The Business Times, 28 April 1986

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    13 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 MONDAY, APRIL 28, 198 C 75 CENTS
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  • Article
    Insurance broker directs clients to Republic
    389 1  -  Base captive insurance companies in Singapore, advises Stenhouse By ALVIN TAY ALEXANDER STENHOUSE, the world's second largest insurance broking house, has recommended Singapore to its Australian clients as the country of domicile for their prospective captive insurance companies. Mr Anthony Staley, the company's deputy
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    Fears that SSA Council may not get full support
    473 1  -  By LUCY NG WITH THE hotly-contested elections for seats on the Council of the Singapore Society of Accountants (SSA) behind them, members of the society will be watching whether the open disagreements between representatives of local and international accounting firms could
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    Lock icon Qatar attacks reef and seizes 29 foreign workers
    282 1 Reuter QATAR is holding 29 foreign workers seized in a raid on an offshore reef where Bahrain was building a coastguard station, diplomatic and shipping sources said. The workers 26 Filipinos, two Britons and a Dutchman were taken to Qatar but were
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    Time to help employers
    98 1 TWENTY YEARS of bias towards workers should now be reversed to help employers because of the present recession, says the Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's office. Mr S Rajaratnam said workers are better off because of previous benefits in their favour, and they "do not
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    Lock icon Japanese companies plan to increase purchases abroad
    443 1 AP JAPANESE corporations are planning to import more parts and to increase overseas production in an effort to overcome the recent surge in the value of the Japanese yen against the US dollar, according to a survey published on Saturday. Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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    Occupancy rate of hotels fell below 60pc in February
    262 1 THE AVERAGE occupancy of hotels fell sharply to below 60 per cent in February. Figures released by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board yesterday showed that the occupancy rate was 59.9 per cent compared with 65.4 per cent in January and last
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    Progress in talks on re-export of strategic goods
    312 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN SOME PROGRESS has been made between Singapore and the US on the re-export of American strategic goods from the Republic. It will be one of the topics to be discussed between Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan and US Secretary
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    Reagan reaffirms support
    166 1 THE FOUNDATION of US policy in South-east Asia is support for and cooperation with Asean, affirmed President Ronald Reagan, three days before he has talks with Asean ministers. "Our relations with the Asean nations are based on our common dedication to the basic principles of freedom and
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      303 1 Yao Dixiong has the kind of romantic past artists ara supposed to have. Forced to work on propaganda posters during the Cultural Revolution in China, he's since moved on to nature studies of Australian wildlife. His 60-metre scroll "Hundred Kangaroos" (below) is on display in Singapore. MONICA GWEE took a
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  • MANAGEMENT
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      Goodbye to classrooms
      897 2  -  Growing popularity of correspondence courses An external MBA programme offered jointly by the University of Warwick and Wolsey Hall may be filling a gap in the market comprising managers who cannot study full-time. Management Correspondent TSANG SAU YIN has the details. SANG SAU YIN DISTANCE LEARNING is
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      Clearing the mystery that surrounds countertrade
      814 2 am COUNTERTRADE, ByLtoGB Welt Euromoney Publications, 1985. 185 pages Reviewed by: LEE YOKE MENG WHILE ECONOMISTS are still hot in debate over the question of how productive (or counterproductive) countertrade is, the business is undeniably gaining ground almost everywhere. The International Monetary Fund reports
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  • FRONTIERS
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      Lock icon Americans going for Chinese medicine
      501 2 AP THE CHINESE have had faith in ginseng, rhino horn and other medical exotica for 2,000 years. But a new market is emerging for China's traditional remedies ordinary Americans. "Some Americans take a whole box of this at a time," says Feng Gen Sheng, the
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      Lock icon Sweden looks into risks posed by VDTs
      175 2 International Press Bureau SWEDEN has decided to take the initiative for directing the technical development of computer video display terminals (VDTs) in light of the as yet unknown health risks they pose to those working with them, particularly pregnant women. Minister for Labour
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      Lock icon Chirping on about organic evolution
      372 2 UPI EXPERTS from the British Museum in London have reported "conclusive" evidence confirming the authenticity of a famous fossil that appears to show the evolutionary stage between reptiles and birds. A team of scientists led by astronomer Fred Hoyle has argued that the partbird, part-reptile
      UPI  -  372 words
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      What do London, Kit-Kat and black cats have in common?
      309 3  -  By MAX COMMANDER SWEET-TOOTHED Singaporeans, particularly if they are also avid television viewers, are probably only putting on weight if they are sucking and chewing Kit-Kat chocolate bars with wild abandon in the hope of winning a free British Airways
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      Lock icon Special events hog the limelight
      1398 3 NYT CAN A RUNNER'S marathon pull them into a bank? Or a country music concert sell cigarettes? Apparently Philip Morris and Manufacturers Hanover think so. Each of them has sponsored such special events recently. They have plenty of corporate company. According to Lesa Ukman, the
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      Lock icon Striking home with that name
      543 3 UPI CONSUMERS OFTEN take for granted something corporations spend hours thinking about and thousands of dollars to create a name. Whether it be a name for the company (naming) or one for one its products (branding) the search for the right corporate and product identity
      UPI  -  543 words
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      178 3 U.S.A. for Sale. .$240. Join the people who hnow. a Us f*v.Juyv 91 < -JMK< -tFT ..'i^BSmA m,. nihil ih>M»n« 1 > If you've got a vacation coming, pick the airline with the best deals going. Northwest Orient. We've put America on sale with our super-saver U.S.A. Pass. 6 vacation
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon IMF sees rich getting richer and poor getting weaker
      586 4 AP RICH COUNTRIES are moving towards better growth, poor countries are weaker, and communist countries are not doing as well as their leaders expect, the International Monetary Fund reported yesterday. China is an exception. The fund reported that Chinese production grew
