The Business Times, 15 January 1988

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 95/12/87 FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1988 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    157 1 Oversew markets Thundoy HK Hang Seng Index 2411.52 27.73 Tokyo Nftkel Averoge *****.65 278.66 Sydney Ail-Ordinaries 1263.9(-8.8) W*dnMdoy Now York (Dow Jones) 1924.73 (-3.82 London (FT 30 Index) 1391.1 (-5.8) (Thursday noon 1400.1; +9 Exchange rates US*. 126.85/95 yen 1.6385/95 DM SS2.0300/10 £> US$1.8185/95 M$i SS0.7995/8002 Simex
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    Lock icon Dow lower
    42 1 Reuter WALL STREET STOCKS were mixed in early trading yesterday as financial markets awaited the US trade deficit report today, brokers said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off slightly and a few more issues showed gains than losses. Reuter
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    Lock icon UK stocks up
    48 1 AFP UK SHARES made a good start but lost ground Thursday at mid-session in a quiet market. At 1200 GMT, the Financial Times 30-share index had cut its gain to nine points, at 1400.1, and the Footsie 100-share index waa up 9.2 points at 1742.6.
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    Asahi plans 'nerve centre' role for Singapore
    565 1  -  Local subsidiary will control group's regional production By ANNA TEO ASAHI CORPORATION is making Singapore, already its largest manufacturing base, the group's production nerve centre as it expands in the region. Asahi Electronics Singapore will control the group's production in Malaysia and Thailand.
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    Major Asian markets close higher but Australian stocks drift lower
    278 1 STEADIER CURRENCY rates helped major Asian markets to close higher yesterday but the Australian market bucked the trend. In Singapore, stock prices roee slightly on news of a rebound in Tokyo but most investors were reluctant to take large positions
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    US dollar gives mixed performance in thin trading
    250 1 THE US dollar gave a mixed performance in thin and cautious trading in the Asian and London foreign exchange markets yesterday. In London, the US dollar opened firmer against the major currencies as the greenback reacted poeitively to effects of central bank
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    Lock icon PM likely to attend Chiang's funeral, say diplomats
    244 1 Agenciee PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew will attend the funeral of Taiwaneee Preeident Chiang Ching-Kuo. aa a mark of personal respect for the late Taiwan leader, diplomatic sources said yesterday. A government spokesman declined comment on the poeaibility of Mr Lee attending
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    Lock icon Lim has no legal rights in UEM case: A-G
    475 1 Bernama THE JAILED deputy vice-chair-man of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP), lawyer Karpal Singh, yeaterday appeared in Malayaia'a Supreme Court to argue against diamiaaal of a case alleging corruption in the awarding ot the North-South Highway project to United Engineer
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    US stand against NICs part of election year politics: PM Lee
    654 1  -  By ZHOU MEI Economics Correspondent THE HARD STAND of the US against tha four Aaian newly industrialising countries (NICs) "is part of election year politics under an administration that has few options besides bashing up trade surplus countries." said
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      346 1 Full local report, Pago It Roglonal martata, Paga 18 WorM markats, Paga 19 Charges filed against LI HONGKONG authorities lived up to their promise of a speedy investigation by filing charges against former HK Stock Exchange chairman Ronald Li yesterday under bribery laws. Li, who was arrested on Jan 2,
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      34 1 EP4IOZ QUADRUPLE ZOOMING POWER MINOGA Power-enlarging to 4 times original size. Tha past, ths prasant, and tha Pramlar, Pagt 12 Shipping Tim** comet m a separate section today. Maks aura you gat your copy.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Maybank's bonus policy leaves non-unionised staff unhappy
      504 2  -  By WILLIAM CHIA MALAYAN BANKING Berhad (Maybank), which last year offered its Singapore staff a controversial early retirement scheme, has again stirred feelings within the bank. Breaking a 20-year-old tradition, the bank did not pay its non-unionised staff their annual bonus last December.
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      Building activities in private sector picking up
      266 2 DESPITE a decline in domeetic construction in 1985 and 1966, there have been signs that building activity in the private sector has been steadily recovering since the start of last year. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, Second Deputy Prime Minister, said at the 50th
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      Keppel unit wins brewery contract
      202 2 KEPPEL ENGINEERING, a division of Keppel Corporation, has clinched a $2.8 million contract to supply, fabricate and put up steel structures for the Malayan Brewery plant in Tuaa. In the contract awarded by Lum Chang, some 2.200 tonnes of steel will be used. The new
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      Telecoms rings in advanced stage of communications
      333 2 TELECOMS has several services in the pipeline to strengthen its competitive edge, the authority's assistant general manager (business development) Sung Sk> Ma said yesterday. One is the domestic digital network, which will be set up in the first half of this year. It
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      204 2 MICHAEL LOW has been appointed managing director of Next Electronic Technology Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the Unisource Group. Mr Low is an electronic engineer with 17 years of experience. Before his recent appointment, he was operations manager of Motorola Electronics Pte Ltd. MANFRED KNOPKE has been
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      Ban on two substances
      66 2 THE Ministry of Health has banned, with immediate effect, the import and sale of two substances, Danthron and Suprofen. Oanthron, used as a purgative, la reportedly linked to cancer. Suprofen, a non-steroidal antHnftammatory drug, is associated with the sudden attack of severe loin pain. In a
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      Asia Telecom '89 making its way here
      143 2 THE International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Tetecoms will jointly organise Asia Telecom 89 in Singapore, echeduled to be held at Rafflee City from Feb 20 to 25 next year. Aaia Telecom '89 will focus on the countries and markets of Asia and the
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      Furniture showroom opening
      65 2 UNIVERSAL FURNITURE Ltd. leading manufacturer. of budget wood furniture and reportedly the iargeat! supplier of dining room products in the US, ie to open its first showroom in Singapore tomorrow. Wholly owned by UFL, Sterling Home Furnishings will have a paid-up capital of $1 million. The showroom,
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      177 2 Prompt pick-up and delivery 24 hours a day t TUNG LOK SHARK'S FIN RESTAURANT proudly presents OWebratm if dtttmy CHINESE CULINARY MASTERPIE Now till Jan 26 A joint effort of internationally renowned master chefs from Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan. i Special Dinner Menu $88 per person, minimum 8 persons
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      236 2 Seminars and Courses M m Conferences *4^ »f«s. "i > fr?. 'M 'iii *I«II* Jwif ifeion 18-19 Jon 21-22 Jon 25-26 Jon 25-26 Jon 26-27 Jon 26-29 Euronotes and the Capitol Morkets Successful Strategies and Advanced Techniques in Aircraft Finance Civil Aviation in the Pocific Basin The Pattern of the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      74 2 n m ///jH Singapore OUTLOOK: Windy wNh Report for 24 hour* prior to 7.30pm on Jan 14 at lh* airport: Max lamp. 27 .5 Amoc humidity 90 Mtn lamp. 24.2 Amoc humMty f7 Hra of aunahtna 0.20 ftoMaN Ma Mh... 112.7 Rainy daya Ma ntfh I Now DaM Now York
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      different types
      782 3  -  k M Willi by Jeffrey Tsang IF TRYING to choose a new computer from the many possibilities gives you a headache, then buying a printer might well result in migraine. Last year saw more than 100 new printers enter a market already overladen with about 250 models. The
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      Lock icon Apple-Digital joint development deal expected
      455 3 NYT APPLE, trying to continue its recent penetration of the corporate oemputer market, is revamping its line of laser printers snd is also expected to announce that it will enter into a Joint development agreement with minicomputer manufacturer Digital Equipment Corp. Both developments sre expected
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      Lock icon Bar coding available for merchandisers
      172 3 NYT THE VAST NUMBER of general merchandise items In different sizes and shapes has made it almost impoesible for general retailers and apparel and textile manufacturers in the US to adopt the black-and-white bar coding system of supermarkets. Now, a group headed by representative# of
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      Lock icon New IBM series to set stage for faster line
      409 3 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp is likely to announce a faster version of its top-of-the-line mainframe computer next month, say analysts. They said the new F series of the 3090 family would tide over customers until IBM introduced a line of
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      Maxtor's R&D unit a boost for Singapore
      654 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG ALREADY the world's largest manufacturer of Winchester hard disk drives, Singapore's premier position will get yet another boost with the setting up of an R&D unit later this year by the largest maker of ultra highcapacity drives, Maxtor Corp. While
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      Making light work of data storage
      60 3 LASERS are making light work of thick and heavy volumes of information. This Laserßom from Hewlett-Packard provides customers with up-to-date support information on its computers. Each disc can hold 600 MBytes, the equivalent of 200,000 pages of text and graphics, or 1,500 floppy disks,
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Farmer's son becomes Taiwan's President
      408 4 AFP TAIWAN'S first Taiwan-born president, Lee Teng-hui, who turns 65 today, only two days after being sworn in to the country's highest office, was brought up on a small rice and tea farm in the far northern village of Tamsui. He was inaugurated as the
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      Lock icon US and Japan reaffirm G-7 aims
