The Business Times, 23 December 1987

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 95/12/87 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 158 1 Overseas markets 7—day HK Hang Seng Index 2276.41 (-1.72 Tokyo Nikkei Average *****.02 (-215.82) Sydney All-Ordinaries A 267.8 (+17.4 Monday New York (Dow Jones) -1990.38 (+15.08 London (FT 30 Index) 1405.1 27.3 noonr -Exchange rates US$: 126.50/60 yen 1.6280/90 DM S$2.0010/20 £s US$1 8335/45 M$: S $0.8007/14
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  • 50 1 Reuter WALL STREET stocks fell moderately in early trading yesterday following an unimpressed reaction in world currency markets to Congress's passage of a budget-cut plan, brokers said. The Dow 30 index was off six at 1965 while declining issues led gainers by seven-to-four. Trading was active. Reuter
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  • 47 1 AP NIPPONDENSO Co of Japan said yesterday it will build a car parts plant in Maryville, Tennessee, by July 1990 with a total investment of US$2OO million. The plant will produce US$l3O million worth of generators and starters for car engines a year. AP
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  • 313 1 THE SINGAPORE stock market closed sharply higher yesterday in active trading piercing through another resistance level. Strong buying interest buoyed the Straits Times Industrial Index up 15.53 points to 823.49, breaking through the STB2O resistance level. The Business Times Composite Index rose in
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  • 413 1  -  Regional sourcing centre to be formalised By ANNA TEO NIXDORF COMPUTER AG. the biggest German investor in Singapore, is likely to establish its operational headquarters (OHQ) here early next year. At the same time, its regional sourcing centre set up here last
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  • 373 1 THE NUMBER of electronics companies using Singapore as a regional sourcing centre could exceed 40 shortly, if the Trade Development Board manages to woo six potential candidates. Thirteen new international procurement offices (IPOs) were set up in the electronics sector in the first nine months this
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  • 103 1 Reuter THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY has granted US$l56 million in aid to Asian countries for various development projects. A spokesman for the EC's executive commission in Brussels said yesterday that US$4O million would go to Indonesia for programmes including rural electrification, fishing and agricultural
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  • 69 1 THE Christmas season spells bonus time on Wall Street. But the mood is going to be considerably less festive than the years gone by. In the aftermath of the Oct 19 stock market crash, austerity measures have hit the securities industry and, along with cost-cutting,
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  • 249 1 THE US DOLLAR weakened against the Singapore dollar to close just a shade above the Ss2 level in the local money market yesterday, after opening at $2.0020. It had finished at $2.0043 on Monday. In Tokyo yesterday, the greenback failed to finish above
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  • 462 1 Reuter THE TOKYO GOVERNMENT yesterday forecast real gross national product will rise 3.8 per cent in fiscal 1988 beginning next April, after growing 3.7 per cent this fiscal year. The forecast, adopted at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting yesterday, also sees Japan's
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  • 409 1 Coopers Lybrand states its role in Pan-El audit By ELAINE KOH COOPERS Lybrand, which were the main auditor for the Pan-El group, has said that it was not responsible for the audit of a subsidiary which was found to have fraudulent profits of $11 million. The chairman of Coopers, Mr
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 288 1 Full report, Pag* 14 Regional markets, Paga 16 World marfcata, Paga 17 m SHARE INFORMATION MONEY EXCHANGES COMMODITIES AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE CROSSWORDS TV RADIO BRISTOW DOONESSURY TAN CHONG AND SONS Motor has recalled the 434 Nissan Pulsars It sold over the past 1 3 months to check for a possible fault
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 479 2  -  By TONG SUIT CHEE AFTER the recent successful sale of two sites on its resort island, Sentosa Development Corporation is launching a second sale of five sites to attract more private investment. The second sale of sites involves three new parcels of land
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    • 422 2  -  By JEFFREY TSANG TAN CHONG and Sons Motor, the distributor ot Nissan vehicles, has recalled the 434 Nissan Pulsars it sold in Singapore over the past 13 months to check for a possible fault in the fuel
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    • 254 2  -  By LILY FERNANDEZ A CALL to more companies to produce newsletters so es to keep their employees informed has been made by Communications and Information Minister Or Yeo Ning Hong. Not enough companies see newsletters as a means of communication with their
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    • 185 2 COMMERCIAL UNION Assurance Company has launched a new personal accident inaurance policy that covers many hazardous situations as well as routine mishaps. The policy not only provides protection against accidents caused when the insured is under the influence of alcohol, but also covers the individual against
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    • 286 2 OUTLOOK, Singapore Airlines' in-houee publication, yesterday walked away with two awards in an annual competition for newsletters. Not only was it judged the best overall newsletter but it also won the number one position within the transport, storage and communications sector The awards were
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    • 117 2 A FURNITURE SHOW hsld Isst month generated sates worth $11.5 million for its exhibitors. The sixth Singapore International Furniture Show, held from Nov 14 to 22. received over 55,000 visitors from 30 countries, including 2,000 trade and professional registrants. Singapore Manufacturers' Association fairs director Mr Lee
