The Business Times, 9 April 1986

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 WEDNESDAY, APRIL I, IMS 75 CENTS
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  • Article
    PA Consultancy to continue paying 25pc CPF for staff
    358 1  -  By SAID ABDULLAH THERE IS TO BE NO CUT in the contributions paid to the Central Provident Fund on behalf of its staff by PA Consultancy Services. The company is to maintain its employers' payment at the equivalent of 25 per
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    Accountants intensify fight for council seats
    613 1  -  Charges of unprofessional conduct in campaign By LUCY NG CHARGES of unprofessional conduct have been levelled against accountants as the battle for seats in the Singapore Society of Accountants Council (SSA) intensifies. Many accountants see the coining elections as a fight between the interests
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  • Article
    Lock icon Taiwanese exports soar to US$3b
    160 1 AFP TAIWAN'S EXPORTS soared to almost US$3 billion last month, representing a record monthly growth of 33.3 per cent over the same period last year. This represented the best export performance since June 1984, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said in Taipei
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  • Article
    Nynex searching for partners in communications software
    277 1 NYNEX International Company is considering Singapore for its second Asian office to exploit the business opportunities in the Asean and South Pacific areas. Among other things, it is looking for local partners to develop and market custom designed communications software. Talks are going
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    STOCK MARKET
    85 1 PRICEB el—ei mixed the Sagapere sleek market yesterday after a day d featareleas trading. At the eleae, the Straits Itaes Industrial Index was IM prints tower at BIJI while the mere braadly baaed BT Composite ladex fell by &J2 paints te 488.M. Tnrnever aaated te Jut 7.19 shaves
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    Lock icon Thai fishermen stir up trouble for Bangkok by poaching
    462 1 AP THAILAND'S fishing fleet the sixth largest in the world is casting its nets with abandon in the waters of neighbouring countries, creating a foreign policy problem the government is having a hard time trying to solve. Virtually every few weeks,
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    Show loses size but gains in prestige
    419 1  -  By JEFFREY TSANG SINCE IT WAS last held, the CommunicAsia 86 bienniel regional telecommunications show has shrunk in size, but gained in prestige. Asia has become the hive of sales activity for the world's manufacturers with growth in sales averaging 10 per cent
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Polystyrene foam makers expect stronger demand
      467 2  -  Orders from electronic component manufacturers going up By SAID ABDULLAH SINGAPORE'S four polystyrene foam producers are expecting significantly stronger demand from electronic component manufacturers after a comparatively lean year. According to industry sources, the number of polystyrene foam producers has been halved in the
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      Demand for high-level executives picking up
      483 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING THE FALL In demand for senior executives appears to have levelled out after its steepest dive for some years. The number of job advertisements in The Straits Times for middle-level and top executives in the first three months stayed almost
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      Construction industry mission visiting China
      293 2 A DELEGATION of top government and private officials involved in the construction industry will visit China from today to April 26. The delegation, led by Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Home Affairs, will explore and discuss areas of
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      Selling services abroad
      218 2 ABOUT 5,000 copies of a new directory of local building professionals published by the Trade Development Board are to be sent abroad to sell Singapore's building and infrastructure services. The 95-page directory, with a glossy cover and colour pictures of projects by Singapore companies, will be distributed
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      Hungarian ambassador to Singapore
      42 2 THE NEW Hungarian ambassador, Gyula Baranyi, presented his credentials to President Wee Kim Wee yesterday. Mr Baranyi, 61, was accredited to Jakarta before his posting to Singapore. Married, the new ambassador had worked in London and Ottawa before.
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      Insurance for parcels
      48 2 WITH EFFECT from April 15, insurance service to Bangkok will be extended to air parcels by Telecoms. Currently, this service is available only for air and surface letters and surface parcels. The limit of insurance for air parcels ,to Thailand is $240 per insured item.
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      Two-memory pagers to cost less
      234 2 TELECOMS is trying to make it attractive for subscribers to continue using two-memory display pagers by lowering rates. With effect from April 15, the new rates will be a deposit of $110 (down from $150) a one-time charge of $75 (from $100) and a quarterly
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      Asean disappointed with decline in exports to Canada
      442 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE LACK OF PROGRESS in exports to Canada, which is causing disquiet among Asean members, continued last year. A 3 per cent fall in sales underlined the group's dissatisfaction with the slow development of trade and investment ties
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      Officials on hunting trip to Europe
      255 3 SIX enterprising but modest executives from small companies leave Singapore tomorrow for a three-week visit to Europe. The party, which is backed by the Small Enterprise Bureau, will explore opportunities for business tie-ups in Europe, but in spite of their aggressive spirit, all declined
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      7-Eleven on expansion path again
      523 3  -  New HDB shop tendering system gives retail chain a boost By RICHARD SEAH Special Correspondent WITH THREE STORES opened in the first three months of this year and a fourth due to open before the end of this month, the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores
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      Korean team drumming up support for Asian Games
      185 3 A 30-STRONG Korean travel mission is presenting a 45-min-ute cultural show during a twoweek swing through South-east Asia in an attempt to build up spectator support for the Asian Games to be held in Seoul from Sep 20 to Oct 5. Travel
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      No let-up in Mindef's readiness
      357 3 A MODERATION in defence spending has been called (or by the First Deputy Prime Minister in anticipation of lower government revenue. But, said Mr Goh Chok Tong, this must not be done at the expense of operational readiness and combat effectiveness. "Operational readiness cannot be
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      Republic holding air talks with Thailand on increasing flights
      207 3 ANOTHER ROUND of govern-ment-level air talks between Singapore and Thailand will be held in Thailand in August to review the request of Singapore Airlines (SIA) for more flights to Europe via Bangkok. Delegates from both countries had been meeting in Singapore
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      How medicine can team up with engineering in health care
      234 3 THE PARTNERSHIP of medicine and engineering in health care will be the centre of discussion at a regional symposium starting this Friday at the National University Hospital. The third Symposium on Biomedical Engineering is organised by the Faculties of Medicine
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    • Article
      Case points out adverse effects of consumption tax
      171 3 THE GOVERNMENT will face a dilemma if it decides to introduce a consumption tax that would not hurt the poor, says the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case). According to Case in its latest issue of Consumer, a consumption tax could only be
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      Diners Club's new benefits
      76 3 TO CELEBRATE its 25th anniversary in Singapore, Diners Club is introducing travel insurance and car towing and repair services for card holders. For overseas trips, card holders will be covered by a $10,000 personal accident insurance scheme, which rises to $350,000 if travel costs are charged
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      Conference Hall cuts rent to help the arts
      162 3 THE SINGAPORE Conference Hall has lowered rents for its halls in an attempt to assist the arts. From May 1, it will be 60 per cent cheaper to hire a hall, but this applies only to art exhibitions. The concourse and air-condi-tioned
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      43 2 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE We regret to announce that owing to sudden ill health, PROFESSOR DAVID SOLOMONS is unable to come to Singapore; hence, the Public Lecture today is CANCELLED We apologise for any inconvenience caused University Liaison Office Wednesday, 9 April 1986
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      191 3 PARIS 10 zoo The woddk best seafood is found in the Erench countryside." True. The best seafood in France is found in those little restaurants on the coast, away from the city. True. Seafood lovers of Paris drive there to indulge themselves at every opportunity. True. The country drive, fresh
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon US gets tough with fakes
      310 4 Proposed Act designed to protect American products UPI FOREIGN COPYCATS who steal American ideas and borrow US brand names are the targets of a get-tough programme of legislation and negotiation unveiled on Monday by the Reagan administration. The proposed "Intellectual Property Rights Improvement Act of
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      Lock icon Europe accused of being most disruptive force in world trade
