The Business Times, 2 May 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 FRIDAY, MAY I, 198« 75 CENTS
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  • 442 1  -  Adjustment of 0.39 point in line with falling bank rates By FOO CHOY PENG, Chief Reporter DECLINING BANK RATES will bring down the interest rate on Central Provident Fund savings to 5.99 per cent when it is adjusted again in July. The
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  • 422 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN ECONOMIC COOPERATION, especially in the fight against trade protectionism, was reaffirmed in talks between President Reagan and Asean yesterday. The President was also asked to urge Japan to open up its market for Asean's goods when he attends the Tokyo
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  • 538 1  -  By ALVIN TAY FOR THE FIFTH successive year, Singapore's labour force has been rated as the best in the world, but Mr Goh Chok Tong yesterday cautioned that rivals such as Taiwan and South Korea were fast catching up. The First Deputy Prime
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  • 310 1 THE LABOUR MOVEMENT yesterday resolved to accept short-term sacrifices, including accepting wage restraint for as long as necessary to ensure the successful implementation of the Republic's national economic policies. This pledge was among five resolutions adopted by the May Day rally of leaders and members
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  • 128 1 AP US TREASURY SECRETARY James Baker thinks that the dollar's more than 30 per cent decline in exchange value over the past 14 months had been orderly and moderate. He declined to say whether the Reagan administration sought a further decline for the dollar,
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  • 89 1 THE EVENING downpour failed to dampen the spirits of more than 2),000 workers, their families and friends who gathered in their union colours for the May Day charity walk from the Padang to the National Stadium yesterday. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, Second Deputy Prime Min- ister
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  • 313 1 Agencies THE JAPANESE Cabinet yesterday approved a set of measures aimed at reducing the economy's dependence on exports and encouraging a more consumer-oriented society. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone will explain the measures at this weekend's economic summit, officials said. The six other countries
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  • 272 1 AFP CHINA should discard outdated Marxist maxims while using the fundamentals of Marxism to develop an open, market-orient-ed economy, according to Hu Qili, a widely-tipped successor to the Chinese Communist Party's top leadership post. Mr Hu said in a May Day speech published in
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    • 134 1 •c n o0 ;;o^° *$**> A WHOLE WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES At Banque Indosuez, we've been serving Singapore as far back as 1905. Our office is part of a vast Asian and Australasian network spread over 18 countries including among others, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Korea, China, Hong
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    • 264 1 Mora itoriM, Back Pag* mm COMPANY NEWS MONEY ft EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE CROSSWOROS TV S RADIO BRISTOW DOONESBURY OUR VIEW THE DISASTER AT THE Chernobyl nuclear power plant throws up larger questions about the way information is handled in the Soviet Union. And the way it is being
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 353 2  -  By ALVIN TAY EMPORIUM HOLDINGS has dropped "Kimisawa" from the name of its superstore in Hougang and will now have to do battle with the Japanese Kimisawa supermarket chain in busy Orchard Road. BT yesterday visited the Hougang outlet, previously called Oriental Kimisawa
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    • 184 2 HAVELOCK ROAD is to be widened to reduce traffic congestion. Work on the stretch between Kim Seng Road and Chin Swee Road will take a year to complete. This three-quarter kilometre stretch is lined with godowns and old shophouses on one side and
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    • 135 2 THE BARISAN SOSIALIS has described the severe wage restraint recommended by the -National Wages Council as unfair and unjust. The NWC prescription, which came after the cut in employers' contribution to the Central Provident Fund, only increased the burden of workers but did little to attract
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    • 273 2  -  By ANNA TEO THE NATIONAL TRADES Union Congress Is likely to have achieved its target of 200,000 members by May Day yesterday as, at the end of March, affiliate unions already had 199,879 members on the rolls, according to figures released in the latest
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    • 129 2 THE POPULARITY of the NTUC Union Card, which gives its cardholder concessions at some retail outlets and recreational facilities, has drawn inquiries from many companies keen to )oin the scheme. Statistics on the use of the Union Card from January to March
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    • 616 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN SMALL- and medium-size local companies received about $20 million in loans under the Small Industries Finance Scheme in March, either to expand or improve their operations. This was just $5 million short of the total amount
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 241 3 There's a feast of information in The Economist thisweek. For an appetizer, dip into our Economic and Financial Indicators on the last two pages. Or whet your appetite with a quick course on World Politics and Current Affairs up front. The Economist offers a tempting range of main courses from
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 420 4  -  By LIM SOON NEO THE AIR CARGO INDUSTRY is likely to record a growth rate of between 5 per cent and 10 per cent this year, according to an official of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). "Based on the performance in
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    • 303 4  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF LUFTHANSA German Airlines is expecting an increase of at least 10 per cent in outbound cargo this year, provided business continues its upward trend. Mr Wong Toon Nam, Lufthansa's area sales manager (cargo mail) in Singapore, said the company averaged 70 tonnes a
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    • 266 4 BRITISH AIRWAYS has opened a major European trucking hub in Maastricht Airport in Holland to boost continental business and improve efficiency. According to British Airways News, the hub will be the focal point for existing and planned European road operations, feeding traffic into
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    • 199 4 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight Local tHM From Oprotor Flight number Local tint* For FRIDAY FT FT7I 0044 JFK/BOS NW NW906 0815 HKG/NRT/ ORD/ANC LAX/SFO NRT/MNL KAL KE697 0200 BKK/ TPE (SEL) KAL KE698 0200 BKK/ (SEL) JAL JL615 0905 KUL FT FT 66 0245 KUL/HKG NRT/ANC ORD/JFK SATURDAY
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    • 279 4 SINGAPORE AIRLINES expects to carry more live animals with the introduction of its Boeing 747 Combi services. The main deck cargo compartment of the Combi (combination aircraft) can carry three-metre high loads. This is ideal for the carriage of live animals in International