      690 4 Further dollar fall could be counter-productive, say Reagan and Takeshita Agencies US PRESIDENT Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita reaffirmed their support for the economic policy coordination process adopted at the Tokyo and Venice summits. The President and Prime Minister endorsed the economic
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      Lock icon Japan set to be top donor of development aid
      157 4 AFP JAPAN will become the world's biggest donor of official development assistance (ODA) in fiscal 1988, but its grants to poor nations will remain relatively small, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Japan's ODA, consisting of giveaway grants and low-interest yen-denominated
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      Lock icon Disagreement on eve of arms cut talks
      254 4 UPI CHIEF US arms negotiator Max M Kampelman on Wednesday rejected Soviet linkage between 50 per cent cuta in long-range strategic nuclear weapons and limits on defensive an-ti-missile space reeearch. The disagreement emerged on the eve of a new round at the Geneva
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      Lock icon Tactical plane deal awarded
      87 4 Reuter THE US NAVY on Wednesday awarded a US$4 38-bil-lion contract to General Dynamics Corp and McDonnell Douglas Corp to develop its new advanced tactical aircraft (ATA) tor delivery in the *****. The joint programme, one of the navy's largest is expected to produce 450 at-
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      Lock icon W German economy slowed last year
      165 4 Reuter WEST GERMANY on Wednesday released figures confirming that its economy slowed in 1987, expanding by only 1.7 per cent. After five years of expansion. demand for goods in West Europe's most powerful economy showed signs of flagging despite calls by the US and
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      Lock icon Hun Sen in India for talks with Gandhi
      96 4 AFP THE VIETNAMESE-BACKED Cambodian regime's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday for talks with his Indian counterpart Rajiv Gandhi, Indian officials said. He was scheduled to meet Mr Gandhi before leaving yesterday. Mr Hun Sen is on his
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      Lock icon Argentina holds debt talks with US and IMF
      333 4 AFP ARGENTINE OFFICIALS began talks in Washington on Wednesday with the US Treasury Department and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Argentina's future financial needs. Argentine Economics Minister Juan Sourrouille, Finance Secretary Mario Brodersohn and Central Bank President Jose Luis Machinea met
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      987 4 ARRIVALS 1 ji Mm* From FT FT71 0115 JPK/BOS/OtD/ ANC/NBT/MNL/ TPf SU SQ11 0115 LAX/NRT UA usaos 0120 SFO/HKG JAL JL6I5 0305 TYO MAS MH601 0730 KUL MAS MH681 0620 KUL SIA SQ43 0620 DHA KAL KEA97 0905 SEL/MNL MAS MH811 0910 PCN MAS MH671 0920 KUL
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      18 4 ■Ki-t T, < >• v> 1 S f in i* S| a frc r-*£ P ar <1 Australians Favourite Beer
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      62 4 mAI f I The business person's choce, every I 1 II I l| 1 Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday and I 1 f I f I \l II I Sunday. Leaving Chongi Airport at I V/X Wyl 1 JL 22:05 hours and arriving at Lester B Pearson International Airport the following day
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      462 5 Some Old Resolutions. Traditionally, the beginning of a new year is a time for reflecting about the events of the past, as well as for developing plans and expectations for the future. And this year, investors the world over have more to consider than ever before. What lies ahead Given
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      1168 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed slightly lower yesterday against the yen but marginally higher against major European currencies, after moving within a narrow range in thin and cautious trading. The dollar's weakness against the yen reflected some selling by Japanese exporters while its slight firmness against European units
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      Asian dollar market
      238 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposits closed steady at opening levels yesterday. Short-dates were slightly lower at the outset following a weaker US federal funds rats but thereafter were unchanged. Overnight closed at 0* 8% per cent weekend at 6-13/16 6-11/16 and week-fixed at 7 6-7/6. Term rates were narrowly
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      Comex gold/silver futures
      132 6 Gold luturM on Jon 13 100 toy WW, USS p« toy 0M tea OPM NW> Lw mm Jm no JO 401.50 too to ***** -0J0 NO 4tXJ0 <H4) 401J0 401*0 -0-70 mm 4SSjOO 404J0 -070 Apr 4HJ0 490-50 407.30 407*0 -070 Mm 4t4JD 49X00 49X50 -0*0 *■0
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      Simex/IMM
      514 6 MARCH Eurodollar yoatorday oponod slightly lowor from Chicago's doaa at 92.37 but highor than tho previous Simox closo. Trsding activity was howovor dull snd quiot as doslors sidolinod shoad of today's rolossa of US trsdo data. Tho March contract tradod from 02.39 to 92.36 boforo snding at 92.38. Curroncy
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      Money markets
      56 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market roee fc point to 314 per cent yeeterday. The one and two-month rates roee 1/16 point each while the three-month remained unchanged. S$ Interbank rates at 12 noon yesterday: orm hd Owr<V* 1/4 3 1/9 liw* )1/l ]-M* Il/I 3-mmm*
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      World interest rates
      173 6 lndlcs>M tie w—p oI hIW P' w 12 me|or banks In S'pore Interbank market rates (ofter/bld) on Jan 14 US$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 day* 1 «*l 12 nub IS/14 13/U 7 3/1-1/4 7 1/14 4 IS/14 S/» 1/3 7 S/U 3/14 7/» 7 1/1-3/1 3/« 1/4
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      Government securities market
      82 6 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity MO OFFCT UGH LOW 3 month* KM8101T 14.4.88 2.90 2.85 2.90 2.83 6 months IY*****S 30.6.88 3.00 2.95 2.99 2.94 1 year BY*****T 24.11.88 2.25 2.20 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code
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      Options
      1463 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Thwndey, Jommmj 14, I9M Mb LM Mi *MI pah LM Ml U 54 57 54 *0 *1 42 *3 64 *9 6* 47 44 4 14 200* 133A 44A 4 1*9 130 90 4* 34 14 7 4 3 14 344 444 444 1 1304 1*04
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon EC proposes European banking licence
      327 7 AP THE European Community has proposed to allow banks to operate across national borders as part of its broader campaign to abolish internal frontiers by 1992. The EC Executive Commission, which drew up the plan, said on Wednesday that it represents "a very important step"
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      Lock icon China planning to reduce money supply sharply
      439 7 AP CHINA'S central bank announced plans on Wednesday to cut sharply the money supply in 1988 in the hope of curbing excessive demand that pushed inflation past 7 per cent last year. "We'll pay close attention to make sure that the sectors that
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      Lock icon S Korea needs to open markets to ease US pressure: minister
      168 7 AFP SOUTH KOREAN Finance Minister Sakong II said yesterday that the country had to open its markets drastically to US goods to alleviate pressure from Washington to revalue the won by 10 to 15 per cent this year. Mr
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      Lock icon HK urged to keep US dollar link
      182 7 Reuter HONGKONG should maintain its link with the US dollar as a change could sat off new waves of currency speculation, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp said in its monthly economic report. "Confidence in the exchange rate system would be severely shaken
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      Lock icon Moscow sets price for first-ever public issue of bonds
      118 7 AP THE ISSUE PRICE for the Soviet Union's first-ever public bonds issue of 100 million Swiss franca (about US$75 million), was set at 101 per cent of par value, the lead manager of the 10-year, 5-per cent issue announced on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon Delayed First City rescue deal still on, say analysts
      417 7 Reuter THE US$l.5 BILLION DEAL to bail out First City Bancorp of Texas Inc, originally set for completion in 1967, has been delayed by regulatory and financial problems but is still seen going through. "The biggest problem has to be raising
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      Lock icon Jakarta introducing RUF to strengthen money market
      181 7 Reuter INDONESIAN and foreign banks have agreed to strengthen the Jakarta money market through the introduction of a revolving underwriting facility (RUF) which effectively creates a secondary market. Bankers said an agreement signed by 17 banks and 10 non-bank financial institutions on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Lure of consumer banking in Japan
      757 7 Reuter FOREIGN BANKS do everything in Japan except consumer banking, but the American bank Citicorp thinks it can succeed in the area and everyone has an eye on the outcome. The attraction is that consumer banking is potentially profitable. The problem is that even
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan seeking to manage open market
      492 7 Reuter THE PLANNED INTRODUCTION of short-term interest rste futures this year will spur efforts by the Bank of Japan to seek new ways to manage the open money market, said money market traders in Tokyo. "I understand that the importance of the
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Malaysia is world's fourth largest cocoa producer
      450 8 Bernama ES MALAYSIA is now the world's fourth top producer of cocoa, according to the Hamburg-based cocoa trading house Albrecht and Dill. The firm, in its analysis of the cocoa crop of 1987, said the Ivory Coast has further strengthened its position as
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      Lock icon Grain prices in China seen stable this year
      262 8 Reuter CHINA should raise grain prices to solve shortages but it is politically impossible to do so this year, according to foreign traders and diplomats in Beijing. Many city dwellers are unhappy about recent food price increases, among the highest since 1949,
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia offering oil price discount plan
      764 8 NYT SAUDI ARABIA has introduced a discount plan to ensure it will hold on to its major American customers, after losing patience with price discounting by other members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, according to a trade journal and industry experts.
