The Business Times, 3 April 1987

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 189 1 Exchange rates THE SINGAPORE DOLLAR closed weaker at S$2.1400/10 ($2.1380/90) against the US dollar in the forex market yesterday. It rose to $3.4079/4116 ($3.4218/56) against The local unit also went up against DM and yen, but fell against M$ and HK$. USSi 146.95/147.05 yen, 1.8250/60 DM, S$2.1395/1405
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  • 471 1  -  Eight proposals received by SES so far By ELAINE KOH ANOTHER THREE foreign institutions have submitted proposals to the Stock Exchange of Singapore for tie-ups with local stockbroking firms. The latest in the line-up are British broking house de Zoete Bevan
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  • 146 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Datuk Rais Yatim said yesterday that he had met Singapore Foreign Minister Suppiah Dhanabalan regarding Malaysia's position on a statement made by Singapore Trade and Industry Minister Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. He told reporters in Kuala Lumpur that he
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  • 227 1 SHORT-COVERING and bargain hunting pushed up share prices on the Singapore stockmarket yesterday. Volume however, remained thin. The widely watched Straits Times Industrial Index advanced 15.26 points to 1,059.20 and the more broadly based BT Composite Index rose 14.26 points to 928.48.
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  • 407 1  -  By MARTIN SOONG BELEAGUERED Heli-Orient. an aircraft servicing company long searching for a white knight, has finally found a buyer after some three years of floundering. BT understands that Seletarbased Dowty Aviation Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Dowty Group, will be buying
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  • 51 1 UNKNOWN TO MOST, the Singapore Federation of Computer Industry has been helping to push Singapore along the computer path for the last five years. It is now ready for an even bigger task. See Technology on Page 6 for BT's exclusive interview with SFCI council
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  • 47 1 MANY OF MALAYSIA'S beleaguered offshore fabrication and engineering companies face the prospect of a no-job situation for the next year or two if they are unable to secure contracts worth millions of dollars to be tendered out soon by Esso Production Malaysia Inc.
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  • 533 1 Reuter PRIME lending rate increases by leading US banks have sent shock waves through financial markets but are unlikely to have much effect on the US economy as it muddles through a fifth year of expansion, according to
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  • 291 1 Imperfect but lovely the lure of jade FLAWED and beautiful, jade has always possessed an almost magical charm, especially to the Chinese Tomorrow's Executive Lifestyle offers a historical perspective to jade, outlining the differences between the various grades and colours that give the stone its distinct appearance. Our writer offers
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  • 125 1 AP THAILAND yesterday opened a customs-free transit zone for air cargo handling at Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport. The move is part of a general upgrading of airport facilities which includes the recent completion of a domestic terminal. on-going expansion of the international terminal
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 265 1 &=+]_,&]\,'>')[%*'"^*{[[='@.}-* See Page 8 SHARE INFORMATION MONEY EXCHANGES COMMODITIES AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE TV ft RADIO CROSSWORDS DOONESBURY OUR VIEW 'DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, we con do business with you' was the message from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the end of their talks in Moscow. Mrs
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 308 2 Ministry to spend $450 m on building 50 secondary schools ABOUT $450 MILLION will be spent to build about 50 more secondary schools in the Singapore government programme to move towards single-session schools. And, to keep pace with technology, the Ministry of Education
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    • 176 2 SENIOR government officials and businessmen from India will be speaking at a series of seminars on Indo-Asean trade and investment this month. There will be four half-day seminars, which will be held from April 7 to 10, at the World Trade Centre. Among
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    • 333 2 A NEW ENGINEERING CENTRE and a re-built wharf, costing a total of $7.5 million, went into operation at Shell's refinery on Pulau Bukom earlier this year. The engineering centre, comprising three workshops and a single-storey office block, now stands at the site of
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    • 395 2  -  By LOH HUI YIN THE MINISTRY of Trade and Industry has asked oil companies to indicate what the new price of petrol would be once the lead content is reduced from June. In a letter sent to the oil companies last
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    • 182 2 COMPUTERISATION, to be completed by the end of this month, is underway at Marco Polo hotel. When it becomes functional, check-in and check-out services will be expedited, with reservations readily acceptable up to three years in advance. Quest histories can also be maintained.
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    • 274 2 A CANADIAN provincial minister will be in town next week to promote trade between Singapore and Quebec and to open Quebec's regional trade office Mr Pierre Mac Donald, Quebec s Minister of External Trade and Technological Development, will be accompanied by 35 businessmen who
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    • 199 2 BRITISH AIRWAYS has launched a campaign which it describes as a "unique approach to ensure excellent and consistent in-flight service on all its routes". The worldwide campaign was kicked off at a conference held in Singapore on Monday to evaluate the quality of
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    • 428 2  -  By CHARLES SAVAGE SINGAPORE-BASED Far East Computers Pte Ltd (FEC) is aiming for 30 per cent growth in operations this year, and is launching a hunt for more computer application specialists. Since its inception in 1960. when it had a turnover of $1.36 million,
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    • 396 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER TELEPHONE Apr 6-12 Investment and World Trade Indian Investment *****35 Technology Transfer Centre, Hall 3 Centre *****19 in India Apr 7 Diploma in Productivity National Nationol *****66 (commenceManagement Productivity Productivity ment date) Board Board Apf 7-10 Structured Programming National ARC Micro*****33 and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 112 2 Commercial Singapore Central Business District FREEHOLD OFFICE FLOORS FOR SALE W i w VCVT The owners of a prime freehold office development site are now seeking expressions of interest from companies wishing to purchase whole floors or part floors in this proposed new 14-storey freehold office tower. Freehold office floors
