The Business Times, 8 April 1987

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    197 1 Overseas markets Tuesday HK Hang Seng Index 2664.70 (-15.29 Tokyo Nikkei Average *****.65 198.54) Sydney All-Ordinaries 1755.1 8.7 Monday New York (Dow Jones) 2405.54 15.20) London (FT 30 Index) 1566.0 19.6) 1563.1 (1000 GMT, Tuesday) Simex DM (June)0.5520 8 Euro-$ (June) 93.32 (-4 Yen (June) 0.*****1 44
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    Share prices edge lower
    224 1 SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market finished lower in moderate trading yesterday. Investors withdrew to the sidelines in the absence of positive leads. The Straits Times Industrial Index ended the day 6.46 points lower at 1,074.52 while the BT Composite Index lost 5.63 points to
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    A few surprises turn up at Dunn House tender
    445 1  -  Unexpectedly strong bids submitted By LOH HUI YIN and ALVIN TAY SURPRISINGLY STRONG bids have been submitted for Dunn House, an office block in the business district, in what is surely another sign of recovery in the commercial property market. Sources
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    Lock icon Taiwan's surplus surges in first quarter
    191 1 Reuter TAIWAN'S trade surplus surged in the first quarter of this year and a senior economic official predicted it would continue to grow. Official statistics released yesterday showed the surplus reached a record US$4.lB billion in the January-March period, a rise of about 37
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    Trans-Island Bus Services — full results of share offer
    57 1 Trans-Island Bus Services full results of share offer AN INVESTMENT in the shares involves certain risks related to the implementation of the MRT system, Trans-Island Bus Services cautions in its prospectus But investors apparently thought otherwise, judging from the results of its share offer which closed yesterday. See Page 17.
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    Maidstone to get chance to argue its case on Friday
    421 1  -  By AMY BALAN GRANITE SUPPLIER Maidstone will get a chance this Friday to argue its case before the High Court for a continuation of an interim injunction against Intraco. Maidstone had obtained a court order on March 13 restraining trading
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    Lock icon Second post-war low for American dollar
    158 1 UPI THE AMERICAN DOLLAR fell to its second post-war low in a week yesterday on the Tokyo foreign exchange market in spite of renewed intervention by the Bank of Japan to shore up the greenback Dealers said currency market participants were pessimistic over whether
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    Ads go where promises fear to tread
    93 1 PROMISES get nowhere if you want to encourage people to have babies The only way is a threat, suggests one agency cieative tearr. Another agency, responding to "The Baby Brief", cut close to the heartstrings and yanked them hard. Yet another used the
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      298 1 This enzymes business AN IMPORTANT AREA in biotechnology is the use of enzymes in food processing. They are essential in food fermentation and for modifying food functional properties. No wonder then that the international enzyme industry amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars a year. How can Singapore tap this
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Future looks bright for electronics industry
      452 2  -  By LOH HUI YIN IN SPITE OF the cyclical nature of the international electronics industry, Singapore can look forward to steady industry growth based on increasing productivity. Mr Giorgio Morrica, a general manager with SGS Semiconductor, believes that value added per employee would grow
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      Electronics company loses BASF contract
      154 2 SINOTECHNIC, a local subcontracting electronics house, has lost a major contract to make hard disk drives for West German chemical group BASF. BASF announced last Monday that the existing distribution arrangement was unprofitable because a lower US dollar against the West German mark had stiffened
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      Bid to provide facilities to boost Indian trade
      310 2 MORE HELP may come the way of Singapore companies engaged in marketing Indian products to Asean and other countries. Under consideration are the opening of a warehouse and the setting up of regional marketing offices for Indian companies either independently or through
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      Seminar on joint ventures in Asean
      110 2 A SEMINAR on "Matchmaking in Asean Countries'' is being held in conjunction with the Indian Trade Exhibition at the World Trade Centre. It is part of a forum on joint venturing in the Asean region. In the opening address yesterday, Dr Devan Janamitra of
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      Call to explore Canadian ventures
      313 2 SINGAPORE MANUFACTURERS should team up with Canadian companies to tap their technologies and the big North American market, Mr Robert Chua, chairman of the trade development committee of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, said yesterday. "We in SMA are committed to promoting more two-way trade between
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      MEMO-PAD
      339 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER TELEPHONE Apr 19-24 The Job of the Chief Shangri-la Hotel Singapore *****66 Executive Institute of Management Apr 20 National Certificate National National *****66 (commencein Supervision Productivity Productivity ment date) (Mandarin) Board Board Apr 20 Certificate in National National *****66 (commenceComputer Programming Productivity
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      Genting View: 70pc of units snapped up
      464 3  -  By ROSIE TAN EAGER BUYERS have snapped up 112 of the 160 units in Malaysia's Genting View Resort only two weeks after marketing of the condominium development began. Singaporeans have taken up twenty units. The marketing manager for the development, Mr Gopi Pillay,
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      Johore's four-day tourism expo opens tomorrow
      126 3 SINGAPOREANS who want to find out more about tourist attractions across the Causeway can visit the Johore Tourism Expo to be held from April 9 to April 12 in Johore Baru. The four-day event at the Gelanggan Budaya, the Johore state cultural centre opposite
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    • Article
      About 4,000 contract variations necessary on MRT
      400 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO CLOSE to 4,000 contract variations have been necessary on the Mass Rapid Transit system, now about half way through construction. This was disclosed by Mr P H J Chapman, manager for contracts administration of the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation
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      Videovan clinches four more contracts to distribute US shows
      298 3 CASHING IN on the opportunities offered by the coming into effect soon of new copyright laws, a local video house has romped home with four more exclusive contracts to distribute American programmes here. The video house. Videovan Enterprises, yesterday announced that
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    • Article
      Company fined for selling brandy with fake Hennessy XO labels
      296 3 A TRADING COMPANY was fined $2,000 yesterday for selling 17,246 bottles of brandy with counterfeit Hennessy XO trademark labels. Magistrate Gurbachan Singh ruled yesterday that the Hennessy XO trademark labels on the bottles were counterfeit. The conviction is the first
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    • Article
      First Aids death in S'pore
      102 3 SINGAPORE'S first Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) patient died over the weekend, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. The deceased, who died suddenly of complications from pneumonia, had been under treatment at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital for the past six months. He is believed
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      A-G wins application for summary judgement
      162 3 THE Attorney-General yesterday applied and obtained a summary judgement to recover $26,000 in fines from a former Member of Parliament for Anson, Mr J B Jeyaretnam. Subordinate Courts Registrar Alfonso Ang consented to a summary judgement after hearing arguments for two hours in chambers
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      Singapore looks into Indonesian food sector
      271 3 SINGAPORE is working with Indonesia to increase imports of agricultural and marine products. A 20-member mission, led by Trade Development Board director-general Ridzwan Dzafir. returned from Indonesia recently. Currently, Indonesia supplies only 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Singapore's imports of vegetables
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      321 3 WONG SEE MENG has been appointed general manager of Great Pacific Finance Ltd, a member of the DBS Bank group. He has been in the financing business for the past 15 years. An honours graduate in business administration and an associate of the Institute of Cost and
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Jakarta military told to be alert during poll
      415 4 Armed Forces chief warns of extremist threats Reuter INDONESIAN Armed Forces chief General Benny Murdani has told top military commanders to step up alertness for extremist threats during the elections later this month. The military chiefs are holding a top-level meeting in
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      Lock icon Mochtar derides parties of another kind
