The Business Times, 29 August 1986

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 FRIDAY, AUGUST 198« 75 CENTS
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  • 384 1  -  *y ALVIN TAY BANKS AND INSURANCE companies need to offer an annual return of 4.25 per cent so that retired members of the Central Provident Fund can drawdown $230 a month under the minimum sum scheme. This would ensure that the
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  • 446 1  -  Buoyant growth in shipments By LINDA CHEE A BILLION-DOLLAR container port is to be built on Pulau Brani to handle what the Port of Singapore Authority forecasts will be continued doubledigit growth in container traffic into the *****. The offshore port development was
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  • 95 1 THE GOVERNMENT has released the details of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill which was first introduced in Parliament on Monday. Under the legislation, the seat of a member of parliament would become vacant if he is expelled from Parliament, ac- cording to
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  • 52 1 AFP HONGKONG is enjoying a mini-export boom, with a record 10.6 per cent Jump in domestic exports in the seven months to July. The latest official statistics show that total domestic exports were valued at HKJ79.6 billion during the period, of which $14.2 billion was registered in
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  • 156 1 Bernama ITS UP to the Malaysian Chinese Association to decide on the position of jailed politician Tan Koon Swan as a Member of Parliament, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. The Prime Minister said yesterday that he could
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 474 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN WAYS TO SPEED UP the sluggish pace of economic cooperation and expand intra-Asean trade dominated yesterday's meeting of Asean economic ministers. A Singapore proposal to increase Intra-Asean trade was generally suppported by the other five Asean members. Under the proposal, an Asean
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  • 433 1  -  By LEE HAN 8HIH, Property Corrsspondwnt ALTHOUGH REPORTS from the property sector indicate that the decline in demand and prices is over, there are no longer any official figures from which to Judge their claims. The only official indicator on the movement
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  • 69 1 DEMAND for private houses and flats has improved a great deal, a trend noticeable in May and June this year. But meat developers are cautiously optimistic about future developments in the residential market due to several factors, such as the large number of still unsold units
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    • 256 1 PSA to makt further tariff reductions Shiooina TintM Pm« I Investments ccntrt to Im Mt up In B'porm, Back Pag* •HAM MP—Mi— MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS LETTER CROSSWOROS TV A RADIO BRWTOW DOONEBBURY OUR VIEW THE STOCK MARKET has delivered its verdict on the implications of the jailing of
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 305 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING A DESIGNER and manufacturer of computer graphics software for companies such as IBM, Hewlett Packard and AT AT is investing $3.5 million in Singapore. Metheus, from the US, will design its graphics in Singapore with production to be carried
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    • 427 2  -  By LUCY NG FROM TOMORROW Mr Nelson Britt of General Electric (USA) will cease to be its national executive. This post will go to Mr John Noland, the general manager responsible (or GE's consumer electronics operations in Hongkong, Malaysia and Singapore. Mr Britt
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    • 246 2 SEVERAL of Singapore's senior diplomats are on the move. A statement from the Foreign Ministry last night disclosed that the Republic's ambassador to the Philippines, Mr Aziz Mahmood, has returned to the foreign ministry to assume the post of director of the Asean division. He is replaced
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    • 632 2  -  By GOH YEE LING A PLOT OF LAND off Orchard Road which changed hands recently at $22.7 million will be the site of a month-long Christmas carnival. Just six weeks ago, the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) had to cancel its Christmas
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    • 170 2 MIDLAND BANK AVAL, the Midland group's forfaiting subsidiary, will set up a regional representative office here, said Mr lan Guild yesterday. Mr Guild, the vice-chairman and chief executive of the forfaiting subsidiary, said: "Midland Bank AVAL has shown in Europe that forfaiting is a
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    • 484 2 JAPANESE EXPERTS will be training local engineers in five different fields under a construction technology transfer programme extended by the Japanese government. This programme, coordinated through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a high-level government agency, also provides for 10 engineers to
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    • 407 2 ASEAN, India and China will get together for the first time at a conference to make a bid for new investments in the electrical and electronics sector. The conference aims to offer a Joint platform where Asean, China and India can sell their
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    • 220 2 IMPORTERS and distributors of foods from Europe will have their inward declarations endorsed only after consignments have been checked by the Environment Ministry for radioactive contamination. The Trade Development Board's imports and exports unit reminded Singapore's food traders and carriers on Monday that foods imported
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    • 404 3  -  By GOH YEE LING PRIVATE COMPANIES in the sound and video production industry should not be concerned that the newly-formed SBC Enterprises Pte Ltd will be offering unfair competition, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. He
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    • 384 3  - Watt Akkermans to lay off 52 By LUCY NG ONE OF SINGAPORE'S biggest and most established engineering services companies is to retrench nearly a quarter of its staff at the end of this month. Watt A Akkermans, which is a 50-50 joint venture between Straits Steamship and General Electric (USA),
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    • 350 3  -  By LISA LEE DEVELOPERS applied to start work on fewer residential units in June this year compared with previous months, according to preliminary government data. Notices of commencement were submitted for only 14 residential units. This compares with a monthly average of
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    • 456 3 THE POOR response to a property auction held yesterday suggests that recent indications of an upturn in the market may be premature. Buyers were found for only two of the 18 properties auctioned by Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye and Baillieu these were an
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    • 113 3 HOLIDAY ON ICE will premiere for charity next Thursday. The charity premiere, which was supposed to have been held last night, had to be postponed when (our sections of the tent at the dementi site split following heavy rain on Wednesday. The sections are 'being
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    • 292 3  -  By JAIME LYE SINGAPORE has got the thumbs-up from a group of small- and medium-sized Japanese companies here to assess Joint ventures and other business opportunities. A group of 21 such Japanese companies from Hamamatsu City, most of them in Singapore for the first time, met local
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 387 4 Reuter FOREIGN INVESTMENT in Indonesia slumped in the first half of this year by more than GO per cent as overseas investors reacted against high raw material costs, corruption and red tape, according to the country's businessmen. Amien Warsita, deputy chairman of the government's Investment
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    • 314 4 AFP INDIA'S industrial production rose 5.5 per cent during the Sixth Five-Year Plan (*****5), a performance described as "unimpressive" by the country's central bank. The growth rate (ell significantly short of the target of 7 per cent set by the planning commission, and
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    • 187 4 UPI JAPANESE government and business leaders on Wednesday welcomed the California state legislature's passage of a bill calling for revision of the controversial unitary tax system. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said "the decision will help promote Japanese investment
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    • 417 4 Reuter TAIWAN'S money supply growth is surging and its dollar reaching new highs, but although economic officials are nervous about the situation, they lack ideas for dealing with it, bankers and economists say. The Taiwan dollar closed at a new five-year high of
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    • 220 4 AP ALARMED by its growing trade deficit with Japan, South Korea has decided to limit its imports from Japan this year to within US$lO billion, a South Korean newspaper has reported. The Cboaun Dbo, quoting unidentified officials at the trade and industry
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    • 327 4 AFP THE NATIONAL People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, has amended an unprecedented bill covering bankruptcies so that only state-owned companies can go under. The legislation, in the works (or more than a year, is to be adopted during the current
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    • 179 4 Reuter HELGA STEEG, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (lEA). said it would be a mistake to presume that the world was entering a long phase of problem-free and secure energy supplies. At an energy congress in Bonn on Wednesday, the
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    • 598 4 Reuter HONGKONG businessmen are gambling on relations between Beijing and Taipei remaining cool although China wants to forge links with Taiwan following its first direct contact with the island for nearly 40 years. China's communist leaders are hoping their meeting with Taiwan in
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    • 777 4 First Interstate Bank Of California In thousands Cash ortd due from banks Time deposits, due from banks Investment securities (approximate market value: 1985 $828,579; 1984 $973,561) U.S. Treasury and ogencies State and politic ol subdivisions Other Total investment securities Trading account securities (at market) Federal funds sold and securities purchased
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 383 6 Reuter AMERICAN Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said yesterday that the continuing high US trade deficit was due in part to the dollar's strength against the currencies of Canada and some Latin nations. He said the value of the dollar had dropped against the
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    • 156 6 AP AMERICA'S efficiency in producing goods and services declined in the second quarter of 1906 for the first time since the depths of the 1981-82 recession, the US government has reported. Non-farm business productivity fell at an annual rate of 0.5 per cent. That
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    • 385 6 Reuter CANADA is preparing a technology policy to boost its struggling computer and telecommunications companies, according to government officials and industry observers. Ottawa is hoping a more organised approach will give a much-needed lift to the sector, which relies heavily on Imported technology. "There
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    • 324 6 AFP BRAZIL'* cruzado plan, which attracted enthusiastic popular support when introduced six months ago, is now getting mixed reviews, having succeeded in curbing inflation but held accountable in some quarters (or shortages of meat and milk. The plan, announced on Feb 28 by
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    • 256 6 NYT WEST GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl has announced a series of measures aimed at stemming a flow of refugees into his country that he predicted would reach a new high this year of more than 100,000. "We are not a nation of immigration," Mr
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    • 260 6 NYT A SPECIAL American envoy is expected to raise with Western European allies two new ideas (or tightening trade curbs on Libya, Reagan administration officials have said. The officials said that one of the ideas being considered by Washington
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    • 133 6 Reuter THE US has flown into Britain 18 Jets of the type used in its April long-range air strike against Libya, but British officials say the aircraft are in the country for a routine Nato exercise planned six months ago. Britain was used
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    • 501 6 UPI PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan's management style is dictated, in part, by a sign on his desk that reads: "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit."
