The Business Times, 1 April 1987

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 197 1 Overaeaa markets Tuesday HK Hang Seng Index 2713.81 (-61.07) Tokyo Nikkei Average *****.66 (-60.91 Sydney Ail-Ordinaries 1689.9 (-21.6) Monday New York (Dow Jones) 2278.41 (-57.39) London (FT 30 Index) 1582.2 (-38.4) 1565.7 (noon, Tuesday Slmex DM (June)0.5570 (-4 Euro-$ (June) 93.29 (-2 Yen (June) 0.*****2 13 Pound
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  • 369 1 THE Singapore stock market fell sharply yesterday in sympathy with other world markets, prompted by worries over a potential trade war between Japan and the US. Double-digit falls littered the board. The Straits Times Industrial Index dropped 16.65 points to 1,056.77 and the BT Composite
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  • 555 1  -  Finer details expected to be finalised by April 10 By AMY CHEOK,ALVIN TAY FINANCIALLY TROUBLED Teck Hock Co will be given a new lease of life once rescue plans by publicly-listed United Industrial Corporation are firmed up. BT understands that Teck
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  • 520 1  -  By LUCY NG CONTRACTOR LIU CHO CHIT yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of trying to bribe a key witness to protect the late Minister for National Development from being implicated in corruption investigations. He was fined $10,000 or, in default, sentenced
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  • 114 1 Reuter THE US INDEX of leading i indicators rose a seasonal- ly adjusted 0.7 per cent in February after a revised 0 5 per cent January tall. I The Commerce Depart- I ment had previously said that the index had iallen one per cent in
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  • 530 1 SINGAPORE'S mushroom growers may be in for a good time. The demand for their shiitake mushrooms should rise sharply if research now under way at the National University of Singapore proves fruitful. A team of Japanese researchers believe they have discovered in a
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  • 132 1 BT's Raw Materials Page gives way to a more comprehensive Commodities Page today. This is in response to traders' demands and in keeping with the changes on the commodities market. Palm oil takes centrestage with an extensive revamp to cater to investors and traders alike on the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 163 1 r Full report, Page 13 Asian Stocks, Paga 11 hrt'l Stocks, Paga 10 FOR HOME BUYERS Once you've found your dream home, the next thing you have to look for is a good housing loan. Look to International Bank of Singapore. At IBS, our housing loan scheme is designed to
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    • 244 1 \mm SHARE REFORMATION MONEY ft EXCHANGES COMMOOfTCS AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE TV RADIO OUR VIEW THERE IS MORE TO the Congress (I) defeat In the recent West Bengal and Kerala assembly elections than suggestions of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's declining popularity. The real problem lies in the factionalism which bedevils the
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    • 184 1 yy yy yy yy R The 2nd Asian International Food Processing Packaging Technology Show Conference 8-11 April 1987 WTC ■PV Singapore Exhibition TA Services Pie Ud fel *****47 ProPakAsiaB7 Returning in style "LE STYLE" arrived in a 15-sec-ond black and white spot on colour television air-time last week, marking the
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 370 2  -  Companies told to be bold in making changes By LILIAN ANG REFORM WAGES FIRST, worry later about the details of productivity measurement or performance appraisal, Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan told companies yesterday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Singapore Institute of Personnel
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    • 200 2 RESPONSE to the call for wage restraint has been encouraging so far but some companies which incurred losses still ended up giving wage increases last year. In a recent survey involving 9,400 companies, 22 per cent of those which responded reported giving out wage increases
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    • 411 2  -  By i ALVIN TAY, Banking Correspondent OVERSEAS Union Bank and UK's MIM Ltd yesterday launched their second joint unit trust for investors seeking a diversified international investment portfolio. The unit trust, Union Global Fund, will be invested principally in international equities which provide potential
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    • 357 2 FOR FRUSTRATED users of Telecoms pagers who have received unfamiliar telephone numbers, a new pager which can display 60-word messages is now available. Telecoms' radio memo service works exactly like a pager except that calls to the pager number
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    • 623 2  -  By FOO CHOY PENG, Chlof Reporter BRITAIN would continue to maintain a strong interest in this region even after it pulls out its Hongkong garrison by 1997, said Defence Secretary George Younger yesterday. The country, he said, could not be blind to
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    • 211 2 FOLLOWING THE merger of Peat Marwick International and the large European-based group, Klynveld Main Goerdeler (KMG), the Singapore operations of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell Co undergo a name change effective from today. The company, now known as Peat Marwick, is expected to expand it potential client
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 373 2 SOME CM DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE SITTING DOWN OTHERS SON DING UP. Stand up and take a good look at the new Volvo 240 and its affordable PARF price of only $75,268. At this price, wouldn't you rather have a Volvo? Even on your feet, you can plainly see why
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 553 3 AP THE JAPANESE government has asked the United States for an urgent meeting to discuss the two countries' dispute over trade in semiconductors, which Japan's ambassador to Washington said is causing a serious "crack" in bilateral ties. Officials from the Ministry of international Trade
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    • 387 3 Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone may have been dealt a fatal political blow by the yen's renewed rapid rise and the threat of a trade war with the US. political analysts said yesterday. The Prime Minister, already under fire for an unpopular tax
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    • 248 3 UPI AUSTRALIA and Taiwan had taken over the lead in the world economic growth standings, said the Conference Board on Monday. The business research group s international economic scoreboard, compiled monthly by the Columbia Business School, showed that the leading indices in
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    • 569 3 Reuter A PEACEFUL REVOLUTION has utterly changed Hongshan village in east China and transformed farmers who used to doze the day away under a tree into sharply-dressed entrepreneurs scouring the countryside for orders. Hongshan village, in Zhejiang province, began, like much of rural China, to