      231 4 Reuter INDONESIANS have too many parties, talk too much when they are supposed to be working and Should spend less time in the toilet, according to Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja. "If you go to the toilet, do not Sit there too long. That
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      Lock icon Nakasone denies N-arms accord with US
      356 4 AP NO SECRET agreement between Washington and Tokyo exists that allows the United States to bring nuclear weapons into Japan, according to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone The Japanese leader denied charges by the Japan Communist Party that the US and Japanese governments reached a
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      Lock icon Chinese to improve transport
      118 4 AP A CHINESE trade official has told US industry representatives his country would make "tremendous efforts" to improve transportation services, energy supplies and productivity. Zhang Haoruo, Vice-minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, also reiterated that economic reforms which have opened China to the West since
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      Lock icon China's economic crimes increase by 55pc
      351 4 AFP ECONOMIC CRIME in China has increased by 55 per cent this year, according to Supreme Court President Zheng Tian xiang. Smuggling, embezzlement, bribery, swindling, robbery and profiteering had all increased, giving a total annual rise of 55.5 per cent. Mr Zheng said in
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      Lock icon US welcomes South Korean move to cut trade tariffs
      176 4 Reuter DEPUTY US Trade Representative Alan Woods welcomed a South Korean announcement that it would cut tariffs on 83 industrial and agricultural goods. Mr Woods said in a statement on Monday that South Korea's second tariff cut of the year "demonstrates
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      Lock icon India's political world turned upside down by Fairfax affair
      343 4 AFP INDIA'S political world has been turned upside down and inside out by what has become known as "The Fairfax Affair". The affair sees a group of people from India's elite attacking each other as they seek to distance themselves from
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      821 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service local From number time UA UA805 0045 SFO/HKG SIA SQ41 0615 MAA MAS MH681 0820 KUL SU SQ47 0840 DEI KAl KE624 0840 KUl MAS MH8U 0910 PEN MAS MH671 0920 KUl SiA SQ103 0950 KUL CPA CX710 1015 CGK MAS MH603 1020 KUl
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Botha is all praise for white settlers in South Africa
      392 5 AP SOUTH AFRICANS are descended from pioneers who "brought civilisation where there was barbarism, peace where there was genocide and bloodshed, freedom where there was colonialism", according to President P W Botha in a holiday speech. His speech was delivered
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      Lock icon Sharp setback for three socialist economies
      471 5 FT THREE DIVERGING East European countries one pro-reform, the other orthodox and the third ultra-con-servative disclosed that their badly strained economies have suffered a further sharp setback this year. Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Rumania were battered by one of the most severe winters of this
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      Lock icon Market mechanism is out, says Castro
      268 5 Reuter PRESIDENT Fidel Castro has said the market economy mechanisms being used in some other communist countries were not valid for Cuba and he criticised consumerism. "Profits, profits, profits what has that got to do with the revolution?" he asked the Union of Young
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      Lock icon Swapo official blames US for blocking independence
      236 5 AP A LEADER of the insurgent South-West Africa People's Organisation on Monday accused the US and two of its Western allies of subverting their own independence plan for Namibia to enable South Africa to keep control of the territory. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Swapo's chief
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      Lock icon Plan to provide Sub-Saharan Africa with interest-free debt relief
      486 5 AFP THE POOREST nations of crisisstricken Sub-Saharan Africa will obtain interest-free debt relief under a scheme worked out by major Western creditor countries ahead of this week's Washington monetary talks. Senior officials said on Monday that the scheme involved a threestage
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      Lock icon Africa's economic growth last year disappointing
      197 5 Reuter AFRICA'S economic performance in 1986 was disappointing and prospects for 1987 are bleak, according to a United Nations report made public yesterday. The report, prepared by the UN economic commission for Africa and the African Development Bank, said: "In spite of the determination
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      163 5 f With 700 luxurious rooms and suites each overlooking the Chao Phraya River, the Shangri-La is truly a city resort in the heart of Bangkok. Set amidst beautiful landscaped gardens, it offers an extensive g Shannri-La hntrl range of leisure activities as well, of course, as the standards of personal
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      1152 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed weaker against most major currencies in thin trading yesterday mainly on speculative and interbank selling Dealers said that the dollar's underlying sentiment remained bearish but operators refrained from taking large orders ahead of the expected currency talks in Washington this week. The dollar
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      Foreign Exchange
      221 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Currencies Nomh tel rate* BM Offer croee parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1350 2.1360 2.8196 -24.28 Sterling pound 3.4608 3.4645 7.3469 -52.89 Australian dollar 1.5126 1.5154 3.4286 -55.88 NZ dollar 1.2169 1.2196 3.4286 -64.51 Canadion dollar
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      World interest rates
      192 6 Indicates the average of the prime lending rates of 12 ma|or banks in Singapore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on April 7 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 dart 6 3/8 1/4 10 3/16 1/16 3 13/16 11/16 1 I/a 1/4 4-3 7/1 1 m*i 7/16 J/16 10 1/16
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      Money market
      107 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market remained unchanged at 3% per cent yesterday The term rates also remained unchanged across the board. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: OHm kid Ov«fnigh> 3 1/4 3 3 1/2 3 3/8 2-flwMt. 3 1/2 3 3/8 3-manrt. 3 »/2
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      Lock icon Simex
      538 6 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar opened two ticks lower at 93 34 and moved up to 93.36 in early trading However, minor resistance was met and prices began to slip to a low of 93.32 by midday when the dollar weakened against the yen. Liffe opening saw prices remaining at
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      Asian dollar market
      278 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels in dull and featureless trading yesterday. Overnight. Wednesday/Thursday and weekfixed closed at a common 6-5/16 6-3/16 per cent. Term rates were little changed from earlier levels of 6-1/2 6-3/8 for one month. 6-9/16 6-7/16 for three months, 6-11/16
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon EC agrees on need to strengthen EMS
      613 7 Reuter EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC) finance ministers and central bankers have agreed on the need for greater cooperation to strengthen the European Monetary System (EMS) against international market turbulence, according to officials "There was a general will to reinforce the European Monetary System, with
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      Lock icon New US bank secrecy rules published
      255 7 Reuter THE US Treasury has published final rules implementing a law that amended the Bank Secrecy Act in a bid to crack down on laundering of illegal drug money. But the Treasury Department said it was not making effective a proposal, which was strongly
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      Lock icon Manila central bank gives guidelines on debt consolidation
      348 7 Bernama THE PHILIPPINE central bank has announced the implementing guidelines on the rescheduling/consolidation of part of the country's public sector debt amounting to US$B7O million in line with an agreement forged between Manila and representatives of 14 Western countries of the Paris
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    • Article
      Two subsidiaries of ICB Securities to be wound up
      428 7  -  By ALVIN TAY Banking Correspondent ICB TRADING Re Ltd, one of the biggest sellers of Industrial and Commercial Bank shares in the past 10 months, is to be wound up voluntarily. The resolutions to wind up ICB Trading Pte Ltd and
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      Lock icon Weak dollar helps boost Treasury bond yields
      702 7 NYT WEAKNESS in the US dollar was the catalyst for a quick rise in Treasury bond yields last week, raising the Bellwether issues by more than a quarter of a percentage point to about 7.85 per cent, the highest since last autumn. Although
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      The Baby Brief
      851 8 Problem with falling birth-rates? This extract from the UK magazine, Creative Review, shows how selected agency creative teams tackled the problem of getting the "go forth and multiply" message across. Would you be persuaded? THE BABY BRIEF was devised by Creative Review, a UK publication for art
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      Eddie Chan re-elected president of 4AS
