The Business Times, 25 April 1989

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1989 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    256 1 Footsie up LONDON share prices were higher at midday yesterday in light trading as players found little reason to modify existing positions ahead of tomorrow's release of British trade figures for March. At about 1100 GMT, the FTSE 100-share index was 6.2 points, or 0.3 per cent,
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    Most regional markets quiet
    224 1 REGIONAL MARKETS opened the week on a quiet note, except for Australia, where a hostile takeover bid sparked interest. In Singapore, share prices closed marginally higher. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 2.97 points to 1,247.24. The Business Times Composite Index climbed 2.15 points to 1,131.27.
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    Aussie dollar falls against greenback
    131 1 THE AUSTRALIAN dollar ended lower in Sydney yesterday against the US dollar after a lacklustre day of trading ahead of today's national Anzac holiday. Dealers there said there was currently not enough selling strength to push the domestic currency lower, with offshore buying demand being
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    Lock icon Takeshita denies report about possible successor
    410 1 Reuter A LEADING mass-circulation Japanese newspaper said yesterday that Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, under fire over the Recruit scandal, had asked veteran party leader Masayoshi Ito to succeed him. But the former foreign minister told reporters in remarks broadcast on television: "It is not
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    Formula to calculate development charge on the cards
    527 1  -  By LILIAN ANG PLANS to remove the subjective element in the development charge the bugbear of developers are among a set of new measures which will be introduced soon to help make the local construction industry more cost competitive. The formula, likely
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    Faber Merlin close to selling KL hotel to Ong Beng Seng
    590 1  -  PRICE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT MSII3M By ELAINE KOH CASH-STRAPPED Faber Merlin group is close to selling its flagship Kuala Lumpur hotel to Singapore hotelier Ong Beng Seng for about Msll3 million, according to sources. The group, which has
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    UIC to pay $81m for land behind Paragon
    543 1  -  By KEVIN GWEE UNITED INDUSTRIAL Corporation Ltd is expanding its presence in the the Orchard Road area. Singapore's prime tourist/shopping belt. In a move which will give UIC a total land area almost rivalling the Orchard Square site across the road, UIC
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    Lock icon US expected to label S Korea an unfair trader
    193 1 UPI TRADE INDUSTRY Minister Han Seung-Soo said yesterday the US is expected to designate South Korea as a priority foreign country with unfair trade practices but Seoul cannot open its market wider to foreign agricultural and fishery products. Mr Han said
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    Lock icon MPHB shareholders asked to wait
    144 1 Bernama SHAREHOLDERS of Multi-Pur-pose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) have been advised not to take action as yet on the takeover offer of its entire issued and paid-up capital by Hume Industries (M) Bhd. In a circular to shareholders yesterday, MPHB executive chairman Chan Eng Hua said
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      222 1 Full report, PAGE 16 Regional mkts, PAGE 18 mmmm Editorial Comment: 10 Always having Gatt in mind Trade 10 East Europe: few opportunities Immigration 11 Debate on policy in New Zealand Ports 2 Call to learn from air industry Investment 5 Sale of Gen Ceramics opposed Insurance 7 GA, NZI
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      16 1 Asian sconomiss try to avoM US labsl, BACK PAGE; US prtiMd to list Japan, PAGE 4
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Learn from airline industry, urges port association chief
      328 2  -  By SUZANNE SOH PORT MANAGERS should learn from the airline industry, said the president of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (lAPH), at the 16th lAPH Conference in Miami, US. Aviation authorities and airlines have been quick in harnessing information technology
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      Call for laws to check management of charities
      266 2 HAVE LAWS to ensure that charities are well-managed and funds raised are properly accounted for. Or review them if they do exist. Making the call yesterday was Dr Seet Ai Mee, Minister of State for Community Development and Education, at the 10th
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      Copyer opens subsidiary here to serve region
      159 2 COPYER Company Limited, a Japanese manufacturer of plain paper copiers and diazo (blueprint) copying machines, has set up a subsidiary in Singapore to serve the Asean region. Called Selex Singapore Re Ltd. the subsidiary will both be a distribution and a training centre
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      UOF unit goes into voluntary winding-up
      315 2 UNITED OVERSEAS Finance yesterday announced the voluntary winding-up of its recently acquired subsidiary, Industrial and Commercial Finance Ltd. UOF, which is the finance subsidiary of the United Overseas Bank group, said in a statement that ICF's assets will subsequently be transferred over to it.
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      243 2 HERMAN HOCHSTADT has been made a non-executive director of Dowty Singapore. Mr Hochstadt has a wide range of experience, both in the public service and the commercial world. He will be of assistance to the company in its plans for further investment in the region. CHEN YIN
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      MEMO-PAD
      499 3 Seminars and courses Apr 21, 25 Personnel Management Personnel Personnel 28 Practices Organisation Organisation Development Development Apr 24-26 Sales Management SIM Management Singapore Institute House of Management Apr 24 Indonesia The Emerging Meridien Hotel Indonesian Business Investment Discovery Association of of the Asia Pacific Singapore Apr 26-27 How to
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      S'pore trade missions to visit UK, Austria and Hungary
      352 3 TWO trade missions led by the Trade Development Board will soon leave to tap the United Kingdom, Austria and Hungary for new trading and joint venture opportunities. Both missions will be headed by Mr Alan Yeo. the chairman of the board.
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      Spanish, Indian delegations due here
      177 3 TWO OVERSEAS delegations a Spanish trade mission and a delegation of Indian manufacturers of automotive components are due in Singapore soon. The Spanish delegation, organised by the Electronics and Information Technology Exporters' Association of Spain (Secartys), will be in Singapore from April 30 to May
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      'Random audits' for stat board buildings
      436 3  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA THE GOVERNMENT DRIVE to ensure that buildings in the private sector are structurally safe will be extended to cover statutory board buildings as well. Officials of the Building Control Division disclosed yesterday that plans are being finalised to subject statutory board
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      104 2 WORLDWIDE EXPRESS Prompt pick-up and delivery 24 hours a day SINGAPORE'S FIRST TOTAL MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT. HIGH TECH SPECIFICATIONS: A FUTURISTIC PRESTIGE BUILDING AFFORDABLE SPACE FOR LEASE ADJACENT TO CTE LANDSCAPED ENVIRONMENT FOOD COURT SPORTS FACILITIES FOR TENNIS, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, NETBALL AND SEPAK TAKRAW IMMEDIATE OCCURATION SUSPENDED CEILINGS MEDICAL CENTRE 10
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      143 3 The State Banquet Of China A tribute to all Secretaries gmamm at ;v v- Z/7) >o /r Inspired by Masters of Imperial Cuisine, it is based on a dinner menu of Queen Elizabeth's visit hosted by Chinese leaders i n Beijing. For years, it has remained a banquet prepared and
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      317 3 Wik tm 88 Exmti cinnamon to tLe San Eancisco earthquake to semiconductors,, it nas teen tusmess as usual lor tkSfckH. YQ >j X The first Royal Insurance agency was appointed in Singapore. The English and Europeans were adding spice to their lives, and food, as ships carrying this precious cargo
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Bush administration pressed to list Japan as unfair trader
      631 4 NYT THE BUSH Administration must list Japan as a country engaging in unfair trade practices or it will render new trade legislation virtually useless and damage relations with Congress, Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee's trade subcommittee, said last
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      Lock icon Votes for Communist Party double in Nagoya election
      211 4 Reuter THE Japan Communist Party scored big gains in an election for mayor of the western city of Nagoya on Sunday due to public anger over the Recruit scandal and a new sales tax, but the incumbent conservative still won. The communist
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      Lock icon Quayle to discuss trade forum with Hawke
      194 4 AFP AUSTRALIA'S push for an AsiaPacific trade forum will be high on the agenda when US VicePresident Dan Ouayle arrives in the country tomorrow for discussions. officials said. US officials said yesterday that while Australia would be talking trade. Mr Ouayle. who kicks
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      Lock icon Beijing University students begin classroom strike
      578 4 Reuter AFTER a week of campus unrest across China. Beijing University students began a classroom strike on Monday, pressing for democratic reforms. About 2.000 students of China's most prestigious college boycotted classes. Students of other colleges also marched to the university for a mass
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      Lock icon Vietnam wants friendly relations with China
      252 4 AFP VIETNAM wants to establish friendly relations with China and normalise its ties with the US, Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Van Linh says. "We want to establish friendly relations with China as both our peoples have a fundamental desire for peace and development."