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      Lock icon Joy in Sudan as military rule ends
      253 4 AP THOUSANDS of chanting, drum-beating Sudanese shouted for joy on Saturday as 17 years of military rule ended with the opening of their country's new parliament. To resounding applause, General Abdul-Rahman Swareddahab, Sudan's ruler for the last year, read decrees in Khartoum dissolving
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      Lock icon Protest against free trade talks
      88 4 UPI MORE THAN 7,000 labour leaders and trade unionists jammed the grounds of Toronto's provincial legislature on Saturday in the largest show of opposition yet in Canada to free trade negotiations with the US. Labour leaders and nationalists are opposed to the talks, aimed at
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      Lock icon World oil prices could go below US$10, says American agency
      449 4 Reuter WORLD OIL PRICES could drop below US$lO a barrel this year but are likely to go back up to US$25 to US$32 a barrel by the middle of the next decade. According to a US Energy Department report released
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      Lock icon Reagan warns terrorists to watch their step
      485 4 Reuter PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, calling the world "a savage place", has said that he intends to go ahead with his war on terrorism. "We're showing the world's dictators and terrorists that when they perpetrate their cowardly acts upon citizens of the United States,
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      Lock icon Two sides to tourism story, says UN report
      237 4 UPI A DRASTIC DECLINE in tourism because of terrorist threats will hurt Europe economically this summer, but in most Third World countries too many foreign tourists could harm their culture and development. A UN report pointed out that while the tourist industry
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      Lock icon To Sydney in a powered hang-glider
      171 4 Reuter THIS IS ONE PERSON who believes in travelling light. Eve Jackson (above), 28, is making a bid for fame in an attempt to be the first person to fly the 21,000 km from London to Sydney in a powered hang-glider. She lifted off
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      Lock icon Prisoner pours out frustration onto judge's head
      244 4 UPI FLUSHED with anger, an American judge convicted a prisoner of contempt by abusing the plumbing in his cell and dousing the judge with toilet water. Ricky Malone, who was unhappy with his cell in the Hamilton County Justice Centre, faces an extra
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      Lock icon Robots making their mark
      344 4 UPI ROBOTS like R2D2 from Star Wars that walk, talk and see have been popular for years in films, and now they are starting to become more common in the workplace. Technology has now made it possible to produce walking, talking and seeing robots for use
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      Lock icon Indonesia rules out deficit spending
      226 5 AFP INDONESIA has turned down the idea of deficit spending in the face of an expected sharp fall in state income due to plunging oil prices. Finance Minister Radius Prawiro told the Indonesian parliament on Friday that deficit spending would contravene the policy guidelines laid
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      Lock icon Indian unions resist the computer
      515 5 Fears that the new technology will displace jobs Reuter THE GROWING USE of computers in India, where bullock carts still carry most farm produce and millions still wear homespun cotton, is coming under fire from trade unions. A new generation of electronic brains is speeding
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      Lock icon Beijing urges theorists to adapt
      240 5 UPI A CHINESE communist party official has urged the country's theoreticians to change all "ideas, rules and regulations" that conflict with the development of a market economy. Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday that Zhu Houze, head of the Central Committee Propaganda Department, told officials
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      Lock icon Plot to kill Benazir uncovered, says paper
      207 5 UPI THE GOVERNMENT of the Pakistani province of Sind has revealed a conspiracy to assassinate opposition leader Benazir Bhutto as she addressed a planned May Day rally. -A newspaper in Karachi reported on Saturday that Sind officials said a separatist group in the
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      767 5 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time SIA SQ45 0850 MRU MAS MH8I 1 0910 PEN MAS MH67I 0920 KUL SIA SQ103 0950 KUL CPA CX710 1015 CGK RBA BI421 1030 BWN GIA GA960 1100 CGK SIA SQI05 1105 KUL SJA SQ201 1145 CGK THAI TG403 1155
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      Lock icon Mixed results from Chinese reforms
      379 5 AP, Reuter ECONOMIC REFORMS instituted by China have increased the output of consumer goods but have also caused high inflation, a worsened balance of trade and a decline in grain production, says a recent study by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Beijing has announced a
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      55 4 Doonesbury I mi m k H HPS BBBH OH THAT TOM BIZ FWSTB FOR U/BEKS,THOUGH. rriL PROBABWBB 50MB TIME BEFORE HE REALLY SHAKES IT. L I BY GARRY TRUDEAU t/WAT HE REALLY NEEPS NOUJ ISA 600PNI6HT OF Ts. I JUST LEFT STRJCT ORPERS HBISH7TDBE PtSTURBBP! V v< 2 IS a
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      55 5 I I II %I I ll II I Ever V Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and I I f I I f I II \l Sunday. Leaving Changi Airport at J— S l 22:05 hours and arriving at Heathrow at 07:05 hours the following morning. Call Air Canada at *****55 or your
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Debtor countries warned not to go it alone
      320 6 Reuter DEBTOR COUNTRIES that attempt to "go it alone" have been warned that their efforts could have dangerous consequences even if the measures proved popular with public opinion. Andre de Lattre, the managing director of the Washingtonbased Institute of International Finance (IIF),
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      Lock icon Bolivia to open debt talks with foreign banks
      180 6 Reuter BOLIVIA will open talks on its US$65O-million debt to foreign private banks, on which it has made no payments for more than two years. Foreign Minister Guillermo Bedregal said a commission led by special debt negotiator Adolfo Linares would fly to
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      Lock icon African Development Bank lending exceeds US$1bn for the first time
      343 6 AFP THE AFRICAN Development Bank (ADB) group lent more than US$l billion last year for the first time in two decades of operation. The ADB group annual report, to be presented at the group's board of governors meeting in Harare
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      Lock icon Committee concerned over UK liquidity
      297 6 Reuter THE BUILD-UP of liquidity in the UK economy gives cause for concern and must be carefully monitored. In a report on the 1986 budget, the British parliament's Treasury and Civil Service Committee said it was aware that the build-up reflected high real interest rates
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      Lock icon Swiss banker urges review
      156 6 Reuter SWISS NATIONAL Bank president Pierre Languetin, reacting to the freeze on assets of former Philippine President Marcos, has called for a review of loopholes which allow dubious funds to be deposited in Switzerland. In a speech to the National Bank's General Assembly last Friday, Mr