      315 8 EDDIE CHAN of Mojo MDA has been re-elected president of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore (4AS) at the association's annual general meeting held last month. The other members of the Executive Committee are: Vice-president Mr Peter Ling, SSC&B Lintas Hon Secretary Mr
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      622 8 How to write for The Economist (Extracts from The Economist st\fe sheet. Part 3.) On only two scores can The Economist hope to outdo its rivals consistently. One is the quality of its analysis; the other is the quality of its writing. The aim of this style sheet is to
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
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      Lock icon Iranian ayatollahs ease restrictions on women's dress code
      815 9 UPI AFTER EIGHT YEARS of repression often brutally enforced by Islamic "morality squads", women in Iran are defiantly drifting back into dimly lit downtown bars and showing up outdoors wearing makeup and eye shadow. A sense of realism seems to be slowly
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      Lock icon Threat of famine looms large for Bangladesh's poor
      770 9 Reuter THE FOOD QUEUES form before dawn in cities all over Bangladesh. Thousands of hungry people with empty bowls gather at retail shops and around distribution vans for a chance to buy cheap grain. Many of the bowls are still empty when
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      Ministering to the commerce of life
      902 9  -  By ASAD LATIF THE PASSIONS are now more restrained. the words more calculated. The sentences have a ministerial sweep, and facts and figures now play on the tips of fingers which were once more accustomed to curling up into a clenched fist. But the
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      265 9 *>• ///;<; *11 i 1 >msm«lttttt! ESCAPE TO THE CASIS A sanctuary in the city to release you from the pressures and grind of a hectic working schedule. More than just a health club. Oasis is a sports and leisure centre offering the finest facilities staffed by topprofessionals Tne tennis
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  • FEATURES
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      Stepping out into high fashion
      455 10 CLOTHES SAY A LOT about a country, if Singapore Fashion Week is any reflection. The $1 million event is Singapore's first significant national statement on local fashion. Significant because it marks the homecoming of Singapore Apparel. After a rocky beginning five years ago, and a
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      Cashing in on catalysts
      1279 10 Industrial enzymes offer further inroads into biotech industry The multi-million-dollar industrial enzyme industry can claim its humble origins from a traditional fermentation process which the Japanese used to produce soya sauce, miso and rice wine. With further detailed study of the other indigenous food fermentations in
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      213 10 M onagers ust anage BT shows you how every Monday. I TDAKIC ICI AMn TRANS-ISLAND BUS SERvfcES~LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Invitation in respect of 15,500,000 Ordinary Shares of $0.50 each at $1.50 per share 1 The Board of Directors of Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd. is pleased to
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      172 10 OLYMPICS COMFORT r L I m m 1 m A WISE CHOICE The fastest from Singapore to Athens, Olympic offers you extra-spacious 42-inch seats plus all the trimmings and privileges of first class travel on its Olympian Class. All for just the price of a full economy ticket. For enquiries
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      690 10 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 A rash female, possibly? (5) 6 A large ball of soil! (5) 9 Like that cousin in Australia? (7) 10 Begin a saintly aesthetic pursuit (5) 11 What a child may exclaim when you go a bit silly (5) 12 A dozy notion? (5) 13 It's
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  • SPORTS
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      SIA pulls off promotional coup at Carlsberg Open
      508 11  -  By WALTON MORAIS BY SPONSORING two of the top women tennis professionals in the Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open championship, Singapore Airlines has shown a Keen understanding of the current trends in sports marketing, a tennis promoter said. Australian Sports Marketing s general
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      Lock icon Sweet victory for Sugar Ray
      745 11 AP SUGAR RAY LEONARD performed the "impossible task'' on Monday night. Marvin Hagler called it robbery. Leonard, fighting for the first time in three years and only the second time since retinal surgery in 1982, won the middleweight championship with a split decision over Hagler,
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      Lock icon Hunt hangs on to win British Open match
      326 11 Reuter GEOFF HUNT of Australia, a 40-year-old eight-time former champion, found he still had some gas left in the fifth game as he posted a remarkable first-round win in the British Open squash championship on Monday. Hunt, who is making his first
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      Lock icon Higgins fined and banned from five events
      137 11 Reuter ALEX HURRICANE" HIGGINS. the volatile Irish snooker star, has been fined a record £12,000 and banned from competing in five tournaments following a disciplinary tribunal. The penalties resulted from a series of charges against Higgins including one that he used his head
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      Lock icon Greg Norman dreaming of even bigger things this year
      385 11 AP GREG NORMAN shrugs off references to his enormous success in 1986, a blitz of worldwide titles that made him the outstanding player in golf. "It's nice to have done it," he said. "It's nice to have it in the background.
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      144 11 THE GRAND' ITALIA RESTAURANT. THE GLASS HOTEL. On the occasion of our first Anniversary, the Grand' Italia Restaurant and Master Chef Antonio Donnaloia unveil their latest creations in Renaissance Cuisine. Classical gastronomic inspirations like Maccheroncini alle zucchnine con gamberoni profumati al curry (Chefs expression of East and West a nest
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      1102 11 wj as© aaDQ® TRIUMPH OF THE WEST Capitulations Bpm, Channel 12 John Roberts rounds off his series in this last episode where he points out that Western civilisation is still threatening to change societies and cultures everywhere. Using China, Central Africa, Pakistan and particularly the Sultanate of Oman, he explains
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      462 12 Reuter BRITISH PETROLEUM Co PLC may ultimately be forced to raise its offer for Standard Oil Co, but it will not pay much more than the US$7.4 billion offered, analysts believe. Earlier on Monday, Standard Oil said First Boston Corp advised its independent
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      126 12 Reuter GENCORP's decision to sell its general tyre business is a surprise move that may end the threat of a hostile takeover, analysts said. Wagner and Brown and AFG Industries Inc, which had offered US$lOO a share for Gencorp and said it
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      408 12 Reuter WALL STREET passed another milestone on Monday as the market closed above the Dow Jones 2,400 level for the first time. The gain was prompted by a firming in the bond market and was fuelled by strong performances in airlines and special situation stocks,
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      194 12 Fortune list again AFP GENERAL MOTORS, with sales of US$lO2.B billion last year, has maintained its position as Number One in Fortune magazine's list of the 500 biggest publiclytraded US industrial companies, the magazine said on Monday. The list will be published by Fortune
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      168 12 AMI OS C S b loco 21% Int Pro* Pipe 48% Abitibi 40% lu Intl 26% Atcan Alum 53% 1 Kerr Addison 25% Algoma Stl 1754 unch Loblaw Co 15 Bank Nova Scotia 18% McMil Bldl 29% 1% Bank 04 Montreal 34% Molson A 25% unch Ball Canada 43
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      620 12 APR 06 US 1Alcan Alumin 4114 Alcoa 45% Alleg Intt 24% unch Allied Sig 40 -1% Allis-Chalmers 2% Am Brands Inc 49% Am Can Co 49% Am Cyanamid 87 ♦1% Am Elec Pwr 28% unch Am Express 74% Am Horn* Prod 90% Am Motors Cp 4% Amax Inc
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      936 12 Amsterdam AM 06 FLS ABN 533 50 11J Aegon 93 00 ♦26 Ahold 111 90 3 4 Akzo 139 00 2 Alrenta 145 00 01 AMEV 71 70 15 Amro Bank 86 30 29 Ass Stad 129 00 ♦0 5 Berfcel 18 50 -2 BOLS 160 50 35
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      404 12 %jy I? If, s 1 ®EBs£ 8^ 1 IS Hong Kong DianXin on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays Come as early as 11 am to enjoy 27 selections of fine Dian Xin delicacies, prepared by chefs from Hong Kong, using only fresh, quality ingredients. At the Pheasant Room (2nd f100r)...
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      221 12 London stock* on Pag« 17 nun* f€sTlVftL March 28 —April 12 Step into the Crown Prince Hotel and enjoy the Japanese springtime in Singapore. Cafe de Prince Sakura buffet lunch and dinner with delightful Japanese delicacies like tempura, yakitori, sukiyaki as well as local and western favourites. $18 per adult
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      463 13 HONGKONG: Share prices closed weaker yesterday but well above their lows on late bargain hunting in fairly quiet trading. The Hang Seng Index lost 15.29 points to end the day at 2,664.70 after falling more than 40 points in late morning. The Hong Kong Index shed 10.69 to 1,713.81.