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      Lock icon Indonesia may exceed tin export quota
      146 8 AFP INDONESIA may exceed its quota under a scheme by major tin producers restricting tin exports to cut down stocks overhanging the world market. Malaysia's Bernama news agency, quoting sources, said on Wednesday that preliminary statistics indicated that Indoneeia may exceed its allocation when
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      Lock icon Timber exports a likely record
      185 8 AP MALAYSIA'S timber exports for 1987 are expected to reach a record high of M 56.2 billion due mainly to strong demand from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. This was 34 per cent higher than the previous M 54.7 billion record exports of timber for
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      Oil and Products
      83 8 THE UNDERTONE was weak yesterday acroee the barrel in the Eaat Asian markets with weaker crude valuee and reports of Middle East suppliers offering discounts weighing down on prices. But near-term direction still remained largely unclear. Naphtha was the only product which was actively traded. WM 1*M
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      RAS and MRELB
      228 8 RAS prices nn FO in bate B NOON aosc Int 1 KSS Prompt ***** *****N ***** *****N bit 1 KSS Fob M 226-75 227.25N ***** 227.25N tot 1 KSS Mor M 225.00 225-50 225.00 225JO tot 2 KSS Of 222-50 224.50 222J0 224J0 Int 3 KSS Of
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      Palm Oil
      459 8 Cruda palm oN Mutn closed higher yesterday in a vary activa trading on tha KLCE. Tha markat flrmnaaa waa partly dua to short-covering, dealers aakj. They aaid sentiment waa alao aided by reports that January and February CPO output would be 15 per cent and 12 per cent
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      Rubber
      349 8 MNOAPOM The market closed slightly higher yesterday with February One RSS buyers quoted at 226.75 cents per kg, up 0.75 cent from Wedneeday's cloee. Dealers said initially, prices were steady and thereafter roee slightly on light buying interest in quiet trading. In the afternoon, quiet conditions continued to prevail
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      SSR and SMR
      76 8 (cw*»/k#. FEMUAffY 88 MAKCH 88 (currant month) (forwc ird month) NOON N OON RAS fahn SSI 20 ***** 230.00N ***** 230u00N SSI 50 ***** 224J0N 224-50 224J0N MRELB SMtef® hrytn Sakn SMI CV 212.50 1W 20X50 245JO* SMI I 20X50 M4J0N 7f 50 245JON SMI 5 200u00
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      Produce Prices
      241 8 Chinese Produce Exchange S#fl#rs noon doibtQ pci cot on Jan 14 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil M FOB 112.00 Otd drum FO« 122.00 Now drum FOB 126.00 Copra Mixed (looso) 62 tollers Pepper ,,4,if, fWny* WTWTW FOB NIW 1187 JO Sarawak white FOB foq NIW 1172.50 Sarawak spodal black
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      Precious Metals
      390 8 HONGKONG: The metal closed little changed yesterday after a day of lacklustre trading ahead of the release of US November trade figures today. Bullion ended at U*****.90/481.40 an ounce, slightly below the U*****.30/80 opening, but above New York's U*****.30/80 close. Dealers said the metal held its level on
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      KL Tin
      90 8 THE PRICE Of TIN on tha Kuala Lumpur Tin Marfcat (KLTM) Incraasad savan cants to MSI 7.33 par kg yastsrdsy on strong damand, daalars said. Tha rlsa was dua mainly to strong buying Intarast from both Eu- ropaan and Malaysian tradars, but daalars nolsd tha Japanasa wara sbssnt
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      Soybean
      153 8 SOYBEAN FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade extended modest mid-session gains in Wednesday's late rally led by a jump in soyoil prices. Prices were up 10 to seven US cents with March up nine cents at US$B.2l V 4 a bushel Higher soymeal futures fuelled early gains, but
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      Wheat
      175 8 WHEAT FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trada rallied from a mixed midseaaion tone to close four to 2% US cents higher on Wednesday. March waa up four centa at U553.29 a buahel aa prices cloaed juat shy of sesaion higha. A late rally in aoyoil encouraged buyera, and
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      London Markets
      316 8 London Commodity Exchange ftvy«r/So«or CkMtog f>r** OB Jan 13 (£/tanm rrtvwi dosing p unto** «padflod). MioM In CoflM Bath In now London, tofton option OF London Jan nts/ii90 (1186/1187) High/Low n89/1178 Mar 1215/1216 (121 A/1218) Mgh/Lo» 1220/1207 SatM (3052) COCTH Mar 1118/1119 (1122/1123) Ugh/Low 1128/1115 May 1139/1140 (1142/1143)
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      41 9 At the Geneva Motor Show in March 1987 the makers of Mercedes-Benz made an unprecedented statement concerning cars that come with only two doors. Which in turn, brought forth an almost immediate avalanche of comments from motoring journalists the world over.
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      156 10 "Gentlemen. -Benz 23 Wm into the roof sect uninterraptetfefkm trap* rpol co-efficient Sf *d\ ,:i > I# A' 4 >V: v* I 3g SiH V ®V* s •Jj& -sv' wmmmm a? Sngg > -i"HP i vjwjg r <| K- s*l il" i?ZTeiTIBsTJHp SP ay MHH-J "*"A, A' >' v-^:. i
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Taiwan — dawn of a new era
      474 12 Taiwan dawn of a new era THE DEATH OF Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-Kuo has thrown up political uncertainties at a time when the authorities have been allowing increased political freedom for the country's 19.4 million population. Since coming to power in May 1978 he won a second six-year term in
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      The past, the present, and the Premier
      1213 12  -  Two crises marked the experience of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The collapse of old ideas and the threat of new ideas after the war, Mr Lee told journalists from the Japanese paper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in an interview held at the Istana
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      Lock icon Tokyo's banks and securities firms strike a deal
      679 12 FT THE TOKYO financial community's ability to make decisions by consensus was stretched to the limit. But in the end some clever footwork by the Ministry of Finance reconciled the unreconcilable. As a result, the plana for Japan's first comprehensive financial futures
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      958 13 The death of President Chiang Ching-kuo, regarded as the most significant political event since the Kuomintang took power in 1949, has placed the island in a state of uncertainty with political experts eyeing the situation somewhat warily. The following report considers some of
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      Lock icon Hongkong — the high price of living in a swamp of crocodiles
      1350 13 Hongkong the high price of living in a swamp of crocodiles Now the price of restoring credibility may have to be a shift towards the deadening regulation of a Swedish dairy. How stultifying an influence this will have on one of the world's most dynamic economies can only be guessed.