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    • 131 4 BOEING Commercial Airline Company recently confirmed the order of 12 Boeing 737-300 twinJets by Trans Pacific Enterprises and five such aircraft by German airline Condor Flugdienst. The purchase of Trans Pacific Enterprises, a subsidiary of Ansett Transport Industries, is worth US$3OO million. The delivery programme calls for
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 25 4 Lufthansa cargo routes to 147 destinations within 80 countries and 6 continents, together with German Cargo Services to the rest of the world. Lufthansa Cargo
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 323 5 Reuter WEST GERMANY'S leading economic institutes have painted a glossy picture of the country's prospects this year has been forecast to bring the highest economic growth since Chancellor Helmut Kohl took office in 1962. The first significant cut in unemployment this decade is also
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    • 252 5 UPI THE NATIONAL COMMISSION on space would recommend to President Reagan that the US lead human exploration and settlement of the moon and Mars in the decades ahead, its chairman said on Wednesday. "We have the richest gene pool of any people on
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    • 304 5 UPI THE DIRECTOR of Unicef, citing the deaths of 10,000 children daily, demanded on Wednesday that world leaders join forces with parents in a medical revolution to immunise all the world's children by 1990. At an international health conference hosted by former US president
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    • 137 5 UPI THE ROCKEFELLER Foundation said it would spend US$3OO million for new international projects over the next five years to help people in developing countries overcome poverty. That is double the money spent on such programmes during the previous five years. Foundation president Richard W
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    • 482 5 AFP IN THE SILENCE of libraries, in the dark, dust and damp of archives, 20 species of insects and 200 types of micro-organism are quietly flourishing and feeding on human knowledge. From lichen and fungi to termites, beetles and the aptly-named book louse, they
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    • 192 5 UPI NUDISTS are going to sea in luxury but they better bring plenty of suntan lotion to combat the intense Caribbean sun. For the first time, nudists are booking an exclusive Caribbean cruise aboard a luxury Italianregistered liner from Dec 13 to Dec
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    • 444 5 AFP THE RECORD US$5.5 billion trade surplus Japan ran up with the US in March is certain to provoke a fresh round of "Japan-bashing" on Capitol Hill where hundreds of protectionist measures are pending, congressional sources said on Wednesday. It will also provide more
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    • 125 5 AFP ORDERS for US manufactured goods fell by 2.3 per cent in March after dropping by 1.3 per cent in February. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday it was the sharpest monthly decline since a plunge of 3 .3 per cent in
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    • 370 6 UPI SOVIET nuclear experts and decontamination teams yesterday battled to control the radioactive aftermath of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power station as the Soviet media claimed that Western news reports and governments were exaggerating the scale of the accident. The official
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    • 189 6 Reuter PHILIPPINE Vice-President Salvador Laurel said his country was dead broke and needed much more US assistance than the US$l5O million which President Reagan offered last week. Mr Laurel told the New York Times before his scheduled meeting with Mr Reagan yesterday on the
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    • 261 6 UPI AS PART of a drive to wipe out corruption, China has revoked the licences of more than 8,700 businesses run by government and Communist Party officials and is investigating a further 3,000. The state-run Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday: "The Chinese government
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    • 145 6 Reuter THE MAN tipped to be China's culture minister said on Wednesday art and politics were inseparably linked but he looked forward to the day when a richer and more developed China would have less politicised art. The official press has hinted that
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 828 7 Reuter INTERNATIONAL efforts to replace Japan's export growth with domesticdriven demand could collapse for the simple reason that the Japanese may not be able to consume any more than they do already, official figures show. Consumer demand is supposed to keep the heart of
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    • 444 7 AP FROM ARGENTINA to Yugoslavia and from Taiwan to South Africa, nuclear reactors are a growing energy option around the world, despite public worries which have curtailed atomic plant development in a few nations. The US has more reactors than any other country, with
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  • FEATURES
    • 490 8 ACCIDENTS ARE ACCIDENTS, but the way they are handled is not accidental. It is characteristic of the Soviet Union to try and keep a tight lid on information relating to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, 100 km north of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
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    • 951 8  -  Hongkong's capital market has grown spectacularly. However, future growth on this scale is unlikely because of events in Tokyo and the caution displayed by Beijing, says david dodwell. DAVID DODWELL. FT AFTER 15 MONTHS of spectacular growth, Hongkong's domestic capital market is about to come
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    • 1065 8  -  How the approved investment scheme works By DAVID GABRIEL, Special Correspondent THE CPF Approved Investment Scheme comes into effect today. Members now enjoy greater flexibility in managing their accounts using, initially, a proportion of funds in the Ordinary Account to purchase trustee and other approved
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  • SPORTS
    • 281 9 AFP DENNIS ANDRIES, a 32-year-old West Indian from London, became Britain's most unlikely world champion when he outpointed holder JB Williamson from Los Angeles for the WBC light-heavyweight title in the British capital on Wednesday. Andries proved that life's impossible dreams can come true. Williamson,
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    • 374 9 AP BRAZIL defeated Yugoslavia 4-2 on Wednesday in an exhibition soccer match in Recife, Brazil. The Brazilian goalscorers were Zico in the 20th, 61st and 75th minutes and Careca in the 87th minute. Gracan scored five minutes before the interval, and
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    • 95 9 AFP STEVE DAVIS took just 33 minutes on Wednesday to complete Jimmy White's worst snooker championship defeat. In the quarter-final in Sheffield, the world No. 1 imperiously snuffed out 23-year-old White's precocious challenge with a 13-5 hammering of the man be beat 10-8 in the
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    • 216 9 AFP RAJ SINGH, manager of the Indian cricket team that arrived in England on Wednesday, sees the first Test at Lord's in June as the key to their three-match series. He said: "We hope to win at least one Test and if
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    • 740 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS LET IT NOT be said that we did not warn you. But unless you get down early to the Bukit course today (or a ringside seat, you're bound to miss a battle so rivetting as to make the "Thrilla in Manila" look