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 616 7 UPI TERRY WEAKLY's company is only one year old, but so is the industry, and he's already planning a major expansion in catering (or the latest customers of computer technology desktop publishers. "Without sounding too cliche, it's given the power of the press to
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    • 127 7 AFP NIPPON KOGAKU KK, known for Nikon cameras, announced yesterday what it claimed as a revolutionary colour telephoto transmitter system that could send 35mm colour film positives and negatives via regular telephone lines. The new transmitter, Jointly development with Kyodo News Service, makes it possible to transmit
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    • BITS & BYTES
      • 131 7 UPI DR ALBERT SABIN, the medical pioneer who helped conquer polk) a generation ago, celebrated his 80th birthday on Tuesday at a scientific symposium that thanked him for his contributions to mankind. About 150 scientists from around the world Joined in the salute at the
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      • 88 7 SMART CARD microcircuit chips of improved design will be available for sampling from French company Thomson Components Semkonducteurs in the last quarter of this year, the Financial Times has reported. The new chip uses an eight-bit processor with 64,000 characters of random access memory (RAM),
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      • 124 7 HITACHI of Japan has built a prototype flat-panel colour television using a newly-developed gas discharge method. The method is favoured by many TV makers using flat screen technology, though the panels utilise gas discharge tubes which tend to consume too much power for
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      • 113 7 AFP SOVIET SCIENTISTS are perfecting an artificial heart which uses compressed air and plastics, according to a member of the Soviet Academy of Science. "We have developed an artificial heart based on polymers and compressed air. There have been dozens of experiments implanting them into
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    • 562 7  -  By MARTIN SOONG GIANT VEGETABLES may soon take root in a five-hectare hightechnology (arm in Choa Chu Kang. Hi-Tek Vegetable Farms, which intends to invest 15 million to grow fruit vegetables for both the local and export markets, is in an open
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  • FEATURES
    • 466 8 THE STOCK MARKET has delivered its verdict on the implications of the Jailing by the Singapore High Court of Malaysian businessman and politician Tan Koon Swan: it's a personal matter that would neither affect relations between the two countries nor the investment climate. The verdict
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    • 2179 8  -  Demand tor private houses and flats has improved a great deal, a trend noticeable in May and June this year. The question is: Is this rally going to last and will it affect the other property sectors? LEE HAN SHIH examines the residential
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    • 271 8  -  Letter to the Editor B J Penuta Dnr Hr, I read Monica Gwee's intimate review of "The Adventures of Holden Heng" (BT, July 14) and have since finished a laboured sampling of the book itself. I believe I owe Miss Gwee a response. The
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 281 9 UPI WEST GERMAN Juergen Hingsen, storming back to his best form, knocked Daley Thompson off top spot after the high Jump, the fourth event in the decathlon, at the European track and field championships in Stuttgart on Wednesday. It was
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    • 145 9 AP GREG LEMOND, the first American to win the Tour de France, has been awarded a US$4O,OOO judgment in a 1964 lawsuit, in which he claimed a Swiss manufacturer used the cycling star in a commercial endorsement without his permission. Hie US district court victory on
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    • 636 9  -  By BRIAN MILLER VINCENT LEE never believed or wanted to believe that after the first round, he would lead the pack in the Singapore Open Amateur golf championship at Tanah Merah. But yesterday, everything went right for the 20-year-old national serviceman. The tee
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    • 754 9 AFP AFTER THE OPENING day dramatics of Tuesday, a sense of ardor was restored to the US Open Tennis Championships on Wednesday with Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pam Shriver and Steffi Graf all easily advancing to the second round at
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    • 220 9 Reuter PAT CASH'S latest setback took place on m outer court far tram John McEnroe's attention-grab-bing ouster from the US Open on Tuesday, but the young Australian is confident he wffl one day return to the centre courts. Cash, who is battling back
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1253 9 to m mm LOVEJOY TIM Ju 730pm, Channel 5 Earlier this week, Philippine President Cory Aquino (left) visited Singapore, with one of her objectives being to woo investors to prop up an ailing economy. Friday Background talks to the Philippines's Trade Industry and Finance Ministers about how the six-month-old government
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    • 655 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Foutt mostly due to the wrong feed (6) 7 Not much of a piano recital, somehow (8) 8 Thin pointed (haft (6) 10 Lip, odifty enough (5) 13 As entertainment, it's thin (4) 14 Skis broken at a touch! (4) 15 Alan's a daring (4) 16
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 217 10 UPI A DEAL to sell beleaguered Frontier Airlines to United Airlines collapsed on Wednesday night, but a second potential buyer expressed interest in acquiring the People Express subsidiary. United Airlines spokesman Tom Germuska said his company rejected a new offer from People Elspress and ended attempts
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    • 134 10 Reuter THE London International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) will introduce options on its existing FTSE-100 index futures contract on Sep 30. The new option "will provide an important risk management tool (or use by portfolio managers and market makers preparing for Big Bang",
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    • 109 10 Reuter THE MILLIONAIRE Hunt brothers, who are locked in a battle with nearly two doaen major US banks over USfLS billion in debts owed by their crumbling oil empire, have lost a legal battle to block foreclosure of several properties. A federal Judge refused on
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    • 328 10 Reuter WALL STREET stocks Inched higher in active trading on Wednesday as transports and oils continued to strengthen. Analysts said the market ran into some resistance as blue chips moved towards record-breaking territory following a broad advance on Tuesday. The Dow Jones
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 365 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed little changed in sluggish trading yesterday, partly affected by Cathay Pacific Airway's report of smaller-than-expected interim profit, brokers said. The airline showed net profit of HK5503.5 million against $297.9 million a year earlier, but some analysts had expected the figure to be as high as
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    • 407 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower yesterday on widespread profittaking due to diminishing expectations of immediate coordinated international discount rate cuts. The 225-share Nikkei Average fell 133.40 yen to 18,369.87 after an afternoon low of 18,361.72, and a rise in early trade. It fell 137.56 on Wednesday. Turnover was a
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    • 397 11 SYDNEY: Australian shares yesterday closed firmer in moderate trading on a lack of buying support following lacklustre preformances on overseas markets. Early trading was dominated by speculation that Equiticorp Tasman had sold its 5.2 per cent stake in BHP to Adelaide Steamship at Aslo.oo per share. However, both parties
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    • 160 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday rose 1.36 to 148.56. Turnover totalled 470,323 shares valued at 88.1 million baht. Reuter AUG n Ao Khom Thai Bafctt Sam Camant Sam Citom Sam CMm 615 UMP 12 Aftio Ffcra Ayydhyo hwtMM Bangkok Agro-kid w DOOgfcOW DOT* Bank Of
