The Business Times, 15 July 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 TUESDAY, JULY 15, l«8t 75 CENTS
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  • 152 1 Reuter A CARGO of Brent crude (or August delivery changed hands at US$9.lO a barrel in early trading in London yesterday, five cents under the lowest price recorded in April this year, and the lowest spot Brent price since oil from the North Sea came
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  • 482 1  -  Operational efficiency the reason behind move By DAVID GABRIEL Special Correspondent THE SINGAPORE Broadcasting Corporation will transfer its commercial operations to SBC Enterprises Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary, from Aug 1 this year. The company, formed in January last year with a
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  • 291 1 Reuter JAPAN'S Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) has lowered its economic growth forecast for fiscal 1906/87 ending March to 2.5 per cent from 4 per cent to take into account the deflationary impact of the strong yen. The forecast assumes a
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  • 300 1  -  By JUNE LIM THE NUMBER of merchant ships registered in Singapore last year was the lowest to be recorded in 10 years. The Marine Department annual report released yesterday shows that 1,406 vessels aggregating 6.6 million gross tonnes flew the Singapore (lag. This represents a fall of
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  • 111 1 Reuter CHINA will sooner or later have to enter the UK and US bond markets to raise funds needed for modernisation, said Hao Jianping, assistant manager of Bank of China's foreign exchange department. He was quoted by the China Daily as
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  • 90 1 THE UNITED Overseas Bank group has reduced its savings rate by one-quarter percentage point to 425 per cent with effect from today. The group's fixed deposits fcnd prime lending rates will remain the same. DBS Bank yesterday sparked off the latest round of interest
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 430 1  -  By JEFFREY TBANO CONSULTANTS for the $42 million Singapore Garden Festival have been appointed at a cost of nearly $1 million. The consultants a consortium comprising Alfred Wong Partnership, a Singapore-based architectural firm, William Gillespie Partners of the UK, Pieter Van
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  • 626 1  -  By ALVIN TAY, AMY CHEOK PUBLICLY-LISTED International Trust k Finance Ltd has received overtures from a few parties to take over control of the company which yesterday reported losses for 1985, its first since its listing in early 1983. ITF chairman
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 139 1 Nikon THE WORLD'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM (*++.@};][<)++(/.!^,.$^/]>_[[,] The petrol debate ARE MOTORISTS benefiting from the "new" types of petrol introduced by the oil companies? Or ore they confused by the cloims and counter-claims issued by them? LOH HUI YIN looks at the issue. See Page 8. I LOT Vs NEW
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    • 226 1 US to mm i—r* TV RADIO 33 T*TTT a OUR VIEW THE CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION of Singapore has gained the support of retailers now that it hos cancelled its Christmas fair. Getting the support of a large number of consumers will be more difficult. Cose must convince them that it is
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 365 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH Property Correspondent A SINGAPOREAN will take over the helms of Jones Lang Wootton on Aug 1, some 13 years after the international property Arm set up office in Singapore. Mr Edmund Tie, 38, will succeed Mr Give Cowham, following the
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    • 491 2  -  By RICHARD SEAH THE SERVICES of a very lit-tle-known profession are to be more widely offered to companies in Singapore with the recent set up of a new management consultancy firm. The Wyatt Company, one of the world's leading firms of actuarial
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    • 418 2 THE ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Asean-CCI) will set up a task force to study and recommend measures to foster economic integration in Asean. The decision to form the group, which will comprise "14 eminent and influential persons" from the six
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    • 401 2 THE PROBLEMS about Singapore that bother Japanese investors are different from those that bug the Americans Acting Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsieu Looog found out during his recent trips. While Japanese investors were more interested in topics directly affecting investments, the Americans
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    • 49 2 THE BT Trustee Stock Scoreboard which was published on Saturday carried the correct prices but the wrong dates. The dates should be July 4 and July 11 instead of June 27 and July 4. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused our readers.
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    • 133 2 THE National Archives may toon be charging for the micrographic services it provides for government departments. The volume of requests from government departments for microfilm processing, *»plkfitlng, quality checks and related services will entail more staff. It is therefore considering charging a fee, pending the
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    • 287 2 JUSTICE Lai Kew Chai has set aside a High Court order asking Mr J B Jeyaretnam to submit a fresh set of accounts on the financial position of the Workers' Party (WP) from Jan 1 to June 16 in 1982. Justice Lai yesterday also ruled
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    • 471 2 Seminars and course* DURATION Jul 28 Jul 29-30 Jul 29-30 Jul 29-31 Jul 31 Jul 31Aug 1 Aug 1-11 Aug 1-15 Aug 4 (commencement date) Aug 4-5 Aug 4-5 Aug 4-31 Aug 4Sep 12 Aug 15 Aug 18-19 TITLE Electrical and Electronic Engineering Education in Hongkong The Secretary in
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    • 614 3  -  By ANNA TEO SURVEY FINDINGS have Indicated the viability of a hightechnology complex to be built on a vacant plot of land in Lorong Chuan. The developer, Newton Pte Ltd, Lb now seeking partners for the $100-million project Encouraged by the survey findings, Newton,
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    • 150 3 DBS BANK has awarded nine scholarships this year, the biggest ever awarded by the bank since its Scholarship Award Scheme was introduced in 1972. The bank has also awarded the largest number of overseas scholarships this year. Six of the nine awards will be tenable at
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    • 55 3 THE MINISTRY of Environment will be constructing a new ctilvert at the junction of Jalan Krian and Jalan Sayang to improve the drainage system in the area. The work, which starts today, is expected to be completed within four months. During that period, the Junction
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    • 394 3  -  By LUCY NG THE MINISTRY of Labour is casting its net wider to find jobs for those who are unemployed. The ministry's Employment Service Department (ESD) now approaches companies with authorised capital of $100,000 and above to notify the department about available vacancies.
