The Business Times, 17 February 1988

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 95/12/87 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1988 75 CENTS
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  • 262 1 Exchange rates THE US DOLLAR fell in Tokyo yesterday, closing at 130.50 Japanese yen against Monday's 131 yen. In the local foreign exchange market, the greenback eased slightly to finish at SS2.0215, down from SS2.0250 on Monday. US$: 130.40/50 yen 1.7115/25 DM S$2.0210/20 US$1.7405/15 M$: S $0.7800/06
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  • 433 1  -  F W Woolworth among the latest By LILIAN ANG MORE American general merchandise retailers are setting up buying offices in Singapore to procure goods from this region for their stores worldwide. One of the latest to join the ranks of these retailers
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  • 370 1 THE NATIONAL BANK of Brunei trial, which started last October, ended yesterday with former bank chairman and son of fugitive financier Khoo Teck Puat sentenced to four years and four months for his part in the bil-lion-dollar fraud. This will run
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  • 347 1 PLANNING a family around the Chinese Zodiac may bring problems, according to the Prime Minister. In his Chinese New Year's message yesterday, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said that timing births to coincide with auspicious years
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  • 453 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Oatuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced yesterday he has formed a new political party to replace the 42-year-old United Malays National Organisation (Umno) which the High Court in Kuala Lumpur had declared as illegal on Feb 4. Dr Mahathir said the
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  • 118 1 SINGAPORE share prices crept up in light trading ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday shortened week. The ST Industrial Index rose 4.53 points to 886.58 while the BT Composite Index gained 4.87 points to 777.02. In yesterday's trading of 9.9 million shares
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  • 466 1  -  ■y LISA LEE AFTER protracted negotiations, tha controlling shareholders of OAF Lid hava finally aotd off 15 par cant of thair stake to Watford Ltd. a Hongkong-baa ad company with Singaporaan and Indoneaian intaraata An agreement in principia was aigned
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  • 153 1 Reuter A JAPANESE Finance Ministry advisory panel yesterday agreed to tighten up the country's laws against insider stock trading and make it a criminal offence. Kazumoto Suzuki, director of the ministry's stock dealing inspection division, said agreement had been reached on recommendations
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 198 1 V Full local report, Pago 8 World markets, Paget 10, 11 A HELPING HAND FOR HOME BUYERS JMN Once you've found your dream home, the next thing 1888 you have to look for is a good housing loan. Look to International Bank of Singapore. At IBS, our housing loan scheme
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    • 368 1 The strengths of the Dragon WHAT ARE the characteristics of people born in the Year of the Dragon? If you are a metal dragon, you would be the most strong-willed of the species; a water dragon is democratic and liberal; a fire dragon, the most righteous and competitive of all
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    • 128 1 Major US software house sots up regional hq, Page 2 SOIfOOD-THOm^ CHHGS( S€4FOOD R€SWUR/ftT #m a new year of luck I The coming Year of the Dragon promises a new year of prosperity and fortune. Draw it to you when you dine at Seafood-Theatre Restaurant. Special Raw Fish Salad (Feb
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 482 2  -  By TONG SUIT CHEE THE CONVENTION and exhibition business is expected to rake in at least $72 million for Singapore this year, the money coming from some 45,000 overseas visitors. In all, 93 major conventions and 40 trade fairs have been planned for
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    • 220 2 RAPID GROWTH in the region has prompted a major American software house to set up its regional headquarters in Singapore. Besides setting up its base in the Republic, Cincom Systems, the developer of the Supra relational data base management system, has appointed
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    • 538 2  -  By ANNA TEO THE NEED FOR more universities is not being ruled out as Singapore needs more graduates, especially engineers, Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong said. But the Trade and Industry Minister is not sure if there will be enough people
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    • 232 2 AMARA HOTEL has joined 23 other hotels and food and beverage outlets in raising the retirement age of its workers from 55 to 60. It is the latest employer to reach an agreement on a higher retirement age with the Food, Drinks Allied Workers Union (FDAWU).
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    • 261 2 DYNACAST Singapore, a subsidiary of the Coats Viyella group, has started producing injection moulded magnets using advanced precision moulding and engineering gyWith over $2 million invested in specialised equipment, the new capability is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region outside
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    • 404 2 A UNION for bank employees has reached an agreement on last year's National Wages Council payments with 35 banks after protracted negotiations that involved the intervention of the Labour Ministry. About 5,500 employees in these banks will get half a month's gross
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    • 172 2 WORKERS received higher bonuses last year than in 1986, according to a union survey. The survey, by the National Trades Union Congress, found that 73 companies 16 per cent of the 454 surveyed rewarded their staff with higher bonuses. Highlights of the
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    • 256 2 WEE HOCK HO is now the finance director of Chloride Eastern Industries. Mr Wee, a chartered accountant, has previously worked with a multi-na-tional group in Singapore as its finance director. The company has also appointed Martin Law as group marketing manager. Mr Law, a graduate in chemical
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    • 478 2 Seminars and courses Feb 29Measuring Employee SIM Conference Singapore *****66 Mor 1 Performance Room Institute of Management Feb 29Data Analysis Workshop Institute of Institute of *****66 Mor 4 Systems Science, Systems Science, NUS NUS Feb 29COSEC Material National National *****66 Mor 11 Familiarisation Productivity Productivity Programme Board Board
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 344 3 Reuter THE US granted Argentina a US$36O million bridge loan to help it make interest payments on its US$54 billion foreign debt, central bank president Jose Luis Machines said in Buenos Aires on Monday. Argentina must pay US$49O million in interest on
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    • 1071 3 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvfco Local From numbor rtmo su SQ145 0020 KUL su SQ11 ons LAX/NUT CAL CI341 0155 TPE NCA KZ205 0240 NRT IAL JL617 0305 TYO FT FT75 0315 JFK/DFW/IAH/ ORO/ANC/NTr/ MNL/TPE CM 0333 0405 TPE MAS MH681 0620 KUL SU SQ417 0820 DXB/KHI SV SV398
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    • 160 3 Reuter SENIOR AMERICAN labour leaders have won assurance of streng support in Congress for trade measures viewed as protectionist by the Reagan administration but favoured by organised labour. Lane Kirkland, president of the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFL-CIO), said
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    • 406 3 AFP A NEW Indonesian foundation controversial for its I lending practices that seem impossibly cheap says it 1 plans to fight government < and public criticism and I stay in business. < After weeks of near- i silence before unfavoura- i ble press reports.