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    • 290 2 THE SINGAPORE branch of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) will today tap $50 million from the local capital market through an issue of negotiable certificates of deposit (NCD). The five-year, fixed-rate NCD will be issued in denominations of $100,000 each. NDC Merchant Bank, a fully-owned
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    • 53 2 THE NUMBER of available 1967 $10 uncirculated coins to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Asean has been reduced. This is because the offi- cial mintage for the coin has been cut from 100,000 to 80.000 pieces, says a release from the Board of Commissioners
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    • 70 2 FROM TODAY, the name of each MRT station will bĕ announced over the public address system twice by the train operator as the train approaches each station. This is to help passenigers who have difficulties in identifying the approaching station. The SMRT said yesterday that the practice may
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    • 117 2 Whether it's lunch or dinner, Dian Xin or a la carte, you'll be grateful to our chefs. After all, a good Cantonese meal can make Hyatt Regency, Singapore is where it happens. As our name does suggest, everything will be to your desire and satisfaction. Includyour day. The new Ru
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 65 2 ram ro 28/16 Hazy 09/07 Oewdy 12/08 Cloudy 23/17 dowdy Singapore OUTLOOK: Fair and Report for 24 Noun prior *o 7.30pm on Doc 22 at RatntoM Ma m* TO J Rainy day* Ma ndh... 18 Nottau Now DoM Now York Oslo Port* Porth Mo 'Jonoiro Romo Sao Frts'eo San Jwan
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETINGS
    • 335 3 THE ADVERTISING agency behind the press advertisement for Brannigan's pub is hoping that admirers of the late Albert EinItein, father of the theory of relativity, have a sense of humour. In the pub's pre-opening ad, which made its debut in the £ress recently, Einstein
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    • 416 3  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA HAVELOCK ROAD is no match for Orchard Road in its ability to pull crowds this Christmas season, officials of the informal grouping of hotels in the Havelock area have decided. The group has decided to cancel its joint
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    • 589 3  -  By MONICA GWEE SESOAQ in 198S? Singapore's home-grown multinational agency Batey Ads yesterday «aid plans to seek a listing on Seedaq, the second-tier securities market, were not on stream yet. But the agency has proceeded with its expansion plans with
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    • 382 3 THAM KHAI WOR was re-elected president of the Advertisers and Media Owners Association (Amoas) at its 16th Annual General Meeting held last week. Mr Tham noted in his speech that 1967 began with much confidence and expectation for an improving economy after a few
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    • 262 3 Saatchi Saatchi profits up 77pc THE BRITISH Saatchi Saatchi group haa poatad pre-tax profits of £124.1 million, a 77 par cant increaae ovar 1900. Revenue* rose 74 per cent to £773.0 million, chalking up 17 years cA uninterrupted growth. "The growth strategy continues to be implemented with three significant acquisitions
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 679 4 Only Reagan's assent remains Reuter AP CONGRESS approved bills early yesterday to cut the US budget deficit by US$76 billion over two years and now only President Reagan's signature is needed to enact them into law. After some bruising political fights over the contents
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    • 228 4 AP TOTAL WORLD trade in 1988 will reach U552.72 trillion on a custom clearance basis, up 12.9 per cent in nominal terms and 4.1 per cent in real terms from 1987, the semi-governmental Japan External Trade Organisation predicted on Monday.
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    • 383 4 Reuter THE United Nations general assembly suspended its 42nd annual session on Monday after approving a record U551.769 billion budget for the two-year period 1988-89 and urging all members to pay their dues on time. Secretary general Javier Perez De Cueliar had proposed a
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    • 206 4 Bernama THE AQUINOS and the Cojuangcos, easily the two most powerful political families in the Philippines, are locked in a fierce battle for political supremacy in certain areas of the country, sources in the ruling political coalition said yesterday. President Corazon Aquino, a Cojuangco
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    • 130 4 AFP THAI TRADE with its non-communist Southeast Asian neighbours will reach 90.5 billion baht (US$3 6 billion) in 1987, up 34 per cent from 1986, the government's Public Relations Department (PRD) has said. Thailand's trade deficit with its five co-members in the Association
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    • 236 4 AP FARMERS in the 12-nation European Community will earn 3.4 per cent less this year than last, mainly because of lower prices and stagnating production, the EC Statistical Office reported on Monday. It said the deterioration of farmers' earnings in real terms was shown
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    • 103 4 AP RURAL ENTERPRISES. China's large-scale experiment in weaning peasants from overcrowded farms, will record an output value of 450 billion yuan (US$l22 billion) this year, up 28 per cent from last year, a state-run daily said yesterday. The China Daily said the output value
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 488 6 Crude palm oil futures underwent an expected technical correction on the KLCE yesterday after its recent surge over the past several weeks. January lost MssB to M 51,063 while February shed MSI6 to close at M 51.064 a tonne. March was MslB easier at M 51,065 a tonne.
