The Business Times, 5 November 1987

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMiS MCI (P) 112/12/86 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 149 1 Overseas markets Wtdnttday HK Hang Seng Index 2077.11 (-103.63) Tokyo Nikkei Average *****.53 (-298.07) Sydney All-Ordinaries 1290.4 (-74.7) Tuesday New York (Dow Jones) 1963.53 (-50.56 London (FT 30 Index) 1286.1 (-56.6) (Wednesday noon: 1,228.9; -57.2) Exchange rates US$: 137.25/35 yen 1.7150/60 DM S$2.0605/15 M$: SS0.8218/26 Simax Euro-S
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  • 385 1 Reuter ANY INTENSIFICATION of problems currently weighing on the US economy will not drag the UK economy down in its wake. UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson said yesterday. "Although it might mean that our rate of growth, our
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  • 462 1 AFP THE RELEASE yesterday of a government survey report on political reforms in Hongkong before China's scheduled takeover in 1997 triggered an outcry among local legislators and critics. A group of legislative councillors headed by outspoken Martin Lee dismissed the report
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  • 787 1  -  Measures stricter than those under SES delivery and settlement system By ROSIE TAN MANY STOCKBROKING firms are beginning to tighten their trading practices to insulate themselves against their clients' losses in the wake of the October stock market crash. In the past two weeks, they have instituted
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  • 502 1  -  By AMY BALAN LIKE FALLING DOMINOS. share prices in the world's stock markets took a tumble again yesterday after Wall Street's 50-point drop overnight. The already weak US dollar, which fell to even lower levels yesterday, only served to dampen investors sentiments further. From Tokyo and
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  • 138 1 Reuter AMERICA'S proposals to open service industries to more global competition drew criticism yesterday from Third World nations anxious to protect fledgling service sectors. The proposals covering service industries that include banks, insurance and data processing were presented on Tuesday by Richard Self,
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  • 120 1 THE US DOLLAR'S descent appeared to be slowing a bit yesterday, although it still registered another record low against the Japanese yen in Tokyo. The greenback fell 0.33 yen to a post-war low of 137.25 yen. In London, the dollar opened below the 137-yen level, while
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  • 67 1 Reuter WALL STREET stocks fell over a broad range in early trading yesterday following sharp declines in Tokyo and Hongkong and London, and the weak dollar. Stock index futures were at a wide enough discount to suggest possible program selling on the bell. The
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  • 63 1 AFP SHARES DROPPED further yesterday on the London Stock Exchange. Brokers put the blame on a declining dollar, which weighs heavily on international exporters, and on the US budget deficit riddle. At 1200 hours GMT, the Financial Times Industrial share index was 57.2 points down at
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 191 1 A TIENGOURTi? SICHUAN CUISINE fig King's Hotel Havelock Road Singapore 0316 Tel: 733 0011 r 11 PROPERTY SUPPLEMENT Stake this out AMID THE TURMOIL in the stock and money markets, a stake in property may look like an even better bet for the investor. The signs have already been pointing
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    • 304 1 Lawson predicts 4pc growth for UK, Page 4 mm MORE MAJOR electronic companies set up international buying houses here this year, resulting in increased business opportunities for Singapore companies. HOME NEWS. Page 2 LABOUR SHORTAGE and the problem of high wage costs in Singapore's manufacturing sector will be some of
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    • 208 1 ?<:''!?:$};@`$-*.~"/?;'`:`|!:^' Another drubbing lor tha US dollar, Pago 7 Focus, Paga I PAGE 3 Tumble could be good for world economy PAGE 4 Market give* warning about US deficit Reagan US looks set to condone further fall in dollar US companies yet to cut back on spending PAGE 10 After
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 433 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN BUSINESS opportunities for Singapore companies have increased as a result of more major electronics companies setting up international buying houses here this year. More than 10 international procurement offices (IPOs) were set up this year, bringing the number of IPOs
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    • 422 2 THE CLOSE RAPPORT that has developed between the second generation leaders of Singapore and Malaysia should filter down to the peoples of both countries. Malaysian Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. Speaking to reporters at the end of a three-day official visit to Singapore, the
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    • 359 2 THE Workers' Party chairman. Mr Wong Hong Toy, quit the party yesterday over what he described as the reluctance of secretary-gener-al J B Jeyaretnam to open the party to young professionals. Mr Wong's resignation came after his failure to get businessman Low Yong Nguan
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    • 170 2 DELEGATES to a conference here next month will be in for a watery time. Plans have been made for them to visit the Sungei Seletar/Bedok water scheme, the Bedok waste water treatment works, the Ponggol resource recovery and pollution control plant and the aquaculture farm. Water
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    • 80 2 THE Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) will hold a video show on Chinese women today at the Bukit Merah branch library lecture hall. The one-hour film, about the lives of women in China today and the historical background to the changing
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    • 118 2 ENERGY ECONOMICS and national energy policy formulation will be two of the topics that will be discussed today at the 4th Asean Energy Conference. The conference, organised by the Asean Working Group on Non-conventional Energy Research and funded by the Australian government through its Asean-Australia Economic
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    • 214 2 LABOUR SHORTAGE and the apparent problem of high costs of workers in Singapore's manufacturing sector will be some of the issues to be discussed at a seminar next month. The seminar, co-sponsored by consultancy firm Arthur Andersen and Business Times, will be based on
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    • 188 2 THE EFFECTIVENESS of any productivity programme depends on the two components of human skills and technology, said the head of civil service, Dr Andrew Chew, yesterday. Or Chew was addressing a seminar on "Improving public service productivity through the use of management tools and techniques".
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    • 265 2 WILLIAM NG is now managing director of Furama Hotel Singapore. Mr Ng is also the director of the Samta group of companies which owns Furama Hotel. He holds an honours degree in engineering. DONALD BROWN has been appointed Asia publishing director, based in Hongkong, of Time Magazine.
