The Business Times, 16 October 1985

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1985 75 CENTS
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  • 303 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE'S Motor Leasing group now stands a good chance of clinching a massive contract to revamp the Bangkok bus network, following the Thai Cabinet's rejection of a British contender. Motor Leasing (Singapore) is second on the list
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  • 315 1 Reuter CHINA HAS AGREED in principle to buy a 10 per cent stake in a giant Australian aluminium smelter, part of a global strategy to invest abroad in materials it now has to import. The New China News Agency said yesterday that the
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  • 89 1 Reuter AN OFFICIAL newspaper yesterday warned students in China against staging patriotic protests against foreign imports, following anti-Japanese demonstrations on at least two campuses in the past month. The China Youth News said patriotism was precious but some patriotic actions could be blind and harm national
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  • 568 1  -  Trio among ten which submitted plans for Haw Par Villa By HOMER CHEN AT LEAST THREE publiclylisted companies are interested in developing Haw Par Villa (known also as Tiger Balm Gardens) into a technology-based entertainment centre. They are among 10 which submitted proposals to the Singapore
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  • Article, Illustration
    95 1 SHARE PRICES staged a technical rebnid yesterday following the sharp dee Use en Meaday. Speculative Malaysian-based Issues provided msst of the day's exdtomeat although a handful of hlne-chlp and banking stacks were keenly nenght niter. However, both the market indices fell yesterday dne to a dou-ble-digit Inns among
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  • 337 1 WHEN WORDS become superfluous for 17 days, that's a kiss deserving of an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. That new record for the longest kiss, together with the longest roller-coaster ride, the greatest weight lifted by a woman and the most
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  • 117 1 THE NOBEL PRIZE for economics has been awarded to Italian-American Franco Modigliani of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Modigliani, 67, won the U*****,000 economics prize for his work on savings and financial markets and for having helped formulate the Modiglia-ni-Miller theories on investment
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  • 121 1 AFP PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew says that Japan is "on the verge of a possible breakthrough" in opening its markets to the US. Mr Lee, the Washington Post reported yesterday, said Japanese leaders "are fearful of the political costs that they will carry at home (if
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    • 266 1 Leader... Page 8 wm OUR VIEW THE IDEA OF KISSING for 17 doys and IOVi hours at a stretch may not appeal to everyone, but there is more to the affair than meets the lips. Sorely wounded by the cruel descriptions of a dermatologist last year, kissing must now take
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 360 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN ADVICE ON WAYS in which small companies can take maximum advantage of the Trade Development Board's market development assistance scheme (MDAS) will be given at a forum to be held next week. The forum, organised by the Singapore Manufacturers' Association and
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    • 133 2 NEW FORMS for traders, freight forwarders and cargo agents to declare their incoming and outgoing goods will be introduced by the Trade Development Board at the end of the year. To reduce confusion over the filling of forms, the TDB will be conducting briefing sessions free
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    • 240 2 NEW LEGISLATION should accompany the government's drive towards minimising cash transactions, said the president of Consumers Association of Singapore, Dr Lee Ngak Siang. In a message published in the latest Case newsletter, Dr Lee said new laws were needed to define the rights
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    • 226 2 THE 1166-MILLION Bukit Timah Expressway will be completed within a month and is expected to open in December, adding 11 km to the island's network of expressways. A 3.5-km section from the expressway's northern end at Woodlands New Town to Mandai Road is already completed and
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    • 58 2 A 14-MEMBER delegation of the Swedish Employers' Confederation will arrive in Singapore this Friday to meet local employer federations and unions. During their five-day stay, the delegates members of the committee on management and labour policies will visit the Singapore National Employers Federation and meet
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    • 192 2 LEADING IS A DIFFICULT affair, but success is enhanced when there is a match between the leader's and followers' personalities. To help managers understand the dynamics of leadership and how the leader's approach can influence followers, the Singapore Training and Development Association (Stada)
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    • 286 2 ONG TENG KOK has been appointed the director of Resources Development Corporation (Pte) Ltd. Mr Ong, who is an accountant by profession, was with the URA before he joined RDC. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1960. DR lAN GRAY and P S BAGMAi
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    • 60 2 A MINISTER from Barbados will be visiting Singapore this Thursday. The Hon Louis R. Tull, QC Minister of Commerce, Industry and Consumer Affairs, will call on Mr S Dhanabalan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Community Development. Mr Tull will also call on Mr
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    • 475 3  -  By RICHARD SEAH MANY OLD PEOPLE eagerly pay a few dollars a month to ensure free hospitalisation when they need it. But few are willing to exchange their life savings for a guaranteed monthly income. Two different types of insurance schemes for old people
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    • 219 3 A CONCERTED EFFORT involving Singapore Airlines, Swissair and the Swiss National Tourist Organisation is being launched to promote Switzerland as a tourist destination and the gateway to Europe. The national carriers of Switzerland and Singapore will be launching a promotion on Nov
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    • 647 3  -  Good Manufacturing Practice certificates for 24 companies By LOH HUI YIN TWENTY-FOUR companies will be the first recipients of the Good Manufacturing Practice certificate awarded by the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. Among them are Jack Chia Industries, which produces the "Tiger Balm"
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    • 430 3 THE DAYS OF THE computer bureau seem numbered as more companies buy systems of their own. But one company has plans to set up a bureau, and is confident that its services will remain in demand for at least another five years. Dyatron Pte Ltd, a
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    • 120 3 PRICES FELL LAST MONTH, the second decline since April this year. The consumer price index dropped 0.8 per cent over August, mainly because of cheaper food and lower transport and communication costs. Cheaper vegetables, fish and sugar more than offset a price increase in fruit and eggs,
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    • 263 3 THE GOVERNMENT will be asked to disclose measures to curb profiteering at the next sitting of Parliament on Oct 31. Mr Tan Soo Khoon, the Member of Parliament for Alexandra, wants Dr Tony Tan, the Minister for Trade and Industry and Education,
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    • 207 3 KEEPING THE PUBLIC safe from poisonous and dangerous substances depends on the people in the industry and "sometimes down to the valve operator". The Minister for the Environment, Or Ahmad Mattar, said yesterday that environmental accidents were often not caused by a lack of standards. "Often