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    • 242 6 HONGKONG: Gold closed firmer in (airly quiet trading on light bargain hunting mainly by local traders yesterday The metal ended at US$4Bl.OO/50 an ounce against New York's U*****.75/480.25 close and the U*****.80/480.30 finish here on Monday On the local market, gold rose HK$B to close at the day's
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    • 68 6 V. LEVELS for most products remained largely unchanged as traders relaxed in the run-up to the holiday season. USI/borral Chang* Loo Swtpfw Dubo. (F*b) 13.73 Woi, Int. tea. T»»O> LSWt 14.35 and. WTI (F«b) 15.43 USS/MOW Oxnga Products (FOB S'pore) H»o»r 124.00 -4.50 US)/b«n«l Otang* (3-3* hurl
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    • 159 6 SINGAPORE The rubber market closed slightly higher yesterday with January One RSS buyers quoted at 218.00 cents/kilo, up 0.25 cent from Monday's close. The morning session recorded a gain of 0.50 cent, which was pared slightly in thin afternoon trading on light liquidation. MALAYSIA Continued absence of buying interest
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    • 59 6 THE PRICE o« tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Marital recovered three cents to doee at MUf.M a kg on lakAa AA A Ail taAjllakjß incrtisfG ir»air>g leuvHy yesterday. Final turnover was 77 tonnes, up from Monday's 55 tonnes. The NalayalMt price la at parity with the European
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    • 229 6 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon doting pi 'Ices on Dec 22 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil tuft FOt 104.00 OW drum FOt 114.00 New drum FOt 118.00 Copra Mi«*d (tool*) 58 Pepper Muotofc white FOt NLW 1210.00 Sarawak white FOt fag NLW 1195.00 Sarawak spedol block FOt NIW 860.00
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    • 241 6 RAS prices In S cmM«, fob In bate NOON CLOSE Bwyors S#M#rs 8wyors Sellers krtf 1 RSS Prompt 219.50 220.50N 218.50 219 JON bt 1 RSS Jon 88 218.50 219.00 218.00 218JO bt 1 RSS Fob 88 216.00 216 JO 215.00 215 JO bt 2 RSS OP
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    • 78 6 (canh/kg, 1 -tor pollen) JANUARY 88 FEBRUARY 88 (currant month) (forwoi d month) RAS NOON Bvyws StNm NOON fcwi Sslin SS* 20 223.00 225XMN 2234)0 215 XX SSI 50 221JO 223.50N 221 JO 223.50N SMt CV 276.00 278.00N 277.00 S«tt«n 279.00N SMI L 276.00 278.00N 277.00 279.00N
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    • 139 6 WHEAT FUTURES in Chicago closed 114 US cent lower to one cent higher on Monday. with March closing cent lower at U553.2014 a bushel. Some computer fund buying was noted early, and short-covering lent early support. But commercial selling emerged on indications that China's weekend bids for soft wheat
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    • 153 6 SOYBEAN FUTURES in Chicago extended midsession gains in a late rally on Monday with prices closing up 11.0 to 8.0 US cents. January settled 914 cents higher at US$6.Ol X a bushel as prices finished on or near session highs. A strong rally in soyoil boosted the complex as
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    • 302 6 London Commodity Exchange Buyor/SoNor doting prtcos on Doc 21 (£/tonno unh ra spodfiod). Proviom doting prfcot In paronthosh. Con— lath ln-jtof« London, tollort option OF London Jan 1207/1208 (1212/1213) High/Low 1214/1205 Mar 1234/1235 (1240/1241) High/Low 1240/1231 f-'--(2440) Cocoa Ok 1040/1044 (1035/1036) High/Low 1045/1038 Mor 1073/1074 (1061/1063) High/Low 1074/1064
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 420 8 Reuter THE IMPLEMENTATION of the negative interest rate rule announced by the Hongkong Association of Banks over the weekend is likely to pose considerable problems for banks, bankers said. The move aims to curb speculation that, despite repeated official denials, the Hongkong dollar peg
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    • 1066 8 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Tuesday, December 22, 19S7 DEUTSCHE MARK (SIMEX) Jen High 88 cede Lew tea Jen UU) 88 pm Lew Sea 56 rn W C*8 57 300 C*8 58 390A 400 2 59 3098 295A 305 s (50 2168 205A 214 II 11 12 61 1368 126A 133
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    • 292 8 AP AN AMERICAN BANK'S decision last wNk to deciers uncollectable about a fifth of its loans to Third World countries will strengthen the hand of debtor nations, one international debt expert says. Another specialist says the move will put pressure on the banks of other
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 490 9 BA Futures MARCH EURODOLLAR opened at 92.32 in Simex yesterday and traded lower. The March contract traded from the high of 92 33 to the low of 92.29 before closing 2 ticks lower at 92.31 in thin trading. Currency futures opened higher than the previous close but eased in
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    • 213 9 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels after quiet trading yesterday. Asian dollar CD rates ended steady at the morning's slightly lower levels in quiet trading. Interbank deposit rates uss omt 810 7 doyi 6 7/8 6 3/4 1 month S 1/4 8 1/8 2 months
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    • 131 9 Gold futuros on Doc 21 100 troy ounces. US$ p*r troy ounce Optm In •aWa Dac 4*0.00 440.00 47*90 479.60 ■0.20 ion 4*0.40 -O.W Fab M 4*5.00 4*5-00 4*3.10 4*3.70 -0.30 490.30 490.30 4*9.20 4*9 JO -030 Jim 496.50 496.50 495.20 495.50 -0 30 502.00 502.00 502.00
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    • 972 9 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed mixed against major currencies after fluctuating narrowly in very thin trading yesterday. The dollar ended slightly higher at 126.60/70 yen compared with New York's 126.55/65 close and at 1.3225/35 Swiss francs against 1.3215/25. The dollar closed slightly lower at 1.6275/85 marks against New
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    • 169 9 Indicate* the ivtriQC of uif prirTif i«naing rirtf of 12 m«|or banks In S'poro r Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Dec 22 uss DM SWFC Y«n 7 4myi 3/4 3/t 1/4 SV1*—1/1* 4 3/1* 1/1* 1 m»\ 1/4 11/16 9/14 3 13/16—11/1* 3 13/1*—13/1* 4 7/1* 3
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    • 84 9 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity NO OFFER HIGH LOW 3 months RQ*****X 17.3.88 2.83 276 3.10 3.10 6 month* BS*****S 21.4.88 3.30 3.25 3.03 2.90 1 y»ar BY*****T 24.11.88 2.45 2.40 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing Day's code
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    • 56 9 THE OVERNIGHT rat* on the Singapore interbank market roee 1/16 point to cioee at 1/8 per cent yeeterday. One-month fell point two-months 3/16 and three-months 14 point. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: om MD Owl/e 1/1* i-m* 3 i /e 3 3-MMh 3 1/« 3 3 3