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
    • 347 3 UPI THE GLOBAL stock market sinakeout may in the end have been good for the world economy. Australia's biggest trading said yesterday. "Over a medium-term per--.«jective, the current stock mar--tet crisis may well be viewed positively if it triggers policy ac- ton
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    • 427 3 Reuter INDIA HAS PEGGED the rupee to fre falling US dollar in the last weeks to lower it against ofter major currencies in a bid 'Jc boost exports, foreign exchange dealers and exporters in .Bombay said on Tuesday. They said the
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    • 212 3 Reuter THE NEW customs chief of the ,'Pfilippines says he frowns on bbtant graft but has told his officers they can ac.t "tokens of appreciation" becajse they are a part of Filipino cUture. "I am looking at this in a very -practical way," retired
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    • 309 3 AFP THE POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL of Indian troops from Sri Lanka, rather than their presence in the country, seems to worry both the government and the island s Tamil minority, according to diplomats and political analysts in Colombo. A sudden pull-out of the Indian
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    • 265 3 AP I WHILE THE nearsighted may need glasses, their lack of perfect vision could be a sign of high intelligence. say researchers who studied myopic Israeli teenagers. Doctors tested 157.748 Israeli military recruits, aged 17 to 19. and discovered a link between nearsightedness and
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    • 405 3 AP US PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan probably will lift an additional US$B4 million in sanctions against Japanese products based on a government report that Japan has stopped flooding world markets with low-cost computer chips. "It is likely that we will lift the remaining dumping sanctions
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    • 313 3 Reuter THE HEAD of a Taiwanese trade delegation said on Tuesday that his country should not be considered a US trade threat but rather a co-producer that makes the United States competitive against Japan. Jaw Shau-Long said 75 per cent of Taiwan's
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 452 4 Bullish note sounded on British economy IHT THE CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, Nigel Lawson, predicted that Britain's economy would grow by a healthy 4 per cent this year and by 2.5 per cent in 1988, despite uncertainties stemming from recent turbulence in
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    • 197 4 Reuter BRITISH INDUSTRY must speed up efforts to integrate itself in the European market. Confederation of British Industry president Sir David Nickson said in Glasgow. "British industry must identify itself more closely more aggressively as an integral part of the internal European market.
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    • 230 4 AP A COMMISSION of health experts from 12 countries will spend two years developing research programmes to combat disease and health problems in developing nations, the Harvard School of Public Health announced on Tuesday. The commission will visit Africa, Asia and Latin
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    • 114 4 NYT THE ANTARCTIC ozone hole, which shocked scientists when it was discovered three years ago, is likely the first of a series of potentially devastating global surprises, according to a committee of the National Academy of Sciences. The panel, convened last year at
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    • 373 4 AP THE SOVIET UNION attained its current superpower status with the help of western technology leaks that the West may never be able to make up for, a US Defence Department official told Congress on Tuesday. "A majority of Soviet defence programmes
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    • 220 4 Reuter A NEW YORK media adviser who received US$5,OOO for a day's work was among a group of well-paid consultants hired by the United Nations to improve its tarnished image, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. The payments, detailed in an internal document leaked
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    • 353 4 Reuter US COMPANIES have not yet cut back on big-ticket capital spending, a driving force in the economy, since the rout in stock prices but economic analysts say most companies are taking a wait-and-see posture. "The impact, if there is one. is
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    • 257 4 Reuter SLOW PROGRESS in US budget talks and Wast Germany's reluctance to boost its economy point to a further fall in the dollar that would apparently meet with Washington's blessing Financial snalysts said on Tuesday that the Reagan administration faced with
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    • 230 4 AP PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan said that with the steep drop in stock prices, the market has given "one warning we can't afford to ignore" about the US government budget deficit. In a speech on Tuesday in the Rose Garden, Washington, Mr Reagan
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    • 178 4 AFP LISBON POET Joaquim Castro Calda asked an arts foundation in Lisbon (or a million escudos (about US$7,OOO) to subsidise his suicide. Or as he put it, more poetically, to permit him a "noble, clean and effective way out of his painful personal lyrical
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • COMMODITIES
    • 230 5 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with Dec 1 RSS buyers quoted at 210.00 cents/kilo, down 3.50 cents from Tuesday's close. A sharply lower Tokyo rubber market brought some selling into the local market and caused prices to fall by about 2.50 cents in moderate morning trading, dealers said.
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    • 144 5 RAS prices tn S c*nte/kg, FOB In bate* NOON CLOSE Buyers S*ll*rs Buyers S*ll*rs Int 1 RSS Prompt 212.50 213.50N 211.00 212.00N Int 1 RSS Dec 87 212.00 212.50 210.00 211.00 Int 1 RSS Jan 88 213.00 213-50 210.50 211 -50 Int 2 RSS OP 210.00 212.00N 208.50 210-5
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    • 33 5 (cann/kg, 1 -to n poil*M) DECEMBER 87 JANUARY 88 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON lwy«n StDtn B«ry«ri SatWn SS* 30 211.50 213.50 211.50 213.50 SS« 50 210.00 212.00 210.00 212.00
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    • 73 5 A KL TIN CkttJng prices on Nov 4 (M$Ag) jk Price Closed £m, Turnover (tonnes) ROTTERDAM dosing prices on Nov 3 Pofrn oil crude Sumatra/M'tia option (USS/tomo) Nov/Dec 345«Jr J on/Mar 350sir Poim oil RBD FOB (M$/tonrw) Nov/D* 325iir (325slr) Jon/Mar 330*lr (330sJr) CMein RBD FOB (Mj/roooe) Now/Doc
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    • 58 5 Bernama AN ASIA-PACIFIC inter-gov-ernmental meeting has approved a regional medium-term energy plan which emphasises the need for stringent measures to conserve oil. The plan for 1990-95 said Asia-Pacific governments must adopt conservation measures to help prolong use of the finite oil resources and develop alternative sources to
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    • 207 5 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon dosing pricos on Nov 4 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 95.00 Otd drum FOB 105.00 Now drum FOB 109.00 Copra Mixed (tool*) 56 sellers Pepper Muntok white FOB NLW 1317.50 Sarawak white FOB faq NLW 1302.50 Sarawak spodal block FOB NIW 957JO
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    • 138 5 Reuter CBT soybean futures closed on or near the lows on Tuesday, down 5-3/4 to 3-1/4 cents per bushel, with January settling at $5.323/4 after posting a five-cent range. A lower than expected weekly US soybean export inspection figure on Monday and expectations that the Usda will attempt to
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    • 175 5 Reuter CBT wheat futures closed on or near the lows on Tuesday, down six to 4-1/2 cents per bushel in moderate trade. December settled at $2.82-1/4 after posting a $7-1/4 cent range on the day. Geldermann was the featured outright seller in December in the morning, with exporters buyers