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      Lock icon Spain plans to liberalise exchange controls
      301 6 Reuter SPAIN, with a growing payments surplus, is drafting measures to relax exchange controls. The Secretary of State for Economic Planning, Mr Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez, said last week: "This year, we will have a bigger current account balance of payments surplus than West
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      Lock icon Bank of China starts accepting renminbi deposits
      126 6 AP BANK OF CHINA, Beijing's state foreign exchange bank, has begun taking deposits in the country's domestic currency, the renminbi yuan, according to an official press report. In the past, only the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan fails to stem dollar's slide
      517 6 Union Bank of Switzerland. THE AMERICAN and Japanese discount rate reduction duet over the past weekend had sine» led by the US the exact reaction on the market in the form of a direct drop in the dollar that Fed chief Volcker
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      Lock icon Overnight rates close firmer on borrowing interest
      299 6 Commercial Discount Co THE INTERBANK overnight rates moved erratically last week. Opening at 4-3/4 4-5/8 per cent it eased to a low of 4 3-3/4 per cent on Wednesday but towards the weekend, as unexpected borrowing interest emerged, it firmed to a high
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      Prime lending rates
      532 6 Mcates the avenge 0» the prime lendnf rates of 12 major banks operata* in Sinfapore PLR of banks at the close of business on Friday, April 25, as supplied by the Association of Banks in Singapore BANK PLR Algemene Bank 7V« Americon Express Bank 8". Am'Dam R'terdam
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      Lock icon Speculative buying pushes dollar to new lows
      170 6 OCBC SPECULATIVE pressure had again done the trick of pushing the US dollar to new lows, breaking resistance levels of 170 yen and 2.20 D-mark. The slide continued, with the greenback retreating before an advancing yen. A minor correction occurred at week close,
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      Asian $ market
      234 6 Asian market ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended Apr 25 BID PRICES High Low uss 7 days 7 6 13/16 1 month 6 15/16 6 11/16 2 months 6 7/8 6 5/8 3 months 6 7/8 6 9/16 6 months 6 13/16 6 9/16 9 months 6
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      Short-term money
      38 6 The range of call rates for the week ended Friday, Apr 25: Bonk fund 45-5 General fund 4 9—5 125 Movements of funds 2000 Source: Short Deposits (M) Bhd Tha financial futuraa report waa not available
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      269 6 fjV The Australian Administrative Staff College in conjunction with CRSB ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCES SDN BHD Presents fS A residential program from July 20 August 1. 19X6 al Fraser's Hill Merlin PROGRAM An intensive two-week fully residential management development program brought back by popular demand This program is ideal for mid-career executive
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      50 6 OLYMPICS QUICK-HOP TO ATHENS K A WISE CHOICE Twice a week, the fastest and only non-stop from Singapore to Athens. Enroute, relax in the sheer comfort and luxury of our Jumbo flight. For enquiries and reservations, call 225 8877. 4 I IT 4 r s 'The International Airline of Greece
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Houston Open enters final round with three-way tie
      312 7 UPI JAY HAAS survived his "worst swing of the week" on the 17th hole to shoot a sizzling 67 on Saturday in the third round of the US$5OO,OOO Houston Open to move into a three-way tie with Calvin Peete and Tom Watson
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      Lock icon Clark and Ballesteros share lead in Madrid Open
      339 7 Reuter BRITAIN'S Howard Clark shot 67 to join Spaniard Severiano Ballesteros in the lead on 205 after the third round of the £120,000 Madrid Open Golf Championship at Puerta de Hierro on Saturday. In heavy rain and bitterly cold temperatures, the two
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      Lock icon Ford makes quiet comeback to motor racing
      321 7 UPI AMERICAN CAR GIANT Ford, back in Formula One racing with a new turbocharged engine, is revving up its hopes cautiously. The company's fresh six-cylinder Powerplant was set to have its race debut in the Lola of 1960 world champion Alan Jones in
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      Lock icon Kapil Dev seeks first test win as captain
      110 7 Reuter KAPIL DEV, one of the world's leading all-round-ers, has set off for India's tour of England seeking his first test win as captain to complete his cricket triumphs. Kapil Dev will be out to end a sequence of 20 tests as
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      Peter wins Changi's AGM golf competition
      330 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS PETER LEE capped a strong back stretch charge with a birdie on the final hole to win Changi's AGM golf competition on Saturday. The 12-handicapper carded a plus-four total to win on countback from Maung Yu Swan and Ricardo Tio in
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      Davis and White head for clash
      63 7 STEVE DAVIS and Jimmy White lined up a world snooker championship quarter-final collision in Sheffield on Saturday, with Davis tipping the winner for the title. Davis dismissed Welshman Doug Mountjoy 13-5 and White eased home 13-8 against John Parrott, to set up a first
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      Cooksley serves up a winning double
      517 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER IT RAINED at Ipoh yesterday. But for New Zealand jockey Grant Cooksley, Kuala Lumpur trainer Kitson Leong and millionaire owner Dato Chong Kok Lim, it was possibly the best thing that could have happened. After all, what better way to see
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      Lock icon IOC chief wants quality athletes at 1988 Olympics
      508 7 AFP INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has reiterated his hope that the 1968 Olympic Games would be open to "quality athletes", including professionals. He was speaking at a press conference on Saturday, the day after the Association of National Olympic
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  • FEATURES
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      Asean Foreign Ministers to meet Laurel
      981 8  -  By LOH HUI YIN TOMORROW'S special meeting among the six Asean Foreign Ministers in Bali will provide them with a timely opportunity to appraise each other on regional, political and economic issues. One of the more interesting events would be the Asean foreign ministers
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      More light shed on claims against AAS
      989 8  -  Letters to the Editor Donald F H Sinclair Dear Sir, Re: (1) Orange Grove Property Pte Ltd v Associated Asian Securities (Pte) Ltd (2) Coselmarine Ltd v Associated Asian Securities (Pte) Ltd (3) Ecko Wood Products Pte Ltd v Associated Asian Securities (Pte)
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      In support of SBC newsreader
      248 8  -  Peter Lim Dear Sir, With reference to the article headlined "SBC finally phases out part-time newsreaders, except one" (BT April 14), it is irresponsible reporting at its worst. The writer started off by making sweeping, often-used generalisations about the types of SBC programmes without being