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 483 10 EXCEPT FOR SOME PROFESSIONALS, there has been little reaction from the general public to the Government's move to tighten up its tendering procedures. That's understandable as it is in the public s interest that the changes be made. The move followed a review which showed that some
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    • 1347 10  -  Slashed bonuses and retrenchments give little reason for cheer Cost-cutting, staff reductions and paring down expense accounts are the legacy of the Oct 19 stock market crash. In the midst of such austerity, bonuses on Wall Street are unlikely to remain immune. In fact,
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    • 994 11 Today, BT takes a look at two regions which have hogged the headlines this year the Middle East and South Asia While the Palestinian problem continues to fester in the Middle East, South Asia has had to deal with problems ranging from Tamil militancy
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    • 586 11 AFP PROBLEMS have piled up in South Asian countries over the year, but their leaders have so far managed to ride out the storms. Sri Lanka has been torn by terrorism and Tamil rebellion, opposition forces in Bangladesh are out to bring down the
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 675 11 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 A straight lin* to a place is perfect (5) 6 Out-dated poet? (5) 9 Put him down for a century for England (7) 10 You can make tin go in this form (5) 11 A horse to climb on (5) 12 Glossy edition of the Saint
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
    • 775 12 AFP BRITAIN'S battling Nigel Mansell has proved that he is the fastest driver on the Grand Prix circuit. The 33-year-old Williams Honda driver has taken the chequered flag six times. But winning races and winning the drivers' World Championship don't add up to
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    • 405 13 AFP THE LEG SPIN of Abdul Oadir was pin-pointed as the main reason why Pakistan beat England 1-0 in the three-match test series that ended with a second draw in the Karachi national stadium on Monday. Qadir bowled 234 overs, taking 30 wickets at a
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    • 604 13 UPI STEFAN EDBERG and Mats Wilander, their third Davis Cup victory in hand, are racing each other to knock Ivan Lendl off the top of the world tennis rankings. Sweden, the most victorious Davis Cup nation in the 1980s, reinforced its leading
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    • 273 13 Reuter PAKISTANI UMPIRE Shakoor Rana was interviewed on Monday by the two-man inquiry into the infamous finger-wagging incident in the second test between Pakistan and England. The inquiry began on Sunday when England captain Mike Gatting was among those who gave their version of
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    • 110 13 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S cricket selectors put fast bowler Mike Whitney and all-rounder Tony Dodemaide on standby for the third test against New Zealand when they named an unchanged squad yesterday. Pace bowlers Bruce Reid and Merv Hughes are doubtful for the game in Melbourne, starting on
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    • 443 13 AP HUNGARY and East Germany are the first Soviet bloc nations to say they will participate in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, boosting prospects that the summer games will be attended by the leading sports nations of East and West for the first time in
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    • 108 13 AP MEXICO'S Ladislao Mijangos on Sunday scored a 10-round split decision over former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, who has now lost three of six fights this year. Mijangos, 18-3, went after Spinks, 21-9-2, from the first bell, attacking his body and head with vicious punches. Spinks. 35,
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    • 213 13 AP THE US TEAM contesting the Southern Cross Cup interna- tional offshore yachting series, which angrily withdrew from the competition on Monday!* raced in yesterday's postponed fourth race in Sydney. The team accepted an ui£ equivocal apology from the Cruising Yacht Club of
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    • 528 13 AP WORLD WOMEN'S javelin champion Fatima Whitbread called on Monday for the establishment of a disciplinary committee to fine or suspend British athletes and officials who bring the sport into disrepute. Whitbread, England's only world track and field champion, wants to see an organisation established
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
    • 4355 14 SHARE PRICES closed sharply higher for the second consecutive day in active trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the Straits Times Industrial Index gaining 15.53 points to 823.49. As the market has broken through the resistance level at STB2O. an
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    • 279 14 Rises SINGAPORE Indices Dac 31 Dac 33 G l»o»l la* MO J»4 •T Comeotht 7U.62 731.50 1 C S 700 40 •T Ot/OS ♦313 537 AIM P 50* 300 40 IT Cadi -7090 -7046 ft N 77 3 30 IT 10-4oyM A -7333 -7300 Maw* Hfc 310
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    • 3949 14 SECTION ONE MOUtTWAL COMMERCIAL Aono II 13» (II I IS 11« 1.14 111 I 12 QO I 13 111 I IS 111 I 12 11« 1.14 Akw O 66 SI Aml SMI SO* II 23 B 124 SJ (231 122 <12 1.24 (41 125 (S«
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    • 179 14 AMALGAMATED STEEL MILS Bertiad: 12th AGM at Room 506, 5th Floor, Wisma SPS, 32 Jalan Imbi, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Dec 23. at 11am. LAM GROUP INVESTMENTS UmNetf: 5th AGM at 4 Second Chin Bee Road. Jurong, Singapore 2261 on Wednesday, Dec 23, at 10am. RENONG Bertiad:
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 508 15 mm*** By HOCK LOCK SIEW FOR MONTHS the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange kept its Singapore counterpart guessing whether there will be a common revised commission structure for the two historical-ly-linked exchanges. The authorities in Singapore were keen to introduce variable commission rates,
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    • 406 15  -  By AMY BALAN UNITED Pulp and Paper's rights issue may be over, but the controversy over the renunciation of the rights by an associate company, Insas Bhd, formerly Paper Products (Malaya) Bhd, rages on. In the latest turn of events, Insas Bhd has applied to the
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    • 246 15 THE UNITED Overseas Bank group has raised its share in United Overseas Land Ltd from 29.6 per cent to 29.8 per cent. The price paid for the 450,000 shares was $548,843, an average of $1.22 per share. CITY DEVELOPMENT has incorporated a new Singapore subsidiary, City Centrepoint. to