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh confident of taking control
      151 4 AFP THE PHNOM PENH regime said it has enough experience and strength to "independently" control the country, Radio Phnom Penh said in a broadcast monitored in Bangkok. The government, in a wideranging official report cited by the radio on Sunday, also said it had
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      Lock icon Formal Asean defence pact unlikely: analysts
      290 4 AFP NON-COMMUNIST South-east Asian countries are stepping up defence cooperation but will shy off from any official military alliance. analysts said yesterday. "No, I don't see a formal military alliance taking shape within Asean in the medium term," said Mak Joon Num. a senior
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      Lock icon South Koreans don't fully deserve democracy: A-G
      133 4 Reuter XTTORNEY-GENERAL Kim Ki Choon said South Koreans were still learning the self-control which entitled them to democracy, according to an interview published on Sunday in Newsweek magazine. "Only citizens who can control themselves deserve democracy, and as time passes, our citizens will
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      Lock icon Manila to stop fixing wages after next month's increase
      203 4 AFP PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino said the government would desist from interfering in setting wage levels after a planned increase in the minimum wage next month. "This will be the last time government will intervene in the fixing of the minimum
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      333 4 lOW Hauralk ©ami mroaLe LaamJ iLe (alem or Lord of iLe Meuraor XECUTIVrs working in Singapore tend to be very busy people. They Executiv seldom, if ~ZZ Jf if ever, work regular 9 to 5 hours and rarely get the chance to w. mm* Tti'T;,.ZZl" 'loolTafter their own best interests.
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      84 4 Enjoy FRESH LIVE seafood. Prepared Singapore style, amidst unique courtyard setting and old Singapore atmosphere. \,AI t. y? *4 Singapore style seafood restaurant right in the heart of the city. VIP rooms are available for you to entertain business associates and friends. For reservations, please call Mr. Raymond Tay. n
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      49 4 Doonesbury YOifRZ NOT ACCEPTING TW ACCOM* i M)t£,BZUOWS 1 COULPHRB you/ i KNOW... w w m BY GARRY TRUDEAU IF I PO THIS CAM RAI6N, I'M AN ACCOM PLKZTOPBUJN6A DRUG THAT CLAIMS OVBR 300,000 MS A YEAR.! Ti ON THS OTHCR HANP, REALLY NB3PA NSMJ W6O WITH THZ H/ASHERf
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Poland to step up efforts to obtain debt relief
      452 5 NYT POLAND PLANS to step up its efforts to obtain debt relief in the wake of President George Bush's pledge of increased economic aid, says the president of the country's central bank. Calling Mr Bush's proposals a turning point in economic
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      1075 5 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time GIA GA990 0035 CGK SU SOU 0040 LAX/NRT UAL UA805 0055 SFO/HKG CAL CI341 0155 TPE KAl KE697 0155 SEL NCA KZ207 0215 NRT ALK UL455 0300 TYO FTl FT75 0315 ATL/DFW ORD/ ANC/NRT/ MNL/TPE JAL JL617 0340 TYO CAL
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      Lock icon Orders for tools made in US rise at slower pace
      159 5 NYT ORDERS FOR American-made machine tools rose 2 9 per cent in March from the previous month's level, a rate much slower than the 22.3 per cent increase reported for February by the industry's trade association. In a report scheduled
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      Lock icon Leningrad party chief attacks Kremlin
      327 5 Reuter LENINGRAD city's Communist Party chief has delivered a rare attack on the Kremlin by a party official of his rank, criticising central decision-making as hasty and half-baked. Sunday's edition of the newspaper Izvestia carried an interview with Anatoly Gerasimov, one of many local party
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      Lock icon Soviet oil output falls short of target, trade balance worsens
      226 5 Reuter SOVIET oil production in the first three months of this year fell short of target by 721,000 tonnes. The first quarter figures from the state statistics committee. Goskomstat, also showed that the Soviet balance of trade was worsening as
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      Lock icon US panel objects to sale of Gen Ceramics
      579 5 Japanese withdraw offer NYT FOR MOST of its 14 years, the inter-agency committee that assesses the effect of foreign investments on national security was widely viewed as a paper tiger. But last week, the tiger bared its teeth. On Monday the committee,
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      Lock icon Star Wars programme to be scaled back
      325 5 UPI US DEFENCE SECRETARY Dick Cheney outlined a 1990 Pentagon budget on Sunday that will scale back the Star Wars antimissile plan, keeping alive the Midgetman missile and calling into question the future of the radar-elusive Stealth bomber. Mr Cheney had described the
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      Lock icon Economic aid to Sudan to be cut off
      346 5 NYT THE UNITED STATES is preparing to cut off economic aid to Sudan, its major aid recipient in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the most under-developed countries on the continent. Officials at the US Embassy in Khartoum, the capital, said the Sudanese
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      37 5 The buiinMS person's choice every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Leaving Changi Airport at 22:05 houn and arriving Heathrow early the following morning. Caff your Tnvd Ago* or Air Canada at 7J2tSSS. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
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      248 5 MEET WITH SUCCESS AT THE MARINA MANDARIN ...Just a note to thank you ami all the staff at the Manna Mandarin for your assistance during the Stanford/NUS Executiir Programme. The programme was a successful one, thanks in part to the smooth functioning at the hotel in setting up meals, group
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      121 5 mm Jii Max/ Note Mln (°C) 27/17 Cloudy 07/04 Cloudy 26/13 Cloudy 34/23 Clear 22/12 Cloudy 12/06 O'Cost 23/18 Showers 11/05 Cloudy 11/08 Cloudy 21/14 Cloudy 37/18 Cloudy 05/03 Rain 18/08 Fin* 28/17 Cloudy 14/07 Cloudy 11/02 Cloudy 33/25 Cloudy 08/03 Clear 07/04 Cloudy 09/03 Clear 30/22 Clear 10/05 Rain
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Asian dollar market
      274 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed unchanged from the morning in very quiet trading yesterday. "Nothing is moving. Life seems to have gone out of this market," one dealer said. Dealers said they expect little activity ahead of the release of US first-quar-ter gross national product statistics tomorrow.
