The Business Times, 24 January 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    254 1 Dow up WALL STREET blue chips led the general market higher in moderate trading early yesterday. Futures traders said some large buy programmes were made at the opening. The Dow jumped 13 to 2,248. Decliners led gainers by about four to three. Reuter Footsie up SHARE PRICES
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    Local shares up slightly in active trading
    242 1 SHARE PRICES in Singapore rose marginally higher in fairly active trading yesterday after profit-taking in the afternoon pared early gains. The Straits Times Industrial Index inched up 0.69 point to 1,096 while the broader-based Business Times Composite Index added 3.41 points to 985.73.
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    US$ up in early European trading
    107 1 THE US dollar yesterday edged cautiously higher against major currencies during early trading in Europe's foreign exchanges but the threat of further central bank dollar sales checked speculative buying of the US currency. Dealers said dollar gains were likely to be limited by worries
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    Du Pont may invest up to $300m in S'pore
    532 1  -  American chemical giant planning two factories By LEE HAN SHIH AMERICAN chemical giant Du Pont yesterday said it would invest up to $300 million in Singapore in the next five years if reception to its specialised products proved encouraging. At a
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    Lock icon Vietnam urged to work out ceasefire control with China
    313 1 Reuter THAI Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila yesterday urged Vietnam to work out with China details of an "international control mechanism" to supervise a Cambodian ceasefire, a Thai foreign ministry spokesman said. The spokesman said Mr Siddhi made the appeal in talks
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    Lock icon Taipei seeks more trade with Seoul
    243 1 Reuter TAIWAN has asked South Korea to boost bilateral trade as a way of cutting their trade deficits with Japan, Taiwanese officials said yesterday. Augustine Wu. deputy director of the Board of Foreign Trade, said both Taiwan and South Korea should reduce imports of
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    Lock icon Salvador Dali dies
    86 1 Reuter SALVADOR DALI, the last of the great surrealist painters, died of heart failure yesterday, aged 84. Dali, famed for his outrageous statements and shocking appearance as well as his revolutionary art, died in Figueraa, his hometown in north-eastern Spain. One of the last of a generation
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    Lock icon China's foreign trade up 17pc last year despite economic problems
    526 1 AP CHINA'S foreign trade was up 16.6 per cent in 1988 despite economic disarray, stringent remedies of sharp spending cuts and restrictions on some imports and exports, China's Trade Ministry said yesterday. Exports reached U5540,102 billion, up 15.5 per cent
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    Lock icon Chok Tong to make three-day official visit to Malaysia
    190 1 Bernama SINGAPORE First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will make a three-day official viait to Malaysia beginning on Thursday, a Malaysian Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Mr Goh, who ia leading a 13member delegation, would be met
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    Lock icon Manila, KL in maritime talks
    110 1 Bernama MALAYSIA and the Philippines will hold two days of talks on maritime issues in Kuala Lumpur from tomorrow, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry added that the Malaysian delegation would be led by deputy secretary-general for political affairs.
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    New printer from HP
    33 1 HEWLETT PACKARD has developed a new medium-priced, high-text-quality printer. PC Corner reviews it on PAGE S. Technology also presents Comet-Top Assembly, Nixdorf s locally developed manufacturing software for SMEs.
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    Watson on Sembawang
    76 1 THE SEMBAWANQ group is planning a massive restructuring which will streamline the group's operations and coutd result in a new entity being floated on the market BT spoke to Mr C N Watson, group chief executive, on the broad plans for the group and Mr Tan Mong
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    BT Special Supplement
    82 1 BUSINESS TIMES ia publishing its first Insurance Supplement on Thursday. The supplement features an exclusive interview with the Insurance Commiaaioner, Mr Law Song Keng, who will give an up-to-date assessment of Singapore's insurance industry as well as chart its future directions. Among the other highlights are articles
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      219 1 Editorial Comment 12 Many faiths, one goal UK Investment 12 The Chinese are coming Hongkong 13 More than just a flag Jlnrlklsha Station 2 Who are bidding for the tender Compact discs 2 CDs with radios made in S'pore India 3 Rajiv's defeat may rule out polls George Bush .4
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  • HOME NEWS
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      DBS Bank among 11 who bid for Jinrikisha Station
      424 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH Property Correspondent DBS BANK has emerged as one of the 11 companies bidding for the historic Jinrikisha Station in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) tender which closed last Thursday. Other tenderers for the 66-year-old building included Ng
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      JVC making CD players with radios in S'pore
      237 2  -  By MARTIN SOONG JVC has begun producing compact disc players with radios at its Singapore plant, as the Japanese consumer electronics giant continues to shift the bulk ot its low-end audio equipment manufacturing across the Causeway to Malaysia. JVC's wholly-owned Singapore subsidiary,
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      Cisco's income hit by manpower shortage
      226 2 THE LABOUR CRUNCH has hit the Commercial Industrial Security Corporation (Cisco) where it hurts most in the pocket. According to Cisco's latest annual report, income from man-power-based services which accounted for some 94 per cent of its turnover suffered its sharpest fall ever due
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      Good booking for education show
      109 2 AN INTERNATIONAL exhibition on education and training to be held here in May has already drawn tremendous response. Some 90 exhibitors from 23 countries had already booked space at Asean Worlddidac Expo '89. The organisers, the World Association of Manufacturers and Distributors of Educational Materials
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      Bid to promote CIMA qualification
      319 2 THE CIMA COMMITTEE of the Singapore Society of Accountants (SSA) has announced its intention to promote the CIMA qualification in Singapore. CIMA stands for Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. In a statement released yesterday, the SSA said it would be promoting the CIMA qualification at
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      SBC show examines foreign ventures in China
      504 2  -  By ZHOU MEI Economics Cor respondent COCA-COLA and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) are but two examples of foreign businesses that have succeeded in not only setting up shop in China but more importantly, in winning over the Chinese consumers. They are featured in
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
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      Lock icon UK trade mission visiting Malaysia
      193 3 Bernama A TRADE MISSION from north-east England is in Kuala Lumpur on a five-day visit to explore business opportunities in Malaysia. Mission leader Steve Courtney told a press conference yesterday the 16 companies in the mission were looking forward to renewing business contacts and looking
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      Lock icon Japanese opposition meets N Korean team
      217 3 AFP THE LEADER of Japan's main opposition party met a visiting North Korean delegation on Sunday and said 1969 could make history in relations between the two countries. Japan Socialist Party chairwoman Takako Doi told delegation head Kim Yang-Gon, deputy director of the International
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      Lock icon Arafat rejects new Israeli peace plan
      411 3 AP PALESTINIAN Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Aratat on Sunday rejected as worthless or limited an Israeli proposal for self-rule for Palestinians in the West Bank and Qaza strip and elections to chooee peace negotiators. "It isn't worth the trouble to reply to these proposals
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      Lock icon North, South Korea may send joint team to Asian Games
      247 3 UPI SOUTH and North Korea exchanged letters yesterday setting up a preliminary contact for talks between high-level authorities and proposing a meeting date for negotiations on sending a single Korean team to the 1990 Asian Games In Beijing. Seoul's Prime
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      Lock icon Rajiv's defeat may rule out snap poll
      473 3 Reuter UPI PRIME MINISTER Rajiv Gandhi of India suffered two humiliating setbacks on Sunday, with his Congress (I) party conceding defeat in Tamil Nadu assembly polls seen as a critical test for the Indian leader. A key minister was also forced to resign.