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    • 210 3 AFP INVESTMENT in the Philippines soared 166 per cent last year to US$4Ol million, the Trade Department has said. A total of 8.36 billion pesos (US$4Ol million) was invested last year, compared with 3.15 billion pesos (US$l5l million) in 1986, Trade Department spokesmen said on
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    • 128 3 AFP BELGIAN Foreign Minister Leo Tindemans briefed Thai counterpart Siddhi Savetsila on Monday on this month's European Community (EC) summit in Brussels, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Bangkok. Mr Tindemans briefed I Mr Siddhi on the accord I reached by the EC leaders
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    • 600 3 House and Senate to iron out differences AP AMERICAN congressional leaders have agreed to iron out differences between House and Senate versions of a trade bill and send it to the House floor for passage by April 1. Speaker Jim Wright told reporters
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 63 3 fI T| Ifl 1/ The business person's choice, every I 1 II I I 1 I Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday and I V I|V I fj VI I I Sunday. Leaving Changi Airport at I yy 1 Vy/l 1 JL 22:05 hours and arriving at Lester B. Pearson International Airport the
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    • 167 3 Is Number One! IF YOU'RE GOING to move office within the next year, you must first see this remarkable building. doss to MAS Building and Treasury Building. Direct aooess to East Coast Parkway. MKT c an emilmcs Tanjong Pagar (Maxwell) MRT station a short walk CliMrii' Id—lily dad in rich
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 509 4 Reuter AUSTRALIAN financial markets reacted with cautious optimism to news of a bet-ter-than-expected balance of payments, showing a sharp decline in the current account deficit to As42B million in January from December's A 5694 million. The January current account deficit was the lowest monthly
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    • 409 4 IHT WEST GERMANY'S economy performed better in 1987 than official figures indicated and was not severely affected by the October stock market collapse or the US dollar's steep decline, the Bundesbank said on Monday. Private economists, however, said the central bank's evaluation might
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    • 1604 4 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed slightly firmer against most major currencies mainly on short-cover-ing activities in quiet trading yesterday. Most traders refrained from taking large positions in the absence of fresh factors and ahead of the lunar Chinese New Year holidays today and tomorrow. Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi
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    • 343 4 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels, in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Most operators were sidelined in the afternoon in the absence of fresh factors and ahead of the Lunar Chinese New Year holidays. The market is waiting for this week's release of US January industrial
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    • 275 4 AFP THE US government is to announce within s month guidelines for a new test progrsmms under which farmer* will be encouraged to hedge against unpredictable market conditions by playing the futures markets. Futures are contracts traded in advance of delivery dates. When weather or
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    • 201 4 MARCH Eurodollar yesterday opened unchanged from the previous closing level at 93.01 following Monday s US holiday. However, trading remained locked within a very tight range of 93.00 to 93.01 in the March contract with a lack of dealing interests due to the coming festive holidays. As at midday,
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    • 623 4 Reuter CANADA'S major banks are likely to increase their reserves against possible defaults on Third World loans again this year to bring the book value of that debt closer to market worth, banking analysts said. However, special charges the banks will take to lift
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    • 175 4 liTPW wnoiny rvrw 01 12 me)or banks In I'pon r Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Feb 16 as at 11am us$ DM SWFC Yan 7 4oyt 4 13/14 11/1* 4 1/4 4 3 7/14 3/14 1 if 1/4 3 7/1-3/4 1 13/14 11/14 13/14— 11/14 3 7/14
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    • 81 4 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity wo OFFft HKX LOW 3 —«<■ 8Q*****A 20 J.88 2.94 2.89 3.00 2.92 6 inmirtM BY*****S 30.6.88 3.02 2.97 1 year 8Y*****T 24.11.88 3.03 2.98 Government notes end bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code rate
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    • 63 4 THE OVERNIGHT rat* on the Singapore interbank market fell 34 point to doee at 3% per cent yesterday. The term rate* rose 1/16 across the board. S$ Interbank rates at 12 noon yester day: OFm MD Ov«r- 3 3/» 1/4 1-MMk 3 3/1* 3 1/1* 2 n—ti 3
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 9 4 IB BANQUEINDOSUEZ .3 Shenton Way, Shenton House, Singapore 0106
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    • 75 4 Keep a date with Sevvv Ballesteros the Sevvy Way BT is not all hard core business and financial news. We take "Sports" rather seriously too. Our writers comb the sporting arena to furnish the well-informed professional with news on golf, tennis, bowling, etc. And, of course, the all-round executive cannot
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 713 5 Reuter SIGNS of persistent strength in the US economy should put at least a temporary damper on the rally that has swept the US credit market in early 1968. economists said. Talk of recession and an aggressive easing in the Federal Reserve s
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    • 92 5 Reuter THE NETHERLANDS Savings Bank Federation said on Monday it had signed a three-year contract with a institute specialised in psychology to help employees recover from the trauma of bank robberies. Federation officials told a news conference they sought the services of the Institute for Psychotrauma in
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    • 170 5 Reuter JAPAN'S Postal Savings System (Yucho) invested virtually none of its funds in US Treasury securities in the last six months of 1987 due to concern over dollaryen exchange rate volatility, a Yucho official said in Tokyo on Monday. He said Yucho