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    • 200 3 PRODUCTION of cement, broken granite and bricks improved slightly between March and April, according to the latest government statistics, but output (or all three building materials are significantly lower h»* in April 1985. Compared with the cement output of 189,471 tonnes last April, output
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    • 350 3 rmaij. companies eyeing the benefits of computer-aided-systems (CAS) need not be put off by the high costs of computerisation. The Economic Development Board, through its applied technology group, is offering training courses, demonstrations, advice and consultation to these companies. However, one thing is certain; companies
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 865 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sonrico number Locol tinw From SIA UA CAL FT sv MAS MAS MAS MAS SiA AC SQ117 UA805 CI341 FT75 SV398 MH601 MH68I MH811 MH671 SO 103 AC858 0005 0010 0155 0314 0440 0720 0620 0910 0920 0950 0950 KUL JFK/SFO/HKG TPE DFW/IAH/ORD/ ANC/NRT/ MNL/TPE
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    • 471 4 Signs point to widening trade deficit AFP THE INDIAN government is gearing up for a major export drive in the face of a crippling trade gap, but all the latest indicators suggest it will be a long, hard battle. A foreign trade report published
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    • 474 4 AP PRESIDENT Junius Jayewardene's peace proposals suffered a major setback on Sunday as the nation's major opposition party rejected them for conceding too much to Tamils. The rejection by the powerful Sri Lanka Freedom Party came on the day Mr Jayewardene met moderate Tamil
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    • 235 4 AP SOUTH KOREA'S trade surplus with the US in the first half of this year increased 75.9 per cent from a year ago to a record U553,259 billion. The Korean Economic Planning Board listed exports to the US in the January-June period
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    • 275 4 AFP NEW ZEALAND'S annualised inflation rate is down to 10.4 per cent, and should be in single figures before the end of the year. Inflation for the June quarter stood at 2.7 per cent, a "remarkable achievement", said Trade and Industry Minister David
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    • 137 4 AFP A NEW COLLEGE aimed at students from Asian countries is to be established near Perth, according to its developers. The Thomas Peel College will take in about 1,000 full-time students paying fees of AH4,000, including accommodation. The A|6o-million private venture is
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    • 99 4 Reuter A RECENT government survey of Japanese manufacturers showed that the majority expected their plant and equipment investment to decline in the second half of the fiscal year ending next march, the Japanese Economic Planning Agency said. The drop in investment reflects a
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    • 458 4 FT A WIDE-RANGING study of China's technology import strategy recommends major changes to correct "disordered" policies, which include Importing more than 100 colour television assembly lines that will produce many more sets than the masses could possibly watch. The unusually frank
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    • 425 4 Bernama THE PROBLEM of illegal Indonesian immigrants in Malaysia has worsened and there are now more than 15 million of them in the country. Surveys by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) revealed that of these, 300,000 are in Selangor and the Federal
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 481 5 Reuter THE SURGE in oil production by Saudi Arabia and its Opec allies would undermine the cartel's ability to reach an accord on production, oil experts said. The result would be to push oil prices down again, probably below US$lO in the near term.
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    • 180 5 AP THE MEXICAN government, trying to bring more money into its depleted coffers, has announced that the price of a subway ticket now the cheapest in the world at about one-sixth of a US cent will soar in August. City officials said last
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    • 57 5 Quote, Unquote I believe that if I wanted to be President, I could be President. But I'm not the guy. Lee lacocca, Chrysler Corp chairman, describing his "temperament" as incompatible with the com-promise-laden world of politics. He plans to tell a group organising a "Draft lacocca (for the 1968 US
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    • 143 5 AP ISRAEL'S Cabinet convened yesterday to discuss the appointment of a judicial commission to investigate the killing by Shin Bet security agents of captured Palestinian hijackers and a subsequent cover-up. The 25-member Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Shimon Peres was expected to split
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    • 198 5 UPI BRAZIL, the world's fifthlargest arms exporter, is setting up a centre to train troops in electronic warfare as part of a plan to modernise its armed forces by the end of the decade, the O Estado De Sao Paulo newspaper reported
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    • 336 5 UPI MUSIC not only can please the ear it also literally can expand the mind by helping to develop the brain, says a California neurologist, who advises people of all ages to take up a musical instrument. Neurologist Frank Wilson, the author
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    • 294 5 Reuter CANADIAN Prime Minister Brian Mulroney emerged from talks with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher saying that Canada was ready to impose economic sanctions on South Africa with or without the support of Mrs Thatcher and the Commonwealth. Mr Mulroney, who called
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    • 572 5 Closer ties with Latin American nations worry US Reuter AFTER YEARS of diplomatic isolation, communist Cuba is making a comeback in Latin America a trend that worries the US. In the past nine months, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru have joined the growing list of
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    • 271 5 AP NEPOTISM in the Soviet army in the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan has kept at least one draft-age son of a senior communist party official from being sent to serve in Afghanistan, a Soviet defence daily has reported. Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star)