      354 4 NYT A SENIOR Reagan administration official has called Europe probably the most disruptive factor in the world trading system. This seems to indicate a shift in the administration's target of such concern away from Japan. Allen Wallis, President Ronald Reagan's
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      Lock icon IMF receipts exceed loans by US$227m
      240 4 AP THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund got back US$5O5 million from debtor countries in February and lent them only <228 million, an excess of $227 million. Figures made available on Monday show that the fund has not been included in the proposal by US Treasury
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      Lock icon Reagan considering strike against Libya, says American envoy
      295 4 AP US OFFICIALS have said that President Ronald Reagan is studying the possibility of a US military strike against Libya which, they suspect, may have been involved in the bombing of a West Berlin disco. The US ambassador to West Germany, Richard
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      Lock icon Buy simpler arms, US told
      92 4 Reuter A WHITE HOUSE commission has said that the US military could save billions of dollars by buying less sophisticated arms and making more frequent use of standard commercial parts such as computer microchips. The Commission on Defence Management said in Washington on Monday that
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      Lock icon Bursting with pride over bubble master
      188 4 AP THE NORTH-EAST Indiana city of Huntington is bursting with pride over a resident who can blow bubbles big enough to surround people. So the town fathers will honour Eiffel Plasterer by naming a street after him. The next major thoroughfare built will be
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      Lock icon Gorbachev on walkabout
      420 4 UPI SOVIET leader Mikhail Gorbachev took his campaign for reform to his nation's heartland and said that when citizens tell him they live well, "I don't believe them". Accompanied on Monday by his wife, Raisa, Mr Gorbachev was shown on the national television news .programme Vremya talking
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      Lock icon Help promised for Pakistanis before Bhutto's return
      286 5 Reuter PAKISTAN Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo announced a price cut in cooking oil on Monday, three days before the return home of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Mr Junejo, addressing a rally in Lahore where Miss Bhutto returns from exile in Britain tomorrow,
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      Lock icon Police to enter Sikh shrines if required, says new chief
      155 5 AFP PUNJAB'S new police chief has rejected an ultimatum by Sikh militants to free one of their top leaders held recently and warned that police would enter Sikh shrines if required. J F Rebiero, directorgeneral of police in the troubled
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      Lock icon Japan unveils plan to revamp economy
      341 5 AP JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, saying his country "can no longer be an isolated island of prosperity" won by exporting heavily, yesterday announced a plan to invigorate the domestic economy and reduce Japan's massive trade surpluses. The seven-point "comprehensive economic measures," approved by
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      Lock icon Manila faces crisis without IMF funds
      331 5 Reuter PHILIPPINE Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin has said his country faces a foreign exchange crisis without the release of previously approved money from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and commercial banks. His comments came at the start of the World Bank/IMF semi-annual meetings which
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      Lock icon Bored Chinese peasants turn to crime
      112 5 Reuter RICH CHINESE peasants are turning to crime, especially rape, to beat boredom spawned by leisure. The official Tianjin Daily News said many farmers no longer faced a struggle for survival and had become "spiritually empty" criminals. More than half the 522 reported rapes
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    DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
    817 5 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Local time From SIA UA SIA CAL SIA MAS SIA KAL MAS MAS SIA CPA RBA GIA SIA SAS UB SIA SIA THAI MAS GIA SIA SIA SIA AY GIA GIA SIA CAL SIA SIA SIA THAI TK MAS THAI CPA KLM GIA
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      142 5 If you change your plans you won t have to change your airline. When you fly United Airlines and need to change your schedule, it's no problem. Because United can fly you to over 150 cities across all 50 states of America. All you have to do is make one
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
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      Three areas for promotion
      530 6  -  By MARTIN SOONG SINGAPORE has identified three major areas (or promotion under the second stage of a productivity programme funded by Japan. One calls for the strengthening of the National Productivity Board's management guidance programme for small and medium companies, and the training of more consultants.
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      Foxboro training engineers from China
      270 6  -  By LEE HAN SHIH FOXBORO FAR EAST is conducting a three-month course for 12 senior Chinese engineers as part of a $3.2 million deal to supply control systems to China. Undergoing training at Foxboro's Pandan Road premises are the engineers from Qilu Petrochemical Corporation in
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      Secretaries' week
      77 6 THE Singapore Association of Personal Executive Secretaries is celebrating professional secretaries' week from Apr 20 to 26 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The week will open with a seminar at which Yatiman Yusof, the Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs), will deliver the keynote address. Sapes is affiliated to Professional
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      MEMO PAD
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      Sisir and NUS setting up scholarship scheme
      149 6 THE SINGAPORE Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is setting up a joint scholarship scheme with the National University of Singapore (NUS) in a bid to build up a pool of industry-oriented research staff. The programme will include awards of post graduate
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      Productivity woes in manufacturing
      146 6 THE FINDINGS and recommendations of a report on productivity problems in the manufacturing sector will be presented tomorrow. The report, which was two years in the making, was produced by the Committee on Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector (CPMS), which was set up under the auspices
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      120 6 LLIJ_L m k 11 k I k While other banks are lowering their rates... Citibank introduces a new kind of savings account The Citisaver Account. On your first 555,000 you earn the competitive interest of 5% p.a. Every additional dollar over that amount, however, earns SWo p.a.... that's the interesting
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Forec markets
      648 7 SINGAPORE THE US dollar yesterday extended its early losses against most major currencies in active but cautious late trading. It fell to a late 181.15/25 yen from an early 182.35/45 and New York's 182.75/85 close. It weakened to a late 2.3760/70 marks from an early 2.3865 75 and
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      Gold
      213 7 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed steady in moderate trading in the absence of fresh factors. It closed at U5J339.80/340.20 an ounce compared with New York's 339.75/340.25 close and the 336.20/60 finish here on Monday. On the local market gold closed HK530.50 higher at $3,160.50 a tael. Krugerrand edged up $30
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      Asian $ market
      263 7 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed lower compared with Monday's level, in moderate trading, dealers said. Overnight closed at 71/4 7-1/8 per cent, down 1/4 point from the previous close, week fixed at 7-3/8 7-1/4, down 1/8, one month at 7-5/16 7-3/16, down 1/8, three months at 7-1/8
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      Foreign Exchange
      251 7 Interbank rotes at 3pm yesterday: Cm uncwi Nominal rate* Smith aoman Bid Offer cro«t parity chang* Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency US doHor 2 2060 2 2070 ***** -21 76 Sterling pound ***** 3 2487 7 3469 •55 83 Austrakon dollar 1 5861 1 5890
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      Lock icon Simex
      355 7 BA Futures EURODOLLAR futures yesterday opened with a bullish tone as market continued to speculate on a US discount rate cut. June Eurodollar opened unchanged from IMM's closing level at 93.14 and was gradually pushed up to 93.18. Prices were well supported throughout as market speculated that Bank of
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      Money markets
      67 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market rose by 3/Bpoint from Monday to close at 5-3/8 per cent yesterday. The one, two and threemonth term rates remained unchanged. The mode was 5-1/8. S$ Interbank rotes at 7 pm yesterday: OH«f BkJ Overrent 5 3/8 5 1/4
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      Lock icon Higher provision for loan losses likely
      570 7 Bleak outlook for US banks in the southwest Reuter THE UNPRECEDENTED decline in world oil prices since November is likely to cause many US banks to boost their defences against potential loan losses in their energy portfolios in the first quarter, bank analysts say.
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      Lock icon Japanese rale likely to be cut
      153 7 Reuter THE BANK of Japan is likely to lower its 4 per cent discount rate by half a point or full point as early as late April before the seven-nation Tokyo summit in May, Fuji Bank Ltd says in a monthly money market forecast.