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      77 3 O CAN RESIST THE MAGIC W .v. -2&* o o .1 +.JL i t V •ft <Q fi > V*" G<Celebrate 5 Sea*** 1 th^ .»< vvith M m from rnc* fesW e rw A n P& 1 m—■k «7/il For a limited period only, celebrate with a bottle of
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      277 3 City Max/ Note Min rc> Adelaide 24/14 Fair Aimtordam 06/02 Clear Athens 14/07 Cloudy Bahrain 20/12 Oear Bangkok 34/24 door Barbados 29/23 Cloudy Mtnfl 06-05 Cloudy Beirut 17/10 Sumy Belgrade 04/-1 Ckwdy Berlin 05/00 Cloudy Bermuda 23/16 Cloudy Bom 05/00 O'cast Brisbane 29/21 Cloudy Brussels 12/02 Oeor Budapest 01 /-3
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Bush wants to get a grip on deficit
      374 4 UPI GEORGE BUSH, in an interview published on Sunday, said he wants to make "major strides towards getting a grip" on the budget deficit in his first 100 days as president, and hopes "the last vestiges of bigotry" can be erased during
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      Lock icon West German company helped Libya in refuelling of fighter jets: magazine
      229 4 Reuter WEST QERMAN news magazine Der Spiegel says it has hard evidence that a West German company helped Libya convert transport planes into tankers to refuel fighter jets in mid-air so that they can reach Israel. The magazine report,
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      Lock icon US bureau plans easing of East-West trade controls
      150 4 NYT THE US State Department's Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs is pressing for a major relaxation of Eaat-West trade controls if the Soviets complete their withdrswsl from Afghanistan by Feb 15 as scheduled under the Geneva accords. The bureau is planning
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      Lock icon A novel way for Italian workers to strike it rich
      164 4 AFP ITALY'S union leaders have come up with a novel way of persuading shopfloor workers to go on strike the chance to win a car in a stoppage lottery. At the Fiat-Alfa Romeo factory near Milan, unions are organising a
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      The printed word reaches new heights
      928 5  -  |p(j> bf JEFFREY TSANG IN SPITE OF the electronics revolution and the paperless office, many people have stubbornly resisted the cathode-ray tube, preferring instead the archaic form of paper-based information. This predilection for "hard copy" has ensured the continued health of the printer market.
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      Lock icon Method to boost power of supercomputers found
      294 5 UPI A RESEARCHER at the University of Illinois has made a leap in computer design, linking seversl computers in a way that could cheaply but dramatically boost the power of supercomputers. The development could be used to bind smaller computers into a unit
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    • TECH -TAKES
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        Lock icon German purchase of American high-tech firm under review
        203 5 AP THE SALE of a US high-technology company to a West German chemical firm is being reviewed by a government task force in the first test of a new law that allows a US president to block foreign purchases of American companies
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        Lock icon Nearby asteroid discovered
        253 5 UPI FRENCH ASTRONOMERS have accidentally discovered a mysterious asteroid, whose orbit crosses that of the earth, according to the Calern-Caussols observatory in France. The asteroid, invisible to the naked eye. was discovered on Jan 4 by astronomers who were photographing Jupiter's outer satellites, said JeanLouis Heudier, an
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        Lock icon Apple expands Macintosh line with new PC
        101 5 Reuter APPLE COMPUTER has introduced its long-awaited new Macintosh SE/30 personal computer, a machine the company claims is four times faster than the two-year-old Macintosh SE. The SE/30, which is immediately available, will expand Apple's benchmark Macintosh line into the business world and
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      Nixdorf develops software package for small firms
      399 5  -  By JEFFREY TSANG GERMAN computer maker Nixdorf has developed a manufacturing software package at its Singapore centre and is likely to begin testing it at a customer's site next month. Called Comet-Top Assembly, the new software was developed at the company's regional software
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      Lock icon Forecasts of semiconductor sales growth range from slow to flat
      651 5  -  By GREG CALHOUN Reuter SEMICONDUCTOR industry experts agree there is little chance of a repeat of the robust 30 per cent growth experienced by the industry last year, but forecasts at a trade group forum in the US varied on
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Options
      1418 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Monday, Jan 23, 1988 DEUTSCHE MARK (8IMEX) M cate High Low 8•» 52 94 55 56 7 Nb High 88 pate Law 26A 73A •a* 2 27 77 Iter M call a tea High 88 puis Law tea SI 57 53 54 55 56 57 S9
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      Lock icon Third World debt crisis is ever present
      225 6 Reuter A MYSTERIOUS computer breakdown at Brazil's central bank a few days ago. delaying payment of US$5OO million to creditors, was a blunt reminder the Third World debt crisis had not gone away. Brazil, creaking under the pressure of rampant inflation and a
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      Asian dollar market
      244 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rales closed at their opening levels in quiet trade yesterday The market will be looking to Thuraday'a US December durable goods orders and Friday's preliminary fourth quarter GNP data for more indicators on the state of the US Economy. Short-dates were steady to slightly
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      IMM
      275 6 IMM CURRENCIES closed with sharp gains and near the top of daily ranges on Friday. Most contracts held small early gains on followthrough shortcovering by traders wary of a third consecutive day of central bank dollar-selling. Sterling, which slipped after news of smaller-than-expected UK December retail sales, remained depressed
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      190 6 YOU CAN'T OUTGROW IT Now here's a car that meets the growing needs of a growing family. Not like any other car or station wagon, the Mitsubishi Space Wagon sits seven adults, in three rows of luxury and comfort. Both rear seats A adjust every which way to give incredible
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Forex markets
      1409 7 SINGAPORE: Friday's US dollar selloff in New York in the wake of another round of central bank intervention and a lack of specifics in George Bush's inauguration speech, has left the market fighting shy of the topside. However, corrective up bias persisted yesterday, as the US dollar traded
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      Lock icon Simex
      401 7 BA Futures MARCH Eurodollar futures opened three ticks lower yesterday than Friday's Simex close at 90.53. Trading was listless. The March contract opened at the low and edged up to settle at the day's high at 90.55, down one tick. March D-mark opened 24 ticks higher at 0.5464 and
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      Money markets
      70 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore money market rose by 1/4 point to close at 5-1/2 per cent yesterday. One month rose 1/8 point, while two and three months rose by 1/16 point each. S$ Interbank rates at the dose yesterday: orm so Pun night 3 1/3 S
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      Lock icon Four more joint banks expected in Indonesia
      170 7 Reuter FOUR MORE Japanese banks are in the final stages ot negotiations with Indonesian banks to form Joint ventures which were allowed In laat October's banking deregulation. The tie-ups will be between Fuji Bank Ltd and Bank Internasional Indonesia, Sumitomo Bank Ltd and
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      Government securities market
      102 7 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity M> OFFW HKJH LOW 3 mmrths RQ*****T 20.04.89 3.95 3.90 3.93 3.90 6 inmrfht SY*****S 20.07.89 4.07 4.02 4.07 4.04 1 y*or BY*****H 23.11.89 4.16 4.11 4.16 4.13 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing
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      World interest rates
      165 7 ttM prim* of 12 iM|or banks In S'por* Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Jan 23 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 day* 3/1* 1/1* U 1/» 13 11/1-3/1 3 5/1-3/1 4 1/1-3/1 1 a* 3/1* 1/1* is i/a u Si/l-l/1 Jll/M- »/l* 4 7/1* 3/1* 1 M* 3/»
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      Lock icon US to beef up enforcement of commodity trading laws
      370 7 NYT US ATTORNEY-GENERAL Dick Thornburgh said on Sunday that enforcement of US securities and commodity trading laws would be beefed up after reports of a widespread federal inquiry into the Chicago commodity markets. In an appearance in Washington on "Meet the
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Indonesia to improve quality of rubber exports
