The Business Times, 2 April 1985

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1985 60 CENTS
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  • 463 1  -  By RICHARD SEAH IT BECAME obvious where taxi drivers thought they would find the most passengers yesterday. They all headed for the same places and caused their own mini-traffic jams outside shopping centres, hotels and at the airport at taxi
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  • 586 1 Value of projects given planning approval lowest in four years BUILDING commitments fell for the second time last year and was at its lowest in four years. The value of projects given punning approval, according to latest statistics from the Ministry of National Development, plunged by $2.3
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  • 467 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE AIRLINES is mairing use of two US$99 million leveraged lease financing arrangements for two Boeing aircraft which it has bought. The two financing packages involve Bankers Trust and Citibank. In December last year, SIA approached international leading and
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  • Article, Illustration
    71 1 SHAKE prices edged lower term the kuri la featareless tradlag oa the Singapore stock market yesterday. Properties was the only seetar that held steady la the face of the seUlag pressure. He BT Composite Index fell IJC points to 728.48 while the Straits Tines ladastrtal ladex dropped 2.2S
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  • 629 1  -  By ALVIN TAY PROFIT margins of the finance industry are expected to be slashed further while some smaller finance companies may be priced out of the market in the current housing loan rate war sparked off by Credit POSB and intensified by three major
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  • 150 1 INVESTORS anxious to take a stake in Singapore's oil find had their hopes dashed yesterday. Their interest was triggered by the report in BT yesterday that oil had been encountered during the course of Mass Rapid Transit tunnelling work.
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  • 182 1 QUANTUM:FCB Advertising yesterday filed fresh action against Wisma Development to recover $50,336 after its first suit was dismissed last month. Mak A Partners, lawyers for Quantum:FCß, explained that the first case was dismissed on a technicality because their clients failed to give "further
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 262 1 Leader, Page 8 SHARE INFORMATION DOONESBURY MONEY A EXCHANGES LETTERS CROSSWORDS RAW MATERIALS AN END to the dispute between the union and management of Smith-Corona over retrenchment terms looks nowhere in sight with the lotest rejection of the union's demand. Page 2 A NEW PHASE in the expansion of Times
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    • 19 1 Hong Fofc delays project, Bock Pago FmM report. Plot 13 Asian stock ft, hg* 11 Intl stock*, Pags 10
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    • 90 1 Ikon THE WORLD'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM A reeder thara* tha spirit, Pag* 8 "Why did KLM win the 1984 Passenger Service Award?" Air Transport World, the leading international airline magazine, has honoured KLM with its prestigious Passenger Service Award. The jury praised KLM s long tradition in customer service, and
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 419 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING AN END to the dispute between the union and management of Smith-Corona over retrenchment terms looks nowhere in sight with the American typewriter manufacturer yesterday rejecting the union's latest demand. But the US multinational is "not shutting the door completely" as
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    • 300 2  -  By YAP BOH HOON THE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION of Singapore has said the recent increase in road tax is not justified and that it will not discourage the potential car owner but penalise present ones instead. In an editorial in the April issue of
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    • 256 2 THE NEW Indonesian Embassy in Chatsworth Road, officially opened last month, was designed by local architect firm Timothy Seow Partners. The firm is also the architect of Galadari Centre which is sitting on the old embassy site in Orchard Road leased from Ngee Ann Kongsi. Three
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    • 261 2 SINGAPORE'S tourism industry has received a much needed boost since the start of the year. There was an increase in visitors in January, and latest statistics from the board showed another increase in February. The island received a total of 230,830 visitors in February, 4
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    • 409 2 TWO AMERICAN business consultants are optimistic about business prospects with China. US-based JVW International Trade Management Consultants' vice-president Mr Mike Wilson and University of Illinois' professor of international business Professor Anant R Negandhi also offered potential investors a list of "do's and don'ts" and
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    • 215 2 THE SUCCESS of programmes to protect and preserve the environment depends greatly on having an effective communication system. And the effective communication system must forge strong links among government agencies, non-government organisations and the people, said Dr Lee Boon Yang, Parliamentary Secretary in the
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    • 507 3  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF INVESTMENTS in food processing and packaging machinery in Asean countries are expected to exceed $1 billion over the next three years. This was the findings of a survey commissioned by exhibition organiser, Singapore Exhibition Services (SES), and conducted by Frank Small
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    • 181 3 BUSINESSMEN can no longer get new loans from Hong Leong Finance under the Economic Development Board's Small Industries Finance Scheme (SIFS). The managing director of a company said he rang Hong Leong Finance and was told the company was not extending SIFS loans and that
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    • 224 3 ELECTRONIC companies can best sell to the US by appointing representative companies located there as their distributors. This was suggested by the director of the Electronic Representative Association, Mr William Weiner, who was speaking at a half-day seminar on "Marketing Electronics in the US"
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    • 181 3 TWO NEW liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tanks, costing $2.3 million, will be commissioned by Shell at its Pulau Bukom refinery this month. This brings to nine the number of LPG tanks, with a total storage capacity of 11,400 cu metres on Pulau Bukom.