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      Lock icon Thai banks cut deposit rates
      46 7 Reuter SIX MAJOR Thai commercial banks reduced their deposit rates by 0.25 to 0.50 percentage points, effective yesterday. Thailand's three largest commercial banks, Bangkok Bank Ltd, Thai Farmers Bank Ltd and Siam Commercial Bank Ltd, are among those cutting rates. Reuter
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      Lock icon Chinese banks to offer personal and travellers cheques soon
      331 7 AFP CHINESE BANKS will soon offer more extensive cheque and money-order services, including personal and travellers cheques. Liu Hongru, vice-president of the People's Bank of China (PBC), said in Beijing on Monday that China was moving to develop a money market
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      Lock icon African monetary fund fails to make headway
      189 7 AFP AFRICAN financial and legal experts failed to agree in talks in Yaounde last week on the structure of a proposed African monetary fund. It will now be up to ministers of member states in the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to resolve
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      Lock icon Move to limit Fed chairman's term
      100 7 Reuter REPUBLICAN Byron Dorgan said he has introduced legislation to make the term of the Federal Reserve chairman parallel to that of the President and to add the Secretary of the Treasury as a voting member of the Open Market Committee. Dorgan said on
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      77 7 SING INVESTMENTS FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Pursuant to Article 8( 1 )(b) of the Articles of Association of the Company it is hereby announced that the Status Declarations received by the Company as at the end of March 1986 revealed that the foreign beneficial ownership
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  • FEATURES
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      Balanced food for thought
      479 8 TO SAY THAT many Singaporeans are eating themselves to death may seem a gross exaggeration. But already, the top killer diseases are foodrelated heart diseases. With an increasing number of obese children, the problem can only worsen. The number two killer, cancer, may also have some
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      Lock icon How to create a Pacific community
      822 8  -  Japanese expert puts forward proposals for economic integration The concept of a Pacific economic community can be realised, says Jiro Tokuyama. L D BAPTIST reports on the three proposals for economic cooperation put forward by the Japanese expert at a conference in Bangkok. L
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      Lock icon Reasons for S Korea's economic success
      812 8 NYT IN A FACTORY the size of an airplane hangar, beyond lines of workers bending over huge machines, stands a solitary assembly line with no workers operated by a room full of computers that program the manufacture of engine cylinder blocks. It is Daewoo
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      SSA faces succession problem
      876 8 letter to the Editor k Dear Sir, I refer to the BT article on SSA election written by Lucy Ng on 3rd April. Many of our members have already read the report and are following this event carefully because: The SSA is a statutory board enacted
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      27 8 Mi i BriStOW: ffcanXDicfcerS IT my 6uood e>oiu TO THINK TMoSe SOTS OF DIRECTORS HOLD OUR. FUTURE- IN THeiR WRNDS. Keep yooß voice DOLUhJ SILLS HfiVe EARS'
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  • SPORTS
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      Fewer entries received for Indianapolis car race
      411 9 THE THIRTY-THREE CAR starting lineup in the May 25 Indianapolis 500 will come from the smallest pool of entries in 11 years, a testament to the increased costs of automobile racing. "If you don't have new equipment, you might as well stay home,"
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      Lock icon Ballesteros and Langer tops in rating system
      499 9 AP BERNHARD LANGER of West Germany and Seve Ballesteros of Spain are the best golfers in the world at the moment, according to a new rating system unveiled yesterday. Britain's Sandy Lyle, last year's British Open champion, is third, while the top US
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      Playing first-leg at home may win day for S'pore yet
      843 9  -  By RONALD KOW IT IS BETTER to play the firstleg of a quarter-final or semi-fi-nal away, so the popular opinion goes. It makes things so much easier on the team during the return leg at home and the match becomes
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      Lock icon Newcomers pose a threat at Masters
      761 9 UPI CLUES to the forthcoming turn of events had already been sprinkled along the fairways of California and Florida a year ago when the participants came marching up Magnolia Lane and into the old south club-house which overlooks one of the most lovely vistas
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      Lock icon Guillermo Vilas comes face to face with his past
      391 9 AP ONE is on his way to the top of the tennis ladder. The other is grasping onto the lower rungs, clinging to survive in this young man's game. When Argentina's Guillermo Vilas made tennis history in 1977, winning the US
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      1179 9 MISTRAL'S DAUGHTER 9JO pm, Channel 5 This eight-part series, based on Judith Krantz's book, stars Stacy Keach as the supposed great painter Julien Mistral whose brushstrokes, among other things, captivate three generations of glamorous women. The women in his life include Maggy Lunel (Stefanie Powers), an artist's model who goes
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      660 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Woste, we heor. m the personnel centre (5) 6 Pocities with o number of choritoble gifts (5) 9 Measure the cfcstonce m pedestrian foshion (4, 3) 10 How I am yours (5) 11 Those of the crowd ot the Den' (5) 12 Teocup trouble? (5) 13
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Union Carbide sells its battery business
      275 10 AP UNION CARBIDE Corp intends to sell an additional US$l billion of assets, eliminate 1,200 more jobs and turn its corporate campus into a commercial park. The company also said in a separate statement it had sold its worldwide battery products business except in
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      Lock icon Glaxo denies speculation of bid for Beecham
      199 10 Reuter GLAXO Holdings PLC's decision to postpone the release of its interim results next week should not be interpreted as presaging a bid for Beecham Group PLC, a spokesman said. Market speculation about a bid surfaced after its decision to release the figures
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      Lock icon Late bargain-hunting trims Wall Street's loss
      301 10 Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed lower on Monday, although a late wave of bargain-hunting buying aimed mostly at computer stocks averted a bigger loss. Shares went sharply lower earlier as investors reacted negatively to a rise in spot crude oil to US$l4 a barrel.
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      108 10 a n 07 a Hud Bo* Mm 46* Abifto 24* Inco 21* 43* Ateon 44* 22*6 18* Ktrr Add 16 26* 33* 2* 13* 28* Bdl Conodo 39 >4 unch 26 BP Con Ltd 28 1* 35 24 unch 20* 18* 18* 4* unch 14* 24* GnN Rd Lk
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      190 10 APR 07 Rand Wootworth 1375 unch INDUSTRIALS MININGS 1100 -5 Anglos 4350 -15 210 11 so 1625 unch Amopiop 525 unch But* eh 7350 unch AMIC Boriows 4250 1595 unch 5 50 -20 Cora Gold 25 unch C G SnuHi 2600 200 D« B««n 2330 r t in 5350
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      642 10 Aft 07 US$ AJcon AJumn Alcoo Alegheny Lud Afced Chem Cp Afced Stores AJks-Chalmers Am Brands Inc Am Broodcost Am Can Co Am Cyanarrad Am Etoc Pwr Am E>prtu Am Home Prod Am Motors Cp Am Notival Gas Am Tel Tel Amox he Ameroda Mess AMF Inc Amr
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      875 10 Amsterdam AN 07 fk ABN 594 00 +4 5 107 10 +0 2 Ahold Akzo 181.10 +24 AMEV 79 50 +11 Am»o» 106 70 03 32 00 -0 5 Boh Bonumj 669 SO unch Botkafe Bur T«t 158 00 23 Catand 575 00 3 Ebcvwr 188 20 +0
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      359 11 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday continued their rally to close sharply higher in very active trading. Brokers said overseas institutions continued to be the major buyers but small investors were beginning to enter market. Buying sentiment has greatly improved with the disappearance of selling pressure and the likelihood that foreign
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      216 11 AM M Al Sncere Indus MT J 2 71 2350 -005 •04 Lien Hwo Indus Nan Y a Plos Pocrfic Cons Pacific Elect 1200 34 90 22 60 -0 1 -01 -06 -0 3 32 10 0 1 -0 04 Chang Hw° Bank 48 20 23 20 -0.2 ixtch
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      415 11 TOKYO: Prices yesterday fell in moderately light trading as previous rally-leading domestic-orient-ed shares continued their downward slide. The market average rebounded from its lowest levels but ended down 47.92 at 15,014.06. Turnover was 380 million shares against the same amount the day before, when the average fell 62.35. Brokers
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      76 11 AM M Acot* Mr»ng Anglo Ptiil Apex Mmg B Altos Con. B Boguo GoM BOSK Petroleum Pmt Onantol B Ptalcx B 0 2050 -0 005 0012 IB 0003 0001 1 ***** Ptcop B PLDT Podco B Poge Son Miguel B «T SO -0 5 47 +1 Bcnguct Con. B
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      319 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets yesterday closed slightly easier in quiet, uneven trading following further falls on Wall Street and in spite of surging world oil and gold prices. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had fallen 0.6 point to 1147.9 after reaching a high of 1149.5
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      Seoul