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 391 6  -  By SOH TIANG KENG SINGAPORE-BASED Canadian merchant bank, Bank of Montreal Asia, has put up another creditable performance in spite of the economic slowdown in Singapore and in the region. The bank announced a 67.5 per cent Jump in net profits after
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    • 273 6 Reuter JAPANESE investors will remain active in the US Treasury bond market because they see continuing capital gains with the tall in US interest rates. Bond managers in Tokyo said yesterday that investment funds were not expected to escape the market
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    • 600 6 NYT A MONTH after Mexico's powerful Finance Minister, Jesus Silva Herzog, was replaced, unity has returned to the inner circle of government economic policy makers and it appears very unlikely that Mexico will pursue an aggressive, unilateral course involving suspension of payments on its foreign
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    • 271 6 Reuter A TEAM from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due in Manila tomorrow for talks on a new standby credit for the Philippines. Central bank sources said yesterday that the government was likely to push for concessions that would allow the economy
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    • Article, Illustration
      1048 6 SINGAPORE The US dollar closed slightly lower against major currencies yesterday but firmer against sterling, after fluctuating uncertainly throughout the day, in moderate trading. The dollar was narrowly mixed at the outset, then showed a weaker tendency in early afternoon on interbank selling by Asian operators before recovering
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    • 232 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars ta ana mH of Itmfa Md Otter a mo parity US dolor Sterling pound AustraWon dolor NZ dolor Conodnn dolor 2 1925 3 2690 1 4066 1.1653 1 5910 2.1935 ***** 1.4115 1.1691 1 5923 ***** 7 3469 3 4286 3
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    • 263 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Short-dates eased 1/16 point at the outset due to a lower US federal funds rate but were little changed thereafter. Overnight and week fixed cloned at a common 6-3/4 6-5/8 per cent. Period rates
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    • 261 6 HONGKONG: The metal closed a shade lower in fairly quiet and dull trading yesterday, with fresh factors absent. Bullion closed at U*****.25/55 an ounce compared with U*****.90/347 JO close here last Saturday and the U*****.70/90 finish in New York last Friday. On the local market, gold lost HK$6 to
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    • 376 6 BA Futures SEPTEMBER EarsMlar opened unchanged yesterday from Chicago's close at 93.57. After the opening, the market was very quiet and thinly traded as traders adopted the wait-and-see attitude. The September contract traded between 93.56 and 93.57 with the final settlement at 93.56. Currency futures opened lower than the
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    • 123 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market closed at 4-3/4 per cent yesterday, unchanged from last Friday's cloae. The ooe, two and threemonth term rates rose by 1/16 point each. CC li.tai li .i.il inTerDon* rotes ot 7pm ytsti nrdoy: OHw BU Over night 4 3/4
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 663 7 NYT IT ALL LOOKS easy for Japan's governing party now that it has won a smashing victory at the polls. But when party leaders scheduled national elections two Sundays ago, they were testing the fates as well as the political waters. Any of them
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    • 778 7 Reuter THE IMAGE of the US futures market, centred in Chicago, is rapidly changing from that of a legalised gambling parlour to a necessary financial marketplace in an increasingly risky world. The futures market is best known for its daily dealings
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    • 1255 7 US dollar's decline has produced disappointing results NYT IN CUTTING its discount rate last week, the Federal Reserve Board attempted to reawaken an economy that has proven markedly weaker than the Fed, the Reagan Administration and most economists assumed a few months ago that it
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    • 160 7 Reuter THE REAGAN Administration will soon lower its 1986 economic forecast as evidence mounts that the economy is more sluggish than originally predicted. In a weekend US television interview, US Treasury Secretary James Baker declined to specify how km the administration will (frop its gross national product
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • FEATURES
    • 532 8 NOW THAT THE MAGIC has been cancelled, the Consumers' Association of Singapore has to get on with its tasks the hard way. Raising money to fund its watchdog activities would probably have been easy with a Christmas trade fair. Unfortunately, Case would have
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    • 1299 8  -  Oil companies argue over qualities of 'new' types of petrol A fierce public debate over the virtues of "new" petrol broke out last week among the major oil companies in Singapore with Mobil and Shell as the main protagonists. But are the consumers, the endusers,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 100 8 M onagers ust anage BT shows you how every Monday. I O provides the information needed by all bankers, investors, forex traders, money rf gold traders BT, S'pore's largest business daily, carries an in-depth and up-to-date coverage on the banking financial sectors, both local and This indispensable page keeps all
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 652 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Flees, we hear, from what might bite (5) 8 Quick punishment I had (5) lOHerb, this chap? (5) 11 Less than noticeable twitch? (3) 12 As for royal tennis? (5) 13 City hair-style with taste (4, 3) 15 How Odile helped things go smoothly (5) 18The
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  • SPORTS
    • 411 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE CITIZEN Team Tennis championship hots up on Saturday when current leader 100 Plus takes on Diadora in a crucial top-of the-table clash. 100 Plus is setting the pace at the top of the standings with 94 points
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    • 242 9 AP DON JANUARY, of the United States, tapped in a 30-cm par putt on the first playoff hole on Sunday to defeat Jim Ferree and capture the GreenbrierAmerican Express senior golf tournament for the second straight year. Ferree, of the United States, whose second shot out of