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      Forex markets
      1447 6 SINGAPORE: A LACKLUSTRE SESSION yesterday as the US dollar traded quietly between Dmark 1.8465/1.8488, yen 131.45/131.07, pound 1.7162/1.7135 and Singapore dollar 1.9392/1.9365. The upside remained limited by expectations of a rise in UK and Japanese interest rates. However, such a move for the UK will have to await
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      Money markets
      65 6 THE OVERNIGHT RATE on the Singapore money market closed 1/4 point higher at 5 per cent yesterday. The one-month and threemonth rates fell by 1/8 point while two months fell by 1/16 point. S$ Interbank rates at the close yesterday: OH» WO S 4 7/1 l-mon* 5 3/1*
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      IMM
      187 6 IMM currency futures closed slightly lower and in the lower half of daily ranges after a choppy, relatively quiet session last Friday. Traders tied selling to a technical retracement of sharp gains last Thursday which came after the Bundesbank unexpectedly raised its discount and Lombard rates. Mark futures rallied
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      450 6 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar futures opened four ticks higher at 89.85 on some speculation that the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan would not follow the Bundesbank's rates hike. The June contract ranged from 89.87 to 89.83 before settling two ticks higher at 89.83. Currency futures fell slightly
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      Options
      1420 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS Monday, Apr 24, 1989 DEUTSCHE MARK (S4MEX) May M cdh High Low Son Mot 88 puis Low Son 1 1 1 1 nil 144 58 II CAS 2 14 Jun M calls High Low Sol Jon High 88 put. Low Soa 51 52 53 54 55
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      World interest rates
      181 6 Indicataa tha avaraga of tha prim* tending rate* of 12 ma (or banka In S'pora Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Apr 24 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 doyi 1J/I* 13/16 11 3/4 II 1/2 1/4 I/O 3/4 1/3 4 j/a 4 i/a 1 10 7/a 13 1/1*
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      172 6 Let your luggage carry your luggage v i KS i n m v-y.-ii •v-r i-C-5: <wss s.', ->»• iL Retractable puU handle transforms suitcase into luggage cart (patent pending) Retractable strap to strap on excess baggage Inside. a Wet Pack divider provides two compartments for organised packing. Easy Carrier's extra
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      How safe is your home?
      1106 7  -  by PAUL FRANKLAND Mr Paul Frankland is the Singapore branch manager of Commercial Union Assurance, one of the Republic's largest insurance companies. His views do not necessarily reflect those of Commercial Union. IT IS TRUE that Singapore homes are among the safest anywhere in the
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      GA, NZI now operate from one office
      384 7  -  By HONG LEE TIAM THE PHYSICAL INTEGRATION of General Accident Fire and Life Insurance Corporation (GA) and NZI Corporation took place yesterday 10 months after GA acquired a controlling stake of NZI Corporation. NZl's general manager, M C Hannan, described the tie-up as
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      Lock icon Liffe sees prospect in European products
      347 7 Reuter THE LONDON International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) sees its future in the development of more European products, said chairman David Burton. Mr Burton was speaking in London last week after the exchange had launched two new mark contracts, a three-month Euromark deposit future
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      Government Securities Market
      113 7 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity WD OFFER HKX LOW 3 months B*****5F 20.07.89 4.11 4.06 6 month* BS*****N 17.08.89 4.12 4.07 1 y*or BY*****H 23.11.89 4.13 4.08 4.10 4.09 Government notes and bonds Period issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday's dosing Day's code rate BID
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      430 7 GOOD IDEAS KEEP COMING UP What's tlx ax phone if it e use of cL fax phone if it can't receive phone calls automatically? Jf'/t M Ours can. FO-420 The new Sharp FO-420. Not all fax phones are the same. With most, fax messages can come in automatically, but not
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Platinum demand likely to rise
      495 8 Use in car emission control set to grow Reuter EUROPE'S growing concern about the environment seems set to push demand even higher for platinum, which plays a key role in reducing harmful gases from car engines, precious metal analysts say. As air over European capitals
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      Lock icon How Malaysia's latex-making industry can expand orderly
      213 8 Bernama AN ORDERLY EXPANSION of the Malaysian latex-manufacturing industry can be achieved if there is cooperation among various related agencies and sufficient information on production and markets. The principal market economist of the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board (MRRDB), Dr Ng Choong
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      Lock icon No date yet for 'gas blast' platform to resume pumping
      263 8 Reuter OPERATORS of a North Sea platform where a gas blast five days ago halted pumping of a quarter of British oil said on Sunday that they did know when it would resume pumping. "It is still not possible to
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      Lock icon New Delhi strengthens position as top diamond exporter
      431 8 FT EXPORTS of cut and polished diamonds and gold jewellery from India surged by an impressive 75 per cent to a record Rs 45.53 billion (US$2.9 billion) in the year to March 1988 and enabled India to consolidate its position as top
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      Palm Oil
      362 8 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil futures closed marginally higher in short-covering activities on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) yesterday. Traders said the market, after having undergone a 50 per cent drop in prices last week, showed signs of consolidating at current levels. The improved sentiment was mainly due
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      Precious Metals
      404 8 HONGKONG: Gold closed lower in sluggish, directionless trade yesterday. Dealers said prices kept to a narrow range in the absence of fresh news. They expected bullion to trade between U*****.00 and U*****.00 an ounce in New York. Bullion ended unchanged from an opening US$3B3 80/384.30 an ounce, below
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      Produce Prices
      193 8 Chinese Produce Exchange SdtofV noon doting pricet on Apr 24 (SJ/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 103.00 Old drum FOB 113.00 Now drum FOB 117.00 Copra Mixod (loot*) 61.00 Pepper Muntofc white FOB NtW 660.00 Sarawak white FOB foq NtW 650.00 Sarawak special black FOB NIW 460.00 Sarawak
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      KL Tin
      199 8 THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market weakened 70 cants to M527.6S a kg yealerday, mainly dua lo lha strengthanlng of lha rtnggtt against lha US dollar and starling, brokers said. Tha markat was alao praaaurad downwards by hlghar offarlng of 17S tonnas againat bids of IS tonnas, and profit-taking
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      Rubber
      391 8 SINGAPORE: Rubber prices closed lower yesterday with May 1 RSS buyer quoted at 208.75 cents a kg, down 1.25 cents from last Friday's close. Dealers said prices dipped in early afternoon following falls in Japanese markets. But short-covering and overseas buying towards the close helped prices to recover in
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      RAS and MRELB
      291 8 RAS prices m s cwiMg, fob m B NOON CLOSE 5uy*rs S*M*rs 8uy*fs S*N*rs lot 1 RSS Prompt 209.00 210.00N 208.75 209.75 Int 1 RSS May 89 309.00 210.00N 208.75 209.75 lot 1 RSS Jur* 206.50 207JON 206.50 207JO Int 2 RSS OP 201.50 203.50N 201.50 203J0N
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      SSR and SMR
      77 8 (wnn/kg) MAY 1989 JUNE 1989 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Sttivn lvr*rt S»H<n SSR 30 180.50 I82.50N 180.50 182 JON SSR SO 178 JO 180.SON 178.50 180 JON MRELB •uy*rt Buy*n SeMen SMR cv 281 JO 283.50N 283.50 285J0N SMR I 282.50 284.50N 284.50 286JON
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      Lock icon Crude Oil and Products