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    • 83 5 MOST PRODUCTS in the Far East market were stable to slightly weaker in thin trade. Only c and f Japan naphtha buyers took advantage of lower prices for December 1-15 barrels. USS/borr^ Chang* Dubai IDk) 16 98 -0.14 Wm r.moi WTI (OK) 19J2 -0.10 Products (FOB S'pore)
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    • 307 5 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Setter doting prices on Nov 3 (£/tonne unless specified). Previous closing prices in porenthesis. Coffee Basis in-store London, sellers option OF London Nov 1249/1250 (1248/1249) High/Low 1255/1244 Jan 1284/1285 (1283/1285) High/Low 1290/1275 Sales (5154) Cocoa Dec 1113/1114 (1119/1120) High/Low 1127/1107 Mar 1146/1147 (1152/1153) High/Low 1159/1140
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    • 389 5 HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly higher yesterday on late shortcovering by professionals, while trading was quiet for most of the day. dealers said. Sentiment was clouded initially by reports that central banks of major industrial nations were selling gold in London and New York. But dealers also noted talk
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    • 469 5 Oana Bernama THE PALM OIL Research Institute of Malaysia (Porim) is set to coordinate research efforts on palm oil in the United States and Europe, which could clear the lingering doubts about the nutritional value of palm oil as a dietary fat and at
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    • 149 5 Reuter PRICES at wool sales in Geelong and Newcastle were steady to firmer, reflected by a two-point rise in the market indicator to 931, the Australian Wool Corp said. Prices for merino fleece of 19 microns and finer were up to 2 per cent
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    • 321 5 Reuter INDONESIA intends to export its surplus coffee to countries outside the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) at lower prices than the ICO approves. Agriculture Minister Achmad Affandi said on Tuesday that Indonesia had fought new coffee export quotas set by the ICO last month which
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 1620 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar staged a mild recovery in thin afternoon trading yesterday on customer buying and short trading, but still ended the day slightly lower against New York levels, dealers said. The dollar hit a low of 136.85 yen in the morning because of active selling by
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    • 86 6 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's closing Day's code Maturity BID OFFER HIGH LOW 3 months BQ*****W 4.2.88 3.50 3.45 3.75 3.45 6 months BS*****S 21.4.88 3.55 3.50 3.59 3.51 1 y*ar BY*****S 22.09.88 3.65 3.60 3.68 3.61 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing
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    • 180 6 Indicate* thf mriQ> o4 ui® pfim# lending mvv w 12 mafor banks In B'pora Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Nov 4 us$ DM SWFC Y«o 7 days 7/i 3/4 9 if 3/» 3 13/14—11/14 2—13/4 4 1/14 3 13/14 1 mUi 7-47/1 9 5/14 3/14 3 3/4
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    • 130 6 Gold futures on Nov 3 100 troy ouncn. USS par troy our ct Opt* HI* Lw MM Nav ***** ***** 463.00 161 «Q -1-70 Dk 471 SO 476.00 463.50 ***** .1.90 ion 473.20 -1.90 Hb M 471.30 442.00 469JO 476J0 100 483*0 444.30 475.30 4*2.60 ■2.10 ton
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    • 68 6 THE OVERNIGHT RATE on the Singapore interbank market fell by one point to end at 1% per cent yesterday. The one-month and two-month term rates were unchanged while the three-month rate fell by 1/16 point. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: orm mo 0—r"■flN 11/3 1 1-Menitt 3
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    • 1001 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS IMM TwMdoy No»amb< T 3. 1987 •Ml Ml TSM POUNO C2S.OOO; c "afli 4rT »nto par t l* r Tit MM 1700 NPV-C 3.95 Oac-c 4.95 Jaa-c 5.60 M»-P Dae-p 0.10 1X10 M+p 2.03 1725 1*0 3.25 4.10 0.40 1.45 1750 0J5 2.00 2.95 1*0 3.10
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    • 248 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady yesterday at easier opening levels in quiet afternoon trading, dealers said. They said most operators were sidelined in the afternoon as they await the outcome of the US Treasury auction of US$9 25 billion of 10-year notes The Treasury will also
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 226 7 NYT BRAZIL and its creditors on Tuesday appeared close to agreeing on a plan for the country to resume interest payments on its US$lOO billion foreign debt nearly nine months after the government suspended them. jUnder the plan, banking officials said, the banks would in
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    • 604 7 DECEMBER Eurodollar opened firmer yesterday at 92.44 compared with the previous close of 92.27 amidst signs of progress in the fight against the US budget deficit and easier interest rate policy in some of the industrialised countries. Trend however remained uncertain and prices soon backed off to 92.38 as
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    • 122 7 MORE THAN 100 financial executives, bankers and businessmen are expected to attend a Nov 14 futures trading workshop sponsored by the Singapore Institute of Management. The half-day seminar, organised by SIM in cooperation with Golden Hope Securities, a member of Simex. will be held at
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    • 432 7 New lows against yen and mark THE US DOLLAR took another beating yesterday, sliding down to new record lows against the Japanese yen and West German mark in Tokyo. The lack of progress in negotiations between the White House and Congress on how to
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    • 598 7  -  By LEONARD SILK NYT THE AMERICAN stock market had a worrisome day on Tuesday. and analysts rounded up the usual suspects: some feared that the dollar might plummet if the central banks were unwilling to support it. Others worried that, in Washington, cutting
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  • FOCUS
    • 1584 8  -  As the financial markets continue to clear away the debris from the October crash, policymakers are beginning to question just how much risk the global money game can bear. The advent of futures and index options has not only provided new techniques for
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    • 225 8 Reuter AMERICAN Senator William Proxmire, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, released a draft of a bill that would repeal parts of the law that prevent banks from underwriting securities. In releasing his draft bill, Mr Proxmire said the losses of
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    • 1438 8 NYT THE STOCK MARKET collapse is raising fundamental questions about the pace of banking industry deregulation in the US. especially the move into investment banking. The issue is highlighted by two developments stemming from the plunge: an estimated US$9O million loss absorbed by the Continental
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 499 10 IF YOU CAN'T beat them, join them. That's a down-to-earth strategy to adopt in the competitive airline world where carriers especially national carriers can be very protectionistic. While shipping lines enjoy the freedom of the seas, airlines often find that countries are not that free with
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    • 1526 10  -  The October market crash has highlighted the problems and uncertainty lurking beneath various economies. In Hongkong, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF reports, the question again foremost on everybody's mind is: Will China let Hongkong be Hongkong? Over in Australia, the dollar has weakened considerably. A leading