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    • 50 11 Reuter TRADING HOURS on the New Zealand Stock Exchange will be extended effective from Sep 1. Morning trading at all four trading floors throughout the country will start 30 minutes earlier at 9:3oam local time, and afternoon trading will start 15 minutes earlier at 2:lspm. Reuter
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    • 200 11 Reuter STATE-OWNED Development Finance Corp of New Zealand (DPC) and investment firm Equiticorp Holdings Ltd will take major stakes in a new company called American Strategic Investments Ltd (ASI) which plans to invest in small to medium-sized listed US companies. ASl's
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    • 54 11 Reuter HUTCHISON WHAMPOA Ltd will submit a proposal with British Telecommunications PLC and Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd to provide a cable television service in Hongkong. It Mid yesterday that the group would seek an exclusive franchise. Hongkong Telephone Co Ltd has already formed a Joint venture
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    • 87 11 Reuter JAPAN'S vehicle exports fell to 591,151 units in July from 608,785 in June and were down from 631,841 a year earlier. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers' Association, Jama, said the July drop was due mainly to lower exports to China and the Middle East while the
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    • 115 11 AP THE Japanese National Railways has posted a record 1.85 trillion yen net loss in fiscal 1985, which ended in March, because of Increasing interest and retirement payments. A JNR official said on Wednesday that the loss was 12 per cent larger than the deficit
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    • 110 11 Reuter RECKITT and Colman PLC wQI make an unconditional cash offer of A 56.25 a share far the 30.77 pa* cent of the issued shares it does not already hold in Reckitt and Colman Australia Ltd. The offer price compares with Wednesday's closing price of
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    • 396 11 s©= am M 81 Witisitt id wlae, dia« and entertain p; gs #i=*> Cf% Tea, Singapore Style Native favourites abound at Plum'*. the lobby round- Ihedock cote restaurant. Teo-Kmewl see a mouthwatering tood dtaploy If at w« bring out Ihe "nonya" and "baba" In your soul. Frwd Mit«n V«getob»« l«mak
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    • 107 11 Frisco is the perfect choice for your business or informal lunches r I *v-» Centrally located within Singapore's Business District Frisco serves superb European cuisine amidst a setting that exudes quiet elegance and comfort. Coupled with our unobtrusive yet impeccable service, you may be assured of a really satisfying experience.
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    • 1268 12 11l HEAD OFFICE 96 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN ***** PARIS BANQUE INDOSUEZ SINGAPORE BRANCH 3 Shenton Way, Shenton House Singapore 0106 Maxwell Road P.O. Box 246, Singapore 9004. Tel: *****11 Telex: Indocab R*****5. Cable: Indosuez Singapore. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AT DECEMBER 31,1985 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 587 13 Reuter SINGAPORE: The US dollar yesterday weakened marginally against most major currencies in late trading due to some European selling to close steady to slightly lower compared with New York levels. Trading was quiet and featureless all day ss most Asian operators were sidelined ahead of the West
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    • 171 13 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: ■M Odor ■OOO portty iko^o Local dollort out wHt of iotmgn umtmmcr. US dolor Storing pound Auttrafeon dolor NZ dolor Conodkm dolor 2.1560 3.1962 1.3130 1.0682 1.5433 2.1570 3.1999 1.3157 1.0709 1.5451 2.8196 7 3469 3.4286 3.4286 3.4206 -23 54 -56.50 -61.70 -68.84
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    • 347 13 Reuter EURODOLLAR futures closed higher yesterday. September Eurodollar closed at 94.15, up from Chicago's 94.12, December at 94.16 against 94.14 and March at 94.10 against 94.07. Turnover totalled about 2,130 lots. September D-mark closed lower at U550.4890 from Chicago's U550.4896, yea higher at U550.*****7 against U550.*****5 and sterling at
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    • 312 13 HONGKONG: Gold closed higher yesterday in thin but nervous trading aided by technical buying by local speculators and European interests. Gold came under overseas selling pressure after a steady opening, but technical support emerged when the metal failed to hold below US$3Bl per ounce. Bullion closed near its high
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    • 369 13 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed steady at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. Period rates firmed between 1/16 and 3/16 point at the outset after speculation that the Bundesbank might not cut interest rates at its policy-making meeting yesterday. Thereafter rates were unchanged with one month closing
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 13 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore Interbank money market closed at 3 13/16 per cent yesterday, up 5/16 point from the close on Wednesday. The one, two and threemonth term rates rose by 1/16 point each. Wks>M the mrtft of the prists rstss of 12 major basks operating
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    • 360 13  -  ay AMY BALAN THE TREND towards global automated trading in equities and bond should work to the advantage of Singapore, a leading US expert has said. This is because financial trading can grow where there is expertise and where the political and economic climate
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 328 13 The saw 1 I jli ;< I L' I pSlic J cbfor it excellence Business Times, Singapore's foremost business paper, and DHL, the world's leading courier, are proud to announce that the search is on for Singapore's Businessman of the Year, for the individual who made the most notable contribution
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 283 14 RAS prices ScMtiA«. FOS a 1 NOON CLOSC kit 1 RSS Prompt 177.75 I78.S0N 177.75 I78 75N Int 1 RSS Sap 86 177 75 178.25 177 75 178 25 Int 1 RSS Oct 86 174.75 175.25 174.75 175 25 Int 2 RSS OP 172.00 174.00N ***** 174.00N
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    • 81 14 (cant«/kg. 1-to* p *Ma) U OCT 86 (currant month) NOON VTOfWOrO fnOnTn/ NOON RAS BfW SM8V> Bvyan S||m SSR 20 157.50 I59.50N 158.00 160 00N SSR SO 154.50 I56.50N 155.00 157.00N MRELB leyws Sslsn Bwy«n MMn SMR CV 238.50 240 50N 239.50 241.SON SMR L 238.50 240.50N
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    • 64 14 Bangkok (US$/t0MM. FO«) Broken R»ce A-l Super A-l Special 135 132 Whit* Rice C-l C-l Ord unq unq 100% 1st class 100% 2nd class 230 Loonzam Rice 100% 3rd class 225 <00% 1st grode unq 100% 2nd grode 225 5% 215 100% 3rd grode unq 10% 210 15% 205
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    • 246 14 Reuter SINGAPORE The market closed slightly firmer yesterday with September One RSS buyers quoted at 177.75 cents per kilo, up 0.50 cent from Wednesday. Dealers said the morning session gained 0 JO cent on some covering of September position in quiet trading. Trading In the afternoon market remained quiet
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    • 80 14 Reuter THE PRICE OF UN m the Xaak if Tin Market rese one cent yesterday to clese at MflUf per Uto d tocreased baying later eat Interest was —ted «I Wednesday's M$l4.M -t- 1 ivVWj wim obcvUm^oq strong Mil 148 tennes. Bat demand eased slightly as the price
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    • 159 14 MALAYSIAN crude palm ofl prices eased at the close yesterday on light selling and buyers' reserve in thin and cautious trading, as operators were mostly sidelined awaiting the outcome of yesterday's Indian weekly palm oil tender. A weaker overnight Chicago soyoil futures close weighed on prices. Aug/Sep deliveries
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    • 750 14 Reuter COFFEE A quick turnaround in New York to near expanded six cent limit-up levels saw robusta futures on Wednesday rally sharply and close with gains of £35 to £55 a tonne. The London market had been pressured throughout the morning session, and contracts slip as much as