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 519 3 AP THE ECONOMIC GOALS of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev appear to include a shift of some resources from the military to the civilian sector, says a British analyst. Thts change in policy emphasis seems to be causing significant strains within the Soviet
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    • 385 3 Reuter SOVIET LEADER Mikhail Gorbachev sent British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher home on We<inesday with the message: "Despite our differences we can do business with you." This came through clearly in Mr Gorbachev's own firm but courteous handling of her four-day
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    • 373 3 AFP JAPAN said on Wednesday that its new international trade insurance law would benefit developing nations by stimulating imports of goods from those countries and encouraging Japanese investment abroad. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said the Japanese government would spend more
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    • 141 3 AP THE BONN government, bowing slightly to international pressure, on Wednesday officially approved a 5 2 billion mark (US$2 88 billion) increase in a tax cut scheduled for next January. The planned increase, disclosed earlier last month, followed urging by other major industrialised nations
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    • 858 3 Reuter MOST ASIAN airlines, in keeping with the region's reputation for economic dynamism, are pushing ahead with plans for expansion while battling to keep their share of a competitive market A Reuter survey of regional airlines shows that the majority are negotiating
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 49 3 MY HEART SINKS AS I MUCH THEM START BACK. DAMN! I'VE COMB BY GARRY TRUDEAU ALONE AND COMPLETELY CUT OFF, I BEGIN TO REGRET NOT CLEARING THE EXPEPt HON WITH THE NETWORK. SHALL I SEW OUT A SEARCH NO, 5 PARTV* s™2£l JUST STUCK IN TRAFFIC. I! sis a
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 437 4  -  By ALVIN TAY, Banking Correspondent DISCOUNT COMPANY of Singapore, whose shareholders include United Overseas Bank and the Post Office Savings Bank, will cease operations by the end of this year. This is an outcome of the company, together with International Discount Company, not
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    • 212 4 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: CurrtndM Noculnil rdM SmMNmhImi Local dollars to < Md >ne unit of 0*er crow parity foreign cvrroncy: US doflar 2.1400 2.1410 2.8196 -24.10 Sterling pound 3.4079 3.4116 7.3469 -53.61 Audraftan dollar 1.5044 1.5072 3.4286 -56.12 NZ doAar 1.2123 1.2150 3.4286 -64.64 rirJInr v.anoaiar
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    • 1042 4 Reuter SINGAPORE: THE US dollar yesterday closed weaker against the yen and major European currencies in moderately active trading, despite continued Bank of Japan intervention in Tokyo. However, dealers in Tokyo said the Japanese central bank dollar buying intervention and a plea by Japan's finance ministry to the
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    • 109 4 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market remained unchanged at 3-3/8 per cent yesterday. The term rates rose 1/16 point each across the board. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: Off* Ud Orarnighr 3 3/8 3 1/4 l-mrth 3 3/t 3 1/4 }«<* 3 3/8 3 1/4
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    • 345 4 ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed yesterday lower compared with Wednesday's levels, after a day of moderate trading. Dealers attributed the weaker trend to lower US federal funds rate, firmer US bond prices and some profit-taking after Wednesday's fairty sharp rise. The market is awaiting today's release of
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    • 607 4 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar yesterday recovered from its oversold level by opening six ticks better at 93.31. The firmer tone in the dollar and the Fed's purchase of bills on Wednesday night resulted in some short-covering activity yesterday morning. The June contract traded to a high of 93 33
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    • 190 4 Indicates the average of the prime tending rate* of 12 maK>r banks In Singapore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on April 2 us$ DM SWFC 7 6ay* 3/t 1/4 10 1/1* 9 15/16 4 1/16 IS/16 2 1/4 1 3/4 4-37/1 1 mh i/a 3/t io i/t io
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 226 5 v We know him better than his own mother does. Meet John J. Montague Executive Vice President, Marketing for Consolidated Technologies Inc, Springfield, Ohio, U.S.A. Most hotels he stays in would never get to know much more than that about him. But at the most exclusive hotel in town we
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 1117 6  -  Five years after its inception, the Singapore Federation of Computer Industry is poised to play a bigger role in the economy. In an interview with council members, CHARLES SAVAGE examines how the SFCI is helping the government to realise the National Information
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    • 485 6 A CELEBRATION that includes a half-year exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and the issue of four new British postage stamps has been launched to honour the person considered by many as the greatest scientist of all times Sir Issac Newton. Three hundred
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  • FEATURES
    • 559 8 EVEN if they did not quite kiss on a park bench, or elope to a luxury villa in the suburbs of Moscow, as two newspaper spoofs had it on April Fool's Day, the meeting between a British Conservative and a Russian radical managed to point
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    • 1076 8  -  Short-term survival hinges on Esso Production Malaysia contracts Malaysia's offshore fabrication and engineering industry is suffering from overcapacity because of a severe recession in the oil and shipping business. Naturally, there is great interest in job contracts worth millions that will be tendered out
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    • 823 8  -  By LAWRENCE McDONALD AFP BUSINESSMEN in Macau are hoping for a surge of foreign investment in the run-up to the Chinese takeover of the gambling-depen-dent, Portuguese-run enclave in South China in 1999 Traders and investors said last Friday that Sino-Portuguese joint declaration on
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 195 8 mmamb CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 There's simply no question (6) 7 Vessel finally at Wembley (3. 2. 3) 8 Brought up with the right ideas, possibly (6) 10 Fast buses, say? (5) 13 A projected diversion (4) 14 Fishy bits (4) 15 He may be paid (4) 16 Chop some
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    • 484 8 11 Fifty-one pence worth of sauce? (3) 12 Writing of letters, for instance (5) 13 Dismiss a fellow when shot at (5, 2) 15 A mousy flier (3) 16 That woman in the red dress (3) 18 He's heard more than ever (6) 20 Attack for having the radio working?