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    • 237 5 NYT WENDELL WILKIE GUNN, a banking consultant and a former special assistant to US President Reagan, is a leading candidate to fill a vacant seat on the Federal Reserve Board, according to administration and congressional officials on Monday. Mr Gunn's economic views are
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    • 83 5 Reuter BANK OF NEW ZEALAND is cutting its base lending rate in New Zealand to 18.75 per cent from 19.75 per cent effective Feb 26. BNZ group chief executive Bob McCay said the cut meant most BNZ customers would feel the benefits
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    • 608 5 Large reserves against doubtful loans NYT NOT SINCE the Depression of the 1930s did America's biggest banks perform as poorly as they did in 1967. According to a survey of their financial results, eight of America's 15 largest bank holding companies reported losses
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    • 618 5 Reuter CONTROVERSIAL PLANS for a 10 per cent withholding tax on interest income have increased demand for German mark Eurobonds and are encouraging new issues, bankers said. "We see some good domestic demand for Euros. Foreigners are also buying in anticipation of the
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 224 5 Chinese Produce Exchange StH#n' noon doling pd Fob 16 (SS/100 kg) cm on Coconut oil M FOt 112.00 OW drum FOt 126.00 N*w drum FOt 122.00 Copra Mixed (Ioom) 63 S Pepper FOt NLW 1162 JO Sarawak wMlw FOt faq NLW 1147.50 Sarawak spcdal black FOt NLW 862_50
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    • 315 5 London Commodity Exchange ftuyar/Saltor doting prices on Fob 15 (£/tanno unk m spodfiod). Previous doting price* In poranrtmh. Coftoe loth In-star* London, soHors option CIF London Mor 1288/1289 (1278/1280) High/Low 1290/1272 May 1316/1317 (1306/1308) High/Low 1318/1303 (1768) Cocoa Mar 1046/1047 (1057/1058) High/Low 1053/1044 May 1072/1073 (1080/1081) High/Low 1075/1066
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    • 275 5 Reuter WORLD WOOL production in 1967/88 is set to total a record 3.12 million tonnes (greasy), up from the 1968/87 clip of 3.05 million, also a record. The Commonwealth Secretariat said in its latest quarterly review on Monday that the clip estimate for
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    • 250 5 HONGKONG: Closed for the Lunar New Year holidays. TOKYO: Yen-denominated gold futures closed lower in thin trading yesterday due to the absence of fresh factors and the market cloeure in Hongkong due to the Lunar holiday. Prices were seven to 14 yen per gram lower. Selling pressure was
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    • 77 5 THE SINGAPORE MARKETS were quiet on the eve of the Chinese New Year holiday yesterday. However, C F Japan naphtha was traded down and LSWR firmed on renewed buying interest USI/Wrat Owge Md (MmH 15.00 -ft ft* W— T«— WTUwST' Ooaad Products (FOB S'pore) US$/borr»< Omkiq* lUroMM
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    • 67 5 ROTTERDAM Closing price! on F*b 15 Potm o* crvxJ# Sumatra/M'*> i«H*n option (US$/tonn«) Mar 407J* Apr/May *05tk Pofcrt oil >10 FOB (M$/fonno) Mar 412.5* (41 (Mr) OWin RftD FOB (Mi/tow) Fob 442.5* (442.5*) Mar 430* (425*) Stearin >10 POtAM M'tia OF Rottordom (M$/tonno) Apr/Juno 400* (395*) Palm komol
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    • 62 5 SINGAPORE Re-opening on Monday. MALAYSIA Re-opening on Monday. TOKYO Rubber futures closed on or near their lows on cur-rency-related selling by individuals yesterday. Prices were 0.6 to 1.1 yen per Kg lower. Individual speculators withdrew from the market after the yen rebounded against the dollar on the ocal currency
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    • 376 5 Reuter ALUMINIUM PRICES reached eight-year highs in dollar terms after London Metal Exchange (LME) weekly stocks data showed s fall of 16,800 tonnes in aluminium stocks last week, taking the total to 44,250 tonnes, their lowest level since April 1961. This was due mainly to a
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 528 6 WHO SHALL PROSPER over the next 12 moons (months), who shall rise to political power, how many points will the stock market rise or fall, how many babies will be born the dragon decides. Or rather, the dragon has already decided. Good year or bad, according
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    • 2621 6  -  By CHUANG PECK MING THEODORA LAU, in her book The Handbook of Chinese Horoscopes says the Dragon man is aptly summed up in My Way, a song by Frank Sinatra who happens to be born in the year of the mythical beast as well. Dr
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 1493 6 t'J QIJD GMDQG) ii 12 PM Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Videofashion Monthly Stars Of The Season. This week, Videofashion takes us to New York, London, Paris and Milan to catch a glimpse of the fashion previews for the new season. In The Director's Chair Milos Forman (See highlights).
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
    • 521 7 Reuter SENSATIONAL Swiss skier Pirmin Zurbriggen ended his agonizing four-year wait for Olympic gold on Monday and brought his impossible dream one step closer. The remarkable 25-year-old snatched the men's downhill title from the grasp of compatriot Peter Mueller with a breathtaking performance carved
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    • 255 7 Reuter STAR FLY-HALF Hugo Porta will captain a strong Pumas squad in the Hongkong and Sydney sev-en-a-side tournaments this year, an Argentine Rugby Union source said on Monday. Speaking in Buenos Aires, he said Porta, 36, would lead a 10man squad that
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    • 127 7 Reuter BRITAIN'S Nigel Mansell returned to the motor racing track on Monday for the first time since he crashed last October during practice for the Japanese Grand Prix and immediately set the fastest time in the Williams team test session. "I think it is 108
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    • 286 7 AFP JAYNE TORVILL and Christopher Dean, who won the 1984 ice dance title with record marks after their sensuous "Bolero" brought the house down in Sarajevo, are helping a French couple in search of Olympic glory at this year's Winter Games
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    • 429 7 UPI HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION Mike Tyson has said he will donate US$5O,OOO to set up a foundation to help victimised children, beginning with a 16-year-old black girl who said she was abducted and raped by six white men in New York.