      319 8 Reuter THE INDONESIAN Rubber Producers Association has agreed on measures to improve the quality of exported rubber at the end of a two-day meeting in Jakarta. The association said in a statement on Saturday it would try to ensure only uncontaminated rubber is
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      Lock icon Western world's aluminium output hits new high
      147 8 AFP TOTAL OUTPUT of aluminium in the Western world rose to a new record level of 1,181,000 tonnes in December, the International Primary Aluminium Institute (IPAI) said on Friday. This was the highest level since records began in 1973, and compares with a
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      Lock icon Shrinking volume in cocoa trading hurting UK dealers
      540 8 Reuter SHRINKING VOLUMES in physical cocoa trading are beginning to hurt traditional commodity dealing companies in London and some have laid off traders. Last week, trade house Woodhouse, Drake and Carey Ltd merged its cocoa trading department with coffee, cutting the cocoa
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      Lock icon Soviet grain harvest falls
      207 8 Reuter SOVIET agricultural production grew more slowly in 1988 and the grain harvest fell but industrial production rose slightly, the State Committee for Statistics said in its annual report. State spending is still growing faster than income in the Soviet Union and the financial situation remains
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      Lock icon Standards for KL-made gloves
      219 8 Bernama A DRAFT on standards for the rubber gloves industry is being formulated by the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia and the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia. On Saturday, SS Subramaniam, pro-tem committee president of Malaysia's Association of Rubber Gloves Manufacturers, said the draft
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      Lock icon KL tin concentrates output down
      173 8 Bernama MALAYSIA'S production of tin-in-con-centrates from January to November last year was 26,370 tonnes, a 5.5 per cent fall against 27,914 tonnes for the same period the previous year. According to the statistics department, the cumulative export volume for the 11-month period was 43,374 tonnes,
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      Precious Metals
      405 8 HONGKONG: Gold closed slightly lower in fairly quiet trading with light profit-taking from Japanese and Australian investors yesterday, dealers said. Sentiment for the metal was bearish due to the firmer tone of the US dollar, they added. Bullion ended at U*****.70/408.10 an ounce. It opened at U*****.00/50, in
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      KL Tin
      154 8 THE KLTM price rose nine cents to a new 33month high of M 520.30 a kg yeeterday on continued short-covering melnly from Europe despite weekend accumulation In active trading. The KLTM's level la now at a CIS a tonne dlecount to the European spot tin price due to
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      142 8 Telerate FUEL OIL prices were relatively stable in the Singapore market yesterday. Sellers asking prices around US$BO per tonne fob Sing yesterday for CST-180 were finding fewer interested parties at those levels. However market sentiment was still seen as mixed as players were unsure if the
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      Palm Oil
      268 8 MALAYSIAN crude palm oN futures saw strong buying interest ahead of the Chinese New Year helped CPO futures finish shsrply higher on the KLCE yesterday. Dealers said the better sentiment was also sided by good commercial buying, late short covering and reports that there was a delay in
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      Lock icon Tokyo may abolish some excise taxes
      111 8 Reuter JAPAN IS expected to abolish 5 per cent excise taxes on some tropical products from April 1 but they will be subject to a new 3 per cent sales tax, a senior official of the Foreign Ministry said. "There will no longer be
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      Lock icon Thai maize estimate lower
      116 8 Reuter THAILAND will produce about five million tonnes of maize during the 1988/89 (July/June) season against 5.20 million estimated in September and a droughtravaged 2.31 million harvest a year ago, the Board of Trade said. It said unusually heavy monsoon rains in the second half of
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      Rubber
      353 8 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices ended firmer with February 1 RSS buyer quoted at 220.50 cents a kg yesterday, up 4.50 cents from Friday's dose. Brokers said after a slightly higher opening, prices gained further ground on speculative buying following market talk India was making enquires for RSS 3 and SMR
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      RAS and MRELB
      277 8 RAS prices msc •nta/kfl, FO a In Mm 1 NOON CLOSE luyors Selleri Rvynrs f-M jtun In* 1 RSS Prompt 218.00 219.00N 219 JO 220JO tat 1 RSS F*b 89 219.00 220.00 220J0 221 JO In* 1 RSS Mor 220X0 221.00N 221 JO 222J0 tat 2 RSS
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      SSR and SMR
      91 8 (ccnti/kg) FEMUARY 1989 MARCH 1999 (currant month) (ferwor d month) NOON NOON RAS lwy«n Sil«n l»)«n Slim S» 30 195 JO 197 JO 195 JO 197 JO SSI 50 MRELE 193 JO 195.50 Mton 193-50 |yy§ri 195-50 Saltan Iwl lkhki SMI CV w ivytn 317J0 319 JON
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      Produce Prices
      190 8 Ctilnm Produce Exchange SeWeo' noon doaing prto m on Jon 23 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil B<* KM 112.00 OW drum KM 122.00 N«w drum FOt 126j00 Copra Mixed (Ioom) 67.00 Hlfft Pepper Muniok FOi NLW 715.00 JO'OWOI WTwfl FOt foq NLW 705.00 Sorowak iptciot block FOt NLW 492.50
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  • FOCUS
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      US communists get more respect: party head
      805 10 What does it mean to be a communist today? BT continues yesterday's Focus on communism, featuring interviews with leading marxists in various countries conducted by New York Times correspondents. The following interviews are with Gus Hall, leader of the communist party in the
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      Early rethink pays off for British communist
      598 10 MARTIN JACQUES'S journal, Marxism Today, is a lively forum for criticism and discussion of Marxism and its relevance to British society. It has an Important influence on the British Labour Party, floundering after losing three general elections to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and
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      Perestroika and glasnost two different cups of tea
      425 10 SAFDAR HASH Ml, 35, a founder of the pro-marxist Students Federation of India in Delhi University in 1970, waa a playwright, actor, director, and a leading figure in Indian street theatre. He was severely beaten by a gang on Jan 1 after
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      Indian communism is really Stalin marxism, says university don
      336 10 BIPAN CHANDRA, 60, a professor of history at the Center for Historical Studies of Jawaharial Nehru University in New Delhi, describes himself as a marxist historian. The author of the Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, among other books,
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      When is a communist a communist
      352 10 AN EDITOR at Giornale Di Siciiia, Sicily's largest newspaper, Daniele Billitteri, 36, Joined the communist youth federation in 1966 but left the party in 1976 attar it sought an alliance with the Christian Democrats. At that point, he said, it did not make sense
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      103 11 WEOOULDNT BELIEVE OUR EARS WHEN THE JUDGES VOTED THE 200SK "1988/89 JAPANESE CAR OF THE YEAR" 0 0 SO HERE IT IS IN WRITING: "It features a fresh, clean styling." as unnecessary equipment has been "It shows good common sense in the JjRMPI eliminated." selection of a smooth operating 4-cylinder
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Many faiths, one goal
      571 12 BUSINESS TIMES TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1989 THE MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Community Development made a valuable point last week when, in an address to the Rotary Club, he suggested that a course on major religions be taught in schools to foster racial harmony and religious
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      The new Chinese wave into UK
      1223 12  -  By DICK WILSON FIRST CAME a £2.5 billion deluge of Japanese investments. Now, a wave of Chinese investments in the United Kingdom is building. Since the beginning of this decade, Asia's Chinese enterprises and entrepreneurs have been flocking to the British Isles. They have
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      The shift of HK manufacturing bases
      513 12 HONGKONG MANUFACTURERS are no newcomers to Great Britain. Cha Chi Ming founded his Cosmopolitan Textiles in Wlnford, in Cheshire, 18 years ago. It is still spinning non-woven greycloth. Most of the fabric is destined for the UK market, but about 33 per cent goes
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      Reaching the standard