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      663 12 mwiwmmmm® CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Walk in a more than odd way (6) 7 Edifice where a chap get* ham and aome brawn (8) 8 Showing cleverneea by getting out of the shower (6) 10 Pretty talkative bird? (5) 13 Highway repeatedly filmed (4) 14 Zone of the sea, really?
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      1234 13 W IMb GMDtKD s m K v> v |M WL^i* ■aj«f i Charfes Bronson and TifNa Saldana in 7l># £W/ 77wif Man Do on Channal 5 at 10.30pm FRIDAY AT THE MOVIES Tha Evil That Man Do IOJOpm, Channal 5 Bronson fans will like this violent drama that sees him
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      28 13 snstcw: ALTHOUGH I HF\T<E. TfcfWeXUNG To WORK" IM Sl^reS^^ THeR ,T DO£S MpiV£ ns lt*J wrvr ©Evening Standard Co.ltd.lM2-19*7 S OF f\ UieT RRINCOftT RRDIftToR W«SS' C c
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
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      Lock icon Watson hopes to clinch at least four tournaments this year
      605 14 AP TOM WATSON is back at the Tournament of Champions. But he's not all the way back. Not yet. "Winning once doesn't mean I'm back," said Watson, who broke a three-year victory drought late last year by winning the Nabisco
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      Lock icon Afghans say 'yes' to Olympics
      130 14 AP SOVIET-ALLIED Afghanistan, engulfed in an eight-year-old civil war, has announced that it will send a team to the Seoul Olympics, raising to 155 the number of participating countries. Afghanistan thus joined several other countries entered in the games although they are at war or
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      Lock icon Rana replies to Gatting's apology
      244 15 Reuter PAKISTANI UMPIRE Shakoor Rana had expressed hia regrets to England captain Mike Gatting over the row which rocked the cricket world last month. The government-controlled Pakistan Times in Islamabad published on Wednesday a photocopy of a letter Rana wrote to Gatting after receiving an
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      Lock icon Miandad sues for defamation
      124 15 AFP PAKISTAN'S msster betsmen Jeved Miended hee filed e defemetion suit against former teet cricketer Serfrez Newez. The Aeeocieted Prees of Pskistsn (APP) seid on Wednesday that the suit followed remerke Newez made following the country's defeet in the World Cup semi-final against Australia. Miended's lawyers
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      Lock icon Tennis today — one player, seven helpers
      282 15 Tennis today one player, seven helpers UPI THE ONLY ASPECTS of tennis that haven't changed over the year* are the size of the court the height of the net and size of the telle, says Australian Davis Cup captain Neale Fraeer. The 1900 Wimbledon champion told a tennis seminar on
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      Lock icon Singapore ace fluffs his chance
      239 15 AFP SINGAPORE'S Paul Lim threw •way superb chance to knock title-holder John Lowe out of the World Darts Championship in the second round in England on Wednesday. With the Englishman playing at times like a local league player, Lim failed to take advantage, and went
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      Muru looks set to pocket bonus
      468 15  -  By WALTON MORAIS ROOKIE PRO M Murugiah is in line for a $3,000 payoff when the final leg of the 1967 BP local golf circuit tees of at Keppel today. The 24-year-old playing pro at Sembawang heads the circuit standings after four rounds and
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      Lock icon Witt figures her way into skating history
      326 15 AP KATARINA WITT of East Germany mad* skating history in tha women s ahort programme on Wedneeday to move into a contending poaition for her sixth straight title at tha European Figure-Skating Championehipe in Prague. With a diaplay of technique and charm, aha
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      Lock icon Shriver maintains her winning streak
      602 15 UPI FOURTH SEED Pem Shriver maintained her brilliant form yesterday when she flattened South Africen Roz Fairbanks, 7-5, 6-0, in the second round of the US$l.9 million Austrelian Open Tennis Championships at Flinders Park Stadium. Shriver is on a high roll following her wins in
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      220 14 DEUCIOZO HYATT Mama Mia! Pete's Place introduces more pxciting gastronomic treats tor all lovers ot Italian food SOUP AND SALAD Light eaters can now select from a variety of four homemade soups and help themselves to our ever popular salad bar. $10.50* EARLY BIRD SPECIAL A complimentary bowl of salad
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      200 14 seas** Our special Ths cuisine is the 1 Theatre R «^an^ fc o<»Braised Shark s pCrabmeat, Spicy Combination arJd oo many more. Plus special Iff s: *1 Thai Desserts M #Vi at only $250 M' per person, Available For reservation call *****11 Plaza Hotel Beach Road Sfrigapor* 0719. I V
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      162 14 r 012 Qj A $3l(kdtooyou(khcnus value for bmck Ita&mstyk You're in for an incredible deal with The Belvedere's Italian Buffet lunch 60 traditional delicacies for $31 (children, $15). It 's an exchange which will get you delioously confused! With tuna fish, prawns Veronese, spaghetti alle vongole, torta Siciliana and strawberries
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      474 15 and entertain r PALM GRILL An elegant and intimate ambience. With exceptional French and Continental cuisine. And the very finest wines from our exclusive cellars. BUSINESSMEN'S SET LUNCH $36++. Closed on Sundays. Saturday dinner only. Westin Plaza, Ist Floor. For reservations, call 338 8585. ext. ***** or 330 8310. The
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      Stock prices edge higher in lacklustre trading
      4098 16 THE SINGAPORE stock market edged higher yesterday on the beck of rebound in Tokyo and steadier currency ratee, but trading waa lacklustre. Brokers said there was some light bargain-hunting but moat investors were reluctant to take up large positions ahead of the releaae
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      3086 16 BID aad after prion officially feted aad bmkotm tai aad reported to tkt Stock of Hanpnrf yeaterdaj with the amber of ataarea traded ahown te brackets la lota of MM units nataaa pdfcj Ail Iteae Settk natal Coatracta are Teted after the word "SETT". SECTION
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      129 16 CEREBOC PACIFIC Limited: 6th AQM at the Wintsr Room, South Wing, Bth Floor, Msndsrin Hotel, 333 Orchard Rosd, Singapore 0923 on Tuesday, Jan 19, st noon. BATU KAWAN Bertisd: 23rd AQM at Wisma Tsiko, 1, JaIsn S.P. Seenivassgsm, Ipoh on Saturday, Jan 23, st 12.30pm. MALAYAN BREWERIES Limited:
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      Unit trusts
      272 16 Managers' prim >($) Japan Gf Fund 1.44 um for Jan 15 Shanton Thrift Fund 0.7J 0.7* Singapore Unit Trust UOB Management Unrfund 07V 07* Tha Cow—rca Ml 097 Unfeond* 0« 101 Tha Savings Fund 0.7» OAS S pore Prog Fund S port Sk Fund S'pora Imm Fund S'pora
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      Lock icon Keep your eyes on OAF
      451 17 mmaa mm™ By HOCK LOCK SIEW KEEP AN EYE OUT for more corporate activity at QAF Ltd, which recently brought in group deputy chairman John Richardson of Hutchinson Whampoa fame to help turn the company around. QAF's Brunei-hacked majority shareholders are said to be keen
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      JAL trying the magic of the Singapore Girl
      362 17 WATCH OUT. SIA: Japan Air Lines is adding a touch of the 'Singapore Girl' magic to its inflight service as part of a major bid to strengthen its international competitiveness. Of the 113 non-Japanese cabin crew it has just hired, Singapore girls
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      Lee Ming Tee resigns as chairman of Wormald International
      373 17  -  By ROSIE TAN MALAYSIAN-BORN Australian businessman Lee Ming Tee has resigned as chairman and director of Wormaid International Ltd. Mr Lee lost control of the Australian fire protection and security businesses with worldwide operations in mid-December last year. His resignation therefore
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      Lock icon Bank Negara studying revamp plan for First Malaysia Finance
      500 17 MBT FIRST MALAYSIA FINANCE a company controlled by Oatuk Dr Chen Lip Keong, chairman of First Allied Corp Bhd (FACB), and Datuk Abdul Rahman Hamzah, managing director of TDM is currently being considered for restructuring. Industry• sources said on Wednesday that