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    • 189 7 UPI THE HANDLERS for unbeaten heavyweights Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks have agreed to all terms for a June showdown, except the site and date. "We finally have a handshake agreement," said Butch Lewis, Spink's promoter. "The deal has been made for the
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    • 366 7 UPI ECLIPSE AWARD winner Forty Niner jumped into the lead on the first turn and held off a determined stretch drive by Notebook to win Gulfstream Parks' U*****,985 Fountain of Youth Stakes in Florida on Monday by a nose and confirm his role as an
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    • 177 7 AP GREG NORMAN of Australia was bed-ridden with a virus yesterday and had to withdraw from the Pro-Am event for the Australian Masters golf championship. Officials in Melbourne said Norman, the defending champion, had been given antibiotics but still faced a battle to
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    • 452 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE OLD FIRM of Albert Teo and Hashim Sidek have answered the national call and will be back to fight for a place in the Singapore Davis Cup tennis team to face Syria in April. Albert and Hashim, out
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    • 234 7 AP WEST GERMANY'S Boris Becker 3 yesterday began his defence of the Milan indoor men's singles-* title with an evening match i against Guy Forget of France in J the northern Italian city's cold*) and dank Palatrussardi tent-sta- dium. Becker, who defeated Czech
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    • 350 7 AFP WORLD squash champion Susan Devoy ended speculation that her three months' absence from competitive play might have left her vulnerable by winning the final of the international tournament in Welwyn Garden City, England, in only 34 minutes on Monday. The 24-year-old New Zealander, who
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
    • 4060 8 SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stockmarket continued to inch upward yesterday in a hall-day session. Dealers said trading was quiet and sleepy at the outset after the opening bell sounded at 9am. However. buying intereet picked up later and was surprisingly strong with the
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    • 2333 8 SHARE PRICES closed higher on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday in a half-day trading, making it the fifth straight session of advances this week. Gains littered the board in moderate trade. Buying interest was centred on higher-priced issues which chalked up dou-ble-digit increases on balance
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 530 9  -  By ROSIE TAN THE WORST seems to be over for Dah Yung Investment Ltd whioh turned in very much lower losses for the year ended December 1987. Pre-tax operating losses for the gas manufacturing and trading group were slashed to slightly more
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    • 776 9 Reuter AGGRESSIVE but conservative, discreet yet not afraid to cause waves, Kuwait's fund managers have launched a bargain-base-ment buying spree on depressed world stock markets. While stunned investors switched from shares to bonds and cash after the Oct 19 crash,
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    • 486 9 MBT THE NORTH-SOUTH highway concession agreement between the Malaysian government and United Engineers (Malaysia) (UEM) can be expected to be signed within the next few weeks. The awarding of the contract had aroused a great deal of controversy and was brought to court by
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    • 465 9 MBT UNITED ENGINEERS (Malaysia)'a proposed acquiaitiona of a 30.42 per cent atake in Aokam Tin Bhd and a 51 per cent intereat in latidaya Sdn Bhd have been called off. Announcing this yesterday, UEM aaid decision had been reached with
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    • 224 9 Bernama ES UNITED ENGINEERS (M) Bhd made a 322 per cent rise in group pre-tax profits to M 54.9 million for the six months ended June 30. 1967, according to its latest unaudited results. In comparison, the group suffered pre-tax losses
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    • 216 9 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDMQS Limited: 3rd AGM at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334 on Saturday, Feb 20, at noon. RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN Berhad: 76th AGM at the Penthouse, 19th Floor. Wisma Jerneh, 38 Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Feb 24, at noon. THE AVER
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    • 606 9 NST FABER MERLIN Malaysia is expected to recover its financial health once it has reduced its debt and new areas of business begin to contribute to the group. A sale of assets would also be necessary to achieve a healthy balance sheet
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    • 249 9 NST FABER MERLIN Malaysia will hold an extraordinary general meeting after the Chinese New Year to consider deferring the redemption date and other modifications to the terms of its loan stock. Announcing this at the company's annual general meeting on Monday, chairman Abdullah
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    • 571 9 NYT IN AN ERA when companies with new wonder drugs are the darlings of the investment world, the American Home Products Corp has been something like a church deacon: solid and respectable but hardly flashy But now, energised by a generational change in
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    • 355 9 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO PURSUANT TO SECTION 2*><2Xb) AND IN THE MATTER OF BARNLEE ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duty convened and hekJ at 6001 Beach Road. #1201 12-11 Golden Mile Tower, Singapore 0719 on Monday
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 318 10 Deal will transform Longmans, says chairman UPI PEARSON PLC, which owns London's Financial Times newspaper, made a £164 million takeover bid on Monday for Ad-dison-Wesley Publishing, the -sixth biggest US supplier of books to colleges. The chairman of Pearson, Lord Blakenham, said:
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    • 124 10 NYT SEEKING to out-manoeuvre Japanese rivals. International Business Machines introduced a new operating system for its largest computers on Monday. It said the system would be provided free to current owners of its' most advanced mainframes. The new product, which IBM characterised as its most
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    • 185 10 Reuter TEXACO INC has discovered a major oil field on the Brazilian island of Marajo, at the mouth of the Amazon, the newspaper Correio Brasiliense reported last Sunday. Government officials could not be reached for comment. Texaco signed a risk contract in 1984 with Brazil
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    • 173 10 UPI SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co said yesterday that its ordinary income and net income in the year ended Dec 31 more than doubled over the preceding year due mainly to cost-cutting efforts. The company, one of Japan's leading comprehensive chemical makers and based in Osaka,
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    • 202 11 IHT GENERALE OCCIDENTALE and CEP Communications, the second third largest French publishing groups, were expected to announce merger plans yesterday. Paris bourse authorities suspended trading on Monday in shares and convertible bonds of Occidentale, of its publishing arm, Les Presses de la Cite,
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    • 232 11 Reuter COCA-COLA Co said on Monday its profits fell a steep 38.7 per cent in the fourth quarter to US$l93 million, reflecting lower earnings at its fruit-juice division and a restructuring charge to spin off the Columbia Pictures film unit.