      187 12 IN CORBY. Northamptonshire, two partners confer about their new television set assembly operation. One is Chen Shu Dong, representing the Huanyu Electrical Company of Shijiazhuang in Northern China. The other is Alex Wacey, head of Treatllnk Limited, Huanyu's distributor in the UK. The two companies put up
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      Building up a strong management image
      424 12 THE TATUNQ GROUP of Taiwan is intent on making its new electronics factory at Telford a manufacturing and marketing centre for Western Europe. It has already recruited four Germans to work on future marketing strategies in the European Community. This company started production in
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      Lock icon More than just Hongkong's flag
      647 13  -  By DAVID SCHLESINGER Reuter ON JUNE 30, 1997, Britain's Union Jack will come down from Hongkong's government house for the last time. What will go up in its place is as much a mystery as the British colony's future. The committee writing the constitution under
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    • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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        Vision and new directions
        266 13 Our weakly summary of what regional publications have to say about Issuos of laiaMiallAakAl inivrnanonai inwrtvi. MALAYSIA "THE 150 MEMBERS of the newly-established National Economic Consultative Council have been chosen to help chart the future course of national development. They have been given the job of
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        Dialogue in the making
        280 13 VIETNAM-CHINA "IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS what Vietnam is attempting to achieve from the ongoing talks in Beijing between its deputy foreign minister, Oinh Nho Liem and his Chinese counterpart, deputy foreign minister Liu Shuqing. "Friendly relations with China, if need be, based on Vietnam's minimal security
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        Continued quotas necessary
        155 13 TIN PRODUCERS "THE INCREASED tin price, although still much below that prevailing immediately before the collapse of the International Tin Agreement in lats 1965, is heartening and to a large extent reflects cooperation of tin producers through the Association of Tin Producing Countries. Tin production was generally
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        Reagan exits to loud applause
        356 13 UNITED STATES "AFTER EIGHT YEARS in what is arguably the most powerful office on earth, Ronald Reagan will leave two enduring legacies restoration of America's national pride and a positive realignment of international relations. Despite all the shortcomings ascribed to him, Mr Reagan has rekindled
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  • LEISURE
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      Lock icon Starship Enterprise sets off on another trek
      815 14 MOVIES Reuter ACTOR William Shatner, a glass of green champagne in his hand, stands on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, ready to take off on yet another voyage to the "final frontier". It is the latest episode in a Hollywood phenomenon 23
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      Lock icon Grammys have come a long way
      1094 15  -  MUSIC What does winning a Grammy mean to a musician? STEPHEN HOLDEN takes a look at the power and prestige of the awards which have been around for three decades. STEPHEN HOLDEN NYT THE National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced the
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      898 14 li Where to entertain. ONE GOOD REASON TO LUNCH AT THE PALM GRILL IS OUR APPETISER BUFFET ANOTHER IS THF CHOICE OF MAIN COURSES. PAIVI For between $26+ and $40 you can select from our appetiser GRILL buffet including seafood, smoked salmon and oysters. Choose from many lavish main courses.
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      199 14 r Happy Reunion The Mandarin's Reunion Dinner offers an elaborate <kx>urse Dinner with traditional favourites such as Raw Fish Salad and Braised Dried Oyster with Fatt Choy. At $628 nett per table of 10*. We will start your new year to the melodic strains of a Chinese orchestra and the
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      173 15 I "Roil the mutton, roast the ox, we will he merrv. s \m NOW OPEN AT I UNCH SHI RAT O.N TOWfcRS. SCOTTS ROM), TH: 7576H8H. If you're a man of the world, read this. We at Matilda s Bar think the world of our guests. So we are now
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      89 15 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. w M i M x iicihtats\vfi Ux Rheinhessen ,'MANN WKINKM lfu K „X. A «M-|7 j m Nr. 4 907 644 C3v
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      670 15 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Get hold of a good abrasive tool (5) 8 As used in toxophily or war, perhaps (5) 10 A message to get you in stitches? (5) 11 This boy sounds bright (3) 12 She gets a letter from Cathay (5) 13 A very good incentive in
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      1273 15 M V OUR CHOICE MEXICO CITY: HEAVEN OR HELL?, Channel 12, Bpm The air is polluted, the water scarce, the sanitation inadequate. Yet 1,000 people move into the city each day in search of a better life than that in the country. And they try to improve things in their
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon 49ers make late dash for victory
      724 16 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NYT Reuter FOR ALL of the newfangled bigplay offense the San Francisco 48ers and the Cincinnati Bengals were supposed to provide in Super Bowl XXIII last Sunday, the first half ended in a 3-3 tie. With 50 seconds remaining in the third
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      Melbourne bids Becker bye, bye
      1076 16  -  TENNIS By BARRY WOOD THIRD SEED Boris Becker crashed out 6-7, 4-6, 3-6 at the hands of Jonas Svensson in the fourth round yesterday. Svensson, ranked No. 4 in Sweden, has only one other claim to fame, and that was a victory over Ivan Lendl
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      Lock icon Murray facing Conner in world's richest series
      365 16 YACHTING AFP TWELVE-METRE yacht skippers lain Murray of Australia and America s Dennis Conner are set for a revenge challenge match which has been billed as the richest match race series the world has ever seen. Conner beat Murray off Fremantle in Australia
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      Lock icon Girardelli looks set to clinch overall title
      163 16 SKIING AP AUSTRIA'S Rudolf Niertich edged Italian star Alberto Tombs to win a World Cup slalom last Sunday as Luxembourg's Marc Girardelli virtually won the overall title. Nierlich waa fastest in the first heat in Wen gen, Switzerland, and then trailed Tomba by
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      Lock icon Calcavecchia sews up Open victory in fine style
      405 16 GOLF AP MARK CALCAVECCHIA, one of the moet aggressive and longest hitters on the PGA tour, never let up after making the turn in the third round of the 48th Phoenix Open last Saturday. He continued his charge the next day to
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      Lock icon Winning weekend for Boston and NY
      364 16 BASKETBALL AP ROBERT PARISH scored 12 points and Danny Ainga 10 during a 39-point third quarter last Sunday as the Boston Caltics beat the Detroit Pistons 112-99. Kevin McHale and Raggia Lewia had six points each and Dennis Johnson five in the decisive burst
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      637 16 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS ST* <%> CK Tang Wrti *****990 Oman Hup Wrti 1991 Qty Dov Bonds 1994 5% Qty Dov Wrti 1992 G Corp COLS 1969 10 H Prop ftondi H Prop Writ 1993 1993 4 H Tot-Pan Wrti 1992 kwo-Poc Loan Inno-Poc Wrti 1992 1992 6 JC-MPH Loan iC-MPH
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      291 16 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO D D PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO PRIVATE LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of D D Photographic Studio Private Limited duly convened and held on Friday, 20 January 1969, the following special resolution was passed rewinding up Resolved that the Company be wound up
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      L & M to buy out shareholders of Mainland Investors
      492 17  - L M to buy out shareholders of Mainland Investors By MAGDALENE NG SPECIALIST construction group L M Group Investments Ltd is buying out the remaining shareholders in associate Mainland Investors (S) Pte Ltd for $9.35 million through the issue of new L M shares. Mainland's other shareholders, each with an
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      Lock icon CIC seeks merchant banks' views on chain listings
      442 17 MBT THE CAPITAL Issues Committee (CIC) of Malaysia has sought the views of the merchant banking industry on the issue of chain listings and cross-holdings on the second board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). It is understood that the CIC
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      Lock icon PNB transfers interests in four companies to National Unit Trust
      219 17 NST PERMOOALAN NASIONAL Bhd (PNB) has transferred partly or wholly its equity interests in four public-listed companies, namely Malaysia Airlines (MAS), Sims Darby, Batu Kawan and Malaysia Building Society (MBS), to Sekim Amanah Saham Nasional (National Unit Trust) effective from
