The Business Times, 19 January 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    254 1 Dow down UNDETERRED by a slightly larger than expected November trade deficit report, US stock prices yesterday gained in early trading, but blue chips soon turned lower amid some profit-taking. December US industrial output rose 0.3 per cent, a little higher than expected, but the capacity utilisation
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    Singapore market continues to slip
    336 1 REGIONAL MARKETS closed mixed yesterday as investors waited anxiously for the release of US November trade deficit figures. Share prices in Singapore continued to slip across a broad front on profit-taking in fairly moderate trading. News that Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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    Keppel sets up repair base in Madras
    618 1  -  Company to take 25pc stake in joint venture By ROSIE TAN KEPPEL CORPORATION Ltd has set up another overseas shiprepair base with its acquisition of a quarter stake in a soon-to-be-set-up shipyard in Madras. India. Its first major overseas shiprepair interest is in
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    Lock icon US trade deficit up by 22pc, Japan's surplus falls slightly
    302 1 Reuter THE US trade deficit rose by about 22 per cent in November to a higher-than-expected U5512.51 billion from a revised U5510.26 billion in October, the Commerce Department said yesterday. The higher trade gap came as exports fell 2.3 per
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    Lock icon Mahathir in hospital, but condition stable
    207 1 Reuter AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad waa admitted to hospital yesterday after he complained of chest pains and is likely to remain in hospital for a few days, his spokesman aaid. "He ia still in hospital but it ia nothing serious," the spokesman
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    Lock icon Economic council named
    105 1 Agencies MALAYSIA'S new economic council to formulate a national economic policy has an equal number of bumiputera and non-bum iputera members and also includes two opposition politicians still under detention. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday announced the names of the 150 members of the National Economic
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    Former Seagate chief to take over as CEO of Intraco
    402 1  -  By ANNA TEO TSEN SING CHEONG. the former chief of Seagate Technology, is poised to take over as the chief executive officer of trading house Intraco next month. Mr Tien, who was Seagate Technology's senior vice-presi-dent, resigned from the American
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    Lock icon Debts owed to US government increasing
    140 1 Reuter DELINQUENT debt owed to the US government more than doubled under the Reagan administration with uncollected taxes and unpaid loans totalling over US$BB billion, the New York Times reported yesterday. The newspaper, citing advance copies of the president's annual management report on the
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    Govt willing to work with constructive opposition: BG Lee
    614 1 THE GOVERNMENT is willing, and well-prepared, to work with a constructive opposition, Briga-dier-Genera! (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. The Trade and Industry Minister was responding to a call yesterday from opposition Member of Parliament Chiam See Tong to the government
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      211 1 *4*41 Si) lit Editorial Comment ...14 South Korea GIA guidelines not clear Roh presents economic goals One Man's View 14 Meat row Vietnam for Asean? Not yet US, EC officials fail to meet Latin American debt 15 Citicorp Trying to break the vicious circle Still the most profitable Telecoms 2
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Foreign workers' levy netted $218m
      122 2 THE GOVERNMENT collected a total of $218 million in foreign workers' levy last year and expected it to be about $400 million this year in view of the increase in the levy rates, said Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan. Mr Lee also told the House
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      No paid maternity leave for third child
      73 2 LABOUR Minister Lee Yock Suan told Parliament yesterday that there was no plan to provide for paid maternity benefits for working women to have a third child. The Government had instead decided to offer women who had to take unpaid maternity leave to
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      Tougher action against touts planned
      106 2 THE Minor Offences Act is to be amended to make touting in public places a specific offence and to provide for severe punishment, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Lee Boon Yang told Parliament yesterday. Dr Lee said the bill on touting would be
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      Civil service pay and service conditions under review
      388 2  -  Parliament reports by ANNA TEO, SHOEB KAGDA and JOHN THOMAS THE GOVERNMENT announced yesterday that a wide-ranging review of salary and service conditions of its officers was under way. The Finance Minister, Or Richard Hu, whose ministry is in charge of the
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      Call for more flexible approach to 2nd language
      743 2 A MORE FLEXIBLE approach to the teaching of the second language should be adopted by the Ministry of Education to accommodate the different needs of children, said Dr Tan Cheng Bock (Ayer Rajah) yesterday. Dr Tan, who was among the nine MPs
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      President Wee recovering
      59 2 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee has recovered further from surgery on Monday to remove a cancerous growth in the rectum. A statement by the Ministry of Health yesterday said he was now fully alert and did not require any sedation for relieving pain. He was transferred from the
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      UOB donation for Community Chest
      67 2 THE COMMUNITY CHEST of Singapore has received $102,088 from the United Overseas Bank (UOB) group, the result of the group's sixth in-house fundraising campaign. This is its largest donation yet since it launched the campaign in 1983. This year's collection brings the total donations over
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      No consultation? Dr Yeo takes Dr Beng to task
      457 2 MINISTER for Communications and Information Or Yeo Ning Hong yesterday vehemently defended the government, and particularly his ministry, against the Fengshan Member's criticism on Tuesday that government parliamentary committees had not been consulted on major policies. There had in fact been
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      Promoting S'pore as business centre
      141 2 THE Economic Development Board is to be empowered to foster the growth of the services industry under a bill introduced in Parliament yesterday. The Economic Development Board (Amendment) Bill seeks to promote Singapore as an international business centre. The EDB will formulate investment promotion policies
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      Two categories of QCC conventions to encourage participation
      294 2 TO TAKE into account different levels of experience, the National Productivity Board (NPB) will be setting up two categories of conventions for its quality control circles (QCCs). This was announced yesterday by Mr Koh Juan Kiat, the NPB's executive director, at the
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      Iata meetings in S'pore next week
      104 2 THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Association will hold two international conferences in Singapore next week on airline insurance and cargo services. About 150 delegates from Europe. Australia, the Middle East and Asia are expected to attend the two conferences, both beginning on Jan 24. The
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      Consumer price index up 1.5 per cent last year
      197 2 THE CONSUMER PRICE index rose 1.5 per cent in 1988, indicating that inflation last year was very well controlled. Figures for December were recently released and showed that the index rose 0.2 per cent between last November and December due mainly
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      Service to improve satellite links
      194 2 TELECOMS is upgrading its overseas telecommunications links with a new digital service it will implement in June to improve satellite communications. The Intermediate Digital Rate (IDR) service will offer improved quality and performance through increasing capacity of transmission as well as providing the possibility of
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    • Miscellaneous
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      255 2 City Mai/ Note Mtn ro AtMoidt 23/15 Fin* Amsterdom 08/04 Rain Alhens 16/04 Qear Bahrain 16/12 Clear Bangkok 32/20 Clear Barbados 28/23 Clowdy Baling 02-07 Clear Beirut 15/07 Sunny Belgrode 08-01 Oear Berlin 09/08 Oowdy Bermuda 23/20 Clowdy Bom 08/04 Oowdy Brisbane 28/19 Fine Brussels 07/00 Oowdy Budapest 07/04 Clear
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  • ADVERTISINGS & MARKETING
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      Radio poised to win bigger share of advertising pie
      381 3  -  By JOHN TAN RADIO, which raked in more than $15 million of advertising revenue last year, is poised to capture a bigger slice of the advertising pie this year. According to industry sources, the advertising dollar spent on radio is expected
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      American Express to launch magazine
      323 3 AMERICAN EXPRESS will be the latest addition to the mushrooming publishing market when it launches its magazine on April 21. Called Expression, the full-colour bi-monthly magazine will be distributed to its local basic card members and establishments free. It will have a circulation base of
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      Lock icon First Japanese catalogue in US
      176 3 UPI MANY Japanese housewives living in the US have not warmed up to one of the most convenient methods for buying things in the country catalogue shopping. For them, the very process of ordering merchandise in English, from reading product descriptions to conversing with American