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    • 241 11 AFP FORTY-TWO companies have applied to be listed on the Hongkong Stock Exchange between March and October compared with 21 for the whole of last year "The number of applicants we have at the moment may change as some of them may later withdraw their
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    • 218 11 AFP HONGKONG-LISTED comics publisher Jademan Holdings Ltd announced on Monday it had proposed to its shareholders the sale of its surplus printing facilities for HK$l9 million. Jademan has conditionally agreed to sell its two printing factory units in Chaiwan, in eastern Hongkong
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    • 1031 11 Selected indices HONGKONG Hongkong Index Tuesdoy 1.***** Mondoy 1 .504.83 Week ogo 1.451 47 Hang Seng Index Tuesday 2.***** Mondoy 2,301.75 Week ago 2.223 04 All Industrials Tuesday Monday Week ago NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday Friday Week ogo 1.963 1 1.956 3 1.926 0 Closed 1.***** 1.***** TOKYO Nikkei
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    • 767 11 London Reuter STOCK PRICES on the London market drifted towards the lower end of a narrow trading range in late trading on Monday against the background of a continuing low level of activity. The FTSE 100 Share Index closed at 1,739.2, up 5.2 points
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    • 1345 11 Hongkong SHARE PRICES on the Hongkong Stock Exchange closed higher in light trading in a half-day session yesterday before a threeday holiday for the Chinese Lunar New Year. The Hang Seng Index, the market's key indicator of blue chips, closed at 2,328.04, up 26.29
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    • 1080 10 4 COURYOISIER XOWhere to eat, drink... i r A S A symbol of vitality and strength. A year of good fortune, success and happiness Savour our good luck raw fish from Feb 18 to Mar 2, and get a hongbao of surprises as well as a chance to win over
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    • 439 11 and entertain 4 RALVI m GRILL FROM 9-24 FEBRUARY, THE BEST OF FRENCH CUISINE WONT BE FOUND IN FRANCE. Instead it will be found at Palm Grill, where Monsieur Crotet, one of France's leading chefs, will dish up a gourmet spread. Reservations: 338 8585 ext. ***** or 330 8310. The
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  • 541 12 MIT scholars pinpoint shortcomings AP POOR MANAGEMENT, an inability to cooperate, and a preoccupation with short-term profits are among reasons American business is losing ground to foreign competitors, says a new report. The US economy is still the most productive in the
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  • 204 12 UPI BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said on Monday Britain got "a good deal" from last week's European Community summit in Brussels and commended the overall package to parliament. She rejected charges by Deputy Labour opposition leader Roy Hattersley that she was
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  • 161 12 AFP BRITAIN will have one of the highest growth rates in Western Europe this year, in spite of a marked slowdown, the National Westminster Bank said in its latest economic report. Growth would drop from 4 per cent last year (highest since
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  • 374 12 Reuter PRIME MINISTER Anibal Cavaco Silva, calling last week's European Community summit "an extraordinary victory" for Portugal, said the country gained billions of dollars in extra aid for its economy, the poorest in Western Europe. Mr Cavaco Silva said on Monday that Portugal would
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  • 481 12 AFP AP ASIAN CITIES will be heralding the Year of the Dragon today with their own distinctive touches. Singapore is introducing festivities along its newly-cleaned river, Kuala Lumpur is offering massive dragon exhibits and Manila marked the New Year with a lion dance in
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  • 559 12 Reuter JAPANESE exporters are not convinced the US currency's tide has turned and many are positioning themselves for further declines despite two months of shrinking US trade deficits, market analysts said in Tokyo yesterday. "Japanese exporters are very sensitive to
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  • 337 12 UPI Reuter PHILIPPINE Defence Secretary Fidel Ramos yesterday ruled out the proclamation of a state of emergency to fight an 18-year communist insurgency but supported tougher laws, including the restoration of the death penalty. Mr Ramos made the statement amid
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  • 132 12 Reuter JAPAN'S Toyota Motor Corp applied to spend 614.6 million pesos on a project to revive the making of Toyota cars in Manila. In a proposal released by the Board of Investments in Manila, Toyota said it would take 25 per cent of a new
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  • 177 12 AP ABOUT 200 KOREAN students hurling firebombs and rocks demonstrated near a university campus yesterday against Presi-dent-elect Roh Tae-Woo and the US. The protesters chanted, "How come massacre leader Roh Tae-woo is becoming president?" and "Let's drive out economic aggressor Yankees." They threw
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  • 336 12 Reuter NUCLEAR POWER EXPERTS meeting in Tokyo are divided over how best to ensure safety. Should they trust humans or machines? More than 400 experts from 27 countries began a five-day conference on Monday on the training of nuclear plant personnel and how to
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  • 398 12 AFP IN SPITE OF the runaway success of "Crocodile Dundee", Australian film-making has come to a virtual standstill with 3,000 actors and off-screen staff facing unemployment, industry sources said in Sydney yesterday. The Australian Film Commission has called on the government for an urgent
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  • LATE FILE
    • 56 12 AFP FRENCH Premier Jacques Chirac has defended the EC's farm policy, saying US farmers got up to eight times as much subsidies as their European counterparts. But he welcomed the accord on EC finances, saying it would provide funds up to 1992, when the EC
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    • 39 12 AP NOBEL PRIZE winner physicist Richard Feynman, who worked on the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and helped investigate the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster, has died. He was 69. AP
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    • 44 12 Reuter ZIMBABWE'S two biggest black political parties the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the former opposition Patriotic Front-Zimbabwe African People's Union are aiming to achieve one-party rule by April 18, the country's eighth anniversary of independence. Reuter
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    • 42 12 AP GUNMEN have killed popular film star Vijaya Kumaranatunga, the son-in-law of former prime minister Siramavo Bandaranaike. Kumaranatunga, 43, was a prominent supporter of the Indian-Sri Lankan peace accord and leader of the Sri Lankan Mahajana Party. AP
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    • 37 12 Reuter WEST GERMAN Minister of Economics Martin Bangemann is expected to explore ways of expanding trade and investment ties with the Philippines in talks in Manila this week, a West German diplomat said yesterday.