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      Lock icon Hongkong securities watchdog should look abroad for staff: dealers
      390 17 Reuter HONGKONG SECURITIES analysts are doubting the British colony's commitment to supervision of the industry because the new Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is not moving to attract the calibre of people it needs. The government last week presented legislation setting
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      Tycoons back new Hongkong investment house set up by ex-Vickers staff
      474 17 FORMER top executives of Citicorp Scrimgeour Vick era's Hongkong outfit are starting a new investment house with backing of mors than HKS2OO million (about Ssso million) from two of the colony's wealthiest tycoons and two major Chineee enterprises. They
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      Pinetree Club put up for sale
      466 17  -  Haw Par negotiated with owner but deal fell through By ROSIE TAN PINETREE TOWN ft Country Club is up for sale, if a buyer can strike an acceptable deal with the owner. The owner of the club, Mr Chng Heng Tiu, is known to
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      Lock icon DMIB to go ahead with expansion plans
      488 17 MBT DMIB BHD is going ahead with expansion of its disposable rubber gloves manufacturing operations deepite the recent dip in the industry caused by buyers withdrawing their orders. A member of the Sime Darby group, DMIB will add another four lines to its
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      231 17 Financial Newsmakers 0> A m .?j;3LViTi'aB ITS a W^CaßfflWK MilMli*» CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES This conference is significant in highlighting this new phase in the economic development of Indonesia. It serves as a platform for potential investors to meet with key policy makers for a face-to-face discussion. By bringing together top executives
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      22 17 Z go** <£/*//mu/. /A/7?/£'o/572A/<Z&, COO&& J-I*//& 7& £/l/£T {~frZr/Z£T 77/£~ /a//? mss*Wl ss /So**/J&o6>r77/*r/ </oo c*w ZttTPf* &/&OW6 SFCW tfCV/Z ASOa££-, 77/^A/y
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      Shares manage only slight gains as buying interest peters out
      813 18  -  by Michelle Oh SELECTIVE TRADING dominated the local stock market yesterday, with moet of the intereet still focueed on hotel counters in the midet of takeover talk and other corporate manoeuvres. Renewed buying interest booeted the market initially but waned
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      89 18 MALAYAN BREWERIES LIMITED: 55th AQM at OCBC Centre, 19th storey today at 11.00 am. PETAUNG TIN BERNAD: 63rd AQM at the Registered Office. Ist Floor, Straits Trading Building, 4-6, Leboh Paaar Besar, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, Jan 27, at 3.00 pm. ELECTRO MAGNETIC (8) LTD: 7th AQM at
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      Unit trusts
      319 18 Managers' prices for Jan 24 Singapore Unit Trust Th* Ca—i»fe« 1.00 1 Oft TU Sovmgs Fund 089 094 S'por* frog Fund 0 38 0.42 S'por* S*c Fund 0 45 0.70 S'por* ln«Mt Fund 071 074 S'por* Equity Fund 0.47 0-51 Asia Unit Trust Mai Wtv** Fund 1.47 157
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      309 18 Company C 1 Holding* RIGHTS ISSUE 27 loon stocks in the ratio oi $3 loon stock tor every live ordinary shores held Causeway Inv Issue ol $7,252,937 noainol amount oi 6% loon Stock 1989/94 on the basis ol $1 nominal omount of loan stock with two TSts for
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      SES SHARE INFORMATION
      5661 18 Gr's Gr's 1M tm Tel Last Vol Oay Last Quote Dlv Dlv Vld Net M Cap High Low Cod* Company Solo +or(•000) High Low Buyer Seller C*vr PI E Smll JAN 23 SE8DAQ 187 114 t 4000 Amtek Eng 200 121 -3 20 122 121 120 122
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      Lock icon KL prices fall in dull trading
      3274 19 MBT A DEARTH of new lesds dampened sentiment on the Kusls Lumpur stock market yesterday snd share pricee retreated for the second consecutive trading day in lacklustre activity. A dealer said trading activity continued to slow down, adding that price movements were marginal either
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
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      Lock icon Bangkok: Index down
      162 20 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand Index fell 0.82 point to 434.27 yesterday on a turnover of 8,343,824 shares worth 722.13 million baht. 1 K I Ao Kham Thai Ajftjdhy® Bangkok Agro-tad Bangkok Bank. Banc Of Ayudhya Charooog Thai Wtra A CaMa 42* 38.50 100 297 380
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      Lock icon Taipei: Slightly higher close
      364 20 Reuter THE TAIWANESE stock index drifted to a slightly higher close yesterday after a last-minute rally In the financial sector balanced out losses logged earlier in the day, dealers said. The weighted index gained 19.34 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 5,837.96 against Saturday's
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      Lock icon Seoul: Stocks fall
      154 20 Reuter MOST SEOUL stocks fell in light trading on lack of fresh buying interest yesterday, extending the market's recent weak performances, brokers said. The composite index near the close stood at 862.82, down 2.04 points from Saturday's close. Turnover was 161.93 billion won against 142.89 billion for
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      Lock icon Market gets boost
      163 20 Australia Reuter HEAVY INVESTMENT in leading mining stocks by overseas institutions gave a boost to the Australian shars market yestsrdsy amid continuing uncertainty over the collapse last week of Equiticorp International. Brokers said trading was fostered by better gold and base metal prices and a strong showing
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      Lock icon Bargain-hunting
      213 20 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices closed higher on bargainhunting yeeterday after its declines laat week and news Of a stronger yen and lower oil prices on Friday, brokers said. "The general feeling is that this cannot laat the dollar strength and high oil prtoee. The worst-caae fears have already
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      Steady close
      1251 20 Hongkong HONGKONG STOCKB closed steady yesterday after overseaa buyers reversed earlier loeeee. Brokers aaid they saw light buying in the morning. which booeted the Hang Seng index to 2.913.04 pointa before profit-takers moved in to dip gains shortly before midday. The Hang Seng fell 0.38 of a point
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      101 20 New Zealand, Manila and Bombay reports on Pago 21 SOMETIMES WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU. > m M '-I JP ft With its relevant business write-ups, our magazine can help you make the right moves IT r>* W? V« r-\ r i ,v" f*\ < a-.; 18 M&Li
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      Lock icon UK faces pressure on bid for Cons Gold
      658 21 Reuter BRITAIN FACES strong political pressure over whether or not to allow Minerals and Resources Corp Ltd (Minorco) to bid for Consolidated Gold Fields pic. company officials and securities analysts believe. The Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) is due today to submit
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      Lock icon ANZ believes its Equiticorp exposure is secured
      244 21 Reuter THE AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) believes its exposure to collapsed finsnce house Equiticorp Internstional pic is secured, chairman William Vines said. "We have every reaaon to believe that the security we hold is satisfsctory," Mr Vines told the
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      Lock icon Equiticorp liquidation: NZ govt steps in
      573 21 Appointment of statutory receivers and managers Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND government hss sppointed statutory receivers snd msnsgers for Equiticorp Internstionsl pic which said last Friday it planned to appoint a provisions! liquidstor. "Under New Zealand law that step (voluntary liquidation) cannot be taken in
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      Lock icon NZ: Market recovers
      169 21 Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND share market yesterday quickly put the collapse of former high-flyer Equiticorp International behind it and refocused on its positive new year outlook. "The market took a punch on the jaw and came back looking for more," a broker said. The Barclays index finished
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      Lock icon Manila: Mixed closing
      98 21 Reuter MANILA share prices ended narrowly mixed yesterday as sellers slightly outnumbered buyers in the absence of factors to sustain last week's choppy rally, brokers said. "If no significant events develop during the rest of the week, we can expect prices to continue moving within a narrow
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      Lock icon Bombay: Prices fall