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    • 340 3 Reuter THE UNITED STATES is willing to drop tariffs against Japanese electronic imports if Japan shows it will abide by an agreement opening its markets to US goods, a Reagan administration official said on Monday. "We've indicated that if they'll begin implementing the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 503 4 Reuter FRENCH Prime Minister Jacques Chirac has called on leading Western nations to set up a mechanism which would put a stop to volatile foreign exchange rates. In a speech prepared for delivery to businessmen and bankers in New York on
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    • 340 4 AP PLUNGING oil prices and a weakening dollar had a sharp impact on East-West trade in 1986 and sent the Soviet bloc's foreign debts soaring by 20 per cent, according to a United Nations survey. The survey, prepared for the US
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    • 510 4 Reuter BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev seemed as far apart as ever on Monday on key issues such as arms control and human rights after nearly nine hours of talks. The two leaders, at the end of
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    • 171 4 AFP POPE JOHN PAUL II left Rome yesterday for a 13-day Latin American trip, his eighth to the region, which will take him to Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. Montevideo is the first leg of the 36,000-km 19-city tour. The Pope was scheduled to arrive in
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    • 279 4 FT MEXICO posted a US$l.5 billion trade surplus in January and February, 120 per cent up on the first two months of last year and equal to the government's forecast trade surplus for the whole of this year, according to preliminary figures released by
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    • 118 4 AFP BRAZILIAN President Jose Sarney has announced measures to boost exports, and called on his country's businessmen to show "daring and aggression" to help right the economy. Mr Sarney. whose government has suspended interest payments on part of its estimated US$lOB billion external debt,
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    • 535 4 AFP OLIVER STONE'S harrowing film on the Vietnam War. Platoon, took four Oscars, including Best Film of 1986, at the annual motion picture celebrations in Los Angeles on Monday while heart throb Paul Newman captured the top acting award for the first time in
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    • 333 4 Reuter GREECE has repeated its offer to Turkey to discuss taking the issue of disputed oil rights in the Aegean Sea to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The dispute almost brought the two countries to war
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    • 848 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvic* Local From number Hm« UA UA805 0045 SFO/MKG SU SQ41 0615 MAA MAS MH68I 0820 kui SiA SQ47 0840 DEL KAL KE624 0840 KIA MAS MH8I 1 0910 PEN MAS MH67I 0920 kui SU SQ103 0950 KUL CPA CX710 1015 CGK MAS MM603 1020
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 583 5 JUNE Eurodollar again gapped down by opening at 93.25 as the dollar declined against major currencies. The June contract dipped to a low of 93.22 before short covering and buying interest brought prices to 93.28. Liffe opening saw firmer prices on further covering which saw the June contract closing
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    • 347 5 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels after quiet trading. Dealers said most Japanese operators were absent from the market due to closure of books for the end of their fiscal year yesterday. Term rates were steady to slightly firmer at the outset reflecting lower
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    • 109 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market fell by 1/4 point to finish at 3-1/2 per cent yesterday. The term rates shed 1/16 point across the board. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: Offar Md night 3 1/2 3 1/4 1-monrti 3 3/8 3 1/4 2-monrti 3
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    • 1063 5 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed weaker against the yen yesterday but slightly firmer against major European currencies, after a day of very thin trading due partly to the end of the Japanese fiscal year. Dealers said the dollar's weakness against the yen reflected selling by a major Japanese
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    • 193 5 Indicates tha a varaga of *>• prim* landing rates of 12 ma|or banks In Singapore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on March 31 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 doyt 0/14 7/14 io i/a io 4-37/1 3 3/0 1/4 4 7/14 5/14 1 mil s/o i/a 10 1/14 IS/14
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    • 234 5 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: ■M Odor p—t local dollars to on* unit of foreign currency: US dolor 2.1325 2.1335 2.8196 -24.37 5—ifcig pour d 3.4279 3.4317 .7.3469 -53.34 Autfroftan dc dor 1.5055 1-5083 3.4286 -56.09 NZ dolor 1.2069 1.2096 3.4286 -64 80 Canodton do dor 1.6247 1.6267
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
    • 691 6  -  Monochrome ads on colour television air-time By MONICA GWEE "LE STYLE" arrived in a 15-sec-ond black and white spot on colour television air-time late last week and marked the distinct new path for French retailer Galeries Lafayette. The new store's 15-second pre-opening spot on
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    • 478 6 THE HENNESSY XO BOTTLE now so familiar in hotel bars and restaurants, actually had its successful debut in this part of the world. In 1948, Gerald de Geoff re de Chabrignac designed the shapely bottle to differentiate the
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    • COPY LINES
      • 182 6 THE BALL PARTNERSHIP (TBP) has agreed to acquire the clients, staff and fixed assets of Australian agency Garland Stewart Roache. subject inter alia to the completion of the sale of TBP to the Wight Collins Rutherford Scott Group. "I've talked to a number of agencies in
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      • 70 6 THE DAIRY FARM Co Ltd. Hongkong, has appointed Richard Ellis as sole managing and marketing agents for The Promenade in Orchard Road. Richard Ellis predicts considerable growth in the retail market "for the rest of this decade". Possibilities for linking The Promenade and the adjoining
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    • 402 6  -  By TONG SUIT CHEE WITHIN THREE to four years, British public relations companies will pose a serious challenge to the big American PR firms. Mr Douglas Smith, chaffman of Gibson Public Relations (UK) made this prediction when he
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 285 7 UPI SECOND-SEEDED Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia warmed up with a quick 6-2, 6-3 first-round win against Italian qualifier Ugo Colombini on Monday in the U*****,000 Fila Trophy tennis tournament in Milan, Italy. Mecir, who beat world No. 1 Ivan Lendl
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    • 272 7 UPI HANA MANDLIKOVA, 1987's first three-time winner on the women's tennis tour, is setting lofty goals for herself this year, while foreseeing a wide-open battle for supremacy among the top four players. Mandlikova. the erstwhile Czechoslavak who has applied for Australian citizenship, won the Virginia
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    • 152 7 AFP JANSHER KHAN, the world junior champion, the number five seed and the bright new hope of Pakistani squash, was sent tumbling to a shock defeat after holding a match-point in the opening round of the Cannons International Championship in London on Monday. The man
