The Business Times, 1 April 1988

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 95/12/87 FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1988 75 CENTS
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  • 287 1 AFP Dow Jones higher WALL STREET stocks were mixed in light trading early yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up three points at 1,981 while declining issues led gainers two-to-one. Brokers said that with many traders absent prior to the long weekend and others evening up
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  • 180 1 FOLLOWING a 20-point fall on Wall Street overnight and a weak US dollar, major regional stock markets generally closed mixed yesterday. On the local front, the stock market closed mixed on thin volume. Brokers said prices drifted lower from the outset. The ST Industrial Index shed
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  • 503 1  -  This year's crop of results makes for better reading By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI PUBLIC CORPORATIONS, both large and small, do this each and every year wait till the very last minute to issue their results. The 1987 full-year, and 1988 half-year reports of at least
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  • 195 1 THE US DOLLAR yesterday closed easier against the Singapore dollar and major currencies in the Asian foreign exchange markets as dealers liquidated long positions in the greenback ahead of the Easter weekend. In Tokyo, the dollar ended lower despite intervention by the Bank of
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  • 524 1  -  Government hopes to soften blow for pioneer Aussie companies By MARTIN SOONG GOVERNMENT tax experts are attempting to minimise the fallout from proposed changes to a bilateral tax agreement with Australia on Australian companies that enjoy tax holidays in Singapore. Finance Ministry officials indicated
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  • 323 1  -  By LEONG WEN WAH THE SINGAPORE offshore branch of the fifth largest US bank has restructured its operations here, resulting in a loss of 41 jobs. In a press release yesterday. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (MHT) announced a "series of restructuring measures
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  • 124 1 Reuter THE FIRST multilateral accord on a global system of trade preferences (GSTP) among developing countries will be signed in Belgrade in mid-April, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said yesterday. The signing crowns years of efforts by Third World countries to agree on
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  • 476 1  -  From POLLY F ISADORA In Lot Angeles LAZARUS ISLAND will become a real-life Fantasy Island if a quar-ter-billion-dollar proposal about to be submitted to the authorities is accepted. An American consortium of investors wants to turn the 33hectare uninhabited island into
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 345 2  -  By TAN KEE WEE AN INTERNATIONAL British high-technology consultancy, KBC Process Technology Group, is to set up a regional office in Singapore in September to service the petroleum and petrochemical industries in the region. Mr John Brice, managing director, said the
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    • 229 2 MASS RAPID TRANSIT train drivers who were on sick leave on Wednesday went back to work yesterday. "All operators returned to work and the situation is back to normal," said a spokesman of Singapore MRT, the operator of the railway. The
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    • 301 2  -  By MARTIN SOONG HATCHING BOLD, new business ideas is what venture capital is all about Yesterday, about 60 members of the Venture Capital (VC) Club gathered for a first look at the products of the Incubator Programme, a scheme which allows fledgling companies to
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    • 412 2  -  By LONG SHIH ROME QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLES do not stand a chance of being successful unless management at all levels gives quality control circles permission to do things right the first time, said quality expert Bill Hook. Mr Hook, the president
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    • 223 2 GIVING MORE HELP to the small and medium-sized enterprises is one of the priorities of the new-ly-elected president of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. Mr Robert Chua believes that they have natural disadvantages not as well recognised here as they are in Japan.
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    • 130 2 THE CONTROL of cyanide, arsenic and 88 other hazardous substances will come under the Environment Ministry from April This means the licensing of all 90 hazardous substances and industrial chemicals, which were included in the recently amended Part II of the Poisons List under the Poisons Act,
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    • 398 2 DONALD RAMBLE has been appointed general manager of Unisys South-east Asia. The company has also appointed. RENE HUERGAS as general manager, independent sales operations, South-east Asia. Mr Huergas has 12 years' experience in computer marketing and sales. Before his recent appointment, he was marketing director of Unisys
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  • TECHNOLOGY
    • 585 3  -  L P®- by JT PAGE LAYOUT is the latest craze in the business world. With good page layout and the high quality of print of laser printers, even the smallest companies are capable of projecting very respectable facades at least in their correspondence. Nowadays,
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    • 528 3 EXPERT SYSTEMS computers with the knowledge of human experts and able to solve complex problems and give professional advice are making their way into accountants' offices. Peat Marwick, a major public accounting firm, has developed a number of these systems in the last three
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    • 251 3 VEHICLE INSPECTION specialist Vicom has invested in a Unisys Model 50 minicomputer system. Fitted with software specifically adapted to vehicle-inspection applications, the 32-bit computer is expected to mean more costeffective. efficient and flexible operations for Vicom. Vicom. which is understood to have cornered about
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    • 852 3  -  By LONG SHIH ROME TELECOMMUNICATIONS users and managers in Singapore are likely to be among the first to benefit from the development of Integrated System Digital Network (ISDN), a system which allows the transfer of text, graphics, image and
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    • 338 3 JULES VERNE would have had a big kick out of Nemo, a threepassenger semi-submersible recently marketed by a French company, IDC. Nemo, a clear plastic bubble flanked by two pontoon-like ballast tanks, looks a bit like a space shuttle. The battery-powered vehicle
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    • TECH -TAKES
      • 241 3 UPI DON'T THROW AWAY your floppy discs yet; a giant British company has just introduced a "paper for computers' that could store 300 full-length movies on a standard roll of half-inch tape. "We call it digital paper." said Michael Strelitz, marketing manager of ICI Electronics.
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      • 120 3 THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, the research arm of the National Computer Board, has bought Texas Instruments' new high performance microprocessor for artificial intelligence. Al. Called Explorer 11, the microprocessor is said to be the most powerful commercial processing computer for LISP one of two Al programming
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      • 204 3 AP MEMORY PROBLEMS in rats caused by chronic acohoi intake were mostly reversed with brain tissue transplants, and such therapy may someday help alcoholics and victims of Alzheimer's Disease, a researcher says. "I think that really means there s hope If you blow your mind with too
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      • 235 3 Reuter JAPAN s electronics makers have developed a new home entertainment system which offers video, au- 9raph,cs and computing power. Called the compact disc-interactive system (CD-I), a prototype a a s unveiled at aCD conference in Seattle recently by Dutch NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken. c o mn!f
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 465 4 UPI THE US Senate Budget Committee passed a bi-partisan US$l.l trillion fiscal 1989 spending plan on Wednesday, seeking to meet a long-term deficit reduction schedule by conforming to required limits on domestic and military spending. The proposal introduced by committee chairman Lawton Chiles
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    • 266 4 AP ORDERS to US factories for manufactured goods fell 0.8 per cent in February, the second consecutive monthly decline, the government reported in Washington on Wednesday. Analysts said they were not too concerned about the setbacks, contending that manufacturing will still be one
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    • 115 4 AFP WARSAW PACT foreign ministers have proposed to give the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) details of their armed forces country by country. Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Ganev told reporters in Sofia on Wednesday that the details would be released to
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    • 347 4 Reuter THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY on Wednesday called on its trading partners to match its efforts to curb farm subsidies after ministers agreed to cut support for the EC's wine output and cleared the way for major reforms. The agreement, reached early on Wednesday in
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    • 242 4 AP INDIAN Finance Minister Narayan Tiwari on Wednesday announced a new three-year trade policy that he said would cut red tape for exporters. Mr Tiwari said in New Delhi that the import and export rules were aimed at upgrading India's industrial technology, improving the