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    • 76 9 AP JEFF GRYGIEL shot a 30 on bis back nine and tied Paul Azinger at 8-under-par 64 for the ant-round lead on Wednesday in the Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational golf tournament. Grygiel had a string of four consecutive birdies after the turn and caught
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    • 113 9 NATIONS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP THE DUNHILL CUP 1986 PACIFIC FINAL -r r?J:j m M- X \s >\ Singapore Island Country Club 2-4 May 1986 The Singapore Island Country Club plays host to the Dunhill Cup Pacific Qualifying Final from the 2nd to the 4th May. Eight teams, including Singapore, will be
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1209 9 to (MD mm FRIDAY AT THE MOVIES Super Sleuth IOJOpm, Channel 5 Set in a country mansion outside Sydney, a busload of amateur photographers arrive for an afternoon convention. Before the afternoon is over, at least one of them is dead and the others cannot leave the mansion until they
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 326 10 FT DAIMLER-BENZ, the fastdiversifying West German motor vehicle company, plans to raise its dividend sharply and pay a bonus for 1965 after boosting parent company net profit to 1.25 billion marks (US$57l million) from 711 million marks in 1984. The company proposes a dividend increase from
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    • 153 10 Reuter WELLCOME PLC's firsthalf results were adversely affected by a 19 per cent rise in the average sterling rate against the dollar when compared with last year's first half, the company said in its interim statement. If last year's first-half results were restated
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    • 314 10 Reuter WALL STREET stocks tumbled to a record point loss on Wednesday, as measured by the Dow industrials, as the Soviet nuclear accident became the catalyst for a major sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 41.91 points to 1783.98. The previous record
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    • 138 10 AFP NESTLE, the world's largwt foods multinational, •egistered first-quarter tales of 9.9 billion Swiss Italics (U554.96 billion) this pear, a 14 per cent drop torn the same period last rear. Nestle'» deputy manager, Helmut Marcher, said In Zurich on Wednesday that the drop, which he
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    • 42 10 Reuter BRITISH Telecommunications PLC (BT) has agreed with STC PLC to buy the main burl new of STC's subsidiary, lAL, for about £22 million. lAL provides aviation, communications, airport security and other systems and services worldwide. Reuter ZvrtohprtoM^
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 394 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed higher yesterday under a late buying surge set off by news that the Cathay Pacific flotation was more than 55 times oversubscribed, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index climbed 11.66 points to 1,848.65, equalling the record set on Monday, while the Hongkong Index rose 8.01
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    • 407 11 TOKYO: Share prices yesterday fell in moderate trading as Wednesday's sharp decline in New York prompted investors to take profits on export-related shares, brokers said. The market average lost 42.85 to close at 15,782.65. Turnover was 570 million shares against 540 million the day before when the average gained
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    • 68 11 MAY 1 Bonk Seoul Wo* 730 unch Hyundai Const Hyundai Motor KAL 935 2075 1060 721 -14 -19 -40 +6 Otohsung Bk 675 729 +5 +14 Yukooa 2278 -1? 540 ■16 440 -10 905 •22 1141 -14 1270 -30 1060 unch 487 -6 2079 4 Gold Star 1362 •13
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    • 348 11 BYDNEY: Australian share markets closed slightly firmer yesterday, buoyed by demand for industrial stocks and takeover activity, as investors ignored the record 42-point fall on the New York Stock Exchange overnight, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 2.3 points higher at 1212.9 while the All Industrials Index gained
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    • 137 11 UPI A MAJOR Japanese bank has acquired a California institution while an audio equipment maker says it will move into Kentucky. Sanwa Bank of Osaka said its wholly-owned subsidiary in San Francisco has purchased 99.9 per cent interest in Lloyds Bank California of Los
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    • 332 11 Reuter INCREASING competition from Asian manufacturers was the dominant issue at the Comdex personal computer industry show in Atlanta, Georgia, this week. Although Asian companies have been making computers for such US corporations as Tandy, ITT and Sperry for several years, only in the
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    • 292 11 FT TOYOTA and Nissan overtook BMW in the West European new car market for the first time in the first quarter of this year and helped lift the total Japanese share to a record 11.3 per cent. Fiat was European market leader in the January-March
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 601 12 NYT IN SPITE OF stronger-than-ex-pected economic growth in the first quarter, US corporate earnings (or the first three months of this year remained weak, with profits depressed for a wide range erf industries. Among the industries hardest hit in the January-to-March period were
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    • 370 12 NYT FIAT, the Italian motor and industrial group, made a consolidated net profit of 1,326 billion liras last year more than double 1984's profit and the highest in its history. The result was announced in Turin on Wednesday. Italy's largest private sector group
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    • 270 12 AFP LOWER OIL PRICES have led to a slump in world demand for oil industry piping, although production capacity continues to rise. The steel committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation St Development (OECD) said on Wednesday that Japanese piping exports were
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    • 697 12 NYT AVIS car-rental company is expected to change hands (or the 10th time since it was formed 40 years ago. This time, the new owner will be the Wesray Capital Corp, an investment organisation headed by former Treasury Secretary William Simon. News of
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    • 482 12 UPI THE RESTRUCTURING of the Monsanto Co is nearly complete, with the chemical giant placing a multimillion-dollar bet on the new and sometimes controversial field of biotechnology. If Monsanto gets the green light from the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct tests
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    • 357 12 FT FHILLIPS PETROLEUM, the major US oil company which sharply increased its debt burden last year in order to fight off a hostile takeover attack, has cut its dividend for the first time in over 50 years in a bid to strengthen its financial position following
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 580 13 JAKARTA: The US dollar was fixed at $1122.50/1128.00 yesterday. HONGKONG: THE US dollar yesterday closed higher in Asia on short covering set off by a press report quoting Bundesbank president Karl Otto Poehl as saying he would not want the dollar to (all further against the mark. Dealers
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    • 209 13 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed a shade easier in fairly quiet trading in the absence of fresh factors. Dealers said the market holiday in various centres, especially in Europe, dampened sentiment. Narrow movements on the foreign exchange markets also discouraged traders. Gold ended at U*****.40/90 an ounce compared with the