      179 8 Telerate FUEL OIL market was stable in Singapore yesterday. However, further upside potential was seen as the market gradually reacted to news which might aggravate the already tight cash market supplies. One piece of news was last Friday's shut- down of one of the units in
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      179 8 At the Carlton Brasserie, you doiTt have to be French. Just curious. V tik Wsw I Discover why the informality and fnendliness of the tradinonal French Brassene is one of France's greatest 1| I 1 z exports to the world Of course we've Bfl added a few touches of our
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Desktop publishing and computer graphics lend professional touch to business presentations
      891 9  -  8 l?@— By JEFFREY TSANG IN THIS fast-paced world where information comes at us from every direction, and everyone wants to sell us something and can provide 1,001 good reasons why you need their usually worthless products, we spend
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      Lighter Side
      159 9 NEW PORSCHES fetch $200,000 upwards in Singapore and Ferraris are even more expensive. To own either car here, one needs to be a yuppie, a millionaire or just plain rich. And to own a top-of-the-line Porsche or the super-est Ferrari is just about impossible, unless one is willing
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      Lock icon New computer technology faces an uphill task
      631 9 Reuter NEW computer memory technology which uses laser beams for data storage faces an uphill battle to establish itself in a market dominated by cheaper and more entrenched devices, say analysts. Magneto-Optical Technology, first commercialised late last year, uses laser beams to read
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      Lock icon Voyager 2 closer to Neptune
      240 9 AP THE VOYAGER 2 space probe has fired its thrusters to make one of the last key manoeuvres needed to propel it towards a close encounter with Neptune in August, Nasa said. "This puts the spacecraft on target for Neptune," Mary Beth Murrill, spokeswoman for
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      US-based company to do research on high-end PCs
      521 9  -  Advanced Logic Research granted pioneer status By JEFFREY TSANG LOCAL computer maker Advanced Logic Research (ALR) is embarking on the research and development of sophisticated high-end personal computers in Singapore. In return, the company will receive pioneer status for six years from
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      Lock icon Indian scientists achieve nuclear fusion in electrolytic cell
      131 9 NYT INDIAN scientists said they have achieved nuclear fusion in an electrolytic cell at room temperature, said the Press Trust of India news agency. The Indian scientists used the same technique but slightly different materials from two scientists in Utah. Or B
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      Lock icon Plastic waste: is it indestructible?
      562 9 NYT THEY ARE EVERYWHERE: coffee cups and burger boxes, trash and grocery bags, diapers and margarine tubs and containers for everything from milk to antifreeze billions of pieces of trash, all made of seemingly indestructible plastic. As the world's trash crisis builds, some desperate communities
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      16 9 SHANGRI-LA INTERNATIONAL: SINGAPORE 235 1311 MANCWLA INTFINAriONAI HOTFL.N MMOU: CHINA lUI HO*. lOM. MM-AfOtt fHMI »M>
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      212 9 MELROSE FILM PRODUCTIONS MAY PREVIEW 1989 COME AND PREVIEW THE LATEST TRAINING VIDEOS FROM MELROSE... Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel Lotus Room Level 2 Date: May 09,1989 Hosted by Mr Richard Roxburgh Managing Partner Morning Session: 09.00 Say What You Want 09.30 The Counselling Interview 10.00 30 Ways To Make More
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Always having Gatt in mind
      487 10 WHEN PEOPLE talk trade, they mean business. In that last word lies a pun which is at the heart of the flurry of economic initiatives the Asia-Pacific region is witnessing. As what has been billed the Pacific Century approaches, various nations are putting forward proposals
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      Eastern Europe: few opportunities
      1245 10  -  Singapore executives are not overly excited by the economic prospects presented by the opening up of Eastern Europe. Local companies are being invited to participate in joint ventures but questions about the productivity of communist factories, repatriation of profits and the outlook for perestroika remain unanswered.
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      747 10 FT RECENT EVENTS in civil aviation have intensified pressure for more efficient security. The events range from the Lockerbie bombing to the discovery on an aircraft at Heathrow airport of a small package of explosives overlooked after a police training exercise. It is recognised that it
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      Lock icon Hotel owners scrambling to expand in continental Europe
      759 11 FT LORD FORTE, the venerable founder and chairman of the UK's Trusthouse Forte hotel group, has ambitious plans for expanding his hotel chain throughout continental Europe by 1992. At THF's annual meeting last month, he told shareholders the company was planning a
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    • REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS
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        End to sectarian violence?
        257 11 SRI LANKA THE LIBERATION TIGERS of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has named its representative for talks with the Sri Lankan government. Nobody will dare predict at this stage that the talks will lead to any settlement of the conflict, but considering the fact that just a week
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        Developing the rubber industry
        172 11 MALAYSIA UNDER THE resource-based industrialisation policy of the Industrial Master Plan, the development of rubber-based manufacturing has been given priority to take advantage of a readily available indigenous resource of high quality. The development of downstream activities (particularly the production of rubber tyres and tubes, selected
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        Government stand on MPHB
        466 11 THE ANNOUNCEMENT by Hume Industries last week of its general offer for the entire issued and paid-up capital of Multi-Purpose Holdings Berhad (MPHB) have evoked various reactions from the investing public as well as analysts but none as detrimental as what the MCA and its affiliated
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        What lies behind the tough words
        287 11 CAMBODIA PRINCE NORODOM Sihanouk who heads the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK) does not seem very much interested in creating an atmosphere conducive to peace in his embattled homeland, practically on the eve of his meeting with Phnom Penh Prime Minister Hun Sen
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        Media freedom
        189 11 TAIWAN THE DECISION this week by the Taiwan Government to permit its media to cover events from the mainland is a recognition of the efforts towards Chinese national reunification and press freedom. The liberalisation is both a conscious move by Taipei to build bridges with Beijing and a
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      Lock icon Debate on NZ immigration policy
      760 11 AFP A FOUR-DAY conference to promote New Zealand as a home for Asian entrepreneurs opened on Friday amid spirited debate on the merits and drawbacks of boosting the country's small population with more immigrants. While there are differing views among the government, the opposition and
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      452 10 (Incorporated In Malaysia) PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1988 The Board o( Directors waft to announce me Audited Results of the Group and the Company tor the year ended 31st December 1968 as follows: THE GROUP IM7 CHANGE THE COMPANY IM7 CHANGE WOO +<-) 1.
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      1031 10 NOTICES THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO SECTION 290 (2Mb) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION CARNATION SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Atom bars' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary Ganaral Meeting of Carnation Singapore Pte Ltd held on the 17th day of April 1968, the following special resolutions ware duly passed: RESOLVED: (1) That the
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      23 10 B&iStc*nfteaJcl&*ei£ LOtfG Time NO s&e Pot iTIWetePAL. r some GRIP n/OU -ve got Thq?c cvcnino stanoaho CO. ltd, or <=>Tf?PiiGHTeMG OUT Pftfteß CLlfiS.