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    • 133 4 AFP THE RAPID growth of Asian investment in Thailand could expose the country to trade restrictions if export quotas are used up, a Hongkong consultancy firm warned in a quarterly report on Wednesday. "The rush of Asian NICs (newly-industrialising countries) to establish new
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    • 302 4 AFP THE MOTOR VEHICLE Manufacturers Association (MVMA) of the United States has accused five Japanese truck makers of dumping their vehicles in the US and said it has presented evidence to the US government. Thomas Hanna, president of the association, said
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    • 152 4 Reuter DESPITE White House pressure, drafters of a compromise trade bill dropped a provision that would have made it harder to prosecute US companies bribing foreign officials, sources said in Washington on Wednesday The proposed change in the Senate version of the
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    • 347 4  -  By DAVID CHEW of the Foreign Desk VIGOROUS efforts are being made by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida). the country's major investment promotional body, to woo investors, particularly to the manufacturing sector. Mr N Sadasivan, the direc-tor-general of Mida, told BT Midas
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    • 134 4 Bernama MALAYSIA s Yang Di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Professor Syed Hussein Alatas of the National University of Singapore the new vice-chancellor of Univerisiti Malaya (UM), effective from May 1. A Malaysian Education Ministry statement said yesterday Prof Syed Hussein succeeds Royal Prof Ungku Aziz, who
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    • 118 4 Reuter US AND JAPANESE trade negotiators remained far apart after a second round of talks on Tokyo's beef and citrus quotas in Washington on Wednesday. US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter and Japanese Agriculture Minister Takashi Sato held three hours of discussions before breaking off
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 134 4 City Max/ Not* Mln (°C) Adelaide 23/18 Haze Amsterdam 07/04 Cloudy Athens 17/09 Clear Bahrain 26/18 Cloudy Bangkok 33/26 Sunny Barbados unov Beijing 14/04 Cloudy Beirut 18/12 Sunny Belgrade 14/03 Clear Berlin 12/05 Cloudy Bermuda 20/16 Clear Bonn 1 2/04 Cloudy Brisbane 21/18 O'cast Brussels 09/00 Cloudy Buenos Aires 25/19
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 639 5 Impact of new tax on small savers Reuter JAPAN'S new tax on small savers could revive interest in gold, although it is unlikely to have an immediate impact on world prices, according to gold dealers, traders and retailers in Tokyo. Gold dealers think many individual
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    • 315 5 Reuter HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed higher on late short-cov-ering by local investors ahead of Easter holidays. Sentiment for the metal was bullish in view of (he US dollar declines in 4he afternoon and firmness in silver and plati- num prices. Bullion finished at U*****.40/90 an ounce against an
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    • 80 5 TRADE remained in a narrow range. Interest was thin. Closing prices for crude (FOB origin) USS/barr«4 Qtanga Topta (Apr) 16.00 undt Mino* (Apr) 15.80 unch Dubai (May) 14.00 yndi W«t Texas WTI (May)*' 17.10 +0.10 dow previous day. Products (FOB S'pore) LTSJ/borr^ Chang* Kefeeem 20-35 -0.05 20.70
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    • 152 5 Reuter LACK Of BUYMG Interest puahad the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) five cents lower to M 517.33 a kg In quiet trading yesterday. Sterllng'a strength against the rtnggtt left the KLTM price at a discount to the European spot market but European consumers were again abeent aa
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    • 205 5 Reuter SOYBEAN FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade traded with losses on Wednesday to end mostly lower, ranging from off three cents per bushel in September to up 1/2 cent in thinly traded distant March. May settled at U556.49. Steady speculative long liquidation ahead of yesterday's USDA planting
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    • 237 5 Chinese Produce Exchange SoHocs' noon dosing prices on Mart* 31 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Mk FOB 103.00 Oid drum FOB 117.00 Now drum FOB 113.00 Copra Mixod (Ioom) 59 Pepper Mwrrtofc whit* FOB NtW 1120.00 Sarawak whito FOB foq NLW 1105.00 Sarawak ipodol black FOB NtW 812.50 Sarawak
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    • 169 5 AFP MALAYSIA'S cocoa production rose 40 per cent to a record 182.000 tonnes last year. Bank Negara said in its annual report that the growing output of cocoa, Malaysia's third most important agricultural export r after palm oil and rubber, was part of a
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    • 232 5 Reuter Reuter SINGAPORE THE RUBBER market closed higher yesterday with April 1 RSS buyers quoted at 225.75 cents/kilo, up 1.25 cents from Wednesday's close. The Inro Buffer Stock Manager s offer of SMR 20 at 242 Malaysian cents/kilo for May delivery, ex-ware-house failed to attract buyers. The rubber market
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    • 72 5 (canta/kg) RAS APRIL 1988 (currant month) NOON SaNsn MAY 1988 (forword month) NOON SSI 30 SSI 50 MRELB 225JO 224.00 227JON 226.00N 225J0 224.00 227JON 226.00N 5«H«n SMI cv SMt I SMI 5 SM« Of SMt 10 SMt 20 SMI SO 329.00 330.00 302J0 294.00 286 50
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    • 199 5 Reuter WHEAT FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade closed with gains of 1-1/4 cents to 1/4 cent per bushel after trading quietly higher all day. May settled at US$3.O2-1/4 after being held to a narrow 2-1/2 cent range on the day. The announcement of a Soviet tender for
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    • 307 5 London Commodity Exchange Bwyof/SoDor doting prlcot on Mordi 30 (£/tonn« union ipodflod). Proviowt doting prlcot In pororrthoth. Coffsa Both in-ttof» London, tollort option CIF London Mor 1099/)101 (1110/1115) High/Low 1115/1097 Moy 1133/1134 (1140/1141) High/Low 1140/1127 Solot (3102) Cocoa Mar 896/903 (895/901) High/Low 903/892 Moy 915/916 (917/918) High/Low 921/910
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    • 241 5 AP WORLD RICE STOCKS are forecast to fall by more than 30 per cent this year to about 35 million tonnes, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation reported on Wednesday. A report by the FAO s intergovernmental group on rice
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    • 379 5 Bernama ES TRADING in crude palm oil futures on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange in 1987 recorded a marked increase with a turnover of 3.3 million tonnes. Bank Negara said in its 1987 annual report the average daily turnover was 13,525 tonnes against 4,225
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    • 231 5 R AS prices In S cont** 8 FOB In bm* M NOON CLOSE luyor* Sellen Bwyor* S#N#fs In* 1 (SS Prompt 226.00 227.00N 226.75 227.75N ln» 1 RSS Apr 88 225.00 226.00N 225.75 226.75 ln» 1 RSS Moy 88 226.75 227.25 227JO 228.00 In* 2 RSS OF
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    • 384 5 Crude palm oil future* closed lower yesterday, extending Wednesday s fail on further liquidation and buyers' reserve in reduced trading activity. India's further palm oil purchases and higher overnight Chicago soyoil futures values failed to aid sentiment. April closed Msls lower at Ms9lB per tonne. May Msl4 down
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    • 140 5 FffiST Ye& from April 1. 1988. Aeroflot introduces BUSINESS CLASS' on all Its three services from Singapore Moscow Europe and weekly Delhi Tashkent. Passengers in the Business a ass will get top class services which include: A Choice of meals specified at reservation Genuine Russian wines and cuisine 2 Special
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
    • 408 6  -  By WALTON MORAIS SINGAPORE'S Davis Cup tennis squad left for Damascus last night unsure of its flight plans but confident of victory against Syria in a fortnight's time. With flight connections in Karachi still to be sorted out, the team of
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    • 289 6 UPI YANNICK NOAH used an overpowering serve to defeat Tim Mayotte for the first time 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and advance to the semi-fi-nals of the US$6BO,OOO World Championship of Tennis in Dallas on Wednesday night. The night's other quarter-final match sent top-seeded Stefan Edberg
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    • 485 7 Reuter POLITICIANS, LEADER-WRITERS and former cricketers polished up their haloes before joining the long queue of Australians waiting to stick the knife into England allrounder lan Botham yesterday. Prime Minister Bob Hawke, former captain lan Chapped and legendary leg-spinner Bill O'Reilly agreed they were
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    • 287 7 Reuter HSIEH CHIN-SHENG of Taiwan fought hard on Wednesday to keep his lead in the Asian golf circuit in a bid to enter the US PGA Tour this year. Hsieh scored level par 73 in the Pro-Am Championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf
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    • 380 7  -  HO MOHRB7 SVBIHBBB with Mike Cashmore TAI CHI QIGONG 18 steps has gained mass popularity, but many people are dropping out because they have not been taught or have failed to grasp the basics properly. You cannot build a house on weak foundations. All
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    • 278 7 WITH LESS than 200 days to go before the flame is lit for Seoul's much awaited summer Olympics. Hodori the tiger is growing mighty restless. Hodori is the mascot for the 24th Olympiad, which will be held from Sep 17 to Oct 2. and