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 434 4 Trade deficit is prime concern AP MANY US BUSINESS leaders say they are extremely nervous about the American economy and consider the enormous US trade deficit the single biggest reason for their nervousness. "It cuts right across all industries and all products," said Ruben Mettler,
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    • 189 4 AFP BRITAIN HAS CONFIRMED its intention to pull out of Unesco unless the world body implements "basic" reforms. British Cooperation Minister, Timothy Raison, addressing the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation general conference in Sofia, attacked what he termed Unesco's
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    • 450 4 Reuter THE PALESTINIAN LEADER accused of masterminding the Achille Lauro piracy caused a fresh diplomatic row yesterday by slipping out of Yugoslavia and evading US judicial clutches for the second time in a week. The disappearance of Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) chief Abu
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    • 148 4 Reuter THE LEADER of last month's failed military coup in Thailand will ask West Germany for political asylum. Sources in contact with him said yesterday that Colonel Manoon Roopkhachorn, who went to Bielefeld in West Germany in mid-September after the US rejected a
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    • 266 4 Reuter THE HEAD OF THE Soviet Union's state planning body has retired and been replaced by a younger man, further reinforcing Kremlin chief Mikhail Gorbachev's high-level personnel changes. Monday night's announcement that Nikolai Baibakov had been relieved of his post as
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    • 567 4 UPI OIL HEIR Gordon Getty is no longer the richest American, according to Forbes magazine. He has been replaced by homespun Arkansas retailer Sam Walton. Australian-born media magnate Rupert Murdoch, now an American citizen, joins the list for the first time. The magazine lists 42
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    • 303 4 UPI FRENCH PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand began a five-day official visit to Brazil on Monday by promising his country's help in renegotiating the payment of Brazil's crushing US$lOO billion foreign debt. Central bank president Fernao Brae her said, also on Monday, that
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    • 177 4 UPI PRESIDENT REAGAN'S approval rating among blacks is significantly higher than it was when he took office although 60 per cent still disapprove of how he is handling his job. Twenty-eight per cent of blacks surveyed said they approved of Mr Reagan's performance up
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    • 771 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Local time From PAA PA21/5 0020 LAX/TYO/HKG SIA SQ4I 0605 MAA CAL CKHO 0815 JED/DHA MAS MH68I 0820 KUL KAL KE624 0840 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL MAS MH8I1 0940 PEN MAS MH67I 0950 KUL SIA SQI03 1005 KUL RBA BI42I 1030 BWN
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    • 250 5 AFP INDONESIA HAS WARNED Canada in an official letter 4bout possible negative effects „on bilateral trade if Canada •passed a Jenkins-type bill, Indonesian Trade Minister Rachmat Saleh has said. The US Jenkins Bill, aiming 30 restrict textile and apparel imports from 12 Asian and
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    • 141 5 AP AFP THIRTY-SEVEN Philippine op- position assemblymen pledged yesterday to support opposition leader Salvador Laurel's candidacy for president, saying he is the man Filipinos need to solve the country's problems. The assemblymen, in a resolution published as an advertisement in two Manila newspapers, said that under
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    • 281 5 Reuter PAKISTANI President Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq, cancelling a scheduled visit to West Germany this week, is renewing efforts to get a bill passed through Parliament pardoning him for eight years of military rule. The proposed legislation, contested by several groups in the
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    • 238 5 Reuter THE US, EC and the Nordic group are sharply divided over who may succeed Poul Hartling of Denmark as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. UN officials said yesterday that "there is no front-runner, it's a mess" where
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    • 139 5 Reuter THE FRENCH High Commissioner in Polynesia has rejected an appeal from the protest ship Greenpeace to go into Tahiti for emergency repairs on its main power generator. High Commissioner Bernard Gerard was speaking to reporters shortly after receiving a message from Greenpeace
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    • 535 5 OECD will coordinate efforts AFP UPI JAPAN, the US and the European Community plan to launch a "programme for the defence of free trade", the Tokyo economic daily Nihon Keizai said on Monday. And on a bilateral basis, Japan and China are to
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 87 4 Doonesbury OKAY, PR. PAN, BESIDES GUM DISEASE, WATRSeAPSTHe i BI6CHLL CHILDREN 1 TALKING ABOUT I THEStDAYS 7 BALPNESS, MARK. m I&4&L BOY BOOMERS DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO HANPLE THINNING HAJR. THEY THOUGHT THEY'P BB YOUNG FOREVER. Wa T A m v sr. BY GARRY TRUDEAU THEY'RE TRYING EVERYTHING:
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 324 6 Reuter PERU'S decision not to devote more than 10 per cent of export earnings to debt service payments will be reviewed monthly and the limit is flexible. Prime Minister Luis Alva Castro said: "This 10 per eent figure is not a magic
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    • 252 6 Reuter NEW ZEALAND economists are divided over the medium-term outlook for the New Zealand dollar, which closed at U550.5850/65 yesterday after peaking at 0.5950. The dollar was at 0.4444 when it was floated on March 4. Gareth Morgan, of economic forecasters Infometrics, says the dollar
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    • 750 6 SINGAPORE THE US DOLLAR closed higher against most major currencies on some commercial buying in quiet trading yesterday. The dollar closed firmer at 215.65/75 yen compared with London's close of 215.30/45 in spite of reports of Bank of Japan's small intervention in Tokyo yesterday. The dollar closed firmer
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    • Article, Illustration
      293 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels in quiet trading yesterday. Short-dates were steady to a shade higher initially and remained unchanged subsequently. Overnight and Wednesday/Thursday closed at 8-3/16 8-1/16 per cent each and week fixed at B'4 8 per cent. Asian dollar CD rates held
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    • 258 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: CurranciM Nominal 1 rate* S mttheonien fed Otter c root parity change Local dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency US dolor 2 1420 2 1430 2 8196 -24 03 Sterling pound 3 0255 3 0291 7 3469 -58 82 Australian dolor 1
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    • 100 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market (ell by 3 point from Monday to close at 5 per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate (ell by V* point while the two- and three-month rates by 1/16 point. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: OH« fed Over
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    • 140 6 DECEMBER EmrwMlar yesterday opened 1 tick higher than the IMM's close at 91.65 and traded within a narrow range. The market was directionless. Traders were sidelined ahead of several US economic indicators which will be released later this week. Cash bonds traded higher due to a shortage of supply
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    • 430 6 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed firmer on a wave of European and Mid-east short-covering in the early afternoon. The metal was little changed in sluggish trading until the overseas traders entered the market. The bullion price finished at U*****.90/327.40 an ounce against an initial (326.20/60 and New York's $326.25/75 close.