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      186 11 AHOME NOTA HOTEL. There's no place like home. Especially after being away for a few weeks on a business trip. But now, in Singapore, The Ascott Executive Residences provide a marvellous home away from home. One or two bedroom apartments and penthouses individually designed for the executive or family who
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  • LEISURE
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      Lock icon Just his cup of tea
      615 12 TEA-TASTING Reuter PRODOSH SEN sips up to 800 cups of tea a day, rolls the brew on his tongue and spits it out. In just a few seconds he judges the quality, the probable price the tea would fetch at auction and the continents, countries,
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      Lock icon Double agent died a happy man, says author
      817 13  -  BOOKS By MICHAEL CONLON Reuter KIM PHILBY died a happy man and unrepentant spy last year, feeling Mikhail Gorbachev had returned to the communist ideals that lured him into becoming a Soviet agent, according to the author of a new book. Phillip
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      753 12 a 9 <1 Where to entertain. ONE GOOD REASON TO LUNCH AT THE FALM GRILL IS OUR APPETISER BUFFE T ANOTHER IS THE CHOICE OF MAIN COURSES, PALM For between $26+ and $40+ you can select from our appetiser GRILL buffet including seafood, smoked salmon and oysters. Choose from many
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      219 13 m§ > gsf** There's a cafe on a lush, green hi 11... where you can take a break. Meet friends. Relax. Make choices from the delightful international cuisine and Asian favourites. Prawn Mee, Nasi Goreng. Prawn Curry. Rahmschnitzel. Hainanese Chicken Rice. And much more. At Cate in the Park Century
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      646 13 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Well balanced game (5) 8 Possibly brief contribution to dietary roughage (5) 10 Tree or bush wholly clipped (5) 11 It relates to excess, as well (3) 12 Sweet fellow? (5) 13 Letter between a couple floating about somewhere (7) 15 Value of some ritual (5)
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      1276 13 TV and RADIO One slave's story OUR CHOICE TUESDAY PREMIERE: Drum, 10.90pm, Channel 5 Ken Norton, the former world heavyweight champion, stars as a slave who finds things picking up for him as a successful pit-fighter. However, the injustices and suffering brought about by nineteenth-century slavery is too much for
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  • SPORTS
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      Mansdorf manages to stump Christensen
      588 14  -  TENNIS By A SURENDREN FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, main draw qualifier Morten Christensen. of Denmark, nearly had his own way. almost knocking out second-seed Israeli Amos Mansdorf in the first round of the Epson Singapore Super Tennis tournament at Kallang. In the end. Mansdorf regained
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      Lock icon Martinez beats Sabatini
      342 14 AFP CONCH IT A MARTINEZ of Spain, only eight days past her 17th birthday, brought Gabriela Sabatini down to Earth with a bump in ttaa final of the US$2OO,OOO Tampa women's tournament yesterday. Sabatini was the Tampa favourite after winning two previous tournaments, including one famous victory
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      Lock icon Edberg defeats Lendl
      221 14 AFP STEFAN EDBERG came back strongly from injury and overwhelmed Ivan Lendl's passing shots by sharp volleys to beat the world number one 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 at the final of the U*****,500 Japan Open tennis tournament yesterday. "I wanted this win very badly I had not won
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      Lock icon Green wins by two shots in Greensboro
      305 14 GOLF AP KEN GREEN made good on his vow to atone for a playoff loss last year, using a final round 72 for a two-shot victory in the US$l million Greater Greensboro Open tournament on Sunday. Green, in scoring the fifth victory of
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      Lock icon Ballesteros hits long putt en route to victory
      492 14 AP SPAIN'S Severiano Ballesteros rolled in a downhill 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole for a final-round 69 to win the U*****,000 Madrid Open tournament by a shot on Sunday. Briton Howard Clark, the run-ner-up, charged that the Spaniard had
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      Lock icon Senna stakes claim to retain crown
      348 14 MOTOR-RACING AFP AYRTON SENNA made clear his Intentions of retaining his world championship crown when he totally dominated the San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday with a sparkling display of driving. Even his McLaren team-mate and two time world champion Alain Prost could do
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      Lock icon Gamble helps Boston beat Hornets
      282 14 BASKETBALL AP ROOKIE Kevin Gamble, starting his sixth National Basketball Association game, scored 23 of his career-high 31 points in the second half as the Boston Celtics beat the Charlotte Hornets 120-110 on Sunday to clinch a playoff berth Boston. 42-40. needed a victory or
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      42 14 EPStfN EPSON SINGAPORE SUPER TENNIS TO SEE YOU IN COURT TODAY. From today to 30 April '89, the Epson Super Tennis Tournament will be held at the Kallang Tennis Centre. All matches begin at 5 pm. Come on down and have a
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  • COMPANIES & STOCK MARKETS
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      Kua Hong Pak appointed CEO of Times Publishing
      186 15 TIMES PUBLISHING Ltd has appointed Kua Hong Pak to its board of directors, and concurrently. to the position of chief executive officer of the company Mr Kua, who is currently on the TPL board as an alternate director to Michael Fam, is
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      SPH reports 18.2pc rise in interim after-tax profit
      367 15  -  By ROSIE TAN MEDIA GROUP Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday reported an 18.2-per-cent rise in group profit after tax and minorities to $44.37 million and is expecting softening newsprint prices to translate into lower costs in the last quarter of the current
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      SingLand answers more queries on Gateway deal
      280 15 SINGAPORE LAND has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that it did not announce the agreement by the vendors on April 13 to sell their shares in Gateway Land at 25 cents each, without the proviso of an upward revision in price, as
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      Several suitors wooing Electro-Magnetic (S)
      535 15  -  uon By AMY BALAN LISTED only a year ago, videotape and casette manufacturer Electro-Magnetic (S) has become a potential takeover target. BT understands that several suitors are now wooing the company which is expected to announce in the next few days a phenomenal jump in
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      Two local stockbrokers to set up representative offices in KL
      339 15  -  By HERMAN PHUA WITH THE IMPROVING Malaysian economy, at least two local stockbroking firms are planning to expand their operations across the Causeway. G K Goh (Stockbrokers) and Morgan Grenfell Asia Partners Securities have just received approval from the Malaysian
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      SEAQ quotes for 11 S'pore Malaysian blue-chips
      715 15  -  By AMY BALAN QUOTES on 11 Singapore and Malaysian blue-chips are now available on a real-time basis around the world, effectively putting them among the international league stocks. This follows their inclusion into the London-based SEAQ International system, a screen-based quotation system similar
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      MMC diversifies into downstream products
      254 15 MINING heavyweight Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC) is diversifying into the manufacture of mineral and metal-related downstream products through joint ventures with foreign companies. By next year, at least one joint venture company is expected to be operational with most of its products for export to
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      'Yes' to Causeway Investment office in China
      192 15 CAUSEWAY INVESTMENT Ltd has received approval from the Chinese government to set up a permanent representative office in China. The group plans to expand its business through this Beijing office by using it to market its goods and services and as a liaison
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      Keck Seng's first realty deal in Canada