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    • 131 14 CMmm Product EvehMM Robutta 20/25% FOB NSW 570.00 Stiwri iioofi doiig pi Aug 2S (SV100 k§). Coconut oil Bufc FOB Oid drum FOB New drum FOB 43.00 56.00 60.00 Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW BWP FOB NSW Gambier FOB NSW 1355.00 1256.00 330.00 Copro Mixed Ooom) Popper Muntok Whir*
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    • 108 14 OIL PRODUCTS FAR EAST crudes were quiet with early sellers reported at USU&SO per barrel (Tapis barrel), $12.60 per barrel (Attaka), $12.40 per barrel ((appelant!) and $8.00 per barrel (Duri), but there were few buyers. In the petroleum products market, fuel firmed on prompt demand but most other grades were
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    • 123 14 Reuter WHEAT FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade were higher at the close on Wednesday, gaining 1-1/2 US cents to 1/4 cent a bushel. Trading was quiet throughout the session »mid a lack at fresh news to influence the market. Prices languished in slightly lower territory before posting
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    • 114 14 Reuter SOYBEAN FUTURES closed mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday, with September off 5-1/4 US cents a bushel and other contracts as much as 2-3/4 cents higher. Rumours about marketing provisions that might accompany the USDA's new soybean loan rate prompted selling in September. Nearly a
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    • 695 14 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER ltt AND IN THE MATTES OF MANAGEMENT AIDS PTE LTD (MENKES* VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 3 Lorong Jelutong Klrl, Off Jalan Jelutong, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on
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    • 753 14 THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER IK) AND IN THE MATTES OP KOBINB HOLDINGS PTE LTD. (laeerpefated la the RcpaMt *W«) (la Meaherf Vitatujr WfaMtag Up At an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 52 Telok Blangah Road, #04-06 Telok Blangah House, Singapore
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    • 730 14 NOBIS TRADING PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an extraordinary general mating of Noris Trading Pta Ltd held on 21 August 1966. the following Spacial Resolution was duly pessed:That Noris Trading Pta Ltd ba wound up voluntarily and that Messrs Rogar Philip Edmonds. Jeffrey Hang Ghaa Sang and Wong Yaw
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    • 715 14 IN THE MATTES OP THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTEB ltt) AND IN THE MATTES OP COSA NOSTRA TRADING (8) PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Notice Is hereby given pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act, (Chapter 185) that the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company will be
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    • 430 14 PR LID At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Dawson Offshore Pte Ltd, held on !4th August 1986, the following special resolutions were duly passed. 1. "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Mr Tan Glm Soo of M/s GB. Tan L Co., Chartered Accountants. Public Accountants, Singapore, be
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    • 157 14 TENDERS FOR ESTATE MACHINES The Board hos introduced Interest Free Financing Scheme for Conservancy Contractors to purchase estate machines. Only suppters/controctors who participate in this tender exercise wil be alowed to participate in the Board's Interest Free Financing Scheme for Conservancy Contractors. Tenders are invited tor:Design, Mwiufjctur®, DtNvtnfi Inrtsltaliofl ®nd
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4169 15 WHILE SELLERS made their presence felt at the local stock exchange yesterday, sentiment held steady and several recent favourites in the industrial and property sectors continued to make gains in active trading. Shares like National Iron, Prima and Neptune Orient Lines, CityDev, UOL, Malayan Credit and
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    • 232 15 SINGAPORE Rises koto 214 +14 Nat Ira* 454 12 tort—ow Mm 424 12 SfiMW 191 12 IIm 80 +12 ICS 630 4-10 NST 545 10 Sport Law) 510 -4-10 Waa4 A Pa* 288 +10 Ala» HMp 90c 160 +10 K G HWfc 136 +10 Finaml 120 +10
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    • 4168 15 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Acmo <1.606 1.615) (15) I 65 (6) I 63 (9) I 62 (I) I 64 (I) 160 (I) I 61 (15) 1 61 (1) 1 65 (11) 1 60 (3) 1 62 Alcom (0 606 0 655) Amol S»ml 50c (1.106
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    • 540 16 PROFIT-TAKING caused share prices to finish offbest at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday but some stocks continued to rise on buying support and closed sharply higher. Singapore stocks, blue chips and a few situational counters were the favourites yesterday and were traded higher, but
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    • 2360 16 VOUSTRMLS Aiio»w««a (3026) Alcooi (72 WS) (8) 73(6)72 A IS! (656 665) (20) 65 (12) 66* <5) 67 (2) 68 (7) 65* (25) 66 AM (74* 8 755) (7) 76 (42) 74* (4) 74 (51) 75 ASM (1325) (111) 132 (187) 135 (220) 134 (16)
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    • 108 16 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Thursday 1212.82 Wednesday 1209.71 Week ago 1214.50 Hang Seng Index Thursday 1934 20 Wednesday 1932.99 Week ago 1941.36 All Industrials Thursday 1880.2 Wednesday 1878.3 Week ago 1870.0 NEW YORK Dow Jones Wednesday 1904.53 Tuesday 1904.25 Week ago *****3 TOKYO Nikkei Averoge Thursday ***** 87 Wednesday
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    • 248 16 Monogere' prictt MARA-Bumiputra for Aug 29 First B*putra 4.72 4.77 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putro Third B'putro Fourth B" putro 4.39 4.44 3.64 3 69 Th« Commrcf 087 0 92 3.75 3.80 The Sovngi Fund S port Prog Fund 0 79 0 85 0 36 0.40 Fifth B*putro
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 1111 16 BANCA COMMERCIALEITALIANA (INCORPORATED IN ITALY WITH LIMITED LIABILITY ESTABLISHED 1894) HEAD OFFICE: PIAZZA DEL LA SCALA 6, MILANO, ITALY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 1985 (000.000) uss Cash and funds with the Central Bank Securities in portfolio: Treasury Bills. Other State or State guaranteed bonds Bonds of special or
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 627 17 ui mm™ HOCK LOCK SIEW TAN KOON SWAN's jail sentence is keeping some of the more rampant bulls in check. No wonder. Some $960 million worth of shares in the Tan stable are suspended. And if Tan's imprisonment has any impact, it'll make the
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    • 153 17 Reuter CATHAY PACIFIC Airways Ltd earned HK5503.5 million in the first half of the year, its first reporting period as a public company, and maintained a profit forecast of at least HK$l billion for all of 1986. Cathay Pacific, which went public in April,
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    • 282 17 HAW PAR Brothers International is to reduce its stake in Setron Electronics Pte Ltd, the exclusive distributor of Sony products in Singapore, Malaysia «ml Brunei, from 51 per cent to 49 per cent. The company is to become a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of Japan
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    • 468 17 By AMY CHEOK FOOD AND SOFT DRINK manufacturer Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd and its Malaysian associate Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Bhd have improved margins well in the first six months of the year in spite of generally
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    • 436 17  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM A BETTER PERFORMANCE by subsidiaries has helped National Iron A Steel Mills continue its strong recovery. And to prove it, the company has resumed its interim dividend, paying 5 per cent leas tax (nil). In the first half of the year to
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    • 412 17 MBT PAN MALAYSIA Cement Works (PMCW), a member of the Malayan United Industries (MUI) group, has made a M 524.6 million provision for diminution in value of investments in quoted shares for the year to end-March 1986. The amount written down was
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    • 316 17 CASH-STARVED property-cum-timber based Duta Consolidated Bhd has turned in a slightly differing audited report card from its May 12,1986, preliminary record. For the year ended Dec 31, 1985, the group suffered a pretax loss of MJ4.96 million compared with the $5.37 million loss announced originally.