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    • 958 10 THE DUST has yet to settle. But slowly the consequence of the stock market crash is starting to filter through the Australian economy. A leading economist believes that instead of aiming for 2.5 per cent growth, it would be realistic to expect
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    • 832 11 AP CHINESE LEADER Zhao Ziyang, flushed with a stunning triumph at the Communist Party congress, now must begin carrying out his mandate to bring better living standards to China's one billion people. With the party's top echelon squarely behind him, Mr
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    • 753 11 Reuter A SENIOR Swedish industrialist recently said it was worth sacrificing a couple of trees to build an access road to a factory. The remark caused a national storm. In Sweden, where fighting pollution is the top national priority, it is almost heretical
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    • 660 11 NYT IT WAS another case of a contradiction between traditional and modern India that was not really a contradiction. While astronomers used advanced instruments to study a solar eclipse recently, a million ordinary Hindus found a different sort of meaning, travelling to the northern
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
    • 415 12 AP THE TRADING RING at the Bombay Stock Exchange is as crowded as usual, but instead of watching share fluctuations, the brokers gather at two large television sets Their interest has shifted from India's listless stocks to the World Cup Cricket Tournament. Money
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    • 312 12 Reuter AUSTRALIAN GROUNDSMAN Les Burdett arrived in Calcutta on Tuesday to help prepare the pitch for the World Cup final on Sunday. Burdett, curator of the Adelaide cricket ground in South Australia, said he thought the Eden Gardens pitch, with a reputation for
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    • 419 13 AP MARTINA NAVRATILOVA. the world's No 1 female tennis player of the 1980s, is going to have to settle for No 2 this year. Even if she wins the final
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    • 557 13 AP MARTIN JAITE of Argentina, the fifth seed, was knocked out in the first round of the US$B4O,OOO Paris Open tennis tournament on Tuesday. He was beaten in three sets 6-7, 6-3. 6-1 by 20-year-old Soviet. Alexander Volkov. who distinguished himself earlier in the
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    • 629 13  -  3rankltf speaking.... by WALTON MORAIS HOW CRUEL the times can be. Just over a month after I had waxed lyrical in this column about the Singapore Cricket Club's valiant effort to save the Singapore Open grasscourt tennis championships, comes the death knell. SCC general
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    • 207 13 Reuter MOST OF THE world s best golfers, including the top earner of 1987 so far, Curtis Strange, will compete for supremacy and cash in Japan's U*****,000 World Championship golf tournament which starts today. They will battle it out initially in a
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    • 380 13 UPI TWO RINGSIDE DOCTORS and a referee have agreed to settle a suit and pay damages reaching six figures to the widow of a boxer whose death after a fight led to major reforms in the sport, the widow's lawyer said.
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
    • 4358 14 SHARE PRICES tumbled once again on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday after a threeday rebound in line with declines seen in Hongkong, Tokyo and the overnight Londan and New York markets. The Straits Times Industrial Index was slashed 21.92 points within the first
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    • 4683 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number at shares traded shown in brackets in lots at 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. SECTION ONE MOUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL *cmo II 16 B I 20
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 675 15  -  By AMY BALAN PROPERTY COMPANY First Capital Corporation looks poised to become the first listed subsidiary of the highly diversified United Industrial Corporation group. Merchant bank Baring Brothers has advised FCC minority shareholders to accept UlC's one-for-two share swap deal. UIC, which already
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    • 479 15 Agencies THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT is to set up a committee to examine the operation of the stock and futures exchanges in the wake of the stock market crisis. "I shall be asking the committee to produce an early report giving advice
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    • 72 15 Reuter THE STOCK EXCHANGE of Hongkong Ltd has suspended two members and is investigating their accounts, the exchange's senior chief executive Robert Fell said yesterday. He also said that brokers had reported 34 dishonoured cheques, worth some HK$5 million, from exchange members since Oct 26. All
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    • 293 15 Managers' prices for Nov 5 Singapore Unit Trust TKe Commerce 091 IX The Savings Fund 079 087 Spore f'og Fund 036 041 S pore Sec Fund 061 067 S pore Invest Fund 066 0 71 S pore Equity Fund 045 050 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1
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    • 459 15  -  By ELAINE KOH SINGAPORE LAND Ltd has outperformed its own modest forecast by posting an after-tax profit of $17.2 million for the year ended Aug 31, 1987, instead of the predicted $13.46 million. This was achieved despite a smaller turnover and income
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    • 273 15 Reuter HONGKONG'S stock exchange is likely to change its constitution to allow foreign brokers to be represented on its governing committee, newly-appointed senior chief executive Robert Fell said yesterday. He said corporate members cannot be elected to the committee, which has
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    • 581 15  -  By LISA LEE IT'S ALMOST a case of deja vu as the sale of Orchard Towers to Amcol Electrical Industries Ltd again hangs in the balance with the recent stockmarket crash. While Orchard Towers's developer Chng Heng Tiu is faced with a paper loss
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    • 786 15 MBT THE PROFORMA pre-tax profit after minority interest of Perlis Plantations would have been Mslo2 million based on profits achieved in 1986 by Perlis, Federal Flour Mills (FFM) and Rasa Sayang Beach Hotels (Penang) (RSBH). The proforma profit, expected to give an earnings
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    • 163 15 Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND Stock Exchange (NZSE) has asked the police to investigate a number of recent share transactions by a Wellington-based group of people The NZSE said in a statement yesterday it was concerned that the people involved in at least some
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
    • 403 16 Blue chips will remain popular, says Nomura chief Reuter JAPANESE investors have not been scared away from US or other foreign investment markets by recent global market volatility and are expected to continue to favour blue chip stocks and hard asset investments in
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    • 365 16 AFP HONGKONG Futures Guarantee Corp chairman Gordon MacWhinnie has hinted that a second HK$2 billion (US$256 million) facility to help rescue the local futures market was probably not needed. "It is not anticipated that the second facility will be
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    • 266 16 AFP THE RECENT sharemarket crash is not expected to affect the creditworthiness of Hongkong banks although an impact on profits this year is likely, according to a Hongkong-based creditrating agency. "The current jitters on the market and possible defaults of a few players
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    • 271 16 Reuter ELDERS IXL Ltd's profit in the opening months of its 1967/88 year ending June 30 was well ahead of budget, chairman John Elliott said, without giving any figures. Elliott was addressing an extraordinary meeting originally called to approve the reconstruction of Elders.