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    • 424 7  -  Mikiko fires best score at Ladies Premier League By WALTON MORAIS MIKIKO OHTA returned to form and Sembawang reaped the benefits to regain the lead in the Ladies Premier League golf championship played at Sembawang yesterday. The Japanese housewife carded a two-over-par 74 to help the defending champions
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 636 7 tojmkmos salami) CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Kind of court informant? (5) 6 Head cooks, not all male (5) 9 Like a polite gesture to Curly, perhaps (7) 10 Quick reversal of vehicles (5) 11 Female character, so how could she be a Mr? (5) 12 Start a wild binge (5)
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  • FEATURES
    • 585 8 MOST COMMENTARIES on the Congress (I) defeat in the West Bengal and Kerala assembly elections have focused on Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's declining popularity. In West Bengal, the ruling Left Front entered its third continuous term on the crest of a convincing majority over
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    • 1058 8  - Next logical step S$ futures Completing the hedging possibilities for industry By DAVID GABRIEL FINANCIAL FUTURES have been traded in the US for almost 15 years. Futures contracts in currencies and deposits have become such a big business that central banks have been forced to take notice of these futures
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 209 9 f The Waldorf's Ours Our lobby is impressive. In the morning you will find fellow guests (never more than Our guests are unceasingly overwhelmed by its warmth, its 24) in the private breakfast room, not more than 40 paces away, friendliness, its efficiency but never by its size. You will
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 283 10 Reuter RUPERT MURDOCH has agreed to acquire Harper and Row Publishers Inc, which has already been the target of two other takeover bids. The offer by Murdoch's News Corp for the 170-year-old New York publishing house is worth about US$3OO million, or
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    • 152 10 Reuter SHEARSON Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc had filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the public offering of 18 million shares of common stock, said American Express Co. In addition, it will sell two million shares of common
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    • 403 10 Reuter PRICES closed sharply lower in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 57.39 to 2278.41. The NYSE Index fell 3.81 to 164.56. The average share price was 98 cents lower. In the broader
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    • 160 10 Reuter THE PHILADELPHIA Stock Exchange (PHLX), a leading trader of currency options, plans to extend its trading hours to serve Australasian and Far Eastern markets, exchange president Nicholas Giordano said. He said the PHLX will open a new session between 1900 and 2300 hours
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    • 168 10 MAM 30 C 1 Abltlbi 39* Alcan Alum 49* -1* Algoma Stl 16 2 Bank Nova Scotia 18% Bank Of Montreal 33* Bell Canada 42* Bp Resource* 41* Braacan CI A 36* -1* Campbl Lake 38* Canadian Imp Bank 21* 24* Carting O'Keefe 17* Cn Bthrt CI A 18*
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    • 664 10 MAR JO US 1 A lean Alumin Alcoa Alleg Intl Allied Sig Allis-Chalmers Am Brands Inc Am Can Co Am Cyanamid Am Elec Pwr Am Expraaa Am Horn* Prod Am Motors Cp A max Inc Amerada Haas Amoco Corp Amr Corp Armco Inc Asarco Inc Atl Richfield Alt
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    • 910 10 Amsterdam MAN 30 FLS ABM 518 00 -3 Aeoon 90 00 1 Ahold 107 00 -2 1 Akzo 143 10 -19 Alrenta 144 SO 03 AMEV 66 60 -05 Amro Bank 62 30 -•-0 6 Am Six) 127 00 urtcft Berkel 20 90 -09 BOLS 155 SO uoch
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 397 10 %i>/^ y* w-i X: m 'J! H m V, W m Sr® 1 Hi U**» 1 ?a #f:P A superb lunch experience with a grand variety of home made soups, the largest salad bar, fresh seafoods, succulent meats, savoury poultry and delightful desserts. A complimentary aperitif for all patrons. The
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 481 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday on heavy stop-loss selling by overseas institutions, due partly to concern over trade friction between the US and Japan. The Hang Seng Index lost 61.07 points to 2,713.81 and the Hong Kong Index was off 40.61 at 1,748.83. Turnover fell to HK5985.79
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    • 298 11 MAR 31 NT S All Sincere Indus 362 033 Asia Cement 37 00 05 Cathay Cons 46 90 1 4 Chang Hwa Bank 74 50 35 Cheng Loong 35 50 08 Chia Hsin Cement 35 60 unch Chin Hsin Flour 1530 0 05 China Chem 28 40 unch China
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    • 464 11 TOKYO: The market index ended lower yesterday in moderate trade after fluctuating sharply. Brokers said the yen's rise against the dollar and continued fears over trade friction with the US made investors cautious. The market average lost 60.91 to close at 21,566.56. Declines led advances four to three in
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    • 105 11 MAR 31 PESOS Acoia Mining Anglo Phil 0 01 0 008 unch 0 001 Apex Mining 8 Atlas Con B 0 0675 24 -0 0025 unch Baguio Gold Basic Petroleum Benguet Con B 0 0065 0013 121 0 0005 unch -1 First Phil Hldgs Lepanto B Marcopper 8 70
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    • 519 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed sharply lower yesterday as investors took profits following eight days of record performances. Brokers said investor confidence was dented by sharp falls on overseas equity markets overnight and a slight easing in the gold price. But they said yesterday's correction was overdue and many
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    • 133 11 MAR 31 WON Choil Sugar 3480 -200 Doofim Ind 790 -50 Do#woo Corp. 1089 19 Do* woo M#owy 1500 21 Doirfwn Securities. 4500 200 Dong Ah Phor ***** 100 Dong Suh Stock ***** 1000 Dongbu Stool. 2570 40 Gold Star 2175 54 Mon.l *~J, 1460 -26 HooiI C<MHI il
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    • 165 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index was down 0.43 to 228.97 on a turnover of 998,575 shares worth 153.8 million baht. MAR 31 BAHT Ao Kham Thai 214 -4 Ayudhya Investment 294 -2 Bangkok Agro-lnd 79 1 Bangkok Bank 259 -2 Bank Of Ayudhya 183 -1 Charoong
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    • 97 11 Reuter MAJOR shareholders of Laws Fashion Knitters Ltd are offering 470 million existing shares, or a 25 per cent stake of the firm to the public at HK$l.lB each, a company prospectus said. Laws has already obtained approval for listing of the shares on the
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    • 386 11 Reuter CSR LTD has agreed to sell its Delhi Australia Fund (DAF) to Esso Exploration and Production Australia Inc for As9Bs million. The sale was effective immediately. the companies said in a joint statement. The previously announced flotation of part of its Delhi
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    • 202 11 Reuter LLOYDS BANK PLC and the Royal Bank of Canada are winding down the primary side of their capital markets activities in Hongkong, the chief executives of the two banks said "We are withdrawing from the primary market in