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        JCEM shareholders approve share option scheme
        78 17 SHAREHOLDERS of Jack Chia Enterprises (M) Bhd (JCEM) have unanimously approved the company's proposed bonus issue and the executive employees share option scheme at its recent extraordinary general meeting. JCEM said in a statement yesterday the proposed bonus issue of one-for-10 will raise the
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        Chin Teck seeking investment opportunities
        107 17 CASH-RICH Chin Teck Plantations Bhd is on the look-out for investment opportunities, including the acquisition of vacant land to be developed into oh palm estates. Chairman Goh Tjoei Kok, in his latest annual report, said the board is optimistic of better results in 1988 if
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      Lock icon Innovest Bhd confident of clinching Shakey's Pizza regional franchise deal
      184 17 Bernama ES INNOVEST BHD's negotiations to acquire Shakey's Pizza franchise covering Singapore. Malaysia and Thailand is expected to be completed by the middle of this year. The company was confident of obtaining the franchise, although many parties were also interested
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      Lock icon Ronald Li charged under bribery laws
      821 17 Agencies FORMER CHAIRMAN of Hongkong's stock exchange Ronald Li has been charged under bribery laws. 12 days after his arrest by the British colony's crack anti-graft agency. He will appear in court today. Li, 58, the Hongkong stock market's best known and most controversial
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      Lock icon UMW's rights issue oversubscribed by 27.9m shares
      164 17 Bemama ES UMW HOLDINGS Bhd's rights issue of 72.53 million shares of Msl each at SO cents, with an issue of equivalent amount of convertible unsecured loans stocks (CULS) of nominal value of Msl per stock at 50 cents per stock, was oversubscribed
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      618 17 TENDER Tender is invited for the following Cete§ory dST* DESIGN. MANUFACTURE. Mecharec* S»5O/DELIVERY AND Engineering 15 488 COMMISSIONING OF Contractors. BATTERY-OPERATED CARTS A 1 Above to var®us HDB estates Supply of Mechanical Eqwpment. UarhiAAAi macninery a Plant A 1 Above ELIGIBILITY AH CJOB Registered Contractors Classified under the above TENDER
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
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      Lock icon Japanese and Koreans shift plants to S-E Asia
      380 18 Effect of currency appreciation Bernama ES SOUTH KOREAN and Japanese manufacturers are rushing to set up manufacturing plants in South-east Asia to survive the rapid appreciation of their currencies. The plant relocation boom, started by labour-intensive textile and footwear industries, has Spread
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      Lock icon Tokyo brokerage official critical of futures plan
      185 18 Reuter THE FINANCE MINISTRY'S plan to let banks start broking Japanese and foreign government bond futures on local stock exchanges will badly hurt business f<>r securities companies, the chairman of the Japan Securities Dealers Association said after an association board meeting. "It is
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      KL prices rebound in listless trade
      2964 18 ENCOURAGED by the rises an the Tokyo and Hongkong stock markets, Kuala Uimpur shares rebounded to end marginally higher yesterday on bargain-hunt-ing in lethargic trading. Save for a handful of stocks, most counters were traded within narrow margins. The closely-monitored New Straits Times Industrial
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      Lock icon Big banks funding ACI bid
      199 18 Reuter MAJOR Australian and foreign banks have joined corporations in Australia to fund the ASI.6 billion takeover bid for glass and packaging maker ACI International Ltd, according to bankers close to the deal. Investment bank Wardley Australia Ltd, a unit of the Hongkong and Shanghai
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      Equities end higher
      1341 18 Hongkong PRICES on tfte Hongkong market ctoeed higher yeeterday aa Inverters overlooked early concerns about US trade data due today and focused on more stable currency rates, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index rose 27.73 points to 2,411.52 on turnover of HK5553.08 million, the ioweet in the
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      116 18 JAN 14 1 mm >#. Kai •388 Chetl Sugar Daeltm Ind Daewoo Corp Daewoo Heavy D?%hin Securfttee Dong Ah Phar ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** -900 -400 •100 •300 >300 -000 Ind We Motor Koto* M Koraa Lone Term.. UekrUoT. Ortertol Brewery ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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      363 18 Reuter SHARE prices on the Tokyo slock market ctoood higher yeaterday as tha market bruahed aaida concam about US Novemtoe« trada data and took haart from mora atabla axchanga rataa and good nawa from Waehington about IIS-Japan aoonomlc coordination to buy blue chip iaauaa. brokars aaid. Tha Nikkai Average
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      370 18 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share martat drifted to towar ••cktustra doaa yastsrday as invsston conttnuad to sit on ttia sidatinas ahMd of frlday's U.S. Trad* dafteft flguras. brokars said. Thay Mid s slight tall in tha dow |ohm indox ovornight and littla improvamant in tana matal and bullion pricaa combinad
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      83 18 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchang* of Thailand index roaa 4.29 pointo to 306.71 yaatorday on a turnover of 3,907.037 share* worth 361.23 million baht. gaga Cora. Ml Co>m—l. 100 477 +14 atST*- M «M»c% C#m#nt 1515 0 1283 +24 51« '4 90 1J SB 78 +11 Sina*»yo Fund 27.79 8*np*»yc
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  • WORLD MARKETS
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      Lock icon Volatile trading on Wall St
      992 19 New York Reuter WALL STREET had a roller-coaster day !on Wednesday with shares plunging, then soaring, and then falling again, reflecting investor uncertainty over the US trade figures for November which will be announced today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 32.66 points in
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      Lock icon Boost from steadier US$
      957 19 London Reuter EQUITIES on the London stock market continued the early firmer trend at the official opening yesterday, as investors took heart from a steadier US dollar which was supported by news that the US and Japan were cooperating to stabilise the currency, dealers said. Trading
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      1177 19 Selected indices HONGKONG Hongkong Index Thursday 1,574.1) Wednesday 1 .557 58 Week ago 1.603 63 All Industrials Thursday 1.9532 Wednesday 1.9620 Week ogo 2XX57 9 NEW YORK Hang Seng Index Thursday 2.*'' 52 Wednesday 2J837? Week ogo 2.***** Dow Jones Wednesday 1.924 73 Tuesday 1,928.55 Week ogo 2.037 80 TOKYO
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      Lock icon Pearson in talks with Asahi
      62 19 AFP THE BRITISH group Pearson PLC Is holding talks with the Japanese publisher of the Asahi Shimbun on a cooperation agreement which would allow the Financial Times to be printed in Tokyo, reliable sources said yesterday. "We haven't reached an agreement yet," said an Asahi
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      Lock icon Farmers Group likely to reject BAT's bid
      543 19 Offer hard to counter, say analysts Reuter FARMERS Group Inc is expected to balk at BAT Industries PLC's US$4.2 billion bid to buy it, but may find it hard to counter, as US$6O per share is well above its current trading range, analyst
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      Lock icon RR to force some foreigners to sell
      219 19 AP SOME foreign investors in RollsRoyce PLC, the airplane engine maker, are going to be forced by the company to sell their shares at what could be a substantial loea. Rolls-Royce said that a significant number of foreign shareholders failed to meet a
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      Lock icon Murdoch raises stake in Pearson
      365 19 Reuter PUBLISHER Rupert Murdoch has raised his holding in Peareon PLC by 4.9 per cent bringing hie holding in the UK publishing group to 19.8 per cent, Pearson said in a statement. It said the shareholding was acquired from Cerus BV, one of the interests
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      Lock icon Monitoring unit set up