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    • 179 16 Reuter THREE local tycoons bought more than 9,000 long positions in Hang Seng Index futures contracts on Monday in a bid to support the futures market. Chan Chi Kong, director of Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Ltd. said. Mr Chan said
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    • 94 16 Reuter IMPALA Pacific Corp Ltd, an affiliate of Ariadne Australia Ltd. said it has cancelled its one-for-two rights issue at HK$l5.OO per share, according to a statement issued by the Hongkong Stock Exchange This followed Impala's agreement last week to sell its 41.5 per
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    • 92 16 Reuter CHINA Entertainment and Land Investment Co Ltd said it has completed the acquisition of Stone Pole Ltd for HKSB6 million, despite speculation that it may terminate the deal because of the recent share market slump. China Entertainment, a subsidiary of Evergo Indus-
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    • 1473 16 Hongkong SHARE PRICES closed sharply lower in sluggish trading on the Hongkong market yesterday as selling pressure continued after Tuesday's losses, dealers said. They said late buying halted the slide which threatened to push the Hang Seng Index below the psychologically important 2,000 level. The index ended
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    • 131 16 NOV M WON Kai ***** -470 Kangwon Ind ***** -190 Cheii Sugar ***** unch Kia Motor ***** -600 Daelim Ind ***** -600 Koton ind ***** -800 Daewoo Corp ***** -290 Korea Long Term -800 Daewoo Heavy ***** -250 Lucky Ltd 146(36 -400 Oauhin Securities ***** -1000 Oriental Brewery *****
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    • 506 16 Reuter SHARE PRICES closed sharply lower yesterday in moderately active trade on pessimism fuelled by a weaker dollar and further falls by Wall Street stocks on Tuesday, brokers said. The 225-share market index lost 298.07 points to 23.060.53 after a low of 23,040.19. On Monday the average rose 29.69
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    • 440 16 Reuter FALLS in New York and London overnight saw the Australian share market plummet yesterday to wipe out almost all of the past three day's gains by the close. Brokers said solid selling pressure emerged from the starting bell following further heavy slumps offshore. A fall in gold bullion
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    • 168 16 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index rose 11.91 points to 326.31 on turnover of 6,395.673 shares worth 778.19 million baht. Reuter NOV M BAHT Ao Kham Thai 176 Ayudhya Investment 434 -44 Bangkok Agro-lnd 105 50 *5 Bangkok Bank 341 8 Bank Ot Ayudtiya 328 Charoong Thai Wire
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 1086 17 New York Reuter WALL STREET was rattled by a round of profit-taking that snapped the market's five session rally and sent stocks sharply lower on Tuesday. Selling was instigated by a weak London stock market and discomfort with government efforts to reduce the large budget and
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    • 1010 17 London Reuter EQUITIES on the London market yesterday staged a fresh collapse around mid-morning with a sustained drop in share prices taking the FTSE 100 index below the October 27, 1986 "Big Bang" closing level. At 1144 GMT the index had dropped 82.1 or five
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    • 1338 17 Selected indices HONGKONG Hongkong Index Wednesday 1348 84 Tuesday 1418 84 Week ogo *****5 Hang Seng Index Wednesday 2077 11 Tuesday *****4 Week ago 2370 16 All Industrials Wednesday Tuesdoy Week ogo NEW YORK Dow Jones Tuesdoy Monday Week ogo 1984 2 2079 3 2127 4 *****3 *****9 1846 48
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    • 62 17 Reuter THE EUROTUNNEL consortium. which plans to build a rail tunnel linking France and Britain, confirmed it is aiming to launch its £750 million share offer on Nov 16 The shares would be on sale for about two weeks and would start trading simultaneously
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    • 718 17 Reuter MOST OF THE MAJOR US securities firms are likely to offset losses related to the Oct 19 stock market slump with gains from unaffected operations, resulting in few losses for the fourth quarter, analysts said. 'Only one big firm will report a loss
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    • 308 17 AP STOCK PRICES in the US are bouncing, interest rates are unsettled, and economic prospects are unclear. But mergers are still the hottest game in town. Recent announcements of several multi-billion-dollar proposals and a proliferation of smaller deals indicate some players remain
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    • 375 17 Reuter THE SHARPEST stock market crash in history has wiped about £160 billion off UK share prices since October 15 but investors are wary of returning to equities even at current yields, analysts believe Some will be waiting for further price falls and others
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    • 142 17 Reuter THE SLIDE in West German share prices has made stocks in Frankfurt a bargain but investors are unlikely to come rushing back, say bank economists. Although the outlook for German business activity and company earnings remains bright, economists said the German
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  • 390 18  -  By CHUANG PECK MING A $50 MILLION leisure-entertain-ment park in Jurong is the latest project being proposed by the government to stimulate tourism in Singapore. The park, which is to have a cultural and historical theme and developed on a 12-hectare piece
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  • 179 18 AFP THE THIRD annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) closed yesterday after the signing of an anti-terrorism convention. The agreement, known as the South Asian Regional Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, was signed by leaders from member states Bangladesh,
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  • 537 18  -  By MARTIN SOONG EUROPE'S leading manufacturer of inverters for electric motors, publicly-listed Control Techniques PLC. has taken a controlling stake in local company Euro-Controls Investments (ECI) in a deal that will bring reciprocal benefits. The friendly buy-in, for a consideration of £1
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  • 418 18 POLICY MEASURES to ensure the safety of buildings in Singapore are expected to be introduced in Parliament on Monday. Such measures are likely to include suitable methods of recording and reporting conditions of structures as well as provisions for regular
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  • 418 18 NYT US AIRLINES fared poorly against European and Asian carriers in a worldwide survey of almost 30,000 passengers who fly often. The survey, released in New York on Tuesday, showed that foreign airlines, led by Swissair and Singapore Airlines, dominated the list of
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  • 286 18 CHIEF JUSTICE Wee Chong Jin yesterday sounded a word of caution about newly qualified lawyers taking on cases in fields where they had no experience. It was made following a case involving lawyer Thanapathy Ulaganathan Naidu, who had been accused of having made a secret profit
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  • 89 18 Reuter JAPAN will tighten legal controls on exports of 183 items to 13 communist nations from Tuesday. but will partially exempt China, a spokesman for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said yesterday. The Cabinet approved changes to rules on exports and foreign
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  • 106 18 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES lost more than US$3.OO on follow through selling from overnight markets in quiet morning business yesterday. December gold fell US$3.6O at U*****.00 an ounce which held Tuesday's low level of U*****.50. Analysts said the dealer houses came into the New York market