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      Kampong politics in SSA election
      180 8 Dear Sir, As a member of the accounting/auditing profession which has always striven to maintain a "professional image", it is disheartening to note that "kampong politics" have now been brought into play for the purpose of the forthcoming SSA election. Soliciting letters of all kinds
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      Another case of credit card problem
      217 8 Dear Sir The letter (BT April 24), "Tardy settlement irks small trader", stirred a chord in my memory of a friend of mine who set up a small but high-class restaurant in a business district of a UK city. His clientele consisted mainly of
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      111 8 50... YOU THINK YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT wcci»>m xt m vol 10 m < APRIL IS* MONTHLY > PHARMACEUTICAL fc. GROWTH: TOO BIG A PILL TO SWALLOW? COST OF OWNING NA HORSE l>j\drc»m or l>a>dr«'»m »r iC ntijh«mi«re? THEN ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: Why is the plug pulled on viable companies
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  • THE ARTS
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      Hundred Kangaroos on display Hundred Kangaroos on display
      661 9  -  By MONICA GWEE "PLENTY ANIMALS," said the young man charmingly if ungrammatically about Yao Dixiong's art. He was one of many curious people who strayed onto the exhibition area at the Australian High Commission last Wednesday. Every five minutes or so, Yao
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      SBC bungles over live English football coverage
      583 9  -  By MARIE DAVID IT IS QUITE AMUSING to watch the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation being frequently booked for its attempts at live English football coverage. Lady Luck simply refuses to smile on our broadcasters. The one thing they did teach at the SBC training
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      Amateurs and professionals work side by side in West Side Story
      591 9  -  By TSANG SAU YIN ONE OF THE toughest jobs in amateur production is to take a group made up of different levels of acting ability and give the audience the illusion that each member is of equal ability on
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      Mournful selection but beautiful singing
      326 9  -  By MAX COMMANDER IT WAS NOT everybody's idea of a jolly Saturday night out judging by the acres of empty seats at the Victoria Theatre. Maybe there were rival attractions but I half suspected that Else Paaske's choice of Gluck's Aria: Che Faro Senza Eurydice
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      1148 9 to cm mm A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE 9.30pm, Channel 5 Emma marries Joe Lowther (John Duttine) in spite of her love for David Kallinski (Joris Stuyck). As her business expands, she becomes totally involved with her business, leaving little time for her husband. When he is killed during World War
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      658 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 A fatal furnishing 3 (5) 6 Soft and noble person (5) 9 Went out with a girl who told fibs (7) 10 Vex a girl and some boys (5) 11 SiHy fellow who gets the pub in a state (5) 12 Very good satin producer (5)
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Instinet sells a minority stake to Reuters
      169 10 Reuter INSTINET has completed the sale of a minority interest to Reuters Holdings PLC. The company said Reuters bought 400,000 newly issued Instinet common shares, or 800,000 as adjusted for the two-for-one stock split approved by shareholders at Thursday's annual meeting, and three-year
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      Lock icon Maxwell elected
      56 10 Reuter REUTERS Holdings PLC has elected Robert Maxwell and Richard Storey as directors at the company's annual meeting in London on Friday. Mr Maxwell is the chairman of Pergamon Press Ltd and of British Printing and Communications Corp PLC. Mr Storey is the chairman and chief executive of
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      Tokyo
      327 10 APR 26 A|«>omoto Ako Amodo Asohi Chem Asohi Gloss Bonk of Tokyo Bndgestone Canon Ccrs«) Yen 1590 380 895 820 1230 775 621 1160 1590 30 -10 7 -6 -50 -15 10 20 -10 Mitsub Elec Mitsub Estate Mitsub Heavy Mitsui Mitsui Ship Mitsui Smelting Mitsukoshi Mitsumi Murata NEC
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      Lock icon Prices edge higher in New York
      306 10 Reuter WALL STREET share prices edged higher at the close on Friday, as another IBM gain boosted a sluggish market. Analysts noted investors continued their shift from interestrate sensitive and blue chips into technologies. IBM rose 1"4 to 159 "2. The Dow Jones industrial
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      139 10 Reuter SHARES of Black and Decker Manufacturing Co have risen on speculation that a leveraged buy-out group or outside bidder may be preparing a bid for the company, according to traders and analysts. Recently the stock fell to nearly the lowest level in a year,
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      348 11 UPI UNION CARBIDE Corp has assured stockholders the chemical giant is ready and able to "slug it out" in spite of doubts raised at its annual meeting about plant safety and company finances. Officials faced sharp questions last week about
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      162 11 Reuter HONEYWELL INC is expected to introduce a new 32-bit minicomputer this summer. This, combined with other (actors, may help reverse the earnings decline it suffered in the first quarter. But chairman Edson Spencer said: "The outlook for the short term is tough."
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      271 11 NYT TWO MAJOR American airlines, Northwest and Trans World, have reported losses for the first quarter. TWA's loss widened to U*****.6 million in the quarter from $74.3 million the year before. NWA Inc, which is the parent of Northwest, said it had
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      713 11 Opportunities for faster growth Reuter GENERAL ELECTRIC Co's planned acquisition of 80 per cent of investment banker Kidder Peabody and Co Inc will take the company further into business areas that offer opportunities for faster growth than its traditional manufacturing businesses, according to Wall
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      615 11 Reuter VOLKSWAGEN AG's deal with Ing C Olivetti Co SPA of Italy, announced last week, is a positive move for VW that opens up the possibility of cooperation between the two companies in the longer term, according to share analysts. Under the agreement, which requires
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      243 12 AFP SUGAR EXPORTERS have grudgingly agreed to a modest price increase offered by the European Economic Community, according to participants in a ministerial meeting between the EC and the 66-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states in Bridgetown, Barbados. The 13 r Third World
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      Standard Chartered wins tussle for ITC assets
      406 12  -  By MICHAEL NEILL STANDARD CHARTERED Bank has won the scramble for the International Tin Council's (ITC) limited assets, leaving only few crumbs for the banks which Standard Chartered led in the negotiations towards the now defunct "Newco" tin rescue package. The ITC has
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      Lock icon Jakarta will not meet ITC debts