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    • 246 13 Reuter GOLD IS SET to hold in its recent trading range, barring disruptions from political developments or upheavals in the financial system, according to economists in the foreign exchange department of Union Bank of Switzerland. Gold faced pressure from weak oil prices, low Inflation,
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    • 487 13 Reuter THE ASIAN Development Bank, ADB, like its newest member, China, has signalled a fundamental shift in policy which emphasises the private sector. However, bankers and government officials say it remains to be seen if the strategy, widely seen as a concession
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    • 232 13 Reuter SHIFTING expectations about the strength of Japanese demand for the re-cord-sized quarterly refunding will probably determine movements in the US credit markets until the US$27 billion in new debt is auctioned next week, economists said. With attention focused on those factors that
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    • 126 13 Reuter CHINA MUST USE less cash to reduce the incidence of robbery and illegal accounting practices, an official of the People's Bank of China has said. The China Daily on Wednesday quoted Mr Jin Jiandong as saying the proportion of cash in cir- culating
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    • 464 13 Indicative Gross Coupon Amount Interest of doys of Middle Price Redemption Maturity Yeor raised Rat* Million) Payment Accrued (excluding Yield ,»> Dotes Interest accrued pa) 15 5 86 Loan 1 1983 5* 150 00 15/5, 15/11 166 100.00 5.50 15.10
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 86 13 Reuter TOKYO MOST FUTURES yesterday closed at or just below the day's highs with small gains of 0.6 to 1.7 yen per kilo on small-lot booksquaring buying and short covering generated by the dollar's strength against the yen, dealers said. But trading was thin as a wait-and-see attitude dominated
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    • 235 13 Reuter WHEAT FUTURES on Wednesday closed up the 20-cent a bushel daily limit, having maintained those gains since midsession on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices soared on the unprecedented disaster at the Soviet nuclear plant. Traders were unsure of accident's ultimate impact on Soviet agriculture but they discussed
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    • 226 13 Reuter SOYBEAN FUTURES on Wednesday closed 10-1/2 to 21 US cents a bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade, falling back from 30-cent limit gains in new crop months posted earlier. July, traded in a 30 cent range and settled at US$5.5l, up 17-1/2 cents. the gains in
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    • 265 13 Reuter THE WESTERN highlands province of Papua New Guinea, PNG, has been placed under quarantine after the discovery of coffee rust on a plantation in the Baiyer river area. About 1,000 hectares of coffee trees on the plantation will be burnt to prevent the spread
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    • 653 13 COFFEE Liquidation of the May position on Wednesday ahead of first delivery day yesterday, commission house stoploss selling and an easier New York market on Wednesday afternoon combined to weigh heavily on robusta coffee futures, dealers said. The market ended with losses from Tuesday night of £54 to
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    • 44 13 London Commodity White foq, afloat White foq May/June 5400 Exchange 5400 Sellers' closing prices on Apr 30 (USS/long tonne CIF Europoon Black special. spot Black special. 3850 pom, unless otherwise stated) Pepper afloat 3850 (Sorawak) Black special Foq, spot 5400 Moy/June 3850
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    • 32 13 LONDON US$/tonne May 250/243 pd closing prices on April 30 tOTTEIOAM USS/tonne PotmoJ Crude Sumatra/M'sia M'sion/Sumatra Crude CIF May/June 225 00 sir June 247 50/242 pd Aiy 227 50 sir
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    • 398 13 FT CHINA HAS bought 1.5 million barrels of oil from Indonesia, the first direct trade deal between the two countries since the severing of diplomatic relations in 1967. The purchase comes 10 months after a historic trade agreement between the two countries
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    • 81 13 Reuter MALAYSIA'S gravel pump tin miners are seeking membership of the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market, KLTM, for their trading company, Tinex Corp Sdn Bhd, said Mr Hew See Tong, the company's general manager. Many gravel pump miners, who accounts for half Malaysia's output, are
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    • 54 13 Reuter THE BANK of Thailand said it would provide a three billion baht soft loan to domestic rice mills to help them buy paddy rice from farmers. It said the move is designed to lift paddy prices, which have dropped to 1,800-2,000 baht/tonne this month from 2,900-3,000
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    • 396 13 AP THE NUCLEAR accident at Chernobyl could have serious and lasting consequences on Soviet agriculture, US experts say. South-westerly winds on Wednesday blew the radioactive cloud produced by the accident at the nuclear reactor towards a region of the Ukraine considered the Soviet grain-belt that
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 3922 14 MBT TDM BHD, which went through two recent changes of control, had to write down losses of about Ms 3 million for its investments in Pan-Electric Industries, a company spokesman said. The writedown accounted for a substantial portion of its extraordinary losses
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    • 323 14  -  By AMY CHEOK THE TRADITIONAL packaging business has once again proved its worth for Metal Containers Ltd which had decided to concentrate on the high-technology sector. Metal Containers said there were significant cost savings in the first six months to December 1985
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    • 192 14 Beraama THE FIRST PHASE of the Damansara Town Centre (DTC) office and commercial complex in Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, is almost completed and is enjoying more than 60 per cent occupancy. A Selangor Properties official said it is trying to rent out another 20 per cent
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    • 312 14 Reuter THE BRITISH government has put forward amendments to its financial services legislation that will provide the Securities and Investments Board (SIB) with powers to prosecute. Corporate and Consumer Affairs Minister Michael Howard said no global transfer of prosecution
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    • 107 14 HONGKONG Anstrolion Im lust riots Hong Kong Indox Thursday 1149 64 Thursdoy 2000.0" Wednesday 1994.4 Wednesday 1141.63 Week ogo 1974.4 Week ogo 1133.45 NEW YOfK Hong Song Indox Thursday 1848.65* Dow Jon **1783.98 Wednesday 1836.99 Wednesday Week ago 1824.51 Tuesday 1825.89 Week ogo 1829.61 TOKYO Stondord Poors Nikkoi
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    • 535 15 MBT KULIM (Malaysia) Bhd is cautious about predicting prospects for this year. Its chairman, Tan Sri Datuk Ha# Basir bin Ismail, says in his latest review that palm oil prices had fallen to very low levels earlier in the year although the price of
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    • 228 15 STRARB Steamship CVs energy arm, Straits Energy Services, has established a Middle East office to tap the potential for growth in the region, one of its major markets. Heading the new office is Alastair Ramsay, who has been appointed director, Straits Energy Middle East, based in Doha, Qatar.