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  • SPORTS
    • 299 9 AFP NIGEL MANSELL, runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship last season, has warned that there could be a revolt among his Formula One colleagues at next week's Brazilian Grand Prix. They are furious with the new sliding scale of charges for
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    • 190 9 Reuter ENGLAND established itself as the clear favourite to qualify for the European Soccer Championship finals from Group Four when it beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in very comfortable style on Wednesday night. First-half goals by rejuvenated captain Bryan Robson and in-form winger Chris Waddle enabled the
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    • 925 9 UPI RAY LEONARD says he always knew he would fight Marvin Hagler. He just didn't know when. Using boxing history as a judge, that makes sense. The best of welterweights inevitably move up to challenge middleweights and the sport's biggest names almost always make
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    • 556 9 AFP THE FICKLE English weather could destroy Richard Dunwoody s chance of a Grand National double on West Tip in Liverpool, England, tomorrow. Last weekend. Michael Oliver's horse seemed set to fly in the face of tradition and be only the seventh horse to win the
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    • 199 9 Reuter TOP-SEEDED Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia, fourth-seeded American Lori McNeil and eightseeded Sylvia Hanika of West Germany all won straight-set victories on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the US$l5O,OOO women's indoor championships in Piscataway, New Jersey. Mandlikova easily defeated American teenager Marianne Werdel 6-1 6-3.
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    • 475 9 AP TOP-SEEDED Boris Becker glided through his debut on Wednesday night in the U*****,000 Fila Trophy Indoor Tennis tournament, easily dispatching Stanlislav Birner 6-1, 6-3 in a first-round match. The West German ace took just one hour to defeat his unseeded opponent at Milan's Palatrussardi
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1541 9 to sm mm HI 5 I A well-made Australian drama based on the real life holdup of a group of Melbourne bookmakers after a long racing weekend. The two-part drama begins with the lead villain who puts together a team and begins planning the robbery, until rival gang members interfere.
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 316 10 FT GUINNESS is hoping for a hearing before Easter of its High Court move to force Ernest Saunders, the company's deposed chairman, and his fellow director. Thomas Ward, to reveal the precise whereabouts of £5.2 million of the company's money that was transferred to
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    • 257 10 FT BP NORTH AMERICA, British Petroleum's whollyowned subsidiary, has started its US$7O a share cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Standard Oil, its US affiliate. Wall Street analysts believe there is still a possibility that British Petroleum may be
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    • 413 10 Reuter WALL STREET stocks on Wednesday closed mixed as blue chips, in a surprising and abrupt change in the final minutes of the session, surged higher. Traders said a market on close buy programmes by Salomon Inc fuelled the late rally. The Dow
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    • 178 10 Reuter EMERY AIR FREIGHT Corp has topped a leveraged buyout offer for Purolator Courier Corp by about US$4O million, but Wall Street is reacting as though another offer may surface. Purolator's stock climbed 5-3/8 on Wednesday to 40-1/8. 1/4 over Emery's US$4O-per-share offer.
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    • 141 10 Am »i Ct Abrtibt 30% 50% 1 Atgoma S11 15* Bank Nova Scotia 18* Bank CM Montreal 33* Ball Canada 42* Bp Raaourcaa 41* Braacan CI A 37* uncti Campttf Laka 36* Canadian Imp Bank 21* 24* Carting O'Kaata 17* unch Cn Bthrt CI A 19* unch 17* Dom
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    • 888 10 Amsterdam Am »i FLS ABN Aagon Ahotd 521 00 aoso 107 00 140 90 unch unch -01 -28 ***** AMEV Amro Bar* Am Stad Barkal BOLS 66 30 83 20 127 50 20 80 155 00 1 08 0.5 -03 -05 138 00 +15 Buahrman Ten*rod* 48 50
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 492 11 HONGKONG: Bargain hunting by local investors helped share prices erase early losses yesterday and finish on a firmer note in moderate trading. The Hang Seng Index closed 13.50 higher at 2,709.41. The Hong Kong Index rose 5.62 to 1,741.94. Turnover fell to HKJ772.57 million. Brokers said the market's recent
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    • 307 11 APH 03 MT All Sincere Indus 385 0 1 Asia Cement 37 00 06 Cathay Cons 47 00 0 3 Chang Hwa Bank 81 SO 3 5 Cheng Loong 36 30 0 7 Chia Hsin Cement 36 30 0 8 Chin Hsin Flour 15 60 0 3 China Chem
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    • 491 11 TOKYO: Stocks soared to a record close yesterday in heavy trade as stability in the yen and firmness on Wall Street buoyed confidence. The market average closed up 327.54 at a record 22,367.72, but had risen as high as 22,542.51 in late morning before investors feared margin trading restrictions
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    • 103 11 APR 02 PESOS Acoje Mining Anglo Ptiil 001 oooe unch ur>ch Apex Mining B Alias Con B 0 0575 34 0 0025 2 Baguio Gold Basic Petroleum Benquet Con B 0 005 0013 117 -0 001 uncti +1 First Ptiil Hldgs Lepanto B Marcopper 8 40 0 20 1
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    • 447 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed higher in active trading yes- terday, underpinned by keen demand for resource stocks. Strong gold and oil and gas sectors helped offset weakness among industrial stocks. The All Ordinaries Index closed near the day's high, up 5.7 at 1,696.8. The Gold Index rose 55.8
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    • 108 11 Am 02 WON Cheil Sugar 3450 -30 Daelim Ind 837 *50 Daewoo Corp 1045 20 Daewoo Heavy 1409 -31 Daiahm Securitiea 4350 50 Dong Ah Ptiar ***** •100 Dong Suh Stock ***** 800 Dongbu Steel 2470 -30 Gold Star 2010 -65 Hanil Bank 1400 10 Hanil Cement ***** •100
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    • 170 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index edged up 0.28 to 228 19 on a turnover of 571,622 shares worth 114.9 million baht. APR 02 BAHT Ao Kham Thai 196 -2 Ayudhya Invastmant 288 -2 Bangkok Agro-lnd 80 1 Bangkok Bank 259 unch Bank Of Ayudhya 180 -1
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    • 82 11 Reuter A SPOKESMAN for Jardine Matheson Holdings in London said he could neither confirm nor deny a report in the Daily Telegraph which said Jardine was thinking of moving its listed property unit Hongkong Land Ltd to Bermuda. The report said Jardine, which moved its place
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    • 588 11 Group seeks to enter telecoms equipment market Reuter TOSHIBA CORP, the Japanese electronics group which plans to enter Britain's liberalised telecommunications equipment market, risks becoming the first casualty in the current war of words over trade between Japan and the