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    • 286 15 Managers' prices iopon Gr fund 1 40 1 45 for D«c 23 Slienton Thnlt Fund 078 078 Singapore Unit Trust UOB Management Umfund 0 775 0775 Th# Commerce 088 094 Onibond 1 00 102 Th# Savings Fund 077 082 S'pore Prog Fund s pore Sec Fund 035 059
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    • 477 15 MBT THOUGH the three major banks in Malaysia Bank Bumiputra, Malayan Banking and United Malayan Banking have been gearing up to start their stockbroking operations on Jan 1, this may not be possible now. Sources said the three banks had yet to receive the go-ahead
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    • 244 15 AFP TEXACO, which had originally been ordered by a Texas jury to pay Pennzoil US$l2 billion in damages and interest for allegedly pirating away Getty Oil from a pact with Pennzoil. is currently operating under Chapter XI protection from creditors under the US bankruptcy
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    • 536 15  -  By LEE HAN SHIH Property Correspondent THE LISTED Shangri-La Hotel has spent $9 million on two property deals to maintain its privacy. Half the sum was spent on the recent purchase of a block of 13 apartments with tenants, with the balance spent on
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    • 309 15 MBT GENERAL Corporation (GCB)'s subsidiary, Fung Keong Rubber Manufactory (M) Sdn Bhd, has entered into an agreement with Inoue Rubber Company Ltd of Japan (IRC) to set up a joint venture company to manufacture agriculture, industrial and wheelbarrow tyres and tubes. The
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    • 492 15 FT BRITISH AIRWAYS on Monday won the takeover battle for British Caledonian Group with an increased £250 million (US$456 million) cash bid which preempted Scandinavian Airlines System s plan to raise its own partial offer. After BA's new bid was recommended
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    • 72 15 Icahn buys ov«r Holm«s a Court's T«xaco •takM, Pag* 17 Race, Goodwill, Hep earn the dements of CKnstmas... THE MEN'S SHOP Han a #te*nf C/pris-fmaz a great. AJetvtfear Oh&sz > v <f '/v* <w Cfrnrfaa? tw, {/ofrJeyi Chysfnwr !<&/ a*s ro&.'iezz a< usua/ an T s e£e»t£>&~ 3.C.) ELEMINTS THE
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
    • 3795 16 BULLS TOOK a breather on the Kuala Lumpur stock market after six consecutive sessions of uptrend and share prices succumbed to profit-taking to close mixed yesterday. Losses were mostly marginal but scattered double digit gains were posted. Against the selling, lingering buying was registered
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    • 1416 16 Hongkong SHARE PRICES cloaed easier on the Hongkong market yesterday, indicating the market may hava stalled ahead of the Christmas holidays. The Hang Sang Indax slid 1.72 points to after recording a 12.80 point surge in the morning ssssion. Total turnover fell to HK5841.51 million against Monday's
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    • 103 16 fl i worn Kai ***** 100 QwM Sugar ***** 900 Kanawon M. Kla Mattr Koton M ***** ***** ***** 110 400 300 Otowoo Corp ***** ***** 3*300 000 +000 1300 Koraa Lang Tarm UcfcyUO. OrtanM fevMnf.»... Orlanlal Cham ***** ***** ***** ***** 1000 400 -400 1000 Dong 8yh Hmk
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    • 336 16 Reuter SHARE PRICES Cloeed lower in thin trading on the Tokyo market yesterday as the market waited for the US Congress to paaa legislation cutting ths US Federal budget deficit The Nikkei Average tost 215.82 points, or 0.94 per cent, to 22.741.02. The index roee 129.87 on Monday. Falls
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    • 378 16 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market was higher most of the day yesterday and rallied toward the close, buoyed by demand for blue-chip induetrials and base metal miners. There wss also light demand for gok) miners, even though gold was trading slightly below Monday's levels. Investors were encouraged by another
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    • 111 16 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index roee 4.02 to 291.33 on a turnovar of 9,954,943 •haras worth 684.64 million baht. Reuter CGjEJS j p.' 1 Con tna Co«m«*K 1 mrm r. ..HTfrfi mont 401 230 unch 12M M4 •inch unch Situ Comm#n Btr* 51« &*mm Food Product* M
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    • 257 16 KoHn 3140" 0.8 1 Dec a NT Kuochan Dm 30 10 09 AM Smeara Indus 2 85 -0 08 LM Cheng Yuan Cham lrxs<j» 32.00 32.20 0.8 QA- as oo 1.8 Nan Ya Plat 92 00 -1 Cadtay Cona ...«.so 1 Pacific Cona 9100 -1 Chang Hwa Sank 189
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    • 588 16 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE LION TUBE AND PIPE PTE LTD -(In Voluntary Liquidation) )At an Extraordinary General -Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company duly •convened and held at No. 1 'Jalan Terusan, Singapore 2261 lon the
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    • 397 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SING HWA MANAGEMENT SERVICES PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an extraordinary general meeting of members of Sing Hwa Management Services Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road #14-01 Golden
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    • 628 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FOAM PLASTICS (PTE) LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above company duly convened and held at 15 Scotts Road #08-12, Thong Teck Building, Singapore 0922 on Tuesday, 15th December 1987, the
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    • 83 16 KWONG CHEONG WOH FOOD A SAUCE PRODUCTS PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final Meeting of the above company, will be at 15 Enggor Street, #04-01, Realty Centre, Singapore 0207 on 23rd January 1988 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose of
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 1002 17 New York Reuter yVALL STREET pushed its year-end rally into a third week on Monday, rising to the highest level since early November. But the trading was sluggish, prompted by weak dollar and bond markets, traders and analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed
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    • 983 17 London Reuter A DAWN RAID on Blue Circle Industries gave share prices a mostly firmer aspect at the opening on the London stock market yesterday, reversing the early trend which saw shares drift lower on profit-taking after the gains of the past two weeks, dealers said.
