The Business Times, 27 September 1985

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1985 75 CENTS
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  • 337 1  -  By CHUANG PECK MING TRADE UNION LEADERS are to meet the Minister of State (Trade and Industry) Briga-dier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong next Thursday to discuss the government's planned overhaul of Singapore's wage system. Brig-Gen Lee, who unveiled the four-point plan last Friday, had
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  • 604 1 Bank of Japan's yen/dollar rate sends greenback tumbling INVESTORS and currency traders who doubted that central bankers could talk the American dollar down or counter market forces had to nurse their wounds again yesterday. The most determined of the central banks was
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  • 338 1 Reuter UPI THE MODERATE Sikh political party, the Akali Dal, headed for a commanding win in Punjab state's election yesterday, in a rebuff to Sikh separatists and to Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's party. Election officials in the state capital
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  • 246 1 Reuter THE PRICE of Malaysian rubber fell to its lowest level in almost three years yesterday, with RSS One for October delivery falling by two cents to 178.50 Malaysian cents a kilo. The previous lowest was 182 cents on Dec 29, 1962. Brokers in Kuala
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  • 89 1 TRADING in yen futures reached a record volume on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange yesterday, the second time this week. Yen futures traded was 865 contracts, surpassing the old record of 843 lots set on Tuesday. The heavy trading in the currency was due
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  • Article, Illustration
    96 1 INTEREST IN MCMd and third liners on the Slngtpire stock market yesterday parted the vaiae d transactions ap to a aew record far the year. Mere than 31.4 millias shares werth flf.t million were traded. Thanks to atteatton switching to Mae chips la the last half hear of
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  • 476 1 NYT THE US HOUSE of Representatives, which prides itself on being "the people's house", has been turning into a rich man's club. The representatives newly elected in 1984 were almost four times as wealthy as the firstterm lawmakers elected only six
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  • 510 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE, AMY BALAN THE FATE of Lamipak Industries will be known in 30 days' time when a provisional liquidator appointed by the company comes out with a recommendation on the viability of the group's operations. If the report by
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 272 1 SHARE INFORMATION MONEY EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS LETTERS CROSSWORDS TV ft RADIO DOONESBURY BRISTOW OUR VIEW WITH THE RECENT depreciation of the dollar, American workers are effectively earning less. That looks like o good, old-fashioned pill that would keep the adrenalin flowing. The trouble is that the politicians have chosen to
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    • 88 1 !{<"."~*)+(/^'?))?%?*@_&|;_{^>( Ronda F W-:-~ m mm .> BALLY of Switzerland ...meets the challenge of today. The Best of BALLY is to be found at the following authorised D ALLY dealers. Bally Boutique Branches Champion Shoe Co (Lucky Plaza) Chanrai Branches SporeDaimaru D'jien Boutique Euro Shoe Shop Branch Isetan (S) Ltd
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 690 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN OWNERS and mafiagers of small businesses perpetually complain of too much government interference, except when it comes to offering practical support, when there is not enough. In Singapore it is often claimed that there is inadequate financing
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    • 528 2 THE FOLLOWING are EDB schemes designed to provide financial assistance to local and small enterprises in the manufacturing or related supporting or export-oriented industries. Small Industries Finance Scheme: It provides low-cost financing to small but viable local enterprises. It is operated jointly with 12 financial
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    • 195 3 THE OCEAN and marine engineering mission, which visited India early this month, returned with a list of 20 potential business opportunities in hand. The areas identified included oil exploration and production, port development in Cochin and Madras, and developing supply bases in Madras. Specifically,
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    • 228 3 NINE Singapore companies will show off their wares at the International Electronics Convention and Exhibition (IREECON) 1985 in Melbourne on Sep 30. They will be led by the Trade Development Board at the five-day electronics show. "The fair will allow TDB to
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    • 158 3 SEMBAWANG Engineering recently secured a contract for the supply of blast and gas-tight doors for a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station, bringing the total value of such contracts to more than $4 million. The latest contract is for the supply of 39 doors for
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    • 405 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE AIRLINES and British Airways (BA) have agreed to promote jointly the new Manchester-Singapore route, which will be operated by SIA from April 1986. This agreement was reached by officials of both airlines at a meeting in London last week.
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    • 416 3  -  By LOH HUI YIN A SINGAPORE OIL trading company and a Swedish group have formed a joint venture, giving the new oil trading company more financial resources and stronger market connections. Oroleum International Ltd (OIL), the result of the tie-up between Oroleum Ltd
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 224 5 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight number Local From Operator Flight Local For tint* number time FRIDAY KAL KE697 0040 SEL NW NW906 0210 HKG/NRT/ LAX/SFO TMA TL351 1130 BEY/SHJ KAL KE697 0325 BKK/ KUL (SEL) KAL KE698 0325 BKK/ (SEL) FT FT71 2355 BOS/JFK JAL JL6I5 0905 KUL ANC/NRT
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    • 94 5 AIR FREIGHT company Emery Worldwide has incorporated Emery Worldwide (M) Sdn Bhd which will start official operations in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 1. "Further expansion plans in Malaysia, which would include Penang, will be considered in the near future," said Mr Timothy J Well
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    • 397 5  -  By LIM SOON NEO MORE THAN 20 international air cargo agents are in Singapore for the first annual general meeting of the International Freight Association (IFA), a network of cargo agents who cooperate to offer all aspects of international freight forwarding. Singapore's Skytruck
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    • 140 5 WITH EFFECT from Oct 1, DHL International (Singapore) Pte Ltd will extend its collection and delivery hours to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including public holidays. This is basically a direct response to customer demand. A questionnaire survey by DHL of 1,500 customers
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    • 624 5  -  By YAP BOH HOON THE CIVIL Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Port of Singapore Authority have worked out a proposal to promote the transhipment of sea-air cargo in Singapore which will be implemented immediately. This is in line with government efforts to establish Singapore
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    • 448 5 THE SEA-AIR cargo concept which Singapore is keen to launch in a big way has been successfully tested by a local Joint service company, according to a report prepared by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Port of Singapore Authority with the help of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 616 6 AP THE WORLD appears to have enough oil to last until the middle of the next century, says a US government agency report. But the concentration of most of the known and undiscovered reserves in the Middle East means that future
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    • 733 6 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time PAA PA2I 0020 LAX/TYO/ HKG KAL KE697 0040 SEL SIA SQ41 0605 MAA SIA SO 4 3 0750 DHA CAL CIOIO 0750 JED/DHA MAS MH68I 0820 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL SWR SRI 76 0935 GVA/ZRH/ BKK MAS MH8II 0940
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    • 183 6 Reuter PRESIDENT Alan Garcia on Wednesday accused rich nations of waging a financial war against Peru. He also said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was treating the country like a colony. Mr Garcia told a rally on his return from New