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    • 280 17 CHUAN HUP MARINE has won a one-year contract worth over |2 million to provide a work over barge to HAPCO, one of the largest US oil companies operating in Tnrtonesis. The award was given to Chuan Hup's 50-per-cent-owned ship chartering associate, PT Rig Tenders
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 90 17 For the first half to end June, pre-tax losses of M 52.40 million (M 551.88 million), giving loss per share of two cents (earnings per share of 23.1 cents). Turnover: M 5568.74 million (M 5924.47 million). Although the financial results from refining operations were generally
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      • 47 17 HIGHLANDS Lewlands Bhd: For the first six months to end-June 1986, group pre-tax profit fell 75 per cent to M 58.37 million (M 534.17 million) on turnover of $45.11 million (166.67 million). After tax, profit was $4-64 million ($19.44 million), giving EPS of 1.52 cents (6.43 cents).
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    • 876 17 LONDON equities opened quietly mixed yesterday but with a firmer bias following Wednesday's gains. At 11.00 am, the FT 30 Index was up 0.3 point at 1,280.0 while the FTSE 100 Index was up 3.9 points at 1.633.7. On Wednesday, the FT 30 Index closed at 1,280.5, up
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    • 209 17 2700 MP TWIN SCREW TUG NX. <NS*MNS*) OoMMeotion N.K. <NS*MNS*> Flog Singapore Port of Registry Singapore Year Bull Iw6 Where Bull Singapore Length OA 33.50 m Length BP. 3040W Braodih Moulded B.oom Depth Moulded 3.50 m Draft 31Bm Grow Tonnoge 239.19 torn Nan Tonnoge 69.40 torn Fuel Copocity 177 torn
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    • 341 17 LOST SHARE/STOCK/LOAN STOCK/TRANSFERABLE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS CERTIFICATES of Company i Corporation Certificate No. In Nam* of Slocfca/LS/TSR Karuppiah s/o Supptah 1 x 1,000 Mahmuthu *****64/86 *****48 *****94 Poh Peng Cheng Tan Chia Sim Wong Ah Mui •*****17A/18G Wing Wing Investment Co Pte Ltd 3 x 1.000 1 x 1.000 Ixl.ooo 2
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  • 309 18 WORKERS must be given the facts, good or bad if managers are to retain their trust, according to the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). So important is good information sharing that the employer group proposed yesterday that line managers should be appraised for
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  • 63 18 THE UNITED OVERSEAS BANK group will cut its prime lending rate by one-quarter percentage point to 6.25 per cent with effect from today. The banking group, which includes Chung Khiaw Bank, Far Eastern Bank and Lee Wah Bank, will also trim its savings and
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  • 353 18  -  Some argue that Law Society members should be free to decide on their officers By DAVID GABRIEL PROPOSED CHANGES which would place restrictions on who may hold office in the Law Society were greeted with concern in some legal circles yesterday. Although reaction to the proposed
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  • 505 18  -  By LOH HUI YIN STEPPING UP efforts to woo Singapore investors, the Philippine Trade and Industry Ministry is setting up a Foreign Investments Assistance Centre in the Republic. Hie centre is to be located at the country's embassy in Singapore. At a
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  • 294 18 THE STRONG BONDS of friendship among Asean members is testimony of the group's success as a grouping, even though economic cooperation has been disappointing. Making her assessment at the opening of the 18th Asean economic ministers' meeting yesterday, Philippine President Cory Aquino pointed out that
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  • 478 18 i.ttcf. ITS CIGARETTE manufacturing counterpart across the Causeway, Rothmans Industries Ltd has turned in a commendable set of full year, results, setting a new record for the company. For the 12 months to June 30, 1906, Rothmans turned in a 12 per cent
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  • 202 18 AFP JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, whose Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) scored a massive victory in last month's Japanese elections, was officially handed an extension of his term of office yesterday. A key LDP committee announced that it had unanimously decided to allow Mr Nakasone
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  • 334 18  -  By FLORENCE CHONG AUSTRALIA is to step up its business migration programme to attract more successful entrepreneurs and technical people from Asia and Europe. Despite wide-ranging cuts to most areas of government spendings, the Australian government was able to increase its budget
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  • 80 18 Reuter JAPAN IS PLANNING to extend a new batch of low-interest loans to export-reliant companies hurt by the strong yen, as part of a package of budget requests unveiled by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry yesterday. The ministry is requesting 12 billion yen to establish
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  • 60 18 Reuter WALL STREET stocks moved lower in early trading yesterday as investors took profits following the strong run up early in the week. The bond market provided little support. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12 points to 1895. Declines led advances by nearly three-two on volume
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  • LATE FILE
    • 56 18 Reuter THE INDEX of US leading indicators rose a surprising 1.1 per cent in July, reversing a 0.4 per cent fall the previous month, the US government said yesterday. Most analysts had expected it to be either unchanged or to go up one per
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    • 62 18 Reuter WEST GERMANY announced a new record surplus on its foreign trade account yesterday. The Federal Statistics Office said July West German exports exceeded imports by 10.9 billion marks (US$5.3 billion), against a June surplus of 9.9 billion marks (US$4.B billion) and the previous record
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    • 34 18 UPI BRAZILIAN and Japanese officials in Tokyo yesterday denied that a visiting Brazilian investment mission leader had hinted to Japan that Brazil might refuse to pay its foreign debt. UPT
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    • 37 18 Reuter A THAI Cabinet minister yesterday surrendered to police in Bangkok to face charges that he slandered the King. Deputy Interior Minister Veera Musikaphong turned himself in shortly after Parliament authorised his arrest. Renter
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    • 59 18 AP THE Islamic Jihad organisation yesterday warned that any US military operation to free four American hostages held in Lebanon would cost them their lives. The warning came in a statement delivered to the West Beirut office of a Western news agency along with
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    • 29 18 UPI ABOUT 23 million Indonesian children suffer from malnutrition and another 10 million are victims of protein and calorie deficiencies, said a government report yesterday. UPI
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    • 62 18 Reuter HORSE-LOVING British aristocrats and country gentry were baying for blood yesterday after the opposition Labour Party announced plans to outlaw fox hunting. A spokesman for the British Field Sports Society accused Labour of waging old-fashioned class warfare and said it was misleading to
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 141 18 a A /J. I call Ardmore Park the United Nations of Singapore you really get to meet people who make you feel very much at home because they are all expat families, like us. Living at Ardmore Park also makes sense. You get a full range of country club amenities,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 202 19 AFP THIRTY-SIX officials of two government shipping companies have been impeached (or the wrongful use of steel plates in two container ships, an official said in Taipei on Thursday. The official said the Control Yuan Taiwan's highest supervisory body had
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    • 61 19 Reuter SRI LANKA's cabinet approved a plan to buy 50 steel containers from Poland in exchange for tea, a cabinet spokesman said. Sri Lanka will sell Poland, for cash, enough tea to buy the containers for state-owned Ceylon Shipping Corporation. Polish purchases