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    • 501 7 UPI AFTER MONTHS of politics, courtroom battles, negotiations and back-room dealing, the camps of undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and challenger Michael Spinks held their first news conference yesterday to promote the June 27 fight expected to be the highest-grossing in history. In anticipation of
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    • 194 7 AP BRITISH JOURNEYMAN heavyweight Noel Ouarless halted the comeback of former World Boxing Association champion Johnny Tate by gaining an upset points victory in London on Wednesday. The giant American, who held the world title for five months between October 1979 and March 1980
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    • 519 7 and entertain m A. Sumptuously Swedish April 1 10 It's a taste sensation at our Swedish Smorgasbord, with the culinary skills of Chef Karl Heinz Jerschel from the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel Our buffet spread offers sumptuous selections of Herrings, Gravtax. Smoked Salmon, Assorted Cold Cuts, Home-made Terrines, Salads, specialities like
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 539 8 DEATH, on its own, is not good. At least it is not commonly perceived to be good. As far as earthly life is concerned, death is the end. Good Friday commemorates the death of Jesus Christ, the son of God to Christians, a great teacher
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    • 1404 8  -  It's a little ironic that one of Britain's most promising industries of the future is based on its past. Nevertheless, Britons have not been slow to exploit the opportunities offered in a growing sector, the heritage industry. From York, STEVE LOHR reports on the mixed
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    • 647 9  -  By SAM NAKAGAMA Sam Nakagama is chairman of Nakagama A Wallace Inc. International Economic Advisers NYT IS HISTORY repeating itself? Will the October stock market crash be followed by aftershocks that will bring on another depression? The danger is very much alive
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    • 1192 9 Bad blood between New York investment banks and London offices The Economist IN SPITE OF the Japanese onslaught, American investment banks still dominate most of London's international capital markets. The London arms of these heavyweights are now fighting another battle against their own managements in New
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    • 720 9  -  By DOUG BANDOW Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, was a Special Assistant tor Policy Development to President Reagan from 1961 to 1982 NYT ALTHOUGH South Korea has been shaken by the financial misconduct of the brother of former president Chun
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    • 177 8 ft u f °H. ?ov On Tr> u<, Or 9K> On On 9 h Ouf BT SURVEYS Looking Wider, Thinking Deeper Some subjects are of such interest to our readers that they demand more space and more research than can be given in our daily reporting. As part of BT's
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 670 8 mMimas mmm®) CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Belt gilder, possibly (6) 7 Insular person, one to speak ill of (8) 8 Just the place for some stepping stones? (6) 10 One drawn in church with skill? (5) 13 Knotted tape used in the garden (4) 14 No love for Thea! (4)
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1249 9 waoaaiMK) 7JO PM Opening and Programme Highlights followed by kalian Football. ••30 War Chronicles The Moody Ridges Of Pelellu. 1-56 Musical Interlude. •-00 No Place Like Homo. •JO The Nature World Bottle Of The Leaves. 10.20 Applause Sleeping Beouty. 11.15 News On 12(E). 11.35 Close. IB 5 AM Opening and
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 1253 10 SINGAPORE: THE US DOLLAR reversed its earlier firmer trend to close easier compared with New York's levels, in moderate trading yesterday. Dealers said the dollar started firmer aided by position adjustment ahead of the end of Japanese financial year. It fluctuated narrowly around noon before falling sharply in
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    • 330 10 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed little changed from opening levels, in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Dealers said most operators were sidelined in the afternoon due to lack of interest. The market was awaiting yesterday's release of US March employment data. Term rates were steady to slightly firmer
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    • 252 10 Reuter CURRENCY FUTURES on the IMM closed mostly higher in thin trading on Wednesday. Activity was slow, but prices retained much of their earlier gains. Sterling closed with sharpest gains after UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson said earlier the currency's recent rise was part of a fight
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    • 180 10 Gold futures on March 29 100 troy ounces. USS per troy ounce Open Htgh Lew Son* Mor 455.40 -0.40 *e> 454.70 457 80 454JO ***** -0.30 Mor 457.60 -0.30 Jun 459.00 463.00 458.50 459.80 -0.40 Aug 463.50 466 00 463.30 464.30 -0.40 Oa 469.00 470.00 469.00 469.00
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    • 186 10 Indicates the average of the prime lending rate* of 12 ma|or banks in S'pora Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on March 31 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 6oyt 1 mlh 3 m#> 12 mrtt 3/4 5/8 6 13/16 11/16 6 7/8 3/4 7 1/8 7 7 9/16 7/16
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    • 62 10 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market fell 3% point to end at !4 per cent yesterday Term rates fell across the board. S$ interbank rates at 1 2 noon yester day: OFFEt 8ID o« nigM 1/8 0 1 -moult) 3 1/16 2 15/16 2-monffo 3 1/16
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    • 85 10 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's closing Day's code Maturity BID OFFER HIGH LOW 3 months BQ*****A 30.6.88 2.99 2.94 2.99 2.96 6 months BY*****H 22.9.88 3.07 3.02 3.04 3.04 1 y oar BY*****Z 23.3.89 3.15 3.10 3.15 3.12 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's
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    • 157 10 Reuter SOVIET AUTHORITIES are considering setting up a special cooperative bank to provide non-state financing for cooperative ventures. Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. Tass quoted Viktor Rkhipov, first deputy chairman of the Soviet Agro-Industri-al Bank, as saying a special bank was needed to
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    • 444 10 EURODOLLAR futures opened unchanged from Chicago's closing level in quiet trading ahead of the long weekend. The steady US dollar supported the market. The June contract opened at 92.68 and traded between 92 65/68 before ending at 92.67. Currency futures opened firmer from previous closing levels as the US
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    • 78 10 SINGAPORE C losing BID Off€R Doy't high Day's lo< us$/ss 2.0030 2.0040 2.0055 2.0020 US$/M$ 2.5635 2.5645 2.5670 2.5610 US$ y«n 124.40 124.50 125.60 124.30 USS/DM 1.6580 1.6585 1.6665 1.6560 USS/S Ft 1.3690 1.3700 1.3760 1.3670 1/US$ 1.8800 1.8810 1.8815 1.8680 Source: UOB OCBC Exchange Rate Index 21 ,A6) 0060
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    • 1654 10 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Thursday, Mordt 31 1988 OEUTtCHCUAHK (SMCX) High Apr 88 ce Lev He «e« MM AprMp* 1 1 54 Hr LOw Sea CAS 55 CAB M CAS 57 CAB 54 2658 270 CAS 5* 1688 173 5A 1 to 18 85 13 13 13 61 278 25
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 690 11 AP BRAZIL, the Third World's most indebted nation, has auctioned US$l5O million of its U*****.7 billion foreign debt in a historical and controversial debt-for-equity swap. The debt was traded on Tuesday for interest in Brazilian companies but at a discount averaging 18.5
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    • 584 11 Revenue drops 32.6 per cent AFP THE EARNINGS of Deutsche Bank, West Germany's biggest banking group, fell sharply last year because of the October stock market crash, the bank announced in Frankfurt on Wednesday. It was the first time in 10 years
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    • 110 11 DEUTSCHE BANK has announced that its regional head office here, which was the first to be granted operational headquarters status (OHQ) by Singapore. will assume the functions previously performed by Deutsche Bank (Asia)'s head office in Hamburg early this month. Officials are now setting
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    • 144 11 AFP THE US TREASURY Department is selling 20-year zero-coupon bonds worth U552.56 billion to Mexico as part of a radical new plan to help solve Mexico's debt problems, said officials in Washington on Wednesday. At the same time in New York. Mexican Finance Minister
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    • 708 11 Bernama ES A NUMBER of commercial banks and finance companies in Malaysia have described the 1988 guidelines on lending to priority sectors as reasonable and pledged to take all the necessary steps to comply with them. Executives of most of the banks contacted on
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    • 687 11 NYT THE US SENATE on Wednesday approved landmark legislation that would radically weaken the 55-year-old law that separates the banking and securities industries. The bill, passed 94-2, would permit banks to own and operate securities firms and permit securities firms to get
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    • 541 11 NYT EMBROILED with Wall Street arbitragers who continue to balk at its terms, the group bidding to acquire the ailing First City Bancorporation of Texas Inc on Tuesday reduced the percentage of bondholders who must approve its US$l.5 billion offer to 70 per cent, from