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    • 135 11 Reuter HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd has announced a bonus issue of one new B' share of 2.5 HK cents each for every two existing ordinary shares of 25 cents a share par value. A company statement said Hutchison forecast 1987 dividends for existing shares of not less
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    • 166 11 Cable Wireless to get bigger share, says paper AFP JAPAN HAD DECIDED to allow Cable and Wireless PLC a greater share in a new Japanese international telecommunications company, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported yesterday. The Posts and Telecommunications Ministry had previously rejected the major participation of a foreign telecommunications company
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 431 12 Crude palm oil future* closed higher yesterday, extending Monday's rises on further covering and speculative buying interest in increased trading activity, dealers said. But price movements remained narrow with operators still cautious as the market lacked fresh factors to stimulate sentiment. May and July closed Mslo firmer at
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    • 54 12 THE FAR EAST petroleum products market remained quiet on thin trading. Middle distillates (gasoil and kerosene) continued to weaken on poor demand and news of low bids into two recent tenders. Fuel oil remained stable for the time being. Naphtha was quiet while LSWR remained stagnant. •c
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    • 270 12 HONGKONG: Gold closed lower in active trading mainly on local profit taking. The selling was expected following gold's sharp gains triggered by the weakness of the dollar during the past few days. But sentiment towards gold remained bullish, dealers said. The metal ended at U*****.20/70 an ounce against
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    • 231 12 Chinese Produce Exchange S*4t*n' noon doling prtcos on Mordi 31 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 87.00 OM drum FOB 97.00 Now drum FOB 101.00 Copra MJxod (Ioom) 49 Pepper Muritofc wtWto FOB NIW 1)60.00 Sarawak «Nt» FOB faq NIW 1145.00 Sarawak lpodol block FOB NLW 910.00 Sarawak
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    • 93 12 THE PRICE OF TIN on the Kuala Lumpur tin markat cloaad unchangad yeaterday, tor tha fourth consacutlva day, at M 516.61 par kilo on further buying at tha towar lavals. Tha KLTM laval Is still at parity with tha Europaan fraa markat and buyars wars notably from Europa,
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    • 186 12 SINGAPORE Tha market closed quietly steady yesterday with April 1 RSS buyers quoted at 198.50 cents/kilo, unchanged from Monday. On the TSR-20 market, prices eased in thin trading. TSR-20 April and May closed at 165.50 cents/kilo, both down 1.50 cents. MALAYSIA The market continued quiet, with prices closing steadier
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    • 293 12 RAS prices In S c*ntm/kg, FOB In beta 1 NOON CLOSE &uy*rs S*ll*n 8uy*rs Sellers Irrt 1 RSS Prompt 199.50 200.SON 199.00 200.OON Int 1 RSS April 87 199.00 200.00 198 JO 199.00 bit 1 RSS May 195.00 195.50 ***** 195.25 Int 2 RSS OP 182.00 184.00N
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    • 81 12 (canti/kg, 1-ton potwn) APRIL 87 MAY 87 (currant month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS fcrjran 1,n. n by«n Saltan SSt 30 170.00 173.00N i7aoo 172.00N SSt 50 169.00 17aOON 169.00 170.00N MRELB tvy+n Saltan tvyari Saltan SM* cv 346.00 248.00N 347.00 349.00N SMR I 344J0 246JON 345JO
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    • 323 12 London Commodity Exchange Suy#f/S#H#f doting 1 pricti on Mordi 30 i 1 i a dfM) Previous doy's dosk tg prtcos in poronthosh Coffee Excluding US bnpon i duty, bash In-stor London, soft m option OF London Mordi 1255/1265 (1252/1254) High/Low 1260/1250 May 1276/1280 (1275/1279) Mgh/Lo« 1286/1273 Sato* (1608)
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1593 12 TUAN SING HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The directors of Tuan Sing Holding* Limited wish to announce the unaudited preiiminery results of the Company and of the Group for the financial yeer ended 31 st December 1986. THE THE Percentage -COMPANY— -GROUP- Change /-1 2. Investment
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4663 13 FEARS OF rising protectionist sentiment in the US against a backdrop of weak overseas markets prompted the Singapore stock market to fall sharply yesterday The Straits Times Industrial Index fell 1665 points to 1,056.77 and the BT Composite Index lost 14 64
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    • 248 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices Mordl 30 Morrt 31 Boto 304 ♦34 IT Composite 940.69 926.05 Ale. Hldgs SOt 205 25 8T OB/OS -93 -65 Rivernew 354 14 •TCADt -6373 -6470 1 c s 1030 10 IT 10-day MA -6322 -6328 Cortiberg 570 10 IT OBV *****5 *****9 lotvi
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    • 3964 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business 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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    • 456 14 LACK OF INTEREST on the part of investors caused share prices to finish lower across the board on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. However, a few stocks bucked the trend. One such counter was Esso Malaysia which rose six cents to
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    • 117 14 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Tuesday 1746 83 Monday 1789 44 We«k 090 1618.24 Hang Song Index Tuesday *****1 Monday 2774 88 Week ago 2828 07 All Industrials Tuesday ***** Monday 2595.5* Week ago 2578 6 NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday 2278 41 Friday 2335 80 Week ogo *****8* TOKYO
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    • 937 14 LONDON shares opened lower yesterday in continuation of Monday's shakeout but dealers noted some support earlier in the session on the back of cheap-buying. At 9.45 am, the FTSE 100 Index was up one point at 2,003.5 after falling 7.9 points at the opening. On Monday, the FT
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    • 242 14 Monogcra' price* for April 1 MARA-Bumiputra Fml I'putro 595 600 Singapore Unit Trust Sacond B'putro TWd I'putro 511 4 18 516 423 Tho Cokwc< 1 as 1 10 Four* I'putro 477 482 The Savings fund 0 89 1 3 94* FrMi I'putro 117 322 S'poro Frog Fund 0.41
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    • 291 14 SEAUON HOTELS UmNsd: 11th AGM st Gstswsy 4 Room, Lsvsl 2. Psn Pscific Hotsl, Msrins Squsrs, Singspors 0103 on April 18 st 10.30am INCH KENNETH KAJANG RUBBER PUBLIC LIMITED Company: 77th AGM st 5th Floor, Strsits Trsding Building, 4 Leboh Psssr Bessr, Kusls Lumpur, Mslsysis, on Mondsy, April
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    • 408 14 Mhwa hong corporation limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited wishes to make the following annooncement AUDITEO RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1986 Group Company (d) (i) Profit after taxation but before minority interests (ii) Minority interests
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    • 216 14 THE NEW STRAITS TIMES PRESS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS INTERIM RESULTS ENDED 26TH FEBRUARY 1987 The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the six months period ended 28th February. 1987 as follows: Change First Half Year