      182 21 Reuter BOMBAY share prices fell on a broad front yesterday in the aftermath of a humiliating defeat for Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress (I) Party in southern Tamil Nadu state elections, brokers said. They said the poll set off nervous liquidation amid doubts over Mr Gandhi's chances
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      Lock icon Concern in Canada over wave of mergers
      696 21 AP A FLURRY of mergers in Canadian airline, beer and petrol industries haa ignited concern that pricee will rise and competition will fall as Canadian companies strive to compete in the US and world markets. Three big deals in as many days an
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      Lock icon EUROPEAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
      623 21 Reuter ZURICH: Swiss shares yesterday closed steady in lower volume than had been seen for some time, dealers said. Interest rate concerns no longer had much negative influence on the stock market, they added. The dollar was weaker, although it recovered some ground in the course of
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      Selected indices
      104 21 HONGKONG All Industrials Hongkong Index Mondoy 1.***** Monday 2,5206 Friday 2317.7 FrkJoy 1,***** Week ago 2320.9 Wwk ogo 1.***** NEW YORK Hang Seng Index Mondoy 2397.53 Dow Jones Friday 2^97.91 Friday 2.***** Week ogo 2,856 47 Thursday 2.***** Week ago 2.***** TOKYO Standard Poors Nikkei Average Mondoy 31,*****
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      Lock icon UK authorities looking into possible share support dealings
      255 21 Reuter BRITISH AUTHORITIES are investigating a possible illegal share support operation involving Equiticorp International pic, the Australasian financial group which collapsed last week. A Bank of England spokesman said in London last Saturday that the bank and The Securities Association (TSA), a
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      Lock icon Unigate to sell part of milk business
      96 21 Reuter BRITISH DAIRY and meat products company Unigate pic has agreed to sell part of Unigate Dairies, its liquid milk business, to Dairy Crest Ltd. s division of Britain's Milk Marketing Board, for around £152 million. Some £126 million of the payment will
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      394 21 NST The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (Incorporated in Malaysia) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Theatrette of the Company, Balai Berita, 31 Jalan Riong, ***** Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 25tn February,
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    External trade rose 30.4pc last year
    564 22  -  Republic's deficit widened by 12.5 pc By TAN KEE WEE LAST YEAR was a flood year for Singapore's external trade, with volume goinfl up by 30.4 per cent over the previous year to $167.2 billion. Exports rose by 31.1 per cent, from $60.2 billion
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    178 22 AFP SOUTH KOREA and China are engaged in talka to exchange central govern-ment-ievel trade officea with consular functions in a bid to expand trade between the two countries. A high-ranking South Korean government source waa quoted yeaterday as saying that Seoul and Beijing agreed
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    Lock icon Injunction against KL developer lifted
    327 22 Bernama THE HIGH COURT in Kuala Lumpur yeaterday set aaide an injunction freezing the assets and bank accounts of Llan Seng Propertiea Sdn Bhd. the company that developed the Kuala Lumpur Plaza. In lifting the injunction granted to the main contractor of the plaza. Pembinaan
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    120 22 Bernama MALAYSIA will accord automatic pioneer status to a long list of products from the small-scale industries sector. This means that companies manufacturing the products will be given the pioneer status incentives without any assessment, Trade and Induetry Minister Datin Psduka Rafldah Aziz
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    398 22  -  SinGAPORE AIRLinES By MARTIN SOONG FURTHER DELAYS in US airworthiness certification of the new Boeing 747-400 ultra-iong-range jumbo aircraft have made introduction of Singapore Airlines' new non-stop Singapore to London service, originally scheduled to begin in April, doubtful. Delivery of SlA's first two 747-400s
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    323 22  -  By JOHN THOMAS THE SOVIET intention to give up its sir snd naval presence in South-east Asia projected through Vietnam will depend on US initiatives, Colonel-General Vladimir Lobov, a leading military and political official from Moscow, said here yesterday. "It will depend
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    Tien Wah expands operations
    459 22  -  By WILLIAM CHIA PRINTING company Tien Wah Press is spending more than $45 million to build a new factory in Johor and upgrade its Singapore facility. Managing director Freddie Wong said Tien Wah's Singapore and Johor plants were part of an integrated production process. Labour-intensive operations
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    148 22 AFP US PACIFIC forces commander Admiral Huntington Hardisty and Thai Forsign Ministsr Siddhi Savetsils reaffirmed close ThaiUS relations when they met in Bangkok yesterday. Mr Siddhi told Adm Hardisty thst Thsilsnd valued the US preeence in the region as a stabilising force, Thai Foreign Ministry
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    237 22 Reuter MALAYSIA will spend a major part of the US$346 million it received from the US$2 billion Asean-Japan Development Fund to booet small and medium-scale industries, Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said yesterday. "All loan applications under the scheme will be
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      46 22 Reuter AN EARTHQUAKE struck the Soviet Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan yesterday, engulfing an entire village in mud. Radio Moscow gave a provisional death toll of 1,415 people. It was the second big earthquake to hit the Soviet Union in two months.
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      50 22 UPI THAILANO's military spokeeman yesterday said that Vietnam had withdrawn lees than half of the 50,000 troops Hanoi claimed had been pulled out of Cambodia last year. Lieutenant-General Narudol Dejpradiyudh said that, contrary to claima by Laotian leaders, Vietnam also had two troop divisions in Laos.
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      45 22 Reuter COMPUTER fraud ia costing British businesses mors than £400 million a year. A study by London Business School professor Michael Beealey showed that 17,000 of the 136,000 Britiah firms which rely on computers have been victims of recent fraud.
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      39 22 Reuter CHINA signed a US$3O million contract yesterday to launch a US-built satellite and officials said that few obstacles remained in the way of Beijing's goal of entering the lucrative commercial space market Reuter
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      351 23  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE JOHOR Port Authority is waiting for the green light from the Malaysian government for the third phase of expansion, involving the construction of two multi-purpose berths. The chairman Of the port authority, Oatuk Sulaiman Mohammed Noor, said the government has
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      176 23 AP NEGOTIATIONS to open a direct sea route between South Korea and the Soviet Union are bogged down over how much trade to allow initially. Yonhap, the semi-offi-cial newe agency, aaid South Korean shipping companies want the first opening to be a
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        71 23 Reuter EGYPT'S principal Mediterranean port of Alexandria and a nearby oil terminal reopened on Sunday after weather improved, harbour officials said. High seas and strong winds closed the port on Saturday, trapping four ships inside and another six outside. Four ships resumed loading at the Suez-Mediterranean Arab
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        159 23 Reuter THE currency adjustment factor for freight conferences between Europe and India, Pakistan and Bangladesh has been altered effective Jan 23, the conferences said. The CAP for eastbound traffic from the UK and Eire was altered to minus 7.50 per cent from minus 5 per cent and
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      190 23 AP Reuter A TUGBOAT towing two barges hit West London's Battersea road bridge over the River Thames and authorities immediately closed it to all traffic, UK police reported. The bridge is a main thoroughfare and its closure threatens traffic disruption. A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said "the tug,
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      311 24 SEA-LAND has deployed its own US-flag vessel in the Philippine trade. The new feeder service, using the Sea-Land Economy, will call at Kaohsiung, Manila and Subic Bay. Sea-Land will offer Friday, 8 pm, cargo closings in Manila for FCL containers and a
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      310 24 FRENCH shipping line Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement (CMA) has now added Manila to the ports covered on through bills of lading by its non-conference services between Europe and the Far East/South-east Asia. Manila's MOF Company Inc has been appointed CMA's agent in the Philippines.