      75 11 AMI 06 Bark S*<xi Won 710 3 Hyundai Carat Hyundai Motor 10/4 236) 1148 -6 39 -1? Chohtung Bk Commercial Bk Ooakm Ind 643 719 627 -32 -16 Korea Frit Yukong 723 2270 391 -17 -40 -17 Doawoo Corp 1066 22 1095 -30 555 15 Samsung Co 1090 2063
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      138 11 BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday improved 0.20 to 131.31. Turnover amounted to 3,223,845 shares valued at 452.5 million. An oa MM* Sam Citizen uap Sam City Aokhom Thoi 454 Ana fix* no 3 Soutti Ana F4*« Ayuthaya Inv And Truit 132 •1 T, r Bangkok Agro-tnd
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      52 11 AFP ENTERTAINMENT company Hongkong Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) is to buy a studio from movie magnate Sir Run-Run Shaw's Shaw Brothers (Hongkong) Ltd (SB). TVB will pay HK$l5O million to buy the studio outright. It has been hiring certain portions of the studio from SB for
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      323 11 AP STOCK EXCHANGES should be opened in four cities and a capital market created to finance China's economic growth, an analysis in the country's communist party newspaper People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) suggested on Monday. The half-page article by Yang Peixin heightened a
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      146 11 Reuter JAPAN and Britain will offer three financial firms licences to operate in each other's country, breaking further ground in talks on the mutual granting of access to their financial markets, according to a British government official. Michael Howard, the Undersecretary of State for
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      Lock icon Australia rejects Hoover's bid to acquire Simpson
      249 11 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN government has rejected the proposed takeover of white goods maker Simpson Holdings Ltd by Hoover PLC's unit Hoover Australia Pty Ltd. Treasurer Paul Keating said yesterday that the offer for all of Simpson's shares, sanctioned by the Simpson board, was
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Non-oil commodity prices down 20pc
      725 12  -  Metals stand at post-war low By MICHAEL NEILL WHILE THE HEADLINES have trumpeted the oil price collapse, almost unnoticed, the prices of other internationally traded commodities have plummetted dramatically. Non-oil commodity prices, particularly of metals, have fallen in IMF special drawing right (SDR) terms by
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      322 12 Reuter LEGAL ISSUES dominated a resumed special session of the International Tin Council (ITC) in London, as delegates considered how to respond to legal action being taken by its creditor banks and brokers, ITC delegates said. A rescue plan for the 22-na-tion ITC collapsed last
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      RUBBER
      246 12 SINGAPORE THE MARKET yesterday closed higher with May One RSS buyers quoted at 155.00 cents per kilo, up 1.50 cents from Monday. Shortcovering coupled with higher Japanese advices helped prices to rise by 2.50 cents in quiet morning trading. Lack of follow-through buying caused prices to fall back slightly
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      PALM OIL
      200 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed lower on further profit-tak-ing and speculative selling, influenced by the weakness in palm oil futures. Dealers said the market discounted a firmer Chicago soyoil futures close on Monday night and trading was thin as operators adopted a cautious attitude after the
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      Produce exchange
      147 12 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon closing prices on Apr 8 (SS/100 kg). Coconut oil Bulk FOB 50.00 Old drum FOB 63 00 New drum FOB 67 00 Copro Mixed (loose) 28 buyers Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW *****0 Sarawak White 1200 00 FOB faq NLW Sarawak special 775
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      KL Tin
      141 12 THE KUALA LUMPUR Tla Market, KLTM, (ailed to fix a price yesterday dae to a lack d sellers, a KLTM official said. Tstal offers have fallen short of the dally mlnImam if toaaes tradiag limit set hy new rales. The price was fixed at M$l4.M per kilo so
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      RICE
      66 12 Bangkok (US$/toimc. FOB) White Rice 100% 1st class 245 100% 2nd doss 220 100% 3rd doss 215 5% 205 10% 200 15% 195 20% 185 25% 175 35% 170 Broken Rice A-l Super 195 A-l Special 112 C-l Special unq C-l Ord unq Loonzain Rice 100% 1st grode unq
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      SOYBEAN
      230 12 SOYBEAN FUTURES on Monday closed 3-1/4 to 61/4 US cents a bushel higher in moderately active trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Spot May ended near the top of a four cent range. Traders said heavy professional and computerfund selling late last week left few large-sale sellers on
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      LONDON MARKETS
      1193 12 COFFEE A SHARPLY easier New York on Monday afternoon weighed heavily on robusta coffee futures, which ended a fairly quiet day with losses from Friday night of £65 to £53 a tonne, mostly near the lows of a maximum £58 traded range. Lack of physical offtake, allied to
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      RAS and MRELB
      325 12 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 155 00 156.00N 155 00 156 00N Int 1 RSS May 86 155 50 156 00 155 00 156 00 lot 1 RSS June 86 156 50 157 00
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      SSR and SMR
      109 12 (cents/kg, 1-ton pollets) MAY 86 JUNE 86 (current month) (forword month) NOON NOON RAS Buyers Sellerj Buyers Sellers SSR 20 153 00 155 00N 154 00 156 00N SSR 50 149 00 151 00N 150 00 152 00N MRELB Buyer? Seller* Buyers Sellers SMR CV 207 00
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      223 12 This announcement appear> as a matter of record only. <fi> HANWACO.,LTD. US. $130,000,000 4 1 /8 per cent Guaranteed Notes due 1991 Warrants to subscribe for shares of common stock of Han wa Co., Ltd. The Notes will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd. Issue
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
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      Stock prices finish mixed in light trading
      4113 13 SHARE PRICES closed mixed on the Singapore stock market yesterday after fluctuating within narrow trading bands for most of the day in thin volume. At the close, the Straits Times Industrial Index was 3.86 points lower at 581.36 while the more broadly based
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      Chief price changes
      270 13 SINGAPORE RiMS *o«r Eloct 246 4 26 BT Cowpawto Akooi 4 11 f Indicator FEL5 200 4 10 rro«/os H« Tin Corp 50« 119 49 BTCA04 O U E 170 4 7 row Sri Hortomoi 185 46 ST Udottrioh Rototgh 180 46 ST Fmonco M 1 F
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      Business done on the SES
      2861 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange aI 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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      Selected indices
      129 13 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Tuesday 1073 82 Monday 1050 83 Week ogo NA Australian Industrials Tuesday 1851.9 Monday 1850 6 Week ogo 1807.4 NEW YORK Hong Seng Index Tuesday 1727 93 Monday 1691 60 Week ago Closed Dow Jones Mondoy 1735.51 Friday 1739.22 Week ogo 1818 61 TOKYO Nikkei
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      Unit trusts
      289 13 Monogers' prices MARA-Bumiputrs for April 9 Fest B'putro 4 30 4 35 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putro Thvd B'putro 3 85 3 90 3 29 3 34 The Commerce 0 80 0 85 Fourth B'putro 3 53 3 58 The Sovngs Fund 0 63 0 68" Fifth B'putro
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      UOL shelves Penang property project
      546 14  -  Lack of funds and low residential values to blame By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI ALTHOUGH UNITED Overseas Land's three rental properties continued to enjoy above-aver-age occupancy levels last year, the group's development projects fared poorly. The lack of capital funds coupled with the severly depressed residential values
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      Kuala Lumpur shares finish mixed in dull trading
      461 14 SPECULATIVE counters shone in an otherwise drab trading session at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. The market ended on a mixed note, with price changes confined within narrow trading ranges. The pace of trading slowed considerable yesterday with total turnover dwindling
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2677 14 MDUS TRIALS Acuta (0 806 I OOS) A|inomoto (3.345) cd AMD (3 00S) (3) 3 50 Akom (1) 0 65 (1) 0 67 (3) 0 68 (3) 0 69 (3) 0 70 (2) 0 72 AISB (0 568 0 58S) API (0 395) (5) 0
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      184 14 BRITISH-AMERICAN T«bftcc* C« (8) Ltd: 43rd AGM at 57 Senoko Drive, Singapore on Friday, April 25, at 11.30am. SELANGOR PROPERTIES Bbd: 24th AGM at 4th Floor, Wisma Perdana, Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, April 29, at 11am. HONGKONG LAND C« Ltd: AGM in the
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      Lock icon Lloyds eyeing Pacific market
      467 14 NYT WITH A £1.7 billion bid for Standard Chartered PLC last Friday, Lloyds Bank PLC, Britain's fourth largest bank, is trying to become a truly international enterprise with a strong network in the fast-grow-ing Pacific Basin market. Standard Chartered, the UK's fifth-largest bank, has its headquarters
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      Lock icon San Miguel chief summoned to explain share purchase
      276 14 Reuter A PHILIPPINE government commission tracking the wealth of deposed president Ferdinand Marcos has summoned the head of the San Miguel Corporation to explain the purchase of shares from a Marcos associate. A commission spokesman said yesterday that Andres Soriano, who replaced