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    • 333 11 FT CABLE AND WIRELESS, the UK company which is at the centre of the row over Japan's reluctance to open up its telecommunications market to foreign companies, is to help install and run a US$lOO million submarine optical fibre telecommunications system
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 405 12 ICO in no hurry to reopen quota talks Reuter LONDON coffee futures prices hit a five-year low on Wednesday on the prospect of unregulated world supply after consumers and producers meeting in London this week passed over discussing re-intro-duction of export quotas to control
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    • 247 12 UPI IF ALUMINIUM CAPACITY expands as currently planned, in the period after 1990 there will be insufficient supply to meet the acceleration in demand, according to analyst Anthony Bird Associates" 1987 aluminium review. The review forecast that by 1995, non-socialist world primary capacity
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    • 449 12 Crude palm oN Mures closed easier in moder- j ateiy active trading on the KLCE yesterday. The market opened lower, after a higher closing, while the undertone of the market appeared firm as demand was said to be improving. But no fresh leads were forthcoming yet, although India
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    • 270 12 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday doeed firmer, ending the day near its higha on lata buying from overseas as the dollar weakened. It ended at U*****.20/70 an ounce compared with New York's finish of U*****.00/418.10. On the local market gold finished HK$lO above its finish here on Wednesday at HK53,906
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    • 89 12 AN OVERSUPPLY of gasoil and kerosene from Singapore and the Middle East combined with strong speculating selling to push both products down sharply on the spot market. Naphtha and fuel oil prices rose slightly on demand for forward positions. Crude (FOB origin) USS/Wni < MM Uteri 1
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    • 155 12 Reuter THE KUALA L.f.r Tlx Market (KLTM) yesterday Elaiii one coat higher «I Mfli.il pm Mo on tarttor short-cowing In amM tretf» An spanlng price unchanpsi from Wednesday attracted further strong bMs of 118 lommo but as aeon aa a price one cent waa tested, buyers mm+mm and
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    • 220 12 BMQAPORE THE MARKET yeaterday closed slightly higher with May RSS One buyers quoted at 195.75 cents/kilo, up 0.75 cent from Wednesday. On the TSR-20 market, prices held steady on light buying intereat. TSR-20 May and June closed at 164.50 centa/kilo, both unchanged from Wednesday. MALAYSIA The market continued quiet
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    • 275 12 Chinese Produce Exchange Stltn' noon doting pr V* an April 2 (SI/100 kg) Coconut oil M FOt MOO Otd drum FOt 9t.00 Now drvnt FOt 102.00 Copra MJxod (too—) 50 Pepper Mmituh ,fj|| FOt NIW Sorowak 1095.00 FOi foq NIW 1000.00 JwowQi tpeoo* btadi FOt NIW 890 00
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    • 288 12 RAS prices *6c OTtaAO, FOB In bate NOON close IM 1 KS Prompt 199.50 200JON mrjwr* 199.50 200.50N tat 1 KSS May 87 195.50 196.00 195.75 196.25 tat 1 KSS Jun 192.50 193.00 192 JO 193.00 tat 2 *SS Of 182 JO 184 JON 182 JO 184
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    • 324 12 London Commodity Exchange fc^rw/SeSer do*ig prlcoi an April 1 i »nto» yodWod) Fmloiw «<0) r't Jwh| pricoi In CoffM loih kt-tfort OF > London, witn option May 1237/1240 (1270/1273) H^h/Low 1239/1220 Mr 1243/1245 (1281/1283) 1260/1230 Solo* (4200) Cocoa May 1303/1304 (1299/1300) M*i/Urw 1307/1301 Mr 1333/1334 (1324/1327) Solas 1334/1328
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    • 484 12 ft INVITATION LISTING mr PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) N $60,000,000 6 PER CENT. UNSECURED NOTES TO BE CALLED LOAN STOCK 1987/1993 WITH DETACHABLE TRANSFERABLE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS ("TSR") TO SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THE PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED PROSPECTUS DATED 31 ST MARCH 1987
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4200 13 AFTER FALLING for four consecutive days, share prices on the Singapore stock market rebounded across the board yesterday. Light bargain hunting and short covering helped shares to recoup losses suffered earlier in the week. Interest centred on local blue chips which have
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    • 273 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices April 1 April 2 M tanking 690 25 8T Compotit* 914.22 928.48 S 1 A 1130 20 BT 08/OS -250 -132 Koppol Corpo 300 18 IT CADI -6568 -6472 o c c 960 15 8T 10-doy MA -6353 -6367 Gonrtng! 660 15 BTOBV *****3
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    • 3501 13 810 and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange ot Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified AM Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word SETT"
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    • 301 13 SEALION HOTELS Limited: 11th AGM at Gateway 4 Room, Level 2, Pan Pacific Hotel. Marina Square, Singapore 0103 on April 18 at 10.30am. INCH KENNETH KAJANG Rubber Public Limited Company: 77th AGM at 5th Floor, Straits Trading Building. 4 Leboh Pasar Besar. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday, April
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 832 14  -  OiMiBV ma By AMY CHEOK THE MEDIUM- to long-term outlook for the local stock market remains positive, although sentiment in the next few months may be subdued because of certain short-term risk factors, according to Tan Soo Nan, the director of DBS Securities
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    • 472 14 Reuter MAJOR SINGAPORE BANKS are diversifying and gradually shifting their asset holdings from loans to debt instruments. The banks following the trend are Overseas Union Bank Ltd. United Overseas Bank Ltd, Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation and the Development Bank of Singapore Ltd. The shift towards
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    • 521 14 BARGAIN-HUNTING activities helped the Kuala Lumpur stock market to recover some ground after three consecutive days of price slide. Situational lower liners and a handful of blue chips were traded higher but overall sentiment remained cautious. Market observers said investors were still hesitant but many
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    • 2111 14 810 and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Acmo (I(OB A*wma*> 0066 3I8S) Also* (71« G» «8
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    • 127 14 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Thursday *****4 Wednesday 1736 32 Week ago 1792 28 Hang Seng Index Thursday 2709 41 Wednesday 2695 91 Week ago 2783 12 All Industrials Thursday Wednesday Week ago NEW YORK Dow Jones Wednesday Tuesday Week ogo 2558 4 2557 6 2594 6 *****5 2304 69