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    • 140 11 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA said on Wednesday it had not postponed plans to issue bonds to finance its 1988 budget deficit. An official source, quoted by the Saudi Press Agency, denied a Reuter story on Tuesday quoting senior bankers in the kingdom as saying the scheme
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    • 192 11 NYT E F HUTTON Group Inc will plead guilty to criminal charges that it laundered money for unidentified clients who have previously been reported to be organised crime figures. According to a filing on Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
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    • 480 11 Reuter THE HONGKONG Association of Banks is to lift the general ban on the issuing of certificates of deposit during periods when banks are required to impose negative interest rates on large Hongkong dollar deposits, an association
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    • 107 11 AFP THE BANK OF CHINA has signed a soft-loan agreement with Chase Manhattan Bank and Midland Bank for £72 million (US$32O million), the official China Daily reported on Wednesday. The money will be used in the construction of two 350,000 kilowatt generators at the Yueyang
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    • 113 11 Reuter STANDARD Poor's Corp has downgraded the ratings on US$2 billion of debt of Marine Midland Banks Inc, a unit of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Cut were its senior debt to A from A-plus, subordinated debt to A-minus from A, preferred stock
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    • 280 11 Reuter BANKERS said a suggestion that Panama might replace the dollar with its own currency to overcome a US-engineered cash crunch was like "threatening to shoot yourself in the foot". Panama's ambassador to Venezuela said on Monday it was his nation's "sovereign
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
    • 4799 12 THE SINGAPORE stock market closed mixed in lethargic trading yesterday. Share prices drifted lower on a broad front from the outset, as profit-takers set in after Wednesday's gains. Brokers said that there was a lack of buying interest, as investors closed their books ahead
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 463 13  -  By LISA LEE THE GLUT in the hotel trade, cut-throat competition and lower room rates continued to have an adverse effect on the performances of three publicly-listed hotel groups which announced < their results yesterday. But while ANA Hotels (S) Ltd i and
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 105 13 SINGAPORE National Printers posted a pre-tax profit of $2.73 m ($1.20 m) on an increased turnover of $25.24 m ($19.17 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. At the group level, pre-tax profit was 53.24 m. Profit after tax doubled to $2.26 m ($1.08
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      • 82 13 TONG MENG Industries Ltd reported a pre-tax operating profit of $623,000 ($290,000) on an increased turnover of $4.79 m ($4.04 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. Profit after tax but before extraordinary items rose 123% to $299,000 ($134,000). A net extraordinary gain
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      • 104 13 ACMA ELECTRICAL Industries Ltd made a turnaround last year with a pre-tax operating profit of $700,000 compared with a loss of $1.59 m previously. Turnover rose slightly to $88.17 m ($86.67 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. A first and final tax-exempt dividend of
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      • 96 13 GOLD COIN Ltd has posted a pre-tax profit of $14m for the year ended 1987. an increase of 3% over 1986. It is also proposing an unchanged dividend of 8.5% less 33% Singapore income tax, which, if approved, will be paid on June 30. The
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    • 217 13 HEFTY interest payments wiped out whatever gains made in gross operating profits by the Faber Merlin Malaysia Berhad group for the six months ended Dec 31, 1987. The Malaysian-based group barely managed a gross interim operating profit of M 52.78 million (loss
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    • 3221 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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    • 276 13 Managers' prices for April 1 2 Singapore Unit Trust TH* Comm*'c* 0*3 099 The Savings Fund 0 79 085»d S'por* frog Fund 037 041 S'por* S*c Fund 063 066 S'por* ln«*tt Fund 067 072 S'por* Equity Fund 045 049 Asia Unit Trust Mol lnw#5t Fund 1 29 139
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    • 246 13 THE SINGAPORE Bus Service posted a sharp 20 per cent rise in after-tax profit last year due to higher growth in fare revenue, advertising receipts and savings resulting from reduced employer's CPF contributions and low oil prices. Pre-tax profit rose
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    • 498 13  - Profit down at RDC, up at Ssangyong and L M By LEE HAN SHIH THE government-backed Resources Development Corporation (RDC) has emerged as the worst performer of the three con-struction-related companies which announced their results yesterday. For the year ended Dec 31, 1987, RDC's group attributable profit fell 96 per
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    • 188 13 RECENTLY-relisted Honfl Fok Corporation Ltd sank mora deeply into the red as heavy interest payments on borrowings continued to take a toll on the performance of the property group. Group operating loss swelled two-and-a-half times to a record $15.67 million last
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    • 195 13 TRADING-BASED Intraco Ltd posted a pre-tax profit of $11.2 million last year, almost unchanged from its record performance of the previous year. Turnover increased 14 per cent to $407.69 million. After a tax bill of $4.44 million and a deduction of $36,000 for minority interests,
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 75 14 FEDERAL FLOUR MILLS Bhd reported a pre-tax operating profit of M547.34m (M542.68m) on a turnover of $628.12 m ($513.02 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. No final dividend proposed. Profit after tax and minority interests but before extraordinary gains was $33.78 m ($27.08 m). A
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      • 108 14 KECK SENG (M) Bhd reported a marginally increased pre-tax operating profit of M520.19m (M519.97m) despite a significant rise in turnover to $244.86 m ($155.92 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. A final gross dividend of six cents is proposed, giving a total gross dividend
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      • 139 14 IGB CORP BHD reported a 45 per cent increase in its pre-tax operating profit of M517.46m (Msll.9Bm) on a turnover which rose 10.5% to $215.13 m ($240.49 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. A final gross dividend of 4% is proposed, giving a total
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      • 113 14 MY COM BHD reported a pre-tax operating profit of Msl.olm (Msl.l6m) on a turnover of $2.03 m ($11.07 m) for the six months ended Dec 31, 1987. No interim dividend was declared. Profit after tax but before extraordinary items was $I.olm ($1.16 m). An extraordinary gain of
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      • 69 14 THE PAPER products company, Insas Bhd, sharply reduced its pre-tax operating loss to M55.62m (MslB.B7m) on a turnover of $12.77 m ($10.19 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. No dividend is proposed. Loss after tax fell to $5.62 m ($18.34 m). Loss per share was
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      • 81 14 SPK-SENTOSA Corp Bhd reported a pre-tax operating profit of M 5323.000 (loss of M 5766,000) on a turnover of $4.92 m ($5.93 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. No final dividend proposed. Profit after tax was $92,000 (loss of $1.11 m). Earnings per share was 0.2
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      • 110 14 MENTAKAB RUBBER Company (Malaya) Bhd reported a pre-tax profit of M 5549,000 (M 5447.000) on a turnover of $1.65 m ($1.48 m) for the year ended Dec 31, 1987. A final gross dividend of 12 cents per share was proposed, giving a total gross dividend of 20
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    • 2918 14 THE UPTREND on the Kuala Lumpur market was reversed yesterday as prices dipped marginally across the board in dull trading following weaker sentiment on overseas markets. Dealers said that the dismal performance in Wall Street, which saw the Dow Jones dropping 20 points, with
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    • 308 14 Bernama ES TAN CHONG MOTOR Holdings Bhd, though hard-hit by the sluggish motor market. managed to reduce its group pre-tax loss to M 56.66 million for calendar 1967 from a previous loss of M 57.56 million. Group turnover declined slightly to M 5541.68 million from
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    • 247 14 Bernama MALAYSIA'S marine area is almost three times the land area, but the country has yet to exploit fully its marine resources which are worth billions of ringgit. Science, Technology and Environment Minister Datuk Amar Stephen Yong said. He said
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    • 87 14 AP DAEWOO MOTOR CO plans to build another assembly plant with an annual production capacity of 800,000 cars. Daewoo officials said on Wednesday. They said the Korean car maker would invest US$l.6 billion in the new plant in the south-western port city of Kunsan. No other
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    • 1424 14 Hongkong SHARE PRICES on the Hongkong market closed steady yesterday in moderate trading on late buying support. The Hang Seng Index rose 15.05 points to end the day at 2.543.97 after falling 3.83 points initially. The Hong Kong Index gained 11.04 to 1.669 99 Turnover was HK5666.12