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    • 163 6 AP THE AMERICAN government's budget deficit hit a record U*****.4 biUion in August with one month still to go in the current fiscal year, the Treasury Department said. But officials said the final deficit should be slightly lower because of an expected surplus in
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    • 96 6 AFP THE THAI Finance Ministry has decided to reduce the size of the half-baht coin to save money but this could cost the telephone company US$2 million in converting its pay-phones. In a conference on Tuesday to discuss the problem, the telephone company said that it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 68 6 Doonesbury USIEH.SAL, 7HO&SWrHIN6 UJRON6 MTHYOU 1 THAT A GOOD POSe 2 OFGBOK&MU. couiMr cuts' HEi, BLOUJ [TOUT YOUR. (ve&JUNS, OKAY, MAM? m m M ft €5 BOYS, BOY9I PONI TKi TV CHANGS SACH OTHSR! YOU GUIS ARE CIJ&XC AFCHS TYPES! USe THAT ASPAFJOFYOUR BPUCATtON! hi 1 fi BY GARRY TRUDEAU
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 842 7 SINGAPORE The US dollar recovered yesterday against major European currencies to close narrowly mixed but remained sharply lower against the yen in active and nervous trading. The dollar finished slightly lower at 2.6725/40 marks compared with New York's 2.6750/70 close but little changed at 2.1950/70 Swiss francs against
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    • 318 7 BA Futures FOLLOWING the Fed's addition of reserves through overnight system repurchase and the continued speculation over discount rate cut, December Eurodollar opened sharply higher at 91.96 yesterday. But prices retreated to 91.90 on profit-taking because of the overbought market. The December contract finally closed at the day's low
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    • 121 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market remained unchanged from Wednesday to close at 9 per cent yesterday. The one and two-month term rates fell by one point each while the three-month rate fell by V* point. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: OH«f BkJ Over
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    • Article, Illustration
      345 7 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed lower yesterday compared with Wednesday's levels in thin trading. Rates were depressed by the US Fed's injection of reserves through overnight system repurchases and continued speculation that it might ease monetary policy following Sunday's "group of five" accord to weaken the value of
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    • 238 7 Interbank rotes at 3pm yesterday: ClKTMCMI Homioil 1 rate* ft Bid Otter c roe* parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dolor 2 1400 2 1450 ***** -24 10 Sterling pound ***** ***** 7 3469 -58 09 Australian dollar 1 5333 1.5390 3 4286
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    • 259 7 HONGKONG: Prices closed with pared gains yesterday after fairly heavy profit-taking from US commission houses here. Bullion finished at U*****.70/331.10 against an initial $331.60/332.10 but was still above New York's $329 60/330.10 close. On the local market, it gained HK$lB to close at $3,071 a tael. The krugerrand price
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    • 356 7 Reuter THAILAND signed a 70-billion yen, 10-year loan in London yesterday after, according to sources, arm-twist-ing 22 major Japanese banks to join the syndicate. Sources said the banks that Joined generally felt the deal was too tightly priced, but said Thailand's Finance Ministry warned that
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    • 108 7 Reuter AUSTRIA is banning imports of South Africa's gold Krugerrand coins following UN Security Couucil resolutions urging action. Austrian Finance minister Franz Vraniztzky said in Vienna that agreement on the Import ban was reached in a meeting with Austrian bankers yesterday. But Austrian banks would still
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    • 22 7 THE SINGAPORE branch of Mitsui Bank has raised its prime lending rate by half a point to 8 per cent.
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    • 243 7 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES has forfeited the latest instalment of its International Monetary Fund loan because of failure to comply with economic reforms called for by the agency. An official said in Washington that the country was due to draw about US$lO6 million, the latest
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  • FEATURES
    • 578 8 IT DOES NOT PORTEND WELL for free trade that a majority of Americans now want Congress to impose import barriers. In a telephone poll conducted by ABC Television from Sep 1923, they say the government should preserve jobs by imposing taxes and limits on imports
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    • 1019 8  -  Australia plans to throw a huge birthday party in 1988 and has in fact invited more than 140 countries to witness the happy event. But with a little more than two years to go and after six years of planning, the party plan is looking
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    • 117 8  -  Letters to the Editor T C Chu (Miss) Secretary The Straits Trading Company Limited Dear Sir, We refer to your report "Companies taken off blacklist" of September 20 by Mr Chuang Peck Ming. In our view, our company should not have been included
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    • 141 8  -  Ng Suan Eng (Miss) Assistant Director University Liaison Office Dear 9r, I refer to your article "NUS to spend $10 million on automation" by Yap Boh Hoon (BT September 23). The headline gives the impression that the university has a budget of $10 million to spend on
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 835 9  -  By BRIAN MILLER TODAY he seems uneasy. He fidgets, frets and, sometimes, fumes. He forces a grin. It doesn't really work. Perhaps it's true, facing reality can have a numbing effect on a person. Today, Peter Hill is forced to face reality. And it stings...
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    • 473 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS THREE GOLFERS could turn the Singapore Professional Golfers' Association monthly tournament at Seletar on Monday into a sizzling affair. For Lim Swee Wah, Poh Eing Chong and M Marimuthu all need to do well to boost their chances
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    • 229 9 Reuter A BRITISH-BASED team of jockeys beat the Rest of the World in a special international challenge at Sandown Park on Wednesday. The home side won by 36 points to 30 after British champion jockey Steve Cauthen of the US and Walter Swinburn captured two
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    • 303 9 UPI SANDY LYLE, who ended a 16year British drought by winning the British Open title in July, aims to end an even longer losing streak by capturing the world matchplay championship at Wentworth, England. In fact, a home golfer has never
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    • 184 9 Body Language MANY STUDIES suggest that fitness programmes improve the health and productivity of participants. A company's management views decisions on establishing or expanding a fitness programme as having reasonably definable costs, but uncertain benefits. This type of uncertainty, however, is not
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 230 10 Reuter IMPERIAL GROUP PLC is considering whether to Join the proposed Elders IXL consortium bid for AlliedLyons PLC. Elders's merchant bankers Hill Samuel and Co has contacted Imperial, along with a number of other parties, to see if the group is Interested. A spokesman in
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    • 151 10 Reuter GENERAL FOODS, which announced earlier this week that it had received an unaottdted takeover bid, has invited some of the world's richest corporations to make other offers. Quoting unnamed insiders, the New York Times said yesterday that among thoae already invited were Unilever, a
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    • 90 10 Reuter NESTLE HOLDINGS, a US subsidiary of Nestle SA, will restructure the operations of its Libby, McNeill and Libby subsidiary. Nestle said Libby's product lines will be split between Nestle's Carnation Co and Nestle Foods Corp units. Libby's headquarters as well as its main production and distribution
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    • 334 10 Reuter WALL STREET share prices tumbled on Wednesday amid doubts about the strength of the economy and the outlook for profits. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surrendered 9.07 points to 1,312.06 while the New York Stock Exchange Index lost 1.05 points to 104.55.