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    • 252 14 Managers' prices for April 3 MARA-Bumiputra First 6'putro 590 597 Singapore Unit Trust Second 6'putro Third 6'putro 508 4 18 513 423 The Coaneerce 1 02 1 10 Fourth 6'putro 4 76 481 The So«ngs fund 089 0*' F.ftf. 6 putro 316 321 Spore Prog Fund 041 045
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    • 341 15 By HOCK LOCK SIEW IN THE NEXT STEP on its long road to revival, financially hobbled Emporium Holdings is preparing to call for a creditors' meeting under the statutory provisions of Section 210 of the Companies Act. Under these provisions, an ailing company
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    • 1230 15 Current Ex Book* Date Total tor Total tor V payment date close payable the year last year A B N 13%% NYA NYA NYA 27% 27% Acmo ■%TE NYA NYA NYA l%Tf 4%TE Amcol 10% NYA NYA NYA 10% '0% Asiatic Dev 3% May 6 Moy 19 Jul
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    • 390 15 SEALION HOTELS LTD. to be renamed First Capital Corp Ltd soon, is holding an extraordinary general meeting on April 18 in which shareholders will be asked to approve its proposed acquisition of two commercial properties, Tung Cervtie and Robinson
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    • 324 15 MBT GENERAL LUMBER HOLDINGS has secured timber concessions in Perak covering 8,100 ha as part of its efforts to obtain additional and long-term supplies of timber. Group executive director Nik Mahmood bin Haji Nik Hassan said that under the terms of its long-term
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    • 710 15 SHARES were marked up at the outset yesterday after a late rally on Wall Street left the Dow Jones average with an 11-point gain. The FT 30 on Wednesday closed at 1558. down 19 1 while the FT 100 closed at 1973.1. down 245. industrials Apr 1 P*«C#
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    • 522 15  -  Directors optimistic about the future By AMY CHEOK AVIMO SINGAPORE, which has been given the nod to go public on the main board of the Singapore stock exchange, is forecasting a tax-exempt dividend of 20 per cent or four cents per share for 1987. The manufacturer
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    • 315 15  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN CHUAN HUP Australia, the 40 per cent owned associate of Sin-gapore-listed Chuan Hup Holdings, boosted its first-half profits in the six months to end-Decem-ber from A 53.86 million to A 54.73 million before tax though revenue in that time
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    • 97 15 THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore will be holding a course entitled "How to invest in stocks and shares". The 12-week course will be on every Tuesday (6.30 pm to 8.30 pm) starting from May 5. The course leader is Dr Robert Chia from the National University of Singapore.
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    • 407 14 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND SHBUOKA YAJTMAYA SINGAPORE PTE LTD NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP (Pursuant to Section 290(2) At meetings of members and creditors of Shlxuoka Yajlmaya Singapore Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 9 Penan? Road #10-07 Supreme
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    • 375 14 In The Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 185 And In The Matter of ROGERS IMPORTS (ASIA) PTE LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Windlng-Up) Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that the final general meeting of the members of the above-named company will
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    • 454 14 EN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. ISS AND IN THE MATTER OF HENLEY ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at Block 1010 Eunos Ave 6, N0.22, Singapore 1440 on the 28th day of
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    • 389 14 o Export Credit Insurance Corporation of Singapore Ltd U. 5.530,000,000 Guaranteed Floating Rate Notes due 1989 In accordance with the provision of the Notes notice is hereby given that for the six month period from 3rd April 1987 to sth October 1987, the Notes will carry a rate of interest
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    • 276 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 1«5 AND IN THE MATTER OF FEBECO PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of FEBECO PTE LTD duly convened and held at No. 191 Upper Buklt Tlmah Road, Pacific Hooae, Singapore 2159 on March
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    • 311 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 188 AND IN THE MATTEE OP HIAP PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) At an Extra-Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of HIAP CHIN TRADING CO PTE LTD. duly convened and held at 33 Tuas Crescent Singapore 2383 on the 27th day of
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    • 234 15 hat J*&t i w •■i Organised by r~ ip ,i- -HHt-' ->**i it" Mr Sfdok Sonfff Ministry of Tnrti IndOMry Mr HoyWirt I* »j 1% i J*V Tb* Imtfttiti of tho w Aafc* 35 UUI I z. Or Nf Kim Choon National Uitfearsßyof "Utilisation of Enflna of an an air
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  • 495 16 B181il& US-Japan V ==T fane «"spute J W L_ Tokyo official does not rule out retaliation AP. Reuter EVEN if Japan decides that US sanctions announced last week in a semiconductor trade dispute overstep international rules, it will not adopt
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  • 397 16 AP A US COMMERCE Department official has criticised a proposal for greater disclosure of investment in the US by foreigners. "The fall in the value of the dollar will attract more foreign investment unless the Congressman who spoke to you this morning
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  • 173 16 UPI EIGHT HOUSE panels share jurisdiction over the Bill, designed to enhance American exports, crack down on unfair foreign trade practices and provide relief to import-battered industries in America's struggle to reverse its five-year trend of record trade deficits. Most of the committees have completed action
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  • 485 16 Reuter YOUNG INDONESIANS, taking advantage of the relative freedom of the election season, have been massing at political rallies in the capital to press their concerns about unemployment and human rights. Several clambered onto the speaker s platform on Wednesday at a
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  • 85 16 AFP CHINA has agreed with Britain to include a controversial clause in a new British-Hongkong passport to be issued to about 3.3 million people in the British colony. China was "sympathetic" and gave the green light to the question of including "a right of abode
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  • LATE FILE
    • 42 16 Bernama UMNO DEPUTY President Datuk Musa Hitam claimed at a Johor Umno convention yesterday that the country's economic recession was caused by problems of leadership, trust and confidence and was not the result of the world economic recession.