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    • 400 19  -  By LINDA CHEE THE PORT of Singapore Authority is mniring further tariff reductions to promote the Republic as an oil trading and bunkering centre. It has also taken steps to privatise port services, starting with mobile crane leasing. Effective Sept 1, a 15 per
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    • 345 19 UPI AFP JAPANESE aircraft searching (or a Singaporean freighter missing in the typhoon-battered East China Sea found no trace of the vessel yesterday or its 25 Filipino crewmen, and the ship is presumed lost, Japanese maritime officials said. "No encouraging reports have
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 134 19 UPI A HIGH BRITISH transport official arrived in Rangoon on a trip designed to promote export of British transport technology to Burma. Peter Bottomley, Deputy Minister at the British Department of Transport, was accompanied by four representatives of British shipbuilding, rail and river transport interests. A
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      • 139 19 Reuter THE FINDINGS of the Soviet marine inquiry into the «rintring of the cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov in New Zealand in February will be released within the next few days, the New Zealand transport ministry said. Transport Minister Richard Prebble said he had received new
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    • 1341 20 FEW REPRESENTATIVE trading routes featured in detailed tbfti* on Wednesday on the London shipping freights market, although the general undertone held Arm. Time-charter business proceeded in moderate volume,' providing employment for a number of bulk carriers in Europe and the Far East. Most grain voyage fixing stemmed from
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    • 516 20 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA and its Gulf allies have pledged to maintain a joint front in the face of Iranian threats and told Tehran to stop what they called "illegitimate actions" against shipping in the Gulf. Foreign and Oil Ministers of
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    • 650 20 Reuter INDONESIA'S newest oil frontier is in waters disputed by Vietnam, but for the men aboard an American rig near Natuna Island in the South China Sea, Hanoi is the least of their worries. Boredom, isolation and hostile weather are the biggest enemies
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    • 903 20 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afeo Lin* VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Afrow Lines X 4 Atlas Lin* X 3 ANL I 1/2 APC Lin* V 4 APL «2/3 ASCL i I Bait-Canada Lin* VI
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    • 165 20 FT THE FIRST SHIP ever equipped to drill for oil, process it and store ft on board will shortly start work on the Norwegian Oseberg field. The Petrvjtui I a welltesting and production vemel, has been undergoing preliminary trials in
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    • 132 20 AP IRANIAN warships intercepted 10 foreign cargo ship* and oil tankers in the Strait at Hormuz, the gateway to the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's official news agency reported. The Republic News Agency, monitored in Nicosia, did not identify the vessels. But the agency, quoting
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    • 176 21 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" 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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    • 193 21 Reuter stkki. production and iron ore imports will tall in Japan and the European Community (EC) but will increase In South Korea and Taiwan by the end of the century, Ocean Shipping consultants said in a statement. The consultancy group said
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    • 454 21 Lloyd's List DELAYS IN THE delivery of about 14 ships worth more than US$35O million are causing serious difficulties for South Korean shipyards, the Seoul government said. But local reports suggest the problem may be considerably worse with up to 26 vessels
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    • 203 21 Reuter OCEAN TRANSPORT and Trading PLC said the plans announced on Wednesday (or a £258 million takeover bid from lEP (UK) Ltd were totally without merit and completely unacceptable. lEP UK is part of the New Zea-land-based group headed by businessman Ronald Brierley. Ocean
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    • 68 21 A FLEET of 14 ships is heading towards the Chernobyl nuclear plant as part of the cleaning-up process in the disaster area, Pravda reported. Eleven of the ships will be used as floating hotels to house the members of decontamination squads. The fleet has
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    • 176 21 Reuter CHINA WILL undertake large-scale projects to lift transport capacity and expand inland shipping on the Yangtze River, the New China News Agency reported. The agency quoted, Zhou Minglin, senior engineer at the Ministry of Communications, as saying China will seek foreign
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    • 139 21 Reuter TWO SHIPS waiting for scrapping in Taiwan ran aground off Kaohsiung port when Typhoon Wayne hit the island last week, a Taiwan shipbreaking association spokesman said. The 11,045 ton Florid*, a Liberian motor vessel, built in 1972, and the 15,327 ton American Alliance, an American
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    • 253 21 Argentina August 11 Beunos Aires Waiting time up to 3 days. Australia Auguat 11 Sydney Normal operation. Melbourne Normal operation. Chalna 15 vessels operating; Chittagong 25 vessels operating. Brazil Auguat 11 Santos Normal operation. 11 CaMfOM August Douala Delay due to heavy rain. Canada August 11 Vancouver Normal
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    • 136 21 AP OCEANOGRAPHER Jacques-Yves Cousteau is preparing far the second teg of a five-year expedition aboard the refitted Catypao, in which he will study the impact of atomic bomb tests at Bikini and Eniwetok atolls in the Pacific Ocean. "The future of the ocean is our
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    • 5307 26 A guide to ahips loading at Singapore for porta 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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    • 794 27 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES rn» m a ,|L A biL■ 1 VfHH B9nn AmvBi i/vpinurv KEPPEL WHARVES Boiyunshon K27 ok>ngvd« 29.8/0600 Cantuaria K10 olongside 29.8/1200 Koto Angkasa K30 alongside 29.8/0600 Km Modura K24E alongside 29.8/0600 S'them Glory K28 alongside 29.8/0600 Xiangyang K15 alongside 29.8/0600 Btotang Seria K2SE 29.8/0630
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    • 723 19 Ml < h.i■!•!), s i Concise Comprehensive Contemporary MgOMbuMtr Hi FEDERAL IV uV OOCL Line STRAI'S tttRnPE EXPRFSS SfRWICf OKNTU KMGHT 21 *SKNSUSMM M mm. kmuuona m KPIVE SMNCT 5 [omental hkmm i» obw pmmot 31 ssp uh cmton m mrc m 31/1 22/9 4/10 5/1# 7/10 9/10 2 n
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    • 65 19 mm SAUDI ARABIA and its Gulf allies have pledged to maintain a joint front in the foce of Ironian threats. Page II DELAYS IN THE deliver* of about 14 ships worth more than US$35O million are causing serious difficulties for South Korean shipyards. P«g« 111 Index to odvertisers N Shipping
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    • 215 20 > i n a 3 I'. .i-.Hi ■TTM South WMt at Kao [7» YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES Pacific North Waat I Atlantic/Canada Foodor at Kao I Foador at Nagoya i m .tit-mi inn i I nr* mrz* e?Z!E E7IT* EME ECTI iit r7r» :i-: n IPTE IFIHE ixttt I roi
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    • 348 20 Supercarrier Service i/imjuM CONTAINER SERVICE i icy m. s# a Oct 11 Oct II B ui AGENTS BARBER WILHELMSEN AGENCIES PTE LTD. SMGAPORE *****77 OUTWARD FIT ENQIMES/M6S *****50 OBTOO SERWCE *****20 Harrisons t CrosMd (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. K Lumpur *****55/*****70 PT DJAKARTA LLOYD, JAKARTA *****3/*****4 P KELANG *****1 BBS OWNERS'
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    • 643 21 The Straits Steamship Group W5 Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd Ovtratii Containers Limited i.v ir.iM i-ai'.•»•!■«' STRAITS ShNPPMG UnQipfwi to jjtuh, Biunsi Ports and Bangkok StOT PJN 39/9 99/9 95/9 11/9 U/9 a/« a/9 a/9 a/9 94/19 a/19 11/19 13/19 19/19 a/19 a/a a/a 9S/11 a/11 11/9 11/9 a/9 a/9
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    • 487 21 Franco Belgian Services ~r .*r 11 iLi.t'i t i r r n (MEMBER OF ACE CONSORTIUM] CHARGEURS REUNIS siN' ;AP<JRI f NQUIPif s «">? 14 CF S 1 -4 1 A Optorg Shipping Pte. Ltd ELM A V Anglo-French Shipping TO USA/CANADA WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE BHSSIS P. VANMMN VIS!