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    • 393 15 LAST FULL YEAR Compony rtrioa Date Yeor Net EPS Gross Net ounowiicwi ending (cents) pwrfjt lost yior (V000) Mulpta Intl Interim Aug 24 Dec 85 3.0 738L Fodoral Flour Interim Sep II Dec 85 27.1 17.5 22,988 S J Amol Interim Dec 19 Mar 86 7.3 520 Ptloogi
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    • 469 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM STOCKBROKER ONG 4 CO has emerged relatively unscathed from the Pan-Electric-precipitated problems faced by the local stock broking industry. It is understood that the firm, reputed to be the largest in Singapore in terms of volume of business,
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    • 105 15 Reuter THE INITIAL offer of 226 million Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd shares to the general public was about 55.4 times oversubscribed. The tally tor 8.5 per cent of Cathay's stock, offered at HK$3.BB each, excludes another 172 million shares allotted to specific underwriters and to
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    • 283 15 MBT THE DEPRESSED property market and the difficult trading conditions have taken their toll on IGB Corporation Bhd (formerly known as Ipoh Gardens). According to its audited remits for the year ended Dec 31, 1965, group pre-tax profits Ml 46 per cent to
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    • 721 15 HWA HONG CORP has written down its investment in its 50 per cent owned Malaysian company Hwa Hong Manufacturing Co Bhd to $1 as at Dec 31, 1985. Hie associate, which owns a piece of property in Batu Paha t, Johor, to
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    • 943 15 SHARE PRICES in London were marked sharply lower in early dealings yesterday, reacting to the record fall on Wall Street overnight. But lade of selling pressure encouraged the bargain hunters and prices rallied from the lows. The FTSE 100 Index dropped 32.4 points to 1,628.1 in the first
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    • 532 15 KECK SENG (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (Incorporated in Malaysia) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the members of KECK SENG (MALAYSIA) BERHAD will be held at the Bilik Sri Ledang, on the Mezzanine Floor of Holiday Inn Jalan Dato Sulaiman, *****, Johor
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  • 399 16 INDONESIA has asked the US to increase the concessional content of its aid package to Jakarta because of the impact of falling oil prices on the Indonesian economy. The request was one of several bilateral issues raised during almost two hours of talks
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  • 350 16 AMERICA AND ASEAN should work closely to keep open the avenues of world trade, says President Reagan. Free world trade, he pointed out at his meeting with Asean foreign ministers yesterday, is "fundamental to the well-being of both our peoples". An advocate
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  • 494 16  -  By CHUANG PECK MING THE COWEC welfare scheme is to continue as a pilot project. This was decided after a review of the scheme following the reduction in the Central Provident Fund rate. In spite of the withdrawal of Shangri-La Hotel, eight other
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  • 458 16  -  By LUCY NG ONCE BITTEN but not shy is the attitude of Credit Data Pte Ltd, which is to set up again its scheme to pool information on debtors. The credit agency had run the scheme, called Credit Interchange Scheme, since
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  • 139 16 Reuter THE SOVIET UNION said yesterday it had enough scientific expertise to deal with the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl and did not need help from Western governments. Moscow's embassy in Oslo said in a statement to the Nor- wegian government that only one nuclear reactor had
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  • 111 16 UPI MEMBERS of Thailand's four-party coalition government staged a revolt in Parliament yesterday, triggering a virtual end to Prime Minister Prem Tlnsulonanda's six-year rule. Forty-one members of the Social Action Party, the largest pro-govern-ment group, teamed up with opposition forces to defeat a government finance Bill
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  • 187 16 SINGAPORE POOLS will computerise its Toto sales network on May 19 and its 4-D operations one week later. Initially, 97 Toto sales agencies will go on-line, with the number gradually increasing to 150. The agencies will eventually replace the existing manual system which operates the
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  • 262 16 AFP SABAH's largest Muslim party has released an election manifesto offering to share power with all races if it wins the state elections next week. The secretary-general of the United Sabah National Organisation, Abdul Hamid Mustapha, who released the manifesto on
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  • 117 16 Reuter CHINA is willing to work with Taiwan in the Asian Development Bank in spite of the fact that the island is "an integral part of China". Chen Muhua, governor of the Peoples' Bank of China, told the bank's annual meeting in
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  • 97 16 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES slipped through Wednesday's lows on speculation yesterday morning that the USSR might step up gold sales to cover any increase in agricultural imports. Gold for delivery in June lost USH.BO at $346.30 an ounce on selling by American dealers and London traders.