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      299 13 APR 07 NT S +1Kolin 29 40 0 5 Kuochan Dav 34 80 14 Lee Chang Yuen All Sincere Indus 3 78 008 Chem Indus 36 00 1 Asia Cement 38 70 0 9 Lien Hwa Indus 23 80 01 Cathay Cons 48 00 1.1 Nan Va Plas 42
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      355 13 AM 07 YEN Mitsub Chem 890 18 Mitsub Elec 582 17 Mitsub Estate 3280 20 Aji nomoto 3910 -40 Mitsub Heavy 595 -5 A k a 41S 15 Mitsubishi 1230 30 Amada 68? -8 Mitsui Co 748 ♦37 Asahi Cham Mitsui Shipbldg 294 24 Asa hi Glass 1990 20
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      82 13 APR 07 P€SOS Marsteei Oriental B 0 027 unch Acoie Mining Phil Overseas 0 043 unch 041 -0 01 Apex Mining B 006 unch Picop B PLDT 375 10 Baguio Gold San Miguel B 130 unch Basic Petroleum 0 012 unch Seafront 002 unch Benguet Con B 11/ -2
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      620 13 SYDNEY: Australian share prices closed at record levels yesterday, boosted by continued demand for gold and blue chip industrials, but fell from the day's highs on late profit-taking, brokers said. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had passed Monday's record close by 8.7 to reach 1,755.1,
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      130 13 APR 07 WON *ai 1390 21 Chad Sugar Kanawon Ind Kia Motor ***** •100 3149 -41 1733 3 Daeiim ind Daewoo Corp Daewoo Heavy Daishm Securities Dong Ah Phar Dong Suh Slock Dongbu Steel 1040 1365 4150 ***** ***** 2360 •19 -5 140 -200 -700 ♦50 Ko4on Ind Korea
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      156 13 Reuter BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index edged up 0.98 to 229.55 on a turnover of 1,146,369 shares worth 320.6 million baht. BAMT Saha union 192 -2 Ao Kham Thai Siam Cement 861 -18 Ayudhya Investment 296 6 Siam City Bangkok Agro-lnd 81 1 Cement 824 ♦6 Bangkok
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      56 13 AFP TRADING in the shares of three public firms associated with Hongkong business tycoon Sir Y K Pao was voluntarily suspended on the Hongkong Stock Exchange yesterday. The three companies are Wharf Holdings, World International and Hongkong Realty. Company officials said the suspension would continue until
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      571 13 Shares close at nearly triple their offer price Reuter SHARES IN THE US$3O million Korea Europe Fund ended their first day of official trading on Monday at nearly triple the US$lO.7l offer price. The fund's three million shares started at about
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      Lock icon Wormald acquires stake in Holmes Protection
      191 13 Reuter FIRE PROTECTION and security group Wormald International Ltd has acquired a stake in UK-listed Holmes Protection Group Inc. Holmes Protection Group, according to Wormald, has agreed to issue it with 6.15 million common shares of one US cent par-value at £1.72 each The
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      Lock icon Evergo Industrial revamps stake in units
      96 13 Reuter EVERGO INDUSTRIAL Enterprise has reorganised its subsidiaries by selling 98 million shares in China Entertainment and Land investment Co to its 43.54 per cent held unit Chinese Estates for HK5166.6 million. A statement said the transfer would raise Chinese Estates' stake in China
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      Lock icon Producers and buyers discuss fate of tin agreement
      322 14 Reuter TIN PRODUCING and consuming nations meet today on the future of their near-ly-wrecked International Tin Agreement. Most seem to want to keep it formally in being in hope that this may make it easier to deal with legal problems arising from
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      Lock icon American senator to propose fee on oil imports
      206 14 Reuter A DEMOCRATIC Senator has said he would introduce a Bill in Congress this week to impose a fee on oil imports as a way to help the US oil industry and to meet budget-cutting goals. Senator Bennett Johnson of Louisiana said
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      258 14 AP NORTH YEMENI President Ali Abdullah Saleh was quoted as saying his country will start exporting crude oil in November at a rate of 200,000 barrels a day. Mr Saleh gave the date in an interview on Monday with the Kuwaiti newspaper
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      Lock icon Output of tea up 4.4 pc
      153 14 AFP TEA OUTPUT in the main producing countries rose by nearly 4.4 per cent over the first two months of this year to 94,496 tonnes compared with 90,539 tonnes in the corresponding period of 1986, figures from London tea brokers Wilson Smithett showed on
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      Lock icon KL to play host to two palm oil conferences
      288 14 Bernama ES KUALA LUMPUR will play host to two conferences on the palm oil industry in June when the industry will see the largest gathering of experts this year. Organised by the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (Porim) and the
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      Produce Prices
      283 14 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon closing prices on April 7 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 88.00 Old drum FOB 98.00 New drum FOB 102.00 Copra Mixed (loose) 50 sellers Pepper Muntofc white FOB NIW 1062.50 Sarawak white FOB foq NLW 1047.50 Sarawok special block FOB NLW 890.00
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      Palm Oil
      471 14 Crude palm oil futurM finished higher on the KLCE yesterday in line with stronger advices from overseas It rose as high as M 5754 but fell back when persistent selling emerged towards the close to trim earlier gains. April and May months both closed at M 5747 per
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      Precious Metals
      245 14 HONGKONG: Gold closed firmer but was off the day's high in active trading in response to higher silver prices. Gold finished at U*****.00/50 an ounce compared with New York's US$4lB.lO/60 close and the U*****.25/75 finish here last Saturday. On the local market gold slipped HK$l to close at
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      RAS and MRELB
      290 14 RAS prices tn S c*nts/kg, FOB In b«t« NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 198.50 199.50N 199.00 200.00N Int 1 RSS May 87 195.CX) 195-50 195.50 196.00 Int 1 RSS Jun 192.00 192 JO 192 JO 193.00 Int 2 RSS OP 182.00 184.00N
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      SSR and SMR
      80 14 (cann/kg, 1 -ton poilaft) MAY 87 JUNE 87 (currant month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS lvr*ri S*lt*n tvy«rs SSI 20 170.00 172.00N 170.00 172.00N SS» 50 169.00 170.00N 169.00 I70.00N MRELB •uytn S*ll»n |ttl SMI cv 242.00 244.00N 243.00 245.00N SMI L 241.00 243.00N 242.00 244.00N SMI
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      241 14 SINGAPORE The market closed higher yesterday with May 1 RSS buyers quoted at 195.50 cents/kilo, up 1.75 cents. The morning session gained 1.75 cents in quiet trading on trade short covering of nearby position and some buying interest. Prices were little changed in thin afternoon trading due to lack
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      KL Tin
      91 14 Tha PRICE OF TIN on tha Kuala Lumpur tin marfcat closad unchangad yastarday at M 516.65 par kilo cloaa aftar a vary briaf trading aaaaion. Buyara and aallara wara avanly matchad at tha opanlng laval of M$ 16.65, and total turnovar was 103 tonnas compared with 135 on
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      Oil and Products
      88 14 FUEL OIL and gas oil firmed on renewed buying interest and possible posi-tion-taking by traders. Naphtha was marked up on active talk. Jet kerosene was quiet with little activity. LSWR remained static. Crude (FOB origin) US$/borr*4 Oiang* Dwbol (May) 17.00 undi Wm T«xa> WT1 (May) 18 80
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      London Markets
      333 14 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seder d. sting prices on April 6 (£/tome unlets specified) Previous day's dosing prices in porenlhesii Coffee Bath tn-$tor« London, seders option OF London May 1242/1245 High/Low (1240/1244) 1257/1240 •My 1251/1253 High/Low (1245/1247) 1265/1250 Solos (2105 Cocoa Moy 1290/1292 (1296/1297) High/Low 1298/1287 July 1317/1318 (1325/1326)
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      758 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 VISINCO PRIVATE LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of VISINCO PRIVATE LIMITED duly convened and held at 138, North Canal Road, Singapore 0104 on the 3 day of April 1987, the following Special Resolutions were
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      535 14 THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 185 HOU SHUN DEVELOPMENT (S) CO. PTE. LTD. ON VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 1A Rose Lane, Singapore 1543 on 30th March, 1987, the foli lowing special resolutions were passed:— (a) That HOU SHUN DEVELOPMENT (S) CO. PTE. LTD.
