleship, will be
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    • 100 19 DEVALUATION has reduced profits for the Shipping Corporation of New Zealand to a loss of more than NZ$5.7 million for the year ended Aug 31. The state-owned carrier had first expected to achieve a profit of just over $2.5 million, but the tables turned after extraordinary provisions
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    • 513 20 Jan 7 The application of emulsified fuels to different engine designs theoretical predictions and experimental results, 1530 hours, Institute of Marine Engineers, 76 Mark Lane, London EC3. Jan 14 Soft starting of induction motors for marine and offshore application, 1730 hours, 76 Mark Lane, London EC3. Jan 17
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    • 2826 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 662 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy Arrival date/time Godws FCL for LCL movement Operator cargo schedule Location Harvester 62/84 Qinghe 16W Ned Cement 09/502 Anson *****N Tokari II 2302 Thana Bhum 151N Family Ace 52B Jenwel 38/84 Hakata Maru 55/558 FE Trader
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    • 1800 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S) Afro-Earasta Uar Transgroup (S). tkmklrl Liaer Service Kim Shpg (S>. Alfred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agen cies (S) Marintex Enterprise <PK). Alpac Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL> Island Cargo
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    • 448 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Barber Perseus Glory Selatan V Kasuga Maru Kim Soon Li Makmur Ravldas Shoun Maru No 6 Thomaseverett Anwo Venture Botany Treasure Builder III Capt J D Pateras Chidambaram Coral Princess Oc Researcher No 1 Straits Venture Yoshiumi
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    • 1252 22 SW LAWKA/PAKISTAN/INCtA THUS* VI USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST FEEDER/ MOTHER VESSEL KANSAI PIONEER V4l ,Y ASHMA MARU MONTE RUBY V 25 KISO MARU V 74 WHORE BADGE V 39 Y ASHMA MARU V5l IV LINE —KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. SPORE 6 Jan COLOMBO 12 Jan KARACHI 19 Jan BOMBAY 23
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    • 625 22 tJ 4J cl CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loading tor lOS ANGFtfS SAN FRANCISCO St ATTIC TACUMA VANCOUVER BC Accepting fCI FCI Containers AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting fCI FCI Containers P Ketang Spate F run RAVDAS G3l 32 ?8 Dec 4 lan Ctosaig >1 PSA Cau Gdn
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    • 612 22 SANKD ASIA 'AON PO*TS AND HONGKONG 1 EDO MARU 2 rOSHRJM 3. TAGA MARL) 4 NEW LEADING 5. SHMKO MARU 6 SANKO SCORPIO 7 BUI AT Saifapore PKeianf Dec Gdn 19/29 Dec 30/31 Dec 31/2 lan 2/4 lan 4/6 lan S/10 lan 1/10 lan 3/4 lan 5/6 lan 7/1 lan
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    • 599 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road »27 16 Internationa' Piaza Singapore 0207 Tel 2 ***** 1 1 0 Lines) O BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK Spore P Keianfloadnf for SIM VICTORIA *****16 KARM VATIS 1/1 3/1 22/1 SETE/ROTT/ANT/U.K. (AVON) SETE/ROTT/ANT/U.K (AVON) Fd SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION NORTHERN VALLEY Loadinf for teddah/Hodeidah Mont
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    • 731 23 vNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD s TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): K JACEJIN 27W TW BRIDGE 23*1 0 CHIEF 42W K CHANCE 20W HK CONTAINER 43W.. C PAUL 43W Also accepting cargo to/trom Scandinavia K JACEJIN S pore Closing Times FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) f HK CONTAINER 42E Sailed CPAUL42E Sailed
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    • 612 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN, INCHON Spot tOW 30/12 tO7N 10/1 409N 12/1 WIN 24/1 Ymwl No I No 9 No No 7 SC*l »QN!S f# PIUNI AGINCttS PTI I ID let *****7 7 7/BS4J4 (Booknfs) ???/510 (Opeialions) ????<«7 ??09?84 (Ifrnwiil) ??0?450
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    • 430 24 ICc<|ional Container Linos I 3 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P.S.A. Mon, Wed Sat HINODE KISEN CO. LTD MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINERI I.TKA HKAW LIFT \KKIKK KASHMA MARU Spore 17/19 Jan Loadint for: Salalah, leddah SINGAPORE ISLANDS LINE Spore 12/15 lan Loadmf for Durban. Pt. Louis, Reunion, Tanutave DSR-UIM
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    • 320 26 EAST ASIA LINE J (Malaysian Flag) Lhwr Ofvte— Mwiwi M'BIA/B*PORE/IWDIA P. Ketong P. Gudang S'pore Uig fof 21/12 30/12 2/1 IWr MDERA KXTMU N/1 12/1 REGULAR MPAN/STRAfTC/MPAN SERVICES LAMBOR t/2 EAST ASIA SWPMG SDN BHD TEL: *****/36 TLX: ML ***** JALAL MFBC Kl. T«fc 53U1S/53SU0 Nat/Kobe/ Yokohama S'por* A(«ih: SEAGULL
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