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    • 243 9 Reuter SALLY LITTLE and Jane Geddes finished 72 holes of the US Women's Open golf championship on Sunday deadlocked at one-under-par 287, forcing an 18-hole playoff yesterday for the US$5O,OOO top prize. Betsy King, who double-bo-gey ed the 14th hole, and Ayako Okamoto of Japan,
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    • 542 9 AFP NIGEL MANSELL drove himself to the limits of endurance as he moved into the lead in the world championship with his fourth victory in five races at the British Formula One Grand Prix in Brands Hatch, England on Sunday. The 31-year-old was so
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    • 332 9 UPI TOP SEED Stefan Edberg of Sweden won his first Grand Prix tennis tournament on clay as he defeated unheralded Swiss Roland Stadler 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in the final of the U*****,000 Swiss Open in Gstaad on Sunday. The 20-year-old
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    • 292 9 L S7&*z!rr iiWmiKLT. i I I lUlilDKlt Hid iul&W The Times Inter-Business Houses Athletics Meet is here again. This time a bigger challenge. Besides the private sector, this meet is now open to athletes from Statutory Boards. Thus a bigger meet, a bigger challenge! Undoubtedly, you'll be witnessing the Meet
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1148 9 to qcxd mm i/tny MvovMy 1030pm, Channel 5 Alain Delon (left) plays a young police inspector whose pursuit of a drug ring leads him to his friend's nightclub, which is a front for the ring led by an ex-banker. Based on Jean Pierre Melville's story of the shadow world of
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    • 69 9 Play golf the Sevvy way /fP YOU ARE TAKtMA TOO PEEP A PIVOT WfTH YOUR IRONS, THEN /T P*O6A6LY MEANS YOU ARE USING THE HANPS TOO MUCH. TO HfT GOOO IRON SHOTS THE HANPS MUST ££4i> THE CLUBHEAP THROUGH THE BALL. TO PO TH/S CORRECTLY THE APPRESS ASSEMBLY MUST BE
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 512 10 FT ROLLS-ROYCE is close to completing a US$2.l billion fund-raising exercise in its bid to supply British Airways with engines (or BA's new fleet of Boeing jumbo jets. Rolls expects the complex financing package to be underwritten early this week with
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    • 789 10 Reuter IN SPITE OF Lockheed Corp's proposed US$l.lB billion acquisition of Sanders Associates Inc (or US$6O per share, some Wall Street analysts say the bidding for Sanders may not be over. Loral Corp, like Sanders a major producer of sophisticated
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    • 393 10 Reuter WHEN US OIL COMPANIES report second-quarter results later this month, domestic companies primarily involved in refining marketing are likely to be almost alone in posting earnings gains, industry analysts say. They note that while the major integrated companies suffer from the precipitous
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    • 107 10 Reuter NEWS International PLC's wholly-owned unit, Lyntress Ltd, has bought 2,862,000 'B' shares in Reuters Holdings PLC from Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd to meet a shortfall in cover for a US$2OO million convertible issue announced on May 15, a News International spokesman said.
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 347 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed sharply firmer yesterday in moderately active trading as late bargain hunting emerged, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index rose 18.24 points to close at 1,739.93 after losing nearly six points at mid-morn-ing. The Hongkong Index gained 11.41 points to end at 1,085.51. Turnover eased to
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    • 204 11 I JULY M WT 200 -003 Kuochan Da* Laa Chang Yuan 22 60 32.00 -06 •1.3 26.40 -0.6 12.75 -0.55 31.SO -0.3 38 60 -08 Chang Hwo Bank 44.30 27 00 -0.1 •1.4 Not li ivfilrant 389 50 -183.5 25 10 -0.8 21.00 -09 Chin Hun Hot* 10.45 25
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    • 356 11 TOKYO: Prices closed higher in active trading yesterday on buying spread over a wide front, brokers said. The market average rose 149.79 to a record finish of 17,820.56, surpassing the 17,734.15 closing peak on July 8. Turnover was 1.1 billion shares against 1.42 billion, revised downward from 1.5 billion,
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    • 73 11 JULY 14 f—m Mantaal Acojt Mining Oriental B PM Ovomos PMax B 0017 0.017 026 +0002 +0002 0 025 Apax Mining B 0011 unch Pic op B PLOT 157 5 Bogun Gold Banc P«trol»um Banguat Con. B first PM HMgs ***** 75 5 San Mrguat B +***** Saafron* -5
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    • 449 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed easier yesterday, dragged down by a weaker BHP and profit-taking among quality industrial stocks, brokers said. Near the close, the All Ordinar- ies Index was 2.4 points lower at 1,137.3 and the all Industrials Index had slipped 0.3 to 1,816.1. The All Resources fell
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    • 102 11 JULY 14 Won Kangwon krtd (OA Motor 1150 2010 10 -40 1880 Koton Ind 2100 40 Dmlm Ind 675 +29 Korea Long-Term 1635 Daewoo Corp Daewoo Heavy Dong Ah PVx 1330 1461 890 11 -5 -15 Lucky Ltd Oriental Brewery Pacific Chamcal I486 1420 1255 1296 26 unch +4
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    • 141 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday improved 0.42 to 139.78. Turnover amounted to 723,802 shares valued at 106.5 million baht. JULY 14 1 MM Sum Cotnant Sam CMnm Sam Gtaara Looting 559 ttap inch AIM Ffcr» Ayutftyo tovottmant... Bangkok Agro-lnd 125 148 3625 191 42 1
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    • 58 11 AFP THE CANADIAN metals giant Alcan Aluminium Ltd is to help set up an aluminium extrusion and manufacturing plant in the Shenzhen special economic zone of southern Guandong province, in a joint-venture agreement with China. The venture will be formed by Alcan Nikkei China Ltd and
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    • 390 11 Price tag of HK$B5O million reported THE EXCELSIOR Hotel in Hongkong looks set to be sold at last. The Causeway Bay hotel had been the subject of a series of onoff deals during the past two years, since Hongkong Land decided to put