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    • 30 12 Reuter THAI-LAOTIAN peace talks underway in Bangkok yesterday were close to arranging a ceasefire to border fighting, a Thai Air Force official said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 31 12 Reuter NEW ZEALAND Premier David Lange has informed parliament the government will introduce a capital gains tax as part of its taxation reform programme. Reuter
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    • 48 12 Bernama ES FARMLANDS in the Philippines leased to multinational corporations would be included in the government's Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Programme to distribute land to the landless, former Agrarian Reforms Secretary and now Senator Heherson Alvarez, author of an agrarian reforms bill, said yesterday. Bernama ES
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    • 222 12 Fortunes can still be made FOR THE STOCK MARKET, the Dragon Year will be a year of uncertainties. But there will also be good opportunities for the daring and adept. Where are the investment opportunities and most importantly the pitfalls to watch out for? Find out, on Friday, what foreign
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 438 13  -  By JUNE LIM AT A MEETING of the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement in Hongkong, member lines agreed to exercise restrain on independent action (IA). The one-day meeting was convened on Feb 11 because of concern over the widespread use of
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    • 431 13 Reuter JAPAN'S top liner operators Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Mitsui OSK Lines are holding talks on plans to link their operations to survive the trans-Pacific liner storm, shipping sources said. They said the two companies are likely to merge their cargo soliciting
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    • 118 13 Reuter TOYOTA Motor Corp will use Sea-Land Service and American President Lines to ship machinery and parts to its manufacturing units in California and Kentucky. It said in a statement that Sea-Land container ships will carry machinery and parts for about 35,000
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    • 163 14 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia. Straits/Japan and the member lines ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): "K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line Djakarta Lloyd Nedlloyd
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    • 127 14 SOME 20 history buffs of the Nou-mea-based Solomon Association are teaming up with a French oceanographic research organisation in another attempt to solve the 200-year-old mystery of two shipwrecks off the Solomon Islands. They hope to begin their latest investigation into the doomed
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    • 798 14 Bonsai technique not suitable for management Fairplay JAPANESE gardeners systematically prune the roots of their plants to prevent them from growing. They produce attractive. miniature Bonsai trees Western shipowners are pruning the roots of their companies. The difference is that the shipowners have no system and the results are far
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    • 912 14 AB Shpg V s ABC CoMoiw VM 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiel litter XI 3 Africo Ocean XI 2 AIMrons V* 3 AC Toepfer XI s Aeiericon Tpt x* 4/5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 Anon Ocean XI 4 Atlas IMI* X S
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    • 99 14 Reuter THE PHILIPPINE motor bulk carrier Philippine Roxas ran aground 240 km up the Orinoco river, Venezuela, and is obstructing river traffic, Lloyds Shipping Intelligence Service said. Seventeen large vessels loading and discharging upriver were unable to sail out, with only small vessels able to pass.
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    • 325 14  -  From Kingsley Wood THE AUSTRALIAN waterfront was the most complex of industries, yet its overall efficiency was critical to the nation's trade performance, Mr Ivan Deveson, managing director of Nissan Australia Ltd, said in Sydney. The Interstate Commission and industry participants looking at
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    • 556 15 UPI AP UNION TUGBOAT and barge crews that ply the port of New York-New Jersey went on strike from midnight Monday in a contract dispute. The contracts covering members of Local 333 of the United Marine division of the International Longshoremen's
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    • 198 15  -  From Kingsley Wood FOUR NEW TYPE of survey craft being constructed by Eglo Engineering at its Adelaide yard for the Australian Navy could interest defence authorities in nearby countries, according to the Australian Defence Minister Kim Beazley. The four Australia-designed ships, worth A 518.7
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    • 711 15 AFP RATES continued to rise over the last week on the freight market, in the single voyage as well as the time charter sectors. The Biffex index (Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange) leapt from record to record to finish the week 59 points higher at 1,547.0 points, compared
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    • 245 15 INSURERS of the ill-fated ferry Herald of Free Enterprise are to pay little more than half the £25 million insured value of the vessel. Underwriters in the Lloyd's and London companies market will pay P O £13 million in settlement of the
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    • 8809 20 SSGJSSXDILB 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
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    • 1202 21 A DEGREE of hesitancy entered the London shipping freights market on Monday amid unconfirmed reports that March grain loaders from the US Gulf had accepted lower receipts The reports said Archer Oaniels had arranged a 52.000-ton March 15-30 movement from the US Gulf to Japan at US$25 50
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    • 1131 21 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES V«smI Berth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Bangkok Navee <35 alongside 2002/0600 Ronghuashan <21 alongside 1802 0600 Tianshui <29 alongside 1802/2300 Yucoi K27 alongside 21 02/2300 Clydebank K15 alongside 18 02/1800 Frotasontos <30 alongside 1802/1800 G Odyssey P <36 olongside 1802/1300 Taiyo Maru <31 alongside
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    • 2025 22 Who acts for whom 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). Ahrenkie! Liner Kim Shpg (S). AHred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agencies (S) Multiport Sdn Bhd (PK). Alltrans Alltrans Express. American President
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    • 342 24 Lloyd's List CUTS in port charges averaging 20 per cent have been introduced at the French port of Marseilles-Fos. The cuts follow two months of discussions by cargo-han-dling and other port service companies. They are part of what the port claims is an unprecedented
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 786 13 TIMES STP Distributors OOCL Orient OvEHftAS CotUeim* Line WW/ JAROINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (Ret No 2*M*l OOK 200 Cantonment Road #12-05 Southpoint. Singapore 0208 Tel *****11 TELEX NO RS ***** TERMINAUCFS Tel *****18 220 BOOKINGS Tel *****34 235 PtSAKA JAR DINE SHIPPING PORT KELANG TEL. 368*111 Telei No. ma3 9477jJ«A***** PENANG
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    • 115 13 mm JAPANESE gardeners systematically prune the roots of their plants to prevent them from growing. They produce attractive, miniature Bonsai trees. Western shipowners are pruning the roots of their companies. The difference is that the shipowners have no system and the results are far less pretty. Page II MEMBERS of
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    • 660 13 TIMES STP Distributors <«! MAERSK LINE n \rr v *yv This wee* Arno M Closing Tune CV 17/2 2300 HRS CFS 17 2 1300 MRS ARILD M 8004 18/2 LUNA M 8804 25/2 ARTHUR M 8804 3/3 ANNA M 8604 10/3 M ROTTERDAM 8804 LAUST M 8004 ANOERS M 8004
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    • 476 14 Hapag-Lloyd "We wish all our Customers, Friends their families a Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year." Singqxvt *****00 Bookings *****06 CFS *****46 K. Lumpur *****5 •P. Ketang *****18 CFS *****501 Penaig *****7, *****2 to rf# 3 .v=r m MS e» •it ft G& s'* Ss £3 iSW K HH iVA v>««*
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    • 18 14 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National r Shipping Association.