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  • 118 18 AP TAIWAN'S Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) called on the government yesterday to take steps to counter protectionist threats from the United States, including withdrawing foreign exchange reserves from US banks because of the weakening US dollar Most of Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves,
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  • 510 18 Reuter WILD STOCK MARKET gyrations since mid-October seem to point to rough times ahead for the US computer industry, which is just getting over 2% years of weak orders. Although industry analysts are undecided about how much the industry might suffer
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  • 329 18 AP PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus assured Thailand yesterday that Manila can provide adequate security for South-east Asian leaders despite the discovery of a bomb at the complex where they are to meet in December. Thai foreign ministry spokesman Saroj Chavanaviraj said Thailand
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  • LATE FILE
    • 70 18 Oana-Bernama ASEAN Foreign Ministers are likefy to discuss whether the grouping should take a common stand on the future of US military bases in the Philippines prior to their Summit next month. Thai Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila. who is Asean Standing Committee chairman,
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    • 70 18 UPI NEW ZEALAND'S Minister of Overseas Trade yesterday told a visiting Canadian trade delegation a closer economic relationship involving Canada, Australia and New Zealand is to be studied. Mr Mike Moore said: "The study would be to identify and evaluate the potential benefits and costs to
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    • 57 18 Reuter IRAN is sending senior oil officials to talk to Japanese customers in the hope of averting any compliance with the US call for an embargo on Iranian oil, industry sources said yesterday. They said the visit by officials from the National Iranian Oil Company
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    • 59 18 Reuter Opec PRESIDENT Rilwanu Lukman said Opec production is currently between 17.5 million and 18 million barrels per day. He was unable to say whether the current output levels meant there would be room to increase the group's output ceiling, currently 16.6 million
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    • 68 18 AP JAPAN ANO the US yesterday signed a 30-year nuclear cooperation pact that gives Japan more autonomy in some areas of its nuclear energy programme, officials said. But they emphasised that the pact, which took five years to negotiate and replaces a 1968 agreement, does
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    • 69 18 AFP US and South Korean officials yesterday ended two days of working-level trade consultations in Seoul at which the US pushed for freer market access for US cigarettes. press reports there said. A delegation led by Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative Sandra Kristoff urged that
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 478 19  -  By LILIAN ANG FREIGHT forwarders should be trained on the legal and economic aspects of containerisation so as to be better equipped to take advantage of technological changes in this field of transportation. So far, few forwarders and shippers in this
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    • 202 19 TOKYO CAR Corp is to pull out of marine container production by the end of March next year. Though it was ranked as the world's biggest manufacturer of marine container boxes around 1978, Seatrade Week reported that over the last few years the
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 105 19 Reuter QUEEN ELIZABETH'S yacht Britannia sailed again on Tuesday after a £19 million refit £3 million over budget, the Royal Navy said. Rear Admiral David Sherval, in charge of ship refitting, said the original cost of the alterations to the 34-year-old vessel was £16 million
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      • 62 19 Reuter SHIPPING conferences covering the trade between the Far East and Europe have amended the currency adjustment factor (CAF) for West Germany/Benelux countries to 47.22 from 46.5 previously. The new CAF, which takes into account a European Area Differential (EAD) of minus 3.28, is effective from Nov
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      • 79 19 Reuter MEMBER LINES of the Association of West India Trans-Atlantic Steam Ship Lines said they raised the currency adjustment charge to plus 18 per cent from plus 15 per cent for traffic to and from Hamburg/Bordeaux Range, Marseilles, East Germany, Poland and the Baltic ports of the
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      • 37 19 THE NUMBER of members at Inmarsat, an international co-operative organisation that operates a global satellite system, has reached 50 with the joining of Israel. The organisation was established in 1979 with 23 member countries.
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      • 139 19 Reuter THE CANADIAN Wheat Board allowed to lapse on Friday's options on about 675,000 tonnes of Great Lakes freight because of loading delays resulting from a shortage of rail cars moving to Thunder Bay. Canadian trade sources said. The Dominion Marine Association has already called
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    • 1172 20 Who's paying now? banks or shipowners The shake-out in the shipping industry has taken its toll on the old way of doing business. It was trust in the personal guarantees of C Y Tung that persuaded banks to advance loans to the Tungs. And it was with an element of
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    • 740 20 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container VIII 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Africa Ocean X 2 Alltrans VII 3 American Tpt X 4/5 Anship Int'l V 4 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 A PC line V 4 API III 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 ASCI
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    • 1295 20 GRAIN chartering on Tuesday from the US Gulf to the Continent is being maintained with a vessel with 78,000 tonnes dw cargo capacity reported to have been arranged at a lump sum of U*****,000 for Nov 21-28 loading, shipbrokers said. This equates to around $9 67 basis heavy
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    • 384 21 ISRAEL'S national shipping line Zim Navigation revealed that Japanese yards were in the running for the major part of its planned seven container ships order worth around US$2OO million. Negotiations for the 2,500 TEU newbuildings have been held with several leading yards including
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    • 478 21 AFP A DANISH freighter, the Danica Four, is currently on its way to the Far East with arms from Britain. Sweden and France, but according to informed sources in Copenhagen, the cargo could end up in a Gulf
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    • 68 21 Reuter RAILWAY wagon ferry services between Kenya and Uganda have resumed after a two-week suspension due to fears that Ugandan rebels might attack vessels near the Ugandan port of Jinja. The first steamer from Jinja arrived at the Kisumu port and left the same day with
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    • 327 21 NYT THE VESSEL hit by a United States Navy frigate on Sunday was an unarmed Arab fishing boat, not an Iranian patrol boat, a fisherman who said he was aboard the fishing boat asserted. He said a crew member had
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    • 234 21 ALL SURVEYS were conducted on Oct 12 Australia Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Normal operation. Bangladesh Chittagong 25 vessels operating. Brazil Santos Waiting time of up to four days. Cameroon Douala Normal operation. Chile Valparaiso Normal operation. China Dalian and Xingang Normal operation. Cyprus Limassol and Larnaca Normal operation.