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    • 449 22 Hapag-Lloyd I Hand luubtt to inland destinations in Europe TO EUROPE/MED f|n mriaNfPwunf ItiiMsßb. ■pm 11/11 I. SHMKMM 17/11 Gmm«w| Uaa Am* Kwmp 13/11 11/11- 11/U 14/1217/12- 21/12 FROM N CONTINENT &JJM IMPORTS ftmUmi Ei ?rtn SM Blmm Mas Lint fta IPI S>w* Awji I SU SM SM SM I
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    • 609 22 lP»: *Xu«» K.Sline FULLY CONTAIN ERISED SERVICE TO EliROPt VIA SUfZ B A ot ,he Acf Co so llun KOREAN lACEMI 35R uptime OTTSTW. xr KOREAN CNMCE 2IR Horn ok car mo sir FROM EUROPE VIA SUEZ A Member ol the Ace Consortium fUUY CONTAIWRISFO 10 FROM NORTH AMERICA WFSI
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    • 327 22 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TEL *****06 (20 Lines) TLX RS ***** A RS ***** I \M l K\ \K I IM K. III). STRAITS/JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS rm INTERMARITIME LTD (inMi (SM A|art) Tafc *****0 Marts (S* A(art) T S7#ocl REUNION/SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE u
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    • 651 23 V\v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0 106 Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE 81N MY MM SIN SLW Sid Md In Pt W W 31/0 WWW I*rt WW-- 7/t iw tin 14/9 17/1 aw PJG PLB w ax n/o -r* JAKARXA/PANJANQ/PALEMBANQ
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    • 663 23 BENZINE CONTAINERS ALL VESSELS ACCEPT i.fi a i! 'f ]vi i J '.Vv 1 j" M :!!W IKJJEBSEN LINE fc. NEW ZEALAND S* M| Lat Pt Mores* tack/Taw Kape ran Ml is/i 25/1 i/io u/io 19/10 23/10 21/10 a/10 I I Maaaa Sm Mcfc/Taar top* 22/10 25/10 29/10 31/10 oagm
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    • 1120 24 1 USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST (Round Tho World Socvico) ►jKline KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. 0. KHGHT V2S S. S. MM V36E/*»AZANO BRDGE VS2 H GARNET V 5 0. OMENTAL FREEDOM VlO PACIFIC COAST FEEDER VSI 0. KNGHT m RAGNA VI SP PK PN SP 31 A* 27 MIG 21 AUG
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    • 602 24 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* Ftedw P Aitanf Inn V«sml S'pw« IAHb tnm Srtf" Atao Acc«p CHANOOAS *21 4 Scpl 21 Sept 30 S«p« 28 SM AM/Bre CALABAR ¥27 6 SqX 'MMOAS V3O 17 Sap* 2 Oct 11 Oct 9 Oct AM/Bre [STECUPttR V 7 21 Sept RAA4DAS
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    • 640 24 GOLDEN LINE GUAM GUAN SWMNG (Pit) LID MM ta UUW (11 HO) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: f COLK)I MIDI PWMIhMI 22/N s* CHMA OCEAN SWPPMG CO., PEKMG THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHMA \i' M} 3.«»: Hi ll 2/9 5/9 Mtartfn/HNftvt W.ll'§} n:H r. .WMH i.WiiXi:* LMGQUMN 22/1 23/S GAOOCNC 22/9 23/S
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    • 337 24 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 10 Anson Road «27 '6 Internationa 1 P Sm'japo'P 0207 Tti 224b51 11 O L'nes BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK s PHIIITRON SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD TEL *****22 (8 L INE S) TELE* RS ***** PM'I t hut ia t ret •EAST 11/1 ivt n/». zi/1 PMLMMUENT LINES
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    • 742 25 KNOL z. ORIENT LINES LTD NEPTUNE MENCKS PTE. LTD. lOTM Crs muw *****22 *****43 Ot MICT U Ft QI/MBT IP4/XA *****77 *****43 *****42 I *****19 *****1 C pAuaa cjl 2717*44 NEPIM SON. M. *****47/3404M5/J*****3/*****24 KPIBC SON. BHD 24*5771 *****34, *****JS NEPIM SON. BHD *****9/4200&427C40/427C61/*****2 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY 10 EUROPE/UK (VIA
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    • 390 25 DONAM HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN, INCHON I. Irtft/NS (MA) lb I Dwa/tW lb. 7 Dwa/Hn lb. > oaya/M7N lb. Dauai/MMM TM/CM (MK) lb. I Dm; M7H Sprnt 5/9 7/9 11/9 n/9 a/t li/u it/M SPtwi "u* i s Nf PKINf AUNCIfS
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    • 565 25 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BULDMG 55, Market Street Sigapore 0104 Tefc *****33 (15 Uits) Ti Cable Address SMSOV SMGAPORE Tetei Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P KELANG M/S SHMKAT NAH SOON SON. B». IST AND 2ND FIOOK. NO 1 IALAN CEMPENNG. PORT KLANG. MALAYSIA
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    • 252 26 [aHf REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES ;TO BANGKOK (4 SAILINGS A WEEK) 1 i \< I\i ..71 113 »/*i rTTTTMB tym ITiiff I »fl f t J EB raJTI H3MJB t\iECTEgSI Tta/Fri 111-19/9 THAILAND n i '<■ thM wm m ma -v F7TB MALACCA STRAITS FEEDER SERVICE S SAILINGS A WEEK I'M.'.'.l
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    • 145 27 DIRECT TO CALCUTTA INDIAN FLAG Singapore NITYA ARJUN 30-31 Aug Agents: Skipper Shipping Pto Ltd BU. 0401UO Port Kotong 2-3 Sop! TLX: RS ***** A NEW ZEALAND MJCK, WIG, H PINWITH, LYTLTOW, Also jcctpts LOL/FCI to other destns. murm m *****11 <12 LMS) MKT KEUWG ID. *****07/ I POIMB TR
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    • 289 27 If REGULAR E. MALAYSIA/INDIA INDIAN FLAG E. MALAYSIA STORE M.V. "AVA MINTT M S«pt 12 S«pl Agents: Skipper Shipping Pt« Ltd PH: *****49 TLX: RS ***** CHART POINT •vtry i SATURDAY 'NTFPNATIONAL TFS V T9MONQKOWO TFS VOY 11* Eta P*n Ri* 5/9 TFS VOY 072 S/S 1/11 EtaSW Etotjfd TFS
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 431 28 FINE-LINE! SNIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****52, *****82, *****92 TLX: R*****1 FLINER v- ACCEPTING FCL, LCL ft CONVENTIONAL MDOli EAST SERVICE 9/1 13/9. DUBM. BAMUUN. MUSCAT. DOHA, MMMH, 9/9. 13/9. a/9. 27/9 31/9. 10/9. 15/9 3/9. 11/9. 19/9 5/9 4/9. 11/9 HONGKONG/CHMA SERVICE mum, mmc. mm swxou, shanghai. GUANGZHOU, NHAMPOA BANGKOK
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    • 327 28 NEAP SENG TRADHCaSHHTWb eeniEACM*OAD#is^i GOLDEN MU TOWEA sihoaporc ont TELW>.a7im(SU*«) TLX NO. KM ma MEAPCO Pit LIU >1 iiTTm? HMIOT: «m T* MMavmum mam uc mat m 1* M-3M747/3 Ml MOT CO L* -J H P T UNITFD SHIPPING ORGANISATION LTD JAKARTA FAST DDECT REGULAR SERVICES TO HXMKSMN PORTS JAKARTA/
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    • 503 28 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YAN6 SHIPPING CO. LTD FIU> CONTNNEMSED SOVICE TO ElUOft CM 9EZ) crniAi urn 3NNCI M c con MO MR IVI 14/1 Mm MM Ftfm KW| ONM MM* a/i a/i m/i a/i a/i »/l M/ 1 1/M 4/N WW VM (/II 7/11
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 348 29 It's been a tough twelve months tor Singapore's executives. Anyone can perform well in a rising market, but swimming against an ebb tide takes intelligence, guts and a lot of hard work. Still, all work and no play makes anyone dull. There has to be some relaxation in everyone's life,
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  • EXECUTIVE AT LEISURE
    • 1850 30  -  By MARTIN SOONG THE SHIRT off a businessman's back is often his soiost valuable «Met. But it (skes a different kind of ■arterial instinct to clothe men on top. Both those who have reached the summit •f the corporate heap, and Executives scrambling to get
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    • 1121 31  -  By ELAINE KOH SNAPSHOTS have taken a new dimension these day* with the advent of the sophisticated autofocus SLR (single lens reflex) cameras. Up till the mid seventies, the SLR was the domain of the professional photographer or the serious amateur. Others, hrthnidsted by the
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    • 1197 32  -  By JEFFREY TSANG JUST when you thought it was finally safe to invest in that latest highfidelity in-car-entertainment gadget the compact disc player the consumer electronics industry readies itself to launch a new major product Well before the first digital audio tape or DAT machine
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    • 623 32  -  By MARTIN SOOMG MUSIC BOXES today are no longer the quaint, decorative pieces families of fortune traditionally displayed on living room side tables. Today, the Japanese, European, and American consumer electronics giants have revisited the music box, and turned up
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    • 1690 33  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE have had their say again on what sort of lifestyles we all lead. In the 60b, to be fashionable was to be involved in causes. Make love, not war. Flower power. Bob Dylan and the Vietnam experience. Smoking grass
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    • 1517 34  -  Be it a magic-carpet Citroen, a Rolls-Royce with a video, or a super-fast Porsche whatever the executive drives or is driven in nowadays, his or her car is an extension of an ego which says: 'I have arrived!' so thinks JEFFREY TSANG JEFFREY TSANG IF A CAR
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    • 1475 35  -  Exclusive health clubs offer high-tech way to stay fit By GOH YEE LING TIME was when the mark of success was a good paunch, indicating an ability to indulge in choice foods and fine wines. The problem was, the lifestyle associated with obtaining that
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    • 1319 37  -  sy BRIAN MILLER ITs getting hotter all the time. No, not the weather. But the scene or, more correctly, the night scene. Singapore after dark. Yes, and even in these times of recession, the nocturnal traps are gyrating to a pulsating rhythm and the
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    • 853 37  -  By DAVID GABRIEL -fa IS IT possible to suggest that within the hnfrinf context in Singapore, food is an important factor? This Is not to inquire into the woritfngs of the retail food industry which, with its übiquity and astounding variety, enhances the charm of
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    • 830 38  -  By QOH YEE LING DRESSING for the office Is do problem (or men. The office uniform of business shirt, pants, and something subdued in ties does the Job. The only decisions to be made are on the choice of colours, and whether
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    • 967 40  -  By RICHARD SEAH FROM THE AIR, the Australian desert is a dull, hazy reddish brown, as far as the eye can see. Look out of the aeroplane window four hours later and it is still the same uniform colour, as far as the eye
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    • 642 40 DRIVING alone through the Australian desert can be dangerous. Help may not be available should the car break down. Most people do not know how to cope with the dry, desert heat. And there are poisonous snakes and deadly spiders. The warning came
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    • 1220 41  -  San Francisco has more than three million visitors a year. This compact city manages to squeeze together a picturesque combination of hills, bays and skyscrapers. ELAINE KOH describes the many attractions of 'everyone's favourite city'. ELAINE KOH SAN FRANCISCO, scene of the California!)