      104 19 Reuter THE COUNCIL of the International Stock Exchange in London has set up a new permanent unit to monitor the settlement performance of member firms. The Performance Monitoring Unit under the direction of Mr John Aarons, Director of International Projects, will also administer the initiatives set
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      Lock icon Pirelli seeks US acquisition
      52 19 Reuter PIRELLI Qroup Is seeking to acquire a tyre company in the US. group chairman Mr Leopoldo Pirelli said. Pirelli's tyre business is small compared to those of its main competitors and a US acquisition will enable the group to expand its production capacity in this
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      Lock icon Texaco faces US$6.5b bill in back taxes
      218 19 AFP THE INTERNAL Revenue Service (IRS) is claiming US$6.5 billion in back taxes from Texaco Inc as the result of a continuing audit,' the embattled oil company said on Wednesday. Texaco, operating under bankruptcy reorganisation, recently reached an agreement topay rival Pennzoil US$3
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      84 19 THONG WOON CO. (PTE) LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO Section 306(2) of The Companies Act. Cap 50 that the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company will be held at the office of M s Heng Lee Seng
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      233 19 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that In consequence of the Intended purchase of a ship by our principals, Transpetrol Tankers Pte Ltd. we have applied to the Director of Marine under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 173) in respect
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      253 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ASIA CARTONS A PAPER PRODUCTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company
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      244 19 THE RAJAH ROOM RESTAURANT (PTE) LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, the final meeting of the company will be held at 190 Middle Road, #16-03 Fortune Centre, Singapore 0718 on sth February 1968
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      279 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TRUCKOGI PROPERTY PTE LTD (In Mambaw' Voluntary Winding-Up) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS Passed on 14th January 1968 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at 89 Short Street #09-02 Golden Wall Auto Centre Singapore 0718 on
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    Construction volume may fall below $3.5b
    493 20  -  Call for standard conditions of contract By TONG SUIT CHEE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY will have a volume of work of less than $3.5 billion this year, says Mr Jimmy Koh, the president of the Singapore Contractors Association Ltd. Mr Koh was speaking at a
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    309 20 AFP THE Hong Kong Association of Banks yesterday threatened to require banks to impose charges on deposits of more than HK$l million maturing in less than three months. Banks might also be required to refuse HK dollar deposits of less tha three
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    Lock icon Chung outlines economic goals for South Korea
    200 20 AP SOUTH KOREA will emphasise price stability, balanced international payments and expanded welfare as its economic goals in 1988, Deputy Prime Minister Chung In-Yong said yesterday. Mr Chung outlined the goals when he briefed President Chun Doo-Hwan on economic policies for the year
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    Lock icon Tokyo officials dampening expectations
    89 20 Reuter PRIME MINISTER Noboru Takeshita has promised the US faster liberalisation of Japan's financial markets, but his own bureaucrats were warning not to expect too much from next week's bilateral talks in Tokyo on financial deregulation. The Finance Ministry has been dampening expectations of Japanese concessions
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    Men and their clothes
    211 20 MEN LIKE their clothes to last they get attached to favourite shirts, pants, ties, even socks, and then they get too lazy to hunt for new things. They hate to shop, they are colour blind and unadventurous, and if left on their own, Singapore men always
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    197 20 Reuter A SUDDEN DROP of nearly US$2OO a tonne in the copper price may signal the end of a boom that took it to historic highs at New Year, traders in London said yesterday. They said a wave of nervous selling took
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    253 20 Bernama ES ASIAN DEVELOPING countries managed to cut their combined trade deficit to US$5.3 billion in the first helf of 1967 from US$9.4 billion in the first half of 1966. says the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Its January issue of internetional financial statistics shows
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    334 20 AP US REPRESENTATIVE Stephen Solarz yesterday discussed with President Corazon Aquino his proposed "mini-Marshall Plan" for the Philippines, and later said he thought there was some possibility the aid package would be adopted. The New York Democrat has suggested that the US. Japan, the
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    351 20 THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to look into the Team MP bills has invited the public for their views and suggestions. Written representations, whether in Malay, Chinese. Tamil or English, should be sent to: The Clerk of Parliament, Parliament House, Empress Place.
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    Son Sann to leave for Paris
    85 20 SON SANN, prime minister of the UN-recognised Csmbodisn resistance coalition, is expected to leave Bangkok for Peris tomorrow, e spokesmen for Son Senn's faction in the coalition said yesterday. leng Mouli, spokesman for the Khmer People's National Liberation Front, said Son Sann was most
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    363 20  -  ■y LILY FERNANDEZ TONG IT ENTERPRISE, the developer of Cheng Hong Mansion, has disputed a statement that the strength of concrete at Block 64 in that estate is only one-quarter that of a safe building. Mr E K Tan, a spokesman for the
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    138 20 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS can now apply to ba registered as accredited checker* who will scrutiniaa structural plane and calculations at every stags of a building's construction. According to a Ministry of National Davalopmant statement, applications close on February IS. Forms are available at the Development and
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    151 20 Reuter THREE THAI BUSINESSMEN kidnapped for a U*****,000 ransom demand were freed unharmed after police raided a house in Jakarta on Wedneeday. A police spokesman in the Indonesian capital aaid yesterday that the three were kidnapped from their hotel rooma in a crowded area
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    80 20 Reuter COM EX GOLD FUTURES drifted higher in extremely slow deelings early yeeterday morning, as the market makers deferred commitments until today's US trade numbers. February gold was up US$O.7O at U*****.30 an ounce. "It's not whet you'd call a normal trading market because of uncertainty over the
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    96 20 Bernama THE livestock industry has emerged as the leader in Malaysia's agricultural sector, involving an ex-farm value of more than Msl.7 billion a year. Veterinary services department director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Mustaffa Babjee said yesterday that the sector was expected to see further growth
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      52 20 Reuter CHINA has set up its first company specialising in collection of debt, the People's Daily said. It said debts between companies last year swelled to 17 billion yuan. The new firm, Zhong Yuan Debt Collection Co. is under the city government of Zhengzhou, capital
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      61 20 Reuter INDONESIA and the Netherlands are discussing financial terms for construction of a palm oil terminal in Batam. Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Rudolf de Korte said Dutch investors are interested in financing the terminal because Indonesia is the world's second largest producer of palm oil and the
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      50 20 AP ITALY has agreed to provide a US$7l million loan to Indonesia for the construction of a geothermal power station at Gunung Salak, West Java, an official said yesterday. Minister for Development Planning Baptists J Sumarlin said the loan agreement will be signed later this year.