      105 12 Reuter INDONESIA, the second largest producer member of the International Tin Council, will not accept any court ruling requiring it to meet the debts of the bankrupt group, a mining ministry official has said. The Director-general for Mining, Mr Sutaryo Sigit, said Indonesia will
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      Lock icon New rubber contract seen as useful hedging device
      580 12 Reuter RUBBER INDEX futures, which starts trading in London today, are being viewed constructively by brokers, consumers and producers, traders said. Futures will be traded inter-office, based on a spot index incorporating five different grades of natural rubber quoted in Singapore, Malaysia,
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      Currency movements regain hold on London markets
      777 12 CURRENCY MOVEMENTS strengthened their hold on commodity trading over the past week as recent distractions, such as the Libyan crisis and talks within the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) faded into the background. G«ld: Irregular. Values were supported at the outset by
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      LONDON MARKETS
      706 12 COFFEE ROBUSTA COFFEE futures remained easier in thin business on Friday afternoon, weighed down by a bearish crop report from Sao Paulo and figures showing heavy ICO exports in the first half of this coffee year. At the close second position July was £38 down at £2,318, in
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      Produce exchange
      148 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% Exchange FOB NSW 640 00 Sellers' noon closing prices on Nutmeg Apr 26 (SJ/100 kg). 110 FOB NSW 1422 00 Coconut oil BWP FOB NSW 1322 00 Bulk FOB 50 00 Gambier Old drum FOB New drum FOB 63 00 67 00 FOB NSW
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      70 12 KL TIN Dote April 21 April 22 April 23 April 24 April 25 Closing prices M$/kg 14 70 14 75 14 70 14 69 14 65 Turnover (tonnes) 42 53 53 33 60 RUBBER Closing prices Date Singapore Malaysia S cents/kg M cents/kg Apnl 21 ***** 195 00 April 22
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      Lock icon Higher yen hitting Singapore rubber market, says MRELB
      139 12 Reuter A CRISIS of confidence and the sharp rise of the yen have had a more serious effect on the Singapore rubber market than was initially envisaged, the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board said in its latest monthly review. "The conspicuous
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      WHEAT
      210 12 WHEAT FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied slightly at the close of a dull session on Friday and finished two US cents a bushel higher in spot May to off a fraction in distant months. The nearby month was supported by the tight cash market, with basis
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      SOYBEAN
      153 12 SOYBEAN FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade ranged from 1/2 US cent a bushel lower in spot May to up 1-1/2 cents in distant May at Friday's close. July ended unchanged at U5J5.22-3/4, near the middle of a narrow 2-3/4 cent range. Resurgent foreign currencies against the US
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      447 12 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND TITANIC ORIENTAL ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) At an Extraordinary Gene- ral Meeting of members of TITANIC ORIENTAL ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD duly convened and held at 190 Middle Road, #16-03 Fortune Centre, Singapore 0718 on
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      412 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER LT ARTWOOD SYSTEM PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of LT ARTWOOD SYSTEM PTE LTD duly convened and held at 20 Maxwell Road #07-10, Maxwell House, Singapore 0106 on Wednesday,
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      454 12 DRAGON LIGHTERAGE COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Members' Voluntary Winding-up) FINAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Notice is hereby given that the Final Meeting of Shareholders shall be held at 102 Upper Cross Street, *09-05 O.G. Building, Singapore 0105 on 29th May 1986 at 5.00 p.m. The purposes of the final meeting are: 1.
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      295 12 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF HENLY CAR ACCESSORIES PTE LTD (la members' voluntary liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act Cap 185 that the final meeting of members of the above-named Company will be
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      Lethargy prevails in absence of fresh leads
      5703 13  -  M I) v Singapore I'll By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN THERE SEEMS to be more activity in the grey market last week than there was in the real one. From Monday to Friday, volume remained dismally poor as dealers searched for a scrap of fresh
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      Lock icon Rising yen gives rise to falling prices
      316 13 l ,ok, V" 4 AFP SHARE PRICES on the Tokyo stock market suffered a moderate 68.73 yen loss in the Nikkei Stock Average in erratic trading amid the yen's steep appreciation against the US dollar last week. The key barometer of the market,
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      729 13  -  Week ended April 25 compiled by JULIANA TAY SCRIP ISSUES Matsushita: Proposed bonus issue of one-for-ten. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS The TRIAL of Malaysian businessman-politician Ton Koon Swon, scheduled to beam on May 5, has been postponed to August Stockbroking firm Lin Securities' senior partner, Mr Lm
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      Lock icon Falling dollar brings on the jitters on Wall Street
      1115 14 Signs of waning in bullish euphoria m j| ew FT THE WEEK began on Wall Street with share prices hitting new peaks in the wake of the last Friday's half-point cut in the discount rate. But by midweek, there were clear
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      Lock icon Profit-taking cuts into previous gains
      229 14 s v dne v SSj j Reuter AUSTRALIAN sharemarkets ended the week easier as profit-taking in industrial stocks and a weak resources sector cut into the record gains made in the previous week. The All Ordinaries Index, which closed the previous week at a record
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      Lock icon Milan peaks amid fresh enthusiasm
      125 14 BCI IN MILAN, an initial lull was swiftly brushed aside and the race to new peaks given a further boost as investors, foreign and domestic alike, surged back into the market with unbridled enthusiasm. In the end, the BCI AllShare Index had notched up a
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      Cathay market to now high
      689 14  -  T7 j I Hongkong M By TONY MEASOR HONGKONG has been hit in the past week by Cathay Pacific fever with queues on Wednesday as the populace sought its application forms. Cathay Pacific has been priced at HK$3.BB per share and there are a mere
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      Lock icon Neither a buyer nor a seller be
      1014 14 |rcrD| London s A FT REACHING for the dusty old book of City folklore last week it had to fall open at the "Sell in May and go away" maxim. The phrase hardly epitomises fundamental investment analysis techniques but it is hard to
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      Prices continue to drift in listless trading
      537 14 WW is K.Lumpur IT WAS yet another lethargic week at the Kuala Lumpur stock market last week in the absence of any positive development to boost sentiment. And with the buyers hardly letting their presence felt, share prices continued their downward drift to