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    • 134 14 MAR 31 WOM 1Chad Sugar Oaelim Ind Daewoo Corp Daewoo Heavy Daiahin Securitiea Dong Ah Phar Dong Soh Stock Dongbu Steel Gold Star Hanil Bank Hanil Cement Hankuk Glaaa Hanyang Chemical Hyundai Co net Hyundai Motor ***** ***** ***** iseoo ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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    • 515 14 Reuter SHARE PRICES on the Tokyo market closed down in active trade yesterday due to an at»sence o* fresh positive factors. Wall Street's drop overnight and an unstable dollar, brokers said. "The market was also getting a little overheated." said a broker at one of the big four Japanese
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    • 422 14 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market ended its half-day session yesterday barely steady with some light selling evident in most sectors. Brokers said the market drifted lower on modest volume as sentiment remained intact despite an overnight slump on Wall Street. "I think the market performed extremely well today and
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    • 156 14 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index dropped 5.42 to 388.90 yesterday on a turnover of 6,735.179 shares worth 641.34 million baht. MAR n Ao Kham Thai Ayudhya Invaatmant 432 -46 Bangkok AgrtHnd 146 Bangkok Bank Bank Of Ayudhya 331 350 unch unch Charoong Thai Wir# 453 unch A
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    • 280 14 MAR 91 NT S All Sincara Indus 2.97 -0 03 Asia Camant 73 50 unch Camay Cons 79 50 unch Chang Hwa Bank 306 00 1 Chang Loong 61 50 1 Chia Main Camant 56 50 1 Chin Main Flour 20 ao -0.1 China Cham 33 00 -03 China
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    • 70 14 Reuter THE ADELAIDE Steamship Co Ltd (Adsteam) has acquired a 19.9 per cent stake in Pioneer Property Group Ltd, Australia's third largest home builder. Pioneer Property said that Adsteam had lifted its holding by buying an 11.75 per cent stake previously held by FAI Insurances Ltd
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 1052 15 New York Reuter WALL STREET closed with a sharp loss on Wednesday after further weakness in the dollar and heavy selling of computer stocks unnerved investors, traders said. Stocks staged an abrupt reversal at midday, erasing a morning rally. The paramount concern was that interest
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    • 930 15 London Reuter EQUITY PRICES on the London market opened with the leaderboard showing broad declines. Dealers said sentiment took a knock from sharp declines on the New York market and sterling's strength following remarks on Wednesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson. His comment
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    • 1053 15 Selected indices HONGKONG Hongkong Index Thursdoy 1,669 99 Wednesday 1.658 95 Week ago 1.668 72 Hang Seng Index Thursday 2.***** Wednesday 2.528 92 Week ogo 2.546 40 All Industrials Thursday 2.266 3 Wednesday 2.266 5 Week ogo 2.326 8 NEW YORK Dow Jones Wednesday 1.978 12 Tuesday 1.998 34 Week
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    • 539 15 Aftermath of the October Crash Reuter SEVERAL French stockbrokers, hit by bankruptcies among their clients after the October stocks crash, have sought financial assistance from the French stockbrokers' association. Sources from the association said that the requests for assistance had all been met, following a
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    • 162 15 FT VOLVO, the Swedish motor, engineering and food group, has bought Leyland Bus for an undisclosed sum. Formerly a UK state-owned bus group, Leyland Bus was sold to a management consortium last year for £4 million. The latest deal came on the heels of the UK
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    • 216 15 Reuter THE INTERNATIONAL news service United Press International announced a reorganisation plan in Washington on Wednesday, under which about 150 staff positions would be cut to stem losses running at US$2 million a month. The reorganisation plan was announced by a new management group
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    • 200 15 NYT THE CALIFORNIAN court of appeal has ruled in favour of Barron Hilton in his long battle to obtain control of a 27.4 per cent block of stock in the Hilton Hotel Corp that was left by his father. Conrad Hilton. "I regard this as a
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    • 162 15 UPI MCDONNELL DOUGLAS Corp of St Louis became America's Number 1 weapons research contractor in 1987 with contracts totalling nearly US$l.7 billion, an increase of more than US$7OO million over 1986, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co of Sunnyvale, California, slipped from
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    • 180 15 Reuter BRITISH publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell announced on Wednesday that 1987 pre-tax profits of his Maxwell Communication Corporation more than doubled to £166 million. Mr Maxwell said in a statement the results, which compare with 1986 profits of £80.3 million, were due to a
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    • 348 15 FT CAP GROUP, one of Britain's top computing services companies, is to merge with Sema Metra, its French equivalent, to create a significant new power in the worldwide computing services business Computing services companies, with their special skills in software and systems integration, are
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    • 204 15 Reuter BRITISH government is confident the European Community would approve its plans to sell the stateowned carmaker Rover Group PLC to British Aerospace PLC. Trade and Industry Secretary Lord Young said on British Radio: "I believe that at the end of the day
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    • 273 15 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PARAGON CONTAINER SERVICE PTE. LTD. (Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 63 Robinson Road #03-22. Afro Asia Building. Singapore 0106 on
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  • 552 16  -  Results exclude performance of Genting International By ROSIE TAN GENTING BHD has posted a profit after tax and minorities of M 580.89 million for 1987. Though it represents a drop of 11.3 per cent compared with M 591.19 million for 1986, the results for the two
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  • 334 16 Bernama ES THE GROSS revenue of 220 private and public companies in Malaysia, which amounted to M 521,968.2 million in the second half of 1987, is expected to increase by M 5714.0 million or 3.3 per cent during the first
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  • 123 16 Reuter WEST AUSTRALIAN FIRM Parry Corp Ltd said yesterday that a A 5104.2 million write-off had led to a net loss after extraordinary items of A 5131.19 million. Reporting its first-half results to Dec 31, the company said before write-offs, it suffered a A
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  • 136 16 EIGHTEEN-MONTH-OLD Cold Storage Dairies, set up with an investment of $38 million, will be officially opened on Tuesday. Cold Storage Dairies is a joint venture between Cold Storage Holdings PLC and the New Zealand Dairy Board. The company occupies a
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  • 52 16 AFP NEW ZEALAND Overseas Trade Minister Mike Moore will arrive in Singapore on Sunday for talks with officials here and the opening of a dairy products factory. Mr Moore will meet his Singapore counterpart, BrigadierGeneral Lee Hsien Loong, to discuss General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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  • 404 16  -  By ELAINE KOH SALVAGE and towing group Sembawang Maritime Ltd (SML) posted a maiden pre-tax profit of $13.3 million last year, exceeding by a generous margin its forecast of $8 million. Sembawang Maritime, which went public last May, benefited from a pick-up in marine
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  • 246 16 MARINE-BASED Chuan Hup Holdings Ltd posted a pre-tax profit of $3.36 million for the half-year ended Dec 31, 1987, down 5.5 per cent from the previous corresponding period. Turnover was almost unchanged at $46.6 million. However, net profit showed a sharp
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  • 319 16 JURONG SHIPYARD Ltd, which went public last September, recorded a 58 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to $19.45 million last year. Buoyed by the recovery in the shiprepair sector, turnover also rose 25 per cent to $171.02 million from $137.1 million before. This was
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  • 415 16  -  By ZHOU MEI In Taipei TAIWAN'S "visionary commitment" made a decade ago in creating a "total environment" for research and development alongside manufacturing is paying handsome dividends today. That commitment to entice high-technology industries to Taiwan by providing the infrastructure has materialised as
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  • 308 16  -  By MARTIN SOONG A DOZEN PROPOSALS to supply consultancy services for the building of the road link between mainland Singapore, Sentosa island and Pulau Brani were submitted to the government but none was accepted. According to the latest government gazette, fees for
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  • 87 16 AFP THE INDONESIAN government has set up a postal box to receive anonymous reports of corruption or abuse of power, the secretary to the vice-president said. "The information received from the people will be considered confidential, and should be protected." J Moeskita said yes-
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  • LATE FILE
    • 36 16 AFP VIETNAMESE governmentcontrolled industries are now considered autonomous and will be shut or privatised if they fail to make profits, the Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan in Hanoi reported yesterday.