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    • 286 14 CHA RGEURS REUNIS f* <*r,AProf f NQUIP'f s 2?23"14 FA* 27 Optorg Shipping Pte. Ltd I E L MA mdqc e m: "C n«n > r! .inq "(V PH,V'"O JA..I Pcrjrj AGENTS SINGAPORE ANGLO FRENCH SXIPVINC Tel 222K11 Telei RS2ISSO fit 22SHS1 MALAYSIA EL* A MISC AGENCIES S<* BW P*
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    • 933 15 The Straits Steamship Group i Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd F&O Containers SJRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINERS** SERVICE TO UK/CONTWENT: un in in we am IMB IMB 17» IMB IMB nm am am im iwj n« nut ow em am NN «H IW HIM
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    • 553 15 ixi CSAV TO/FROM FEEDER VESSEL IS'POMI BOTHER VESSEL NK ARICA tQQ AHTOT VAIT SAI CSAVI M VESSEL W W Jfi Jg CSAV I M CAR CAMMED W* CSAV 1 JW_ JEW an tn w iw i 3« CARGO FOR WJNTA ARENAS. TALCANUANO (SAN VICENTE) ACCEPTED WITH T/S VIA VALPARAISO Singapore
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    • 400 16 JMH pXSINOSE El MARITIME PTE LTD IRAN SMOJAAT ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICE Singapore Loading lor:29/2 BANDAR ABBAS (2nd call) [5| KYOWA LINE PNC/8. PACIFIC SERVICE Singapore Loading for: URANIA 4 27/2 JAYA. LAE. HRA, TLG, LTK, MALAU MICRONESIA SERVICE SPORE PK LOAD FOR A VESSEL 25/2
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    • 794 16 kv=«*Xu*» MCS.line fully containerised service TO EU«OPt VIA SUEZ 1 Mfmbu of the *cf Consatmm ACE CONCORD 13W ORIENTAL CHIEF S*W NEPTUNE DIAMONO >4W KOREAN JACEWON UW NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 44W CHINA CONTAINER 44* HONCKONC CONTAINER 11/3 12/3 14/3 IV3 11,3 113 21/3 22/3 17/3 113 24 3 25/3 21(3 29(3
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    • 281 16 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD NEW WEEKLY DIRECT SERVICE TO CHITTA6ONS: SAILING 22/2 27/2 EURO-AFRICA LINE FOR: PORTO, LISBON, ORAN, BILBAO MADRID, MALAGA, MELILLA, TANGER, TENERIFE, LASPALMAS, TUNIS, VALLETTA, IRUN, CEUTA, ALGIER A ISTANBUL U.S.A. PORT MORESBY, RABUAL, LAE KIETA, MADANG A KIMBE NOUMEA SUVA/LAUTOKA 8/3 8/3 NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND,
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    • 999 16 hi EVERGREEN Full Con Li I nor Setvtcr Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) SCP HKC KSC KLC PUS OSK TYO KSN ever greet 21/2 an tin an m w *3 2*3 EVER CLOU *3 7/1 *3 U/l 14/3 I*3 17/3 5/4 EVER GENTLE *3 13/3 IV3 17f3 28/3 22/3 23/3 U/4
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 664 17 w ■faM———fc——— PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building. 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 WE WISH ALL OUR CLIENTS "HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS LUNAR NEW YEAR" SINGAPORE rASTERN MARITIME P T F LTD JAKAR'A PT BANDAR PACIFIC SURABAV, PT jANGKAR PACIFIC SFMARANG P T JANGKAR PACIFIC MEDAN Bi'LA'AAN PT MAJU
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    • 538 17 \a BEN LINE CONTAINERS TASMAN JEBSEN NEW ZEALAND LINE TO NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS ANANCEL LEADER VQY 7S SIN NOUMEA AKI TGA NAP TIM BLUFF 2/3 31/3 4/4 7/4 10/4 12/4 13/4 JEBSEN SOUTHLAND 22$ 3/4 27'4 31/4 ACCEPTING LAUTOHA. SUVA. APIA. PAGO PAGO. NUKUALOFA.
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    • 508 17 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. GESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VSL/VOY S PORE BILBAO ANTWERP H BURG/ I ROAM/ADAM BREMEN PALEMBANG/BWB 24-2S/2 30/3 2/4 GANOA BHAKTI/20WB 12 14/3 15/4 IS/4 21/4 S. PANJANG/ItWB 23-25/3 25/4
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    • 341 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) toucywa vnw A-AN vmw va vm agan vusor Loading for Rangoon P.Kelang Penang Bangkok Z vm f* BANK LINE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER S NORTHBOUND TO UKC CLYDEBANK V22N FORTHBANK V2IN TAMAITAI SAMOA VI2N IVY BANK V2IN SPORE RDAM HUU In Pt 7/3
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 1157 18 SHtPPinG-OflTfl ATLAriTIC COAST (Round-The-World Service) •PK/PNG SPORE LB CMLS NFK NYC RAINBOW BRIDGE VU SM 18 Feb 12 Mar 22 Mar 24 Mar 26 Mar NEPTUNE GARNET Vl3 20 Feb 25 Ftb 19Mar 29 Mar 31 Mar 2 Apr ORIENTAL FREEDOM VlB 28 Feb 3 Mar 26 Mar 5 Apr
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    • 814 18 '/tt INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE THEOOOR FONTANE V ISM SO NAGAUNO V W INDIAN COURIER V 2M THEOOOR FONTANE V 16N S O TRIPURA V 34H INDIAN COURIER V JON THEOOOR FONTANE V 17N RAVI DAS V 3M Accepting FCL/FCL Container* Smpport P K tiara Ptnanj Lo I Ftadtr B>
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    • 690 18 TSrr GOLDEN LINE S<£>\ GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (Pit) LTD n Avar Clrttt SINGAPORE 1104 TtL U<3W (10 LINES) Fu U***** STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN HAVEN Coiombo/K*rachi/Oub*i GOLDEN UNO Colombo Kirach, Dut». CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Slttngtui Hsmkjnj S'porc P Ketanf 2V» feb 12/14 Mar CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE
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    • 542 18 J* 1 EAST/FAR EAST FCL PHILI-Oni€NT LINCS PTC LTD HEAD OFFICE 63 ROBINSON ROAD »07 12 AFRO ASIA BUILDING SINGAfORE 0106 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FA* *****76 fTTTTTTT? OCSTMATIOR DUBAI. DAMMAN KUWAIT. BOMBAY. DOHA MUSCAT. BAHRAIN. ABU DHABI 4 SHARJAH. JEDOAH HODEIDAH, AOABA N KONG KOBE. KfELUNG. MANILA, BANGKOK. TOKYO.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 243 19 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Wishes all Clients and Business Associates a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year 1 r ORIENT MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS SERVICE MEX JOINT SERVICE OF:MEMBER OF MED CLUB CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD (CYS) NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD (NOL) ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE (OOCL) WE WISH ALL