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      79 14 PALMCO HOLDINGS BU'i proposed purchase of 60 per cent stake in Mercantile Insurance Sdn Bhd has been aborted because of the failure to win the approval of the Director General of Insurance. SING INVESTMENTS FINANCE Ltd yesterday announced that foreigners owned 9.4 per cent of its issued share
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      Grand Central takes up 20pc stake in KL hotel
      437 15  -  By CHAN Ol CHEE HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL is investing M$4 million cash, representing a 20 per cent stake, in a company developing a 25storey hotel in Kuala Lumpur scheduled for partial opening in December this year. The project, estimated to cost
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      Harimau explains $10m loss
      732 15  -  Forward sale and purchase deal for five million Pan-El shares By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN HARIMAU INVESTMENTS, the OCBC-backed investment company which two weeks ago announced a surprise $10 million loss provision on an unidentified sale contract with an, unnamed stockbroking firm, has at last attempted to throw
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      NST turns in poor first-half results
      365 15 MALAYSIA'S leading newspaper and publishing group The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd is heading for a sharp dive in profits in the current fiscal year judging by its latest interim results. This will reverse three consecutive years of growth. For the six months
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      Metal Containers plans to buy two packaging companies
      600 15  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI IN SPITE OF its declared intentions of reducing its over-depen-dence on traditional packaging business, Metal Containers Ltd is venturing further afield in the area. Yesterday, the company unveiled separate acquisition plans worth 19.62 million to buy additional equity interests
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      Lock icon KLSE curbing late spurt in prices
      347 15 NST THE KUALA Lumpur Stock Exchange has implemented a ruling to clamp down on last-minute "push-ups" of share prices. In a circular issued to stockbroking firms this week, the KLSE said that any broking firm which wanted to have its buying quotes at least
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      LONDON STOCKS
      817 15 SHARE prices yesterday opened higher in fairly active trading as operators sought to buy back stock which dealers said was oversold on Monday. Wall Street's recovery from its lows to close only modestly easier overnight helped the trend. At 0845 GMT the FT Index was 10.0 up at
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      146 14 Akjemene Bank Nodortond N.V. tltrorporatrd ir ihr Sutherland* «nth limited liability! NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that shareholders are invited to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING which will be held on Tuesday, 29th April. 1986 at 10.00 hours at Vijzelstraat 68-78, Amsterdam. The Agenda of the
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      289 14 NOTICES IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTES OP DYNATECH SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD (la Members' Vaiutery LiqiMattea) NOTICE OP SPECIAL >C' r |J Mij [II (Pinuat U SeettM a*t) (b) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at Honolulu, Hawaii on 31
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      292 14 IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. Itt AND IN THE MATTES OP OTASIA PTE LTD (la Members' VduUrj I l|BMitln) NOTICE OP SPECIAL BESOLimON (Pimut U SttMw 2M(2)(k) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at 9 Penang Road, #12-00, Supreme House. Singapore 0923 on 31
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      316 14 IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. ltt AND IN THE MATTBt OP NAMHENG BKB VICE (PTE) LID (lacwpinM la Stagspwe) At an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of NAMHENO SERVICE (PTE) LTD, duly convened and held at 5001 Beach Road #07-24 Golden Mile Complex, Singapore 0719 on
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      160 15 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 11th April, 1968 of: EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK 50, Raffles Place, Shell Tower, Singapore 0104. We hereby certify that the rate of interest payable on the above mentioned Certificates of Deposit for the Interest Period beginning on
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      164 15 U Y~ Y-~ STANDARD ***** i 6-bit CPU 8 MHz dock rate 512 KB RAM expandable to 2 MB on-board IJ MB Floppy Drive Single card, Floppy/Hard Disk Controller Single card, color graphics (std.) monochrome (high-res.) adaptor 8 Expansion slots (2 XT/6 AT) Parallel printer port Battery hack-tip dock calendar
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    Prospects for hotel trade could worsen
    453 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE AVERAGE hotel occupancy rate this year could dip below the forecast figure of 55 per cent and even hit 50 per cent this year, according to a hotel general manager. He predicts that if the three Marina Square hotels
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    Shangri-La does itself proud
    453 16  -  By JAIME LYE THERE ARE STILL shafts of sunlight shining through the grey cloud hovering over the hotel industry. One appears to be shining on the Shangri-La Hotel, which recorded an impressive 80 per cent occupancy rate for the first quarter of this year, against industry
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    Lock icon US, Thailand to hold talks on arms stockpile
    357 16 AFP THE US AND THAILAND will open formal talks on creating a war reserve stockpile in Thailand. A senior official travelling with US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger on his trip to Thailand said yesterday that a protocol might be signed shortly on
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    Lock icon Miss World contest goes East
    113 16 AFP MISS WORLD organisers have reacted to allegations of Western bias in the judging by taking the contest to Macau. The contestants will be filmed in their swimsuits there and will be assessed by Eastern judges, but the final choice will still be made in
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    NZ seeks Singapore goods
    77 16 NEW ZEALAND is keen to open up the country to more exports from Singapore. Trade and Industry Minister David Caggill, in an interview with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, said his country now has fewer restrictions on electronics and computers and would gradually lift barriers on textiles
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    Lock icon Workers locked out in Norway
    149 16 UPI MORE THAN 100,000 workers were locked out yesterday in the worst labour conflict in Norway since the *****, crippling industries and forcing hotels and restaurants to close. Guests in hotels throughout the country woke up to the news that they must check out before
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    Stanchart, Singapore Finance sue for $1.3m
    338 16  -  By LUCY NG STANDARD Chartered Bank and Singapore Finance have taken legal action against businessman Patrick Goh Yoke Hian and his business associates to recover outstanding loans totalling $1.3 million. Mr Goh was a director of several companies, including failed corrugated box manufacturer Multi-Pak
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    Lock icon Australia to monitor oil imports
    118 16 Reuter AUSTRALIA plans to monitor petroleum product imports closely in view of balance of payments problems. Resources and Energy Minister Gareth Evans told the Australian Petroleum Exploration Association annual conference in Adelaide that there had recently been significant imports of products, mainly petroleum, in spite
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    Lock icon Central bankers see room for more interest rate cuts
    282 16 Reuter CENTRAL BANKERS believe interest rates in major industrial countries could fail further in the next several weeks. European monetary sources, speaking after a meeting of top central bankers at the Bank for International Settlements in Basle, Switzerland, said the central
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    Lock icon Help for retrenched Malaysians
    126 16 Bernama ABOUT 50,000 Malaysians still workirg in Singapore as labourers are expected home soon and are likely to be offered jobs in the plantation sector. Speaking in Johore Baru yesterday, Malaysian Labour and Manpower Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai said his ministry was ready to assist
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    Lock icon Balanced budget for Pyongyang
    106 16 Reuter NORTH KOREA'S budget plan for calendar 1986 calls for an increase of more than 30 per cent in spending on science. The North Korean Central News Agency, KCNA, monitored in Tokyo yesterday, said a budget debate in the Supreme People's Assembly now under way in
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    Lock icon Dow Jones higher
    65 16 Reuter WALL STREET stocks jumped sharply higher at the start of trading yesterday as rumours of an imminent US discount rate swept through the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 13 points to 1748. Its pullback amounted to more than 100 points since its falls last
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      Lock icon Explosion misses Weinberger
      46 16 Reuter A POWERFUL BOMB exploded last night in the parking lot of a Bangkok hotel where US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger was due to have dinner with Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda. Police investigators at the scene said the dinner was cancelled. Reuter
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      Lock icon Italy suspends wine exports
      31 16 AFP ITALY has temporarily suspended its wine exports after the deaths of at least 17 people there from drinking wine doctored with illegal quantities of methyl alcohol.