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    • 114 3 THE HARPER Gilfillan trading group has been appointed the regional distributor for Chese-brough-Pond's products. Mr K C Chua, general manager of Harpers Trading in Singapore, said: "The acquisition of the Chesebrough-Pond's agency for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei represents another milestone in the group's aggressive growth programme." Mr
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    • 256 3 MCDONALD'S Singapore will open three new outlets this year and is also planning to lower menu prices. One of the new outlets will probably be in Dover Road with a target market of students from the nearby schools, the Singapore Polytechnic and
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    • 391 3  -  New phase in expansion begins By RICHARD SEAH A NEW PHASE in the expansion of Times the Bookshop began yesterday with the opening of an experimental "neighbourhood store" in Serangoon Gardens. A chain of similar stores will be set up in housing estates if this
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 272 4 Purchasing managers' index down again Reuter AFTER improving in January and February, the US economy eased moderately in March, the National Association of Purchasing Management said in its latest "Report on Business". The first quarter ended on a sobering note, as the purchasing managers'
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    • 117 4 Reuter EGYPT'S Economy Minister Mustaphakamel Said has resigned after criticism over foreign exchange laws introduced in January. He has been replaced by Sultan Abu Ali, deputy chairman of Egypt's investment authority, the President's Office said. Mr Said introduced the controversial foreign exchange laws on Jan 5, including
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    • 184 4 Reuter BRITISH output will grow by 4 per cent this year, the fastest growth rate since 1973, the Confederation of British Industry forecast. This estimate follows reports by British companies in March which say export order books are at their strongest for eight years
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    • 387 4 UPI IRAQI WARPLANES, which bombed civilian areas of Tehran early yesterday, is believed to have used civilian aircraft as cover before attacking the Iranian capital. Iran's official news agency Irna reported Iraqi planes bombed two residential areas in Tehran at about 1.30 am
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    • 242 4 AP NEW PAKISTANI Prime Minister Mohammed Khan Junejo pledged on Sunday night that his government would soon restore the powers of an independent judiciary, an act he termed essential for citizens' fundamental rights. "Freedom of the judiciary is very important for the basic rights
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    • 379 4 AP THREE military intelligence officials linked to the murder of a Chinese-American journalist will not be summoned to testify at the trial of two reputed gangsters charged with the killing, a judge said yesterday. Cheng Tsun-chia, who will head a three-judge panel at
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    • 236 4 AP THE US House Armed Services Committee will audit billings by seven major American defence contractors to discover the extent to which questionable costs are being added to the price the Pentagon pays for weapons. The audit is organised by two subcommittee chairmen who urged
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    • 120 4 AFP DRIVERS breaking speed limits should be shot "promptly", the police chief in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra has reportedly said. Police Brigadier General Djuaeni told the Sinar Indonesia Baru newspaper in Medan that he had asked for drivers of any type of vehicles violating
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    • 278 4 Reuter NEW ZEALAND said yesterday it would expand political, defence and economic activity in the South Pacific following suspension of defence cooperation with the US over the nuclear warship row. A policy statement issued by the Cabinet yesterday said Wellington's immediate requirement was
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    • 199 4 AFP THE US is worried by the growing involvement of organised crime in drug trafficking in South-east Asia, US Assistant Secretary of State for Narcotics, Jon Thomas, said organised crime syndicates inthe region had developed ties Srtth those in America to transport
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    • 101 4 AP A CURFEW was ordered in the western Indian city of Jamnagar late on Sunday following Hindu-Mus-lim rioting, Gujarat state police said. Widespread violence broke out after some stone-hurling Muslims reportedly attacked a Hindu procession on the anniversary of the birth of Lord Rama.
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    • 757 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sanrice number Local time From SV PAA CV KAL MAS MAS MAS MAS MAS RBA SIA CPA GIA SIA SIA THAI SIA MAS SIA GIA MAS SIA GIA SIA GIA SIA GIA THAI LUFT SIA THAI SIA KLM CPA MAS MAS MAS SIA SIA SIA
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    • 366 5 AFP VIETNAM is gearing to withdraw troops from Cambodia this week in what officials said would be the biggest operation of its kind since Hanoi started its partial pullouts in 1982. They said the move scheduled to begin tomorrow would bring the total number
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    • 136 5 Bernama MALAYSIA'S Deputy Foreign Minister Kadir Sheikh Fadzir denied yesterday that Malaysia had been placed by the United States on the list of "security risks" in relation to export of high technology. The misunderstanding over the matter arose following the setting up
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    • 307 5 UPI THE POLISH government said it would put a second round of price hikes into effect in spite of the underground Solidarity movement's call for a nationwide protest over the increases. The move, to follow a 12 per cent to 13 per cent food price
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    • 301 5 AFP China's foreign reserves have fallen by U552.25 billion since the third quarter of last year as the result of an extensive import drive, China's new chief central banker has said. Miss Chen Muhua, a former Foreign Trade Minister who
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    • 539 5 AP JAPANESE Prime Minister Nakasone has instructed officials to do their best to meet US demands for greater access to the Japanese market, particularly in telecommunications. Japanese government officials said yesterday Nakasone also suggested a campaign to encourage Japanese citizens to buy more
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 53 5 Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU ..AW AS I SHAKE TALCUM ON HfS WMMYJ MARVEL ATMHATAMYS- HE STUM fS, WHAT A MKACU. alitheworkseems tuoKiH rr TODAY" u t. WiMmW'Sm m Mm tfl i-r Wf •L te 7? Wwtw'fbaman. yoltrenot EXPECTBP TO THINK ABOUT ANY OF THAT STUFF! SO XX) CHANGE ONEPIRJYPIAPERANP rPSAUTERAfV
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 412 6 Reuter JAPAN yesterday implemented a number of previously-an-nounced changes to its banking and securities practices. The finance ministry says it will allow all banks in Japan to offer money market certificates (MMCs), so large banks such as the city banks will join smaller banks which have
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    • 511 6 Number Indicative Gross Coupon Amount Interest of days of Middle Price Redemption Maturity Yeor oised Rate Million) Payment Accrued (excluding Yield pa) Dates Interest accrued pa) interest) 15 4 85 Loan 1 1978 7 50 00 15/4, 15/10 167 100.00