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  • 64 16 Reuter WALL STREET stocks extended losses at the start yesterday, moving lower on sheer momentum. Stocks ignored a modest early rise in credit markets and the US dollar while carry-over selling and weaker technical factors took precedence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nine points to 1776,
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  • LATE FILE
    • 54 16 Reuter PHILIPPINE Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin is studying incentive plans to attract up to US$3O billion kept overseas by Filipinos during the rule of ousted leader Ferdinand Marcos. He said estimates of bow much money was kept abroad by Filipinos ranged from US$lO billion
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    • 44 16 Reuter AT LEAST one person was killed and scores injured when supporters of Philippine President Corazon Aquino and ousted leader Ferdinand Marcos fought each other in Manila. Police said one Aquino supporter died in hospital from stab wounds. Reuter
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    • 39 16 Reuter A FORMER Indonesian minister charged with subversion, Mohammad Sanusi, said yesterday he once met "a bunch of comedians" but did not know they were plotting to kill President Suharto and start an Islamic revolution. Reuter
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    • 38 16 AFP SOUTH KOREA'S opposition New Korea Democratic Party yesterday cautiously welcomed President Chun Doo-Hwan's latest statement on democratic reform but rejected his call for an end to a petition campaign seeking direct presidential elections.
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    • 30 16 Reuter FIGHTING between rival Sri Tankan rebel groups, in its third day yesterday, has resulted in more than 200 people killed so far, police said.
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    • 50 16 AP INDIAN security farces yesterday failed to capture Sikh extremist leaders when they raided the Golden Temple. Police chief Julio Ribeiro also warned of possible reprisals against Hindus in the state following the raid in which one Sikh was killed and two wounded. AP
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    • 33 16 Reuter Republican congressmen have admitted defeat in their attempt to win an unfettered vote on President Reagan's US$lOO million aid request for contra rebels in Nicaragua. Reuter
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    • 32 16 Reuter SOUTH AFRICA yesterday strongly reaffirmed its call to nationalists in the African National Congress (ANC) guerilla group to reject communism and violence and begin negotiating.
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    • 52 16 Outlook for today: Showers over a few areas in the late morning. Report for 24 hours prior to i 4 i -a AL. Maximum temperature 32.1 Associated humidity 68 Minimum temperature 25.0 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 6.35 Roinfall in millimetres 1.6 Rainfall this month 1.6 Rainy days this
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 323 17 Reuter THE UNITED STATES, Japan and West European shipping countries have agreed on a plan of action to curb protectionism in foreign liner trade. Their initial focus will be on Peru and Sri Lanka whose cargo reservation rules favoured national carriers, officials said. The
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    • 389 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ THAILAND IS likely to make it mandatory for cargo bookings to be made through a central authority which is expected to be set up by the end of the year. The Thai government has already drafted
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    • 186 17 Opecna NIGERIAN President Ibrahim Babangida inaugurated a US$7O million ship repair dockyard at Snake Island, the first of its kind in West Africa. The president said the new facility would save the country about $10 million a year in foreign exchange. He urged all shipping
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    • 204 17 A HANDBOOK is being produced by an Austra-lian-based company, Charter Pacific Publications to promote Malaysian ports. The handbook, expected to be released in July, will cover principal Peninsular Malaysian Si, especially Port Ke- Johor Port, Penang Kuan tan port. It will be the
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 66 17 Reuter A 19.000-TONNE oil tanker has returned to China at the start of a shipping service to Alaska, the New China News Agency said. It said the tanker returned last Sunday to the north-east port of Dalian from the Alaskan port of Kenai. A 60,000-tonne oil
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      • 86 17 Spain and Tunisia have entered into a bilateral shipping pact. Under the agreement, vessels of the two countries will be given equal treatment regarding the access to and use of the ports as well as aid measures in case of ship accidents. The liner trade between the
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    • 1348 18 A*" SLIGHTLY higher trend for grain fixing out of the US Gulf and active timecharter business featured the freight market on Wednesday, shipbrokers said. Grain was covered from the US Gulf to Venezuela at US$6.5O compared with the Baltic sub-index for this route of $6.33 while grain from
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    • 1387 18 'Minimum movements' for the 9 ft 6 in containers Lloyd's Maritime Asia HI-CUBE CONTAINERS have taken to the roads of Japan like a cat to water, causing a controversy that has brought diplomatic discussion to bear on the use of 9 ft 6 in 40-ft