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      38 16 AFP BRITISH BRENT OIL (or May delivery rose to US&4J a barrel yesterday, continuing the firmer trend which began on Monday following news of of a strike which shut down production in Norway. AFP
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      Lock icon More Blacks boycott stores
      26 16 UPI BLACKS began a boycott of white-owned stores in Krugersdorp yesterday, Joining a similar protest in the coast city of Port Elizabeth.
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      Lock icon Shamir wants Modai to stay
      36 16 UPI ISRAELI Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir yesterday bluntly rejected Prime Minister Shimon Peres's demand that Finance Minister Yitzhak Modai be fired, deepening the controversy that threatens the country's coalition government. UPI
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      Lock icon Dockworkers strike in Manila
      60 16 Reuter TEN FOREIGN SHIPS failed to load or unload cargo at Manila Port yesterday after thousands of dockworkers went on strike to protest against the government takeover of two cargo handling companies. The workers barricaded the main gate at Manila's south harbour, which port officials say
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      465 16 8m thte pagt SUCCESSFUL MARKETING OF CONSUMER GOODS (SPECIAL FOCUS ON: THE SINGAPORE MARKET) May 7 ft 8, 1986. Pavilion Inter-continental, Singapore Here's your best opportunity to: equip yourself with the latest and the best in marketing strategies and techniques M obtain practical information and productive new ideas that will
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      52 16 Outlook for today: Showers over several areos in Hie afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Apr 8 at the airport: Maximum temperature 32.1 Associated humidity 63 Minimum temperature 25.2 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 9.15 Roinfall in millimetres nil Rainfall this month 76.3 Rainy days this
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      New masthead for Paterson, Simons shipping division
      131 17 THE SHIPPING division of Paterson, Simons k CO (S) Pte Ltd has come under a separate masthead, Paterson Elders Shipping Pte Ltd. On April 1, the new company began functioning as a whollyowned subsidiary of Elders IXL International Group (Shipping A Chartering), Melbourne.
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      Geis Cargo may achieve 15pc increase in business
      497 17  -  The three important factors By SHAHRIR ARIFF THREE FACTORS are expected to enable Geis Cargo Far East increase its business in Singapore by 15 per cent this year, in spite of the gloomy business scene. Mr Leslie Chua, managing director of the
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      Lock icon Rise in foreign orders for South Korean yards
      203 17 Oana-Yonhap THE DECLINING prices of crude oil and the continuing appreciation of the Japanese Yen are beginning to bring South Korea's faltering shipbuilding industry back to life. In the first three months of this year, shipbuilding orders from abroad totalled U*****.4 million
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        160 17  -  Kinglsey Wood TALKS BETWEEN representatives of the refrigerated break-bulk carrier, Cool Carriers and the Australian Council of Trade Unions about its entry into the Australian meat trade and the possibility of one of its ships being Australian manned have ended without comment from either side.
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        65 17 Reuter STATE-OWNED Ceylon Shipping Corp said it began cargo services to East Africa on March 23 with a fortnightly service. It is the first regular feeder operation in the region with fixed day sailings. It said in a statement the new service will operate via Port
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        141 17 Reuter A STRIKE BY 2,000 shipyard workers on Monday threatened to disrupt the launch of a British naval frigate and could endanger the yard's commercial future, its owners said. The strike at newly denationalised Swan Hunter Shipyard in north-east England came the day before the
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      1212 18 FAIRLY ACTIVE coal chartering and increased grain fixing out of the US Gulf featured the freight market on Monday, shipbrokers said. Coal from New Orleans or Mobile to Kaohsiung or Taichung for April paid |7.75 and two vessels were arranged for similar voyages in May at 18.55. Shippers
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      713 18 UPI POLAND'S shipbuilding industry, once the nation's pride, has fallen on severe economic times and now almost completely relies on Soviet orders. Only eight years ago, Lloyds of London ranked Poland third in the world in shipbuilding. By 1964 it had fallen to
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      206 18 THE PORT OF Oakland will spend US$6.B7 million to acquire two new fourth generation container cranes for its outer harbour terminal area. The order for the two cranes has been placed with Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation. When delivered in May 1987, Oakland
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      844 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afea Line VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 3/4 Arrow Lines X 5 Atios Line X 2 ANL 1 1/2 APC Line V 4 APL IH 2/3 ASCL III 1 BC Navigation
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      121 18 AFP THE BRITISH-BASED Townsend-Thoresen cargo ferry Viking Trader was slightly damaged trying to force a floating log obstruction left by striking French seamen in Le Havre on Monday, a strike spokesman said. The crew from the car ferry Leopard, the only French
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      189 19 AP A FRENCH TANKER carrying Saudi Arabian crude oil was seeking repairs off Dubai for a hole in its bow on Monday, Gulf-based marine salvage executives reported. They said the owner company of the 239,726-ton Brissac, the French Societe Francaise des Petroles, refused to discuss what
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      323 19 Lloyd's List THREE STEAM turbine vessels that onee formed part of the world's most expensive gas carrier fleet have been put up for sale by the US Maritime Administration. The 126,540-cubic metre liquefied natural gas carriers the Arzew, Gamma and Southern
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      210 19 Reuter A FRENCH-OWNED luxury yacht was hijacked by pirates last weekend off the southern Philippines and its crew of four were set adrift in a rubber raft, the ship's agent said. A spokesman for the agent said the 33-metre Odysee was commandeered at about
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      95 19 Line increases stake in K S Line KAWASAKI Kinsai Kisen Kaisha has increased its shareholdings in K S Line, a company which operates a conventional liner service between Japan, Hongkong and Straits. It has enlarged its stake to 60 per cent from 50 per cent previously while its joint venture,
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      336 19  -  Kingsley Wood UNTIL INSURANCE companies compelled their clients to report shipping cargo theft and fraud on Australian wharves, police would remain powerless to act, according to a senior officer with wide ranging experience of dockside crime. Chief superintendent N A Sheather, chairman of
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      804 19 AFP SHIPOWNERS' hopes of a springtime recovery in freight rates were dashed over the past week in quiet post-Easter conditions. Speculation that lower fuel prices would prompt a call for tonnage was dampened after signs early in the week that charterers were offering no more than $6 per
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      3732 20 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. Advanced dates are published at a
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      726 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Ned V Diemen 616 09.4.86 2100 Ned-EAC F7 1200-1300 L8 Sov Accord 62 09.4.86 2100 Or Lloyd F1 1200-1300 U2 Sea Hawk 8615 09 4.86 2300 Eastern
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      502 25 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure Keppel Angebque K16 Borneo olongstde 09.4/0600 CS Ocean K34 Sunship alongside 09.4/0700 Equator 4 K23 T Soon alongside 09 4/0200 Gambelo K19 Kie Gwon alongside 09.4/0700 Tiortshut K28 Y Fung alongside 09.4/1500 Verbena K10 Borneo alongside 09 4/0600 Do
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      67 17 POLAND'S shipbuilding industry, once the nation's pride, has fallen on severe economic times and now almost completely relies on Soviet orders. Page II THREE STEAM turbine vessels that once formed port of the world's most expensive gas carrier fleet have been put up for sale. P«g« 111 Index to odvertisers
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      862 19 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping PteLtd Overseas Containers Limited IT" STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok rCONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT MEMEN EATRESS KOMOON MY MR MMHJ an or edmukh framfurt anas TOKIO EXPRESS KIT MO MMU OSAKA MT HWIDKS KOMOON MT Abo Accepting
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      588 20 Hapag-Lloyd TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS On carriage to kandnaria, Med, Cambean IS. America Wand haulage to inland destinations in Europe S t*** nuhfP—n mmmmm Gm 14/4 12/4 14/5 5/5 11/5 13/5 15/5 17/5 12/4 15/4 11/5 14/5 13/ C 5/4 a/4 a/4 24/6 17/$ FROM N CONTINENT &UK IMPORTS *****71 P.