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 417 15  -  By ELAINE KOH KENTUCKY Fried Chicken (S) Ltd is jn the final stages of transferring Its East Malaysian operations to its Malaysian associate, KFC Holdings (M) Bhd. This is because it is operationally more efficient for the East Malaysian operations to
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    • 404 15 ANOTHER stockbroking firm in Kuala Lumpur, Othman and Ng, is said to be in the midst of arranging a corporatisation "marriage". The suitor is believed to be Malayan United Industries (MUI), which is said to be eyeing the broking
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    • 124 15 THE KUWAIT Investment Office (KIO) has announced that it has a vested interest of 10.7 million shares in Malaysian newspaper group New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. The shares will eventually be registered in the name of Malayan Banking Bhd's nominee company, Mayban (Nominees) Sdn Bhd, with KIO
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    • 564 15  -  By AMY BALAN CHUAN HUP Holdings has become the first listed non-bank company in the private sector to issue a floating rate note (FRN), a financial instrument normally reserved for very credit-worthy names only. The US$2B million FRN, carrying a very
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    • 270 15 ALUMINIUM CO of Malaysia (Alcom), which sank deeper into the red in fiscal 1986, is in the process of rescheduling its term loans with its bankers. This was to ease further the financial position of the group, Alcom said when announcing its
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    • 467 15  -  By HOMER CHEN TUAN SING Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary, SPP Ltd, which have incurred more losses last year, have received in-princi-ple agreement from creditor banks in support of their respective financial restructuring schemes. The group had appointed N M Rothschild Sons
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    • 485 15 BRITISH-AMERICAN Tobacco Company, expressing its first official stand on the anti-smok-ing campaign, has described it as an attack on the freedom of the smoker to enjoy a legal product. In his latest address to shareholders, chairman A G Stuart says the decision on whether
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  • 521 16  -  US-Japan dispute producing severe shortage By BOEY KIT YIN THE BITTER United States-Japan trade war over memory chips has had widespread adverse effects on Singapore. The supply of these chips has been strangled by the Japanese government to appease the US, giving rise
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  • 584 16 Reuter, AP SHOCK WAVES from the dollar's slide and a US threat to hit Japanese imports with punitive tariffs reverberated around the world's major markets yesterday and sent Japan scrambling to placate its major trade partners. As currency, bond and stock markets
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  • 79 16 FOREIGN MINISTER S Dhanabalan left last night on a 12-day official visit to Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Issues of mutual interest will be discussed between Mr Dhanabalan and his counterparts from the three countries during the trip from April 1-12. The
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  • 424 16  - S'pore dollar one remove from the hurly burly By SOH TIANG KENG, Financial Correspondent THE YEN continued to flex its muscles against the US dollar yesterday in spite of intervention by the Bank of Japan to prop up the sagging American greenback. But the foreign exchange market in Singapore was
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  • Latest results
    • 97 16 the property arm of the Hong Leong group, reported group profit after tax and minorities of $25.6 million ($12.9 million) on turnover of $205.32 million ($198.87 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986 Earnings per share came to 9.4 cents (4.9 cents). A first and final
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    • 86 16 the ho- tel arm of the Hong Leong group, reported group profit after tax and minorities of $5.5 million ($1.15 million) on turnover of $26.17 million ($37.86 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986 EPS came to 7.2 cents (1.5 cents). A first and final dividend
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    • 66 16 reported group profit after tax and minorities of $7.41 million ($3.77 million) on turnover of $384.38 million ($368 6 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986 EPS came to 15 cents (10 cents). A dividend of 8.5 cents less tax will be paid on
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    • 70 16 the first company to be listed on the main board this year, reported group attributable profit of $4.56 million ($17.09 million) on turnover of $171.48 million ($360 95 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986 EPS came to 23 cents (85 cents). A final dividend
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    • 53 16 the owner of the Hilton Hotel. reported group profit after tax and minorities of $578,000 (loss of $6 03 million) on turnover of $72.28 million ($37.73 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986. EPS came to 0.41 cents (loss per share of 4.3 cents). No dividend
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    • 80 16 reported group profit after tax and minorities of $9.9 million ($9.2 million) on total revenue of $33.3 million ($54.56 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986 EPS came to 8.18 cents (9.56 cents). A final dividend of 5 per cent gross will be paid on July
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    • 77 16 L M GROUP Investments Ltd reported group profit after tax of $90,000 ($l.ll million) on turnover of $17.1 million ($21.72 million) for the six months ended Dec 31, 1986 EPS was 0.3 cent (3.7 cents). The results were affected by losses incurred in Malaysia. Although the group expects to achieve
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    • 87 16 reported group net loss of $33,000 (loss of $853,000) on turnover of $54.4 million ($41.99 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986 Loss per share came to 0.08 cents (1.94 cents). A first and final dividend of 2 per cent gross is payable on July
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    • 71 16 Ltd reported group profit after tax and minorities of $56 million ($6.28 million) on turnover of $134.3 million ($l4B 47 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986 EPS came to 6.23 cents (seven cents). A first and final dividend of three cents per share less
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    • 62 16 which is under receiv- ership, reported after-tax loss of $843,000 (loss of $2.21 million) on turnover of $1.9 million ($1.25 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986. Loss per share came to 11.2 cents (29.7 cents). No dividend will be paid and directors say it
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    • 65 16 reported group profit after tax and minorities of $101,000 ($556,000) on turnover of $6 32 million ($7.37 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986. EPS came to 0.51 cents (2.78 cents). A first and final dividend of 3.35 cents will be paid on Aug 7. The
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    • 45 16 reported group net profit of $2.78 million ($3.17 million) on turnover of $8.88 million ($14.98 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986. EPS came to five cents. A first and final dividend of 5 per cent less tax has been recommended.