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    • 179 18 THE BENLOMOND, a drillship owned by Ben Line, will leave the Asia-Pacific region for the first time since its construction to undertake a contract in Greece. This follows the signing of an agreement between Atlantic Drilling, a Ben Line subsidiary and Public Petroleum Corporation
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    • 841 18 AB Shpg V 5 Heung-A VI 3 Accord Shpg VI 3 Hinode Kisen VI 1 4/5 Afeo Line VI 3 Hoegh Lines VI Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 Hoegh-U gland VI 4/5 AC Toepfer Anro Service Arrow Lines Atlas Line X IV X X 5 3/4 4 3
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    • 148 19 Seatrade Week THE US FEDERAL Maritime Commission warned that it would take action against protectionist measures imposed by Peru in the US-Peru trade unless diplomatic efforts to soften the country's stand prove successful. The commission's declaration follows Peru's requirements that 100
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    • 461 19 Reuter THE WAH KWONG Shipping and Investment Co (Hongkong) Ltd group will sell about 20 ships under a package presented to creditors to restructure its US$B5O million of debt, banking sources said. The plan includes a corporate reorganisation that will transfer
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    • 546 19 FT THE BRITISH government has placed an order for its first £800 million Trident ballistic missile nuclear submarine. The Vickers yard in north-west England was given the order only a month after Britain sold it to its management and workers. The
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    • 198 19 INSURERS SHOULD be able to help remove substandard vessels by refusing to provide cover to second class operators. The suggestion was made by Mr Lars Lindfelt of the Swedish Club at the World Fleets 86 Conference in London recently. This was
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    • 190 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EABT/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container
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    • 97 19 THE 30,000 grt Koningin Beatrix has begun ferrying passengers and cars between Harwich, UK and the. Hook of Holland, the Netherlands. Operated by Sealink British Ferries, the Koningin Beatrix can transport 2,100 passengers and 500 cars. It is maintaining a joint service with the British-flag St
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    • 4870 20 §®aBG)011B 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
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    • 799 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Harvester 17S/86 02.5.86 2100 SMS F1 1200-1300 N3 N Beryl 14W 02.586 2359 NAPL F1 1400-1600 B6 Hayakawa M 0225G 03.5.86 2100 Kawasaki F1 1600-1600
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    • 344 25 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure hrl K9 Barber alongside 02.5/1800 Builder 3 K23 Thong Soon alongside 02.5/0700 Hati Baik K20 Kie Gwan alongside 02.5/0600 Kawosiwagi M K27 Eka Jaya alongside 02.5/0600 Princess Ruby K28 S'pore Shp olongside 02.5/1500 Raven Arrow K16 Jardine alongside 02.5/0700
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    • 712 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES VX W\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 VOY SIN JKT PJQ PLB VESSEL SEA VICTORY u* Zitx JAKARTA/P ANJANG/PALEMBANG VOY SIN BBY SMG SIN BLW •Sit Sid SM Sid SM SM OSSB/OSNB Ski 3/5 0/5 03SB 0/5 14/5 Ml 9 3/5 7/5
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    • 220 21 \<t>- THONG SOON iWgg&g,. AGENCIES PTE. LTD. #09-07, Robina House. S pore 0106 Tel: *****88. Telex: RS ***** BOOKING: *****88 (DIRECT LINE) SINGAPORE TO PEN ANG SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK IE 7 Ma 4 Ma 2 Ma FEEDER SERVICE SINGAPORE TO BANGKOK With Reefer, FCL LCL Container Service Agents: Baagtok: Trmparl
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    • 761 21 BLC BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SCTVICE TO UK/CONTMENT EXPRESS CONTAJNEF SERVICE FROM UK/CONTIOIT OuAaßay SjM SaM Kiu(j Mara bM SaM Bremen Eipicu 4/5 S/5 Anton Bay 12/5 14/5 .Frartlvt Eipmi l/C 3/6 Toka Eiprns 9/C U/f ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANG AND EAST MALAYSIAN PORTS (KjJEBSEN LINE
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    • 478 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYI P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SAHUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD K EKA JAVA AGENCIES PTK. LTD. r.» Mtto cHtci »mm uu tnunM m* iu siujb With effect from 23rd April 1986. Our telephone number will be changed from *****2 (7 Lines) to
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    • 316 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m Pa|an V9SW Htoneywa V/ 211 Paan V9SW V* BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loadmf fpr Rangoon Spore P .Kelai( P«w* 10/11 May (P. Gaiam) 9/11 May <r. Gudam) 25/27 May BANK LINE TMMITM SAMOA V 7 arOCMW Vl7* FOiTtWM VIC Ipm* <m p«h: Put Mm*/Kirtt/>**/liak«/Ut)
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1174 22 K LINE USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST (Round The World Service) KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. ACIFIC COAST PACIFIC SOUTH WEST MOTMEK VSI T/S PORT LA/LB OA FEEDER VSI PK PN ST MOTHER VSI T/S PORT LA/LB C. CONTMNER V34E- MAY G G BROGE V 9 (TK) 23 MAY 2 A* HARM
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    • 685 22 wMVMHtnr -awMTDnr "CALAMR" tsrtaffa INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Singapore PKetanj Penanf IcudOf tot 29 Apr CdMba/lMteir kb*»/Cte«/HMa/Uatt) INDIA SERVICE Accepting FCL Containers and Conventional Cargo Stnjapore P Mar* Pfoanj loadwt tor S O NANPUI 13 Mil USA ATLANTIC/EAST CANADA SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers lar New Tat. Savannah.