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      96 14 SIN 6 INVESTMENTS A FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Pursuant to Article 8(1)(b) of the Articles of Association of the Company, it is hereby announced that the Status Declarations received by the Company as at the end of March 1987. revealed that the foreign beneficial ownership
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      Blue chips lose ground on lack of buying support
      4414 15 SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market drifted downwards in lower volume yesterday as investors were reluctant to open fresh positions Still, some stocks managed to put on double-digit gains. Blue chips, however, suffered losses in the absence of institutional buying
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      Chief price changes
      259 15 Rises DIS 1210 650 Shangri-lo 460 SM 424 Fedorol Hour 354 Cv«bo< J0« 480 RoWenoni Mwo 615 1 Sernbowong SIS C C M 346 Magnum Corpn 346 Falls C K long 320 S 1 A 1170 UOI 505 O C C 955 NST 735 iurong Eng 50*
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      Business done on the SES
      3761 15 810 and offer prices officially listed and business in snd reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lot> of 1,000 units unlees otherwise specified All Time Settlement Contrects are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      318 15 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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      Lock icon Federal Cables recalls scrip for cancellation
      348 16 Bernama ES FEDERAL CABLES, Wires and Metal Manufacturing Bhd is recalling all share certificates in circulation for cancellation as a number of such certificates have been found to be either forged or irregular. In a circular yesterday, Federal Cables said in place of the
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi to help market Proton Saga
      369 16 AP MITSUBISHI Motors Corp and Mitsubishi Corp, the Japanese partners in Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Ltd (Proton) have agreed to help the Malaysian car maker with its marketing, plant, and debt problems, Proton chairman Jamil Jan said yesterday. Jamil said that discussions between the Japanese
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      Last-minute bargain hunting helps shore up prices in KL
      542 16 PROFIT-TAKERS took the upper hand on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday after Monday's stronger showing but some last-minute buying helped share prices finish on a mixed note. Trading remained quiet except for a handful of special situation lower liners and
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      Selected indices
      131 16 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Tuesdoy 1713 81 Monday Closed Week ago 1748 83 Hang Seng Index T uesday 2664 70 Monday Closed Week ago 2713 81 All Industrials Tuesday 2615.3* Monday 2600 9 Week Week 2563 4 NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday 2405 54* Friday 2390 34 Week ago
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      Joo Seng hands over Regent Hotel in Sydney to new owners
      490 16  -  By FLORENCE CHONG in Sydney WITH THE SIGNING of the contract on Monday to hand over the Regent Hotel in Sydney to its new owners, EIE Development Company, the Singapore-based Joo Seng Group has ended its association with the
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      2256 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS AJtoomoto QI86) Alcom 175®) (31 74 5 191 74
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      252 16 Managers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for April 8 First B'putro 603 606 Second B'putra 517 522 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putra Fourth B'putra Fifth B'putro Siath B'putro 426 486 322 332 4 31 491 3 27# 337 TKe Commerce 1 04 The Savings Fund 090 1 12 097* S po'«
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1288 16 El Books Data Total tor Totei ter payment (Me ctoee payafeli tie year leal year A ft N 13%% NYA NYA NYA 27% 27% Acmo 1%TE NYA NYA NYA '%TE 4%TE Amcol >0% NYA NYA NYA '0% '0% Asiatic Dev 3% May 6 Moy 19 Jul 1 5%
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      Trans-Island issue 42 times subscribed
      466 17  -  By AMY CHEOK RESPONSE TO the public offer by Trans-Island Bus Services has been enthusiastic with the issue 41.8 times subscribed. Tibs attracted a total of $651.7 million in application monies. Pleased with the response, managing director of Tibs, Ng Ser Miang, said at yesterday's
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      102 17 SPK SENTOSA Corp Bhd chairman Datuk Abdullah Ahmad has been appointed the company's managing director with immediate effect. He takes over from Mr Mohamed Ali Kamaruddin. THE KUWAIT Investment Office has increased its vested interest in New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd to 11.75 million shares. The shares
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      LONDON STOCKS
      1033 17 LONDON share prices opened mixed in relatively quiet trading yesterday after early indications suggested a positive move forward on the back of the latest opinion polls and record closing highs on the Tokyo and Wall Street stock exchanges. At 11.00 am, the FT 30 Index was down 2.9
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      Ganda to buy entire equity in Concord Papers
      347 17  -  By ELAINE KOH QANDA HOLDINGS Bhd has agreed to take up the entire equity in a manufacturing concern, as well as a 10 per cent stake in a residential property development in Selangor. The plantation, property and hotel group has agreed to
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      Hume to sell 33.5 m MPI shares for M$27m
      382 17  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN HUME INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) Bhd, the member of the Hong Leong group which manufactures concrete, asbestos cement and steel products, is proposing to make a restricted offer for sale of 33.51 million shares in its subsidiary Malaysian Pacific Industries
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      Innovest confirms rights issue
      545 17 INNOVEST BHD, which released its fiscal 1986 results yesterday, has proposed a one-for-four rights issue to raise Ms3s million to finance the expansion of its engineering and manufacturing operations. The Malaysian-based engineering and food group has also proposed a takeover of Wembley Activated Clay Sdn Bhd
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      Lock icon CIC approves Aica acquisition
      202 17 Bernama ES THE CAPITAL Issues Committee (CIC) has reconsidered its earlier decision and approved the proposed acquisition of a sevenstorey office building in Penang by diversified wood-based company. Malaysian Aica Bhd. In a statement yesterday, Aica said the total consideration was, however, revised to M$l.S5 million
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      194 17 MEET THE MONEY MASTER STANLEY KROLL is a professional commodity trader who has made millions of dollars for himself and his clients. The author of three books on commodity trading, he is widely recognised as one of the most successful commodity traders on Wall Street today. Now for the first
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    Committee to arbitrate in insurance disputes
    523 18  -  New avenue for policyholders to file complaints By SOH TIANG KENG Financial Correspondent AN IMPARTIAL body to settle disputes between policyholders and insurance companies as an alternative to the courts will be launched in Singapore in the next few weeks. Called the Insurance Ombudsman
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    183 18 Japan's trade dispute with the US and Britain AP PROPOSED tariffs on Japanese electronics products will be retroactive to March 27 and will remain in place for a minimum of three to four months, US officials say. Japanese and US trade officials
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    405 18 Reuter JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party hurriedly outlined a package of economic measures yesterday, under mounting protectionist pressure from the US and ahead of a Washington visit by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. The outline will be explained by Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa when
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    107 18 AFP JAPAN'S International Trade and Industry Minister, Hajime Tamura. yesterday asked major Japanese companies to boost their imports in the newly begun fiscal year ending next March, officials said. Mr Tamura's request at a meeting in Tokyo to 151 corporate representatives including those from