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    • 32 16 Bernama PAS DEPUTY President Haji Fadzil Noor felt it is not impossible that a general election will be held after the Umno supreme council election on April 24. Bernama
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    • 33 16 Reuter The PHILIPPINES looked forward yesterday to a resurgence in Japanese investment as kidnap victim Nobuyuki Wakaoji returned to Tokyo 36 hours after his four months of captivity ended.
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    • 43 16 Bernama THE FORMER wife of Batu Umno division chairman Senator Azman Atar Othman, Puan Cerila D Beldia alias Rohani Abdullah, 41 obtained an interim injunction from the High Court in KL yesterday restraining her ex-husband from further intimidating her.
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    • 32 16 Reuter JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone opened the door to a compromise on a controversial sales tax plan yesterday by saying it should be changed if it is wrong.
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    • 44 16 Reuter A HONGKONG appeals court yesterday doubled the jail sentence from two to four years, on a former senior official of the Overseas Trust Bank, Dominic Cheung, 62, convicted of conspiring to defraud the bank of US$66 million Reuter
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    • 30 16 AFP REPRESENTATIVES from eight religions in India are to plot a "spiritual counterforce to fundamentalism" at a two-day meeting in New Delhi this week-end. AFP
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  • 398 16  -  By SOH TIANG KENG, i, Financial Correspondent THE International Accounting Standards Committee (lASC) yesterday complimented Singapore for following sound international practices in presenting its financial statements. Mr David Cairns, secretarygeneral of the London-based lASC, said: "My impression is that you have a strong Singapore Society
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  • 73 16 AP TAIWAN will not change its position of no contact with China in spite of renewed communist overtures for reunification. "Our policy of having no contact, no talks and no compromise with the communist Chinese is a positive one," Foreign Minister Chu Fu-Sung said
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  • 98 16 UPI AUSTRALIA and China have agreed to work towards China achieving a one per cent share of Australia's imports of machinery and electrical goods over the next five years. The agreement, reached at the inaugural meeting of the AustraliaChina joint ministerial economic commission, is part of the efforts
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  • 328 16 UPI THAI opposition leaders yesterday met to draft a motion of no confidence in the government, saying that they already had the votes needed to introduce the measure. The attack on the coalition government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda came as Parliament reconvened for
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  • 408 16 Bernama ES ARAB-MALAYSIAN Merchant Bank Bhd and Arab-Malaysian Securities Sdn Bhd said yesterday that they had handled enquiries and orders for Malaysian International Shipping Corporation shares during its recent flotation exercise "to the best interests of its clients". These transactions
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  • 170 16 Bernama ES BANK NEGARA said yesterday that it was still looking into the 1985 and 1986 accounts of Sabah Bank Bhd. which was reported by The Star yesterday as being the next target for a takeover by the central bank In a brief statement reacting
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  • 71 16 AFP GREECE and Turkey have been engaged in a discreet diplomatic dialogue since the beginning of the week, but observers said the two countries had not resolved all the differences that prompted them to trade threats of military action late last week. Greek Prime Minister
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 321 17  -  By LINDA CHEE ORIENT Overseas Container Line has reported good liftings from Straits ports in the first quarter of 1987, with loadings of around 95 per cent for each of its vessels. This good performance follows the completion of debt restructuring of its
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    • 259 17 LEADING Finnish shipbuilder Wartsila Marine Industries (WMI) has established an office in Singapore to offer design packages and equipment procurement for specialised vessels. The new set-up, which formally began work on April 1, will be engaged in marine turnkey projects in South-east Asia,
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    • 105 17 ABOUT TWO hundred guests will join Shipping Times in its ninth anniversary celebration this evening. The function has traditionally been an annual opportunity for the shipping community to renew ties and establish contacts on an informal basis. This year will be a grander affair for
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 64 17 AFP A 108-METRE sail boat destined for the Soviet Union capsized and sank on Tuesday as it was launched at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. The vessel was the second of a Soviet order for four being built at the yard, workplace of Solidarity leader Lech
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      • 110 17 AP THE UNITED STATES Navy will launch a new minesweeping ship this weekend. The Defender, a so-called Avenger-class ocean minesweeper, will be launched on Saturday at the shipyards of the Marinette Marine Corp. Vice Adm Thomas J Hughes, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics,
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      • 66 17 NEWPORT NEWS Shipbuilding, a Tenneco Inc unit, has completed the acquisition of the Sperry marine system division of Unisys for about US$7O million. The purchase includes all the worldwide operations of the former Unisys division. The division is involved in research, engineering, manufacturing and test facilities, and
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    • 985 18 Lloyd's Maritime Asia HONGKONG wrested the position of the world's second busiest container port from long-standing title-holder New York at the end of 1986 Elation was however tempered with concern about the port's capacity to handle throughputs as high as
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    • 150 18 SOUTH KOREA has beaten off strong competition from Britain and Far East shipyards to win a US$l2O million contract to build offshore patrol vessels for India. Korea Tacoma Marine, which constructs primarily naval ships, will build at least three patrol vessels in
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    • 943 18 AB Shpg V s ABC Container vm i Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiel liner X 1 Africa Ocean IX 4 Alltrons VN 3 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 Atlas line X 3 ANl 1 1/2 A PC line V 4
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    • 1109 18 RATES for vessels loading grain in the US Gulf show some irregularity although the general trend still appears to be bullish on Wednesday, shipbrokers said. Two grain cargoes were covered from the Gulf to Algeria at US$25 and $26 respectively, well up on the $20 to $21 paid
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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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    • 171 19 ZIM ISRAEL Navigation is in the market for replacements for seven container ships for the Zim Container Service linking Israel and the Mediterranean with the US and Far East. Though it has made enquiries with a number of shipyards, Mr
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    • 371 19 Keen competition from South Korea and China Reuter TAIWAN'S shipbreaking industry is expected to decline sharply this year in spite of the boom in 1986 because of keener competition from South Korea and China, the rising Taiwan dollar and US import
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    • 381 19 JAPAN has formed its first recession cartel in marine diesel engine output. The 15 manufacturers of large ship engines plan to cut total production by 30 per cent, to 3 million horsepower per year. This drastic reduction
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    • 201 19 Seatrade Week PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino has decided to retain the Maritime Industry Authority, but is expanding its powers as part of the much-awaited revamp of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications. Details of Aquino's executive order, signed on Jan 30, have yet to be publicised.