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      806 24 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container IX 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Alltrans IV 1 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC Line V 4 API III 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 •Asa IH 1 Bait-Canada Line VII 4/5 Bait-Orient line VII 2 Baltic Orient Shpg
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      157 24 P O Containers wins shipping line of the year award P 0 CONTAINERS Limited have once again been voted the "1988 Shipping Line of the Year" in the annual competition organised by the British Shipper and Forwarder magazine in London. This is the third time in four years that readers
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      314 25 Reuter IRAN haa halted the oil lifeline tanker shuttle through the Gulf that sustained its war effort during eight years of fighting with Iraq. The shuttle tankers running from the besieged Iranian oil terminal at Kharg Island to the relatively safe waters of the
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      96 25 Reuter AN IRAN-QATAR shipping company will soon start carrying cargo and possibly passengers between the Iranian port of Bushehr and Doha. Iran's news agency IRNA said. Approval for the service, which IRNA said would cut the cost of shipping Iranian products to Doha by
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      192 25 Bernama-Xinhua AUSTRALIAN Customs service officers have seized more than 13kg of heroin, said to be worth more than US$ll.3 million in a raid on a cargo vessel in North Queensland. Four men have been charged in relation to Saturday's seizure aboard the Malaysian-registered
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      822 30 THE DAY CARGO frsight morkgt Bndßd th« wß«k with littls n«w businMs reported tor singlß voyage activity, although moderate interest was seen In the timecharter sector, which included several period bookings, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index eased a further tour points to 1.644, and the quiet conditions
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      75 23 mm SEA-LAND has deployed Its own US-flag vessel In the Philippine trade. The new feeder service, using the Soo-Lond Economy, will call at Kaohsiung, Manila and Subk Bay. Page II IRAN has halted the oil lifeline tanker shuttle through the Gulf that sustained its war effort during eight years of
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      19 24 /i»r :*i\ Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association.
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      548 24 POLISH OCEAN LINES Mil V.». ./V Optorg Shipping Pie Ltd 2221 M *P Ke Mii) J.C KORZENKNRKI/a ROHLANO 2NB FROM EUROPE CONTAINERISED SERVICE (MEMER Of EACON MmMHP *0 y M®C BRH o csOTOWHi im »u am woi t. MER2EJEWSKI 2J/12 ruhlano im m/u mm SOUTH PACIFIC LINE EUROPE VattalYoyafß NOU
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      1251 25 0 The Straits Steamship Group STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Setoeh, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok P&O Containers CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT: ffrffS an Of EDINBURGH LAMS MY KMNMOnBS Spara MUaif S tat N'taff Ihma I am 2Mt I*4B 17* 1*43 2 nm ma am i um ow am i*m msi
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      817 25 The the hit when you snb'lTUne V* "K" Line's Far East-Europe Container Service will be augmented by the replacement of three brand new 3400 TEU hi-speed containerships. HUMBER BRIDGE, commissioned in December, 1988, will be followed by RHEIN BRIDGE and NORMANDIE BRIDGE in February and July 1989, respectively. The new
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      273 26 mSINOSE I agai El MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRAN MEELAD PJL 872 ETA 1/2 WAN TAKHTI PJL (73 ETA 13/2 KYOWA LINE ■OTHER VSL NK LOAD FOR: KYOWA VIOLET V 23 380 VILA, NHA, LTK, SUVA, PAGO, APIA KYOWA HIBISCUS V.35 1/3 VILA, MIA, LTK,
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      1006 26 TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ MM LAN JACCJIN 47* QUEEN'S WAT MIOCE 7W CTtA 1* TO FAR EAST PORTS HANJIN SHIPPING CO., LTD. I Y o 'N TAINFRISt D SFRVI< h OOCL DOMINANCE If FROM EUROPE VIA SUEZ UNMreFtMw* Mm H'tafj S»w 29/12 30/12 4/1 2/1 VI 2*l KOtEAN JACEMON ME
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      847 26 a EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) 2ff Sfil S* evumntrv ii w m Mi iw i;k {VEI GATHER IMB IMB IMC 17« 2MB Hm EVER GOVERN a« a® MKB 27« 03«3 01<B CMS OMC IMB EVER GROWTH MS »7« M Ml iym ;?«3 ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO
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      776 27 \v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE tvrri ACCEPT**) MURURAN/TOMAKOMAINMTACHI CANQO VU HKQ JAKARTA CONTAINER SERVICE SURABAYA/SEMARANG CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL VOY HOT A MAW AN MM rm M/UAPAHTT rm BANGKOK CONTAINER SERVICE BELAWAN/STRAITS CONTAINER SERVICE SIN MN SLW PEN
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      512 27 \r% BEN LINE ♦Va CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT yP. J"®*" m tTO rrati roa wmmm SaM SaM S«u M SLI MM "SJ" "2 £2«-- NU.MO MmM Mm SmM laM UM SMM Iff M. TK. U MUM UMUWIiH M Ufl MM, MO U-- 2
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      409 27 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LIOTD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SMHIKM INDONESIA P.T. TIIKOU LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES VSL/VOY m fimmm <a Wl aim BU«HA«(BSMMK T«fc *****22 T«tex: US ***** Fox, Tarminai ODoo: *****22 **01SAW DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE (A MEMBER OF ANRCM mmikvvhi l
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      305 27 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES mm nm PAfiAR VI37W HTONCYWA VMM BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S pore P.Kriang Pwunf Ba B|® JM JM 3> lan/1 FA N 1/3 FM .1,1 1 Ia Igfrltir.iL IVYOANK V23N TAUSALA SAMOA VI4N MORAYBANK V7N SPORE ROAM NULL NM 27a 23/2 2/3
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      1182 28 a K l INfc KAWASAKI KISKN KAISHA. LTD. EXPORT ORfEftTAL FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BRIDGE OMQITAL FAITH ORKNTAL FORTUNE NETTUNE JADE W FIEOtR N. AMERICA-ATLANTIC COAST VOY *INOO 12 23/1 •PK/PNG SGP 24/1 26/1 31/1 2/2 OMENTAL FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BRIDGE ORIENTAL FORTUNE NQVUNE JADE VM'/UOCK VOY LB 11 17/12 20 24/12 12