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      Lock icon Campaign with a difference
      506 3 NYT IN AN EFFORT to reach the sophisticated buyer who is hard to impress with lists of extras, the Nissan Motor Co is relying on an unusual advertising campaign in the US for one of its newest lines. Nissan's six-part series of ads chronicles the six-week,
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      Kodak's latest campaign focuses on shop display
      352 3 IMPROVING SALES through better displays is the main strategy behind Kodak's latest promotional campaign launched yesterday. "By sprucing up dealers' shops, we can change the buying behaviour," said Mr Frankie Lim, Kodak's marketing communications manager. Mr Lim explained that a consumer's buying decision
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Roh presents his economic goals
      369 4 GROWTH OF 8 PER CENT, INFLATION WITHIN 5 PER CENT AP PRESIDENT Roh Tae-woo said on Tuesday that South Korea aims for economic growth of 8 per cent or more this year while trying to develop the country into "an advanced nation". He said the
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      Lock icon Aussie deficit growing
      62 4 AFP AUSTRALIA'S current account deficit in December rose 33.8 per cent to As94l million against the same month in 1987, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. The deficit was down 38.8 per cent on the November deficit of A 51.54 billion. The bureau said there had been
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      Lock icon 'India-Pakistan ties on the verge of change'
      280 4 AFP US CONGRESSMAN Stephen Solarz said on Tuesday he believed traditionally bitter and tense relations between India and Pakistan were on the verge of a "historic transformation". "The momentum has already been generated, relations may well be on the verge of a historic
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      Lock icon Asean among top priorities in Manila's foreign policy
      293 4 Bernama-Xinhua PHILIPPINE Foreign Affairs Secretary Raul Manglapus said in Manila on Tuesday that the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) shares the highest priority among the Philippines' foreign policy values. Mr Manglapus made the statement in a speech on the Philippines' foreign
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      Lock icon Hongkong to fight EC dumping charges
      159 4 Reuter HONGKONG will fight European Community dumping charges and will hire two consulting firms to help it. the Secretary for Trade and Industry said. "We view these anti-dumping actions very seriously and will be devoting considerable efforts and resources to combating any unfairness which
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENETS
      945 4 ARRIVALS f 1 Sorvlc* Local From numbor UAL UA97 0010 LAX/NRT OAl OA472 0015 SYD/MH ALK UL454 0015 CM! SW SOU 0115 LAX/NRT THA TG8012 0145 KAAAPMAENG SAEN/8KK FTl FT) 5 0200 m KAL KE697 0220 sa TMA TL351B 0430 BCY/SMJ/KUL THA TG8010 0630 KAAAPHAENG SA£N IAC
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      554 4 Fine Persian Carpets at Wholesale TtHERAN Prices FRIDAY JANUARY 20 SUNDAY JANUARY 29 Hassan's Carpets proudly announce the first-ever sale in Singapore of fine Persian carpets from Dakhile of Iran. This is Singapore's most important-ever carpet sale. Dakhile is one of Iran's best known carpet merchants, heading a family business
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      59 4 rTTATV\\ Irl If The business person s choce, every I I II 111 1 Tuesday. Thursday. Soturdoy'and I I I|"V I VI II m Sunday. Leaving Changi Airport at I VJ|X. V J1 iJ_ 22 05 hours and arriving at Lester B Ptarson International Airport the following day Call your
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US should be cautious in dealing with USSR: Baker
      296 5 Reuter SECRETARY of State-nominee James Baker said on Tuesday the United States should be cautious in pursuing better relations with the Soviet Union and should consider some fresh approaches in Central America. On the first day of his confirmation hearing before
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      Lock icon Executives meet Soviet officials
      192 5 AP EXECUTIVES of several major US corporations began conferring with leading Soviet trade officials on Tuesday at the opening of an unprecedented trade conference in New York sponsored by the United Nations. More than 100 people, including US and Soviet envoys to the world body, were
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      Lock icon Gaddafi plans to abolish state institutions in Libya
      344 5 UPI LIBYAN leader Muammar Qaddafi, saying he wants to set up a worldwide popular regime, announced he will abolish state institutions in Libya because the country should be ruled by its people. "All the institutions which are traditionally considered state institutions are
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      UK firms getting less charitable
      180 5 BRITISH businessmen are becoming less charitable, according to an independent report published in London on Tuesday. The report called 'Major Companies and their Charitable Giving', said charitable donations by Britain's 200 most generous companies rose by 4 per cent in 1988 compared with 22 per
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      Lock icon Why Bush is George the fourth
      290 5 Reuter WHEN George Bush is sworn in tomorrow, he will become the fourth-oldest, fourth-tallest and fourth left-handed president of the United States. Not to mention the fourth one born in Massachusetts and the fourth elected directly from the vice-presidency. These and many other bits
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      Lock icon ACP nations and EC to discuss trade
      167 5 AP OFFICIALS from the European Community and 66 African, Caribbean, and Pacific nations are scheduled to meet in Bridgetown, Barbados, next week to discuss increasing exports to the EC of products such as rum, sugar and bananas. Under the Lome Convention, exports from
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      Lock icon US and EC officials fail to meet on meat row
      355 5 Reuter US AND EUROPEAN Community officials tried unsuccessfully last week to set up a secret meeting to resolve thorny trade disagreements. including their row over meat, European diplomats and US trade officials said. The officials said on Tuesday the effort
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      Lock icon Official hits out at US and Japan
      205 5 AFP EUROPEAN Commission President Jacques Delors on Tuesday accused the United States and Japan of trade protectionism and said the two countries wanted a "Europe without reaction, without political will". Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Mr Delors said the idea that
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      206 5 Introducing ISDN. Now all lines lead to one. The start of a new era of digital communications has arrived in Singapore, with the introduction of an advanced network called ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network). ISDN is an end-to-end digital network that uses the latest telecommunication technology to support a wide
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Worl interest rates
      184 6 Indicates tt>« average of the prim# lending rates of 12 major banks In S'pors Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Jan 18 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 <krjr» 9 1/4 1/8 13 13 S 7/16 J/16 j i/a -1/4 4 3/16 1/16 1 Mflfc 9 3/16 3/14 13
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      Money markets
      57 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore money market rose by 1/2 point to close at 5 1/8 yesterday. The term rates were unchanged. S$ Interbank rates at the close yesterday: OfFft no Ovor"W si/I i 1 -month 5 1/4 5 l/« 2-month J 1/4 5 1/8 ]-month 5
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      Government Securities Market
      111 6 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's closing Day's code Maturity BIO OFFER HIGH low 3 month* BQ*****T 20.04.89 3.94 3.89 3.91 3.86 6 months BY*****S 20.07.89 4.11 4.06 4.11 4.06 1 year BY*****H 23.11.89 4.22 4.17 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's closing Day's code
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      Forex markets
      1488 6 SINGAPORE: THE US$ yesterday oscillated between D-mark 1.8595/1.8500, yen 128.02/ 127.65. GBP 1.7680/ 1.7640 and S$ 1.9473/ 1.9440, before closing at D-mark 1.8560/ yen 127.85/ GBP 1.7670 SS 1.9450 after rumours of Bundesbank checking the market. Sentiment remains bullish. Traders expected last night s US November trade data
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      Lock icon Simex
      458 6 BA Futures MARCH Eurodollar futures yesterday opened 3 ticks lower than Tuesday Simex close at 90.4 a on firmer oil prices. Trading was lethargic as dealers squared their positions ahead of the release of US November merchandise trade figures later last night. The March contract ranged from 9049 to
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      Lock icon Bonn to allow futures market
      185 6 AFP THE West German government on Tuesday approved a financial markets reform bill that would allow the creation of a financial futures market, officials said. The bill, drafted by the finance ministry, would also make it easier for foreign shares to be quoted on the
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      Asian dollar market
      276 6 ASIAN dollar deposit rates finished slightly firmer in quiet trading yesterday underpinned by a marginal rise in the US Federal funds and Eurodollar deposit rates, dealers said. Most operators were reluctant to create fresh positions ahead of the release of US November trade figures due at 1330
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      Options
      1385 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Wednesday, Jan 18, 1988 DEUTSCHE MARK (SUtEX) FaP 88 cm*m ►ag* Low Saa Fw High k as puto Law SaP 9m 54 S3 56 10 1 OA 48 1058 48 3 48 108 Mar 88 coSa Hloh Low Saa Ma High r 88 paM Low lap
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      Lock icon IMM