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    • 151 6 Reuter PAKISTAN'S drive to reorganise banking along Islamic lines entered its second phase yesterday as banks switch to an interestfree system for all new personal loans. Pakistanis seeking a mortgage or a car loan will now have to choose among several alternative arrangements
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    • Article, Illustration
      965 6 SINGAPORE The US dollar rallied in active and nervous late trading to close sharply higher against most major currencies yesterday. The dollar closed sharply firmer at 3.0870/90 marks against an early 3.0380/0410 and New York's Friday 3.0575/0600, but was below the day's high of 3.0945. The US unit
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    • 77 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market rose by two points from last Friday to close at 41/2 per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate was unchanged, the two-month rate fell by 1/4point and the three-month rate fell by 5/16-point. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday:
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    • 255 6 HONGKONG: The metal closed lower in fairly active trading yesterday, mainly reflecting the late rally of the US dollar. Bullion opened firmer but lost ground as the dollar strengthened, and buying support emerged towards the close. Gold closed at U*****.10/60 an ounce, compared with Saturday's $330.25/331.00 close here and
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    • 246 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: C urrtnctM Nomina/ rdM S *t*rd*f ci mHHoonian roM parity change Local dollars to on* ufMt of foreign currency: US dollar ***** ***** ***** -21 48 Sterhng pound 2 7342 2 7418 7 3469 -62 78 Austrakon dollar 1 5320 1 5360 3
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    • 321 6 Ba Futures EURODOLLAR futures came under profit-taking from yesterday's opening despite easier interbank rates. The overbrought level prompted lightening of long positions as dealers felt that the market was overdue for consolidation. The higher-than-expec-ted rise in leading indicators on Friday might have triggered some liquidation. June contract opened at
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    • 260 6 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Period rates were about unchanged to easier at the outset partly due to the Fed's addition of reserves to the US banking system through a US$2 billion customer repurchase agreement. Interbank d*po«it r atM
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 1075 7 Turn down capitalist road likely to alter international balance of power NYT MOST AMERICANS tend to view events in China as something happening on another planet. Thus, the historic peacetime conversion of China from Marxist and Maoist economic precepts to ideas and practices more akin
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    • 553 7 US —Soviet summit probable this year Reuter A SUMMIT meeting between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev later this year has become highly probable, senior western officials say. Both sides appear interested, although officials caution that the idea could be derailed if U.S.-Soviet arms talks break down or there
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    • 552 7 AP IN SPITE OF threats from leftist guerillas, Salvadorans voted in large numbers on Sunday in national elections that have become a referendum on President Jose Napoleon Duarte's embattled government. At issue are the 60 national assembly seats and mayoral elections in all 262 communities
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  • FEATURES
    • 522 8 OVER-REACTION is part of the Singaporean way of life. There is therefore some grounds for believing that taxis would not have to queue up for passengers much longer. Spoilt Singaporeans who cannot tolerate the discomfort of bus travel would soon resign themselves and pay the few
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    • 1420 8  -  Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew leaves today for a three-day working trip to Indonesia, returning a visit to Singapore in 1983 by President Suharto. Mr Lee will meet President Suharto in Ujung Pandang, the capital of the colourful province of South Sulawesi, where they will have two
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    • 274 8  -  Letters te the Editor B S Shee Dear Sir, My long-standing theory that Singapore is literally floating on oil has been vindicated by your story in this morning's Business Times. As a geologist then assigned to an international oil company, I was intrigued as
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    • 182 8  -  Kenneth T Gibson Vice-President Finance Gatx Leasing Corporation Dear Sir, I have enjoyed reading Mr Alvin Tay's reports on the Leasing Association of Singapore Asian Leasing Association seminar "Avoiding Problem Loans" (BT, March 29-30). The reporting has accurately reflected many of the interesting issues raised
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    • 101 8  -  Lee Ah Pin Dear Sir, It was reported in BT of April 26, 1985, that Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong had reported in the Parliament that sugar prices in Hongkong were higher than those in Singapore. The price is quoted as $1.22 per kg.
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    • 679 8 Sulawesi a mosaic of cultures NO OTHER island in Indonesia probably has such a contrast of cultural traditions as Sulawesi. Its multi-ethnic and multi-reli-gious population has given root to a bewildering variety of customs and beliefs, all of which flourish peacefully in a tolerant environment. In addition, the natural beauty
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 81 8 m ABN BANK On the occasion of the official opening of the Bank's new premises at the new OCBC Centre South (No. 18 Church Street). We are proud to have been instrumental in the leasing of the premises to ABN and to have acted as Project Managers for their internal
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 670 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Fit (as Health resorts get mony) (5) 8 A familiar name in republics (5) 10 Ways of being ted up the garden? (5) 11 No time to start being negative (3) 12 Something knotty, such as marriage (5) 13 Casual enough to make you swear? (7)
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  • SPORTS
    • 700 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE Singapore Open golf championships which ended at Bukit on Sunday was historic in more ways than one. The U*****,000 total prize money marked the biggest purse ever offered for the Open, a 25 per cent increase over last year. This year
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    • 361 9 AP CALVIN PEETE, displaying the accuracy that has become his trademark, turned back the last-gasp challenge of DA Weibring and scored a threestroke victory on Sunday in the rich Tournament Players championship at Pointe Vedra, Florida. Peete, who habitually leads the Professional Golf Association tour
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    • 461 9  -  By BRIAN MILLER IT WAS hardly a surprise that the price of yearlings offered at the recent New Zealand national sales rose by a startling 46 per cent over previous years. It was also hardly a surprise that the top price
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    • 212 9 AP JOCKEY Hywel Da vies celebrated his storybook Grand Na-tional-winning ride on 50-1 shot Last Suspect on Sunday in Liverpool, 14 months after he nearly died. In January last year the 28-year-old Welshman was given the kiss-of-life following a bad fall at the last fence of