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  • TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
    • 476 7 Seminars and r VG Courses V. E&J DURATION TITLE Oct 22 Database Design and Implementation Oct 22 Finance and Tax for (Commen- Non-Financial Managers cmg Date) in Manufacturing Industry Oct 22 Computer Fraud Case Studies Oct 22 Write Away A Business Writing Workshop Oct 22 Market Development Assistance
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    • 242 7 MORE PROFESSIONAL bodies in Singapore and abroad have accorded recognition to courses run by the Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Business Studies (BS) diploma holders are now exempted from certain examinations held by eight professional institutes here and in Britain. The latest to join the list
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    • 565 7  -  By ANNA TEO MANAGEMENT consultants need training too. This was what brought Dr David Wilson from Arthur Young's Washington-based Centre for Strategic Services to Singapore. Dr Wilson, who is the director of client education and a partner of the Centre for Strategic Services, recently conducted
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  • FEATURES
    • 495 8 WHAT'S IN A PAIR OF LIPS, now that the Guinness record of 17 days and 10'/2 hours for the longest kiss has been set? It is right to be a little sceptical about the passionate credentials of something that can last so long; for ordinary
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    • 584 8  -  North Carolina's Research Triangle setting the pace North Carolina has the distinction of having one of the most concentrated areas of learning and research in America and this has attracted the attention of the Prime Minister, who was in the US recently. MANO SABNANI reports. MANO
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    • 211 8  -  Letters to the Editor DANIEL TEO Real estate consultant, Daniel Teo ft Associates Ptd Ltd Dear Sir We refer to articles in BT dated Oct 1 and Oct 7,1985, written by Lee Han Shih on the continuing decline in the prices of private
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    • 577 8  -  ANOTHER THREE PAN EL SHAREHOLDERS Dear Sir May we lend our support to the request in A Pan Electric Shareholder's letter dated Oct 1. We are careful investors in the stock market and we have read the following reports as having given us an incorrect expectation
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    • 113 8  -  CHAIRMAN Dear Sir We refer to your article in yesterday's BT by Elaine Koh headed "Cecil Point on the lookout for buyer". We quote the final paragraph: "The remaining shareholders are believed to include Kemayan Oil Palm Bhd, one of Kemayan's directors and another
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 662 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Colled the wrong man Ed (5) 6 For |ust a little loan s (5) 9 Where to land watered wme (7) 10 Room for a probe (5) 11 A ring of land (5) 12 It should be a pleasure to heor (5) 13 Piece of work
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  • SPORTS
    • 416 9  -  Finals to be played over two days for maximum publicity By WALTON MORAIS FACED WITH the current economic squeeze, the organisers of the Toyota Singapore Open tennis championships have had to be innovative to secure potential sponsors. In a departure from tradition, they have arranged for
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    • 197 9 AP OLYMPIC marathon gold medallist Joan Benoit won her third Boston 10-km run on Monday, but did it in "controlled" style as a tune-up for the American Marathon in Chicago next Sunday. The 28-year-old runner toured the course, which she described as "flat
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    • 446 9 AFP AUSTRALIA and Taiwan will really earn their money if they justify their seedings in the mil-lion-dollar Dunhill Nations Golf Cup at St Andrew's this week. Both countries have arguably been rather fortunate with their listings for this new tournament, which carries the largest prize
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    • 309 9 UPI CARDINALS outfielder Vince Coleman says he dreamed of being swallowed by the giant tarpaulin machine that serves Busch Stadium. "I had dreams of what might have happened that thing coming up over my head," Coleman said on Monday. The St Louis base-stealing phenomenon missed
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    • 281 9 UPI FREEMAN McNEIL gained 173 yards and the Jets defence harried and hurried Dan Marino on Monday to help lift New York into first place in the AFC East with a 23-7 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Ken O'Brien, who has been compared with Marino
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    • 372 9 Agencies IT IS FINAL. Lydia De Vega, 20, the dethroned Asian sprint queen, will not run for the Philippines in the South East Asian Games in Bangkok in December. "This is my decision," De Vega said in a telephone interview from California,
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    • 173 9 AFP ANTI-APARTHEID protesters have attacked and severely damaged the pitches of two Perth district cricket clubs, whose players include South Afri-ca-bound rebels. The vandals struck at the Perth suburban grounds of Subiaco-Floreat, whose players include rebel captain Kim Hughes and Terry Alderman, and Scarborough, where Tom
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    • 232 9 Reuter NEW ZEALAND'S team to challenge for yachting's greatest prize, the America's Cup, has announced a radical break from tradition saying it will build two fibreglass yachts to challenge for the cup off Perth in 1986. All current yachts in the America's Cup
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1152 9 TO HOD BiMKD < sv <- M L i,| THE NEW PACIFIC Echoes Of War 8.00 pm, Channel 12 This opiaoda looks st ths dsmilitsrised zone in South Korea a potential flashpoint for futurs conflict and viaits tha US military baaaa in Hawaii, Okinawa and tha Philippinaa. It ia primarily
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 257 10 Reuter ALITALIA SPA ordinary shares, equivalent to 15.38 per cent of total voting capital, will be offered to existing private holders of preferred stock in mid-No-vember. Stockbroking sources said 120 million ordinary shares will be offered at 1,000 lire each on the basis of
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    • 87 10 Reuter SINCLAIR VEHICLES, the company set up by British electronics inventor Sir Clive Sinclair to produce a futuristic battery-powered tricycle, has gone into receivership amid a mountain of debt. Two receivers had been appointed and a statement of affairs is expected to show outstanding commitments to
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    • 345 10 Reuter THE WALL STREET stock market posted a sharp gain for the second consecutive session on Monday, with transportation issues and computer stocks showing some of the best gains. Jerry Hinkle of Sanford C Bernstein Co said the market was helped by expectations that
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    • 103 10 Reuter BRITAIN's Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) has ruled that Mercury Communications PLC can interconnect with British Telecommunications PLC's (BT) own network. Oftel has ruled that Mercury, which is owned by Cable and Wireless PLC, and is licensed as BT's only competitor in basic