      273 6 Reuter IMM FOREIGN currency futures finished higher on Tuesday but below daily highs set early. Trade was dominated by locals who took profits from the market s recent sell-off and squared short positions in anticipation of yesterday s November US Trade balance report. Forecasters on average expected a widening
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      Comex gold/silver futures
      176 6 Gold futures on Jan 17, 1989 100 tray ounces USS per troy ounce Op«i High Low Ml* ion 89 ***** 0.30 Fab ***** 404.30 403 30 404.00 +•070 Mor 406J0 OTO A«>» 408.80 409.40 408.30 409.10 070 km 414.00 414.50 413-60 414.30 080 *-9 419 JO 419J0
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      Lock icon Sixteen indicted for fraud
      111 6 Reuter SIXTEEN former employees of a defunct Boston-based commodities trading house were indicted on Tuesday on charges that they used high-pressure techniques to get unwary investors into the highly volatile commodities markets The indictments charged that former employees of First Commodity Corp of Boston talked 2,600
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      OCBC, McDonald outline details of Young Savers Club
      312 7  -  By DEXTER LEE THE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and McDonalds Restaurants are offering $500,000 worth of savings deposits in a joint promotion to encourage thrift among children. Starting today, McDonald's customers will get a chance to win OCBC savings deposits worth $5. $10,
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      Lock icon Foreign banks in Japan fear squeeze on lending spreads
      525 7 Reuter FOREIGN BANKERS in Tokyo are nervously wondering if they will continue to have special access to funds should the Bank of Japan (BOJ) be forced to tighten credit in Japan's newly deregulated money markets. Recent changes in the structure of
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      Lock icon HK's banks likely to enjoy another profitable year
      206 7 Reuter HONGKONG'S banking industry is likely to have another year of steady business expansion in 1989 with the economy projected to grow by about six per cent in real terms, said a monthly economic report. The report, prepared by the Hongkong and
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      Lock icon Citicorp remains most profitable bank in US
      798 7 Interest payments boost fourth-quarter earnings NYT BOLSTERED BY payments of past-due interest on loans to Brazil, Citicorp, the largest bank in the United States, reported on Tuesday a strong gain in fourthquarter earnings. Three other large banking companies, J P Morgan Co, The
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      Lock icon First Malaysia Finance assures depositors
      646 7 Bernama THE NEW chief executive of First Malaysia Finance Bhd (FMF), Mohamed Azmi Mahmood, assured FMF depositors on Tuesday that there is no reason for them to be alarmed as the finance company is now backed by Bank Negara. "Now that the central bank has
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      Lock icon Rothschild pulling out as primary dealer in US government securities
      364 7 Reuter L F ROTHSCHILD and Co Inc, a subsidiary of L F Rothschild Holdings Inc, said it is withdrawing as a primary dealer in US government securities, effective immediately. Rothschild will also discontinue its US government securities sales and trading
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      137 7 (jflrtoup grtU mi mm mm T Castle ar Taunton The creative cuisine of Gary Rhcxles, the Head Chef of the amous Castle at launton is legendary. Succu lent. Subtle. What is described as the finest cooking in England comes to Singapore, as the Harhour Grill at the Hilton goes British
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Palm Oil
      487 8 Bernama MALAYSIAN CRUDE PALM OIL FUTURES closed steadier on some short covering activities in fairly active trading on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) yesterday. Dealers said the market rose further in line with the better cash market and the smaller than expected Porla stock figures released on
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      Lock icon Rubber
      337 8 Reuter SINGAPORE: Rubber prices ended easier in thin trade yesterday, with February 1 RSS buyer quoted at 215.00 cents a kg, down 3.50 cents from Tuesday's close. Brokers said prices lost four cents in the morning session on long liquidation in line with lower Japanese rubber markets. They said
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      RAS and MRELB
      280 8 RAS prices In S c«n<s/ka, FOB in bate NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers brt 1 RSS Prompt 214.50 21 5.SON 213.50 214.50 Int 1 RSS Feb 89 216.00 217.00 215.00 216.00 Int 1 RSS Mar 217.00 218.00N 216.00 217.00 Int 2 RSS OP 205.50 207.50N 204.50
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      SSR and SMR
      78 8 (caoti/kg) FEBRUARY 1989 MARCH 1989 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Buyan Saltan Buyan SaNan SSR 20 192 JO 194.50 192.50 194.50 ssa so 190.50 192.50 190.50 192.50 MRELB Buyers Saltan Buyan Saltan SMR CV 317.00 319.00N 319.00 321. ON SMR I 315.00 317.00N 317.00 319.00N
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      Lock icon KL Tin
      204 8 Reuter Continued strong demand from Europe helped push the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market price up Ave cents to close at a new 33month high of M 520.14 rlnggtt a kg In moderate trading yesterday, dealers said. "Miners can afford to hold back offerings as the Chinese New Year
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      Produce Prices
      240 8 Chinese Produce Exchange S«ll«rs' noon dosing prices on Jon 18 (S$/tOO kg) Coconut oil Bottc FOB 112.00 CHd drum FOB 122.00 N#w drum FOB 126.00 Copra Mixed (loos*) 67.00 ifllfn Pepper ii. M L .tilta mumoK wniT® FOB NLW 730.00 Sarawak white FOB foq NLW 720.00 Sarawok special
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      London markets
      168 8 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller dosing prices on Jan 17, (£/tonne unless specified). Previous closing prices in parenthesis. Coffee Basis in-jtore London, sellers option OF London Jon 1150/55 (1159/60) High/Low 1173/56 Mar 1150/53 (1158/60) High/Low 1184/53 Solei (2607) Cocoa Mar 791/792 (801/802) High/Low 799/784 May 797/798 (806/807) High/Low 807/792
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      150 8 Telerate FUEL OIL prices drifted a little higher in the Singapore market yesterday. Sell indication for first half February CSTIBO were at $77 mt fob/cif Sing while second half February CSTIBO was at offer for sale at $78 mt. The differential between CST3BO and CSTIBO was
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      Wheat
      193 8 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade posted gains late on Tuesday on speculative buying by professional and local houses amid expectations of new export business ahead, traders said. Refco and Argus were key buyers of nearbys amid talk that the USSR may tender for more subsidised Export
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      Lock icon Soybean
      237 8 Reuter SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed with pared losses on Tuesday after a volatile day pressured by sympathetic selling from weak corn futures, traders said. Prices gyrated in tandem with corn all day amid heavy long liquidation by the professional Refco and commercial Continental as
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      Lock icon M'sian cocoa industry plagued by problems
      536 8 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN COCOA INDUSTRY, especially the one in Sabah which produces about 60 per cent of the country's total output, is currently facing problems beyond its control. The industry is now plagued by low prices and high cost of inputs, which many growers
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      Precious Metals
      391 8 HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly firmer yesterdsy with light demand from local investors in the afternoon session, dealers said. Trading was thin and featureless as many traders awaited the release of US November trade figures later yesterday. Bullion ended at US$4O3OO/***** an ounce against the US$4O2 50/403.00 open and
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Tropical products find a prominent place
      1161 10 Tropical and agricultural products, the backbone of Malaysia's economy, are keys to the country's development towards becoming a newly-industrialising economy. The following articles examine how Malaysia moves from an agricultural economy into an agriculturally industrialised one and how it prepares the world market for
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      925 10 Bernama THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR is often the victim of the race towards industrialisation in most developing countries. Take the case of Nigeria. This leading producer of cocoa, palm oil and banana succumbed to the wave of industrial development following the rise in oil prices several years
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      81 10 Doonesbury ANP THIS AFTERNOON, ACTING PRESIPENT REAGAN ANP PRESIPENT-PE FACTO I BUSH HAD THEIR FAREWELL ujbbkly lunch 52 ii i m AS USUAL, BUSH PECUNED TO PISCUSS THE CONTENTS OF THBJR. CONVERSATION, OTHER THAN TDSAYITIUAS TYPICALLY CANPtP, FREE WHEELING ANP BARE T^T——KNUCJOZP. r r BY GARRY TRUDEAU MEANWHILE, UP IN
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      Noah's Open hopes sunk by Woodforde
      886 11  -  TENNIS By BARRY WOOD IT WAS DOUBLES DAY yesterday. The courts were dominated by first-round matches, with very few interesting singles matches played. Unless, that is, one includes Mark Woodforde's five-set win over eighth seed Yannick Noah. The Australian carved out a 6-4, 6-7,
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      329 11 BASKETBALL AP DENNIS HOPSON and Mike McGee each scored 24 points and Lester Conner tallied four points in a late 6-0 spurt on Tuesday as the New Jersey Nets handed the San Antonio Spurs their sixth straight loss, 117-112. San Antonio pulled to 112-110
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      Move over, Rocky, and make way for Ellyas Pical