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    • 58 19 IN A Shipping Times article on March 31, "Bangladesh seizes Spore registered ship," Associated Press reported that the Singapore-registered ship Chinauei was confiscated by the Bangladesh government after its captain was found guilty of smuggling goods worth about US$3OO,OOO. We have been informed by the Marine Department
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    • 269 19  -  Kingsley Wood TWENTY-FIVE interested parties have applied to the NSW government to take over all or part of Newcastle State Dockyard They have come from construction groups and companies already involved in some aspect of shipbuilding or shiprepair. They include Eglo
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    • 3788 24 AARMUS Ming Energy Yang Ming Lin* April Xing He China Ocean Shpg April 4 Larga Bay Triot. April 4<Pt() Ville De Mercure CM D Aftretement, April Pacific Sunshine ScenOutcht April 7 Anna Meersk Www Line April 9 Ever Growth Evergreen April 9 Kasug*
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    • 1267 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VmmI Berth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Auby K25W alongside 03 04/1800 larftn Hdd K28 olongi.de 03 04,0600 Folgo •CIS alongside 03 04/0600 Ivytoonk K30 alongside *****600 kmtom K23 alongside 0304/0700 Koto ioyo Ol olongnd« *****600 Maksim Gorki Oi alongside 0404/2100 Nod Son juon KI8
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    • 71 17 mm HONGKONG wrested the position of the world's second busiest contoiner port from long-standing title-holder New York at the end of 1986. Page II TAIWAN'S shipbreaking industry is expected to decline sharply this year in spite of the boom in 1986 because of keener competition from South Korea and China.
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    • 842 19 WW 111 kllll sj "lUMIHUUI Jt I lIV V The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container «S' Shipping Pte Ltd P&OCL Js4 P&O Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINERS** SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT: PEGASUS PRIOC Pt CASUS PRIOC BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL *****80
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    • 327 19 NOTICE FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE NOTICE TO SHIPPERS Signatories of the General Cargo Contract of the above Conference are advised that with effect from Ist April, 1987, the names of Belgian Far Eastern Line and Franco Belgian Services (C.R. and B.F.E.L. Joint Services) should be deleted from the list of
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    • 274 20 8E CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT Hapag-Lloyd COPENHAGEN. AARHUS. GOTHENBURG. MALMO HELSINKI OSLO AMSTERDAM CARIBBEAN I S. AMERICA CONV/SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE CONV/SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE SP n PEN TRIES OX BILBAO HBG S HAVEN AMS DURMITO# I*4 11/5 2«4 31/5 70 JW CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT Agents Singapore *****66
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    • 795 22 £*<«£fSfi AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE AeospOng FCUFCL Contain*,* P *»hnf Liner M S port IMb Frem Sfdn Aho Accwrs CALABAR *33 5 Apr RAMDAS" *78 U Apr 27 Apr t May 4 May AM'Brn ESTECLIPPER 113 Apr "CHANDIDAS" V 25 21 Apr 13 Ma? 22 2C May Add Bra CALABAR
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    • 714 22 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 23 It* ji'ft* SMGtfORf 0104 m 534J9M lit INS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spor. p Ketone ?*<•<« GOLDEN BEAR Cotanbo'Karacfci/Mmi Qatxm/Dubai 12/14 Apr GOLDEN HARVEST Colorobo'KaracfM/Dubei/BahraMi lAO toy CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO.. PEKING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF CHINA P.KLANG PENANG DESTINATION 1/4 5/4
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    • 480 22 4pINTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 15 Hoa Chiang Road, aO7-02/03. Sanford Building Singapore 020S Tal *****11 (10 Llnaa) Bulk Orient Line BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK AGIOS NIKOLAOS 1703 WESTERN EXPRESS S7M S>ora P Katanf Loading larSAILEO SETE/ROT/ANT UK (HULL) I*4 17/4 ROT/ANT/ESB UK (NULL) Agtnti Singapore INTRASEA (PTE) LTD BOOKING *****11 K
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    • 917 23 44 r. NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD FE EU/AUST TP A/SEA 7 H H Tel No Office Tanmnel CFS BOOKINGS *****3 *****2 —--T-—>C m%M "w man miw *****1J U lirnTl Ifcir" nnirkiT i Ik mr« I Klwpu' NEPLINE SON BHD. *****33 V\ NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD NEPLINE SON BHD um*nmmMiK**2 Jj
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    • 393 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG, PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON NLl£j«M s iT p njn< an No t Donam7Q3h 15/4 it/j 29/4 c/c No 7 Oana*/7t3N 17/4 21/4 2/5 No t Donam/7MN 30/4 3/5 S/5 16/5 22/5 S ft*"" H5 11/5 27/5 No 7 Donam/704N 20/5
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    • 771 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 KELANG M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON BHD No 14 Jaton Cunah, Port K«4an(. S«i»n«x Malaysia U
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    • 402 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.tPTEI LTD. TEL: 225 6868 (30 LINES) TELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA, RS ***** A/B SSCAD VEB DEUTF RACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUKOPE |S PO«£ I-I NACA ••VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Limassol, Beirut, Alexandria, Port Said, Iraqi, Iranian and
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    • 361 24 i/s INTEROCEAM EXPRESS LINE Weekly LCL Consolidation Service SAMUDEM INDONESIA (SI SDN. DND. 2 Shenton Way #04-23 »CB Bktg Singapore 0106 Tatax: R*****0 Tal: 222 4281 3 WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE BETWEEN SINGAPORE/JAKARTA VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE JAKARTA RATU KONSORTIUM 077 7 487 94 87 bookings info Samudera *****81 Eka Jaya
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    • 331 24 IEI JVaniaiZine East-South Africa Sarvica REGULAR FULLY CONTAINERISED EXPRESS SERVICE S TO f LOUIS DSN L LDR P.ELI2 CTOWR NANTAI PRINCE V-7S 4/4 13/4 17/4 ISM 20/4 a/4 NAN N»A V-3B 1W 27/4 NANTAI PRINCESS V-14S 7/5 IS/5 Iss 21/5 22/5 23/5 SSST" JS.? ,S ii S s •eert AfMtc
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    • 152 24 Regional Weather Bft ft Fi 32 R m liS ULJ SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. R Thunderstorm c X\ A Weother _X W<*) (Vection witti speed *1 knots Ran W CkxxJy Sky WO W#t« wm<h or* indicated br o"o*i otxti w.rti Hie »md O On.