      136 15 PLANTATION and property development group Keck Seng (M) Bhd has made its first investment in Canada. Through its wholly owned Hongkong subsidiary, Brosna Ltd. the group has taken up a 10 per cent equity participation in a real property project in Vancouver. Brosna's
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      143 15 EMTEX CORP Bhd said the agreement it signed with developers Henry Russell Kaye and Christopher Hartley Moore for the proposed sale of 2,500 acres of estate land has lapsed. The agreement provided that the developers had the right to exercise the option to purchase the Pengerang estate land
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        Malaysian speculatives in focus as market continues to consolidate
        1565 16  -  -by ANDREA BORCH THE LOCAL MARKET yesterday started the week as dealers expected, continuing its pattern of consolidation after a fast run-up to five consecutive post-Crash highs. "We need breathing space," a dealer commented. "We'll be building a base at this
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        COMPANY . MEETINGS
        111 16 COMPANY MEETINGS GUINNESS MALAYSIA BHD: 25th AGM at the Registered Office, Sungei Way Brewery, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Oarul Ehsan, today at am. IMATEX BHD: 21st AGM at Room A 4th Floor, Wisma MCA, 163 Jalan Ampang, 50*50 Kuala Lumpur, today am. SBMBAWANG SHIPYARD Lib: 20th AGM at the Registered Office,
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      SES SHARE INFORMATION
      6161 16 Tot Qr's Qr's 1969 Compony Lost Vol Dey .oet Qu ote Dtv Dtv Ytd Net M Cap High LOW Com Solo APR 24 or(•000) High Low 1 luyer rfl#f C'vr P/E Smtl SECTION ONE MOUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 162 111 t o 1000 Acma 173 1 277 175 168
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        3585 17 AN ENCOURAGING start gave way to profit-taking on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday and prices finished mixed to easier across the board in active trading. Dealers said investors were initially encouraged by the 32-point rise on Wall Street last Friday. But investors turned cautious following
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    • REGIONAL MARKETS
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        Lock icon Japan's shipyards buoyant again
        649 18 Worldwide recovery in prices Reuter JAPAN'S shipyards have regained confidence following a worldwide recovery in ship prices, industry sources in Tokyo said yesterday. "During the 10 years after the last oil crunch, shipyards slashed their capacities worldwjde and financial institutions withdrew from ship financing," said a
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        Lock icon Coca Cola taking stake in Amatil
        131 18 AFP AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO, food and beverage concern Amatil Ltd says it will hive off its tobacco interests into a new company controlled by British shareholder BAT Industries Pty Ltd. Under the deal, announced last Friday, Coca Cola Co of the US will also acquire
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        Lock icon Market ends lower
        566 18 Tokyo Reuter TOKYO share prices ended lower yesterday in the slowest trade of 1989 on concern over interest rates and the domestic political situation. The light activity was due to the facts that yesterday was Monday, today is the last trading day for April delivery and next
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        Lock icon Shares sharply higher
        483 18 Australia Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market was sharply higher at the close of floor trading yesterday after news of a hostile raid on Goodman Fielder Wattie stock by Ranks Hovis McDougall, brokers said. By 1515 AEST, the All Ordinaries Index was up 24.3 points at 1,475.5. Brokers
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        Blue chips down after seesaw day
        1368 18 Hongkong HONGKONG blue chips closed a seesaw day lower yesterday after thin trading, brokers said. The Hang Seng index ended 13.24 points lower at 3.095.99 after fluctuating between 3,061 and 3,118. The broader-based Hong Kong index fell 10.42 to 2,045.45. Turnover shrank to HK5848.93
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        Lock icon Seoul: Market rebounds
        198 18 Reuter THE SEOUL stock market rebounded yesterday after five days of declines but brokers said sentiment was still pessimistic about the underlying economy and tight monetary supply. The composite stock index rose 7.26 points to close at 949.14 after early gains were undercut by heavy late selling,
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        Lock icon New Zealand: Bourse leaps
        205 18 Reuter THE NEW ZEALAND share market posted its biggest one-day rise yesterday since November 1987, leaping 4.7 per cent on news of a takeover bid for the country's second biggest company, Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd (GFW). GFW ended the day at NZ53.22, up 64 cents on
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        Lock icon Manila: New 19-month high
        172 18 Reuter HEAVY TRADE in Atlas Consolidated Mining Development Corp amid a takeover fight boosted Manila's share market turnover yesterday and pushed the main price index to a new 19-month high. The Manila Stock Exchange composite index crept up 2.37 points from Friday to close at a
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        Lock icon Bangkok: Index up
        163 18 Reuter THE Securities Exchange of Thailand Index rose 1.43 points to 486.34 yesterday on a turnover of 16,610,982 shares worth 1,001.40 million baht. APM M BAMT Ao Kham Thai AywJhyi InvMtnMnl Bangkok Aground Bangkok Bank Bank Of Ayudhya Charoong Thai Wirt ACabta 414 38 75 .73 291
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        Lock icon Taipei: Firmer close
        387 18 Reuter TAIWANESE share prices ended broadly firmer yesterday despite a run of profit-taking in the final hour that sapped some of the index's early gains. The weighted index gained 104.27 points, or 1.3 per cent, to close at 8,172.48 from Saturday's 8.068.21 close and yester- day's high
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        Lock icon Small investors hold key to tussle at Atlas Mining
        399 18 Reuter A FIGHT for control of the Philippines' largest copper producer is turning into one of the country's biggest boardroom battles, with small investors holding the possible key to the outcome. The attempted management takeover of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development
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        Lock icon James Capel questioning its independence
        1043 19 The Economist UNLIKE MANY other loss-incur-ring City securities houses, James Capel has an indulgent parent. When the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation bought it in 1986 for £100 million, the brokerage was a top-notch institutional research house which insisted it be kept at arm's length
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        Lock icon Sorrell mum on talk of WPP takeover of Ogilvy
        1423 19 Merger would create second largest marketing-advertising group IHT MARTIN SORRELL is keeping his cards close to his chest these days. He gives little away other than a Cheshire-cat smile when asked whether his WPP Group pic is preparing a takeover bid
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        Lock icon An insight into the Boeing Co
        937 19  -  Last week, GPA Group Ltd, the Ireland-based aircraft leasing firm, announced the largest aircraft order in aviation history: 308 planes, worth a total of US$l6.B billion. The largest part of that order US$9.4 billion worth went to Boeing Co of the US. Philip Condit,
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        Lock icon EUROPEAN MARKETS ROUNDUP
        381 19 Reuter ZURICH: Swiss share prices yesterday closed generally easier below their day's highs on low turnover as higher Swiss interest rates dampened market sentiment, dealers said. Share prices edged lower after major Swiss banks said they raised their customer time deposit rates by 1/4 point to 6
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      462 15 CURRENCY INVESTMENT AMHRK AN IXl'Klss HWK TEL: 321 3333 ®FAR EAST LEVINGSTON SHIPBUILDING LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) FELS Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's Registered Office at No. 31
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      478 18 A MING COURT HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 21st Annual General Meeting of Ming Court Hotel Limited will be held at Ming Crystal Room, Ming Court Hotel, I Tanglin Road, Singapore 1024 on Thursday, the 18th
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      15 18 Tha Bombay marfcat was doaad yaatarday Managers must manage. BT shows you how overy Monday.