      440 11  -  BOXING By CHARLES SAVAGE POOR BOY uses his fists to make the big time a common enough theme in the world of boxing. Former street thug Mike* Tyson is a prime example. Indonesia's ageing bantamweight champion, Ellyas Pical, is another. The
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      96 11 Reuter UNDISPUTED world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, having shed some weight, announced on Tuesday that he will open his training session to the media today for the first time since he arrived in Las Vegas last month. Tyson, who defends his title on Feb 25
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      Lock icon Aussies set score of 226 in Cup decider
      343 11 CRICKET AFP AUSTRALIA set the West Indies a score of 226 to beat in the deciding World Series Cup cricket final in a match shortened by rain to 38 overs each at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. Rain stopped play in the
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      225 11 PEUGEOT 405 THE CAR OF THE YEAR 1988 IS NOW ALSO THE BEST IMPORTED CAR OF THE YEAR, U.SA. I I r EUROPEAN CAR OF THE YEAR AWARD m mmm mm Peugeot 40-x Car of the Year OSS. was recently voted "The Best Imported Car of the Year" in the
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      741 12 SUPER BOWL Reuter IT'S BEEN CALLED Sun City. Sin City and it inspired a hit television series featuring drugs, sex and violence. Now Miami, host of Super Bowl XXIII, wants to be known as Fun City. Civic leaders are desperately trying to
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      841 13  -  BOOKS By EDWIN McDOWELL NYT THE COVER CONFERENCE at Berkley Books in New York was underway for, only a few minutes when someone raised the question: should the cover on the paperback edition of the suspense novel Smoke and
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      252 12 li Where to entertain. ONE GOOD REASON TO LUNCH AT THE PAEM GRILL IS OUR APPE TISER BUFFET ANOTHER IS THK CHOICE OK MAIN (XH KSKS. PALM c w ror between J2b++and $40+ you can select from our appetiser OKILL buffet including seafood, smoked salmon and oysters. Choose from many
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      246 12 Sam Chel9P We are now open 24 hours and are offering sensational new local favourites to tickle your tastebuds. Enjoy a leisurely meal under the stars as our resident singer-guitarist delights you with his medley of songs. Nightly from 7.30 pm onwards. A mu*} CDUKT MCTCL 9NGMO* t Tangiin Road.
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      243 12 FASHIONABLY HYATT Join the fashion-conscious every Thursday and Friday (3 6pm) in The Lounge Watch our models parade the latest collections while you enjoy our tea spread consisting of fine tea blends, scones and cream, fresh pastries, cakes and fruits and imaginative sandwiches. Tea plus, show at 11.50* per pfirSOn.
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      204 12 Cafe IxTmaniouur, ggHH p tozes fou. OtHCfe* 2- 3» 7** t* Plaza Hotel *<»«»«Oi mt»» ai»i<*«iT<nb B*«chßo*d S.oq*pofeo7l9 W *****11 wA y/// 24-hr Coffec\Housc/ (Level 5) Where the service is good, the ambience great, the food simply marvellous l An experience you'll not forget A choice of local, western or
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      274 12 TKe,Best T oi T Imperial CninalS This month, you can enjoy sumptuous Guangdong, Sichuan and Beijing cuisines at the Pine Court. Our buffet tables are heavily laden with delectable Shark's Fin with Crab Meat, Baked Tench, Pan-fried Fresh Scallop with Chilli Sauce, Dried Prawns in Dried Red Chilli, Braised Garoupa
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      155 13 i Traditionally Japanese. Traditionally Unkai. Sample the delicacies of Japanese cuisine, sushi, sashimi and teppanyaki. Four tatami rooms are available for private parties. Located on the 2nd floor Open 12 noon to 3 pm. 6.30 pm to 11 pm A§) Century Park Sheraton Singa|M)re 16 Nassim Mil. Singapore 1025 TetepTione
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      57 13 White out of Black Unlock the secret of Black Tower. A delightfully fruity, light, white wine from the Rhine in Germany; preserved in a pre-Roman shaped, black bottle. if Ja a I (malitatsweii Rheinhessen > \N\ WEfNKI p Nr.4 *****4C.Vs alnte Roman tiru vth*traMtlonulatonetttd ::r K ()\VER »l|oul6 bt dilllti
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      635 13 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Stop riding and make frlenda (3, 3) 7 To set people free made little difference to Liberace (8) 8 Boadicea's game (4) 10 Artful sort of window? (8) 11 Friend who can't keep still (6) 14 A turkey's tail, note (3) 16 I scold, being wrathful
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      1189 13 TO OKB aaSMD h Stamp of chaos OUR CHOICE THURSOAY FEATURE SPECIAL Dangerous Affection Channel 5,10.35pm You'd think that Cathy Proctor had enough on her hands she's pregnant and her husband wants a divorce. Then her little son has to find a stamp which just happens to be have top
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      GIA guidelines not clear
      521 14 THE GENERAL Insurance Association of Singapore's recent proposal to revamp the current motor insurance rating system was not totally unexpected, the insurance industry having been losing money on motor insurance for many years. Although several insurers have claimed that the revamp is not just to reverse
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      1286 14  -  Telephone companies in Europe and the US are employing a new technique, the flexible access system, to give their clients a better service. DELLA BRADSHAW looks at the advantages of this innovation. DELLA BRADSHAW FT IN PREPARATION lor the flotation of shares in
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      Vietnam for Asean? Not yet
      1140 14  -  rnmswMmm By SEAH CHIANG NEE WITH THE POSSIBILITY of a solution to the Cambodian problem this year, there is increasing talk about an issue which would have been considered an impossibility a decade ago Vietnam's membership in Asean. In fact, some analysts are speculating that
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      East Asians and East Europeans are flirting
      619 15  -  By GERALD SEGAL and ADRIAN HYDEPRICE The writers are research fellows at the Royal Institute ot International Affairs. Mr Segal is editor of The Pacific Review. They contributed this comment to The International Herald Tribune. HUNGARY is leading East European states in establishing
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      1352 15  -  The plight of Latin American debtor nations By SARAH BARTLETT NYT IMAGINE A FAMILY that suddenly finds it can no longer keep up payments on its US$BO,OOO mortgage and falls US$6,OOO behind. The bank doesn't repossess the house; instead, it offers an additional loan
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      821 15 FT PRESIDENT REAQAN's proposal to double aid to the Philippines has set in motion a plan that will indirectly increase Japan's role in the defence of South-east Asia at a time when the death of Emperor Hirohito has resurrected bitter memories of World
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      411 14 ADVERTISEMENT More of 'Singapore' in Singapore Business SING w .J l > > !>'* ■J; 3 U3 TO Wr PAMPERED PATIENTS Red carpet treatment is becoming the norm not only in the hospitaliy industry but in hospitals. To woo patients, private clinics are going high-tech and pampering the sick with
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      50 14 BriBtcW:ftaaKDfrfrn6 R?G.SeMT-^> «T*'S B6G.KJ R GOOD SO FRR EVf NINO STANDARD CO. ITO, 1**2—«»•• RS eiG»Hre£N\TlH IN UNe. FOR cmeF Buyeß i've MPVD Sonne GIFTS '*0 1 THRee Key RINGS TU>O DlPkßies AND R Re-N Kis/IFe. LOIFM R ThinlG FOR GGTTIMG SloNtS Out OF HCRSeS H00ve5..... tT^Qv rx vsA 7527
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      189 15 wm f Ml r*r S A V 4 Vr. S9« i 1 'M *k V k T *d 69 M I* V>T> ti tti for as !t f i s v^. k: 1 l roe* r V r» BT SURVEYS Looking Wider, Thinking Deeper Some subjects are of such interest
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      820 16 GCB RIGHTS ISSUE THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION If you are in any doubt as to the action you should take, you should consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other professional adviser immediately. If you have sold all your shares or loan stocks in
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      3348 17 GCB RIGHTS ISSUE SECRETARY REGISTERED OFFICE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE AUDITORS PRINCIPAL BANKER ADVISER AND MANAGING UNDERWRITER OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE UNDERWRITERS OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE SOLICITORS OF THE RIGHTS ISSUE TRUSTEE OF THE LOAN STOCKS STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS To the shareholders and loan stock holders of General Corporation Kerhad Cheong Chee
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      3782 18 APPENDIX I PARTICULARS OF THE LOAN STOCKS The Loan Stocks will be constituted by a Trust Deed to be made between the Company and the Trustee for the holders of the Loan Stocks. The Trust Deed will contain, inter alia, provisions to the following effect: 1) Status The Loan Stocks
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      1234 19 The authorised share capital of GCB is $500,000,000 divided into 500.000,000 ordinary shares of $1 each and its present issued share capital is $118.611.818. Details of changes in the issued share capital of the Company since incorporation are as follows: No. of Total issued Last transacted market prices on 12
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      1838 20 Recognition of income from construction contracts Profit is recognised on the percentage of completion method where the outcome of the contract can be reliably estimated and whereas foreseeable loss on a contract is fully provided for. Depreciation Certain freehold land and buildings are not depreciated. This is not in compliance
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      1216 21 GC&RIGHTS ISSUE During the year certain portion of the development properties for investment has been reclassified to fixed assets as it is now the intention of the group to retain these properties for the group's use. Development properties completed during the year has been transferred to developed properties for sale.