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    Tata-Elxsi sells $1.6 m supercomputer to Beijing university
    353 18 ONE OF CHINA s first supercomputers will be a $16 million customised Elxsi system 6400 from Singapore's Tata-Elxsi (Pte) Ltd Announcing the sale to Beijing's Tsinghua University, the company's regional marketing manager, Mr Eddie Lee, said the supercomputer purchased by China consisted
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    206 18 AP HUNDREDS of senior Thai military officers assured army chief General Chaovalit Yongchaiyuth yesterday that they supported him in his public quarrel with a former prime minister. The show of support came two days after about 300 paramilitary troopers travelled from their
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    117 18 Reuter NEW ZEALAND Finance Minister Roger Douglas yesterday acted to dampen speculation that the government's budget deficit could drop by up to NZ$l billion (US$56O million) because of unexpectedly large tax revenues. A Wellington newspaper predicted that a bumper tax haul would sharply reduce the
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    287 18 AFP TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN has called for a compromise to end the intense struggle for control of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), Malaysia's largest political party. The Tunku suggested a "Face-saving'' formula be worked out to allow Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to
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    84 18 COMEX gold futures opened firmer yesterday on the back of a weak dollar and firm silver values The pace-setting June delivery was up 90 cents at U*****.50 an ounce, recouping some of Monday's light losses of $1.50. Other contracts gained $1.70 to $2.30. Silver futures opened
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    66 18 WEAKNESS in the dollar and a subsequent easing of bond prices underscored Wall Street's lingering anxiety with interest rates and inflation. The decline, though mild, was broad-based. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which recorded its 33rd record high of the year on Monday, fell 10 points to
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      38 18 Reuter WITH financial markets watching closely. US Treasury Secretary James Baker met other leading Western finance ministers yesterday to urge implementation of a recent accord aimed at speeding up their countries' economic growth. Reuter
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      60 18 Reuter AUSTRALIA, may sell some of its embassy grounds in Tokyo to ease its budget deficit. Government officials said yesterday that the sale of some of the gardens at the embassy was expected to net about Asl2o million. The 1.7 hectare embassy site at a
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      43 18 AP TRYING to avert possible US import curbs on cars from South Korea. Korean carmakers said yesterday that they had turned or were planning to turn from Japan to the US in buying parts and production facilities. AP
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      45 18 UPI THE SOVIET UNION has told US officials that it would defer seeking a total nuclear test ban and instead would first seek new superpower limits on the size of nuclear tests, the New York Times reported yesterday. UPI
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      37 18 Reuter AN INDONESIAN airliner that plunged onto a runway killing 28 people was hit by a sudden down draft in a thunderstorm and had defective controls, the Indonesian Transport Ministry said yesterday. Reuter
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      32 18 Reuter SOVIET LEADER Mikhail Gorbachev will visit East Berlin late next month to preside over a meeting of Warsaw Pact party heads, East European sources said yesterday
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      38 18 Reuter EGYPT'S ruling National Democratic Party yesterday headed for a big majority in Parliament as early results of ballot-counting came in from Monday's general election amid opposition cries of foul play. Reuter
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      31 18 AP KARTIKA SUKARNO, the youngest daughter of Indonesia s first President will join the election campaign trail as an observer, her mother Dewi Sukarno said yesterday. AP
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    238 18 FT BRITAIN expects the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) to set by the end of June a time-table for admitting more foreign securities firms to membership, Mr Michael Howard, the British Minister for Corporate and Consumer Affairs, said on the first
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    97 18 Reuter BRITISH Corporate Affairs Minister Michael Howard yesterday delivered a blunt message to Japan resolve the two countries telecommunications row or face an abrupt deterioration in trading relations. Mr Howard said that in meetings with the foreign and telecommunications ministers, he expressed London's deep concern about
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    154 18 Reuter PRESIDENT REAGAN on Monday wound up a twoday US-Canadian summit with a ringing endorsement of efforts to forge a free trade accord between the two countries. In doing so. he gave a political boost to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney who, like Reagan, has
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    65 18 UPI WEST GERMAN President Richard von Weizsaecker's gift to Switzerland on a state visit from May 4 to 6 will be the whole 100-mem-ber Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra along with star conductor Herbert von Karajan. Not to keep, however, but for a one-time concert on
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      129 18 1 INDIAN TRADE EXHIBITION HALL NO. 3, WORLD TRADE CENTRE SINGAPORE APRIL 6-12,1987 SEMINAR ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA DATE TIME: 9TH APRIL 9.1 5 AM. 12.30 P.M. VENUE: CONFERENCE ROOM NO. 1, WORLD TRADE CENTRE, 11TH STOREY, (LIFTS AT LOBBY C&D), MARITIME SQUARE, SINGAPORE 0409. SPEAKERS FOR THE DAY
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      437 18 SST SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT f THE HEVLEY VIEW A unique two-day seminar to provide business and management executives with an integrated framework of forecasts on the future May 6 7,1987, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore Integrating Forecasting with Business Planning Good forecasts are an essential part of successful planning decisions. Senior
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      52 18 wmm Outlook: Showors expected over many areas In the morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on April 7 at the airport: Maximum temperature 31.3 Associated humidity 70 Minimum temperature 23.9 Asaociated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 5.2S Rainfall In millimetres 4.3 Rainfall this month 10.5 Rainy days this
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      441 19  -  Port of Singapore Authority signs lease deal with SCM By JUNE LIM CARGO handled through Singapore's port continued its upward swing in the opening months of this year. For the first two months general and bulk cargo edged 10 per cent higher to 7.52 million
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      187 19 Reuter KUWAIT may re-register part of its tanker fleet with foreign flag jurisdictions. including the US and USSR, in an attempt to protect them from Iranian missile attacks in the Gulf war zone, US officials were quoted by the New York
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      Lock icon A final blast for Cypriot supertanker
      264 19 AP A CYPRIOT supertanker hit four times in 16 months was expected to be a total write-off after being set ablaze in the latest Iraqi air strike in the Gulf on Sunday. Shipping sources in the Gulf area said there were no casualties reported
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        97 19 AFP A JOINT Sino-Japanese consortium will build a mammoth container ship pier as the first phase of a project to upgrade the port facilities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, Japanese officials said. The pier, which will be capable of accommodating nine 20.000-ton container ships
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        111 19 A HOUSE OF Representatives Armed Services Subcommittee voted in closed session to reject money for a new submarine unless the US Navy can show it would be significantly superior to Soviet boats, the Washington Post said. The report, quoting Navy and Congressional sources, said the House of