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    • 994 17 Amsterdam Dec xi ru ifABM 30 30 1 Aaoon 5# 00 *2 AhoM Akzo 62 20 92.30 143 00 17 13 0.2 AMEV 37 30 Amro Bank 56 70 AaaStad 04 00 Bartial BOLS 96 50 Boraomi| 70 SO Buahrman Tattaroda 44 50 Catva Elaaviaf 46 20 Fokfcar 2110 6+
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    • 109 17 AFP A CANADIAN government agency he* given its approval to a planned takeover of Dome Petroleum Ltd by the US-owned Amoco Canada Petroleum Ltd. Industry Minister Robert de Cotret, saying the deal would be of net benefit to Canada, said that Irv vestmsnt Canada
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    • 165 17 AFP AUSTRALIAN businessman Robert Holmes a Court has sold off his minority interest in Texaco to US corporate raider Carl Icahn, it was revealed on Monday. Mr Icahn's Trans World Airlines and ACF Industries paid US$37 a share for Mr Holmes a
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    • 112 17 HONGKONG A1 Industrials Hongkong Index TuMdoy 1.932.0 Mondoy 1.903.4 TuMdoy 1,469.45 WnI ago ***** Monday 1 .<08-78 WNk 090 1,358 93 NEW YOWC Hang Song Inbox Dow Jones TuMdoy 2274.41 Monday 1,990.38 Monday 2.***** Friday 1.975JO Wnk oflo 2.***** WNt ago 1 932 86 TOKYO Standard Poors NMcVoi
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    • 639 17 Standard it Chartered Standard Chartered Bank (Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853) Hood Office 38 Btohopogato, London EC2N 4DE Audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 1986 Consolidated profit and loss account tar year endadtl DeeembarltM Chsrgs tor bed and doubdU dsbta Tredtag profit el Ban* and aebatdi Shore of
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  • 502 18  -  By BOEY KIT YIN GROWING TIES between Chinese and Malay businessmen in Singapore will be formalised in a joint venture holding company to be incorporated early next year. The new company, with limited liability, will be owned equally by members of the Singapore Chinese
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  • 251 18 GROUP MARKETING efforts, shared overseas office facilities and joint ventures are some of the ways suggested for Chinese and Malay businessmen to cooperate with each other. The suggestions came yesterday from Trade Development Board Director-General Mr Ridzwan Dzafir and a National University of Singapore lecturer, Dr
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  • 363 18 OECD economic forecast Reuter JAPAN'S trade surplus is expected to narrow over the next two years as a stronger yen leads to a rise in imports, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday in Paris. "The reorientation of Japan's economy from
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  • 518 18 Reuter THE STOCK MARKET crash has increased the risk of a US recession and America's economy is likely to slow down sharply in the next two years, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in Paris yesterday. Urgent measures were
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  • 484 18 Reuter THE CRASH of '87 and a weaker dollar have dampened prospects for West German economic growth in 1988 and 1989, but inflation in Europe's most powerful economy might fall, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said yesterday
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  • 187 18 AP SOUTH KOREA will redouble its eflorts to establish diplomatic ties with China following a Japanese offer to mediate. A foreign ministry official in Seoul said yesterday that South Korea and Japan are to hold formal discussions on Tokyo's
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  • 182 18 Bernama THE Supreme Court in Kuala Lumpur yesterday heard appeals by three persons who had their writs of habeas corpus seeking their release from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) rejected by the High Court last month. Lord President Tun Salleh
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  • 116 18 Reuter PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino said yesterday that all the 483 commercial creditors of the Philippines have signed a debt restructuring package negotiated earlier this year. A presidential palace statement said Mrs Aquino was informed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust, chairman of the country's 12-bank advisory committee. that
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  • 355 18  -  By LONG SHIH ROME IN A MOVE to help Singapore companies sell more to Japan, the Trade Development Board is beefing up its presence in Tokyo. Besides the commercial counsellor, Mr Ng Chon Choo, TD6 will soon appoint a first secretary for its
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  • 152 18 MOST of the grants given by the Trade Development Board (TDB) to help companies defray the cost of bidding for overseas jobs have gone to builders and contractors. TDB has awarded 28 grants under its International Bidding Scheme, introduced more than
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  • 144 18 MORE THAN 400 workers, representing almost the entire workforce of Bethlehem Singapore, will lose their jobs at the end of this month. The workers had received their retrenchment letters on Dec 1. In the letter, they were told the action was due to "a prolonged
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  • 93 18 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES were marked up on buying early yesterday morning following the sharp rise in Brent crude oil prices, which is expected to spark a rally in NYMEX crude oil futures. February gold rose US$3.7O at US$4B7 40 an ounce, taking out Monday s high of
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  • 241 18 HONGKONG and Shanghai Banking Corporation has appointed two directors following the completion of its acquisition of Marine Midland Banks of New York and the purchase of a 14.9 per cent stake in Great Britain's Midland Bank. The appointees are Mr Geoffrey Thompson, president of Marine Midland,
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  • LATE FILE
    • 51 18 Reuter A SENIOR Soviet envoy said yesterday said he was optimistic about a summit between the leaders of his country and China and declared that bilateral relations had improved because of the recent nuclear arms accord. Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Rogachov was on a visit to Beijing.