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      69 20 Reuter NATO Is planning a rare summit of its 16 heads of government to demonetrate the alliance's political solidarity ahead of a visit to Moscow by US Preaident Ronald Reagan. Nato sources said yesterday. Alliance diplomats and officials said the 16 leaders would assemble in March
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      67 20 Reuter IRAN has extended an offer of cut-price oil to Japan, dealing another blow to Opec efforts to control discounting among its money-hungry member countries, industry sources said yesterday. They said Iran had originally offered oil to Japan, its best customer, st US$2 a barrel below
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      60 20 AP SOUTH Korean opposition leader Kim Young-Sam yesterday asked the nation's highest judge to hasten triale for political detainees so that they can be included in a planned amnesty next month. Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Yong-chul said the judiciary will do its best to expedite
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      401 21  -  By JUNE LIM TO KEEP ABREAST of developments and to remain competitive, Neptune Orient Lines will shortly introduce facilities designed to speed up delivery and information to customers. The Singapore carrier announced that it will be linked electronically to the US
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      186 21 Seatrade Week THE SOUTH KOREAN government is planning to build a large scale port on the west coast of Korea with an eye on the potential future trade with China. To be built at Asan Bay near Seoul, the port
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      204 21 Lloyd's List EXPANDING US container leasing company, Textainer group, has taken another step towards doubling the size of its box fleet by taking control of the fleet of Interocean Leasing. The entire 12,000-unit equipment fleet of San Francisco-based Interocean will join more
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      152 21 THE FEDERATION of Asean Shippers Council is meeting member lines of the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement in Singapore today. A wide range of topics have been listed on the agenda for the one-day meet. These include Asean trade prospects for this
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      866 22 Fairplay NEW ZEALAND'S new Minister of Jransport, Mr Bill Jeffries, has.-a package prepared which he hopes will accelerate the move towards "market forces" reajity among the country's ports. In an exclusive interview witfi Fairplay, Mr Jeffries outlined the terms of the Ports
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      333 22 ARGUMENTS as to whether the Antarctic supply ship Nella Dan should have been scuttled or towed back to Australia for repairs were renewed with the arrival, in Sydney, of Captain Arne Sorensen, master of the ship for six years. He is convinced the ship
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      924 22 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Contower vm 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiel liner 3 Africa Oceon xa 2 AII trans VII 3 AC Toepler XI 5 American Tpt XM 4/5 Anro Service N 2/3 Arrow Uses a 5 Anon Oceon VI 1 Alias lin* X S
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      1678 22 GRAIN markets failed to generate any fresh voyage fixing on the London shipping freights market on Wednesday. leaving ore. coal and time-charter sections to make up a slightly quieter day's business The general tone remained firm, however. Ore chartering included Cobelfret's payment of US$3 55 (fk>) to the
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      408 23 FURTHER progress towards a genuine long-term revival of Australian National Line as a viable transport entity will be extremely difficult unless there are innovative and positive changes in the Australian maritime industry, chairman Bill Bolitho said in its annual report.
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      322 23 Reuter AN IRANIAN oil platform thai led by the US Navy last October is still spewing crude into the polluted Qulf, further threatening marine life, oil sources said. They said that deepite efforts by Iran to burn off
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      396 23 Jan 14-15 The sixth international High Speed Surface Craft Conference will be held at the Heathrow Penta Hotel, London. The conference will discuss the latest research, development and operation of all types of faat ferries, crewboats and other service vessels. Jan 19 The Trinity House, Nautical Institute (Dover
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      167 23 AP Reuter IRANIAN gunboats attacked** Liberian registered tanker dawn yesterday in the firat strike of the year in the southern sector of the Gulf, shipping executives reported. The 35.731-ton Petrobulk Pioneer, owned by Naess Shipping Holland BV, was hit when it sailed in ballast through
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      255 23 UPI THE UNITED Nation* has tumad down a raqoaat for tha usa of the UN flag on a Greek linar that would sail up tha Parsian Gulf on a Great peace journey." a spokesman said. "The United Nations
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      8269 28 AARHUS Ming Energy. Yang Ming. Jan 16. Niton. ScanOutcht, Jan It. Birdie. CM O'Affretement. Jan 19. Ocaan Prima. Djaaagetri, Jan 19/21. Osaka Bay. Triot, Jan 20(PK). M Rotterdam Maerak Una. Jan 21. Ming Fortune. Yang Ming. Jan 21. Chun Ha. China Ocaan,
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      951 28 THIS FORTNIGHTLY REPORT, compiled by Cockstt Marin# Oil LW. show* price -< ranges in US dollars. Instead of single prices for more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      1149 29 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES KEPPEL WHARVES Arrival Dapartw Alberuni K21 alongside 1701/1500 Atinuke Atxo K35 alongside 1701/0700 Koheng IC27 alongside 1601/1500 Straits Pride IC24W alongside 1701/0600 Straits Venture K25W alongside 1601/0600 Tourcoing 009 alongside 1701/0600 Hommonio KI8 alongside 1501/0600 Koto Berfcat K32 alongside 1501/1830 Lin Petoling 3 ICI9
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      2014 30 A —B AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agencies. ABC Containerline NV S'pore Shpg (S). Accord Shpg Accord Shpg (S). Africa Ocean Lines Sealion Shpg (S). Ahrenkiel Liner Kim Shpg (S). Alfred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agencies (S) Multiport Sdn Bhd (PK). Alltrans Alltrans Express. American President Lines
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      647 32 Reuter DUTCH SHIPPING and transport group, Nedlloyd Groep has confirmed that a group of Norwegian investors led by businessman Torstein Hagen had acquired a stake of about 5 per cent in Nedlloyd. Nedlloyd chairman Henk Rootliep said Mr Hagen told the Nedlloyd board
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      128 21 wm NEW ZEALAND'S new Minister of Transport, Mr Bill Jeffries, has a package prepared which he hopes will accelerate the move towards "market forces" reality among the country's ports. Page II FURTHER progress towards a genuine long-term revival of Australian National Line as a viable transport entity will be extremely
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      603 22 COMPAGNIE MARITIME D AFFRETEMENT REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST TO EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN WEST AFRICA OUTSOUND TO NORTH CONTINENT TKIE DC SATURNE Q3S3ZS2QIH cargo to all U.K. destinations, Scandinavian (Aarttw. Cwmhawn. Cothontwri) and othor Impm* >"»—< t Wort African Ports EXPRESS SERVICE TO WEST MEDITERRANEAN SINGAPORE/ MARSEILLES 16 DAYS SINGAPORE/ BARCELONA (DIRECT)
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      17 22 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association.
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      876 23 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Re Ltd p&nrr P&O Containers Limited 3>'! \wx:i\; OSAKA lAY an OF EMNBURGM LAMS MY how kong anas CARDIGAN MY RHINE NADU TOKW EXPtESS KOMLOON MY KNAVON OSAKA MY Alio Accepting Cargo For: HiiaAii It Cijiiln|ii, Airkw, MMw to AntoMf*. AhMm, i trwwmumi
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      613 23 rauiiuc MV 'ALAS' VI ARRIVED 8/1/88 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the captioned vessel are hereby notified that a general survey will be held on 15th January 1908 (Friday) at Keppel Wharves K3O from 0800 hour* to noon. No further survey will be entertained thereafter TEL. *****M/Z2IC TO USA/CANADA
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      89 23 rr-ZTiZZXSSSE: SWt MOTHER VESSEL HK MICA IQQ ARTOf V (TOK JW) an laja w w iu a 2fl A VESSEL 12/2 fcM M U CARGO FOR PUMTA ARENAS. TALCAMUANO (SAN VICENTE) ACCEPTED WITH T/S VIA VALPARAISO Singapore *****00 K. Lumpur *****25/6/8, *****1$ Booking *****01 P. Kelang *****18 EUROPE mum. ml
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      256 24 tu N T AIN E RSH IP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT (OW SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE CONVSEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED UPOPE (ONTAINERSHIP SERVICE EROM UK CONTINENT gents StK&M)' Booking CFS *****00 K. Lumpur *****25 *****0* P. Kelang *****18 *****48 CFS *****50 Penang *****7, *****2 mm SOUTHEAST ASIA PTE. LTD.