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      1283 20 Herald of Free Enterprise Over the past month, Dover received one blow after another. The House of Commons approved a plan to construct a tunnel between England and France. The realisation of this plan in the 1990s would bring an end to
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      211 20 AFP EFFORTS at agreeing on an international code for mining the international seabed are being delayed by conflicting claims to mining areas. In spite of earlier claims of success, a United Nations conference which attracted delegates from more than 150 countries has resumed in
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      Conference drops Aussie ports
      83 20 THE AUSTRALIAN Northbound Shipping Conference which covers the Australia-East Asia trade, will drop two direct Australian ports of call Burnie and Newcastle. Cargo for Burnie will be centralised through Melbourne but no decision has been taken on freight for Newcastle. Conference members are in the process
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      929 20 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Contain*' VIII 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiol liner X 1 Africa Ocean IX 4 Alltrans VII 3 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Arrow tines IX 5 Atlas line X 3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC line V 4 API
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      1319 20 THE freignt market on Monday continues to feature gains in rates for grain shipments from the US and additional Soviet time-charter fixing, shipbrokers said Two grain vessels are reported to have been fixed from the US Gulf to Venezuela at about US$l5 compared with the Baltic sub-index for
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      173 21 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line
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      157 21 Reuter EMPLOYERS and unions in Rotterdam port's general cargo sector, hit by a two-month strike, have resumed talks on redundancies and new work practices, employers spokesman Gerard Zeebregts said. The talks broke down in midJanuary and were followed by eight weeks of lightning
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      435 21 Lloyd 's List A MOVE to curb the enormous increase in the number of crews provided by China tor foreign shipowners is being planned by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). The ITF will ask the Chinese government during an official
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      820 21 FIRMER rates on several key routes, particularly in the grain trades, launched the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange (Biffex) index over 1.000 points to its highest level for nearly two years during the past week. Persistent Soviet activity in the time-charter market, where five vessels were said to
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      AMI records new premiums at over A$26m
      127 21 MELBOURNE-BASED Australia s Marine Insurers Agents had a 17 per cent increase in business managed and new premiums written exceeded As 26 million in 1986 Manager Michael Hill said while the year was buoyant and the company held its trading position, a 23
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      2740 26 AARMUS Ville De Mercure CM 0 Aftrelement April S Ever Growth Evergreen April 9 Anna Mia n Murw Lin* April 10 Kaauga Maru Tnot April 13(PK) Juttandia ScanOulcM April 11 Ming Fortune Vang Ming April 14 Luo He China Ocean April
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      1323 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES SIC *1 Torofcon JI2 79 08 04 0600 06 04 0900 08 04,1800 *****300 Vessel KEPPEL WHARVES Almas Bolder ill CS Oceon Noitorn ICasem 2 Ned Madras Premudo 6«o« Son Juan Straits Hop# Watt fai Fwgchvi Fengxiong l*anhuoshon Mudonshon Nioga 21 Timber Star Berth
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      67 19 MOB THE FERRY disaster outside Zeebrugge, Belgium, hit white-diffed Dover, Europe's leading ferry port, hardest. Page II A MOVE to curb the enormous increase in the number of crews provided by China for foreign shipowners is being planned by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). Page 111 index to advertisers
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      321 20 03! OUTBOUND TO NORTH CONTINENT COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'AFFRETEMENT REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST TO MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPE ALSO ARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN SUB CONTINENT rr^T Also accepting ca'gc to all U K destinations. Scandinavian (Aarhus, Copenhagen Gothenburg) arid other European Inland points OUTBOUND TO MEDITERRANEAN HTTTI Also actepling FCL Cjrp
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      18 20 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association V
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      415 20 I EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE PT at LOG Luback-Sszecin-M^-Ant VSL SKIPPtt N scan vurrußC Further load/ diecharjjlng porta en rout* eubfact to eufflcJant Inducement Stnppora Office: MTM S pore. Tat: *****00 Tlx: RS ***** MTMBEA. Fax: *****45 TEL: 03-*****50 Malaysia son. BHO. TLX: ***** MTM Frt Booking contact Miss Gan
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      797 21 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd F&OCLtH P&O Containers Limited (JK/CONTMENT:) STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok PEGASUS PRIDE V475N 14-15 Apr 17-11 Apr pegasus prioe vow as Apr it-aApr BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL *****80 STRAITS HOPE WClJfc.Sliafl.LD.Tw I* tat 10
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      534 21 C SAV Corrpjnui Sud Amencjnn tic Vjpcres S A Cin Linr DIRECT SERVICE TO/FROM CHILE fttKR VESKI |J-W«| wm* VUKL HK ARKA IQQ ANTOT V At* HO knamm w klampus w s* jh m u* u* RNIMEMRU |l 7* TM a* 14* 11* 17* t* CARGO FOR PUNTA ARENAS, TALCAHUANO
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      299 21 NOTICE o h r IU 4 W CONGESTION SURCHARGES The member Lines of the above Conferences have been monitoring the berthing situation at the undernoted ports and have reported and agreed on the following:— ASSAB In light of further improvement in berthing conditions at this port the congestion surcharge of
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      368 22 Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS. BELFAST. DUBLIN COPENHAGEN. AARHUS. GOTHENBURG. MA UNO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDA CARIBBEAN t S. AMERICA CONV SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE S'POftE H BURG RDAM A WERP IMM RS TIANJIN a/4 21/5 17/5 2S/5 21/5 CONV/SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED
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      785 22 *SIJH» JtC&LINE if ft SMimtf FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE JO EUROPE VIA SUEZ I Member ot the Aee Cmortium KOREAN CHANCE 31* CHINA CONTAINER SB NEPTUNE CRYSTAL VERRA2ANO BRIDGE N ll f.l.k. ii'l :.<1 mL* R'dam Fi»" M tairf Antvwp V 5 M 9/5 12/5 12/5 13/5 16/5 19/5 19/5 20/5
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      378 22 INTERCONTINENTAL TIMBER CARRIERS BULK TIMBER/PLYWOOD PARCEL SERVICE To: CONT/UK PORTS: KK T l S PORE IFT KELANG LOADING FOR fAYROU22 IT C-003 NOORORECHT 15/4 ITC-00S •Alm loading I SaiM Sailed Sate Rott/Art»/ »/4 12/4 1(W Rott/Antw/ UK (N«*ort) tfi SaU/Rotf Antw/UK (Newport) Afents SINGAPORE CALICO SHIFTING PTE LTD Tel asm
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      970 22 a EVERGREEN 1 Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) w HK «t KLC MS 0» nro KM EVC« CLOUT 1W lIK w Qt up ever linking w n* a* m* an EVER GLOW 2*4 1/5 *5 7/5 EVER GRANO M I*s 12* 14* M ever gleamy an an a*
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      595 23 YC PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE INAUGURATION OF REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICE (CONTAINER AND PALLETISE) FROM SINGAPORE TO BRUNEI EAST MALAYSIA FOR DIRECT CALLS TO MUARA, LABUAN KOTA KINABALU IST VOYAGE COMMENCING 22 APRIL 1987
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      153 23 }j NORBULK NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD. REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK/CONTINENT PORTS TO: INDIA/PAK/RED SEA PORTS SPORE MARATHON UNITED AGENCY PTE LTD TEL *****66 *1 MALAYSIA S P YEO SHIPPING TRADING KL 7*3* M* PK *****'. PfNANG TANJUNG MARINE SOW BHD TEL i2tS25 SABAH TRANSPAC K.K »«7212«