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      477 19 Singapore Press Holdings J,[. Pursuant to Article 23C(4) of the Articles of Association of the Company, WE HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the total shareholding beneficially owned or controlled by foreign persons is 44.27 per cent of the Issued share capital of the Company on 24 Apr* 1989. BY ORDER OF
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  • Article
    NPC taps private sector expertise
    498 20  -  Productivity movement gears up for new phase By TAN KEE WEE ALL HANDS to the wheel and this time the invaluable experience and expertise of the private sector will be tapped as the National Productivity Council's (NPC) Productivity movement gears up for its next phase.
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    Authorities hold back Chinese weekly containing sensitive article on Hu
    305 20 THE World Economic Herald, China's most outspoken newspaper, failed to appear yesterday because it contained a "very sensitive" article about former Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang, a correspondent for the weekly in Beijing said. Municipal authorities in Shanghai, where the
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    Rising property prices may harm HK's shift to services
    605 20  -  By FOO CHOY PENG, Hongkong Correspondent THE CONTINUING rise in property prices and rents has raised fears that this could hurt Hongkong's economic shift to the service industries. "With the economic structure shifting gradually towards services, Hongkong's competitiveness in the Far
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    Lock icon Tunku urges King to keep clear of Umno celebration
    224 20 AP A FORMER prime minister has urged Malaysia's king not to get involved in an anniversary celebration for the United Malays National Organisation, the country's leading political party. In a statement yesterday in the newspaper The Star, of which he is
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    Lock icon Asean urged to reaffirm close economic ties
    243 20 AFP A FORMER Malaysian Cabinet minister who helped draft a blueprint for regional cooperation yesterday urged Southeast Asia to reaffirm its desire for closer economic ties. Paul Leong, chairman of a group of 14 businessmen, said economic cooperation was taking a back seat
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    Ranks Hovis in surprise bid for Goodman Fielder
    643 20  -  By ROSIE TAN PR EY-TUR NED-PREDATOR Ranks Hovis McDougall pic is making a As3.l billion bid for Goodman Fielder Wattie Ltd. the Australasian food group, which together with Fraser Neave Ltd controls Singapore-listed Cold Storage Holdings Ltd. Yesterday, in a move that
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    Lock icon Asia's major economies trying everything to avoid 'unfair trader' label from US
    414 20 Reuter ASIA'S economically robust nations are trying everything from veiled threats to outright capitulation to avoid being branded unfair traders by the United States Japan has cautioned that unilateral US action could destroy multilateral efforts to promote freer
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    Lock icon Economist head of Thai govt think tank quits
    261 20 Reuter SNOH UNAKUL. one of Thailand's most respected economists, yesterday announced his resignation as head of the powerful government think tank, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESOB). Mr Snoh. however, denied reports that his resignation, effective in October, was prompted
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    Comex gold
    76 20 COMEX gold futures softened early yesterday on scattered selling linked to expectations that Nymex crude oil will track the downtrend of European oil markets. June gold lost US$l.OO at U*****.20 an ounce after holding a narrow trading range of U*****.70 to U*****.70. Analysts said sellers were not aggressive
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      Lock icon Motion against Lord President
      71 20 Bernama A NOTICE of motion seeking leave to apply for an order of committal to prison against Lord President Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Omar was filed at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court Registry yesterday. The notice was filed by Mr Collin Sequerah of Messrs C L
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      Lock icon Lim Kit Siang to sit on council
      59 20 Bernama DAP secretary-general Lim Kit Siang is one of the five representatives chosen by the party to sit on the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC). The others are deputy secretariesgeneral Lee Lam Thye and P Patto and vice-chairmen Or Tan Seng Giaw and
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      Lock icon Sihanouk will be silent at meeting
      67 20 Reuter EXILED Kampuchean leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday that he would meet but not speak to the head of the Vietnamesehacked Phnom Penh government next week. "I will be present for the meetings in Jakarta from May 2 to 3 but other than
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      39 20 AFP SOVIET Ambassador to Nepal Kenesh N Kulmatov has told Nepal's Foreign Affairs Minister Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya yesterday that he hoped the trade dispute between Nepal and India would be settled swiftly. AFP
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      35 20 Reuter SOUTH Korea will require banks to reserve 30 per cent of new deposits starting next month in a bid to curb money supply. Bank of Korea officials said. Reuter
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      38 20 Reuter THE Association of West German Banks said it was in favour of an abolition of the withholding tax on investment earnings both in West Germany and the rest of the European Community.
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        130 21 Lloyd's List ORDERS FOR up to four large chemical tankers, estimated to be worth at least US$l4O million, are in prospect for a Norwegian yard as leading US operator Stolt Tankers and Terminals (STT) continues its fleet renewal programme. The owner has placed a
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        62 21 AP IRAQ is to build a huge petroleum products storage complex at its southern Khor al-Zubiar port on the Gulf, the state-run, English-language daily Baghdad Observer reported yesterday. It said the project, expected'to be completed in 1994, would be implemented by Iraq's Oil Ministry to
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        51 21 Seatrade Week SHIPOWNER FRED CHENG'S deal-making spree is continuing with three further newbuilding orders in Japan. Mr Cheng's Golden Ocean has ordered three Capesize vessels through Marubeni for delivery in 1990/1991. The vessels are to be built at Sumitomo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and NKK. Seatrade
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        125 21 International Transport Journal CHINA NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE Transportation Corp (Sinotrans) is expected to form a joint venture shipping company with South Korea's Dong-Nam-A Shipping Co. The new company, SinoKor Co, is likely to be headquartered in Hongkong. SinoKor is expected to charter ships of third
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      Nedlloyd meeting to tackle logistic service
      215 21 THE NEDLLOYD GROUP of Companies is aiming to move to the forefront of total logistic service and become the major player in the cargo flow in the US, Australia and all over the world. This is the corporate vision being outlined to delegates at
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      798 21 AB Shpg vn s ABC Contoinerline XI s Accord Shpg VIII 1/2 Arrow lines XI 5 ANl III 1/2 APC line VII 4 API V 3-5 ASCI V 1 Austrosio lift* VH 1 Bolt Conodo lina IX 4/5 Bolt-Orient line IX 4/5 Boltic Orient Shpg XI 4
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      247 21 Reuter MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL Shipping Corp (MISC). Malaysia's national carrier, has bought nine new vessels costing U*****.5 million to expand its fleet to 52, chairman Raja Alias said. "The fleet development plans will give priority to services in which MISC is
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      Seaborne cargo up 20pc in February
      451 21  -  By JEAN FOONG SEABORNE CARGO passing through Singapore surged 20 per cent to 11 million tonnes in February compared with the same month last year. Of that total, six million tonnes were unloaded here, comprising mineral oil and general/bulk cargo. The remaining five million
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      970 21  -  Ship supplier to form joint venture and upgrade engineering services Set up in 1982, Fuji Trading (Singapore) has come a long way to chalking up a monthly sales turnover of $3 million today. RAHITA ELIAS spoke to company officials who shared their views
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      E Australian unions accused of trying to hurt new service
      181 21  -  By JOHN SPIERS MARITIME UNIONS in eastern Australia have been accused of trying to scuttle competition from Western Australia's state governmentowned Stateships Cargo Vessels. Julian Grill, the WA Economic Development and Trade Minister, said Stateships' highly efficient new vessels were
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      New tank containers unveiled
      300 22 SEA CONTAINERS has completed production of the first batch of its IMO 1 24 cubic metre tank containers. These tanks were built to a new Sea Containers design at Universal Bulk Handling Ltd (ÜBH), following the acquisition of the latter at the end of last year.