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    • 255 21  -  From KINGSLEY WOOD IT HAS BEEN revealed that the crude tanker which BHP Transport intends to build in Japan will be awarded to Ishika-wajima-Harima Heavy Industries. The 90,000-dwt crude tanker which is expected to be in service by the end of next
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    • 8982 26 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 127 28 Area/Port Viscosity CST at 50C Density G/ML at 15C Water Volume 0/0 Africa/Red Sea Jeddah Durban Arabian Gulf 25/182 88/168 0.918/0.957 0.977/0.993 0.0/3.5 0.0/8.6 Ras Tanura Bahrain Europe 105/146 174/190 0.941/0.948 0.970/0.976 0.0/0.3 0.1/0.1 Rotterdam Hamburg Le Havre Genoa Far East 31/472 38/421 169/352 32/330 0.943/1.010
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    • 71 19 THE HONGKONG shipowning fraternity is emerging shaken but resolute after the hardships imposed by the latest market depression. Pag« II ISRAEL'S national shipping line Zim Navigation revealed that Japanese yards were in the running for the major part of its planned seven container ships order worth around US$2OO million. P«g«
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    • 486 22 FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 42* I'll CHINA CONTAINER 42W 15/11 HONGKONG CONTAINER 22/11 II TRANSWORLD BRIDGE 40W 29,11 1 SEVEN SEAS BRIDGE UW 6/12 2 KOREAN CHANCE 34W 13/12 3 ALSO CALLING ANTWERP VIA ROTTERDAM PKELANC CTRS VIA FEEDER VESSEL I FROM JROPE VIA SUEZ J Mfmbw of the
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    • 464 22 f/A FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD ACCEPTING FCL/LCL TO ALL U.S.A. PORTS/INLAND DESTNS. Sailing: 7/11 ft 17/11 R DEP: EVERY SAT WEEKLY CONSOL TO: JAKARTA BANGKOK HONG KONG MANILA KEELUNG/KAOSHIUNG BUSAN TOKYO/YOKOHAMA SYDNEY/MELBOURNE AUCKLAND/WELLINGTON LONDON/FELIXSTONE HAMBURG/ROTTERDAM FOR: TENERIFE, LAS PALMAS, CASABLANCA CEUTA, MADRID, PORTO, LISBOA. ALG£R, ORAM, BARCELONA t VALENCIA
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    • 864 22 r?T A EVERGREEN Full Container Se rvicp Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) SCf HKC KSC KLC PUS OS* TYO jttT EVER GATHER/EVER GUARD hi tat »1 11JU W1 tIU EVER GROWTH 1201 liOl 1101 »11 ISAi EVER LIVING/EVER GRAND 17/11 ZUU W1 B/U 22/12 EVER GENIUS 2*ll JBOI 2/12 4/17 n/U
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    • 782 23 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES »V\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL KOTA EAGLE MAJAPAHIT OOWA VOY SIN jkt sbv VOY SIN pgd hkg kao kee htc vok ngo kob bus 01 SB SM SM tn PI 02MB 9/11 9/11 14/11 10/11 17/11
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    • 294 23 MJffl NORBULK NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD. r REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK/CONTINENT PORTS TO: INDIA/PAKISTAN PORTS SWK/SABAH BARBARA MORGAN NBT-12 In Port NBTI3 1011 LOADING FOR TUTI/MANGALORE MADRAS/TUTI/KANDIA TO: JAPAN PORTS LOADING FOR OSAKA/NAGOY A/TOKYO "TBN Bfll LOADS INDONESIA PORTS SPORE MARATHON UNITED AGENCY PTE LTD TEL
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    • 595 23 I BLC BEN LINE CONTAINERS (KJJEBSEN LINE NEW ZEALAND TO NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS HONGKONC EXPRESS VOT M»4H,THEA SVISS SIN MUG NOUMEA 2111 30m 12/12 SUN rgm SIN 2*2*11 FCL carp LCI carp Ktwtxf PORT MORESBY Mm from 11(10 M 2,11 at Pan,a"t CD
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    • 643 23 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VESSEL/VOY canoa Hum lm vessel S PANJAN& ITWt SAIWIJAYAOTM OCEAN PtMAW*9 Buto|»ct to lnduo*«n«nt Also accapMog cargo to CwWnwcm. Port SoW, Port Alexandria, Gonoa, Trtaato.
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    • 375 23 Spore LASHIO V«6 4/5 Nov •SJTTWAY V 33 10/11 No* PAGAN VI2OW 1103 Nov HTONEYWA V229W 21/23 Nov Discharging only. RAi BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon •re P Kelang Penang Bangkok gt BANK LINE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER S NORTHBOUND TO UKC IVYBANK V2ON PRO-ATLANTICA VIN TAUSALA SAMOA
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 1040 24 kL K"UfIE SHiPPIfIG-DflTfl ATLAfITIC COAST (Round-The-World Service) ORIENTAL FAITH V 5 ORIENTAL FRIENDSHIP V 5 •VIA FEEDER •PK/PNG SPORE SM S Nov 7 Nov 12 Nov NYC HFX 12 Dk It Dm It Dm 23 Doc vV-v-V-V-V---PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST FEEDER VSL 'PK/PNC SP MOTHER VSL LA/LB OAK CHICAGO NEW YORK 0.