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    • 38 16 AFP ONE-THIRD of the Philippines' senior generals go into compulsory retirement today, capping President Corazon Aquino's most sweeping military overhaul, aimed at revamping a force that has grown flabby while its enemies grow fiercer.
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    • 47 16 AFP DUTCH insurance firm National Nederlanden is to set up a life insurance office in Taiwan through its US subsidiary, Life Insurance Company of Georgia, the company said on Wednesday. At present, only US insurance firms are allowed to operate in Taiwan. AFP
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    • 51 16 AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi yesterday visited the north-eastern frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh, much of which China claims. The Press Trust of India said Mr Gandhi flew by helicopter to Tawang, an outpost in Arunachal Pradesh which India made a fully-fledged state in 1986.
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    • 42 16 AFP FORMER West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt said Japan should compensate for its low military spending by raising aid to developing countries, the Asahi Evening News reported yesterday. Mr Schmidt was in Tokyo for a symposium. AFP
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    • 43 16 AFP CORRUPT officials will find no hiding place in the South Korea of President Roh TaeWoo, the government said yesterday, shortly after the younger brother of former president Chun Doo-Hwan was arrested for graft and corruption. AFP
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    • 42 16 AFP SOUTH Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said yesterday that it is investing US$l2 million to build a colour television factory in Mexico. Construction work has begun and the new plant can assemble 400,000 colour television sets. AFP
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    • 76 16 AFP INVESTIGATORS in the IranContra case have uncovered yet another memo written by former national security adviser Admiral John Poindexter which indicates that US Vice-President George Bush attended a key-meeting involving the weapons-for-hos-tages deal. So far, Mr Bush has denied directly witnessing opposition by Secretary
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  • 182 16 Reuter INDIA does not seek dominance of the Indian Ocean and its rapid naval buildup reflects concern over Chinese activity and US missile supplies to Pakistan, a New Delhi defence expert said. "The Chinese navy has entered the Indian Ocean and has
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  • 180 16 Producing art in an hour the Conni Gordon way i SHE'S TAUGHT an astoundi ing 15 million people over the last 40 years. And that excludes her countless television and radio audiences. Conni Gordon doesn't teach art to please formal art schools. She works with people who swear they can't
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  • 87 16 ASEAN traders dealing in items ranging from garments and beds to cakes and birds' eggs will enjoy higher tariff concessions from today. A total of 137 items receive additional tariff preferences under the Asean Preferential Trading Arrangement. They include almost all types of clothing,
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  • 77 16 UPI SIR WILLIAM McMahon. prime minister of Australia from March 1971 to December 1972. died in St Lukes Hospital in Sydney yesterday, aged 80, a hospital spokeswoman said. She said Mr McMahon died early yesterday and was buried the same day The hospital refused to disclose
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 99 17 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Community said it had approved state aid granted by France and the Netherlands to their shipbuilding industries. In an effort to force Europe's struggling shipyards to restructure, the community has agreed to restrict national aid to 28 per cent of
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    • 365 17 PLANS by YS Line to introduce a bigger capacity ship in the Straits-Taiwan-Japan service to accommodate increasing container shipments have suffered a temporary setback. It is believed that though the Japanese company had intended to deploy a bigger vessel of
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    • 204 17 MALAYSIA is looking at the possibility of using Bangkok Port as a transhipment point for its exports to Pacific countries, including Hongkong, Japan and the US. Custom officials from the two countries are now meeting in the J B Hotel
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    • 201 17 Reuter SHOWA LINE has agreed with its creditor banks that the majority of its debt payments will either be put off or frozen to help it survive the current shipping recession, a senior company official said. He said the banks have agreed
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 95 17 Reuter CONGESTION and delays built up at ports in Cyprus because of a week-long bah on overtime by port workers, port sources said. They said a joint committee of striking port authority workers and management met yesterday to try to end the dispute. Pilots and
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    • 164 18 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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    • 114 18 THE OMISSION of shipping in the UK Budget was an intense disappointment. General Council of British Shipping president Kerry St Johnston said. Except in the context of Business Expansion Scheme limits. Chancellor Nigel Lawson again did not mention shipping, he told the
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    • 353 18 UPI TWENTY-TWO Filipino crewmen on the cruise ship Azure Seas have accused their superiors of nepotism, sexual harassment and other offences and left the boat, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. The crew members, who were to have flown home on Tuesday
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    • 753 18 Fairplay THE BIG-IS-BEAUTIFUL belief among so many cruise lines today is not being shared by some financial pundits. Increasingly they point out the imminent dangers of over-ca-pacity. With 28 vessels worth US$2.7 billion with a total of 25,400 berths (40 per cent of present
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    • 945 18 AB Shpg V .5 AtC Contain*! VMI 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 AhronkioJ Lmor n 3 Africa Oaoi XI 2 Alhrons VI 3 AC Toopfor n s Amor icon Tpt XII 4/5 Anro S*rvm 1 IV 2/3 Arrow linos IX Asion Ocoon n 4 Atlas Lm* I
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    • 356 19 Reuter A SUPERTANKER carrying Saudi Arabian oil was set ablaze in the southern Gulf by an Iranian frigate and then ran aground on the shore of the United Arab Emirates yesterday, shipping sources said. "The whole of the stern is ablaze
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    • 230 19 A STRONG recovery in the container leasing business and better results from Sealink British Ferries enabled Sea Containers Ltd to achieve a U5593.4 million turnaround to net profits of U5543.6 million last year. Mr Sherwood forecasts that 1988 will produce even better profits, exceeding the
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    • 180 19  -  From Kingsley Wood BASS STRAIT partners Esso-BHP could face charges for alleged breaches of safety precautions following the death of an engineer on the West Kingfish oil production platform in November, 1986. An explosion during testing of the platform facilities ended
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    • 481 19 April 6 Bills of lading Masters responsibilities. Nautical Institute (Solent Branch) meeting. 1930 hrs, College of Maritime Studies, Warsash. April 6-7 Subsea control and data acquisition for oil and gas production systems. Institute of Measurement and Control conference, Metropole Hotel, London. April 10-18 Chartering: a practical approach, Cambridge
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    • 385 19 UPI THE USS Sequoia, the yacht aboard which Franklin D Roosevelt plotted war strategy and John F Kennedy threw his last birthday bash, was relaunched on Wednesday amid a burst of red, white and blue balloons on a seven-month "celebrate America" tour
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    • 8430 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 1478 25 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES JURONG PORT VmmI Barth Arrival Departure Afcyonn Mob* P«K>o<<i» J* ill olongiido olongiido 01 09 7300 0104 1800 KEPPEL WHARVES S TKo. Coronx Sokuro Indo* I9 it olongvdo O'ongxM 01 *****0 01 04 1800 Alb*r urn Cofoi P coss b fu|. fufcuioki M *19
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    • 2119 26 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) Alitrans Alltrans Express American President Lines