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    • 894 10 Amsterdam OCT 14 Ffc ABN 409 00 35 Aagon 93 ao 06 257 00 121.20 13 AMfV 6880 02 A/nfos 84 40 09 Barfcal 38 50 13 Boh 430 00 5 Bo*kota Bur Tat 99 50 +05 Cotaod 441 00 tr*~h 136 50 2 3 Fgh 54 X
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 352 11 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday closed steady on overseas buying in the afternoon and some selective speculative purchases. Sentiment improved on Monday's news that Hongkong Land paid HKJ37S million in cash and property to settle a disputed jointventure with Miramar Hotel. Brokers saw the news as a bullish factor for
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    • 239 11 OCT 15 Al S«K«f« Indm NT 2 93 004 Nan Ya Ptoi Pociftc Cora Pacific Elect Wire 2420 14 85 1300 0 1 0 25 0 05 Aua Cement Cothoy Com Chang Hwa Bank Chen Loona Chn Hun Cement Oana Chem 18 60 24 10 44 90 1600 21
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    • 379 11 TOKYO: Share prices yesterday rose in fairly active trading to a record closing high to 13,055.52, but brokers said no clear market trend emerged as investors shifted back and forth from sector to sector during the day. The Market Average gained 38.23, topping the previous record high of 13,040.10
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    • 90 11 MANILA: Share prices yesterday closed generally higher in quiet trading. The Mining Marker rose 30.94 to 696.30 and the Commercial and Industrial Index firmed 1.89 to 176.47 while oils remained steady at 0.779. Philex B rose to 0.1450 from 0.14. OCT 15 PMO* Morttaal Oriental B Phiax B 0014
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    • 357 11 SYDNEY: Sharemarkets yesterday closed easier in a long overdue correction to a series of record setting sessions. The market ignored a second day of gains in New York to ease on Monday's discouraging bal-ance-of-payment figures. Sellers controlled trading throughout. Near the close trading, the All Ordinaries Index had fallen
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    • 77 11 OCT 14 Won Hyurxkn Com» Hyuidai Mold KAL 910 891 470 UKh -9 -3 Choheurtg &k 691 -4 Korea Fnl 736 unch Commercial 6k 740 unch Yukong Korea v*p 1341 436 -1 9 Doe woo Corp 480 unch Lucky Ltd 699 97 641 1 Samsung Co 700 r\°* aL
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    • 158 11 BANGKOK: Share prices yesterday continued to close higher in quiet trading. The Book Club Index rose 0.04 points to 132.00 and gainers led losers by a slim margin. Turnover climbed to 137,251 shares worth 27.3 million baht from Monday's 49,315 shares worth 7.7 million baht. OCT 15 Aokhom Thai
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    • 60 11 AP THE INVESTMENT COMMISSION of Taiwan has approved a technical cooperation project between Toyota Motor Corp of Japan and a Taiwanese car manufacturer to produce 4,300 trucks annually. Commission officials said yesterday the five-year agreement with Taiwan's Kuo-Zui Motors Company would come into effect next year, with
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    • 175 11 Reuter SHELL COAL International Ltd and state-owned China National Coal Development Corp have decided not to go ahead with the joint development of the Jining Number Two coal mine project in Shandong province. Shell Coal, a division of Shell International Petroleum Ltd, a
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    • 155 11 Reuter THE ZHUJIANG cement plant has signed a 597.8 million Danish kroner syndicated guaranteed facility in Guangzhou. Lead manager Wardley Ltd says the guarantee facility is part of the overall financing required for a 382-million renminbi fully integrated cement plant, which is being undertaken by
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    • 88 11 Reuter PRODUCTION of ITT Corp's System 12 telecommunications system has started in Shanghai, China. ITT Corp said the System 12 telephone exchanges were being built by the Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipment Manufacturing Co, a joint venture of which ITT's Belgian company, Bell Telephone
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 238 12 SINGAPORE THE MARKET closed quietly easier yesterday with November One RSS buyers quoted at 164.00 cents per kilo, down 1.50 cents from Monday. The morning session lost 1.50 cents following liquidation of nearby positions and the selling of forwards in quiet trading. Trading in the afternoon session was quiet
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    • 292 12 Singapore C-l Ord unq (S$/k.lo. o-godown) Loonzoin Rice Frog rant new crop 100% 1st grade unq 1st 076 100% 2nd grade 215 2nd 0 54 100% 3rd grade unq 3rd New Crop 25% 10% 0 52 no stock no stock Parboiled Rice 5% 10% 215 210 Thai Broken Maize
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    • 150 12 THE MALAYSIAN crude palm oil market yesterday closed firmer on strong covering interest and speculative buying at the low levels. The rebound in Chicago soyoil futures also supported prices. Trading was active and mainly confined to current Oct position. Central and south regions rose Ms2o to $650 and
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    • 778 12 COFFEE ROBUSTA coffee futures yesterday consolidated early light gains at midday, up £8 to £18 a tonne from Monday night's close in fairly thin volume, although they were off the highs of a maximum £18 traded range. Near November, which had ceased trading by the time Monday night's
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    • 96 12 CONTINUED strong buffer stock manager support saw the Kuala Lumptr Tin Market rise me cent to MS2I.M per Idle at the close yesterday. The BBM absorbed most of the lower disposal of 1U tonnes against IK oa Monday, while Japanese and local Interests maintained their small level ef
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    • 180 12 Yarn (In HK$ par bote of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'* 2,500 Blue Phoenix 20's 2,550 Blue Phoenix 32's 2.950 Blue Phoenix 40's 3,300 Carded yarn, honk Blue Phoenix 21 's 2,750 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,100 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,300 Open-end yarn
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    • 344 12 RAS prices i* S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Surer* Setters Buyers Selleri Wit 1 RSS Prompt 162 50 163 50N 162 25 163 25N lot 1 RSS Nov 85 164 25 164 75 164 00 164 50 Int 1 RSS D«c 85 ***** 166 25
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    • 104 12 (cents/kg, 1-ton pallets)MOV 85 DEC 85 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS Buyer? Sdtofs Buyers Sellers SSR 20 152 50 154 50N 153 50 155 50N SSR 50 150 50 152 50N 151 50 153 50N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV ***** 215 50N
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    • 156 12 Chineee Produce Robust a 20/25% 440 00 Exchange (Sellers' noon doting pri Oct 15 (S$/100 kg) FOB NSW ices on Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 471 00 Coconut oil E&W FOB NSW 338 00 Bulk FOB 75 00 Gambier Old drum FOB New drum FOB 88 00 92 00
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    • 106 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rebounded in late trade on Monday to close to two US-cents a bushel higher. November ended near the top of a 3Vi-cent range. The failure of November to penetrate the $5.00 a bushel support level prompted speculative buying towards the close.