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    • 317 11 Reuter THE 1985/86 profit figures of Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd reflect the depreciation of the Australian dollar and strong profit growth in all divisions, the company said. BHP earlier reported that its net earnings rose to a record A 5988.20 million
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    • 150 11 WMm Id win®. and entertain Start of A New Experience Kinta-Mani Transports the old world charm of Indonesia to you Tastefully furnished and decorated with art and batik that's uniquely Indonesian Lunch or dine under cloudy blue sky Tickling your palate with an authentic Indonesian cuisine is only half the
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 402 12 Reuter THE UNTIED STATES has run into a virtual stone wall in efforts to open the Japanese market to its to- bacco products and is ready to reUliate, according to US trade officials. r Japanese and American negotia- tors have held three
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    • 192 12 AFP EXPORTS of Indonesia's aromatic oils will soon be made only through •registered exporters in an effort to improve quality control and mainJtain good prices. The chairman of the Indonesian Association of Aromatic Oils Exporters (Indessota), Djohan Narpati, has said that the association's proposal
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    • 432 12 Reuter COCOA producing and consuming countries appear close to a global agreement to regulate the market. According to conference chairman Rene Montes, about 60 cocoa importing and exporting nations are trying to hammer out a new cocoa accord to replace the
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    • 210 12 Reuter MALAYSIAN cocoa output for the 1965-86 (October/September) crop year is expected to be 117,500 tonnes, down from a previous estimate of 132,200 tonnes. The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority said in a monthly bulletin that in 1984-85, Malaysia produced about 100,000 tonnes of cocoa. It said
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    • 70 12 THE PBICE sf tta sa the Kaala Lunpu- Tla Market eleeed iiekuged yesterday (rem last Friday's Msl4.2f elsse la Dealers said the steadlaess reflected ssme brisk baying activity from Japaa aad leeal shert-eeverlag, bat Barepeaa bayers remalaed Taraever ameaated te 121 teaaes rsaiasrfii with lit last Friday, they
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    • 119 12 MALAYSIAN palm oil futures closed slightly higher on light covering interest yesterday, supported by a steady Chicago soyoil futures close last week, but a lack of fresh factors restricted trading activity. Dealers said October and November closed Ms 2 firmer at M 1550 and M 5549 per tonne,
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    • 753 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended the morning session higher yesterday, up £40 to £50 a tonne, continuing last Friday's sharp advance. Latest reports from Ac-cu-Weather that mainly dry weather is prevailing in the Brazilian coffee growing regions, continued to underpin values. Easier sterling and the lack of sellers also
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    • 361 12 SINGAPORE The market closed quietly steady yesterday with August One RSS buyers quoted at 173.75 cents per kg, up 0.25 cent from last Friday. The morning session ended 0.25 cent firmer, after fluctuating within a narrow range in quiet trading due to lack of interest. Trading in the afternoon
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    • 379 12 RAS prices in S cearts/kg. FOS in fa d«i NOON CLOSE Int 1 RSS Prompt 175 75 176.75N 176 00 177 00N Int 1 RSS Aug 86 173 50 174.00 173 75 174 25 Int 1 RSS Sept 86 173 50 174 00 173.50 174 00 Int
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    • 99 12 (cents/kg, 1-ton F ■oKet,) AUG SEPT 86 (currant month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS lurtn -M SoNcrt SSR 20 59 00 161.00N 159 50 161 50N SSR 50 156 00 158.00N 156 50 158.50N MRELB kyM Jf'tn Bvy«n Sttoft SMR CV 231.50 233 50N 232 50 234
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    • 151 12 ChintN Produce Exchange Sellers' noon closing p My 14 (S$/100 kg). rices on Coconut oil Bute FOe 48.00 OkJ drum FOB 61 00 New drum FOB 65.00 Copro Mixed (loose) 26 buyers Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW 1152 50 Sarawak White FOB faq NLW 1137.50 Sarawak special block
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    • 66 12 Bangkok (US$/tonnc, FOB) White Rice 100% 1st class 255 100% 2nd closs 220 100% 3rd doss 215 5% 205 10% 200 15% 195 20% 185 25% 175 35% 170 Broken Rice A-l Super 118 A-l Special 115 C-l Special unq C-l Ord unq Loonzain Rice 100% 1st grode unq
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    • 799 12 BARCLAYS PLC ITS SUBSIDIARIES Heed Office: 54 Lombard Street, London EC3P 3AH. Singapore Office: 50 Raffles Place #23-01, Shed lower, Singapore 0104. Maxwell Road RO. Box 887, Singapore 9017. Tel: *****55. Balance Sheets at 31st December 1985 Barclays PLC (Consolidated) Barclays Bank PLC Barclays PLC Consolidated Profit and Loss Account
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4065 13 A GENERAL ROUND of profit-taking during the afternoon session at the Singapore stock exchange yesterday affected Malaysian shares more than domestic issues. Several Singapore shares, notably trustee and finance stocks, chalked up modest gains, while most Malaysian counters practically lost all the ground made
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    • 251 13 SINGAPORE G 1 Life S P Tartfe Troctoo M Hm 0 S ►wT V^T'" 1 P H U 0 1 FfLS Hm HM| Hat Iron Metal Im 3 Rises 1650 IS4 164 180 710 390 408 i 281 293 770 215 300 100 382 ipaw 352 Falls
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    • 3250 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and builw in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 632 14 Reuter STANDARD CHARTERED PLC is unlikely to be threatened by another hostile takeover after its successful defence against Lloyds Bank PLC's bid for control, Stanchart's area general manager Bill Brown said in Hongkong. He also said the narrow victory did not reflect lack
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    • 434 14 SHARE PRICES covered further ground at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday although gains were trimmed by profittaking. Situational counters and lower liners hogged the limelight. Price changes were mostly small but scattered double-digit gains were registered especially by Singaporebased counters. Trading was
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    • 277 14 Ex*"*- Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 84 0 90 The Sovngs Fund 0 75 081 S'pore Prog Fund 0 36 0 39 S'pore Sec Fund 0 60 0 65 S'pore Invest Fund 0 56 0 61 S'pore Equity Fund 0 42 0 46 Asia Unit Trust Mol