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      Lock icon Zurich prices ease with lower US prime
      162 14 CSZ AFTER the long weekend (Sechselaeuten Monday), the previous week's favourable trend continued on through Tuesday with high volume. However, investor scepticism resurfaced on the news that the US had once again lowered the prime rate, which in turn put more pressure on
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      414 14 Hn ifl, I i I Ifl s] HSS PAN MALAYAN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of Pan Malayan Holdings Limited wishes to announce: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1985 Turnover including investment Income of Profit from sale of quoted
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      SES removes 25pc levy on arbitrage deals
      638 15  -  Lukewarm response from brokers By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI THE STOCK EXCHANGE of Singapore has granted a minor concession to the hard-pressed stockbroking industry by waiving the quarter percentage point levy on profits made on all arbitrage deals. In a circular despatched last Friday to
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      Tat Lee group of companies turns in poor results
      580 15 THE TAT LEE group of companies, comprising Tat Lee Bank, Pan Malayan Holdings Ltd and Tat Lee Finance, has turned in poor results for fiscal 1965. Tat Lee Bank, the flagship of the controlling shareholder Goh family, reported the worst results
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      Imatex exempted from making general offer for Gula Perak
      419 15 IMATEX Bhd, which will own 37.6 per cent of Gula Perak following the latter's proposed financial reconstruction scheme, has been granted a waiver from making a general offer by the Foreign Investment Committee. Imatex will reduce its stake in Gula Perak
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      1025 15 Reuter SHARE PRICES closed mixed last Friday after a firm start, on technical buying in reaction to Thursday's sharp falls. Dealers said the early interest soon faded, leaving equities off their highs and lower in some places. Thursday's declines were partly on disappointment with ICl's first quarter 1906
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      C&C Bintang incurs interim loss of M$14.6m
      211 15 MOTOR-BASED Cycle and Carriage Bintang Bhd reported a group pre-tax loss of M 514.6 million for first six months ended March 31, 1986, compared with a pre-tax profit of $11 million previously. During the six month period, turnover was more than halved to
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      Lock icon Pertamina deal for Brunei group
      63 15 Reuter INDONESIA'S state oil company Pertamina has awarded a production-sharing contract for oil and gas exploration on Madura island, just east of Java, to Jasmine Northern Petroleum services of Brunei. The contract calls for Pertamina to act as the operator of the 1,643 sq km
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      ICS plans to launch new product lines
      389 15 THE INSURANCE Corporation of Singapore, which suffered a sharp drop in its domestic business, is planning to launch new product lines this year. Its chief executive, Mr Lock Sai Hung, told BT that there are plans to introduce medical insurance and non-life products
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      758 15 BS' 'ft Tfc TAT LEE BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To All Shareholders The Board of Directors wishes to announce the following:1988 1984 The Bank The Group The Bank The Group srooo. 88'000e SS'OOOs SS'OOOs 1. AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1985 Net Profit
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    Lock icon US raids could lead to world war, says Gaddafi
    239 16 Reuter LIBYAN LEADER Muammar Gaddafi has said US air raids on his country could lead to a third world war. Gaddafi said in an interview published yesterday the April 15 raids were an indirect attack on the Soviet Union and might
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    SDP opens Potong Pasir office
    164 16 MR CHIAM See Tong, secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party and MP for Potong Pasir, yesterday commemorated the opening of his party's new office in his constituency by planting a tree, Slerculia Noblis, which the Housing and Development Board had described as unsuitable and would
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    Queue for Housing Board flats shortened to 51,000
    382 16 THE NUMBER of people on the waiting list for Housing and Development Board flats fell to about 51,000 at the end of March this year, almost 20 per cent less than the 63,013 at the end of March last year. Contributing to
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    Wage poll
    61 16 MALAYSIANS generally want a wage freeze and feel civil servants should not get a pay rise. In a street poll conducted by the New Straits Times in Kuala Lumpur, more than 80 per cent of 42 people interviewed were against higher wages for government employees in view of
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    416 16  -  By LEE HAN SHIH, Property Correspondent PRIVATE developers last year completed 1,154 projects at a construction cost of $2.92 billion, with almost 60 per cent of the money spent on residential propips Ministry of National Development data showed that 2.86 million square metres of private
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    Lock icon Marcos vows to return home one day
    182 16 Reuter EXILED former Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos told supporters by radio yesterday he would one day return ta his country and they should mobilise for a mass rally on May 1. The broadcast from Hawaii was relayed by loudspeakers at a Manila parte
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    Lock icon Graft rampant among US military contractors
    414 16 NYT KICKBACKS in the awarding of subcontracts by big US military contractors are widespread and institutionalised and present far more of a problem than generally believed, according to investigators for Congress and law enforcement agencies. Crackdowns on kickback rings have resulted in dozens of
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    75 16 neuier LESTER PIGGOTT confirmed yesterday that he will come out of retirement to ride Tate Gallery for Irish trainer Vincent O'Brien in next Saturday's 2,000 guineas classic at Newmarket. Piggott said in London: "When Vincent asked me to ride on Friday, I was flattered and decided
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    260 16 UPI CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, a video pirate in the US apparently upset over the scrambling of pay TV satellite transmissions, interrupted nationwide satellite distribution of a pay television film network yesterday with a televised protest. In what was apparently an unprecedented interference with such satellite transmissions
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    Lock icon In search of a clean watery grave
    114 16 AFP A WOMAN jumped into a river bent on drowning herself but had second thoughts because she found the water so polluted, a newspaper in Taipei reported on Saturday. The United Daily News said the 32-year-old woman, identified only by the surname Liu,
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      42 16 Reuter A BRITISH tourist was shot dead yesterday in an apparent guerilla attack while visiting a site revered as Christ's burial place in Arab East Jerusalem. Israeli police identified the dead as Paul Appleby, aged about 25.