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    • 510 9 AP RETIRED Swedish tennis ace Bjora Borg on Sunday saw John McEnroe trounce his fellow Swede Anders Jarryd in the finals of the Fila Trophy indoor tournament in Milan and predicted that the American would reign unchallenged for some more years as the world's Nol
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    • 429 9 AP ALBERTO Juantorena and Silvio Leonard, two of the most outstanding Latin American athletes of the past decade, were honoured by Cuban officials as they marked their retirement from competition at a public ceremony on Sunday during the Barrientos athletics festival in Havana. A crowd
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1173 9 to sm aaaatD HIGHLIGHTS Unknown Chaplin The Great Director 8.03 pm, Channel 12 A fascinating insight into Charlie Chaplin's artistic style and ideas. Part of a documentary trilogy, this episode uses a mass of uncut rushes and previously unknown footage from Chaplin's early comedies. c CHANNEL 5 2.30 PM SBC
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 738 10 Privatisation of NTT closely watched NYT A SERIES of measures designed to reshape Japan's telecommunications, financial and tobacco industries and open them to foreign competition have been put into effect. Foreign companies are hoping that the changes will spell new opportunities for them in
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    • 284 10 Reuter AMERICAN HOSPITAL Supply Corp (AHS) and Hospital Corp of America (HCA) have agreed to merge. Karl Bays, chairman and chief executive of AHS, and Thomas Frist, president and chief executive of HCA, said the agreement was unanimously approved last Saturday by directors of both
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    • 559 10 NYT AIRBUS INDUSTRIE, the European airliner manufacturing consortium, is studying options for diversifying sources of finance for developing its planned long-haul four-enged plane, the TA-U. This is part of a review of the Airbus organisation being carried out by M Jean Pierson, the
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 409 11 HONGKONG: Shares rose moderately in active trading yesterday as profit-taking towards the close trimmed strong gains in the morning. Stocks opened sharply higher, partly due to an unexpected halfpoint cut in local interest rates, taking the Hang Seng Index to 1,400.83 at mid-morning, its highest in a month. Brokers
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    • 214 11 AM 01 Al Smcere Indus Asm C ement MT 4 23 24 306 Lien Hwa Indus Nan Yo Plas -0 09 Pacific Cons 0 308 Pocific Elect Si 7 Wre 11 50 27 30 1950 1600 -0 65 -02 -II -06 Chang Hwa Bank 51 00 1940 unch 0.2
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    • 333 11 TOKYO: Share prices rose in very active trading yesterday on investor enthusiasm for the start of a new financial year, driving the market average up 86.67 to a record high 12,676.87 at the close. Turnover was 550 million shares against 300 million in Satur- day's half-day when the average
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    • 110 11 MANILA: Share prices closed generally easier in quiet trading yesterday. The Commercial A Industrial Index eased 0.38 to 132.10, the Mining Index fell 4.25 to 689.08 and the Oils Index was unchanged at 0.607. PLOT was down to 32.50 from 33. AM 01 Morste«( 0 0014 unch On*o»a( B
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    • 310 11 SYDNEY: Share markets closed slightly easier yesterday in active trading with interest in situation stocks keen. The All Ordinaries Index closed 0.6 lower at 829.1 points, the Gold Index rose 8.7 to 836.5, the All Industrials Index fell 0.4 to 1,191.0 and the All Resources Index dropped 0.8 to
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    • 168 11 BANGKOK: Share prices closed mixed in moderate trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.13 to 131.08 and turnover totalled 148.2 million baht against 130.8 million baht previously. Siam Cement led activity with 105,272 shares traded. It closed six baht higher at 633. Maboonkhrong gained four to 126 and
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    • 71 11 APR 1 Won Hyundai tomt Hyundai Motor 903 580 unch 13 600 unch 662 +2 578 3 649 4 Commercial Bk 640 508 unch 38 Korea Ol. 1738 385 -12 31 440 -14 615 7 +5 +29 unch ■9 12 710 -10 Dong Ah 519 Samsung EWc Somhwon 850
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    • 81 11 AP CHRYSLER chairman Lee lacocca is to visit Seoul from April 18 to 20 to discuss a possible joint venture with the Samsung group to produce car parts there. Samsung hopes to be able to conclude talks, underway for some time, and to sign an agreement
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    • 385 11 FT THE TURKISH Cabinet has approved a joint venture by Mitsui Bank of Japan, Chemical International Finance of the United States and a group of construction companies headed by Enka Insaat of Istanbul. The bank, which is to be known as Chemical-Mitsui Co, will be
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    • 282 11 FT A RECORD number of Japanese corporations invested in the creation or purchase of US manufacturing affiliates last year. A survey by the government-af-filiated Japan Economic Institute (JEI) said the increase meant that at the end of last year Japanese corporations controlled
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    • 102 11 Reuter SONY CORP plans to float a 30 billion par-priced Euroyen 15-year convertible bond and a 100 million Eurodollar five-year par-priced bond with warrants. Payment is due on April 17. Both will be signed for on April 9. Conversion requests by holders of Euroyen bonds
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 580 12 KL government asked to shed some light Bernama RUBBER PRODUCERS in Malaysia, claiming that there have been apparent conflicts in government's viewpoints with regard to the rubber industry, have called on the government to throw some light on the future of the industry to
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    • 236 12 AP PRESIDENT REAGAN has ordered the suspension of fees charged on the imports of raw sugar into the US and directed the US International Trade Commission to look into the situation. In a proclamation issued by the White House, Mr Reagan said he had been
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    • 259 12 NYT THE MARKET for soybeans, one of the world's leading sources of protein and edible oil, is confusing US analysts, commodity brokers, farmers, processors and foreign nations. One of the problems seems to be that the soaring value of the dollar has caused foreign buyers to
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    • 79 12 AFP BANGLADESH is likely to reach its target of producing some 44 million kg of tea this fiscal year. Production last year on the country's 152 estates fell sharply to 38 million kg, leading to reduced exports of 27 million kg. The country wants to export
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    • 280 12 AFP TIN PRODUCERS and consumers aired their views, but did not state their positions, on possible improvements to the current sixth International Tin Agreement at the first meeting of a preparatory committee on a new seventh accord. At this preliminary stage, observations by participants were
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    • 113 12 Bernama MALAYSIA produced 3,616 tonnes of tin-in-concentrates in January, 262 tonnes more than in December last year, according to the latest figures from the Statistics Department. Tin output in January was, however, 246 tonnes less than produced in the same month last year. While only 3,616
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    • 451 12 AP THE LATEST US government figures showed that America continues to lead the Soviet Union in agricultural efficiency, although the Soviets dominate in the production of some commodities. According to recent US Agriculture Department reports, for example, Soviet