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    • 51 18 UPI A GENERAL strike called by a coalition of opposition parties in Dhaka yesterday failed to paralyse the capital, with many shops and restaurants remaining open and traffic flowing freely. Officials said with the exception of some opposition activists setting off firecrackers, Dhaka remained calm.
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    • 34 18 Reuter A SOUTH KOREAN de4egatton went to Washington to discuss bilateral trade friction. following US damands for graatar access to markets in Seoul, said the finance ministry yesterday. Reuter
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    • 32 18 Reuter OPPOSITION firebrand Kim Dae-Jung yesterday vowed not to incite South Koreans to topple the government over charges that it rigged last Wednesday's presidential poll. Reuter
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    • 45 18 AFP ABOUT 250 supporters of former Cambodian ruler Prince Norodom Sihanouk have convened near Paris for their first "international meeting" on the crisis in their country. Participants said the meeting was within the framework of the prince's movement for an independent Cambodia.
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    • 36 18 AP CHINESE youths under the age of 18 would be banned from smoking under a law being drafted, said the director of the China Tobacco Monopoly Sales Bureau yesterday. AP
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    • 63 18 AFP RUMANIANS will b« entitled to 70 kgs of meat per head next year nearly twice this year's theoretical ration. The Communist Party Politburo in Bucharest announced yesterday that fish rations would be raised to 15 kgs per person and that Rumanians would see "an increase
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    • 45 18 AP A HELICOPTER taking workers to an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico apparently hit one of the structure •s legs before crashing and exploding, killing 14 of the 15 men aboard, said officials in Louisiana yesterday. AP
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    • 49 18 AFP KING Hussein of Jordan yesterday opened talks at the Kremlin with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Tass news agency said the meeting was expected to focus on prospects for a settlement in the Gulf War and the possible convening of an international Middle East conference. AFP
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 598 19  -  By LINDA CHEE SUZUE-PSA Cold Storage will start from January a refrigerated LCL (lessthan container load) service from Singapore to Japan, in response to clients' requests for a total transport package. The company started cold storage operations in 1978 and is 51 per cent
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    • 358 19 DR HELMUT SOHMEN, chairman of Sir Y K Pao's World-Wide Shipping Agency, has been elected chairman of the Hongkong Shipowners Association, succeeding Mr Kenneth Lo. Also elected at the association's annual meeting recently were Mr David Koo of Vallea Steamship as
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 77 19 International Transport Journal HANJIN Container Lines and Korea Shipping Corporation have filed a facilitation agreement with the US Federal Maritime Commission to allow them to co-ordinate their services in the trans-Pacific. The deal would also allow chartering space on each other's ships, rationalise sailings, interchange equipment
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    • 756 20 Fairplay THE YEAR 1987 has proven to be a difficult one for the newly developing demolition industry of the People's Republic of China. It was a year that began with some promise, although there were warnings implicit in the tightening of controls
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    • 97 20 Seatrade Week NIPPON Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line will start a pure car carrier operation between Thailand and Canada in January. The operation will serve Mitsubishi Motors and transport some 10,000 vehicles a year a volume planned to double in the near future. Though
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    • 214 20 Reuter WORLD LAID-UP tanker tonnage fell to 11.88 million tonnes (135 vessels) in November from 12.38 million dw (137) at end-October, Lloyds of London Press said. The latest total included 14 vessels of 200,000 to 299,999 tonnes dw totalling 3.63 million dw, compared
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    • 867 20 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Contain*? VHI 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahr«nkiel liner XI 3 Africa Ocoon XN 2 Alltrons VII 3 AC Toepler XI 5 American Tpt XN 4/5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 Anon Ocoon VI 1 A Hoi line X
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    • 1327 20 GRAIN shippers on Monday are reported to have secured a Panamax vessel from the US Gulf to Japan at the easier level of U5519.50, with previous fixing having received $19.95, shipbrokers said. Meanwhile, reports circulated the market that a vessel called the Trebizond had been arranged for about
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    • 321 21 Reuter MINIMUM war risk insurance premiums will be increased for cargoes going to or from some Iranian ports and a wide area in the south of the Gulf, the War Risk Ratings Committee said. The increases, which follow numerous attacks recently
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    • 940 21 AFP A STEADY start to the past weak on the freight market, which saw the Baltic Freight Index (Biffex) establish a new record level of 1,271 points, was followed by a decline in rates, albeit nominal in many cases, as activity ebbed. What appeared at first sight to
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    • 277 21 Reuter NORWAY has turned down a request from the country's shipowners for Western warships patrolling the Gulf to protect Norwegian vessels. Arild Wegener, spokesman for the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, said shipowners wrote to the Foreign Ministry, asking them to suggest the idea of
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    • 9722 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 Singapore.