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      Lock icon More aid for Philippines
      52 16 Bernama THE Philippines is scheduled to receive nearly US$2 billion in fresh loans and grants from the IMF and the country's 483 foreign creditor banks. The English language Philippine newspaper Inquirer yesterday said part of the aid will come from governments such as Japan and the
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      Lock icon Plan to develop gas resources
      43 16 Bernama MALAYSIA and Thailand have finalised discussions to set up a joint authority to develop gas resources in their common sea boundary area in the Gulf of Siam, said the Minister in the Prime Minister's department yesterday. Bernama
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      Lock icon Saudis seek more Japanese ventures
      41 16 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA wants Japan to step up investments in the kingdom with joint ventures. Minister of Industry and Electricity Abdul Aziz al-Zamel said yesterday that his country is seeking more investments and Joint projects. Reuter
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      Lock icon Arafat in Cairo for talks
      39 16 Reuter PALESTINE Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat arrived in Cairo yesterday for what he said were important talks with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak on Palestinian issues and to meet a UN fact-finding committee. Reuter
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      Lock icon Military training for civil servants
      37 16 Reuter IRAN'S 1.6 million civil servants are to receive compulsory on-the-job military training to maintain the momentum of the country's 5 Vi-year-old war effort, said the official news agency Irna yesterday. Reuter
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      36 16 Reuter PRESIDENT Babrak Karma! did not address Afghanistan's Revolution Day parade yesterday, fuelling speculation that he was either ill or out of favour with Kabul's main ally, the Soviet Union. Reuter
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      449 16 I Identifying Training Needs Singapore, June 16 20, 1986 v Objectives To enable delegates to develop the skills of identifying training needs and so improve the effectiveness of their training design. Who will Benefit? Training managers, officers and analysts who are called upon to analyse training needs within their companies
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      57 16 ?*);-(<&$%)>&/;-'$&}&/%~?.:!\>' Outlook for today: Showers over several areas from noon, clearing in the late afternoon. Rep ort for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Apr 27 at the airport: Maximum temperature 30.2 Associated humidity 78 Minimum temperature 25.5 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 2.05 Rainfoll in millimetres 3 Rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      132 17 THE BUOYANT trans-Atlantic trade has attracted another new entrant. Nedlloyd has announced that from July 1 it will launch a new trans-Atlan-tic service using four multipurpose ro-ro vessels. These vessels will serve the ports of Bremer haven, Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Le Havre, New York, Norfolk and
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      Lock icon MOL predicts rise in rates
      129 17 AFP MITSUI OSK Lines (MOL) of Japan forecast a gradual rise in tanker freight rates thanks to stepped-up scrapping of surplus tankers which reached a record 30 million deadweight tons last year. In its annual report on the shipping market, the shipping firm forecast that
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      Lock icon KPA says its revenue will not be affected by privatisation
      450 17 Bernama THE KELANG PORT Authority (KPA) is confident its revenue in the current year will not be adversely affected by the privatisation of its container terminal, KPA general manager Hashir Haji Abdullah said. He said that although container operations accounted
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      Lock icon India plans to import 700,000 ldt of ships for scrapping
      364 17 Reuter THE INDIAN government has proposed the import of about 700,000 ldt of ships for scrapping in 1986/87 ending March 31, well below the shipbreaking industry's installed capacity of more than two million ldt, government and industry officials said. Harshad
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    • PORTSIDES
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        Lock icon Developing Paradip port
        93 17 Reuter HYUNDAI CORPORATION has offered to help finance development of the eastern Indian port of Paradip to help it handle iron ore ships of up to 170,000 dwt tonnes, Indian Minister of State for Transport Rajesh Pilot said. A loan for dredging and construction would be repaid
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        Lock icon Daewoo wins US$81m deal
        46 17 Reuter DAEWOO Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry Ltd of South Korea has won a US$Bl million contract from Heerema Shipping Co of Tlie Netherlands to build two barges, Daewoo officials said. The vessels will be delivered between October 1987 and January 1988. Reuter
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        Lock icon Drop in Dutch yards' orders
        85 17 Reuter ORDERS PLACED with Dutch shipyards fell to 36,000 deadweight tons in the first quarter of this year from 129,000 in the last quarter 1985, and compared with 128,759 tons in the same quarter last year, the Central Union of Master Shipbuilders in The Netherlands
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1387 18 FAIRLY active coal and time-charter fixing featured the freight market on Thursday with no fresh grain fixing seen from the US Gulf to Continent or Japan, shipbrokers said. The fractionally higher level of US$7.l5 was reported paid for coal from Hampton Roads and Richards Bay to Japan, while
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      Covering the risk of legal action
      405 18 CONCERN IS NOW being expressed over the possibility that the work of classification societies may be compromised by difficulties in securing adequate indemnity insurance to cover the increased risk of legal actions. Most of the major classification societies have seen their professional indemnity insurance
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      SHIP SALES
      764 18 UNCONFIRMED reports are circulating the second-hand market that two Sanko VLCC's have been sold at about USs4.7million each to unnamed interests for further trading. The vessels are said to be the 273,117-dwt Andes Maru built 1974 and the 273,711-dwt Yoko Maru built 1975. Meanwhile, brokers reported that the
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      ABS to undertake non-marine work
      313 18 AMERICAN BUREAU of Shipping has decided to broaden the scope of its activities to undertake non-classification, non-ma-rine work. At the 142 th ABS annual general meeting recently, its chairman and president Mr William N Johnston said: "What we are striving towards, is the substantial expansion
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      207 18 FT HARLAND AND WOLFF, the state-owned Belfast shipyard, has won the fierce battle with Swan Hunter on Tyneside for the £100 million plus contract to build the first of the new support ships for the British navy. However, the government has
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      219 19 THE FALL IN world oil prices has meant an effective reduction in freight rates in the Australian liner trades. Rates to North America and Europe have eased by 8-19 per cent while those charged on routes to South-east Asia and the Far East by
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      436 19 Lloyd's List A US$65O million takeover bid by CSX, the second largest US railroad group, has been welcomed by Sea-Land. The US container ship operator has been fighting off the unwanted attentions of Texan businessman Mr Harold Simmons for almost a year.