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      1634 22 I b) The acquisition of Regional Agriculture Corporation Sdn. Bhd., which was approved by the shareholders of the company on 20th December, 1984, was satisfied by a cash payment of $8,631,361 and an undertaking by the company to repay on behalf of the vendors of Regional Agriculture Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      Poor public response prompts move to take JCAL private
      709 23  -  By FLORENCE CHONG JACK CHIA (AUSTRALIA) Ltd (JCAL) is being taken private because of what its managing director said was poor treatment from the investing public despite the turnaround achieved by the company. Jack Chia Industries (Australia), a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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      Wing Tai offers 40m shares at $1.25 each
      676 23  -  AFTER-TAX PROFIT OF 524.9 M FORECAST FOR CURRENT YEAR By CORRINA LIM IN THE first issue this year. Wing Tai Holdings Ltd, a garment manufacturing and property group, is offering for public subscription today 40 million shares of 25 cents par value
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      M$1.46m post-tax loss for General Corp
      276 23 GENERAL CORPORATION Bhd (GCB) has reported a group after-tax loss of M 51.48 million on a turnover of M 584.03 million for the nine months ended Oct 31, 1988. This was disclosed in GCB's proposed rights issue document released yesterday. However, GCB's attempts to
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      Asean Resources to be reactivated
      179 23 JETREACH Investments Ltd, a China-controlled company which has taken a 34 per cent stake in takeover target Asean Resources, is planning to reactivate the property company and secure a relisting of its shares on the Hongkong exchange. The move is likely to spell an end
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        Profit-taking sends prices lower for second consecutive session
        1068 24  -  By MICHELLE OH PROFIT-TAKING and reports that Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Or Mahathir Mohamad was in hospital sent share prices down for the second consecutive day. Investors also decided to play it cautious as stock markets around the world waited for
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        COMPANY MEETINGS
        117 24 BATU KAWAH BERHAD: 24th AGM at the Registered office, Wisma Taiko, 1 Jalan S P Seenivasagam, ***** Ipoh on Saturday, Jan 21 at 12.30 pm. MALAYAN BREWERIES LIMITED: 55th AGM at OCBC Centre, 19th storey on Tuesday, Jan 24, at 11.00 am. PETALING TIN BERHAO: 63rd AGM at
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        APPROVED ISSUES
        20 24 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Tongkah Hldgs Oh*-for-on* Q $1.00 par «J«or* E» dot* ion 6 Boot] do**-. Jon 20
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        308 24 Company RIGHTS ISSUE C 1 Holdings 27 million loan (loch in the ratio ol $3 loon stock lor every five ordtaory Causeway Inv VKJrW nma ksue of $7,252,937 nommoi amount of 6% loon Stack 1989/94 on fee basis of )l nominal amount of loon slock with two TSfc
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        SES SHARE INFORMATION
        5699 24 Qr*t Gr's 1968/89 Tel Last Vol Day Last Q< to*m Dlv Dhr rid Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale cr(•000) High Low Buyer 9 i o 11 o r C'vr PAE $mII JAN 18 SESOAQ 187 114 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20# 121 unch 14
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        3346 25 THE KUALA LUMPUR stock mark* yielded to selling pressure yesterday but prices managed to finish off the day's lows on late bargain-hunting in moderately active trading. One dealer said there is no cause for concern over the weaker tendency as the market is merely
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        Lock icon Malaysia to sell stake in methanol plant
        571 26 Reuter MALAYSIA is to sell off part of a giant gas project to help ease the strain of heavy yen-denominated loans, said Mohammed Yussof Nair, managing director of the Sabah Gas Industries Sdn Bhd (SGI). "The decision to privatise was made as early
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        Lock icon Swire Pacific and Coca-Cola form holding company
        99 26 Reuter SWIRE PACIFIC Ltd and Coca-Cola Co have formed a holding company to manage Asian bottling operations, a joint statement said. The new Hongkong-based company, Coca-Cola Swire Beverages, is a 50-50 partnership with paid-up capital of HK$57 million, the statement said. The new
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        Lock icon Nippon Oil wants to expand Chevron ties
        265 26 Reuter NIPPON OIL Co Ltd plans to expand business ties with Chevron Corp to boost its oil supply security, says Nippon chairman Yasuoki Takeuchi in Tokyo. According to Mr Takeuchi, who is also chairman of the Petroleum Association of Japan, his company wants
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        Lock icon Cathay banking on new planes to bring in profits
        805 26 NYT DECADES AGO, Hongkong, the crossroads in the Orient, made a fortune for a handful of shipowners. Now Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd is betting billions of dollars in new planes that the territory will do the same for an airline. Carriers
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        431 26 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices yesterday roee to a new record close amid underlying bullish sentiment that brought bargain hunters back after Tuesday's decline, brokers said. "There were two themes redenomination and shinkansen (bullet train) and they were the biggest market movers today," said a trader a Yamaichi
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        486 26 Australia Reuter AUSTRALIAN share prices yesterday closed barely steady in nervous trade as investors awaited the release at 1330 GMT of US trade data for November. Brokers said better-than-expected Australian current account deficit figure of AJ94I million for December failed to fuel sustained rises on the bourse, despite
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        Rally sustained by strong buying
        1311 26 Hongkong SHARE PRICES in Hongkong continued to rise sharply yesterday as local and overseas investors discounted last night's release of the US November merchandise trade figures. The Hang Seng Index finished 16.40 points higher at 2,913.05. Turnover was HK$l.59 billion, above Tuesday's HK$l.2B billion. The
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        Lock icon Taipei: Slightly lower
        397 26 Reuter TAIWAN share prices yesterday slipped to a slightly lower close amid increased investor caution following the market's recent strong gains. The weighted index dropped 64.69 points, or 1.05 per cent, to finish at 6.066.67 against Tuesday s 6,151.36 close, while turnover dropped to NT535.5 billion from
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        Lock icon Manila: New five-month high
        160 26 Reuter PRICE INDICES rallied on Manila s stock markets yesterday as bullish investors snapped up selected shares, analysts said. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index continued to climb to hit a new five-month high of 863.94 points from its previous record of 853.79 on Tuesday. Combined
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        Lock icon Bombay: Shares ease
        163 26 Reuter SHARE PRICES in Bombay drifted lower in thin trading as the market anxiously awaited elections on Saturday in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, brokers said. The election to the state assembly is being watched widely as a pointer to national elections due by the end
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        Lock icon Bangkok: Profit-taking
        226 26 Reuter LIGHT mid-session profittaking in Bangkok yesterday sent stock prices lower in heavy trading notable for the level of foreign institutional investor interest brokers said. The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index fell 2.05 points to 427.56. "The small setback did not change the prevailing bullish outlook. Foreign buying
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        Lock icon Seoul: Third sharp fall
        166 26 Reuter SEOUL STOCKS dropped sharply for the third consecutive session yesterday. with virtually all sectors losing ground in light trading. The composite index near the close was down 14.67 points at 867.16. Turnover came to about 226.2 billion won compared with 259 billion in the previous
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        Lock icon NZ: Rally continues