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      411 28 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE AcccpMng FCL/FCL ConUln«rs INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCUTCL Containers KALIOAS V.4GH TULSIOAS VJSN KAIIOAS V.4IH TULSIOAS Y.4OH KAIIOAS 42H MoMw ta 8, Faadar By fm6m SN» S Fab Cctanta/Kjndta/Bomtoy a Fab Fab Cofante/Kandtytanbay a Mir a Mar CotomOa Handla/Bombay a Apr n Apr Cotorrba KjndU, Bombay
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      525 28 GOLDEN LINE GIMN GUAN SWUNG (PTE) LTD 23 Talafc Av#f Strt#t fflumTwi m nam <u umcs> r.« uosm STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: QOLDCN KM CaismiwKjridH/Oi** QOLDCN HARVEST Kwacto/Outai/aateaai CHINA StITVICf A VESSEL Humjpuf Stanfho Sport P.Ki Nft ma J»« »f» iM CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
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      481 28 PHIU Oni€NT LINCS PT€ LTD HEAD OfflCf 63 ROS'SSON ROAD -o^-12 AfHo asia building Singapore oics TELE* PS ***** PMILI fAX 225^6 T 6 l- ll'i. i 11l >ii'.Mi' ETA SINGAPORE V J' Kl WW SSsr® i WCW GENTRAOE |2»I EAST/WEST AFRICA/MEB. 2*l fCI ft La M¥lCf TTrrrr LAGOS. CO
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      1271 29 IV tTJy i, Tuesday, January 24, 1989 i NEPTUNE 1 kmc smew K Lumpur Pnm dshru *****33 6WJH ?3WO '560 *****! ewi turn EXPORT FEEDER VSL N. Jasper MN N. Ivory 06N N. JHptr UN N. Ivory 07N MOTHER VSL Y. Maru 7E O. Educator 67E O. Explorer 47 E
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      865 29 W SIN SO V SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 j Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** PfNANC KELANG MESSRS MAI THONG SHIPPING 12/ PwaMStra*. Pen,.* Malays M/S HANDLINC SYSTEM
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      222 30 r SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TU 225 6868 (34 ines) FAX *****39/22*8976 TELEX RS ***** A/B SSCMA. RS ***** A/B SSCAO DSR-LINES EB DEUTPRACHT SEEREEDEREi ROSTOCK 4 I INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE HOMER OF EACON SERVICE ;to east mediterranean ft 'NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE ml lARNACA ACCEPTING CARBO FOR URIASSOL. BEIRUT,
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      85 30 r T.S.K. LIME NTAI XED 77T7T WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WITH FIXED DAY ARRIVAi <* IJ «OjTTT TRANSIT TIME TO TAIWAN/JAPAN MV. HERMES ACS Vl7 ETA SIN S9/1/H > KAOHSIUNG 4 DAYS ">• KEELUNG 5 DAYS TOKYO S DAYS ■> SHIMIZU 9 DAYS "> NAGOYA 10 DAYS KOBE 11 DAYS SPORE
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      59 30 JHj) TIENTSIN MARINE SHIPPING CO. mtJ imhct okjmc tamcQ Cl/V um/CD CTA 'LOADING TO Or\T nUVLK pk an xincanc/kijinc SIN 1/2 HONGKONG ACCEPTING B/BULK ft SOC COC CONTR ft PROJECT CGO OTHER PORTS ON ENQUIRY AQCKTB: KYC LINE (S) PTE. LTD. (*P) TIL: MM TLX: RS H1« KVCL PAX: *****27
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      165 30 [TTi try. ri Regional Weather ft 0, >'A < <% r. a a! m 4' V i 2* tW SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7JO A.M. Jan 24, 1999 c O Wr»d dvectioo with speed n knots LIGiNO R Thunderstorm Tempers. •<. y Shower We other Wr»d dvectioo with
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      514 31 J&FARGQ SHIPPING Tel: 284 C3I2S fc-f REGULAR EXPRESS FCL LCL SERVICE [1 S. ABC CONTAINERIZE N.V. WE HAVE GOT THE FASTEST TRANSIT TIME TO AUSTRALIA! NEXT VESSEL: BRUSSEL 217 ETA 28/1/89 Only 7 days to Fremantle! Only 12 days to Melbourne! Only 15 Days to Sydney! FROM USA/CANADA/EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN E731 wm
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      405 31 RICHFIELD MARINE AGENCIES (S) PTE LTD >fS TEL *****33 (10 Lines) m FAX *****15 pH TELEX RS ***** RISHIP (3 Line.) Use el ACCEPTING FCL AND CONVENTIONAL *V JUHINA VPKO SS MOMBASA. O-OUTI ABSAB MASBAWA. HOOCIOAH 1/3 OABCaSALAAM. MOMBASA. MOOUTI assab. massawa. MOoeroAH Other ports along the route workable on
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      579 31 n Tatsumi Marine DIRECT SAIUMG TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA (ACCEPTING BREAKBULK) Direct call to other ports subject to inducement (also accepting transhipment cargo OROBAY. MADANG, KIETA, WEWAK KIMBE RABUAL via LAE.) S'POftE: NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD Ttl: *****77, *****34, *****71 w omct m mmm «vtea rrc. Ltd. (Svok) til wma
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      59 31 BOOKING: PLUSCOL WEMTIOIVAL PTE no TEL: 223 9988 THE BEST DIRECT /TRANSHIPMENT RATES JAKARTA 28/1 4/2 SURABAYA 28/1 4/2 BELAWAN 28/1 1/2 BANGKOK 29/1 1/2 PT KELANG 28/1 1/2 PENANG 28/1 1/2 PERKINSi PTY. LTD. m THONG LEE EXPRESS SHIPPING |S| PTE LTD TEL 533 1713 (5 lines) TLX *****
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      152 31 UNIPACIFIC TRANS TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE TEL: *****22 FAX: *****76 > Bj IRAQI LINE 1} IRAQ S'SM M «0« TRANSPO"' MV SINOBAD WEST BOUNO SERVICE 5/2 UM Qasf/Bauih/RafhiNl THROUGH BAJ to BA6MOAO UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINEJtS UPTO AQAftA ft BASNOAO < REEFER SPACE AVAILABLE UFTO AQAftA LOAMNC CONTAINERS/CONVENTIONAL
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      440 32 Sun Hup Co (Pte) J r El_ *****06 (20 Lines, TLX MS ***** RS I' t I \SI IK\( \K 1 I\l R I I) STMITS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-R0 HEAVY LIFT! H«tg Kong Yokohama 25/2 Nagoya 22/2 Otaka 2/3 9/3 7/3 4/3 Funabashi •for Discharging Only MOTE:
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      476 32 "Q.CHO YANG LINE EXPRESS FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WESTBOUND v L rom ham CMOYANC SUCCESS IW SUI W W HANJIN ROTTERDAM IW 4/2 22/2 23/2 240 KOREAN JACEJIN 47W 11/2 QUEENSWAY BRIDGE 7W 4/3 22/3 23/3 24/3 Alm acca*ii« for Inland UK dwtlnatlOM Artmrp »nd Sc»H»flJvi»n portt FMG 'LOTA
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      370 32 taj-P.T. MASKAPAI PELAYARAI PULAU LAUT FULLY CONTAINERISED REGIONAL FEEDER SERVICE TWICE-WEEKLY/WEEKLY FIXED- DAY SCHEDULE BETWEEN THE PORTS OF S PORE, INDONESIA. MALAYSIA THAILAND ALSO ACCEPTING LCL CARGO TO JKT, PKG, PNG AND, BKK. FOR BOOKINGS CALL SPECARGO FORWARDING AT TEL: *****77 VSL VOY SIN JKT PAJ SIN MANDIRI 01S 28/1
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      491 32 CALL US AT: P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR *****53/*****11 04 -*****2/4, *****3 07-*****8 07-*****3, *****5, *****0, *****1 02 *****22 *****81 EM WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE xnr-=M".i. TO EUROPE OTHER DESTINATIONS. AARMUS. AMSTERDAM ANTWERP, BASLE, BREMEN. BREMER HAVEN, COPENHAGEN, HELSINKI, MAUN). OSLO, STOCKHOLM. UK. FROM
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