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    • 107 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday settled one UScent a bushel higher in nearby December to down 2'« cents in July. December ended near the top of a five-cent range. Commercial and professional houses were featured spreaders of December against other months. Car gill spread
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    • 1372 12 Compagnie Financiere de Paribas Head Office: Banque Paribas, 3, rue d'Antin, ***** Pans, France. Singapore Branch: 16 Raffles Quay #39-01, Hong Leong Building, Singapore 0104 Tel: *****44 Exchange Rate: At 31 December 1984 US$l.OO FF 9.592 Consolidated Balance Sheet (At December 31. in millions before appropriation) ASSETS Cash and central
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4387 13 SHARE PRICES recovered some ground on the Singapore stock exchange yesterday as a mild technical rally among selected Ma-laysian-based counters helped to generate some buying interest. But a late round of prof-it-taking limited the gains made during the day, while a sharp drop
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    • 265 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices Oct 14 Oct 15 HK Tin Corp S0< 270 20 BT Composite 649 74 64X46 TOM 436 16 ST l«d«cotor *****44 6S***** Metropioi 50c 177 +15 'T OB OS -371 -334 376 +14 "TCADI 5430 5403 CAS H 50c 344 +14 »TO«V ***** *****
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    • 4916 13 HID 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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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 428 14 FOREIGN STOCKBROKERS are to be allowed to take controlling stakes in Malaysian stockbroking ventures in partnership with local commercial and merchant banks, Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has announced. Addressing more than 30 leading stockbrokers and investment analysts in Hongkong, he said foreign stockbrokers were welcome
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    • 375 14  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM CI HOLDINGS Bhd, Malaysia's largest manufacturer of roofing tiles, concrete pavement tiles and ceiling trusses, is counting on its sound financial standing to allow it to invest profitably in manufacturing, property and financial services. In his latest statement, the chairman,
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    • 292 14 SHARE PRICES rebounded on a wide front on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as punters went bargain hunting. Investors reacted favourably to the Malaysian Finance Minister's call to foreign stockbrokers to take 30 per cent stakes in local stockbroking ventures. "Market sentiment
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    • 4031 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. VOUSTRIALS A Choc (3 026 3 04S) (2) 2 94
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    • 81 14 THE MALAYSIAN Foreign Investment Committee has approved MBf Holdings Bhd's purchase of a 22 per cent investment in plantations company Emtex Corporation. On Aug 30, MBf announced that through its subsidiary, Permodalan MBf Sdn Bhd, it had purchased the Emtex shares on the
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    • 176 14 SUPREME CORPORATION Bhd's disposal of 17.7 million shares in Everpeace Corporation Bhd will convert non-in-come-producing investments to cash and reduce the group's borrowings and interest cost. The company said in a reply to a KLSE query that the global economic slowdown was expected to continue.
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    • 145 14 Reuter HONGKONG LAND Co Ltd lost HKJ249 million in settlement of a dispute with Miramar Hotel Investment Co Ltd, HK Land managing director David Da vies said. The companies announced on Monday that HK Land would pay Miramar $375 million in cash and property
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    • 113 14 HONGKONG Monday 1505.4 Hong Seng Index Week ago 1477.5 Tuesday 1602 89 Monday 1594.35 Week ago 1606 53 NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday 1354 73 TOKYO Friday 1339 94 Tokyo Nikkei Week ago 1324 37 T uesday *****.52 Monday ***** 29 Week ago ***** 21 Standard Poors Monday
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    • 280 14 1 Monogers' prices for Oct 16 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 74 1 85 The Savings Fund 1 28 1 36 S'pore Prog Fund 0 74 "0 78 S'pofe Sec Fund 1 08 114 S'pore Invest Fund 0 76 0 81 S'pore Equity Fund 0 77 0
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    • 982 14 EQUITIES closed easier yesterday on profit-taking after the recent gains which took the FT 30 Share Index to a record on Monday. But trading was slack, dealers said. At 3.30pm, the FTSE 100 Index was down 1.4 points at 1,319.8. Fleet Holdings ended 12p down at 364 after
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    • 450 15  -  Return from investments unlikely to improve By CHAN OI CHEE SHAREHOLDERS of Robinson Co, the department store-cum-property investment group, have been warned not to expect too much this year in spite of the encouraging profit turnaround in the last. "Prospects for an improvement in group profits
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    • 475 15 STOCKBROKING FIRMS in Malaysia, which have been given the green light to apply for offshore funds recently, can apply for loan facilities ranging from Mss million to $15 million. Stockbrokers were told at a meeting during the weekend that
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    • 262 15 ONE OF THE LEADERS in Malaysia's electrical appliance industry, Toshbar Corp Bhd, has taken steps to overcome the adversities of a sluggish market for consumer products. Last December a group of productivity experts was commissioned to look into the group's Toshiba refrigerator plant operations.