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      940 24 a/2 *2 A Mrmhff ot thf Cornet' CONVtNTIONAL SERVICE TO PFRSIAN GULF VESSEL HAISBON V.31 KUANTAN S'PORt LOADING FOR In Port DUBAI, DAJKAM GEN AGENTS. CROWN MARINE CO (PTE) LTD TEL: 2227M8 (B Lln#a) FAX NO: ***** M SUB AGENTS: KUALA LUMPUR TEL: *****55/ KUALA LUMPUR TEL PENANQ TEL: 611«
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      1028 24 r EVERGREEN Round-T he-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/F URO/FE] ever GUARD in* GROWTH EVER GRAM) EVER GREET EVER GLOW MR GENTLE BP mih MR GUNK also accepting cargo t» w *c ut ku w w rro on si m I*2 an jw an an 2/1 w nn <0 w w M
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      562 25 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES YV\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 GOVA KOTA EAGLE MAJAFAHfT FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE VOY SIN JKT MY VOY SIN ROD HKG KAO TO HTC YOK NGO KOO SIM 1M In PI Wl 10n IMB 11/1 wi 10/1 20/1 »i j™, "Q
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      251 25 rs kNORBUL Kyr* nopbulk cargo services ltd. Y* REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK CONTINENT PORTS TO: INDIA/PAKISTAN PORTS SPOPf MABATMON UNITED AGENCY PTf LTD tel Hi PK SP YEO SNPG TP DC Kl *&?9M4 PK 56M101 PENANG TANJONG MAP NE SON BHD TEI *****S SABAM TPANSPAC t<f
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      325 25 \a BEN LINE CONTAINERS TASMAN JEBSEN NEW ZEALAND LINE FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN NOUMEA AKL TGA NAP TIM TIM/IY TIM/DN BLUFF 7/2 29/2 3/3 6/3 1/3 10/3 10/3 I(V3 11/3 SIN NOUMEA AKL T6A NAP TIM BLUFF 4/3 25/3 29/3 2/4 4/4 4/4 10*4 ACCEPTING LAUTOKA, SUVA. APIA.
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      608 25 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Swvte® Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLBYI P.T. 6ESUII LLOYD ?x ummm mm* p.t. trrmra lloyd "EXPRESS SEMI CORTAWERSRIP SERVICES VSL/VOY OCEAN FINM/MB GANOA BOO—■ATAXAWa*! ■ILIAO AOAM/tOAH H'tUAWWOKN an an ip WW mm on m Sublet to toducomonL Atoo occopdng cargo to Cwblowcß. P told. Port Alexandria. Owe*,
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      381 25 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES HTONEYWA V23IW MYOMA TWA PAGAN VI23W PA AH VUM MAWLAMYAING V/ 37 BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) pore P.Kelanf Penang Bangkok 1» Jan mi im BANK LINE MORAYBANK V4N 25/ I CLYDEBANK V22N 1/2 FORTHBANK VZIN 24/2 TAMAITAI SAMOA VI2N 29/2 (CALLING LEIXOES 22/3) SPORE ROAM
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      1100 26 LL K UflE SHIPPifIG-DflTfl ATLARTIC COAST (Round-The-World Service) •PK/PNG SPORE LB CHLS NFK NYC HFX B. BRIDGE V6/AMBASSADOR 16 Jan 21 Jan 13 Feb 23 Feb 25 Feb 27 Feb 2 Mar BRIDGE Vl5 ORIENTAL FORTUNE V 7 23 Jan 2S ian 20 Feb •VIA FEEDER PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST FEEDER VSL
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      598 26 INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Smfaport p Ketani Penenf Laadai tor Momr Vri By Feadar Br Feed* S O TRIPURA OH LOTTE SCHEEL V 30 PRELUDE V.S-B RAVIOAS V MM THEOOOR FONTANE V UN LOTTI SCHEEL V.31 SO A PRADESH V.XH INDIAN COURIER V.2M PRELUDE V t-B THEOOOR
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      670 26 GOLDEN LINE GUAM GUM SHPNIG (TIE) LTD a T*M kjm Stmt STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN HARVEST Cotomto/Karichi/Out* 601MN HAVEN Cotanbo/Karadw/Dubai CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Shanfhai/Hwikanf lAI TUN SHAN Sh»nfh». MM 0* LINES) f*x SOW 'i S port P Ketonj Pananf 24/25 Jan Iffiht- 20/22 Jan 9/31 Jan CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING
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      397 26 DONA, MUSCAT. BANRAM. AMI OHM ft ttARJAH. Ml NOOBDMi mm COLOMBO MWW TZZ. r 'n:;,"' -KMEkI SERVICE vii an BEWL TAMATAVE. nCIINtOM TANGA UTTAOA. BENGHAZI PORT SAB. PWABJS. VALETTA. ADEN. OJBOUTI LON. F STOWE. S TON. TUURY. ABERDEEN, LI HVE. H WW. ADAM. GENOA. r:.an r.-n. i a rrnrnn; HB
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      785 27 RW T L EPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD FE EU/AUST TPA/SEA Ttmiml CFS BOOKINGS *****53 *****2 msn *****43 !MU ITMIi 2790U4 *****41 NEPLINE SON BHD. MM7 IN*ARD/OUT*ARD NEPLINE SON BHD. *****33 ENQUIRIES 271 m NEPLINE SON. BHD amsiwmnKmiiumi NEPLINE SON. BHD *****8/23W1 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAMBUSED TO
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      401 27 DOHA* HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG. PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON Vmml'i Name No 7 Doami/711N •Clofn/»1N No > DonanWlN No t Don*m/KIN No I Oonam/tOIN No 7 Donun/HIN *Ctoria/902N ETD BS BKK S PORE PKELANG 30/12 11m In Port 1» 21/01 0901 20/01 23 23/01
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      742 27 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 ***** PENANG M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON BHD. MESSRS HAI THONG SNIPPING 127 Panant Streat, Penani Malaysia No
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      427 28 J9- SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TEL 225 6868 i3O Lines* FAX *****39 *****76 TELEX RS ***** A B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAD VE.B DEUTF R ACHT 'SEE REE DE RE I RQSK INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE •VIA COLOMBO: Accepting carp tar INDIA Bombay. Cochin, Madras ft Calcutta
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      155 28 K Regional Weather *2 I c •Ji ft N 3c SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7JO A.M. THIS MORMNO. #c a Wind drection with speed i koott LEGEND R Thun.hn.om, "c A J. 7 Weather Wind d*»cl«o ith speed knot* V Wove hMhl Cloudy Sky Wfece »«d» ore indicated
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      1020 29 m IFITEGRA SHIPPING PIC LTD TEL: *****33 (4 LINES) FAX: *****22 WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICES TO HONGKONG MANILA KEELUNG BANGKOK KAOHSIUNG IUJTMi l#ia i'.i'-il (S) PTE LTD TEL: 224-2542/223-3463/223-3175 FAX: 224-0421 TLX: RS ***** WEEKLY LCL 6 FCL SERVICES TO: Europe UK/N. Cont/Scandinavian ports F. East Bangkok/Hongkong/Taiwan/Korea/Japan U.S.A. East/West Coast ports
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      298 29 UNIPACIFIC TRANS. TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. lie 7 IRAQI LINE MAO I STA T t ««Tf BPHISI »C» RURITIMt ALFARABI MV SINOBAO EAST BOUND SERVICE ETA S PORE LOADING FOR 30/1 Japan m japan WEST BOUND SERVICE ETA S PORE LOADING FOR 16/1 «ktoh A«abi THROUGH lAt to BAGHOAD UPON
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      1699 30 KINK I INKR SHIPPING. PI K I II) '0 Ai« fU O.'C Mnni Hoj-e Spore O.'O *****77 i.ne^ Tlx RS .VMI FLINER FAX 2?Va*> KUROPK SHU K K TM 1M TW Mfl TIN T MnTrnunr.i.,. 1 ""r JS an aa un mn m 221 w lip FAR EAST SERVICE TM
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      458 31 m:K!i LUCKY SEAWAY SERVICES PTE LTD Tin ***** Fai: *****77 HINA SERVICES SGP PKLANG PMC FOR TBN 20/1 M/l HUANCPU, SHANGHAI E. AFRICA/RED SEA MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE KTN SGP FOR TBN 25/1 30/1 A DEN/HOOEIDAH/ALEXANDRIA RUAHA 10/2 15/2 MUKALLA/ALEXANDRIA COLOMBO SERVICE TO/FROM SGP PKLANG PNC COLOMBO TBN 22/1 30/1 PHILIPPINES SERVICE
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