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      643 23 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHIPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANG AND EAST MALAYSIAN PORTS IKJJEBSEN LINE NEW ZEALAND NF\ \\m 7rV i/v SIN HM NOUMEA SUV* IT*** NAANI TWIT TU/M BUFF a# 2*4 nn an 2A m m mim US
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      730 23 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. BJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDEM IMDONEStA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE ANTWERP VESSEL/VOY S POKE BILBAO BREMEN A DAM/R OAN HBURG OCEAN PRIMA/7WB 13-15/4 15/s—ll/5 21/5 SRIWIJAYA/HMB 21-24/4 1/6 M M LJ. BONTANC/11WB 26-21/4 3/1 6/6
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      497 23 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S pore P.Kelang Penang Bangkok PA-AN Vl« 15/11 Apr PAGAN Vll2 17fU Asr ljm HTONEYWA V 223 urn LOIKEWO Via lim Aar MYOMAYWA VIM 2»?4 Apr BANK LINE EXPRESS SOil CONTAINER SERVICE NORTHBOUND TO UKC
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      980 24 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. USA CANADA MUWKCWW (Round Ttw World Service) C.W. BRIDGE V4/RAINBOW BRIDGE V 6 C R TOKYO VK/N. GARNET VI FREEDOM Vl3 0. FRIENDSHIP V 2 SPORE 10 A(x 2 May 14 Apr 9 May 24 Apr 16 May 3 May 25 May CHLS 12
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      291 24 Accepting LCL and Sou* Africa sa. VAAL urn NEDLLOYD COLOMBO conUlnartMd cstqo## Dirtcl to Sport Durban P.Elkx C.Tm m S u? iS mS HAYAKAWA MARU 2831 C S.A. VAAL ***** P.EIU C.Toam Durban 14/4 16/4 19/4 2/5 4/5 WW/ JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (REG. *****/ OOK) 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #12-05 SOUTWPOINT,
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      677 24 S?, AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCUFCL Containers Fwtor PMcr* |Un« sSTIIWe ta Sy* Ate Accopt KTrn IMXs n x U Apr 3 5 May Adol/Bns if? 3 Apr 13 M*T 22 Miy 20 M(t AM/Vb u* m L 15 Itej 8 *U» 7 Juno 5 Juno AM Bra n
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      791 24 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 23. Trtofc he Street SBfcAPOW 0104 TEI 534 MM (10 IMS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spon PK«t»nt Pw»«t GOLDEN BEAR Colombo/Karachi/Mtna Qahw/Dubai 14/15 km GOLDEN HARVEST Cotombo/Kafachi/Dut»i/6ahr»in 1/10 May NN6CMCNC 4/4 LINGQUANHE 21/4 CUCMtNG 4fi GAO CHENG a/5 OB NG CHENG 4/6 KM Uh
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      440 24 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Roar: i/ 07-02/03 Sanford Building Singapore 0208 Tal *****11 (10 Lmaa) BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK AGIOS NIKOLAOS 1703 SAII WESTERN EXPRESS (704 17/4 S pcn P. Kalang Loadir* tarSAILED STTE/tOT/AKT U K. (HULL) ROT/ANT/CSI U K (HULL) Agtnts Singapore INTRASEA (PTE) LTD BOOKINC *****11
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      685 25 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD sV. NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD Ft lU/AUST TPAftEA T»l No Offtea Totmiul crs BOOKINGS: *****53 Z7K742 270N77 *****22 *****53 27J8119 2798U6 *****11 *****41 P Kaiang NEPLINE SON BHD *****07 K Lumpur NEPLINE SON. BHD. Xima Panang NEPLINE SON BHD. *****5/t27oooft27lUft27CC2 J.Baftru NEPLINE SDN. BHD. Z300WZ***** STRAITS/AUSTRALIA
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      495 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG. PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON Vmml'i Nam* S port N Enter/70M *4 No I Donam/7©N IV4 No 7 Donam/TON 17/4 1 No I Donam/704N M/ 4 No Donam/TBN 7H M Enter f7ION 12/5 No 7 Donam/704N 70/5 No I Donam/704N 25/5
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      650 25 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 ***** r KELANC PENANC SH.ff.MC 127 ta-M MaMrsa s psusf" ptKA t T-: t 4ow: S0 W0 5|S
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      47 25 FERI MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. ROftO CONTAINER PALLETISED WEEKLY SERVICE TO KUANTAN KUCHING K KINABALU ALSO ACCEPTING SELF DRIVEN HEAVY VEHICLES REGULAR DEPARTURE ON "CRUISE MUHIBAH" WORE KUANTAN KUCHMQ HOT A KMAft 10/04 11#M tM< 1«M iM4 im< r\m IIM 17AM I*M mm sum mm B mmm i*j
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      338 26 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.(PTE) LTD TEL: 225 6868 (30 LINES) TELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA, RS ***** A/B SSCAD DSR-LINES Vfcß DEUTF RACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO iUROPf i.v-v ■I'U'i! '-arr; Ejj f **YIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Limassol, Beirut, Alexandria, Port Said, Iraqi,
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      68 26 THAI-PORE ENTERPRISE PTE LTD. TEI 748 5755 TLX RS ***** lAIPO REGULAR SERVICE TO AND FROM PHNOM PENH KAMPUCHEA ETA ETD MEKONG EXPRESS 15/4 22/4 Vessrts ««o catlinf HochimwKity/D»n»nt/M»iphonf Ports Sub|«ct inducanwit FRECON AGENCIES (S) PTL LID, samct to west afmca VESSEL ETA LOADXQ FOR A VESSEL 21/4 LAGOS/P HARCOURT
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      75 26 BANGKOK PHNOM PENH SERVICES f7* rro loading rat "A JJ PNNOM PtNN OPICAL *0« a Apr Apr BANGKOK Awl Apr BANCO* THE NEW STRAITS SHIPPING CO (PTE) LTD S1 ANSON ROAD #09-53 ANSON CENTRE SINGAPORE 0207 TEL: *****07/*****22 SEA VENTURE LINE DHAKA SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG/CHALN A MV SUSAN BANGLADESH sar
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      337 26 INTEROCEAN EXPRESS LINE Weekly LCL Consolidation Service COMMERCIAL FREIGHT STORAGE PTE. LTV. REGULAR LCL SERVICE TO JAKARTA. SAILINGS EVERY TWO DAYS. 1. LOK VANG WAY PIONEER CIRCUS SINGAPORE 2262 FOR BOOKINGS: TEL: *****66 CONFER (SEA) SNIPPING PTE LTD REGULAR SERVICE TO INDIA/COLOMBO VESSEL ETA LOADING FOR WORLD SANPO BLT. '83
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      328 26 JVontoiZjpe Vv F* r E**t~South Atrtcm Sendee REGULAR FULLY CONTAMERIBED EXPREIS SERVICE NAN MIA V.« L L0 ,S LUm PBJ CTO 3? 5 is 5* Bar 1 ki 1 3 s s nantai ptiMcos i-m ah tp w ~iu In W7 I*7 fcarai Apeta EAGLE CORPORATION (PTE) LTD Tel: *****88.
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      436 27 International Freight Forwarders WEEKLY-CONSOLIDATION Hamburg West Germany Tiger Line Common Carrier Feeder Services SINGAPORE HSIDIA vessel voy PORT HARCOURT 017 K SIF 018 PORT HARCOURT 019 KATHRINE SIF 020 SINGAPORE CALCUTTA MADRAS SAILED IN PORT 11-12 APR 10-11 APR 16-19 APR 22-22 APR 16-16 APR 21-23 APR 27-27 APR 28-21
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      240 27 PERCH OCEAN LINES (Perfect China Ocean Shipping Lines) Barge "ADO ON III": ETO SPORE END APR FOR HONGKONG A VSSL PRC FLAG ETD SPORE END APR ACCEPTING PIPES, MACHINERIES, EQUPT, ETC ACCEPTING FOR HONGKONG/HUANGPU" jtAPtt) TEL: S3»3M Tit PTE LTD FOftTRAMS SERVICES 8/B MS TO.; T3379M/ 7137*7 WORLDWIDE SERVICES ACCEPTING
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      602 27 WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE JAKARTA VESSEL VOY SINGAPORE JAKARTA PRASETIA 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 09/05 137-138 11/05 12/05 14/05 16/05 PRABHAKTI 50-51 10/04 11/04 13/04 15/04 52-53 17/04 18/04 20/04 22/04 54-55 24/04 25/04
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      299 27 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP F'Hl 'a .'.pt TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE P KELAHC PENAMC BELAffAN KAOMSIUNC G SELATAN IX V-41 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
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      246 27 FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) LTD. regular express full container AND LCL rc °VICE INBOUND AGENT FOR ABC CONTAJNERUNE From USA V*l I Htm Orleans I Chariaaton I Philadelphia I Halrfai LHUOI6 I- SmM SaM WWJSSEL ISaiM |SaiM |SmM |SaM ETA SINGAPORE DESTINATION SIR I BHUM }ISN 11-12/4 SEA MACON 13*
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      592 28 ®k FINE LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL. *****52 *****62 *****82 m*m\ TLX RS ***** FLINER J EUROPE SERVICE Iccal I It IW |17/» u 3 IS FAR EAST SERVICE I \i 4 W i MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE von CM MQ DUI SKJ AM DMI RVT MM DOM AQA JED
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      419 28 NEAP SINE TRADING SHIPPING PTE LTD •001 BEACH ROAD #13-01 GOLDEN MILE TOWER SINGAPORE 0719 TEL NO. *****22 (3 LINES) TLX NO. R8 ***** HEAPCO PNG u APR PKLANG II APR 14 APR It APR a apr a apr 27 APR VOY NO V ***** VSSSI7 VSSB7 ¥***** V55H7 VSSM7
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