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    • 1237 26 The freight market is already quieter ahead of the Easter holiday with no fresh fixing seen on the US Gulf to the Continent and Japan grain voyages on Wednesday, ship brokers said Market talk suggested U5513.50 was bid from the Gulf to Continent against tonnage at $13.75. A
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    • 291 28 Lloyd's List CANADA'S federal Transport Minister John Crosbie is pressing ahead with plans to set up a second vessel register that will exempt the country's shipping companies from paying taxes He has asked his officials to draw up a paper on the
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    • 220 28 Reuter WATER LEVELS on West Germany's rivers receded slowly on Wednesday after a week of floods which claimed at least six lives, caused millions of dollars of damage and stopped shipping on major waterways, officials said. Authorities in the
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    • 169 28 JAPANESE container manufacturers suffered a setback last year when its production slipped by 55 per cent to 18,035 TEUs. The figure comprised 3,235 20-ft units and 7,400 40-ft units. Export boxes accounted for just over half of the total. The decline was
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    • 609 17 TJMES STP Distributors Times Publishing Croup 1? OOCL ORIENT OvtKJfAS CttUeim* LINE WW// Agents JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (Reg No *****4/ OOK) 200 Cantonment Road #12 05 South point Singapore 0208 Tel 221MU TELEX NO RS ***** TERMINAL/CFS Tel *****18 220 BOOKINGS Tel *****34 235 PESAKA JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES SON BHO
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    • 121 17 qmdb TWENTY-TWO Filipino crewmen on the cruise ship Azure Seas have accused their superiors of nepotism, sexual harassment and other offences and left the boat, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday. Pag« II A SUPERTANKER carrying Saudi Arabian oil was set ablaze in the soirthem Gulf by an Iranian
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    • 789 17 r 114*1+,*1 H.. TIME? STP Distributors MAERSK LINE A NEW STANDARD IN SERVICE A BETTER WAY TO OAKLAND SIN OAK— 17 DAYS! LPK OAK— 23 DAYS! PEN OAK— 22 DAYS! This ween Axe' M Closing T,me CY 06/4 ?30C H«S CFS 06/4 1300 HRS To: Europe— UK Scandinavia Finland AXEL
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 591 18 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT P KELANG SOUTHAMPTON HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP HONG KONG EXPRESS TOKYO BAY RHINE MARU TOKIO EXPRESS HAMBURG EXPRESS KOWLOON BAY ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS, BELFAST. DUBLIN. COPENHAGEN. AARHUS, GOTHENBURG MALMO HELSINKI OSLO AMSTERDAM. CARIBBEAN S AMERICA CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT
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    • 18 18 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National V. Shipping Association. >
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    • 356 18 CHARGEURS REUNIS f IXRECT SEMI CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO WEST AFRICA 4 SPOBE LA REUNION P NOIRE P GENTIL/LIBREVILLE DOUAIA COTONOU LOME EARNEST VENTURE W5 1/4 VH a ahojan Am m N'NC.APrvpf f NOUlOif s V.U *a SAN JUAN S O ESTERO LA RtOJA Optorg Shipping Pte. Ltd I ABIDJAN DAKAR
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    • 909 19 -h The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd P&O Containers t COWTAIfCRSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT: STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok HONG KONG EXPRESS TOKYO Mf MINE MARU TOU tO EXPRES HARMURG EXPRESS UMIOON BAT BENAVON Aho Accepting Cargo For: Hinturf to Coeo«i*a|on. Ajrhut
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    • 623 19 S7 C SAV Corrpjmj Sud Americanj do Vjpcres S.A Cfilron L inc tii 'art SERVICE to/from CHILE FEEOCR VESSEL SPORE MOTHER VESSEL HK MICA IQQ ANTOF VALP SAI s*" 1 M NOBLE STAR 14/4 M lit 11* £**1 W CAR CARRIER ro*- »/S 11/5 »4 CSAV J jUM B VESSEL
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    • 439 20 HXSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICE IRAN EHSAN IRAN TEYEOURI Loading for BANDAR ABBAS BANDAR ABBAS or KYOWA LINE PNC/S. PACIFIC SERVICE Singapore Loading for: A VESSEL 21/4 LAE. PMB RBL, HRA MICRONESIA SERVICE HK LOAD FOR OCEANIA EXPRESS V-12 13/4 GUAM. SAIPAN OCEANIA
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    • 707 20 ]t£&LINE urn* srnetmt c»"»« FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ th Coowtmn KOREAN JACEJIN 43W QUEEN S NAT BRIDGE 2W SEVEN SEAS BRIDGE 65W KOREAN CHANCE 36W ACE CONCORD 14W ORIENTAL CHIEF HW L«Hi»re fjtowe R djm M'burf B lu.tn 21 4 22 23 25 < 2fc4 27 4
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    • 307 20 E FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD DIRECT SERVICE TO DUBAI: SAILING 8/4 EURO-AFRICA LINE FOR: PORTO, LISBON, ORAM, BILBAO MADRID, MALAGA, MELILLA, TANGER. TENERIFE, LASPALMAS. TUNIS, VALLETTA, IRUN, CEUTA. ALGIER A ISTANBUL U.S.A. PAPUA NEW GUINEA PORT MORESBY, RABUAL, LAE A MADANG NEW CALEDONIA FIJI ISLANDS NOUMEA SUVA/LAUTOKA 4/5 4/5
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    • 960 20 M EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) 2 VI 7 *l w w w m J* J* 17ft Uft 1* 2B* Oft K/7 24* 2M 21* 1/7 %n JO/7 Up JJ/7 it I) CRISTOBAL BALBOA PANAMA CITY COLON IN CURACAO VIA KINGSTON *> MONTREAL TORONTO VIA NCW YORK
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    • 675 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES AV\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 r FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE JAKARTA CONTAINER SERVICE SURARAYA/SEMARANG CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL SEA HAWK SEA DRAGON SEA HAWK KOTA EAGLE VESSEL SEA FORTUNE INTEGRA SEA FORTUNE KOTA EAGLE SIN SBY SMG SLD 31 n 2/4 3/4
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    • 263 21 W T* iNORBUL NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD 11 REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK/CONTINENT PORTS TO: INDIA/PAKISTAN PORTS EMERALD CONFIDENCE SWK/SABAH In Port LOADING FOR MGLR'KANOLA TO: KOREA JAPAN PORTS SPORE MARATHON UNITED AGENCY PTE LTD TEI 6 Kl PK S P YEO SHPC TRDC Kl PK VABIOI
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    • 649 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINFNT HonHont Ei«r«i < 4 Tokyo 13/4 Rhino Mjru hh Teiio Eiprtu 2*4 t>pr«i M Kowioan (ty in ■now H/5 2*5 u ntoum an L**» 2*5 City ot Edinkwrfti 1* S POM f KLANC STON 4/4 V 4 2*4 114 14,4 2/5 I*4
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    • 565 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. OJAKAOTA LLOYD f.T. ffiSUM LLOTD P.T. IAMOOtO* INOONESU P.T. TOKOOA LLOTI EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SIN6APORE TO EUROPE VSI/VOY S PORE BILBAO ANTWERP H'BURG/ LJ. BONTANG/14WB 30/4-2/5 9 6 i? 6 OCEAN PRIMA 10WB 10-12/5 I- 14/5 17/8 Sub|*ct to Inducamant. Also accepting
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    • 483 21 *4 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR |i» SHippiMß cmpb^w I (Burmese National Line) MERCUI VS3W PAGAN VUSW PA-AN VI23W HTONEYWA V234W Loading for Rangoon P.Kelang Penang Bangkok S pore P.Kelang P» 31 ltof/7 Apr Apr 11/13 Apr 9/10 Aar IS/17 Apr \£gt BANK LINE \T T A w ppvirr
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1056 22 flTLflrmC COAST (Round-The-World Service) NEPTUNE JADF vi? 'PK/PNG S PORE LB CHLS NFK NYC MFX npiFNT*. 3Apr 7Apf 30 A 10 May 12 May 14 May 18 May RA NBOW BRIMF VI? J pr 14 7 17 "May 21 May 25 May NEPTUNE SEJJ. sApr5 Apr 21 Apr 14 M**
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    • 425 22 Lkh*U —J Accepting LCL and containerised cargo** Direct to South Africa pore I Durban P.EIu VAAL Sl3sf NEDLLOYD COLOMBO 5234F OSAKA MARU 5339F NEDILOYO COLOMBO 4533G ANJOU OIK OSAKA MARU 4S3BC M 23/4 21/4 11/S 10/5 23/5 25/4 26/4 13/5 17/5 25/3 2C/S C.Town Durban SM Sid Sid Sid Sid
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    • 804 22 ft INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acccptlrvg FCL/FCI Containers Singapore P Hetang Penang Leading tor Mother Vsl By feeder By Feeder S O TRIPURA V MM 5 Apr Kandla Bombi. RAVIOAS V JJM Apr B Mar S Mar Kandla Bombay IT 10 *<" 3 Apr 1 Apr HI4X»loI!l2*a. *AOESH V37H11 Apr
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    • 685 22 GOLDEN LINE W&GIV GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD V n. t*m a r* st™«t I SINGAPORE UM ra SMM (It IINIS) Fm 94SM STRAITS PE SIAN GULF SERVICE: S pore P Ketone Pen.™ GOLDEN WNDER Colombo Karachi Duba. 7/1 Apr GOLDEN BEAR Karachi Dubai DNnnw 2ifS Apr CHINA SERVICE A
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    • 522 22 ni3 EAST FAR EAST Hr* W. 15/4. 22/4 H KONG KOK. KEELUNG, mi'ju v.xi PHILI Oni€NT LINtS PTi LTD H£AO OFFICE 63 ROBINSON ROAD -CM2 AfRO ASIA BUtIOING SINGAPORE 3136 THE* RS ***** Phui FA* ??5Sf6 W" EAST AFRICA/MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE MOMBASA DARESSAUUM BEIRA TAMAMVE REUNION. TANGA LATTAIQA, BENGHAZI TRIPOU. ALEXANDRIA.