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 350 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday on concern over the banking sector's exposure to the financially-troubled Orient Overseas Shipping group. The Hang Seng Index finished 35.81 points lower at 1511.87. Turnover increased, mainly on selling by foreign brokers, to HK5254.79 million against $158.24 million on Wednesday. In the
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    • 401 11 TOKYO: The market average eased slightly but turnover hit a record high of 1,400 million shares on an all-out sales effort by major brokerage firms on the first effective day of trading in their new fiscal year. The previous record turnover was 1,384 million shares on April 8, 1981.
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    • 109 11 MANILA: Share prices yesterday closed generally higher in dull trading. The Commercial and Industrial Index rose by 4.18 to 162.70 and the Mining Index 4.78 to 670.52. The Oil Index was unchanged at 0.795. SEP 26 Oriental B PMex B 0015 0 1350 +0001 0005 Acojt 0001 unch Ptcop
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    • 350 11 SYDNEY: The share market raced ahead to record highs yesterday with the banking sector leading the way. Most of the market upturn took place in the last hour of dealings, with the timing indicating that the buying was being sourced from Japan and Hongkong. At the close, the All
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    • 65 11 SEP 26 Won Hyurxto. Corat 900 ixich Hyundai Moto» 925 17 717 -8 KAL 470 4 750 •5 1356 16 II 427 2 483 -7 Lucky Ltd 606 unch 656 5 Samsung Co 700 unch 595 14 Sormung Ele< 826 1 606 +1 Somhwon 1153 2 758 2 Ssongyong
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    • 160 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed higher in quiet trading. The Book Club Index improved by 0.93 point to 132.36 as advances led declines by more than a six-to-one margin. Turnover climbed to 143,129 shares worth 20.5 million baht from 71,156 shares worth 9.7 million baht on Wednesday. S£P 26 Shjmi
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    • 61 11 Reuter THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE Of Thailand said trading in shares of Bata Shoe Co of Thailand resumed yesterday. Bata's shares were suspended last June pending a review of its financial situation. The exchange said the company had managed to streamline operations and was expected to make
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    • 193 11 AFP TOUGH LEGISLATION is in the pipeline to curb insider share dealings in Hongkong's free-wheeling business world. Recommendations for the new laws were contained in a report by a standing committee on company law reform comprising government officials and businessmen. The proposed legislation, based on the
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    • 171 11 FT FAR EAST CONSORTIUM, a Hongkong-based company controlled by Deacon Chiu and his family, has disposed of its 49 per cent holding in Asia Terminals. Asia Terminals is building a major new cargo handling centre at the Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hongkong.
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    • 286 11 Reuter A SINO-AMERICAN joint venture yesterday unveiled China's most up-to-date vehicle when it launched a Detroit-de-signed jeep on the Chinese market. The Cherokee, a high four-wheel-drive jeep, has been assembled at China's largest jeep factory in south Beijing with parts almost entirely imported from
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    • 410 11 NOTICES IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. ltt AND IN THE MATTES OP GENERAL TIMBER PROCESSING COMPANY (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (1* Menken' VetaaUry OP SPECIAL RESOLUTION (Pirniat to Seettoa 2M (2<k)) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at No. 42 Jalan Penchala, Petaling Jaya. Malaysia,
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 161 12  -  By BRIAN GOMEZ SINGAPORE'S rubber exports dropped 17.3 per cent to 490,372 tonnes in the first seven months of this year compared with last year's 592,747 tonnes. Figures from the Department of Statistics show that exports had dropped from 82,379 tonnes in July >>1964 to
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    • 365 12 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Economic Community (EEC), backed by other consumers, has proposed that the International Tin Council (ITC) set up a broadly based working group to discuss additional finance, the «I» and price levels at which its buffer stock is to operate. ITC delegates
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    • 134 12 AFP TWO CANADIAN oil companies have made their second discovery this year in the onshore corridor block of South Sumatra. The Indonesian state oil company, Pertamina, said on Wednesday that Asamera Inc and Bow Valley Industries, had successfully tested the Keri-Q Wildcat well, 1.7 km north-east of
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    • 150 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil eased on short selling and buyer reserve to close at yesterday's lows. The trend was in sympathy with lower Chicago soyoil futures and followed the absence of India at its normal weekly vegetable oil tender. In the September position, central region dropped Mslo to
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    • 147 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed IVi to 2'/t US cents a bushel lower in light trade on Wednesday. Early buying by CAD Commodities and lowa Grain lifted values earlier, but those houses offset their positions late, which helped push prices near the lows. Fairly heavy
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    • 113 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed IV4 to 2 1 2 US cents a bushel higher in moderately active trade on Wednesday. December ended near the middle of a s'i-cent range. Shearson Lehman, a commodity fund, bought about seven million bushels of December. December filled a
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    • 102 12 (canti/kg, 1-ton OCT 85 NOV 85 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS Svytft S«ll«rs lyytri S«M«n SSR 20 139 00 141.00N 140 00 142 OON SSR 50 137 00 139.OON 138 00 140 OON MRELB Bwy«fi 5>IUn Buyers Sullen SAAR CV 195 00 197.00N 196.00 198
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    • 182 12 SINGAPORE The market closed slightly lower yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 161.00 cents a kg, down one cent from Wednesday. The morning session lost 1.25 cents on light selling of nearby positions. Prices recovered slightly in the afternoon on some buying support but still finished lower
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    • 343 12 RAS prices hi S cants/kg, FOt in b ales NOON CLOSE twyr» C-M twywi Setters Int 1 RSS Prompt 161 50 162 SON 161 00 162 00N Int 1 RSS Oct 85 161 50 162 50 161.00 162 00 Int 1 RSS Nov 85 ***** 163 00
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    • 107 12 THE lub Lemper tie price reee Ave cents at the eleee te MfSt.U per kg ee street seppert frem tke kmffer sleek BMttger yesterday. 11» riee wee else attrtketed to e skerpiy tower stterlii el lM toeeee egelest TM tenses ee Wedeeedey wklek were meetly skeerkei ky tke
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    • 176 12 Yarn (In HK( per hot* of 400 lb) Chi no carded yorn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'» 2.500 Blue Phoenix 20-s 2.550 Blue Phoenix 32'» 2,950 Bbe Phoenix 40'» 3.300 Girded yorn, honk Bb* Phoenix 21'« 2,750 Combed yorn, cones Bkje Phoenix 32'» 4,100 9ue Phoenix 40*» 4,300 Open-end yorn
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    • 838 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended the day firmer on Wednesday but at the middle of a maximum £46 range at up £15 to £35 a tonne from Tuesday night's close, weighed down by a steadier sterling against the dollar. Much of the morning's strength was due to a technical
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    • 60 12 Robusto 20/25% 440 00 FOB NSW Nutmeg 419.00 110 FOB NSW E&W FOB NSW 339 00 Gombi«r FOB NSW 330 00 (US$/lo*9 t«M« pom, HNtm oAtfi CIF ItrofM* ria* stated) Pepper (Sarawak) 4300 Foq, KX3t Whit* foq, afloat 4300 Whit* foq 4300 /tonne Sap/Oct Bock special. «pot 3700
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    • 270 12 Singapore C-l Ord unq (S*/kOo, «-«o40v») Loonzoin Rica Fragrant mw crap j°°* 2?§ ISt 2nd £2 100% 3rd grade unq 3rd 0.52 PorboMad Rice New Crop 5% 215 25% no stock 10% 210 10% no stock Thai Broken Maize unq A-super Special 0.54 Unnnknnn o.52 nofiflicong Thai Rica (HKS
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    • 143 12 JP THE HILTON MEETING MAKERS When you host a function at the Hilton International Singapore, you'll find there's a group of people assigned to making sure your meeting is nothing short of successful. They're the Hilton Meeting Makers, from the sales and banquet departments, kitchen, housekeeping, art and engineering departments.