        176 26 Reuter PRICES on the New Zealand share market were mixed yesterday but the Barclays Share Index maintained its 1989 upward momentum and brokers are optimistic the rally will continue. The index rose 7.11 points to 1,918.25. "If you aren't already in this market you may be too
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        761 27 New York Reuter US STOCK PRICES closed lower in moderate trading on Tuesday, pressured by soft bond prices, a listless dollar and investors' general apprehension about buying before the release yesterday of November US trade data. Traders said profit-taking contributed to the fall. The Dow
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        Stocks open on firm note
        916 27 London LONDON shares opened higher yesterday. Investors ignored an overnight fall on Wall Street and turned their attention to FTSE 100 futures, which indicate the index will reach 1,907 points in March, dealers said. By 0828 GMT, it was up 6.1 points to 1,873.8. On
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        Lock icon IBM to introduce improved version of RT workstation
        430 27 Reuter INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Machines Corp, which has so far failed to make much impact with its computer workstations, is about to introduce a new product that could boost its presence in the US$4 billion market. The world's largest computer company is expected
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        Lock icon Takeover hinges on meetings at AT&T and GEC
        236 27 Reuter THE BATTLE for the future of British electronics, between General Electric Co pic and Plessey Co pic awaits the outcome of meetings at American Telephone and Telegraph Co and GEC. AT T, which has repeatedly declined to comment on speculation it
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        Lock icon Monopolies scrutiny for Fraser deal
        81 27 AFP THE LONDON High Court has ruled that the 1965 acquisition of the Houae of Fraser stores group by the Al Fayed brothers muet be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. The ruling on Tueeday, which overruled a November decision by Trade and Industry
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        Lock icon EUROPEAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        1869 27 Reuter PARIS: French share prices yesterday eased in thin midday trade on profit-taking, with little chance of a recovery before the end of the present accounting month, dealers said. The 50-ehare price indicator was down 0.73 per cent at 1200 GMT after starting in the morning 0.5
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      1930 23 Clambo has been held over due to pressure on space GCB RIGHTS ISSUE The profit forecasts of the subsidiary companies. Ampang Development Sdn. Bhd.. Kuantan Sea view Development Sdn. Bhd.. General Roof Tiles Sdn. Bhd.. General Sales and Services Sdn. Bhd. and Ampang City Management Services Sdn. Bhd. and that
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      8 23 CURRENCY INVESTMENT AMERICAN CXPRKSS BANK TEL: 321 3333
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      285 26 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 Pursuant to Section 290(2) (b) AND IN THE MATTER OF SKILCRAFT A INTERIORS PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting at the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 126 Joo Seng Road, #04*17 Gold Pine Industrial Building. Singapore 1336 on
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      179 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WAN-LI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company
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      5 27 Brussels prlcss wsrs not svsllsbls
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      127 27 The Board of Directors > hereby announce a change of name of A-B Relco Industries Pte Ltd to ALLEN-BRADLEY ELECTRONICS PTE LTD and that Mr Robert R Dawson has been appointed Managing Director♦ We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the customers and suppliers of A-B Relco Industries
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    Accreditation scheme for developers soon
    499 28  -  Redas proposal in response to call by minister By LILIAN ANG A CARROT-AND-STICK approach could soon be used to ensure that all developers join an accreditation scheme proposed by the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas). For a start, most of Redas' 150 ordinary
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    296 28  -  By JOHN THOMAS FORMER French Foreign Minister Jean Francois-Poncet yesterday decried publicity about Fortress Europe as a "Japa-nese-American fabrication" and said Asean had less to fear from a single-market Europe than it had from Japan or the US.
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    Lock icon S Korean economy must go international
    318 28 UPI SOUTH KOREAN Deputy Premier and Economic Planning Minister Cho Soon said yesterday that the government must push internationalisation of the economy but in a way that would minimise the frictions and risks the process may involve. Mr Cho also said he was optimistic
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    Lock icon MB Group shares rise on talk of Elders bid
    154 28 Reuter THERE WAS unusually heavy trading in the shares of packaging company MB Group pic on the London stock market yesterday amid speculation that Elders IXL Ltd was seeking to raise its 5.1 per cent MB stake. An MB Group spokesman
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    Lock icon Taiwan widens indirect imports from China: ministry
    191 28 AFP TAIWAN has widened its list for indirect imports from mainland China from 50 products to 90 to include timber, gems, pearls and various chemicals. The Economics Ministry said importers must identify the origin of the products in documents but such markings must
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    Lock icon Communist Party sets conditions for recognising Solidarity
    314 28 UPI THE POLISH Communist Party yesterday approved a resolution providing for the re-legalisation of the Solidarity trade union under certain conditions. A 200-member central committee approved a resolution which says that the shape of Solidarity should be decided during round-table talks with the
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    555 28 AFP Reuter A SECOND round of regional talks on Cambodia in Jakarta has been tentatively set for Feb 19-21, Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said yesterday. Asean foreign ministers will gather in Brunei this Saturday to prepare for the second Jakarta Informal Meeting,
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    84 28 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES, after gaining early on news of a wider US trade deficit of US$l2.5 billion in November, yesterday turned lower on the dollar's surprise recovery. February gold was erratic, ranging from U*****.20 to U*****.50 in the minutes following release of the trade num- bers. Lately,
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    308 28 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S economy, hit by five successive months of current account deficits above US$l billion, still has underlying problems in spite of the sharply lower US$94l million December shortfall, economists said. "It's a better number than expected but the underlying problems are still
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    229 28 Reuter THE WORLD'S biggest consumer electronics firm said yesterday that it had developed a machine that can hear a sentence in Japanese and, moments later, speak it in English. Matsushita Electric's prototype system, co-developed with Carnegie Mellon University of the US, is the world's first to
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    287 28 AP OUSTED Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos has offered to return an undisclosed amount of money stashed in Swiss banks in exchange for permission to return home, the Philippine Senate president said yesterday. Senator Jovito Salonga, former chief of a government body assigned
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    338 28 Reuter THE JAPANESE government forecast firm economic growth and shrinking trade and current account surpluses in the year beginning on April 1. In its official forecast, approved by the Cabinet yesterday, the government predicts that the gross national product (GNP) will expand
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      36 28 THE US State Department has invited two Arab Americans to diecues the possibility of granting a visa to Palestine Liberation Organisation chief Yasser Arafat an Arab-American group in Washington said yesterday.