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    • 2200 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots o( 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. VDUSTMMLS Acuta (130S) xd Alcorn (71 *B 725) (9) 73
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    • 117 14 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Monday 1085.5) Friday. 1074.10 Week ago 1100.28 Hang Seng Index Monday 1739 93 Friday *****9 Week ago 1761 52 TOKYO Nikkei Averoge Monday ***** 56* Saturday closed Week ago ***** 07 TSE Index Monday 1385 85 Saturday dosed Week ago 1366 21 SYDNEY All Ordinories
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    • 153 14 UNITED INDUSTRIAL CerparatfM Limited: EGM at Shangri-La Hotel, Orchid Room, Orange Grove Road, Singapore 1025, today at 10am. DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL BANK Berted: 21st AGM at the Ballroom, Hotel Equatorial, Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow at 10.30am. METAL BOX SINGAPORE Limited: Uth AGM at Hotel New
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    • 435 14 HONGKONG LAND Co Ltd is considering a plan to spin off its Dairy Farm operations in a distribution to Hongkong Land shareholders. Chairman Simon Keswick said in a statement issued yesterday: "This proposal is still in its formulative stages. This could be accomplished
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    • 325 14 PEPSI-COLA International has acquired Seven-Up International from Philip Morris for US$246 million cash. Seven-Up International, with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the third largest soft drinks company outside the United States and operates in over 95 countries. "The addition of Sev-en-Up International will greatly
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    • 244 14 MBT THE MAJOR shareholders of commercial hanks, finance companies and merchant hanks will now be allowed to retain a controlling 51 per cent stake in their financial institutions, Bank Negara sources say. Bank Negara had earlier indicated that all shareholders in these institutions
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    • 790 14 Currant Ex dote Books doM Dote LlpoyoDie Total for Hm year Total far last year Acmo 4%TE(b) Jun 19 Jun 26 Jul 30 4%TE 5% Alex Hldgs 5% Sep 5 Sep 12 Sep 26 5% 6% B Sembowong 30%(j) Jul 24 Jul 31 Aug 22 30%(j) 20% Botu
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    • 599 15 HOCK LOCK SIEW LLOYDS BANK'S failed bid for Standard Chartered Bank may just be the beginning of an exciting new episode. Stanchart's worries are not over yet. And perhaps Lioyds's are just starting. The attempted takeover may well have shaken up' Stanchart's bank management
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    • 248 15 BUMIPUTRA company Halimtan disclosed that it has reached an agreement to acquire 10 million shares or 7.4 per cent of Roxy Electric Industries. The shares were purchased from Mohd Razali Abdul Rahman, Mohd Aziz bin Mahmood and Hassan bin Che Abas. The acquisition is
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    • 228 15 GENERAL CORPORATION has announced that the payment of the first and final dividend is on Sep 30, 1986. THE SES has announced that trading in Myeam Bhd shares would resume from 10am, July 14, 1966. Members are to note that share certificates issued under the old names of
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    • 304 15 NST ROTHMANS of Pall Mall (M) Bhd said it had made every effort to protect the interest of its minority shareholders in its recent restructuring scheme. The company said after a meeting with five representatives of the Malaysian Chinese Association in Petaling Jaya last
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    • 446 15 NST ROTHMANS of Pall Mall (M) Bhd's restructuring scheme, when implemented, will result in an outflow of M 518.22 million from the country, a Malaysian Chinese Association official said. Mr Chien Kien Chuen, the chairman of the MCA national participation unit, said
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    • 511 15  -  Deal with UK company to cost $17m By AMY CHEOK SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE has exercised its option to buy a further 100 double-decker buses from Britain, in a deal worth nearly $17 million (£5 million). Under the latest purchase, SBS will buy
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    • 241 15 OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp has said that although it' is currently reviewing methods of rations firing the operations of its three finance companies, it has "no plans for them which will involve the issue of OCBC shares or payment of cash". The bank
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    • 309 15 IN THE MATTES OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. UK FAB CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PTE LTD (la Valuta!? LiqaMattaa) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the Company held at Blk. 1006, Eunos Avenue 7, No. 40, Singapore 1440 on 11 July, 1986 the following special resolutions were passed:(1) That the
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    • 129 15 K PKBANKEN CHANGE OF NAME We are pleased to inform that PK Christiania Bank (South East Asia) Ud f now a wholly-owned subsidiary of PK ban ken, Sweden, witt with immediate effect operate under its new name PKBANKEN INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) LTD Office Address 16 Raffles Quay #31-02 Hong Leong Building
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  • 448 16  -  By BOEY KIT YIN LTCB MERCHANT BANK (Singapore) Ltd, a new joint venture between two of Japan's largest financial institutions, will create more sophisticated long-term fund related business in the local capital markets. Mr Tetsuya Horie, the deputy president of the Long-Term Credit
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  • 251 16 STARTING TODAY, more than half a million customers of Malayan Banking Bhd, including its Visa cardholders, from Malaysia and Singapore can get cash from a total of 90 Maybank automated teller machines on both sides of the Causeway. With the ATM link-up, the
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  • 514 16  -  By MONICA GWEE STUDENTS WANTING that 'A' level certificate will play out their studies against a new scenario in 1989. Education Minister Dr Tony Tan said admission into junior colleges and Pre-University centres in 1989 would include two considerations: a minimum D 7