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    • 187 12 A WORLD FIRST! ....from r~ ..jwhich produces inipreeeivs pmeimoni with the ease and convenience ONLY AUTOMATION CAN PROMDE. GBC's exclusive awrld-flwt Punching Control System, AutoReverse Jam Stopper (lor overload prevention), Binding Sue Selector (with colour guide tor binding size) ere but* tsw of the many tine features ottered to enable
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4383 13 THE THREAT of heavy scrip delivery did not stop share prices from racing ahead in heavy trading on the Singapore stock market yesterday the last day of the settlement period. At the close, the Straits Times Industrial Index was 6.28 points higher at
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    • 218 13 St NGAP0RE RitM Indices Faah Haa 400 +32 Wg Haw M 330 +32 66J.22 674£2 Sal r.Mania* 31 +32 T litem *****11 tWOgO U M nawr 9M +30 IT OS/OS +259 +100 Ram Bw> SB +30 STIa6a*niali 712 60 7M.M Kiaa Jaa SO* 306 +30 ST Fnanca
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    • 4006 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number at 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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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 507 14 THE MALAYSIAN government is expected to incorporate the Golden Share concept in a privatised Malaysian Airline System (MAS). This will enable it to make major decisions affecting the airline and to block any unwelcome takeover bid, especially from those who do not have the
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    • 353 14 ERNST WHINNEY Consultants Pte Ltd is organising a one-day conference on the essentials of privatisation. The conference, which will be held on Oct 2 at the Hilton International Hotel, is timely, given the coming flotation of Singapore Airlines shares in November. SIA will
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    • 197 14 HOTEL TAI-PAN Limited: AGM at Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel, Plum Ballroom, 3rd Floor, 101, Victoria Street, Singapore 0718, today at 10 am. SATERA8 RESOURCES (Malaysia) Berhad: 16th AGM at 2nd Floor, Bangunan Sateras, 152 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, today at 3 pm. JACK CH1A-MPH limited: AGM at Tai-Pan Ramada
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    • 384 14 BUYERS stormed the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, chasing share price to higher levels in very active trading. Speculative stocks were hot favourites and many scored substantial gains. A few blue chips also shared some of the limelight and finished higher. Buyers stepped in right from
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    • 2736 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A ft* (1) 2.62 (1) 2.68 (1) 2.65 AMD
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    • 295 14 Monogers' prices for Sep 27 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 93 2 05 The Savings Fund 1 40 1 48 S'pore Prog Fund 0 83 *0 88 S'pore Sec Fund 1 20 1 27 S'pore Invest Fund 0 81 0 86 S'pore Equity Fund 0 84 0
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    • 99 14 HONGKONG Wednesday 1418.3 Hong Seng Index Week ago 1383 0 Thursday 1511.87 Wednesday 1547.68 NEW YORK Week ago 1563.27 Dow Jones TOKYO Wednesday 1312.05 Tuesday 1321.12 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1300.40 Thursday ***** 50 Wednesday *****.81 Standard Poors Week ogo ***** 99 Wednesday 180.66 Tuesday 182.62 TSE
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    • 674 15 wsm t HOCK LOCK SIEW EVEN IF the KLSE chooses not to ask for an explanation as to how Pradaz and Roxy arrived at the $2 million figure for the transfer of a 29.96per cent stake in Cold Storage Malaysia (CSM) from
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    • 223 15 Reuter ASSOCIATED International Ltd, a wholly-owned unit of Associated Hotels Ltd, will seek a public listing in Hongkong through the issue of 293.59 million new HK$l shares at par. The managing director of Underwriter Indosuez Asia Ltd, Anthony Lo, said the issue would raise
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    • 1011 15 SHARE PRICES yesterday closed lower after a dull session overshadowed by Wall Street's easier trend and concern over the impact of rising sterling on leading exporters. At 1530 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was down 4.7 to 1270.5. Allied Lyons stood out with a 5p gain to end
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    • 617 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE AMID RAMPANT market talk that Raleigh Bhd is making a big move into the finance sector, property company Metroplex Bhd has acquired a substantial 5 per cent in the bicycle manufacturing company for nearly Mslo million. Metroplex, which was
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    • 240 15 THE GLUT of hotel rooms in Singapore has claimed another victim. Sealion Hotels Ltd turned in a set of markedly lower profits for the first six months to endJune 1985. Shareholders, who were rewarded with an interim dividend of 5 per
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    • 368 15 SIME DARBY is investing about US$2.3 million in a palm oil and stearin refining project in Egypt. Its 20 per cent stake in the refinery, which will be located in the Port of Suez, makes it the second largest shareholder after
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 44 15 First half results for the period ended June 30, 1985, showed operating pre-tax profits 61 per cent higher at MJ217.595 (from $135,179 previously). Net earnings per share came to 5 cents, up from 3 cents previously. No interim dividend was declared.
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      • 63 15 Pre-tax profits amounted to $1.73 million for the first six months to June 30, 1985. This is 34 per cent less than the $2.63 million earned previously. Net earnings per share came to 3.9 cents, down from 5.9 cents previously. A 5 per cent
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      • 43 15 Group pre- tax profits for the six months ended June 30,1985, were down 38 per cent to M 51.03 million (from $1.68 million previously). Stated earnings per share came to 1.2 cents each, down from 3.4 cents previously.