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      49 28 Reuter AP INDIA said yeeterday that it was willing to consider s Sri Lankan proposal for a bilateral treaty of peace, friendship and cooperation. Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa, a critic of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka peace pact, had propeed the new accord. Reuter, AP
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      29 28 AFP VIETNAM has devalued its currency by 10 per cent to 3,300 dong to the dollar, the country's fourth devaluation in three months. AFP
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      31 28 AP SOUTH Korean government prosecutors arrested nine people in Seoul yesterday for allegedly publishing books supporting North Korean President Kim II Sung and his ideology. AP
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      25 28 AFP SOUTH African President Pieter Botha, 73, suffered a mild stroke yesterday and was admitted to hospital in Cape Town. AFP
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      48 28 AFP SPANISH painter Salvador Dali was taken to hospital on Wednesday for the third time in two months with a heart condition, but doctors said that he was not seriously ill. Dali. 84, was near death in December with heart and lung problems. AFP
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      475 29  -  Swiss line includes Singapore as a direct call By LINDA CHEE SEA-LAND has signed a multiyear space-sharing agreement with Norasia Line, giving the American carrier its first direct service between Europe and Asia. Citing "natural compatibility" as a factor in the alliance, the carriers said
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      303 29  -  By AL O LABITA Jr MAERSK LINE, an international shipping firm, has launched a new service route linking Singapore and the bustling southern Philippine commercial ports of General Santos and Davao cities, some I,oookm south of Manila. Company officials say they are initially deploying
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        82 29 AFP THE WORLD volume of idle tankers decreased over the past month to 5.12 million deadweight tonnes (dwt), according to the latest statistics from London brokers E A Gibson. This compares with 5.66 million dwt at mid-December and marks the fifth consecutive fall. The total number
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        110 29 Reuter THE freight conference covering trade between Europe and the Far East is adjusting the currency adjustment factor (CAF) for two areas with effect from Jan 19. The CAF for Singapore/West Malaysia will be revised to 27 per cent from 31.50 per cent and for UK/Eire to 23.50
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      126 29 A Liberian-registered tanker has been charged with dumping oil into Placentia Bay in southern Newfoundland, killing at least 400 birds. Charges were brought against the 116,276-dwt Northern Dancer after the Coast Guard analysed oil samples from the tanker and the birds. A FERRY ran aground in the
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      1031 30 Lloyd's Maritime Asia BEIJING'S current port development strategy centres around eight major ports including Tianjin, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen and Beilun. But according to Mark Leese, managing director of Hongkong's Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) and recently returned from a visit to the
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      799 30 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container IX 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Alltrons IV 1 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC line V 4 API III 2/3 Arrow Lines IX 5 ASCI III 1 Balt-Canodo line VII 4/5 Bait-Orient line VII 2 Baltic Orient Shpg
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      447 31  -  By VONNIE BISHOP ASIA appears to be providing strong support to the Norwegian International Ship Register. Fifty-seven vessels have come via the Norwegian embassy in Singapore. Out of this, 17 vessels have come from the Singapore register, while 14 have switched from
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      201 31 AP COMMUNIST North Korea appears willing to place a multi-million-dol-lar shipbuilding order with South Korea under a barter contract The Yon hap News Agency, quoting industry sources, said such a deal was first discussed when Chung Ju-yung, honorary chairman of the giant
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      209 31 AP A FISHING boat exploded after hitting a floating mine on Tuesday in Gulf waters northeast of Bahrain and its skipper was killed, the Interior Ministry in Bahrain said. A ministry statement, carried by the Gulf News Agency, said another fishing boat picked
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      93 31 Bernama FERI MALAYSIA has completed investigation on the circumstances leading to the 8,000-ton ne Cruise Muhibbah being strayed off course and be grounded in Indoneeian waters on Jan 1. It was not immediately known if the report would be made public. The New Year Day incident saw
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      189 31 Singapore National Shippers' Council ALL SURVEYS were conducted on Jan 3. All port Normal operation. Aiwli aw All ports Normal operation. Bangladeeh Chittagong 25 vessels operating. Mongla 20 vessels operating. Brazil Santos 56 vessels operating. Rio de Janeiro 30 vessels operating. Douala Waiting time of up to one
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      256 31 Cargonews Asia BANGKOK Container Industries, a Board of Investment promoted joint venture operation between Kobe Kiaen Kaisha, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and local Thai partners, is looking back on a successful first year of operations. Their factory, located in the Bangpoo industrial estate southeast
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      979 36 CHARTERING conditions on the dry cargo freight market on Tuesday remained quiet in the sftermath of Monday's holiday in Japan and partial closurs in the US, and very few bookings were concluded, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index was up one point at 1,643. Details amerged of grain
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      2906 36 Palambang. [Haaagabl. Jan IS/IS. Pilar PSO Conialnara. Jan IS Oaaka Say. Hapag-Lloyd. Jan IS. VWa Do JupMar. CMA. Jan 21 Ming Promlnanca. Yang Ming Una. Jan 21 Aaal M. Maarak Una. Jan 21. Ktrfal. Dtaaagaoi Jan 2V» Luna M. Maarak Una. Jan
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      80 29 mm BEIJING'S current port development strategy centres around eight major ports Including Tlanjln, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen and Bellun. But according to Mark Leese, managing director of Hongkong's Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL), this needs to be condensed to cover just three ma|or hub ports in the north, mid-coast and south
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      679 30 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT HAMBURG BREMERHAVEN ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP P KELANG SOUTHAMPTON 21/1 8/2 28/1 15/2 26/2 4/2 22/2 6/3 10/2 1/3 18/2 18/3 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS, BELFAST. OUBLIN, COPENHAGEN. AARHUS, GOTHENBURG, MALMO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTEROAM, CARIBBEAN S. AMERICA OSAKA BAY TOCAGA BAY NIPPONICA
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      17 30 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association.
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      416 30 ?51 POLISH OCEAN LINES, js( TO EUROPE CONTAINERISED SERVICE (MEMBER Of EACON SERVICE) am S "({gc Optorg Shipping Pte Ltd V Kc ing •>?:« Tt ei RS p ptJ Vn>3 fji FROM EUROPE CONTAINERISED SERVICE (MEMBER Of EACON SERVICE) rvon«T< wwrr rnNTAINfRtSFD SERVICE TO CANARY PNC PKL mm mm) (vm
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      642 31 EUROPE <§L USA/PANAMA s-; TO USA/CANADA WEEKLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE P. ROOSEVELT V 42 HI P. MADISON V 153 P. MONROE V 57 3/7 2/2 3/2 5-102 *2 P. JOHNSON VII 7 P. BUCHANAN VI) P. LINCOLN VW P. ROOSEVELT V 42 P. HOOVER V) 1 lfl|(2 P. KENNEDY VI
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      431 32 mSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICE IRAN MEELAD V 572 Sinfjport Loading for: ETA 27/1 BANDAR ABBAS T*yowa\ KYOWA LINE MOTHER VSL KYOWA VIOLET V 23 KYOWA HIBISCUS V.35 LOAO FOR VILA. NMA, LTK, SUVA. PAGO. APIA VIU. NMA. LTK. SUVA. PAGO. APIA GUAM/BAIPAN
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      776 32 0 HANJIN SHIPPING CO., LTD. FIT.I Y CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ OUTBOUND SERVICE TO U.S.A./CANADA To: PACIFIC SOUTH WFST FROM EUROPE VIA SUEZ lIS PORT UK HAW. Nfl MI. PUJ HANJIN YOKOHAMA IK OH ME. PUS HANJIN SAVANNAH UC 10 ME. PUS HANJIN SCATTU X INBOUND SERVICE FROM