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    • 44 16 Ltd reported loss after tax of $3.64 million (loss of $2.5 million) on turnover of $15.44 million ($18.87 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986. Loss per share came to 5.5 cents (3.8 cents). No dividend will be paid.
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    • 55 16 reported group after-tax profit of $453,000 (loss of $185,000) on turnover of $10.38 million ($11.2 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986 EPS came to 5.0 cents (loss per share of 2.1 cents). A first and final dividend of 7.5 cents less tax will
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    • 54 16 reported group loss after tax and minorities of $916,000 (loss of $1.08 million) on turnover of $69.45 million ($73.97 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1986. Loss per share came to 3.8 cents (4.1 cents). A first and final dividend of one per cent tax
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    • 28 16 reported group profit after tax of $134,000 ($70,000) on turnover of $4 04 million ($3 7 million) for the year ended Dec 31. 1986
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  • 273 16 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN Finance Minister Chung In-Yong will resist pressure for a currency revaluation to cut Seoul's trade surplus with Washington when he meets US Treasury Secretary James Baker next week. Finance Ministry officials in Seoul said yesterday that Mr Chung would
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  • 161 16 AP PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk blames the US for the troubles in Cambodia, but in an interview, acknowledges mishandling relations with America. "All the misery of Cambodia comes from the US, from the Nixon policy to destabilise my regime in the 60s and to support
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  • 177 16 NYT THE U5539.9 million paid on Monday night for Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers is best regarded in the context of the even larger lunacies that arise when too many people suddenly have more money than they know how to get rid of. It bears no
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  • 186 16 AP THE HEAD of Sweden's giant arms producer, Nobel Industries, has said that subsidiary companies illegally sold weapons and ammunition to countries bordering the Gulf and others in East Europe in violation of neutral Sweden's tough export laws. Anders Carlberg said company executives knew that arms
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  • LATE FILE
    • 34 16 Bernama MALAYSIA chalked up a 3.3 per cent higher trade surplus to M 57.82 billion in 1906 from M 57.57 billion the previous year, the Statistics Department reported yesterday.
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    • 44 16 Bernama BRUNEI and Malaysia will begin negotiations in two weeks on more frequent flights between the two countries by their national airlines. This was disclosed at a meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Bruneian businessmen in Brunei yesterday. Bernama
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    • 36 16 Reuter BANGKOK BANK Ltd, Thailand's largest commercial bank, cuts its maximum lending rate by one percentage point to 14 per cent, effective today, bank managing director, Mr Damrong Krishnamara, said yesterday.
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    • 36 16 Reuter PAPUA NEW GUINEA is not part of South-east Asia and is therefore unlikely to be accepted as a member of the Asean, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday.
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    • 39 16 Reuter JAPAN and the US will cooperate in the development of a fighter plane called the FSX. Defence Minister Yuko Kurihara yesterday described the project as a Japanese-led programme with US cooperation. Reuter
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    • 40 16 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Community Commission signed an agreement with China yesterday to set up an office in Beijing. EC sources said the office was likely to open in the second half of this year.
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    • 41 16 Bernama THREE of the 15 prisoners who escaped from the Miri Central Prison on Monday night were shot dead by police near a jungle off the 13 km Miri-Bintulu road last night. Two others were captured. Bernama
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    • 45 16 wmm Outlook: Fair. Raport for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on March 31 at tha airport Maximum tamparatura 33.1 Aaaociatad humidity 57 Minimum tamparatura 25.5 Aaaociatad humidity 96 Hours of aunahina 6.35 Rainfall In milllmatraa 1.0 Rainfall thla month 132.5 Rainy days this month 12
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 563 17  - P OCL turns in profit By JUNE LIM LOW BUNKER price and an upsurge in cargo volumes in the westbound Far East-Europe trade contributed to P OCL's "extremely respectable" results last year. Mr Kerry St Johnston, director of P O, said its liner operation under the P OCL masthead was
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    • 177 17 Seatrade Week IT APPEARS that Japanese trading houses have toughened their terms for newbuilding finance to South Korean owners as Japanese government pressure on such deals increases. They are now requesting bank guarantees from owners on top of existing guarantees and first
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    • 116 17 Reuter THE CHINA State Shipbuilding Corp has signed contracts to build two 6,050 dwt refrigerated ships, or "reefers", for C F Ahrenkiel GMBH of West Germany at about US$lO million per vessel, the organisation's China United Shipbuilding Co said. Earlier this
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    • 189 17 THE PORT of New York moved record amounts of oceangoing cargo in 1986 for the third consecutive year. Imports and exports at the bi-state port reached 13,88,608 tons. Port officials said an increase of one per cent in foreign traffic boosted cargo values 8.3 per
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 100 17 AFP THE BODY of an unidentified Ghanaian stowaway was found in the hold of the Singapore-registered freighter Nordholm on Monday when it was being unloaded onto Nantes, France. Two other stowaways during the voyage were handed over to police when the ship docked last Friday
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    • 745 18 AFP HIGH PROTECTIONIST barriers have made Indonesia a haven for smugglers where they can sell goods half as cheap as those provided by local manufacturers and traders, Indonesian Customs officials and traders say. High import tariffs on durable consumer goods and other import restrictions
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    • 197 18 AP SALVORS of a capsized British ferry, in which at least 74 bodies have been entombed since March 6, said they hoped to right the ferry on Friday. A spokesman for the ferry company Townsend Thoresen said workers planned to resume preparations for righting
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    • 303 18 Lloyd's List FROM AN international point of view, the new rush into open registers including those linked to national flags will not solve the problems of overcapacity and unemployment of ships, but sharpen them, it was claimed by the
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    • 258 18 AP, Reuter THE CAPTAINS of two ships that collided and sank in the Black Sea, killing 400 people, were convicted on Monday of criminal neglect and sentenced each to 15 years in prison. Vadim Markov and Viktor Tkachenko, who were stripped
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    • 1110 18 THE FREIGHT market on Monday continues to be featured by fairly active grain and time-charter business with rates holding fully steady, shipbrokers said. Details emerged of a grain fixture from the US Gulf to Japan at U5516.50, with this higher level rumoured to have been paid last week.