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      • 38 15 Group pre-tax profits for the first six months to June 30,1985, increased 14 per cent to M 53.68 million (from $3.24 million). An interim dividend of 23.5 cents per share has been declared.
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      • 50 15 Group pre-tax profits for the year ended to June 30, 1985, fell 39 per cent to $1.46 million (from $2.41 million before). Net earnings per share came to 2.2 cents, down from 4.7 cents previously. A first and final dividend of 3 per cent has been recommended.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 415 14 The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. (Incorporated in Japan) BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUDITORS Chairman: President: Deputy Presidents: Senior Managing Director: Managing Directors: Director and Counselor: Directors: Standing Auditors: Auditor Akira Gomi Shigeru Suzuki Kaichi Kawaguchi; Tadavoshi Kativ Hiroshi Yamauthi Ichim Yagi; Norikazu Kubo, Hiroji Nakamura; Yasuhiko Sato; Yasuaki Mahuchi; Naobumi Ishiguro
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    • 89 14 Central Bank LONDON BRANCH US $20,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE MARCH 1986/ MARCH 1987 j In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the interest period from I September 30, 1985 to March 31, 1986, the Certificates will carry an C
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 420 15 NOTICE TE THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF SHUKRAN PTE. LTD. (la Member*' y«luUry NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 that the Final Meeting of Members of the above-named Company will be held on Monday, 28 October 1985
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    • 320 15 f Parf^ The star of the luxury condominiums on Holland Road. ABsworth Pari< is probably one of the last luxury condominium residences to be built on Holland Road h offers you a rare opportunity to invest in a home with Singapore's most prestigious address Choice Apartments ■till available. Only a
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  • 480 16  -  Price war likely to intensify in coming months By LEE HAN SHIH HOTELS in Singapore are facing a $50 million loss in room revenue this year due partly to a steady erosion of prices. Hit by a series of competitive rate cuts, holiday
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  • 597 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO FACED WITH AN OVERALL occupancy rate which has fallen to a low of about 65 per cent, the price war among hotels has intensified as they compete to fill their rooms. Even among first-class hotels, rates for some rooms have
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  • 199 16 Reuter FOUR HOURS of talks between Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and US Secretary of State George Shultz on Wednesday failed to break the USSoviet arms deadlock. But Washington officials have not ruled out the possibility that Mr Shevardnadze may outline new
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  • 249 16 Bernama THE UNITED Malays National Organisation will continue to safeguard the interests of the Malays even if it changes the style of its struggle to suit changing times and situations, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "The style of
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  • 117 16 AFP THE FRENCH are the world's worst worry bugs, downing a record number of pills annually, says a medical publication. The Lettre de Prevention for doctors, published in Paris yesterday, said that there were 49 prescriptions for anxiety symptoms issued in 1984 for every
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  • 323 16 UPI A TINY FRACTION of Hongkong's 5.5 million residents were given a taste of democracy yesterday in indirect voting for a minority of seats on the colony's law-making Legislative Council. The elections were held on the first anniversary of the signing of the Sino-British accords
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  • 489 16 A NOTE of guarded optimism about the world economy has been sounded by the International Monetary Fund ahead of its annual meeting which starts in Seoul on Oct 8. Economic recovery, according to the IMF, is now underway in the industrial nations which last year recorded
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  • 280 16 THE PEOPLE of China are no longer obsessed with their past but look to a more hopeful future, a contrast to the situation five years ago, according to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. This was one of the Prime Minister's observations of
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  • 86 16 THE NATIONAL Computer Board plans to mobilise resources in the private and public sectors to draw up a basis for business dealings with China. NCB general manager Tan Chin Nam said Chinese officials had identified computer software as being very crucial to China's modernisation programme
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  • 90 16 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES opened below expectations in New York yesterday and drifted lower in early dealings, weighed down by light profit-taking. Values inched higher initially on a weaker dollar, but ran into technical resistance at over U*****.00 an ounce basis December. The dollar also recovered
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  • 77 16 Reuter THE NEW YORK stock market was mixed in early trading yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up slightly at 1313, while the transportation index showed a decline of more than 2.5 points. Declines led advances in the broad market by almost five to three on
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  • 89 16 AP REGULAR AIR travellers in Britain voted British Airways airline of the year and shared tales of woe to show international air travel is not all fun, the London magazine, Executive Travel reported. One businessman described how Nigerian officials, discovering an internal Nigeria Airways flight overbooked
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  • LATE FILE
    • 52 16 Reuter WASHINGTON has warned US vessels to exercise "extreme caution" when entering the Gulf after the recent intensification of the IranIraq War. A State Department mariners warning said the region's waters were becoming increasingly dangerous and advised shippers to "be alert to possible hazardous
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    • 57 16 UPI SAUDI ARABIA yesterday formally placed a US$5.7 billion order with Britain for 72 Tornado jet-fighters and 60 training planes in a deal made possible because of US difficulties in providing F--15s. UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine and Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz
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    • 56 16 Reuter THE Soviet Union recorded a US$3.O7 billion trade deficit with the West in the firsthalf of 1965, with Western economic experts attributing the shortfall to sharply lower oil and gas sales and a weaker dollar. The deficit compared with a $772 million surplus in
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    • 39 16 Reuter HEARINGS ended yesterday in the trial of Philippine military chief Fabian Ver and 25 other men, seven months after they were charged in connection with the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino. Reuter
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    • 56 16 Bernama FORMER Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) chairman Lorrain Esme Osman failed to get the KL High Court to set aside an order requiring him to file his defence in respect of a suit within 21 days from Sep U pending the outcome of his
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 174 16 5^ Tljpefjfotistn ft i tyVtn JIOMS& Fine Food Restaurant 42, Boat Quay/39, Circular Road, Singapore 0104 (Infront of OCBC Building) f 4 \mztX f We are now open to serve you better > Reservations: *****22 *****65 JACK'S PLACE a place for steak TO ALL BUSY EXECUTIVES: Jack's Place Hotel Miramar