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    • 148 12 Chinese Produce Exchange (Sellers' noon closing prices on Apr 1 SS/100 kg). Coconut oil Bulk FOB 155 00 CM drum FOB 168.00 New drum FOB 172.00 Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW E&W FOB NSW Gombier FOB NSW 477 50 396 00 248 00 330 00
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    • 282 12 Singapore C-l Ord unq (S$/kilo, ex-god own) Loonzain Rice Fragrant new crop 100% 1st grade 100% 2nd grade unq 227 1st 2nd U BO 065 100% 3rd grade unq 3rd 060 Parboiled Rice New Crop 5% 227 25% no stock 10% 222 10% no stock Maize Thai Broken unq
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    • 117 12 THE Koala Lam pur Tin Market price rose eight cents to M 529.52 per kg yesterday, within the International Tin Agreement lower range of $21.15 and $32.9«. Dealers said the lower disposal of 59 tonnes, against 71 on Friday, aided sentiment. They attributed the small offering to miners
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    • 161 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 2,550 Blue Phoenix 20's 2,700 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,300 Blue Phoenix 40's 3,650 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21's 2,900 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,350 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Open-end yarn 2,400
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    • 342 12 RAS prices m S cents/kg, FOB in b ■ales NOON CLOSE Buyers Sdta? Buyers SeHers Int 1 RSS Prompt 170 00 171 00N 171 50 172.25N Int 1 RSS Apr 85 170 50 171 50 171 75 172.75 Int 1 RSS May 85 176 00 176 50
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    • 136 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed higher in quiet trading on light covering interest yesterday. A firmer Chicago soyoil futures close last week aided sentiment. Interest again centred on the April position, with south region rising Ms2s to $1,390 per tonne and central up $10 to $1,375. The
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    • 241 12 SINGAPORE The market closed steady yesterday with April One RSS buyers quoted at 171.75 cents per kg, unchanged from last Friday's close. Prices were marked down 1.25 cents at the outset and remained unchanged in subsequent morning trading. The market recovered to last Friday's levels in quiet afternoon on
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    • 990 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a subdued featureless morning yesterday with gains from last Friday's close of £38 to £25. July finished near its high at £2,240, up £25. The market roughly matched expected New York-based opening gains of £10 to £20 and advanced further in thin volume as
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    • 108 12 (cents/kg, 1-ton polkts) APRIL 85 MAY 85 (current month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Buyer* Seller* Buyers Sellers SSR 20 175 00 177 OON 176 00 178 OON SSR 50 172 00 174 OON 174 00 176 OON MRELB Buyers ScHcn Buyers Sellers SMR CV 222 00
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4102 13 SELLERS continued to chip away at share prices yesterday in another quiet session of trading at the Singapore stock market. Major indices fell marginally in the absence of buying interest. The BT Composite Index fell 1.96 points to 728.48 while the
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    • 267 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices C 4 C 406 ICS 680 A Enttfpran 432 Hong Fofc 113 Pook Huo 438 M tanking 600 (M4 Do 515 UOl 215 Euo SO* 270 City D*» 50« 137 Gwnnau 50« 168 FELS 300 Falls 12 10 10 9 ♦6 5 5 5
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    • 3233 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 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 64 13 KL market report and Buainaaa dona on tha KLBE Saa paga 14 Jockey Chris Englund, five times Derby winner, is confident of his sixth and greatest win with the promising thorough bred. Knidos But someone has determined with deadly finality that Knidos isn't going to win someone with millions to
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1238 14  -  We begin today a series of profiles on the five publicly-listed companies in which the government, through Temasek Holdings, holds minority stakes. They are Acma Electrical Industries Ltd, United Industrial Corporation, Intraco Ltd, National Iron Steel Mills and Chemical Industries Ltd. Under the government's proposed
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    • 214 14 Monogers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for April 2 First B putro S*cond B'putro 5.66 3./I 4 87 4 92 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putra Fourth B'putra 4.18 4.23 4 62 4 67 TV* Commerce 2.13 2 26 Fifth B'putra Sixth B putra 3.15 3 20 The Sovmgs Fund 1.47 *1.56
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    • 85 14 HONGKONG Hang Seng Index Monday 1389.13 Friday 1382.04 Week ago 1362.23 Australian Industrials Monday 1190.6 Friday 1191.4 Week ago 1179.7 NEW YORK TOKYO Tokyo Dow Jones Monday *****.87 Friday *****.76 Week ago *****.26 Dow Jones Friday 1266.78 Thursday J260.78 Week ago 1267.45 LONDON TSE Index Monday 999.30 Friday
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    • 210 14 OVERSEAS UNION SECURITIES Limited: AGM at the Mandarin Court 'A', Mandarin Hotel, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 on Apr 25 at 11 am. CARLSBERG BREWERY MALAYSIA Berhad: Fifteenth AGM at Ladang Perusahaan Shah Alam, Selangor on Apr 29 at 11.30 am. THE INSURANCE CORPORATION of Singapore Limited: Fifteenth AGM
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    • 570 14  -  By FLORENCE CHONG in Sydney HAVING secured a little over 30 per cent interest in Australia's largest property concern, Hooker Corporation, Malaysian-born businessman Lee Ming Tee has reiterated his long-term interests in the group. When the three-month battle for control of Hooker
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    • 424 14 SHARE PRICES continued to lose ground at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday due to lack of interest among investors. However, several situational issues attracted fresh buying support and closed against the general trend. Overall, most counters recorded small losses. The market
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    • 2431 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 Ajinomoto (3.705) A Choc (2 356 2 40S) (1)2
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    • 637 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM WHILE Singapore Fodder Co Ltd has brought some cheer to shareholders by returning to the black, its counterpart in the animal feed industry, Gold Coin Ltd, continued its profit decline for the second consecutive year. However, Gold Coin
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    • 313 15 HARRISONS Malaysian Plantations Bhd, headed by the former governor of Bank Negara, Tun Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, has been granted a secondary listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Trading is expected to begin this week. The company, one of the largest plantation owners
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    • 494 15 NEWLY-LISTED Jurong Engineering Ltd has exceeded all expectations, earning a hefty 23.1 cents a share last year against an adjusted 15.8 cents in 1963. The company, which went public in the middle of last year, has its higher turnover, interest income, associate companies' contribution and
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    • Latest
      • 35 15 Group pre-tax profits for the year ended Dec 31, 1984 fell 40 per cent to M 510.2 million from $17 million. No dividend has been announced for the year just ended.