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      154 32 T3\ OOMGIUAMA I-lIUE SUSAN GLOtY V*l MALAYSIA GLOtY VWI HAI YINC VUIN RAGNA VMM SINGAPORE GLORY V*l SPO*E P.KELANG PENANG INCHON 22 Jm 21 Jm 1 Fat niM 1 FA IF* 12 FA 4 FA 1 FA UFA 1 FA 10 FA U FA U FA M FA IS FA
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      1008 32 EVER GENIUS EVER GIANT EVEN GENTRY EVER GATHER EVER GOVERN EVER GAROEN m EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) SGP HKC KSG KLG PUS OSK TYO CHS In Port 23/01 2VOI H/U 2tIK 02* B*B am Ji»i oi« am mm u* iyo mm tm i 0« 13,w vm
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      579 33 \v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE JAKARTA CONTAINER SERVICE SURABAYA/SEMARANG CONTAINER SERVICE BANGKOK CONTAINER SERVICE BEL A WAN/STRAITS CONTAINER SERVICE SIN 21/1 21/1 21/1 23/1 24/1 25/1 BKK 24/1 24/1 24/1 29/1 27/1 2S/1 VESSEL KOTA MELATI KOTA
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      268 33 CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY VKC cowYpmowAi mwn KK PGO P Klg Pwung Loading for 20/1 Rottordam/Antwwrp Pwung PWf Sport Bkk Hkg S'h*i Qingdjo SHAH CHENG 23/1 17/1 24/1 27/1 3/2 7/2 YANG FANG KOU V 27/1 2*l 2/2 9/2 14/2 Accepting FCL Cargo for ail othor Chinos* port* *11 inlaid
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      587 33 \a SENLIKE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT Lifts** Mm Eiprm H<Mkur| Eipim 2/3 City of Uinkurfk Iff EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT City of Cdinturfh Sum S«i* Sj.M Sj.m Ja.M »1 ••ncjtrn SmM $»M SaiM Ml Lvfi Bjy SMM Sailed S*M SMM SiiM V? AImU Ifaru S»M S*.l«d Sj.M
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      634 33 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUOEBA IHOOHESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE KUTAI/16WB S. PANJANG/21WB ANTWERP H'BliRG/ ROAM/ADAM BREMEN m 3/3 m 114 Subject to Inducement Also accepting cargo to Casablanca Port Said, Port Alexandria, Genoa, Trieste
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      366 33 BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING corporation (Burmese National Line) LASH 10 VlO3 PA AN VI34W PAGAN VU7W HTONEYWA VMM Loading for Rangoon P.Kelang Penang Bangkol 14/14 Jan 25/31 Jan Via Jan 1/3 FA J/5 Fab BANK LINE SEiai-CONTAIWER SFRX/IPP HiAvUirrCAPABILITY WONTHBOUND TO UKC SPORE ROAM HULL HMC IVYBANK V23N 25/1 23/2
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      839 34 bS KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTI). K LINt N. AMERICA-ATLANTIC COAST EXPORT ORIENTAL FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BRIDGE ORIENTAL FAITH ORIENTAL FORTUNE NEPTUNE JAOE VIA FEEOER IMPORT ORIENTAL FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BRIDGE ORIENTAL FORTUNE NEPTUNE JAOE VIA FEEDER ms FEEDER VESSEL ORIENTAL FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BRIDGE ORIENTAL FORTUNE NEPTUNE JAOE *Vto Feeder VOY 12 21
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      252 34 C 4\ r'R GOLDENWAY MARITIME SDN. BHD. ETA ETD Loading For MARITIME No.l Vl/89 In Port 14/1 Kuch.ng/KK NEW LINE No.l Vl/89 14/1 17/1 Mm/Kuching SWEE ANN SATU V 2/89 23/1 27/1 Kuching/KK/Labuan 6A, Lorong Cempening, off, Jin. Berangan. Port Klang, *****, Selangor. Tel: *****80, *****84 *****88 Fax No: *****64
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      410 34 U &/<"< AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* P Haling Panang LMd.ni lor **1» W By Faedpr By Ftodpr Fak aim aMn Fwn/tMb/Sfdn/fcM 4 Mpr XFA F.b Frpm/Maft/S|*«/A<M 4 Apr a Mar a Mar FrwnflMb/Srfn/AM 4 Mp, a Apr a Apr Fram/tMb/Sydn/AM TUISIOAS 39 Ml I DAS ¥.41 TUISIOAS
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      625 34 GOLDEN LINE GUM GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD O. T«tot Ayw Straet SINGAPORE 0104 TCI U4MI (10 IIN(S) Fu U43SM STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spor. QOCOCN UAH CokMbWlUradWOulM QM Jwi OOLOCN HARVEST MracMMw/MrMi 2t/Jt JM PKetong Pmmi OOLOCN HARVEST MM|MM JM CHINA SttVKE A VESSEL HuMpu/ Shanghai SflllM DM TOW SHAN Omgdjo
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      371 34 I M PHILI Oni€NT LIN6S PT€ LTD HEAD OFFICE 63 ROSiSSOS ROAD »OM7 AFRO ASIA BUH.O.NG StNCAPORf 01G5 TELEX RS ***** PHILI FA* *****76 EAJT/FAI EAST Fa ft La ETA SINGAPORE m. w. tit, 11/2 VT<T7I -W 21/1. vn nn rrrrwn w. w newcentraoe \an wT/waT ahica/—a. Fa tLa MHC
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      837 35 Afenfe S pore Gmni Enquiries *****7 Bookings FE EU/AUST *****53 *****19 *****18 NEPTUNE AGENCES PTE. LTD Booki Bookings TPA/SEA 27K742 *****16 *****48 Inward/ Outward *****44 Terminal *****22 CFS *****53 ELNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD NEPUNE SON BHD 261 Lumpur >***** 6200? *****0 *****1 *****2 *****0 *****1 EXPORT IMPORT wt»k~f.w 1
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      341 35 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG, KEELUNG. BUSAN, INCHON VMMl't Nam ETO BS SPORE PKLG KEE BUSAN HO JI NO I DON AM/901 N 0401 In Port 1) 20/01 3 21/01 31/01-02/02 3UOI °MAGNET/901N 11/12 30-30/01 21-29/01 OOOMJ2 14-15/02 16/02 #NO 9 DON AM/901
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      147 35 ~JX~ JE CONTAINER LINE, INC sporeAGEST: JE CONTAINER LINE (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****59 (20 LINES) FAX: *****63 P KIG AG EXT. JE CONTAINER LINE (M) SDN BHD TEL (03 *****00/1 (8 LINES) INDIA Conventional/ LCL/FCL Sorvlco To COLOMBO, KARACHI, CHfTTAGONG, BOMBAY, MADRAS ft CALCUTTA 3 jcw.v/.l IWA: l H
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      721 35 swsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** PENANG P. KELANG MESSRS HAI THONG SHIPPING 127 Pew* Street. Penjnj, Malaysia M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON
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      321 36 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. Til 225 6868 (34 Lines) FAX *****39/*****/6 TELEX RS ***** A/B SSCMA. RS ***** A/B SSCAD r DSR-LINES VEB DEUTFRACHT SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER Of EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND HAVEL UNO 2/IS SOMLANO UK RUHLANO 2m E. THAELMANN
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      73 36 T.SK. line: WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WITH FIXED DAY ARRIVAL TS KLINE OFFERS THE FASTEST TRANSIT TIME TO TAIWAN/JAPAN MY. KABUKI V-I7 ETA SIN U/l/Sf KAOHSIUNG 4 DAYS SPORE KEELUNG ■> TOKYO SHIMIZU -> NAGOYA > KOBE 4 DAYS 5 DAYS 8 DAYS 9 DAYS 10 DAYS 11 DAYS TSKLINE AGENCIES
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      159 36 ♦'1S Regional Weather «4s/ YA K 3 <» t r i S zr V is s •5* n •lit SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ANO SEA CONOmONS AT 7.30 A.M. Jan It. IMS *C yA cf Wmd direction with speed w> knots R Thunderstorm Temperature •<. A A Weothet Wind direction with speed
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      555 37 JkWFARGO SHIPPING Te1:224Q122 ABC CONTAINERIZE N.V. TO AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA AdtUW*. 8 NEW ZEALAND Wtllinfton. TO USA/CANADA 19 DATS FROM FOB/MARBEILLEB! FROM USA/CANADA/EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN ESIOEEIEH ih[M wm mitm MLm TNT Eipras 221 AGENTS FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE.) LTD. 15. HOE CHIANG ROAO. 0 1102. SANFORO BUILDING, SINGAPORE 0208 TEL *****22 FAX
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      341 37 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD TEL: *****33 (10 Line*) f-r-li FAX *****15 fTi TELEX RS ***** RISHIP (3 Lines) rr» Tf*J 3C ~rr m r*y IPS LINE jb PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORP., KARACHI. MALAYSIA KARACHI MIDDLE EAST GULF SERVICE FOR KARACHI, DUBAI AND DAMMAN. VESSEL KUANTAN PT KLANG PENANG
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      674 37 Tatsumi Marine DIRECT 3AKJNG TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA (ACCEPTING BREAKBULK) Direct call to other ports subject to inducement (also accepting transhipment cargo OROBAY MADANG. KIETA. WEWAK KIM BE RABUAL via LAE) S'POftE: NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD Til: *****77, *****34, *****71 omci: m imrmk »mcu ptl ltd, <rpo«o til wmn w.
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      205 37 FREIGHT SERVICES T* *****11 Tk ***** CJJW FU 2241TU 24/1/89 26/1/89 28/1/89 28/1/89 28/1/89 22/1/89 25/1/89 23/1/89 27/1/89 23/1/89 22/1/89 22/1/89 28/1/89 28/1/89 28/1/89 28/1/89 TORONTO/VANCOUVER LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK ROTTERDAM/HAMBURG FELIXSTOWE/LONDON SYDNEY/MELBOURNE FREMANTLE P. MORESBY/ LAE/ RABUAL COLOMBO HONGKONG/CHINA BANGKOK KEELUNG/KAOSHIUNG MANILA BUSAN P. KELANG/PENANG TOKYO/YOKOHAMA JAKARTA BOOKING: *****22 PLUSCOL
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