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    • 32 16 WORLD TRADE CENTRE VICINITY Redevelopment Site in Singapore Land area: 81.000sf Built up 100.000sf (Warehouse/office) BCD change: to Retail/Office/Apts. Dev charge payable SS9.5m (Freehold) Bldg Limit 9 stones AGAPE PROPERTY SERVICES *****38
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    • 179 16 EXPATRIATE COMMENTS ABOUT ARDMORE PARK |NO 11 'Hie mini United Nations m I call Ardmore Park the United Nations of Singapore you really get to meet people who make you feel very much at home because they are all expat families, like us. Living at Ardmore Park also makes sense
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 53 16 WMm Outlook for todoy: Showers in several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Sep 26 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.2 Associated humidity 62 Minimum temperature 23.5 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 7.55 Roinfall in millimetres nil RamfoH this month 88.6 Rainy days
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 457 17  -  By LINDA CHEE AMERICAN PRESIDENT Lines has made significant improvements in its South-east Asian containerised services. Adjustments in the deployment of APL vessels and new connecting carrier agreements have enabled the line to improve capacity, frequency and transit times on routes between Singapore and ports in
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    • 299 17 Reuter TANKER OWNERS have inserted a clause in at least two recent vessel charters to Iran allowing their vessels to be diverted to Ras Tannurrah in Saudi Arabia in the event of delays at Kharg Island. Oil industry sources said the
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    • 135 17  -  -By Kingsley Wood FOREIGN SHIPS calling at New South Wales ports since May this year had been forced by unions to spend A 5742,000 on repairs on 22 vessels, according to the Australian Opposition Transport spokesman, Mr Bruce Lloyd. He said collusion between
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 100 17 PERTAMINA, the Indonesian state oil company, will soon add to its fleet the largest domestical-ly-made tugboat. Tte vessel, Blang Lancang TV, built by the Ingcom shipyard at a cost of $3.3 million, was launched on Monday and will operate at the company's liquefied natural gas Port
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      • 110 17 A STUDY into the conversion of large tankers into cheap oil waste disposal facilities is being carried out by Greek anti-pollution interests. The scheme is the idea of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (Helmepa) as an alternative to the provision of badly needed but expensive
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    • 1087 18 FT IN AN INDUSTRY as full of glamour, hype and marketing style as cruising, voices soberly counselling caution tend to strike a discordant note. But cruise companies, selling sun, romance and adventure, have to match sales flair with sharp-eyed accountancy. Although some $1.5 billion of new
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    • 100 18 NEPTRA Shipping, subsidiary company of Neptune Shipmanagement Services, has acquired another harbour tanker for bunkering within Singapore waters. The 973 grt vessel, ex Seria Maru, has been renamed Neptra n. It joins the Neptra I (ex Kinko Maru No 8), a 998-grt harbour tanker which
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    • 882 18 A Top Ent X 4 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg X 2 Afea Line VI 3 Affinity Shpg X 1 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 APC Lme V 4 APL Ml 2/3 Antoh Orient X 3 Arrow Lines X 5 Atlos Lines X
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    • 1328 18 RATES for the North American grain bulker market rose sharply on the london Freight market on Wednesday as charterers bowed to owners' pressure for better prices in the fall. Unimills fixed the Ebro from the US Gulf to the Continent with a 60,000-ton Oct 5-10 grain cargo at
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    • 252 19 NYT A SALVAGE EXPERT said that he had found and intended to raise HMS Hussar, a 26-gun revolutionary war frigate that was carrying a British army payroll in gold coins and 80 American prisoners when she sank in the east river in 1780. "We
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    • 332 19 OFFICIALS OF the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) have dismissed as "rubbish" reports in Japan that the huge conference is about to be split up. It has been suggested that the FEFC which is a conference in its own right but a sort of umbrella for
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    • 311 19 AP AN INTERNATIONAL conference in London on the dumping of nuclear waste at sea is split over a motion by Pacific nations calling for an outright ban. The split developed on Tuesday among the 39 national delegations which arrived for a
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    • 287 19 CHINA Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) is surging ahead with its expansion programme when many other shipowners are reducing fleets to cut losses. A Cosco official told the Journal of Commerce that the shipping line took delivery of 31 newbuildings of 630,000 dwt last year, and
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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.
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    • 53 19 MORE POWER for towage in the Haven ports will result from Alexandra Towing Company (Felixstowe) Ltd ordering an Azimuth tug from Richards (Shipbuilders). The order is valued at more than £1.5 million. It was won by Richards, which has yards at Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth, against British
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    • 2754 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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    • 677 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL Ship RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Majapahit 24HB Anson *****N Niaga 42 SJ1685 Albert Ms 8513 Tambang VH 7368 RR Ratna 52S P Vanburen 146E Maersk Mondo 39B406 Kazukawa M 44/537
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    • 1633 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B A Top Enterprises Pte Ltd Some (S) AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies Afea Line At neon Shpg Agencies (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Ken Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping gencies (S) Multiport Sdn Bhd
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    • 382 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VmmI Berth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Junliangcheng K12 alongside 27.9/2300 Linden K16 alongside 27.9/2300 Maju Yong Hua K1IA alongside 27.9/1830 S'them Glory K28 alongside 27.9/1500 Stolt Stane K30 alongside 27.9/2030 Barber Texas K9 27.9/0400 28.9/0400 Benjamas K33 27.9/2300 29.9/2300 Bow Spring K30 27.9/2300 28.9/1100
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    • 919 17 Monthly from Pitman Available at all good bookshops and newsagents T1 rj Times IB IP Distributers OHJENT OVEHJEAS CokUUHM. LINE Agents: MMH SMPfMG MDMXS Na. *****4/00K) 70 SkMtofl Wit #04 03 Maria* Horn S«napore 0707 TH *****11 THei NO RS ***** CFS Of FICf IPC #***** Tet 7773/31 7770J3? Terminal
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    • 61 17 JGMUDB CRUISE COMPANIES, selling sun, romance and adventure, have to match sales flair with sharp-eyed accountancy. Page II OFFICIALS OF the For Eastern Freight Conference have dismissed as "rubbish" reports in Japan that the conference is obout to split up. Page 111 Index to odvertisers II London freight II Consortia
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    • 1170 17 hi Scarch This runaway bestseller disects the secrets of America's most successful and has distilled their success into eight basic findings which make exceptional sense sO <9 MAERSK LINE MAERSK LINE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. IS NOW BERTHED AT SOUTHPOINT 2 *****05 Voy S porn EXPORT TO USA. EUROPE. MIOOLE EAST.