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  • 192 16 UPI THE FORMER director of Hongkong's Overseas Trust Bank was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for his part in massive frauds that cost the bank more than US$lOO million and led to its being, taken over by the government. Patrick Chang Chen-Tsong pleaded guilty
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  • 141 16 STOCKBROKER Lin Tah Hwa will be tried in a district court from March 2 to 20 next year. Mr Lin faces 22 cheating charges. The dates were taken yesterday when his case came up (or mention in Court 20. Lin's application to have his
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  • 279 16 AFP AGRICULTURE in Asia and the Pacific, while drifting towards disaster 10 years ago, has registered "vast progress", but mass poverty and malnutrition affecting 300 million people "still pose serious problems". Edouard Saouma, direc-tor-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, told FAO's 18th
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  • 351 16  -  By LIM SOON NEO SINGAPORE served notice yesterday on Canada to terminate the bilateral air services agreement signed in January 1984. This follows the breakdown of air talks between the two parties. A statement from the Civil Aviation Authority of
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  • 96 16 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES opened yesterday morning about USH an ounce lower after having been called little changed. Floor brokers said some foreign selling at the opening, combined with an absence of active buying interest, served to weaken gold. However, the selling was not considered aggressive.
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  • 68 16 Reuter US STOCKS fell below the 1,800 level of the Dow Industrials yesterday for the first time since mid-May. Traders cited pressure from IBM's report of lower second-quarter earnings and carry-over from last week's sharp drop. IBM fell 2% to I«V 4 The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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  • LATE FILE
    • 55 16 AFP JAPANESE Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe was yesterday named to head the major Fukuda faction in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The development, in which he took over the (action's leadership from former Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, underlines Mr Abe's challenge for power against
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    • 61 16 Reuter PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand said yesterday that he would refuse to sign a decree on the privatisation of 65 French companies, raising the prospect of an upset in a power-sharing arrangement with the Rightwing government. He said he could not allow the government of Prime Minister
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    • 27 16 AP CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping aid yesterday that his reforms of China's economic structure included reforms of parts of the political structure. AP
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    • 40 16 Reuter VIETNAMESE President Truong Chinh was yesterday chosen to succeed the late Le Duan as die country's new leader. Chinh is a hard-line northerner who was once considered heir-apparent to the late Ho Chi lfinh.
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    • 34 16 UPI THE REAGAN Administration is considering appointing Robert Brown, a black businessman from North Carolina, as amhssrartnr to South Africa. Brown is being considered to replace ambassador Herman Nickel.
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    • 46 16 Outlook for todoy: Shown over severol areas in Hn morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.90pm on July 14 at the ok<i "'»M i ''i*BBrrr Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 0.00 Rainfall m millimetres 6.0 Rainfall this month 31.8 Romy days this month 5
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 319 17 A CONTINGENCY plan based on surcharges designed to keep cargo moving in North America in the event of severe disruption could come into effect after Aug 15. To defray the extraordinary operating expenses which could be incurred by
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    • 358 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ SINGAPORE-BASED Pacific Carriers is exploring the possibility of setting up a Joint venture company in Malaysia for the purpose of flagging its ships. The company has contacted the maritime division in the Malaysian Ministry of Transport
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    • 157 17 EIGHT OPERATORS in the Australia-Japan trade are looking into the possibility of using larger ships to service the trade. The eight which belong to two separate consortia the LO and RO groups have recently pooled together nine ships to offer six sailings
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    • 183 17 Reuter THE SUEZ CANAL has for the first time earned Egypt more than US$l billion, according to the canal chairman Ezzat Adel. Adel told the Cairo newspaper Al-Akhbar that tne canal's earnings in the year ended June 90 had exceeded the billion dollar level despite
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 90 17 A MAJOR ENGINEERING contract has been awarded to the Port of Le Havre by the Port of Dakar Authority. To fulfil the contract, the French port has tied up with Sofremer and Bossard International. The three have formed a technical assistance team with specialists on
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      • 136 17 NORCONTROL Surveillance Systems of Horten, Norway, has been awarded a contract by the Chinese Ministry of Communications and the port authorities of Qingdao Harbour, to supply China's first vessel traffic system. The Norwegian company will install in early 1967 its VOCB6 processing and display system, recording
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    • 490 18 GRAIN voyage fixing dominated the London shipping freights market on Friday. The market continued to lack sufficient demand to change a generally weak tone. FIXTURES Tankara: Generally lower rates were reported for most crude sectors of the tanker market. Grain: Maize Banawe 14,000/14,700 long tons South Africa/Japan $14.75
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    • 500 18 Reuter DESPITE BURLINGTON Northern Inc's announcement of plans for a massive US$l.9 billion writedown, analysts said they continue to believe that the longer-term outlook for the company remains positive. "Writedowns are not uncommon here, it's in line with what the industry is