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    • 1253 27 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES So moon Reeler J5/6 23 12/0900 24 12/0700 S Thoi Jewelry J9/I0 2312/0830 24 12/2000 VnmI Bartti Arrival w Sinmebm 11/8 J3 23 12/0630 24 12/2300 KEPPEL WHARVES utpenufi SPC XI JI2 2312/0600 2312/1800 Tg Johor XVIII Jl 23 12/0700 23 12/2300 CS Oceon
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    • 2007 28 A—B AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies. ABC Containerize NV S pore Shpg (S). Accord Shpg Accord Shpg (S). Africa Ocean Lines Sealion Shpg (S). Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S). Alfred C Toepfer Ocean us Shipping Agencies (S) Multiport Sdn Bhd (PK). Alltrans Alltrans Express. American President
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    • 497 30 AP Reuter AFP MORE THAN 2,000 people may have perished in a flaming sea when the ferry Dona Paz sank after a Sunday night collision, survivors said on Tuesday. Officials said 1,500 had purchased tickets for a Christmas voyage to Manila from
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    • 209 30 Seatrade Week SHANGHAI COSCO is now laying claim to ninth position in terms of world container shipping operations. Managing director. Li Kelin, said that carryings have more than doubled in the last two years and are estimated to
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    • 93 30 AP A GIANT offshore oil drilling platform in the Cook inlet. Alaska, caught fire and was burning out of control early Monday, the Coast Guard said. There were no injuries reported, and all 49 platform workers were evacuated from the structure before the fire
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    • 109 19 mm THE YEAR 1987 will hove been a difficult one for the newly developing demolition industry of the People's Republic of Chino. Page II MINIMUM war risk insurance premiums will be increased for cargoes going to or from some Iranian ports and a wide area in the south of the
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    • 577 20 IS! C SAV Cr-Ty. .i Sud£rr:rr C./r.) f.'-' Vjpcrrs S A TO/FROM CHILE FUDCK VESSEL CUV 1 CUV 2 CUV 3 ■OTHER VESSEL HK MICA (QQ ANTOF VALP SAI VELAT WWW- 11/3 CMAJTEN 21/2 22rt (YOU HA) B/2 22/7 I VESSEL W W 1W 13/3 CAMO FOR PUNT A ARENAS,
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    • 929 21 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd CONTAMERStiP SERVICE TO UK/CONTMENT:. wu\n IOIV/VxL Containers Limited TOtACA BAT TO* 10 EXPIKSS KOVLOON BAT FRANKFURT EXPRESS OSAKA BAY CITY OF EDINBURGH LARGS (AY MOW KONG EXPRESS CAMNGAN BAT RHINE MARU Accepting Cargo For: <| to Cuinhigin, Aerlma. tm to Antwerp,
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    • 645 21 NOTICE Si FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SARAH, RRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE n FAR EAST/GOLF OF ADEN AND RER SEA PORTS CONFERENCE Notice to Shippers CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR The 4th quarterly review of currency values in December, 1987 has resulted in an upward adjustment of the Currency Adjustment Factor from
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    • 336 22 SE Hapag-Lloyd J \j CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT COPENHAGEN, AARHUS. GOTHENBURG MALMO HELSINKI. OSLO AMSTERDAM CARIBBEAN t S AMERICA CONV SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE CONV SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE S PORE PSAIO TRIES CASA LEX 810 AMS HBG B HAVEN I —-I Agents flp MMSMW Singapore *****00 K.
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    • 746 23 w PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE VOY SIN jkt sav VOY SIN pod hkg kao kee htc yok moo kob bus 0588 19/1 20/1 23/1 04NB 24/12 29/12 21/12 JO/12 31/12 4/1 OMIT 0/1 9/1 ISM 29/12 27/12
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    • 783 25 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD FE EU/AUST TPA/SEA Terminal CTS BOOKINGS *****53 *****42 *****22 *****53 27W1H 27*114 27*111 27*141 NEPLINE SDN BHO. *****67 INWARD/OUTWARD NEPLINE SON BHO. *****33 INQUIRIES 2/***** NEPLINE SDN. BHD 62«035/6276i0/627«61/*****2 NEPLINE SDN BHD *****0/23M41 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY] r?ii:if.!i:u;u.uii SERVICE A member ot the
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    • 386 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels 1 SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON Vmml t Name ETD BS BKK S PORE PKEIANG BUSAN MOJI No t Donam7l2N 07/12 18/12 27-29/12 31-01/01 11 25/01 27/01 No 9 Donam,7o9N 13/12 25/12 31-03/01 03 M/ 01 12-15/01 17/01 No I Donam
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    • 332 26 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TEL 225 6868 <30 Lines. FAX *****39 *****76 TILEX RS ***** A B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAD VE.B DE UTF R ACHT/SE EREEDEREI RQSTQCK INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE •VIA COLOMBO Accepting cargo for INDIA Bombay, Cochin. Madras A Calcutta "VIA LARNACA Accepting cargo
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