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 795 23 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD J Bahru NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD. Ft EU/AUST TP A/SEA Terminal CFS BOOKINGS *****53 *****42 *****2 *****53 *****U *****16 2790U1 *****41 NEPLINE SDN. BHD *****57 INWARD/OUTWARD NEPLINE SDN BHD 2****** ENQUIRIES *****44 NEPLINE SDN. BHD 62a85/627H0ft27ft1/627«i2 NEPLINE SDN BHD *****0/*****1 t" ußKSufcn ATalfSSn T^"" K JACEJIN
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    • 434 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON STRAITS/KOREA SERVICE Vesseli Name ETD BS BKK No 6 DonamJMN 15/03 27/03 M. Enterprise/V)SN 2MB No 9 Oonam/KUN 73«3 03/0* No 7 Donjm 804N ***** No I Dorjm'Jo3N OS«4 17/04 *Gioria/804N 15(04 27/04 S PORE PKELANC
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    • 860 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD r^?°»J! UILD L'?Soi 5 w arket Street Sin B a P° re 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 knaLc Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** rLHAUIa p Kft ANf *t^ S J^YA pon°^N^G^ Jl rc 6»^
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    • 408 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TIL 225 6868 <30 Lines* FAX *****39 *****76 TELEX RS ***** A 6 SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAO vte deutfracht/seereederei rostock INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE To EUROfE S PORE *C«0 I "IN AC A lA-WERPIRMM IMBURC IR'STK 4/5 **VIA LARNACA Accepting cargo for Littiku,
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 181 24 r i Regional Weather ST i L? o> < s 1 m t s» L\w C 'V n" wit 17 #1 ti iflu£ r jtm SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature *q y Shower
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    • 1003 25 &l WAREHOUSING TRANSPORTATION Weekly consol at our CFS to Far East: Bangkok, Hongkong, Keeking, Kaoshiung, Manila Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle USA: Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Oakland WAREHOUSING 4 TRANSPORTATION PTE LTD 44 Benoi Road Singapore 2262 Tel: *****60, *****24 Tlx: RS ***** Fax: *****97 < crs >
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    • 262 25 EAST BOUND SERVICE -uo.-v.™ ETA S PORE LOADING FOR BABYLON 13/4 Jjpjn (Y HAMA) WEST BOUND SERVICE CTASfOK LOADING FOB ALFARABI 17/4 Jeddah. Aqatu Bjgtxuc THROUGH B/Ls to BAGHDAD UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS UPTO AQABA i BAGHDAD REEFER SPACE AVAILABLE UPTO AQABA LOADING CONTAINERS/CONVENTIONAL CGO FOR MAIN PORTS IN
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    • 516 26 ra r FINE-LINER SHIPPINi I PTE LTD I 70 Shenton Wiy W 0?C Marina House S pore C TEL ??•)9077 (g lines) TLX RS ??M1 FLINER FAX *****56 EUROPE SERVICE .r.mu.Tr ,j far east service MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE Hamburg West Germa Tiger Line BEN LINE AGENCIES (S) PTE. LTC
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    • 546 26 ZIM rutl CONTAINER SERVICE tccepting FCL,LCL cargoes to USA East t We»t C< Cirnbbejn Ent Ctntdj HAITI Co»U R.ci El Salvador Guatemala Hondi Venezuela Peru Ecuador Colombia via Miami Trinidad Barbados Antigua Lucia Montserrat Gujyarta via Kingston 13Z3 'HHIIIMIIM \\m 11■ IM PUSAN IM CALirOKNI IM LIVORNO IIS S m
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    • 575 26 f— 11 ruir iHh Everett Lines! 4 COMPANIA PERUANA 2l w de vapores 15 "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" 112 k9*P! N FOR CALLAO, MATARANI, 110' AND ALL OTHER CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING TO FINAL DESTINATION. t «»OLO[V£PI(TT R JOHNEVERETT R MURRAYEVERETT .J** F 5 ORIENT LINE" j JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 94 27 P. T. MOSES P. T. GESURI LLOYD A-S/ tj THE NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OF SAUDI ARABIA VESSEL S TABUK SINGAPORE P KELANG DAMMAM Accepting Breakbulk. Ro/Ro. Containers FCL Containers for Sharjah, Doha and Riyadh VESSEL S TABUK Fi'lii EISSI Alto Accepting FCL Containers for Charleston, Miami. Tampa and US Inland
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    • 23 27 Ngship Agencies T*l«ptw>n«: *****43 223 MM. *****74 Tttai RSJIS7I FA* *****69 AB NGSHIP BREAKBULK CONTAINER SERVICE YOU Yl 9 ZHEN XING SHANTOU HUANGPU
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    • 545 27 SMG KWANG HANG LCL/FCL SERVICE NOUMEA 4/5/88 A VESSEL SINGAPORE 11/4/88 Also accepting cargo to KEELUNG, KAOHSIUNO, HONG KONG, P. KELANG, BUBAN A JAPAN E. MALAYSIA A BRUNEI PORTS EB 60ZS BM Bff* LMuiai; TEL: *****11 FAX: *****47 TELEX: RS ***** SKHST Uil'KU LUCKY SEAWAY SERVICES PTE LTD Til: *****
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    • 665 27 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANC •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES' SP GLORY SELATAN VIII Sid GLORY SCLATAN IX V 66 Sid GLORY SCLATAN V V 86 4/4 PKL PN BLW KAOH W3 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW
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    • 428 27 I PTC CONTAINER LINES FCI/LCI SERVICE PTC GftOUP FAR EAST C/CJ CARGO IN CONTAINER CO LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED/RO-RO VESSEL iu'hiwi 1 9/4 HAIRATAN/KABUL/TOURGHUNDI WORLD FREIGHT SERVICES LTD International NVOCC Container Liner Weekly Service To and From U.K. (Accepting cargoes for all inland destinations in U.K. General Agents POH TIONG CHOON
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    • 338 28 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TEL *****06 (20 Lines) TLX RS ***** RS ***** IMLintermaritime SOUTHERN AFRICA SERVICE VIA MAURITIUS REUNION DIRECT MONTHLY SAILINGS KK SPORE PK PL REU DBN CT IML \IIV 15/4 2214 26/4 7/5 Hi 13/S 23/5 •Also calls E.L P E GENERAL AGENTS: HAI SUN
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    • 583 28 FOR RELIABLE AND FAST TRANSIT WEEKLY FCL SERVICE XO USA-EAST COAST/GULF/CANADA/MEXICO AND FRENCH WEST INDIES B SURIA VOG T 4/4 SELANDIA V 092 11/4 TOY AM A ¥102 111,4 Sooff LtHjyrt Connecting VSL ~4?4 21/4 ATL CARTIER STUTTGART EXP NUERNBEG ATL. Also serving Halifax Montreal. Toronto. New York, Baltimore. Portsmouth
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    • 288 28 WEEKLY LCL/FCL CONSOL SERVICE L.A., SFO, NEW YORK NMHISM SNPPMG n PTILTI Tel: *****88 (8 Lines) Tlx: RS ***** JUNO SHIPPING OFF,CE U KEPf>tL ROAD btc irrT K£M L HOUSE PTE LTD SINGAPORE 0201 TIMBER/BREAKBULK SERVICE JPN CHINA RANGOON S PORE BKK LATANGAN V 97 In Port IJ/4 11GH. 3
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    • 923 28 Sfflh i CALL US AT? P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR i *****53/*****11 04-*****2/4, *****3 •07-*****8 '07-*****3, *****5. *****0, *****1 •02-*****22 *****88 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE FEEDER B BUTANC 431 8 BUTANC 433 B BUTANC 43S B BUTANC 437 P KELANG I MTHR
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