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    • 521 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE DIRECTORS of Leong Huat Industries Ltd are negotiating with several parties on a possible restructuring of the beleaguered steel products manufacturing company. The nature of the restructuring and the directors involved in the preliminary discussions were not disclosed
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    • 868 15  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN THE LATEST CROP of results from the hotel sector continues to paint a bleak picture: last year got progressively worse for most companies and no improvement is expected in 1985. One of the poorest performances yet in the industry comes from Town
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    • 298 15 SIGMA METAL Co Ltd. which is acquiring a strategic 22 per cent stake in marine and property-based Pan-Electric Industries, plunged into the red last year in spite of a higher turnover. During the year to Dec 31, 1984, the aluminium
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 85 14 NEED A DIRECT LINK TO U.S. FOOD SUPPLIERS? THEN AIMS CAN BE YOUR ANSWER! AIMS is a free service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to help buyers of food and other agricultural products contact approppriate U.S. suppliers. Requests for U.S. food products will be relayed immediately for processing
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    • 13 14 TIMES Business Directory of Sin&i|M>rr Km* i i, PROVIDE THE FULLEST COMPANY'S PROFILE
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 26 15 A Change of Telephone Number with effect from Saturday, 6 April, 1985 the telephone number for Singapore Refining Company Pie Ltd will be changed to *****44
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    • 58 15 r CONGRATULATIONS ABN Bank SINGAPORE on the Official Opening of their New Office 18 Church Street Singapore 0104 Undeteves-Jacobeig (Far East) Pte Ltd is proud to have supplied and installed the Pneumatic Tube Cash Handling and Mail System by TT-ryrs ERGON TRANS BV HOLLAND Manufacturers of Rallypost "the other" Telelift
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  • 546 16  -  By JEFFREY TSANG TRAINING for computer-aided design, manufacture and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) will receive a boost with the set-up of another training unit by the Economic Development Board. The unit, a cooperative venture between the board and Hewlett Packard, the US computer instrument manufacturer, will take
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  • 292 16 FACTORIES are rushing to automate without carrying out pre-automation studies, which results in little improvement and lots of frustration. Instead, an overall automation plan should first be made taking into account organisation issues such as unions, training, management support and communications, said Mr Victor Ang, general
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  • 585 16 THE NATIONAL labour body would discriminate against nonunion members in future with a new strategy adopted by the National Trades Union Congress. The announcement was made by national union chief Ong Teng Cheong yesterday, who also said NTUC would review its organising secretariat
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  • 218 16 AFP TWO LEADING Hongkong companies, Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong Holdings, both controlled by Hongkong property king Li Ka-Shing, yesterday reported reduced profits. Conglomerate Hutchison announced profits topping HK$l billion for 1984,12 per cent down from the pevious year, while property concern Cheung Kong reported
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  • 174 16 Reuter PETROL prices in Jakarta went up by 10 per cent yesterday as the Indonesian government went aheadwith the introduction of value-added tax (VAT). Long queues were seen in most petrol stations in Jakarta last Sunday and shopping centres reported heavy weekend sales
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  • 140 16 Bernama Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yesterday said the government might change its liberal attitude towards export-oriented industries if they are unable to show their competitive ability in the world market. Though the government had said that its policy of protection for domestic industries
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  • 151 16 THE UNITED Overseas Bank will open its Osaka branch in Japan next month. This will bring the number of UOB's worldwide branches to 100. The branch in Semba, the main business district of Osaka, will offer a complete range of banking services. It
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  • 357 16 HONG FOK Corporation has decided to delay completion of Henderson Industrial Park by four years because of the current market conditions. So far, only three of the nine blocks of flatted and terrace factories have been completed. Of
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  • 480 16 SINGAPORE-Indonesian cooperation on the development of Batam will feature in talks between Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and President Suharto during Mr Lee's visit to Indonesia beginning today. Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, Rais Abin, said during the weekend that Batam will be discussed within
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  • 68 16 WALL STREET stock prices were lower in early trading yesterday. Analysts expect prices to remain in a narrow range as investors, cautious over upcoming first-quarter corporate returns, lack the confidence to pull the market out of its current slump. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off over
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  • LATE FILE
    • 34 16 Reuter KUWAITI Oil Minister Sheikh Alial-Khalifa Al-Sa-bah has voiced concern over Opec countries' use of barter deals to sell oil, saying they pose the gravest threat to the organisation. Reuter
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    • 37 16 UPI SAUDI ARABIA, the world's largest oil exporter, has announced a drop of more than 30 per cent in its 1984 revenues due to "continued weak demand" in the international petroleum market. UPI