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    • 174 18 SENERMAR SA, the Spanish firm of naval architects has just won its third contract in West Germany in seven months for Foran its established computer-aided ship design and production system. The latest contract is with Paul Lindenau Werft of Keil, a medium-sized shipyard
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    • 148 18 AP AFTER extensive refurbishing, < the QUypao is preparing to re- embark on its ambitious around-the-world excursion un- der the direction of its 76-year- 0 old captain, Jacques-Yves Cous- r teau. In about three weeks, the 44-year-old Cklypeo is scheduled to leave Miami, then
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    • 395 18 THIS IS THE artist impression of a crab-fish factory vessel which Rauma-Repola is constructing for Sudoimport. The Finnish yard was awarded the 12 billion Finnish mark contract the largest single contract it has received so far to build three of these 179-m vessels. The
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    • 666 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afeo Line VI 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANL 1 1/2 APC Line V 4 APL HI 2/3 ASCL III 1 Bolt-Canada Lme VI 4/5 Bait-Orient Line VI 4/5 Bank Line V 5 B8S 1 4/5 Ben Line Cont
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    • 466 18 UPI LOVE BOAT ocean liners that cruise the Pacific coast are bringing more to Canada than just amorous couples. Their cargoes also hold marijuana, hashish and cocaine. Fears of European terrorism and the lure of the Expo 86 world's fair have
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    • 176 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 EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "K" T in» Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang shipping AMRO (STWATTS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container
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    • 405 19 Lloyd's List JAPANESE SHIPOWNERS are predicting that 10,000 seafarers jobs will have to be cut by the end of the decade. The Shipowners Association of Japan (SAJ) warned that 40 per cent of Japanese seamens' job could be lost within four or five
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    • 125 19 Reuter THE TRANSPORT Ministry of Japan has asked its advisory panel to recommend ways to promote a new ship scrapping programme which aims to demolish a total 1.9 million grt over three years, starting later this year. The ministry's shipping industries division has already
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    • 299 19 FT THE UNITED KINGDOM TransCand General Workers' Union rebuffed attempts by the port employers to open discussions on the more flexible use of labour in the docks. The port employers wanted to amend a part of the agreement, known as the Aldington-Jones
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    • 162 19 Reuter IRAQ SAID ITS warplanes hit three large shipping targets in the Gulf in the last 24 hours as Gulf sources reported a fire aboard one of them, the missile-hit tanker Achilles, had been extinguished. A military spokesman said three "large naval targets," the
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    • 44 19 PORT RASHID established a record recently when it handled 34,893 cu m of packaged timber in 92 hours. This was the largest single consignment of timber ever to arrive in the Dubai port and was discharged at a phenomenal rate.
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    • 161 19 RICKMERS LINIE is taking plans to improve its China service in an attempt to put the company back on a profitable path. By the end of the year, older and relatively small ships of 10,000 to 12,000 grt will be replaced by modern
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    • 280 19 AFP A COMBINATION of uncertainty over crude oil prices and the end of the holiday weekend in the United States made for very dull trading last week on the tanker market. Hopes that oil prices would fall further kept buyers on the sidelines, particularly from Gulf states areas
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    • 6974 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 685 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Nan Princess 8S 15.7.86 1700 Eagle Corp Fl 0800-0900 W4 Pegasus P 437N 15.7.86 1900 Straits Shpg F1 1000-1030/1030-1100 Fl/Gl Piya Bhum 45N 16.7.86 0300 S'p° re
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    • 1693 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A—B A Top Enterprises Ltd Some (S) AB Siiippmg Bousteod Shpg Agencies Afeo Lme Atncon Shpg Agencies (S) Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepter Oceonus ShtppmgAgen cies <S> MuNiport Sdn Bhd (PK) AmerKon
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    • 546 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES K22 Jenson Thong Soon alongside 15.7/0100 Koheng K30 Or Lloyd alongside 15.7/2300 Lok Vinoy KI8 NTYSS alongside 15 7/1100 Ned AJkmaor KI2 Ned-EAC alongside 15.7/1700 Rojah Brooke K24E SSPL alongside 157/1830 Troro Fiord K10 Barber alongside 15.7/1500
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    • 66 17 mm DESPITE BURLINGTON Northern onnouncement of plans for o mossive writedown, analysts said they continue to believe that the outlook for the company remains positive. Pege II JAPANESE SHIPOWNERS are predicting that 10,000 seafarers jobs will hove to be cut by the end of the decode. Pag« IH Index to
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    • 645 18 NOTICE OFFICE IVOIRIEN DES CHARGEURS (COTE D'IVOIRE SHIPPERS' COUNCIL) ANNOUNCEMENT Cargo Visa System of the Republic of Cote D'lvoire. Shippers are hereby informed that, in accordance with the regulations of the Republic of Cote D'lvoire, in force viz.: The Interministerial Order of 25th August, 1977 and associate laws and ordinances
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    • 630 19 The Straits Steamship Group J Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd QC!L Overseas Containers Limited COWTAIWEPSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT STRAITS SHPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok r%m 11/1 13/1 lt/S 11/ l 23/1 25/9 11/ l 92/9 •7/9 M/ 9 19/9 19/9 M/ 9 21/9 •1/19 93/19
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    • 390 20 Hapag-Lloyd 10 CONTINENT, UK EXPORTS Spm PJUMSiM U/l 17/1 23/9 31/1 7/9 \w i/w VII lt/lt 24/11 13/1 1V» 25/1 2/9 9/9 11/9 21/9 3/19 11/10 11/ It 21/19 22/7 24/7 21/7 31/7 4/1 VI 11/t 13/1 19/1 21/1 27/t a/t 4/9 1/9 11/9 13/9 11/9 29/9 21/9 2t/9 4/11
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