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    • 173 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" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line
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    • 201 19 AP COAST GUARD patrols have called oft a search for a missing seaman who jumped off the Singaporean oil tanker after it was hit by an Iranian missile in the Gulf two days ago, Gulf-based shipping executives reported. Nine Asian crewmen died when
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    • 401 19 Lloyd's List THE PHILIPPINES flag faces being declared a flag-of-conve-nience by the International Transport-workers' Federation (ITF) unless it makes changes soon to its bareboat chartering scheme. The ITF is concerned at the increased level of bareboat chartering under the Philippines flag which has
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    • 416 19 AP KUWAIT may seek help from both the United States and the Soviet Union to protect its oil shipments in the Gulf, the Middle East Economic Survey reported. In another development, Iran's Navy commander said his warships intercepted more than 1,000 cargo ships
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    • 931 19 AFP THE CONTINUING firm spring undertone, particularly in the grain sector, prompted the booking of vessels well into the autumn during the past week on the freight market. The latest estimates from the International Wheat Council (IWC) pointed to higher-than-ex-pected Soviet grain import needs this season at 29
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    • 1548 22 USA CANADA ATUUmC OUT (Round Tha World Service) 0 FAIR V 2 GW BRIDGE V4/RAINBOW BRIDGE V* C.R. TOKYO VBE/N GARNET V 8 0 FREEDOM Vl3 S PORt 25 Apr 3 Apr 2 May 10 Apf 14 Apr 9 Ma, 24 Apf 16 May Kline KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. CHLS
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    • 640 22 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE AcotpMm FCL/fCL Container* Feeder CALABAR *33 4 Apr ESTECLIPPER V.IJ 75 Apr CALABAR VJ4 9 M*y ESTECLIPPER *14 X May liner itam Sport DAMOA3" lil 13 Apr -CMANDIOAT V .25 3 Apr "KABIROAS" *34 IS May "RAMDAS" S Jut* IMb Fiem SfOn Ate Acn 27 Apr
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    • 679 22 GOLDEN LINE MM 6>\ GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD l V 23. TaM »T«« Street I —->* sncAkm ohm m no lms> STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Sport (w* GOLDEN BEAR Cotombo/KaractM/Mma Qatxx»DutM< 12/14 Apr GOLDEN HARVEST Cotomto/Karachi/Dutiti/Bthftin 4A May *P*lf *Ptn Spor* KM Sit) Dub Ohh Kwt NNC CHENG 4/4 5/4
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    • 449 22 4* •NTRASEA (PTE) LTD 15 Mo« Chiang Roar".. »07 02/03 Sanlord Building Singapore 0208 Tel *****11 (10 Line*) Bulk Orient Line BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK KUA S pan P Mm| Loading tarAGIOS NIKOLAOS SAILED 31/3 SETE/*OT/A*T U.K. (NULL) WESTERN EXPRESS 7/4 W 13/4 ROT/ANT/EM UK (NULL) Agents Singapore INTRASEA (PTE)
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    • 945 23 Vneptune orient LINES LTD 55" \j J Oahru NEPI FM EAST/EUROPE FVUY CONTNNEIOSEB SERVICE tmatxiai TO EUROPE/UK (Vl* SUEZ): roM K JACEJIN Ml. Sa.M 2/4 *0/4 21/4 22/4 IC MIKE IW 4/4 22/4 24/4 2*4 0 CHIEF Ml. (6/4) 8/4 27/4 21/4 2*4 CHANCE Ml (13/4) 15/4 4/5 5/5 6/5
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    • 501 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels si DONAH SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON No i Donim/7Q2N In Pt M trtmpm 7/4 No I Donam/703N IS/4 No 7 Donam/703N 17/4 No i oonam/704N 30/4 No t Donam/703N 7'5 N EMor/710N 12/5 No 7 Donam/704N 20/5 No I Donam/704N
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    • 716 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELAPtC KKANC N/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON. MID MESSRS HAI THONG SHIPPING 127 fWjStrwt. Pmnt No
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 372 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.(PTE) LTD. TEL: 225 6868 (30 LINES) TELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA. RS ***** A/B SSCAO VLB DEUTF RACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO CUMK Ir'.Y.'". 1 i ur :r f i ~YIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Lattakia, Limassol, Beirut, Alexandria, Port
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    • 52 24 INTEROCEAN EXPRESS LINE Weekly LCL Consolidation Service SAMUDERA INDONESIA (S) SDN. BHD. 2 Shenton Way #04-23 ICB Bldg Singapore 0106 Telax: R*****0 Tal: 222 4281 3 WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE/JAKARTA VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE JAKARTA RATU KONSORTIUM 077 7 4 87 9 4 87 bookings info Samudera *****81 Eka
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    • 94 24 DAIICHI CHUO KISEN KAISHA. TOKYO. HAI SUN HUP CO PTE LTD (Singapore) Aijf'Mis Tol ??0490fi i? 0 lirwsi Rs;>;v»,i;xi H S H (M) Sdn Bhd (Port Kelaog) *****"* r« '."A FRECON AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD. SBMCf TO WEST AFRICA VESSEL ETA LOAXHNO FOR:— A VESSEL 8/4 LACOS/P HARCOURT COTONOU TEMA