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    • 40 16 Reuter BURMA'S gross domestic product for fiscal year *****5 grew by 6.6 per cent but export earnings fell from US$375 million to $323 million. Officials said GDP rose from $2,056 million in 1963-84 to $2,193 million. Reuter
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    • 69 16 Reuter A HONGKONG court yesterday wound up six months of hearings against George Tan and four others over fraud conspiracy charges linked to the collapse of the Carrian group. Magistrate court officials said more than 50 witnesses testified, giving nearly 10,000 pages of evidence since the committal
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    • 37 16 Reuter IRAQI AIRCRAFT bombed Teheran early yesterday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 50 in one of the most deadly raids since attacks on the Iranian capital began on March 12. Reuter
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    • 40 16 UPI US PRISONERS have threatened to teach subway gunman Bernhard Goetz "a lesson" if he is imprisoned for shooting four black teenagers, his lawyer said. "What chance would he have in jail?" Attorney Barry Slotnick asked. UPI
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 55 16 Outlook for today: Portly cLoudy; showers in several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on April 1 at the atrport: Maximum temperature 31.6 Associated humidity 67 Minimum temperature 34.7 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 5.30 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Rainfall this month Nil i
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 281 17 SHIPOWNERS in Hongkong and the United States were most active in the market for new ships last year, compared with owners in other parts of the world. A review of world trade and its effect on the shipping market in 1964 by Lev
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    • 472 17 IN A bid to reduce overtonnaging in the US-Middle East trade, Nedlloyd and Barber Blue Sea (BBS) have entered into a space chartering and co-ordi-nated sailing agreement. This was announced by Mr J J Van Steenbergen yesterday, Nedlloyd's trade director for North America and Mr
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    • 667 17 1 1 ft, C«l Afea VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner V 4 Andeka Shpg VII 1 ANL 1 1 APC Line V 4 APL HI 4 ASCL HI 1 Asiabroker V 5 Austasia Line V 1 Bolt-Orient VII 4/5 Bangkok Cont VI 2 Bank Line V 5 BBS
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 80 17 A 43-ton SOUTH Korean fish carrier with six crewmen aboard sank in Kanmon strait after colliding with a 3,462 Japanese cargoship but all its crewmen were picked up by the Japanese vessel, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. The No 7 Dae-Bo was on its way to Takamatsu,
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      • 38 17 SRS Reefers, the company which emerged from the wreckage of the Saleninvest Group to manage it« reefer ships, has changed its name to Cool Carriers and continues to operate a fleet of more than 60 vessels.
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      • 65 17 AN Italian ship carrying 10,000 tonnes of food, medicine and other relief supplies will leave Naples on July 21 for a tour of drought-stricken African states, it was announced during the launch of a fund raising drive for the operation. The cruise by the vessel, baptised the
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      • 67 17 AFP DUTCH shipbuilder Van Der Giessen-de Noord has received an order from Indonesia for the construction of a polyester mine hunter, maritime authorities in Holland. The value of the deal was put at 100 million Dutch guilder (US$27 million) and should provide work for some 450 people.
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    • 745 18 Reuter OIL TANKERS have glided daily past Willemstad's picturesque 18th-century waterfront for years on their way to a refinery hiddendiscreetly behind low hills. The Venezuelan crude processed there has been the lifeblood of this Dutch Caribbean island for nearly 70 years. But
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    • 202 18 MITSUI Engineering Shipbuilding has delivered a unique energy-saving ore bulk carrier to joint owners Mitsui OSK Lines and Sawayama Kisen Kaisha. The new 197,060 dwt vessel has been named the Asakasan Maru. It is highly fuel-efficient, and has the living quarters aft of the super structure
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    • 339 18 Reuter NORWAY, a member of the Nato Alliance, has announced legislation requiring registration of ships taking oil to South Africa. Anti-apartheid groups say Norwegian tankers carry one-third to one-half of South Africa's oil. Under Norway's planned new laws, imports from South
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    • 534 18 April 1-2 Maritime economists' conference, Polytechnic of Central London. April 1-4 "Into the *****: private enterprise and public control of North Sea resiurces," Greenwich Forum, Leith Nautical College, Edinburgh. April 1-2 Copper alloys in marine environments, Copper Development Association conference, Edgbaston Banqueting Centre. County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham. April
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    • 1856 18 INCREASED chartering has developed for grain out of the US Gulf with several vessels being arranged for Continental discharge at dearer rates, shipbrokers said. Three grain vessels were reported fixed from the Gulf to Holland at US$lO and one at $9.50 with business last week having received $9.25.
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    • 247 19  - P 0 lifts profits up to A$ 13.85m By Kingsley Wood P O AUSTRALIA Ltd lifted 1984 pre-tax profits 35 per cent up to A 513.85 million, and is ready to expand its main areas of activity. But managing director Brian Baillie said any acquisition would have to be at
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    • 508 19 Lloyd's List THE Reagan administration is aggressively pushing its deregulation policy in the maritime sector. Within days of announcing a more liberal plan for allowing subsidised operators to switch their trade routes, the US Maritime Administration (MarAd) has announced another proposal for, in its own
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    • 186 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. •*K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container Line.