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 433 25 HERMANN VT LUDWIG International Freight Forwarders WEEKLY-CONSOLIDATION SERVICE ACCEPTING FCL/LCL HONG KONG BANGKOK TOKYO HAMBURG/ROTTERDAM COPENHAGEN SYDNEY t MELBOURNE FREMANTLE FELIXSTONE LOS ANGELES ETD SINGAPORE 02.04.87, 060 14.04.87, 230 04.04.87, 08.0 11.04.87. 15.0 18.04.87, 22.0 29.04.87 09.04.87, 16.0 23.04.87, 30.0 04.04.87, 14.0 20.04.87, 29.0 05.05.87, 14.0 20.05.87 06.04.87, 18.0 28.04.87,
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    • 258 25 PERCH OCEAN LINES (Perfect China Ocean Shipping Lines) CHINA SERVICES Etd. S PORE Etd. PKLG Destinations: E SHANTOU. GUANGZHOU HUANGPU. XIAMEN HAIKOU, ZHANJIANG XINGANG, QINGDAO SHANGHAI OTHER PORTS SMUWRE AGENTS AAPIO SHIPPING PTC LTD TEL M ***** Til 22*5 WEEKLY SAILINGS PKELMG/UUKPUi AGENTS: FOftTHANS SERVICES S/B. Ttl f3379*5/ 7337*7 WORLDWIDE
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    • 694 25 PERINTIS LINE 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 25/04 133-134 27/04 28/04 30/04 02/05 135-136 04/05 05/05 07/05 09/05 PRABHAKTI 48-49 In Port 04/04 06/04 08/04 50-51 10/04 11/04 13/04 15/04
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    • 343 25 6LORV NAVIGATION GROUP HiHl.H.m.i'lP TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE P KELANC PCNANC 6ELAWAN KAOHSIUNC C SELATAN IX V-46 1/4 2/4 4/4 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS ON REGULAR LINER SERVICE FROM TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE AND
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    • 210 25 fs> FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) LTD. REGULAR EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER AND LCL c ®VICE INBOUND AGENT FOR ABC CONTAINERLINE From USA V*l L HUDIG BRUSSEL Sailed 200 Cantonment Road #02-03 Southpoint Singapore 0208 Tel: *****22 (4 Lines) CFS (Import) K37 Tel: *****78 CFS (Export) EAL Tel: *****49 Arrow Lines S'PORE/COLOMBO/S.
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    • 494 26 r? FINE LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD Lj TEL: *****52, *****62, *****82 TLX: R*****1 FLINER ACCEPTING FCL, LCL CONVENTIONAL MIDDLE EAST SERVICE /4 DUBAI, BAHRAIN. MUSCAT. DOHA. DAMMAN. KUWAIT. ABU DHABI HONGKONG/CHINA SERVICE 1/4 XINGANG, BEIJING, TIANJIN, SHEKOU. 14, 23/4 SHANGHAI. GUANGZHOU. WHAMPOA J4 BANGKOK AUSTRALIA 6/4, 10/4 SYD, MEL. BRISBANE.
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    • 428 26 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE LTD •001 BEACH ROAD #13-01 GOLDEN MILE TOWER SINGAPORE 071* TEL NO. *****22 (3 LINES) TLX NO. RS ***** HEAPCO PKLANC 7 APR U APR I*l4 APR If APt 20 APR am apr VOY NO VSS» V ***** VSSSI7 VHSI7 VSS7S7 VSSI7 SPORE W APR
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    • 549 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Conaortlum) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ■ERCATOR VCt C R TOKYO VK TRANSRORLD MIOGE VK SEVEN SEAS BRIDGE V9E AIiENTS STRAITS COMTAMR AGfNCfS PT[ lID 15 HOf CHIANG ROAD
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    • 837 26 Everett Lines/ COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" lOMfcn| for Matarani. Ho •nd til othar Peruvun ports with transtwptiwnt M Kobt On CPY Throujti Mb oI Ltdinf to final dcxtinatnn Ptrung* P. Kalang Sinppor* THOMASEVERETT tP Apr HUGHEVERETT 20J21 Apr MANOLOEVERETT 5/8 May "EVERETT ORIENT LINE" JAPAN/BAY OF
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    • 191 26 JSiiPiWP! 'V.V:| VI."»TT—TTMTiMTrMTMTH SAVANNAH HAIFA HAIFA ■S j ACCEPTING CAK6O TO ADELAIDE VIA MtIJKKJRNt AND ALSO fCL TO C EILAT CONTAINER UNE h*F ■IP'W< dfmm GOLD STAR LINE GOLD A USA Abidjan/Apapa/Lagoi/Cotonoii P. Har/DoualafToma/Monrovi»/Lon* 11/4 GOLD STREAM Chitt*gonf/Co»omboobh»,' Momtesa/D E. Salaam/DurbM/Maputo 3*4 SA. VAAL Durtan/P. Elizaboth/ Capetown 1M ZIM FEEDER
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