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    • 989 42 The need for change, new vistas and a curiousity that persists in disbelieving the jaded pronouncement that one beach is the same as another, could persuade some people to give the Mauritian sun a chance. Alter all, it's only seven hours away from
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    • 665 42  -  By MONICA GWEE "THAT'S a real pony. How hedonistic can you get!" the trendy young man exclaimed the minute the mini-bus swung into the Club Mediterranee village at Cherating Beach, West Malaysia. That was six years ago when Club Med
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    • 1447 43  -  By JAIME LYE IN HONGKONG, if you're not careful, you may end up having dim sum every morning until you gag, because you don't realize that the natives take yam cha literally and so are usually buried in the morning paper in a restaurant at that
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    • 1288 44  -  By LISA LEE A LIGHT morning mist hangs over the Chinese town of Tianjin as horse-driven carts carry farmers and workers to their destinations. As the day progresses and bicycles and buses take to the streets, the mist and quiet clipclop of hooves are engulfed by the sounds
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    • 1230 45  -  Copenhagen Airport aims for first-class quality and convenience By LEONG SAU MING CRISP white and blue pamphlets are in circulation at Copenhagen's bustling Kastrup Airport. Some say politely and cheerfully: "Bear with us. We are getting bigger and better." Others announce: "We are expanding. Here
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    • 637 45 NOWADAYS, when you fly Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), you don't necessarily part with your carrier the moment you step out of the plane. Not content with simply flying passengers from point A to point B, SAS, which prides itself as the businessman's airline, is ottering
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    • 558 46 Thailand offering more than a lifetime of holidays THAILAND IS SELLING ITSELF as the complete holiday country offering burtwi, mountains, sports, culture and nightlife, and Singapore Is buying. Only neighbouring Malaysia and travel-hungry Japan supply more visitors to the Kingdom every year. Last year, ISO,OOO visitors to Thailand came from
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    • 516 46  -  Bf DAVID GABRIEL ON THE east coast of the Isthmus of Kim, there to an island about half the ate of Singapore WrUCn WrVM (KfuM 10 DfCOtHf the next big tourist attraction in Southern Thailand, posaibly even rivaling its sister on the opposite coastline, Phuket. The
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    • 1408 47  -  By RAY HEATH A BEACH is a beach is a beach, and Thailand has some of the best in the world. Clear blue aeas, golden sands, perfect (or toiling about, reading the novel and s«»rklng on a straw. But once the tan is completed,
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    • 1101 48  - Japan where the new blends with the old By LOH HUI YIN SINGAPORE BUSINESSMEN who want to go oo vacation but cannot tear themselves totally away from their twdiwi would do well to consider Japan as a destination. For the busy entrepreneur, what better destination to head for than one
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    • 349 30 World's Number One Braun is today the world's number one foil shaver manufacturer. No one has as much scientific expertise and production know-how with the successful system of cutter block and foil. Ice-hardened steel blades underneath a carefully structured foil form the basis for all Braun shavers. Each is desigrted
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    • 439 30 ir CO i 7 A Winning Investment! Executives, herete the break you're looking for. Malaysia from 20 Desaru 80 30 Kuantan (Coach) $121 30 Kuantan (Air) S2SI 20 Tioman $250 2/3/40 Penang $300 30 Club Med Cherating $556 Thailand from 3/4/50 Phuket (l«d«»«| meals mt StflltSMlftf) WW 40 Bangkok (at*««eta»Skaa|rt-U)
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 113 31 Hermes ribbon and tie 0 w m .VT Twice a year, a new collection of ties prii by Hermfcs. More than 30 designs, jft each one in 8 to 10 different 1 colour combinations, woven and &TWTs g HERMES PARIS printed by Hermes. Whatever the i season, you can always
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    • 107 32 lAs the fragrant clouds of steam rise, the anticipation of the pleasure it will impart is, for me, satisfaction enough/' vturuiivirruAKir i\i afcJ VIKI rucc YAU CHUNG CHANG, DIAN XIN CHEF. The new menu at Shang Palace lists over a hundred specialties, from Dian Xin (Tim Sum) to Lobster in
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    • 197 33 I PHIUSHAVE "1* PHILIPS THE NEW FmiSHM: TRACERS. THE LOOKOF AWINNER. A stylish new generation of rotary shavers that's designed for the stylish new generation. Light, colourful and easy to handle, it reflects the sporty lifestyle of Available in four trendy colours. Red, blue, blackttjk or metallic silver on mains
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    • 85 34 BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN THE BRmSH VAN HEUSEN 00. LTD, TAUNTON SHIRT MANUFACTURERS Van Heusen means business with the all-new Europa range. Our latest Europa range proudly presents the newest fabrics with the freshest colours. They are cut bigger overall to give you; greater comfort. Yet they
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    • 115 35 THE GORDON GRILL COMPLIMENTARY... V >' 4 fi V* Unlimited complimentary drinks" with your meal for every $25 spent for lunch. Superb steaks, roasts and grills. Two menus a la carte and from the wagon to pick from. Eat and drink to contentment. Birthdays dinner soup or appetiser and entree
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    • 99 35 The Bali Package is an invitation to experience wondrous beauty, cultural extravagance and traditional hospitality. Enter a unique world of breath-taking scenery like the Sea Temple of Tanah Lot or relax on sun-kissed beaches of tranquility. And for the 3 days/2 nights stay, you can select from an extensive range
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    • 197 36 Two ways of flying to Europe. r m Wake up in Bombay, Delhi or Abu Dhabi. Or sleep all night on SAS. Most flights bound for Europe leave Singapore in the evening. So do we. In fact any other departure time means a business day more or less wasted at
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  • Page 37 Advertisements
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