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      411 20 EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) Round-The-World West Bound (FE/EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) Mr EVER GENTLE 13/4 EVER 10MMNC 20/4 em GENUS 27/4 EVER GARDEN 4/5 EVER GUARD 11/5 CWCR LAUREL U/5 irmc 25/5 also accept* ia fa i fa/fa to GOTtCMURG AARHUS COPENMGEN OSLO. STOCKHOLM tCISMU I LONDON SOUTHAR»TON MANQESTE*
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      224 20 ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES 1 MSI NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD KYOWA LINE TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA/ SOUTH PACIFIC STOKE PKeUnf Loadnc tar Oceania Queen 19/4 Lae, Orobay. P.Moresby Kyowa Cosmos Honiara. Rabatf, Suva, Kieta Wewak. Madang. Lae. P Moresby, Honiara, Kieta, faM u» SUN UNION LINE KARACHI SERVICE
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      964 21 v A PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES \V\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE JKT sby SIN 16/4 19/4 21/4 29/4 1/5 5/5 10/5 12/5 HKG KAO *TCH KEE BUS 'MOB MTC YOK KOB KEE 25/4 27/4 29/4 29/4 1/5 4/5 9/5 7/5 9/5
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      766 21 BLC BENLINE CONTAINERS (/< ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANG AND EAST MALAYSIAN PORTS IKJJEBSEN LINE K. NEW ZEALAND TO NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOUTH PAOFIC I I 10/4 I 16 4 Mortsby Su»a Aac/Taar Naper Timara Btetf 13/5 US 22/5 25/5 27/5 29/5 P Moresby Noumta
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      492 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESUVKI LLOYD T. SAMUDEDA INDONESIA P.T. TIIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE itAfUANG VI2OB I VESSEL JUCA GAM* VISNB KtM PIMM V4NB J BONTANG KtM Mbaoßremen Atfan/Rdan Idn Hambv| 14/5 17/5 19/5 22/5 7/5 8/5 5/5 25/5-
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      341 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loadh( for Ranfoon Magwe V 3 Pat an VSBW Htoneywa V/ 211 •LOADING FOR EUROPE Spore Pli 12 Apr 20/23 Apr 1/3 Hay V* BANK LINE EXPRESS SEM-COWTABQ: clydebam »m FORTHBANK VICS Spare 11/5 Spare J/8 (PNC ports Nri Mare*f/Kieta/RataB/Ktoa«/Ue) y\
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      1224 22 USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST (Round The World Service) ORCNTAL KNGHT V 26 MERCATOR V37E/N. GARKT *3 CJt. TOKYO V3I/0. FREEDOM VS OCEAN LEGEND V 2 Li K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. PACIFIC COAST 1 PACIFIC SOUTH WEST PACIFIC WORTH WEST FEEDER VSL BRDGE *54 SP PK PN SP MOTHER
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      826 22 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers ESHCIimR 77 Apr CAIABAR 6 May esuciimß n au, RAMOAS 1? Apt RAVDAS IS Apt CHANOOAS JO Apr HABIROAS 22 M* RAMOAS 1? km MeIC Fick Sr*l 7) Ad< 6 *U» 4 *U, 30 Apt 9 Ma* 7 May 1% Mil 24 Mar
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      631 22 GOLDEN LINE GUM* GUAN SHPPMS (PIT) LTD 21. W hfm Stml sauroK >104 m SHJSM UI net STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: s >~ GOUKN BHA Colombo Karachi; CMm Doha Bain am V/Tt A* GOIDOI HAVEN Cotomto Karachi Ifcbai'Balwaiii 15/17 tt>* 1 Lii •fill fwai Sfn K«ac* Stat* tan* MNC Of IK
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      506 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road "27 16 Internationa' Piaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 I<l O L-nes VOIAUAUIt PHILITRON SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD TEL *****22 (8 LINES) TELEX RS 2872 C PHILI IKDUT La I Fa mi-cast port I m U/i. 10/4. 20/4 20/4. 0/5 IV*. 20/4 1/5 T rut-UST
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      812 23 &NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Agents Spore NEPTUNE AGENOES PTE LTD IH No oltice Inmmal CfS BOOKHGS *****77 ft EUAUST fM/SH *****77 *****22 *****53 OR OMECT UMS *****53 27«5742_ *j BaJ>u HARPER WRA SON BHD *****6 p Retane HARPER WW* SON BHD *****1 *****8 P la,a HARPER «WRA SON BHD
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      437 23 HEUNC-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels DON AM SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG, PENANG. BUSAN, INCHON scorn «(,»*!<> NfPT'H* AGJNCKS Ptf 110 lei ?***** 7 ?78S4tt (Bookmjsi ???7SIO ??1?07? 'Operations) W74P7 "*****4 (Ifrrrwiili ??n? SO ??0?b04 (CFS) Mil t*SM «IJNIS lIWAS SfllA SON BHD *1 !H 4 A,/ PK lel
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      803 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BINLDMG 55. Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Nunbers *****3 (15 Ines) Cable Address StNSOV SINGAPORE Tdei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** r. KttANG PENANG M/S SHARKAT NAM SOON SON BM> IST AND ?NO FLOOR NKSSRS HAI THONG SHTPMG 127 Penang
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      78 23 K&S LINE JAPAN STRAITS SERVICE SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37. Sorrat RoM #06-01 Ng T»ow Bldg S pore 0923 T«l 235 8A44 4 Ifowt) Port Kelanf Tifa Pma Sh«pp«nf Sdn Bhd IH 03 3890?4 't Penanj I Transport (id TW 04 *****3 Pas* Gudanj Maia»".ian S»*ppirf *{»no»s S(Jn Bhd
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      388 24 f REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES TO BANGKOK (4 WEEKLY SAILINGS) wssa Tku 10-10/4 fri/Sat 111-12/4 Sat/Sw *****/4 13-13/4 IS-IS/4 Thi/Fri 117-11/4 *****21 □■CESI B3C3IEBSI r "riiHmmi Riwinnzi ii>zi irruTi hojLM r!H F*?^r nrr~mi iem fwl-tb ro I TMI 1 lr~V-nF3 ■ir7i 'irra PHQQ EES ESI Sai/Swi 126-27/4 27-27/4 25-30/4 THu/Fri 1-2/5
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      138 24 Regional weather A* 2^4 H V > h> 4 i jn SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. °c (j Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height Temperature Weather SvfßM wtada we Indicated by arrow* which fly with the wind (o) One full circle represents calm
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      113 25 use MEMOES K. LUMPUR P. KELANG POMNG P. GUMNG i. BAHMNJ LEOSHT SPORE *****55/*****56/*****45/*****93 *****1/4 TDMML 3SS3SI/2 *****2/*****3/*****4/*****3 *****3/*****5/*****1/*****0 22SKt/*****5/*****5 *****22 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE I inn II"./' .'METEirf ii ■El u [Uri EZM EZZM EU urr-n in I CEE3B ESI EHH 11 jg ii 'r"iEarr»» inn IHI □Ji I
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      195 25 s COLUMBUS LINE REEDEftEI GMBH EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAiNFR SERVICF 10 HUU ROTTERDAM HAMBURG TOMM PAPUA V 5 22/4 THALASSI* MANA VI 9/5 SfOtt ROM HBG HULL 22/4 17/5 23/5 1/6 9/5 3/6 7/6 12/6 21/5 16/6 20/6 30/6 TAMAITAJ SAMOA V 7 121/5 16/6 20/6 Also accepting FCL contrs to Antwerp
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      496 25 GLORY NAVIGATION rWT m |i: j TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN WRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/ •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE PJCELANG WIMB G SELATAN «V 34 SaM 24 3 G SELATAN VI V-35 SaM 31/3 nan glory »-w io/« 12/4 fi SCLATM Vlll V-3114/4 16/4 17/4 w I M ABIE TO
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      468 26 TO; EUROPE 16 MM* STOtt RfMMMS 12/15 Apr Pal PKCIMG KMNC FOi: 17/1) *r 2«/22 V >TM. HBC FM: EUROPE KMUB PKUMC 90K BANGKOK FOR Mr) 19/20 Av 21/22% 23/24 Apr 26/25 Apr FM. MG. BHVN. AW. HUU AGENTS: LEO SHIPPING PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE *****22 FARYS MARITIME SERVICES SON BHO
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      312 26 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE LTD •001 BEACH ROAD #19-01 GOLDEN MILE TOWER SINGAPORE 0710 TEL NO. *****44 (3 LINES) TLX NO. RS ***** ME APC O g IHi'llf.'l i',>«UKa*AI!A.7AAL: vow VOT M) 4SO K ,;,mi i .'.'wxt .n.'. A S& LCL/FCL TO USA ML MJUOft PORTS H NEST, EAST