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    • 124 19 THE ITALIAN government has banned ships over 10,000 dwt from using the Straits of Messina while clearer rules for navigation are worked out. The narrow waterway between Sicily and the mainland will be restricted from April 10 until May 18. Smaller ships carrying oil and
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    • 273 19 JARDINE Matheson's withdrawal from shipowning hardly created a stir among the Hongkong shipping community. The pull-out was already obvious from events in the past few months. Bankers and other owners with a share in Jardines' ships had been informed of the decision, and the
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    • 3919 24 3®aßGms A guide to ships loading at Singapore tor 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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    • 519 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Blsllg Bay K17 P Simons alongside 2.4.85/2300 Foochow K19 Sin Chiao alongside 2.4.85/0600 Frotadurban K10 Merlion alongside 2.4.85/1100 Makmur K25W SSPL alongside 2.4.85/1830 Ned Loire K12 N-EAC alongside 2.4.85/1700 P'ess Almalyn Kll Unlpacific alongside 2.4.85/1500 Berdikarl K27
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    • 687 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy dote/time Operator cargo schedule Location Mono Stri Bhum B Seroja Jenknk Chev Paul Gold Leaf Maersk Rando Ming Energy Uni Modest Prof Rylke Selandia Nantai 7 China Cont Sea Hawk
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    • 1841 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA Afn< an Shipping Agen< irs iS> (Irt-Kimta liar Tuaser.tip < S• Akreaklel Uaer Ser\lre Kim Shpg 'Si Alfred r Taepfer Oceanus Shipping Agen ctes (Si Marintex Enterprise IPKI AI par Intrasea <S> Bintang
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    • 564 17 £r k Published by TIMES BOOKS INTERNATIONAL Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road Spore 1953 Tel: *****44 A memOe* o' 'f*e times oigoriafior Ss6 50 [I mm II SHELL and the Curacao government are currently deadlocked in negotiations II THE Reagan administration is pushing its deregulation policy in the maritime
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    • 206 17 UASC NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN, IRAQ, K EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG| SEALORD SHIPPING AGENCIES '0 Sh»nton Wiy 04 07C M«r.n» Mou»« Smg»por» 0207 T«l *****94 Tel.. No RS ?S4 i<»| CFS oftic# TPC 03 30 T»l *****31 »nd *****32 T«rmin«l oM>c» TPC -03-29 To) No
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    • 959 17 ODESSA OCEAN LINE BLACK SEA SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Services From SOUTH EAST ASIA TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co. Pte Ltd. TEL: *****3 MAERSK LINE EXPORT TO USA. EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST. WEST AFRICA ASIA 4 2/5 4/5 LAUST MAERSA •SfUGAPORE CIOSMG IMS CY 1/4 1100HRS CFS 7/4 2300H8
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    • 314 18 m Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA ns ace (MKLI ace SMOKAM MMU NED VAN ICCK TOHGO MMU Id MY Vfsse* MAR«» glory act MR ACf FAMttY ACE Acceptint FCI shipments to: Iran. Affhmstan, E. Germany, Bdfiun. Frtjnd. Hunfiry, Rumania. Bul(aha. Poland. Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia. N. Germany, Norway, Sweden. Denmark.
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    • 275 18 Supercarrier Service I. klm MXT ARRIVALS BARBfR PRIAM 9/4 BARBfR HECTOR 17/4 BARKR TOBA 8 5 TO: CALIFORNIA PANAMA US ATLANTIC US GULF E. CANADA BARBfR PRIAM t BARMR KCTORt BARBfR TUt BARBfR IO6At tAlso Kceptnf contrs lor Houston (MLB) S frjncnto Oakland Stockton and San Dwfo I Anfrtes TO:
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    • 937 19 The Straits Steamship Group i i(i Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok to Part/03 Apr 06 Apr 09 10 Apr 12 13 Apr PEGASUS nw ft casus fdaoi LtHj 21/4 «l/ 5 )Tbw| Brtm 20/4 21/4 •4/5 00/5
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    • 611 19 NOTICE CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN National Line of Sri Lanka We are pleased to announce our twice monthly direct service to Red Sea ports of Hodeidah, Jeddah and Aqaba. Ceylon Shipping Corpn. will deploy relatively new veeeela on this fully containerised service. The service from Singapore commences on April 9th 1985
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    • 647 20 Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS TO CONTINENT/UK Liverpool Bay Il*yO U1 Ritano Mara Thames Maru Crty ot Ednkw M» Express Car iff an Bay Ouka Ba? On c*ria|« to Scandinavia, Med, Cambean tS. Amenca Mand hauUre to inland destinations in Europe I TO EUROPE/MED Spore PKolant Genoa Hbur( Rdam Bhaven Antwerp AIMUBARAHIAHI4/4 16/4
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    • 324 20 K.&line MQM(* J* P* %t J' J». FULLY CON TAINE R I S E D SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ "1 Memfc.- ot the Ace Comat**n CMNA CONTMCR 29N KOHAM CHANCE 21* HONGKONG CONTAMX 44N OMENIAI am 43* CWVALO *02 43* Spar. f K riant 3/4 1/4) 10/4 8/4) 17/4
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    • 587 20 THONG SOON AGENCIES PTE. LTD. #09-07. ROBINA HOUSE. S PORE 0106. TEL: *****88 TELEX: RS ***** BOOKING: *****56 (DIRECT LINEI SINGAPORE TO PENANG •JENSON IV SMR 7/85 In Port •EQUATOR V SMR 6/15 3 Apr •JENSON IV SMR 8/85 9 Apr *Wrth Dry I Reefer Container Service CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICE
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    • 506 20 EVERGREEN Full Container Servce I Round-The-World East Bound Service (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/W MED /FE) O I Round-The-World West Bound Service (FE/W MED./EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) fibo m sgp motio va uu UN-HAKBOME Irfort fW LNIHG 25/4 unmooest 3/4 no ono mi aunt 4/4 no lokng 25/4 un nam u/« no lw n/s UN-FORTUNE 14/4 HO
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    • 209 20 CIS I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD KtfTl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES TfcMMMi LmMh tar l«/ 4 I. IMas. B. SHOSt IMMTMI PTE ITO IB ******4/7 i *****70 MM.OSE MMBTME SON BHO T«l *****2/3 IMLAYSK TMOE t TMRSPOBT ITO T« S7W3 I ***** KYOWA LINE SHGATOtt tost
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    • 884 21 v\v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building. 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL VOYAGE HONGKONGSINOAPORE LOADING FOR: KOTA SALAM E-Sst 10-11/4 15-IS/4 ADEN, HOOEK) KOTA JAVA E-SSI 1-2/4 S-S/4 DJIBOUTI. HOC ICOTA MUTIARA CP/I/tS 12-13/4 17-20/4 REUNION. TAN KOTA SEJATI E-553 2S-2S/4 M/S ADEN, HOOEIO
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