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    • 404 22 GOLDEN LINE GUM GUMI SHPMNG (NE) LTD 23 Trt* Ayw IM smgapok oi»4 m uajni ai üb) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: SOIDEN KM totombo Uckih D»b» Mu-Mhmi »/10 lb) COIDEN HAVEN uwxnbo IvK* Bowbij Duto. Itof 1 tottffdJifi Hjmburf 10 5 14 5 LIU at. Vi k3 ja 111 pa 55
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    • 471 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road =27 16 lnte'nd 'O r >a P Md S>"cjHpo'P 0207 Tel *****1 1 IT' L ,r >*S) j o BREAKBUIK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK i| PHILITRON SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD TFt ?2i8622 (8 IINF S) TELEX RS ***** PHII I KUK 1Q Ifa (T» SfOB
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 624 23 &NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Agents S pat NEPTUNE AGENCf S PTE LTD Id He office lanimal CFS BOOHN3 *****77 Ft lU/WSI TPA/SM *****77 *****22 *****53 OR OMECT I*s *****53 *****42 I Bairu HARPER MRA SON. BHD 2XIOO P Keiang HARPER MRA SON. BW *****01 *****41 P. iaya HARPER MRA
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    • 374 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG, PENANG. BUSAN, INCHON WIS Spot lb t Dwwi/MMN ta Pa lb I Ovum MM 15/5 f«ltn. U?N 16/5 No 7 Daum/MMN No D««i/tMN No i Dm iOM No I tau»/M4N No 7 Donan tOSN No I D*njtn/MSM No Datum
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    • 667 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BULDMG 55, fttetet Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****33 (15 Lnes) Cable Address SMSOV SMGAPORE Telei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KELANG muv M/SSHARKAT NAH SOON SON. BW. IST AND 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS Ml THON6 SHFPBS 127 Pmaw Sir*t
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    • 98 23 K S LINE JAPAN STRAUS SERVICE SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37 Som»fMt Road #06-01 Ng Taow Oldg S pors 0923 Tel 235 H444 4 lln*«| Prwt Heljng lif.i P#l., Sr,c Bhrt tel 03 tKW.'i S Penjnf M.tl.(,<.i.f T r »<1«- fr.vnpor' ltd !e! 04 #> 1 P.iMr fiixljnf M
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    • 384 24 (rmi REGIONAL CONTAINER lines TO BANGKOK (4 WEEKLY SAILINGS) vvi Tw/Fri I Sjflvd Sat/Stn 34/5 4/5 i/5 |Frt S-7/5 [QdE2Ztl C331E3 7TTT! Bmtm ICZ3CH3 ILIiAjiU E—im ■Pti'-IHllfil -inrn QSH CZ2ZZI QQQ ffl SEA DRAGON THAILAND uibi i?77i rr icm MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE TWICE WEEKLY TO PEWW6/WEEKLY TO PJCEUMG/FORTMOfRY TO
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 156 24 m Weather 2 U J I is fir it ,r--35 7&* 1£ SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. </*■ Wind d«rect»on with speed in knots Wove height LEGEND R Thunderstorm <**ct,on with speed .n knots y Shower a a Rain Wove height Cloudy Sky Surface winds
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 201 25 ■mi.vw.ui: TWhTTTT^TI SERVICES TO CHITTA6ONG nUST MM I 12/ M SM hM CAICUTTA ttBASMOt I K/K 11/5 14/5 CTG STM DMMOM) 13/ M 1/5 12/5 CAICUTTA STM GOU) 13/K 4/5 »/5 MAWtt m CALCUTTA BOMBAY COLOMBO. KARACHI ON MDUCtICNT AGENTS: BAYANIHAN SHIPPING PTE LTD T«fc *****11 Mom) Tlx: M 561*7
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    • 206 25 eojj ETD Spn 2/5 13/5 LIZENA PTE LTD TFS tNTFPNATIONAL TOHOWOKOWO TFS VOY 102 TFS VOY 103 TOHAI-UW9 Eta Pan 10/5 IS/S TFS VOY OSS TFS VOY AM TFS VOY TO Eta Fan 0/5 PHEY Eta Fan t/5 ELUWO Eta Fan 0/5 Eta Hbg 1/0 Eta Mai 4/0 Eta Kao
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    • 532 25 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP 3E3HEIQEmiii TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE I ASEAN WRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE P.KELANC PERMS POARMNG RELARKN I« GLUT V-49 UM 12/4 11/4 6. SELATM Vlll V-31 SJM 16/4 17/4 C. SELATM V V-42 SjM SaM 6. SELATM n»37 hM 4/5 4/5 G SELATM B»»
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 379 26 EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO AND FROM UK/CONTMENT TO; EUROPE is mm si>o« mniw kmw fo« urn 0/0 Mi, ID/11 M *l 12/13 Mar 14/lb Mar I*. HTM. tflC. FM: EUROPE KNME KELMIC SPOK uri sw su sw ANCHM 5/7 M>t I »/i# POK BANGKOK FINN W hi Nrt ttG BMW
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    • 401 26 HEAP SENG TRADING 1 SHIPPING PTE LTD 6001 BEACH ROAD #13-01 GOLDEN MILE TOWER SINGAPORE 0710 TEL NO. *****44 (3 LINES) TLX NO. RS ***** HEAPCO DOT NO *457* V4SA* V4S9K 4/5 U 7 Hay 11 H»y II tt*T 17 lAay 3/4 5/5 11 Hi 12 Mi It lb 11/15
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    • 646 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FUUT COMTMOUSED SOIWCt 10 EUIOfC «M »K) Spn Lrttartt Mm Fstmn HW| Braa htmrnf st»w stas ana 7/5 »/s 27/5 nn Ji/s i/c j/i WCATOi 3lff 14/5 2/1 J/I VI 7/1 l/l 11/ l a TOKTO 4«
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    • 764 26 Everett Lines COMPANM PERUANA DC VAPOREES (Cf.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" IMd«C *o> Cab*. Mat arm lo m 4 Mm Ptrrnan ports art* t(W*peent at I On CPV Tkioafk Ms ot lad** lo Una destmalion JONNEHERETT ——I THOMASEKRETT 11/u May 23/25 May i/1 km EVERETT ORIENT LINE' JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE
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    • 236 26 ZIM rr r»7T 12AM 14 i U4« T2i* MM MAM 1.1 M 1.1 M 11M \%IM 1117* U.IM VIM +r 5 wr*9 AUSTRALIA CONTAINER mjtji .a v T aBR a KTI EnnrHrvn GOLD STAR LINE riM M J GOLD MOUNTAM Coiombo/Mombasa/MAHE Durban/Maputo IS/5 I OSAKA MARU Durban/Capetown/P. ESz. 11/5 GOLD
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