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      705 26 C.Y. LINE (A M«mb»r Of Ths ACE Consortium) CHO VANG SHIPPING CO. LTD wur contuoged sumct to Euwrt <«a 9C) S>"t Idton U«* film HW| Bram Man OKlim CMD «M hPI 29/4 75/4 1/5 3/1 4/5 4/5 kokm nam m u/« s/s 4/s »/s w/s u/s li/s WTWE C*TSTAI 14N
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      809 26 EverettUnesT COMPANY PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" leading lor Calao MaU'in. Ko *nd M othtt Pturuan pods witti at fcobt On CPV throng Ms ol la*n| lo lm* dtslinalion ffiunj* t Kdanc S«i(apart HUGHE VWETT 13/15 Apr MANOIOEVERETT 23/24 Apr MMEVEKTT 7/1 Mn "EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF
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      258 26 ZIM NON CONFERENCt MDEPEMJENT Fill CONTANO KMC! to USA East t Nest m 5 TOH SHUT ISM n ZIM EILAT CONTA fix Ft *a IB in I* 11/« 2J/4 2»/4 1/5 1/5 t/5 »/4 12/5 M/ 5 21/5 23/5 24/5 OSf M/ 4 AIEI 1/5 Fa T* Empew ato Ihitoii—
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      658 27 This is the information era. The television is bringing the world to the living room. The telephone's role is expanding through fibre-optics. And it may not be long before more people can work at home, using remote computer terminals. In this special supplement, BT takes
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      998 28  -  Facsimile machines are now available with amazing features. In fact, some machines are so sophisticated that users sometimes feel as if they are driving a Ferrari in the city. ANNA TEO reports on how electronic mail is developing, and wonders how the world is
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      787 28  -  By LIM SOON NEO BY THE NEXT decade, Singapore will be ushered into the Information Age when Singaporeans will be able to receive data, telexes, facsimile and other telecommunication services right at home using the normal telephone cable. Much of the groundwork for this
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      1510 29  -  By JAIME LYE VISIONS of fictional detective Dick Tracy speaking to cohorts across the globe via a two-way radio strapped to his wrist will no longer not if technology has its way be restricted to the realms of comic books. As it is, the technology is
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      Conference Programme
      1209 31 Wednesday 9 April: 9.00 am SESSION 1 DATA NETWORKS Csrtguratteu of u optical Imp local are» network: H Yamaguchi, K Nishikawa, Y Okamoto, I Yanagita, NEC, Japan Ike total nmmtt to Information management: J Moerenhout, Philips Telecommunications A Data Systems, Singapore JBO)M Universal company communication network: G Dupuy,
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      394 31 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY can force organisations to re-as-sess their business ambitions. The world's stock exchanges, ostensibly market places for the buying and selling of bonds and equities, are now taking on an additional role of financial information publishing. Examples of of this kind of convergence already
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      968 32  -  By JEFFREY TSANG THE ALARM RINGS. Sleepily I reach out to switch it off. 8.30 am. Another work day has begun. Familiar story, you say? Yes, but instead of rushing to the bathroom to prepare for the day, the morning ritual consists of hooking
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      358 32 ALTHOUGH the term was only recently coined, Information Technology is really as old as the telephone. Information Technology (IT) involves all aspects of information flow collection, processing, storage, packaging and dissemination. With IT, the computers act as processing centres with a telecommunications network for information to
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      559 32 Reuter FACE-TO-FACE telephone calls may soon be a common thing. Two small American companies have developed the first picture telephone that works over ordinary telephone lines. American Telephone and Telegraph (ATAT) made a big splash at the 1964 New York World's Fair when it
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      755 33  -  The new market for fibre-optic products is growing very fast. OLLE HJORTSTEN and VIESTURS VUCINS of L M Ericsson outline the expanding world of the high speed data highways OLLE HJORTSTEN FIBRE-OPTICS the conversion of electrical signals into a beam of light travelling along
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      411 33 THE MARKET for fibre-optic products is growing very fast. Annual growth of 40 per cent is expected. The total 1964 market was about US$76O million, most of which were accounted for by fibre cables, followed by terminal equipment and components. The rapid expansion of fibre
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      181 33 New technology link offers many advantages 7 OPTIC-FIBRE technology is currently undergoing very rapid development, and it is interesting to see what prospects this technology offers. There are many advantages of a fibre-optic link: Signal transmission is not influenced by electrical interference and signals are unaffected by lighting discharges and
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      1253 34  -  By ELAINE KOH "Ultimately, a total telecommunication system must mean instant link-up between people anytime, anyplace. This is the totality that TAS will achieve for Singapore." THIS GOAL, set by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, is now close to being realised. Singapore is
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      136 28 OUT The next logical step towards office automation Telebox. The days of the 'In' and 'Out' office trays will soon be over. Thanks to the Telebox Service. Telebox (Telecommunication Mailbox) is an electronic mailbox service. Each user is allotted an incoming and outgoing mailbox in the computer. You have instant
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      373 30 c&c Computers and Communications NEC -x A 4 inmg Toaethei Join NEC at CommunicAsia '86 and see how we're helping to join us all together. NEC has been a leader in the development of C&C technologies technologies which are changing our world even as you read these words. The ability
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      228 31 1986. THE EVENT s£mife- A, t-A rzmmm > •M* -ps> Alcatel sends up the first integrated voice, image and data network, This might seem less spectacular than the return of Halley's Comet. Nevertheless it may well have more far-reaching consequences. For years international telecommunications companies have had to face a
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      218 32 SIEMENS (n the service of progress: Siemens in Singapore Singapore is programmed for progress. Progress in all fields of development: energy, industry, communication and information, traffic, housing, health. An essential element for the success of this modernisation is an effective infrastructure based on modern technology. Vital factors in this development
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      405 33 lelecommunications France calling Asia, ...See you at COMMUNICASIA'B6_ Among recent achievements More than half of the 23 million telephone subscribers in France are connected to digital exchanges, with the French system being installed, or on order, in 52 countries across the world. ISDN service is now a reality in France
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      440 34 AT&T.. .Bringing World Class Technology to the Pacific. For more than 100 years, technological innovations pioneered by the American Telephone Telegraph Company (AT&T) have led the way in the development of telecommunications systems. Technological breakthroughs pioneered by AT&T Bell Laboratories have made major contributions to this science. Seven Bell Labs
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