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    • 222 24 PHILIPPINES LINER SERVICE P. KELANC Sarviea to other Philippines parti übjact to inducement GMMni Aftnt: Lucky Seaway Services Pte Ltd T«4i *****55 T1« *****, Fa*. *****77 P. Ketone Tab 03-*****06/*****33 CENTRAL EXPRESS LINES TWICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LCL/FCL CARGO ACCEPTABLE AT COMPETITIVE RATES. FOR BOOKINGS CALLTEL: 225-6200 n A, Owner
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    • 242 24 VESSEL ETA LOADING FOR WORLD SANTO BLT. 'S3 17 April Madras/Calcutta INDERA PERTAIN BLT. '71 2S April Calcutta General Agents: Confer (SEA) Shipping Pta Ltd, 7S, South Bridge Road. #ot-00, S'pore 0106 TEL. No: *****07 (3 LINES) FAX No: ***** M Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TFL *****06 (20
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 159 24 a Regional Weather m •i ra sa^ S aS x SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ANO SEA CONOTnONS AT 7JO A M THIS NKMNMQ. C o W#>d <frrect*on speed knots Wove Ke.gh» LfGCMD R Temperoture c A y Showef Weother Wod Arecf*on wt«to speed I Ron e Cloudy Sk, Wo.ehe^» W«®c« -»vh art
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 347 25 hermannVT ludwic International Freight Forwarders WEEKLY-CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL HONG KONG ETD SINGAPORE BANGKOK HAMBURG/ROTTERDAM COPENHAGEN SYDNEY MELBOURNE FREMANTLE FELIXSTONE LOS ANGELES Booking: Telephone *****33 Miss Katherine Pang Miss Rachel Chia TRANSIT TIME Hamburg West Germany Tiger Line Common Carrier Feeder Services SINGAPORE 4NDIA BEL VQY SINGAPORE CALCUTTA MADRAS KATHRINE
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    • 264 25 PERCH OCEAN LINES (Perfect China Ocean Shipping Lines) CHINA SERVICES Destinations: Etd. S'PORE Etd. PKLG SHANTOU, GUANGZHOU ..n-i-i/i u HUANGPU. XIAMEN WEEKLY HAIKOU, ZHANJIANG OA II I UPC XINGANG, QINGDAO OAILINUO SHANGHAI OTHER PORTS SNUtrat MEMTS KEUMC/UIMNR AGENTS: JIAPtD SHIPPING PTE LTD fOH THAWS SERVICES S/B. TEL *****44 TIL 22*5
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    • 574 25 13k PERINTIS LINE I WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE JAKARTA VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE JAKARTA PRASETIA 127-128 06/04 07/04 09/04 11/04 129-130 13/04 14/04 16/04 18/04 131-132 20/04 21/04 23/04 2S/04 133-134 27/04 28/04 30/04 02/05 135 136 04/05 05/05 07/05 09/05 PRABHAKTi 48-49 03/04 04/04 06/04 08/04 50-51 10/04 11/04
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    • 356 25 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP BE6ULAB LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE P KELANC PENANC BELAWAN KAOMSIUNC C SCLATAN IX V4I U* 2/4 4/4 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS ON REGULAR LINER SERVICE FROM TAIWAN TO
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    • 224 25 FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) LTD. REGULAR EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER AND LCL CC °VICE INBOUND AGENT FOR ABC CONTAINERUNE From USA vtl Nm I L HUDI6 BRUSSEL I Sailed New Mm I Charleston Philadelphia Halifax" Felixstowe Hamburg I Antwerp L HUDI6 Sailed 200 Cantonment Road #02-03 Southpoint Singapore 0208 Tel: *****22
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 557 26 FINE-LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****52, *****62, *****82 TLX: R*****1 FLINER ACCEPTING FCL, LCL CONVENTIONAL MIDDLE EAST SERVICE 2/4 11/4 DUBAI, BAHRAIN. MUSCAT. DOHA. DAMMAN. 24/4 KUWAIT. ABU DHABI HONGKONG/CHINA SERVICE (J4. 1/4 XINCANG, BEIJING, TIANJIN. SHEKOU, 14/4, 17/4, 23/4 SHANGHAI. GUANGZHOU. WHAMPOA 5/4,12/4 BANGKOK 11/4. 26/4 AUSTRALIA SYD. MEL,
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    • 469 26 5HUP SENG TRADING SNIPPING PTE LTD •001 BEACH ROAD #13-01 QOLDEN MILE TOWER SMGAPORE 071 TEL NO. 2****** (3 LINES) TLX NO. RS ***** HEAPCO SPONE I Aft m am 7# AM 12 AM 14/15 AM II AM vor no VSSS7 VSSW VSMI7 VSSSU VSSB7 VK7I7 ii: i'i i: unh'M
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    • 591 26 W C.Y. LINE (A Member Of Tha ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ifi Ufi I*s an FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ■ERCATOR Y42E C R TOKYO Ml TRANSWORLO BRIDGE VMI SEVEN SEAS MIDCE UK AW NTS STRAITS CONIAIHR AGfNCKS
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    • 765 26 Everett Lines COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" loadtni tor CaMao. Matarani. 110 and all oOwr FVuvwfi ports wth transhipment at Kobe On CPV Throufh Brits of Lading to final destination Pwtang* P. Kalanf Singapore TMOMASEVERETT tf! Apr HUGH EVERETT 11/19 Apr MANOLOEVUETT S/t May "EVERETT ORIENT LINE"
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    • 205 26 CALIFORNIA AUSTRALIA CONTAINER SERVICE UP* ESS lH 21/4 1- ..if■ GOLD STAR LINE GOLD A USA AMdjan/Aaapa/Lafot/Cotonou P. Har/Douala/Tama/Monrovu coma 11M GOLD STREAM Chittagonf/CokxnboNUta Mombasa/D.E. Salaam/Durban KUputo 10/4 S.A. VAAL Ourban/P. Elizabath/ Capoten Mj* E SIN&APORE-BAN6KOK Hi Si* bhum FtYA BHUM STAR SNIPPING AGENCIES (SI PTE LTO 70 SHCNTON WAY
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