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    • 313 24 Accepting LCL and South Africa OSAKA HARU 413SF HAVAKAWA HARU 4235F VAAL 3932 C NEDLLOYD COLOMBO «BIG orpoti Dkicl to Sport Durban P.Eltz 9/11 21/11 23/11 21/11 1/12 11/12 C Town Durban SU Sid 6/11 9/11 m J«rd JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (REG. 242*64/ 00K) 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #12-05 SOUTHPOINT. SINGAPORE
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    • 599 24 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICt Accepting FCL/FCL Containers p |L*w Ita* S port IMb From Sfdit Aht Act "CMAWMOAS" V2I X Ho. SOkl4Ok 12 Ok AM/Bra 3ff»ar 7 Ok Ok Ok 27 Ok AM/Sra CHANOIDAS" V.2971 Ok S iao 14 Jan 12 Jan AM/Sra INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCUFCL Contains*
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    • 782 24 GOLDEN LINE WK ttV GUAM GUAM SHPPftG (PTE) LTD ILIN/v 23. TtM Ayr SM "I 4 saWNK IIM IU: MOMS (It I*s) Fai MM STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Sport P Kate* Penary GOLDEN WON OCR Cotombo Karadw Dammam 15/16 Hoy GOLDEN SCAR Colombo Karachi Dubai Bahrain 1/9 Dec CHINA SERVICE A
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    • 462 24 V® PHILI Oni€NT LIN€S PT€ LTD HfAO OFfiCt 63 ROBINSON ROAD *C" 1? AfRO AS A BUILDING S NCA' OPE Oi:S TfL RS ?67?0 PH Ll ffi» 7/11. 11/11 a/11. 5/12 7/11. 14/11 DOHA. MUSCAT. MMMM. MU DHMI SHARJAH JEDOAH. HOOEDAH AQABA N ROW. BOK. KEHJJNG. BMNLA. BANGKOK. TOKYO. COLOMBO
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    • 948 25 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD £2 SERVICE a S'pore NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD- FE EU'AUST TPA'SEA Tel No I Terminal CFS BOOKINGS *****U *****42 *****22 *****53 *****19 *****1* *****11 *****41 P Kelang NEPLINE SON BHD KMS7 INWARD/OUTWARD K.Lumpur NEPLINE SON BHD *****23 ENQUIRIES *****44 Penang NEPLINE SON BHD. fc2oo3vt27tio*27ttl*27«&2 J Bahru
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    • 432 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels v DON/UK SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON S POHf AUNTS NIPIUNI AOl Nt lIS fit t 10 Ifi //DI'IM/l .'.V/SIU HHto! "fls.'hJ (Icfirin i l MI. MII ((»S) MAI AfSIA AUNIS I UNAS si I (A iON BHD et I. i
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    • 629 25 r 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 PENANC M/SKANPLINC SYSTEM CO SOW BHD MESSRS NAI TNOMC SHIPPING 127 PenanjStreet. Penanj, fcUirru
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 346 26 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TEL 225 6868 *30 Lmes> FAX *****39 *****76 TUEX RS ***** A B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAD VE.BDEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI RQSTO INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE *VIA COLOMBO: Accepting carpi for INDIA Bombay, Cochin. Madras Calcutta "VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Lattakn. Piraeus. Thcssakmiki, Izmir, Istanbul.
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 159 26 Regional Weather WA m mmmm m si K 'A 35 > •V Is." SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. d^' Wind direction with speed m knots Wove height LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ n Shower Weather _y Wind direction with speed m knots Rom V-^
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    • 931 27 ScanDutchV •TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY 101 In Port In Port 1/11 N. Dotft/W 14A1 um 1201 1401 Nihon/400 a/11 mi aoi aoi n. o*jima/4u »A 1 2*ol 21/11 21/11 B Suru/421 5/12 3/12 3/12 5/12 Sotandia/431 aw 8/12 7/12 13/12 14/12 11/12 21/12 3D/12 27/12 :TP RED SEA EAST
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    • 132 27 UNIPACIFIC TRANS. TRADING AGECY PTE. LTD. IRAQI LINE st tit t is'c EAST BOUND SERVICE HA S POKE LOADINC FOR IVII JAPAN WEST BOUND SERVICE eta s pore loaoinc for Wll J«M»ti Aqabt THROUGH B/U to BAGHDAD UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS UPTO AQABA ft BAGHDAD REEFER SPACE AVAILABLE UPTO
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    • 332 28 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd w TF I ??(mO6 l? 0 Lines) TLX RS ***** RS 2067? 1. I \s I I K K I I\ I k. I ID WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL HEAVY LIFT SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE/PORT KELANG TO: i.i.. n.Oi. M I 1 ..T ■3§HM CAR CARRIER SERVICE
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    • 367 28 ■r 0 COLUMBUS LINE REEDEREI GMBH (A SERVICE OF HAMBURG SUD) \V EXPRESS SEM-COWTAfCR SERVICE TO Ahm* Ocian LiNfs Lid. ETA SPORE mi VESSEL Ljfos. Port Harcourt, Douala. and Terru MV CFFESSOS Accepting FCL. LCL and BRtAKBULK Other West African pods on inducement Discharging ETA SPORE Accepting breakbulk and M/V
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    • 208 28 WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE TO/FROM KEELUNG ACCEPTING LCL CARGO ONLY ETD S PORE ETA KEELUNC CON-CARRIERS IS/17 *11 11/11 CON-CARRIERS 20«7 11/11 24/11 CON-CARRIERS 2107 24/11 30/11 WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE TO MELB/SYDNEY ETD S POKE ETA SYD ETA HELB CON-CARRIERS 25/*7 11/11 1/12 5/12 CON-CARRIERS 2W 24/11 11/12 a/12 Alto xxaptHif
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    • 508 28 /M CALL US AT: P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR *****53/*****11 04-€*****/4, €***** 07-*****8 07-*****3, *****5, *****0, 513JZli 02-*****22 t *****88 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE FEEDER a. butanc m rm T7T TTT OTHER DESTINATIONS: AARHUS. AMSTERDAM, ANTWERP, BASLE. IRtw, BREMER HAVEN. COPENHAGEN. HELSINKI.
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