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    • 450 18 SHP YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES i USA/CANADA KS »Cf FAMRY ACE GLORY ACE Pacific South Waat raadar at Tokyo v r* PW ttHtm rSL LA/LB OAK 30/9 1/10 3/11 ~i KXSHU 24/10 21/10 7/10 i/io 10/10 t. arrow 2/11 5/11 14/10 IS/10 17/10 KBHU It »/ll 12/11 21/10 22/10 24/10
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    • 270 18 Supercarrier Service N ROTTERDAM BARBER TAMPA N DOUIN NiXI ARRIVAiSN ROUEN U/10. BARBER PERSEUS 16 10 N ROSARIO 6/11. BARBER HECTOH S/ll TO: CALIFORNIA PANAMA US ATLANTIC US GULF E. CANADA hud BARS I TIMS BAKHf) TONSKRG BARBER PERSEUS Mm accephnf cm*n >« Houston <*!>. S Frawaco Oakland. Stochtan and
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 1048 19 The Straits Steamship Group f ll( Mansfield Container 1 Shipping Re Ltd Overseas Containers Limited I CONTAIKERSIRP SERVICE TO l)K/COf<TINENT Stem Adam 19/10 20/10 21/10 22/10 27/10 2S/10 U/U 12/11 21/11 22/11 2C/U 27/11 04/12 05/12 14/12 15/12 21/12 22/12 27/12 21/12 Also Accepting Haitag to Rotterdam to HriwnluH« to
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    • 417 19 If you lire looking for Spccial or Fast Ships, M u rai fV M i- St /4a? V. W a.' v *i JL 7 'fJk Call Uf.wc have tin answer' 4* HONG LEONG-LCRSSEN SHIPYARD BHD. I r O «n« 41 a, 'I|«« M. >«■•>» *f. I« .00-< To USA/Canada Weekly
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    • 408 19 NOTICE TOKO LINE M.V. "DONG SrH" \rr4: 1» I 84 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel are hereby notified that the General Survey will be held on 30th September 1985. (Monday) at Jurong Port GDN-J6 from 10 00 am to 3.00 ptn PU CMlttßMt CwpmttM mass (J
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 441 20 I Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS 21/9 17/10 5/10 23/10 (/ll 122/11 13/11 130/11 21/10 22/10 27/10 21/10 6/11 7/11 11/11 12/11 21/11 22/11 26/11 27/11 4/12 5/12 14/12 15/12 21/12 22/12 On carriage to Scandinavia, Med, Carribean &S. America Inland haulage to inland destinations in Europe I L 0 EUROPE/MED
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    • 429 20 fully containerised service TO EUR Off Vl* SUEZ 1 »l the Ace Coworton KOREAN CHANCE 23* SEVEN SEAS BRIDGE 52N CHEVIIfR PAUL 44* IRANSNORLD BRIDGE 27N S po»e PKetme LtHa»«t dim Eslo« Hbuj Ant«trp >10 iib 9 ?i io nlO 10 ?*> 10 wlO 910 i 101 ?8 io ?s
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    • 1134 20 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) 1 TEL *****06 (20 Lines) TL X R*****1 Ltd 4 R*****2 I L i;\sti:i{n \k u\i:k. Ltd. Specialist in RO/RO Service Accepting heavy-lifts upto 80 K/Tons Sailings from Japan VfSMI AS4AM SIM W] <*ANGI OCfMt V?? SEHI NAGOYA W33 StKI KOCH VJ6 ASIAN Cimß VII
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    • 293 20 Y< US I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES r vi ri KYOWA LINE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC WHTE LIY OCEANA QUEEN OCEANIA COURWEJt 28/10 SPORE PKctMi lotting hr 2/10 Suva, Lactoka, Pappettet 7/10 Lac, Orobay, P. Moresby, AMan, Honiara, Kieta, Rabail Kmbe, Mm
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    • 890 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES V? *VV PIL Bui'ding, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 VESSEL KOTA MEGAH KOTA WIRAWAN KOTA WANGSA KOTA SEJATI KOTA AGUNG KOTA TIMUR VOYAGE E-565 E-563 E-559 E-581 E-593 E-595 HONGKONG SINGAPORE LOADING FOR MUKALLA, DJIBOUTI. HODEIDAH. JEDDAH. AOABA ADEN, HODEIDAH, ASSAB, JEDDAH, P SUDAN,
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    • 876 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT Beruton SaAed Tokyo Bay Sated Btnjidcf SaAed Kllano Maru SaAed Kauifa Maru 27/9 City o< EAnburf SaAed Frankfurt Eipresj 3/10 Hamburj Eiprets 11/10 Osaka Bay 11/10 B'HAVCN ft DMI Sailed SaAed Saied SMM Saied Saied Saied Saied
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    • 536 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF FAR EAST TO/FROM S PORE CONTAINER SERVICE MAIAPAHT W4 HB CONA V? 4 HB BUS/UK YOKOHAMA 11/9 14/® 23/9 AAOHSIUNG 20/S 2/10 S PORE TO JAKARTA/SURABAYA CONTAINER SERVICE MAIAPAMT i 24 HB GONA »?4 HB •CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE WEST BOUND I I BONTANG OWB
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    • 611 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loadmf for Ranfoon Spore PKelanj Penanf Phashwetyawywa V2SSW 29 Sept/1 Oct Mawtemyaini V2BW 4/8 Oct In PI/27 Sept 2S/3 Oct P. Gudang Loftaw VIO2W 29/30 Sept 27/2S Sept •Pafo V/ 10 4/6 Oct Basse* V7IW 29/30 Sept LOADING FOR EUROPE BANK
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    • 931 22 K LINE flji \_?_3 —i—• KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.— USA CANADA pacific COAST .((■eliding DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPI MICROBRIDGE A MINILAND BRIDGE) FBDCR/ MOTHER VESSEL TRANS WORLD BRDGE V26E CALfORHA BRDGE V 5 LIONS GATE BRDGE V3S TOKYO MARU V 26 CHMA CONTAMR V3IE WASHNGTON BRDGE V 5 JOHORE BRDGE
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    • 345 22 Accepting LCL and contatowriMd cargo** Diract to South Africa I Ridurih I S parc I Durban Bjj Clwwi El* Miprt* PHI h Port 11/10 12/11 25/10 16/10 1« 10 29/10 n 10 Maputo Ctoom P Efa Elon Ridurds Dwtun Spore Bay NEDIIOVD COLOMBO MISG SM SM Sid Std 3/10 OSAKA
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    • 425 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loading tot 10S ANfjf US SAW IRANCISCO SiAlllf lAC OKU VANCOtMR BC Aiieyting (CI fCI Containers BHAVABHUTI BHAAATENDU Singapore I Angeles 30/31 Oct ?6 No. 30/31 No. 26 Oct AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE JAPAN SERVICE Loadmf Iw Kobe Yokohama Na|oya Osaka. Map Aha
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    • 494 22 CHMA OCEAN SWUNG CO., PEKMG THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHMA SEMI-CONTAINER/ COMVEMTHHAL SERVICE PKELAHG PENAN6 DCSTWATION lENSHU 3 Oct 29 Sept Rotterdam Agents: GUAH GUAN SHIPPING SON. BHD. MtOJWG Tot 03-317*1, 3»2*-7 T*i Nt: MA ***** PENANG Tat 04-*****, XS4K Pwwi far kMk*p. Canlart Taa T* 21UJ m **171 SWISS