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    • 412 15 PLANTATION-BASED Batu Kawan Bhd, a member of the Lee Loy Seng stable, will not suffer a dilution in earnings following the sale of a controlling stake in 59 per cent-owned subsidiary Duff Development. Instead, the sale will increase the
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    • 131 15 A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder of Rasa Say an g Beach Hotels (Penang) Bhd, Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd, has acquired 66,750 shares in the hotel company for an undisclosed sum, raising its stake to 9.42 million shares from 9.36 million shares. Mr Kuok Khoon Chen is a director of Rasa
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    • 253 15 UNDAUNTED BY A poor set of interim results, the directors of Talam Mines have forecast a better performance in the second half. The company said that it has embarked on a new strategy that will improve matters. For a
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    • 315 15 JLW INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES Comprises 2-storey administration building, 4-storey factory building, single-storey workshop, 2-storey office block and canteen. Total area: 27,000 sq.m. Located at junction of Hillview Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road, 2.5 km from PIE, along main bus routes and new proposed Bukit Batok MRT station. Abundant labour supply
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  • 317 16  -  Bid to clarify recent court ruling By RAY HEATH A TEST CASE to clarify a recent High Court ruling on the proposed voluntary liquidation of the Lamipak group has been brought by a leading firm of accountants in Singapore. The firm was concerned that the judgement
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  • 210 16 AFP JAPANESE MEASURES to boost domestic demand may not dramatically increase imports but observers believe they come at a good time for Japan's economy. The measures, which were officially adopted yesterday by a government economic team, are designed to pump some three trillion
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  • 269 16 AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is to keep up the pressure on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to apply tougher economic sanctions against South Africa, according to sources yesterday. Mr Gandhi, who is on a visit to Britain, implicitly criticised London's opposition to sanctions in
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  • 165 16 Opecna ANY PLUNGE in oil prices will benefit consumers, but in the short term only, while putting an end to conservation measures, James Akins, the former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, warned. Addressing businessmen in Doha, Mr Akins, now a consultant
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  • 206 16 SKILLED WORKERS from China will help local contractors overcome labour shortages. About 300 skilled workers from China will be employed by four core-contractors of the Housing and Development Board by the end of this month, an official source said last night. The workers will
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  • 552 16  -  By BRIAN GOMEZ SEVERE PRICE pressures now facing Indonesian oil exports «ill be compounded by marketing problems during the next five years, adversely affecting the country's high economic growth rates. Japan, the largest Indonesian oil purchaser, is expected to see crude oil
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  • 165 16 A TOTAL of 1,535 small disputes were referred to the Small Claims Tribunal in just under six months. Bad blood, personal rivalry, faith in the law and squabbles over the proposed sum of settlement were given as reasons for some 800 cases heard so far. The
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  • 326 16 THE FORMER DIRECTOR of planning in the National Development Ministry, Yip Weng Kee, was yesterday fined $6,000, in default six months jail, on a cor ruption charge. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday. Yip, 51, who was also on a police summons
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  • 48 16 UPI PRESIDENT REAGAN has dispatched to President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines the "bluntest presidential message ever sent to a friend," warning that his government was in danger of being overthrown. Senator Paul Laxalt flew to Manila during the weekend to deliver the warning. UPI
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  • 91 16 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES yesterday edged through Monday's highs on small buying from local traders before attracting sellers. In thin conditions, gold for December delivery held a net gain of $0.50 at U*****.30 an ounce after rallying to $330.80 from Monday's peak of $330.40. Silver futures
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  • 71 16 Reuter THE NEW YORK stock market moved higher in early trading yesterday, attempting to carry its strong rally of the previous two sessions into a third day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up one point to 1356. The index was within striking distance of its closing
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  • LATE FILE
    • 63 16 Reuter US TRADE Representative Clayton Yeutter said yesterday that a weaker dollar probably would help reduce some of the mounting US trade deficits in 1906. But the value of the dollar would have to come down by another 10 per cent to 20 per cent to
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    • 41 16 Reuter CHINA accused the US yesterday of trampling on international law and aggravating the Middle-East situation by intercepting an Egyptian airliner with Palestinian hijackers on board on Thursday, said the official New China News Agency. Reuter
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    • 51 16 AP TERRORISTS failed in an attempt to launch an antiaircraft missile at the Tunisian embassy in Rome yesterday, hours before the arrival of Tunisia's Premier. The attempt, shortly after midnight, failed when a gas cylinder that was supposed to have launched the missile exploded, said police.
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    • 57 16 Reuter US Vice-President George Bush said yesterday that his talks with Chinese leaders had been fruitful and a dispute over Taiwan would not prevent progress in other areas. Mr Bush said after meeting top leader Deng Xiaoping that the issue of US arms sales to
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    • 35 16 Reuter BLACK South African poet Benjamin Moloise lost a long battle against the gallows yesterday and was condemned to hang on Friday for the 1982 murder of a policeman. Reuter
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    • 223 16 JACK'S PLACE v a place for steak v jsr_ m m y s v: AIRFLOWN NEW ZEALAND FILLET PROMOTION (IST TO 31ST OCTOBER 1985) JACK'S 20 WAYS OF STEAK PRESENTATION Come to Jack's and get the taste of the tender, juicy NZ steak presented in 20 different ways. YouH definitely
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    • 82 16 WE'D LIKE TO r HAMMER HOME A FEW INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AIHEX Asian International Hardware Expo 3rd Presentation 20-23 November 1985 World Trade Centre, Hall 4 Singapore AIHEX is South East Asia's largest hardware show. AIHEX has been expanded to include a special section devoted to Housewares, Tableware, Lawn and
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 54 16 vwnm Outlook for today: Showers in several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Oct 15 at the owport: Maximum temperature 31.7 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 25.5 Associated humidity 90 Hours of sunshine 6.90 Rainfall in millimetres trace Rainfall this month 75.4 Rainy