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      554 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURL LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE Spare Bfcaoßremen Adam/Rdam Ldn Hamtwi OCEAN PWMA V4WB S-7/5 4/5 7/S 11/6 L.J. BONTANG VBWB 9-11/5 10/S 14/6 16/6 21/6 S pore Genu Bfcao Le
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      430 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES Pagan V9BM Htoneywa V/ 211 Paan V9SK BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon PKeUng 10/11 May (P. Gudang) 9/10 May (P Gudang) 20/22 May A BANK LINE EXPRESS SEMTCONTAINER SERVICE northbound tome sporf roam hui «bc THAIASSM MAN* 12/5 10.6 IS/t MEWJONBM*
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      726 22 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers l tfllfi P Aetang FSTFtIIPPFR ft Api i 61AHAR 13 May FSIFCIIPPfR ?8 Mj, (H*N r «0*o 71 Apr Mrlb I tf<n Sydn Ij Mai 22 Mj» ?0 Mj, 1. M., ?6 Ma* Md. 6 lun 16 lun 14 lun >: i u
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      767 22 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD ?3 TtM A»er Street sautraM 0104 m SMWM <10 IMS> STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOlttN MM tfloTtn/ *jrachi Dub* Doha Minn GOIKN HAWN Colombo Hiijch. Bombay Dut»> tn Mir ft ft Mi> CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA SEMI-CONTAINER/
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      481 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road #27-16 P<a?a Smqapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 L.nesl <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pare P. KetanfPen AM* LA *****08 10/S 12/5 STEPOV *****07 14/5 11/5 ROT/ANT/Iff (AWN)/BELFAST SETE/ROT/ANT/UK AVON A f e«h Smtipoe MTRASEA (Pit) LTD BOOKNG *****11 Lumpur BMTANG SMTPMG CO
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      686 23 U-NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Ajenti Sport NEPTUNE ACENCES PTE LTD let No office lerranal CfS BOOKHGS *****77 EE EU AUST TP*/** *****77 *****22 *****53 OR DMECI UNES *****53 *****42 t Bahru HARPER WRA SON BHD 23(100 P Keiang HARPER »WRA SON BHD *****01 *****4J P lava HARPER WRA SOM
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      305 23 spow agints NIPTUNI AGFNC4S PTf 1 TO Tel ?***** 7/?*****4 (Bookings! ????SlO (Operatwm) ????487/??09?84 (Ternwul) ??0?4M) *****04 (CfS) M»| «»SIA A&INIS TUNAS SfTIA SOW BHO K1 Trt t> PK IH *****4 PTNIH *****5/*****b Ss\ CEYLON SHIPPING CORPN National Line of Sri Lanka FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO COLOMBO. ARABIAN GULF, RED
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      450 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD EFFECTIVE APRIL 23, 1986 OUR NEW TEL NO. *****33 (REGULAR INDEPENDENT SERVICE) ODESSA OCEAN LINE FULL CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES LOADING FOR MEDITERRANEAN PORTS DtSCHARONG FROM MEDITERRANEAN PORTS S pore PKl*>l Penanf Naples Leftarn Genoa MV GERCH MONKADY VOY Be/86 27/04 28/04 29/04 21/05 19/05
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      125 23 3" K& S LINE JAPAN STRAITS SERVICE SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37. Somerset Ro*d. #06-01. Nfl T*ow Yh— Bldg S port 0923 T«l 235 S4-4.4 (4 Port Krlanf Tifa P»u Shopmj Sdn Bhd Tel 03 38 < >0.'4 S Penanj Malaysia Irade Transport ltd Tel 04 61 7893 Pas*
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      384 24 if REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES TO BANGKOK (4 WEEKLY SAILINGS) 5551 G3ZIB SKI BHUM SEA DRAGON Sat/Sun 110 11/5 11/5 THANA BHUM SKI BHUM Thu/Fri 15-16/5 Sat/Sun 17-18/5 E35 OSES SS2 ill' U* lii ira..?i TO SOUTH THAILAND I 081 inin (i > j I ii' .'.■nuCTlEajii iinimMn/a —1M li m\
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      239 25 PROMPT SHIPPING LINE SA. KOlMt MOUTHY HO SEWCt TO HIST WTBCAH TOUTS CTA STOK HUMGHN CMEEK lOtti May 0»«ndo Mw Ttma. Dm Mala*. Mi* C«akry CHMHU CMfUI 25th May MataA Dm*. li|*» Ink. WEN CHANG 81IWPINQ A ENTERPRISES PTE LTD 10 ANSON ROAD #27-15, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: 221*531,
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      385 25 WORLD LINE EXPRESS REGULAR SERVICE JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO PORT KELANG AISO ACCEPTME CARGO TO POUT KELANG VESSELS SPORE P KELAWG OMENTAL BEAU *1 35 May 1/J Ih» «/5 GOLDEN LAKE Wl-IM May 13/15 May 1«/17 Sa.WCS LAKE NLI43 May 25/27 May M/M BLUE SHAM *127 to. 4/C to.
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      349 25 SINGAPORE *****11 (12 Lines) TELEX RS ***** FRTMAN PENANG 04-*****7/*****4 TELEX: MA ***** FRTMAN PORT KELANG 03-*****07/8 TELEX: MA ***** FLEKUL LOADUG FOR SYO, MELB, AD€. BR IS, FRE, BROOME. P HE DC AND, DARWN AUCK, WELL, N PLYMOUTH. C'CHURCH, NAPCR. LYT'LTON WEST EAST COAST. GULF PORTS NLAND POINTS HSNKANG,
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      75 25 CHMA WHTIOWM. FORBGH TKAtt TMHSWRTATIOH cow.. Singapore/China Direct S«rvices>« in+t fm m tMMU 1-5/5 6—**■■• MV RUfiy 15-H/5 mv lowK n-a/i Hum MV NMCNC »-»/5 Sw**«. tav M ttmfa Cj» Sabftl hjhwglg SIN CHIAO SHIPPING AGENCY PTE LTD T»l: *****61/2 Tlx: ***** REGULAR SERVICE TO INDIA VESSEL ETA LOAONG FOR
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      286 25 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ft ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG *AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE PRELAW PENANG PERARANG BELARRN TOMER GLORY M 9 U*4 12/4 11/4 G SELATAN Vlll V-31 SjM IS/4 17/4 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRERS 5 VESSELS Of BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS
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      485 26 fQwsmm wsrasasr P KEIANG PtNANG FOR 9/10 toy 11/13 May UK ITM. HBG. BHVM ANP BANGKOK FO* ki Port FM. WE. BHVN. ANP, HUll 9/12 May «G BHVN. kW HUll AGENTS: LEO SHIPPING PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE *****22 FARYS MARITIME SERVICES SDH BHD KUALA LUMPUR: *****3/*****1/*****0 PORT KELAHG: *****1/3«2571/M2590/3»«1 MALAYSIA TRADE
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      504 26 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE LTD 6001 BEACH ROAD #13-01 GOLDEN MILE TOWER SINGAPORE 0719 TEL NO. *****44 (3 LINES) TLX NO. RS ***** HEAPCO II CONTAINS SERVICE TO PORT KELANG/PENANG FULL CONTAINER SERVI VESSELS <0T HO ANSON V4SMS ANSON WS7K ANSON V4SU6 ANSON MMtt ANSON V4«OM ANSON VMIM sron
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