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    • 337 19 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON WISHING YOU A HAPPY PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR SPORI AGIN IS WPIUNf AUNIIIS Pit I ID Tel JlOl/J J/Wl/i IJUOI} (Oiwr ilions) AW.'M (Termini!) .'.tViW (CIS) MALAYSIA AUNTS TUNAS SHIA iDN BHD 01 Tel ."AOS* }HOVi
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    • 555 19 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KELANC PCNANC M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON BHD MESSRS HAI THONG SHIPPING 127 Penang Street, Penanf,
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    • 14 19 #«< 4 A MADJU SENDIRIAN BERHAD 20-12 Tong Eng Building. Singapore 0 106 Tel *****8/
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    • 152 20 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. c^. Wind direction with speed in knots Wove height One holt fleche represents 5 knots R Thunderstorm Temperature «> c Sh< er Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Rain Cloudy Sky W„y. h..gh, Surface winds ore indicoted by arrows
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 360 21 REGULAR TSR SERVICE TO KABUL/HAIRATON/TOR6/IRAN/E.BLOC WEEKLY LCL/FCL CONSOL SERVICE L.A., SFO, NEW YORK Acm MMON-MM SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD Tel: *****88 (8 Lines) Tlx: RS ***** <CFS> CRYSTAL FREIGHT SERVICES PTE LTD T«l: *****88 (8 Lines) Tlx: ***** Fax: *****88 REGULAR CONSOL PORTS: LA/NY 23/2, 1/3 BOMBAY ROT/HAM 24/2,27/2 COLOMBO
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    • 85 21 tart CSP SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. Tel: *****66 (16 Lines) Fa* *****15 FIXED CONSOLIDATION SERVICE FCL/LCL TO: CHINA, HOW KONG, BANGKOK, P.KELANG, KEELONG, KAOSHIUNG, MANILA, BIISAN, TOKYO/YOKOHAMA KOBE, OSAKA, JAKARTA, L MALAYSIA ALL EUROPE BASE PORTS ALL USA PORTS Also accepts to other destinations. ACCEPTING FCL/LCL AND CONVENTIONAL: UNI-OCEAN LINES
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    • 604 21 UNIPACIFIC TRANSTRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. WE WISH ALL OUR CHINESE SHIPPERS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS GONG XI FACAI Sqen's UNIPACIFIC THINS A TRADING AGENC* pT LTD SINGAPORE *****44 UNIPACIFIC TRANS I TRADING AGENT* SON EM; PORT KLANG 03 *****11 36R0766 FARCO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE )L TD. REGULAR EXPRESS SERVICE MBOUND
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 630 22 EUROPE SERVICE ny t ,,imr-rn TIN |1M TtM 127/2 W FAR EAST SERVICE W W an an vn an MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE SPOPE IMQ DUB SMJ »DB DAM KWT §AK 00* Oil *1 11/1 1W UlI 11/3 1«1 lf>3 111 im an 2i/i an an an an an un
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    • 357 22 ZIM rUll CONTAINER SERVICE acccptinf fCL'LCI urfoet to USA Eatt t West Coist Cjrnbbean tist Canada HAITI Costa Rica. El Salvador. Guatemala Honduras. Venezuela. Peru. Ecuador. Colombia via Miami. Trinidad Barbados, Antifua. St Lucia. Montserrat. Guayana via Kingston rii.vit-T'TIUMBTrMTMTy TTMTMI ACCEPTING CARGO TO AOCIAIOC via MELBOURNE AND ALSO FCI TO
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    • 591 22 Everett Lines,l WJV COMPANIA PERUANA \\sA DC VAPORES "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" LOADING FOR CALLAO, MATARANI, ILO* AND ALL OTHER •PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH TRANSHIPMENT AT KOBE ON CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING TO FINAL DESTINATION. Panang* P. Kelang* JOHNEVERETT U* KX/V FA MURRAYEVERETT 22/23 Fak THOMASEVERETT 4* Mar V|\"EVERETT ORIENT LINE"
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 66 23 Tfll KUfING HANG CO PTt LTD 105 Cecil Street #16-03/04 THE OCTAGON Singapore 0106. Tel: *****77/*****73 FAX: *****64 TAYO SHIPPING LINES PTE LTD TEL: *****25 (3 Linai) TLX HS ***** TAYOIN 1 *****07 VESSEL S PORE LOADING FOR LESTA"! UTAMA 2S/2 DUMA). PC KAN BAKU t 22 INOONES4A, PHILIPPINE A
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    • 421 23 SING KWANG HANG LCL/FCL SERVICE JENHOL VSSN JENWEL VS7N DESTINATION HONG KONG 24/2 27/2 ETA S PORE 21/2 22/2 Alm accepting cargo to PNG P.MORESBY, WET A, RABAUL, LAE. MADANG. WEWAK. SOLOMON ISLAND 6 HONIARA NEW CALEOOMA NOUMEA TAHITI PAPEETE E. MALAYSIA 4 BRUNEI EUROPE. USA. CANADA A AUSTRALIA TEL:
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    • 494 23 (Eu POH TIONG CHOON SHIPPING (PTE) LTD TEL: *****66 (10 LINES) FAX: *****41 TELEX: R*****6 POHSHIP PTC GROUP KEELUNG/KAO HONG KONG 22/2 1/3 7/3 TOKYO/YOKO 18/2 25/2 3/3 BANGKOK 20/2 27/2 5/3 UK/EUROPE 24/2 9/3 21/3 JAKARTA 20/2 USA/CANADA 6/3 14/2 26/2 MANILA 19/2 24/2 3/3 DURBAN/C'TOWN 23/2 10/3 25/3
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    • 366 23 sq +Wf9fhJltJK PERCH OCEAN LINES (Perfect China Ocean Shipping Line*) WISHING ALL OUR CUSTOMERS CHINESE NEW YEAR o u I o (MLMBER OF THE PRESS GROUP) WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE LCL/FCL lI.SJL (East West Coast all inland points) UK/EUROPE Continents (All Ports) FOR BOOKINGS/ ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTAC^HS PEGGY TAN TEL: 221-1444
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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