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 114 17 THE NUMBER OF sea accidents in Indonesian waters is rising. The Merdeka Daily quoted navigation court Chief Tardana as saying that 169 accidents were reported in the first six months of this year compared with a total of 322 in the whole of last year last
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    • 393 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE DOMESTIC Shipping and Licensing Board has decided to carry out a study to verify the claims of overtonnaging in the Malaysian intra-port roll-on/roll-off trade. As the regulatory arm for coastal shipping in Malaysia, the board has sent
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    • 483 17  -  By FLORENCE CHONG INVESTIGATIONS into the sinking of a Singapore-reg-istered cargo ship, Hoe Lien, off the Australian coast of New South Wales are expected to be shifted back to Singapore authorities. The Australian Minister of Transport has ordered what is known as an
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    • 196 17 AP TO SPEED UP expansion of its congested ports, China has announced that foreigners will get tax breaks and long-term contracts if they invest in harbour construction. The government said it would attract overseas partners into port projects by offering investors contracts longer
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 73 17 AFP AN INDUSTRIAL giant from Finland, Valmet Corporation, opened its first Asian representative office in Hongkong. The state-owned Finnish corporation's representative is known as Valmet (East Asia) Ltd. It is to supply the parent firm's wide range of high technology products and systems which could make
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      • 69 17 THE IRANIAN navy detained and later released a Sri Lankan commercial freighter in the Gulf, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported. IRNA did not give the name of the ship, which it said was intercepted and taken to an Iranian port on Sunday. It
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    • 1251 18 Lloyd's List HAPAG-LLOYD's decision to pull out of the trans-Pacific market is likely to be interpreted as a victory for common sense in a trade which has become increasingly characterised by whimsical, not to say dubious, business acumen. Executives of the West German company have already been
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    • 902 18 A Top Ent X 3 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg IX 2 Afea Line VI 3 Attnity Shpg IX 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepter X 5 Alphatrons X 3 A PC Lme V 4 APL HI 2/3 Antoh Orient X 2 Arrow Lines X
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    • 1467 18 A FRESH advance for grain fixing on Monday from the US to the Continent and further Soviet time-charter business featured the freight market, shipbrokers said. Grain from the US Gulf to Antwerp-Hamburg range paid US$B.25 compared with $8.03 agreed for similar fixing last week. Grain tonnage was secured
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    • 199 19 AFP A SHIP'S chandler has made legal history in Japan by taking the Japanese government to court over its ban on US rice imports. Yoichi Hori, president of Hori Shoji (Trading) Co of Chiba said that the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry last month
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    • 396 19 Reuter REPORTS ARE circulating the shipsale market that Sanko Steamship Co Ltd has sold the first very large crude carrier from its fleet since its financial difficulties came to a head earlier this year, secondhand tonnage brokers said. The Sanko office in London
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    • 399 19 THE SUCCESSFUL deployment of its first acidising vessel has prompted Abu Qurrah Oil-Weil Simulation Co, a company in which Chuan Hup Marine has a stake, to invest in a second vessel. The Hunter Creek left Singapore yesterday to undertake a long-term contract with the
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    • 189 19 Oct 18-28 sth international port equipment and port economy exhibition, Leningrad, USSR. Oct 20-23 Annual conference. Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, Windsor Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Oct 21-23 Deep Offshore Technology, third international conference and exhibition. Conference Centre, Sorrento, Italy. Oct 22-24 Developments in hull
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    • 649 19 AFP MAJOR trans-Atlantic grain rates were steady, but still vulnerable, at lower levels by the end of the week. Shipowners yielded to bearish pressures as more tonnage arrived to take advantage of last month's rate upturn, but a flurry of fixing and enquiry later in the week underpinned
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    • 2527 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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    • 690 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy Arrival date/time Operator Godws for LCL cargo FCL movement schedule Location Chev Paul Sea Hawk Formly Ace Kitano M Nuptse Helene Del Nioga 30 A Princess Uni Handsome E Glory Kath Sif Harvester B Kemcming Tanah Air Uni
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    • 1638 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B A Top Enterprises Pte Ltd Sume <S) AS Shipping Bousteod Shpg Agencies Afeo Lm« A trie on Shpg Agencies <S> Ahrenkiel Lmer Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepfer Oceonus SlnppmgA gencies (S) Multiport Sdn
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    • 457 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Niaga 31 Taniung Uma M4A MIA 16 10/1700 16 10/0900 17.10/0600 16.10/2200 VMM) Berth Arrival Departure Unison IV M3 16 10/0700 17 10/0600 KEPPEL WHARVES SEMBAWANG 18 10/0630 16.10/0700 16 10/0830 Bhorotendu Equator V Fuiikawa KI8 K22 K30 alongside alongside alongside 16 10/0600 16
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    • 371 18 YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South WMt FNdtr at Tokyo Mother VSI LA/LB OM BEtSHU M J/11 12/ I. WOUO 16/11 19/ YAMASHN M 23/11 26/ 2EELMOU 30/11 5/ c North Woat >r at Kobo LA/LB OM Mother IS »T Id U J/11 12/11 HYUGA 11/11 IJ/11 22/11 K/U
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    • 868 19 PEGASUS PRDE V399N I" Pert/ 16 Oct 11-19 Otl PEGASUS PRDE V4OON ?2-23 Oct 25 26 Otl BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD BANGKOK TEL: *****80 SINGAPORE TO SABAH. SARAWAK AND BRUNEI S PORE STRAITS SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****88 Q^"' re China Navigation Co. CONTAINERSWP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT S'pere P Kelang
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    • 492 20 f Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS On carriafe to Scandinavia, Med, Carribean IS. America Inland haula(e to inland destinations in Europe Spore PKeiangPeiung Leiionßdbao Genoa Hbug Rdam Bharen A werp Imn Rickmers 31/10 J/11 5/11 29/11 2/12 5/12- Mai Rickmers J/1110/1112/11 5/12- 17/12 17/12- 11/12 Bertram Rickmers 14/11 17/11 19/11 14/12-
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    • 1000 21 V\v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL KOTA WANGSA KOTA MAJU KOTA SEJATI KOTA AGUNG KOTA TIMUR VOYAGE E-569 W-444 E-591 E-593 E-595 HONGKONG SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: SLO 19-24/10 DJIBOUTI. HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH. PTSUOAN, AOABA 23-26/10 MUKALLA, ADEN. MOGADISCIO. 1-2/11