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    • 572 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road »27 16 Internationa' P'a/a Smqapce 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lmesi E MOMAB o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S'part P. KrfMflM*C tarFONT YALE *****13 SU MANGEL LBEITY BBJWIS 2/1N 4/M NOTT/RNT/UJI. (AVON) HTU9A (TIC) lID MOMS 22*511 BMTANC awmt CO SDH M>. *****4 lliil
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    • 768 23 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia K CHANCE S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 0400 2/10 LCL Cargo 1200 1/10 Where PK dates indicated in brackets, cargo to/from PK transhipped via TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: SURABAYA... JAKARTA SINGAPORE. PENANG P KELANG.. ADELADE 6/ FREMANTLE 11/ Also iep»ing
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    • 666 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON DONAM Peawj tat 4/It Spor, 30/» 13/10 23/10 30/ It 4/11 It/II ?«/U 3/12 11/12 Vessel No 6 Donjm SO7H No 7 D«um MID No 9 Coram SO7N No I Ovum WIN No t Coram SOW
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    • 859 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUN.DMG 55. Market Street Sintapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SMGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KELANG PENANG M/S SHARKAT MM SOOH SON. M). IST AND 2ND FLOOR, MESSRS HM THONG SHTPM 127 Penanf
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    • 389 24 Kcjiiwnal Container Lines 4 Sailings weekly Fast Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P.S.A. Mon, Tue, Thur. Sat fioffl HINODE KISEN CO. LTD MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER SPt CIAIISID Hf AW llflf RS AVAIt SRI f KASHR MARK S'pore 10/12 Oct Loadnj for: Muscat, Dubai, Jeb«l Ai, Sharjah IM VEB DEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTQC&
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    • 137 24 a m EAST ASIA LINE -I (Malaysian Flag) Regular~Un«r Oonric— Bilwiwi ITBIA/BT6iE/®«>IA P. Keiong Pervoog S pore L<Jg for MfAH h Nrt Mpi NXRA PERTAMA Sated Sited ta Nrt Bm**i RE GUM lAPAN/STRAJTS/JAPAN SERVICES LAMBOR 30/5 IMm USriSM SPMC S* M). fx 1* *0622/ MFBC Ki. T+ S3SIII/S3SIIO CONFER SNPPMG,
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    • 178 24 LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1, Magazine Road. "OS-08 Central BuMdlng. Singapore 0105 T«fc 533M14 *****22 WEEKLY SERVICE SINGAPORE TO KUCHIMG-SiBU-SARIKEI Lin Petaling II "Lin Petaling ETA 1.10.85 9 10 85 289.85 8 10 85 ETD 2.10.85 10.10.85 29 9.85 9 10 85 DESTINATION KUCHING KUCHING SIBU SARIKEI SIBU SARIKEI
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 164 24 v,v Regional Weather r A m N ft 0 *5 A b > (/4 OO«0^/ S^> •Life" SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. R Thunderstorm Temperature c A Weather Wind direction with speed m knots Wave height e Cloudy Sky Surface winds ore indicated by arrows
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    • 155 25 MV CGM V r m nv jr A ..—GENERAL AGENTS SEALION SHTPWG (S) PTE LTD. i>* L/CC JliNt SWGAPOtt SALES/BOOKWGS TEL *****11 (S IMS) REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO BANQLA-PEBH/INDIA/SRI LANKA/PAKIBTAH CALCUTTA 23/11 m MSC AGENCES K. LUMPUR P. KELANG PENANG P. GUDANG j. BAHARU LEOSHP SPORE *****8/*****6/*****8/*****3 *****1/4 TERMINAL *****1/2
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    • 120 25 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS ON REGULAR LINER SERVICE FROM TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE AND W. MALAYSIA BULK CARGO FROM SOUTH-EAST-ASIA TO TAIWAN, HONGKONG AND THAILAND. ABLE TO LIFT REEFER OTHERS CONTAINERS AGENT OCEAN WT'l MARINE CORP PTE ITO *****11 (5
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    • 420 25 Nedlloyd EAC agencies pte ltd. To serve you better we have installed direct inward dialing on the HARRIS 400 DIGITAL PABX. With immediate effect you can call our staff directly dial 3210 followed by their extension number. Extensions to note: Nedllovd ScanDut Bookings —Ext 179/231 Bookings (or direct lines *****06/*****85)
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    • 377 26 BATAM WEEKLY FULL LINER SERVICE LOADING/DEPARTING EVERY THURSDAY Ml BAYSWATER SHIPPING FORWARDING PTE LTD 5001 BEACH ROAD 08-62 GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX SPORE 0719 TEL *****61 *****62 TELEX ***** KIMTUG STONEAGE PFH COMPIEX Wl MOtXJlf 30 (Obi 1) Telei RS ?*>feB9 SlOff Tel *****33 (8 Lwes) Es] TO ETA SW6ATORE LOAOtNG
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    • 500 26 FREIGHT MANAGEMENT PTE L 10 ham *#»d. #22-14 Mtnubnal flail. S part 0207 Ttt: *****11 (12 Law) Tdn: IS ***** FIIMM ITSIA Kl *****7/*****8 Til IM 3730 C EUTMT pa i ia AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND USA 2/10. 4/10 30/9. 7/10 1/10, 4/10 30/9. 3/10 1/10. 4/10 30/9. 2/10 LOAOMG FOR
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    • 686 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of Tha ACE Consortium) CHO VANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FUUT CONTMCRtSfI) SOWCE 10 EUtOfl SUEZ) KOREAA CHANCE ?JB SEVEN SMS BUDGE Ctf VUCR PAUI «A Spot ItHtrtt Rdjfn FtMat Kte| SmAahmp 2/11 ?1/I0 22/11 24/10 2t/ll 27/10 21/10 1/10 20/10 29/10 11/10 2/U 3/11 5/11 It/It
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    • 845 26 JOMCVEKTT MUMMYCKKTT THOMASEVERETT P«iMC° P. Kabni 30/2 Oct 1* fT 30/2 Od 3/4 Oct r M KTf 1/9 Oct 9 RETT 21/23 Oct 24/25 Oct "EVERETT ORIENT LINE" 6 k ItPAM /BAY nf RFNT.AI lAPAN VWITF Kk JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE Zk LOAOMG FOR HONGKONG*. YOKOHAMA. KOBE. NAGOYA* MOJt* AND
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    • 269 26 ZIM rr-wTr —OOBEWT FULL COOT carfts ta USA East t Wwt Ctst CarrfcMa«jEast faoa wi kcmHW mi HAITI F«rrn ALSO AOZPTMC La/Fa CARGO TO AOCUMOE MA MELBOURNE GOLD STAR LINE nTTTTTI 14 DATS KZPIEU lUTia TO 1 GOLD L£Af 3SK Cotomto/Mo<nbasa/Ma{wto/DURBAN 10 %X mL 9121F Durban /Capetown/P.Eta 12 27 DATS
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