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    • 618 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loading for Ranfoon Spore PKetane Pen Htoneywa V/205W In Perl/20 Oct Phashwegyawywa V259W 20/22 Oct Pagan V9IRI 29/31 Oct lofcaw VIO4W 21/30 Oct 24/26 Oct BANK LINE TAUSALA SAMOA FORTHBANK SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG 22 Oct 14 Nov 24 Nov
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    • 1443 22 l\ K line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. USA CANADA PACIFIC COAST (Including DKSTIN ATIONS INLAND vU IPI MICROBRIDGK MINILAND BRIIMiK) PORTIANO 27 Nov Nov ATLANTIC COAST (Round The World Service) NEPTUNE PEARL VS2 ORIENTAL MMSTER V 22 ORIENTAL EXPLORER Vl5 ORIENTAL KNIGHT V 24 SPORE 9 Nov 15 Nov 22
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    • 561 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE leading lor lOS ANGUIS SAN IRANCISCO StAIIll TACOMA VANCOUVtR BC Au cpling fCI FCI Containers BMAVABHUTI BMARAIINOU AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting fCI fCI Contarners Inn Vessel Sport CHANDtOAS II Oct CHANDOAS 2S Ok 5 No. 14 No. 12 No. 23 No. 2
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    • 615 22 GOLDEN LINE GUM GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD Rmnf tun| Piownciat Bant Btridmf 64 Ctci Stied SINGAPORE 0104 Til *****90 <10 IMS) Id Kuala Lumpur ***** P Heu.it *****1 Pnuiif *****1 Pjw Godxi t Afcnt OMNI lioro (Ml SON BHD TEI ***** STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN NONOER a* r.tn- fcarjifci Ourid
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    • 386 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road «27 16 International Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lines) <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK Spore ANANGEL LBERTY *****15 Sited VAN CONQUEROR *****16 9/11 P. KcUnflMdnc lor Siied ROT/AWT/Ul (AVON) 12/11 ROT/ANT/UJC (AVON) Ajents Snciport KT«*H» (PTE) 118 BOORMG 77A4511 K Lumpu BMTANG SHPPMG
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    • 655 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE a member D i .he ace consort,um TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) Cft PARIS IE HK CONTAINER ICE 0 CHEF 45E K JACEJM 30t K CHANCE 23E 30/10 19/11 (21/11) Where PK dates indicated in brackets, cargo
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    • 574 23 DOMAM HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN,-INCHON Html Spat FK Pitun) No 7 Dm. SOW ki Nrt It/It Ho I Qonun SO7N 24/10 JO/lt 29/ It 11/11 No I Doum/SOtM Jl/10 J/H 14/11 17/11 No (Dmu MM 7/11 14/11 11/11 24/11 No 7
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    • 770 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BULDMG 55. Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SMSOV SINGAPORE Telei Nunbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S f. KELANG PEMNG M/S *MMT MM SOOH SON. M> IST AMD 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS Ml THONG SHPfWC 127 Penanf
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    • 617 24 ICc<|i«nal Container Lines 4 Sailings weekly I t! FaBt Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P S A. Mon. Tue, Thur. Sat HINODE KISEN CO. LTD MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER SPfCIAIISfD HI AW llf If RS AVAII ABl I KASHB MARU Spore 18/21 Oct Loadnf for: Bahrain INI VEB DEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOC& FORTNIGHTLY
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    • 151 24 PNG PACIFIC LINE S'pore P. Kelong LOADING FOR TBN 29 Oct 31 Oct Loe, Kimbe, Kavieng Roboul, Kieto, Pom Also calk direct to Biollo ond other PNG ports subject to inducement. Heavy lift vessel available Subj. inducement For Freight Bookings ANDEKA SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****45, *****50 TELEX: RS *****
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    • 106 24 COLUMBUS LINE SOIC I 7999 Dwt at 10/73 Den 4i2OT Loads* N. Malaysia Singapore 22-25 Od For Jakarta. Surabaya. Samarinda Columbus Navigatioii Pte Ltd 50 Raffles Place #12-05 She! Tower Tet *****00 Th: IB ***** LfS Contact Henry/tan ATLAS LINES regular letrooEm soma to md from CHTTTAGONC MO CHRLIM ONLY
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    • 177 24 Ti I Regional Weather m "A < X .v "a Va r m v ti 2 Wj est K I 1106 s SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: P T Temper at ure A\ 2 Thunders,orm Weather Wind d*ection with speed m knots y Shower
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    • 222 25 m EAST ASIA LINE J (Malaysian Flog) Rsguiar Umr BHwiw ITSIA/®TOI*/»®»A P. Ketong Penooq S pore Ldg foi AMAH 15 Oct 22 Oct II Od CMHacMf NOm KRTAMA 20 Oct 23 Oct Banter REGULAR WAN/STRAITS/JAPAN SERVICES LAMBOR 25 Oct lhf/K«k«/ TMm EAST ASM SHffNK SOU BHD. fJL TA **22/* MFBC
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    • 285 25 ft APID SHIPPING PTE LTD S'PORE TEL: *****44 TLX: ***** K.L. TEL: *****5 A *****0 .0. LOAONG FOR ETA SM f Mi|, China. Bus, Cob. BKK 31/10 24/10 S Port Lmb 31/10 30/11 Ldn, Rdan. Amp, Hburg 29/10 17/10 A Srd.Md.Bri, Me, Fre 29/10 25/10 gggaga ll* k fc ESSEL
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    • 451 25 AFFINITY SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL *****00 TLX: ***** STLMC ETA ETD Accepting cargo for TBN 30/10 3/11 Madras, Chaha/Chrttagong SUBJECT TO INDUCEMENT MENG HORNG SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: 33*2947/•, 33*7045 Tte: R8 ***** MWICO ACCEPTING LCL TO CHITTAQONG REGULAR SERVICE TO WW POUTS Vessel ETA ETD Ludm| for MMG HOWG-VW
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    • 108 25 JL OCEAN BRIDGE SHIPPING PTY LTD, (K)t FREMANTLE REGULAR SAILING TO FREMANTLE MV HELEN COAST ETD 11/10 General Agents Imkov Shipping Co Re Ltd. 131 C*d Skt< #14 02 C*ci Cart. Spet 01M T4 22X273 ictoi ni is ma mot COLUMBUS LINE REEDLREI GMBH {XPRFSS SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO Will
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    • 23 25 'i'!i l l' l 1 1.'J' j Mi.! V LIZENA PTE LTD T*fc *****87, *****6* T«to*: R*****1 soma, TO EAST mnwiMi (Data> T\M)
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    • 325 26 FINE-LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD Henderson Road. BIK 2038 -01-06 Henderson Industrial Park. S pore 0315 TEL *****82/*****62/*****52 I GIEZZaM i ,-f t>[ ACCEPTHG FCL I LCI PERSIAN GULF PORTS 26/10. 3/11. 9/11 DUBAI DAMMAM. KUWAIT MUSCAT I 23/11. 7/12 I ABU DHABI, BAHRAM. DOHA FAR EAST PORTS UILMMIMJiia U 23/10.
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    • 448 26 TO: EURO, f IG MAN STOW SM SM B£N JAMAS ANCHAN FROM EUROPE: PI HANG ANCHAN Sid EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO AM) FROM UK/CONTINENT 15/19 Oct ETON IHAIM R DAM B MEN HGB ANERP In Part ROAM HBG BMEN ANERP 25/26 Oct 27/21 Otl 29/3 No. P KELANG SPORE 17/21
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    • 573 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of Tho ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROTE (VIA SUEZ) Sp«t CtCVAIER P»U «6N In Pt IRANS WORLD BRDGf 27* 23/10 CHINA CONTARtft 37W 30/10 Ot PARIS 211 (/ll LtMjot It (Urn F stone HW| Brtw Vitimp 4/U 5/11 7/11
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    • 682 26 Everett Lines 7 COMPANY PERUANA DE VAPOREES (Cf.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loading to' CaHao MUtaram lo and all other Penman ports with transhipment at Kobe On CPV Through Ms ot lading to final destination Penanf* P. Ketanf MURRAYEVERETT THOMASEVERETT HUGHE VE RETT Sin(aporc 19/20 Oct 23/24 Od 6/7 Nov "EVERETT
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    • 327 26 ZIM FULL com AMI SERVICE Kctptaj FCL/LCL car|oes to USA East 1 West Coast. CvrtbbcwiMt Canada mi HAITI ZIM EILAT CONTAINER LINE Spot [lit InKit Kopw tail PkNB m icißouMf 2s/ie t/u it.ll a/11 u/11 23/11 M HUT U/ll 24/11 1/12 4/12 1/12 7/12 Acccpting Fa Te European and kMttrrancM
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