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      244 22 AFP INCREASED DEMAND for tanker tonnage was seen out of the Gulf states and West Africa last week, London brokers E A Gibson said in their latest report last Friday. This was mainly due to the explosion on the Shelloperated Cormorant Alpha platform in the North Sea, which
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      208 22 Reuter BRITISH DOCKERS are expected to vote heavily in favour of a national strike over the government's decision to scrap a scheme guaranteeing them jobs for life, according to a survey for The Sunday Times newspaper. The poll said dockers were expected to
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      Cargo throughput climbs to new high at Felixstowe
      313 22 THE UK's largest container port, the Port of Felixstowe, topped its 1987 record performance last year. Cargo throughput leapt over 21 per cent to a total of about 15.4 million tonnes. This exceeded the previous record of 12.7 million tonnes set in
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      2266 22 Who acts for whom A —B AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agenciee (S) ABBS Line SMS PM IM (S)/Tuna» S*tia (PK/KL) ABC Containertine NV Fargo Shpg Co (S) Accord Shpg Accord Shpg (S)/Accord Container Lin* (PK/PN) AhrenkMi Liner Kim Shpg (S) AMr ad C Toepfer Oceenue Shipping Agency |S)/Muttiport Sdn Bhd
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      404 23 Lloyd's List THE NEXT 10 YEARS could be more significant for shiprepair than shipbuilding, according to Dennis Stonebridge of Drewry Shipping Consultants. Demand for shipping is now broadly in balance for the first time since 1970 following a contraction of 70 million tonnes
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      947 23 FREIGHT rates for grain cargoes from the US showed a mixed picture on Friday, but chartering was again fairly limited in all sectors of the market, brokers said. The Baltic Freight Index was marked down three points to 1.617 despite the US Qulf to Japan grain route rising
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      5989 30 AARHUS Woanadracht. Noraaia Lina. April 28 M. Rotterdam Maarak Lina. April 27. London Expraaa. Triot. April 27(FK). Paiambang. o)aaagatrl. April 27/29 Evar Garland. Evargraan. April 28 Oiu Ha. China Ocaan Shpg. April 28 Ming Propitioua. Yang Ming. April 29 Villa da Vaga.
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      1363 32 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VmmI Barth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Abboy Wonz K36 olongsid* 2604/2300 Cherry K32 alongside 29 04/1500 Fong Shon K28 alongside 25.04/1500 Golden Haven K35 olongside 2704/2300 K Babiyevjki tC 16 alongside 25.04/1200 Koheng K30 alongside 2704/2300 Koto Agung K3I alongside 3004/0600 Koto Timur K33
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      Sembawang to refurbish luxury liner
      267 32 SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD has clinched a $10 million job to refurbish a passenger ship. The Fairstar, a 7,722-dwt luxury liner operated by P&OSitmar Cruises, sailed into the yard last Friday for major upgrading. A new brass-plated dance floor will be constructed as well as a duty-free
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      207 32 Seatrade Week HAMBURG-SUD has described its 1988 result as "satisfactory" after pushing turnover up 10 per cent from 976 million German marks to 1,070 million marks (U*****.6 million). A similar performance is expected for this year when Hamburg-Sud plans to transfer its vessels "cautiously"
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      284 32 April 22-28 International Association of Ports and Harbours conference, Miami. Details: Port of Miami-lAPH, 1015 North America, Miami, Florida. April 25-27 Marine cargo liabilities, practical maritime studies seminar, Ramada Hotel, 10 Berners St, London Wl. May 2 Shore testing of Type 23 propulsion plant, technical meeting, 1730 hrs,
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      105 21 INSIDE Felixstowe breaks record FELIXSTOWE, the UK's largest container port, topped its 1987 record performance last year. Cargo throughput alone leapt over 21 per cent to a total of about 15.4 million tonnes. PAGE II Important decade for shiprepair THE NEXT 10 YEARS could be more significant for shiprepair than
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      66 22 NOTICE "GOLDEN ARROW" r VOY. 10 ARRIVED SINGAPORE 14.4.89 Consignees of all damaged cargoes ez the captioned vessel is hereby notified that a General Survey will be held on the 26th April 1989 (Wednesday) at Keppel Wharves K2O from 0900 hours 1300 hours. No further survey will be entertained thereafter.
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      640 24 u Hapag-Lloyd CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT P KELANG SOUTHAMPTON ROTTERDAM/ ANTWERP HAMBURG BREMEHHAVFN ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS, BELFAST, DUBLIN, COPENHAGEN, AARHUS, GOTHENBURG. MALMO, HELSINKI, OSLO, AMSTEROAM, CARIBBEAN A S. AMERICA CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT CONV/SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE I BREMER VOY NO S PORE P
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      325 24 COLUMBUS LINE REEDERE! GMBH A SERVICE O f hamßUß'o-SUD I«P9£SS SU4-COSifIVKE 'C NORTHBOUND TO UKC TAMAITAI SAMOA V-ISN FORTHBANK V24N IVYBANK V-24N •Alw Accepting fCL to Antwcrj HBG HULL (U.K.) 21/5 12fi i»l* nn up up N EX X SMN SOCIETE MAURiCiENNE DE NAVIGATION LTEE SOCIETE BOURBONNAiSE DE NAVIGATION I
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      862 24 I '74 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE BCL/VLC AUC P. SAID*TRI* KOPER'WCE' TO EUROPE on* PEN PKL SIN FLX HAM BRE ROT ANT LEW WOENSOftECHT VWO6-3 24/5 25/4 26/4 23/5 25/5 26/5 27/S 28/5 29/5 NOR ASIA MUBARAK VBO7-3 2/5 5/5 30 5 1/6 2 6 3/6 4/6 5/6 NORASIA AL MANSOORAH
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      1315 25 Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd w* P&O TCTVCont Containers STRAITS SHIPPING CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT S'tati H bur| B'KavM Dm Lah 1M Uff 17/5 17/5 M|s 21/5 22£ M/ 5 23/5 25/5 27/5 21/5 *5 05/1 31/5 12,1 29/5 TBA D/ 5 01/1 03/1 M/t Kit M W W lljl
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      883 25 YANG LINE Alto accoptinf tor Inland UK deitmatiom Antwerp and Scandanavian ports. FIOTA MERCANTE GP ANCOLOM Bl AN A S A TARPON SANTIAGO OCl* 24 Apr To Buefiaventura/Barranqutlla/Santa Maria, Cartagena; CristoM/Santo Domingo* Port Au Prince Pto Quetzal/ Loreruo/Corinto/Pto CaWera WEEKLY EXPRESS INOEPENOENT FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE EASTBOUWD HANJIN OAKLAND
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      113 25 thte4l <1 EAST MALAYSIA SNIPPING ENT. (PTE) LTV 41-A AHOY STREET, S'PORE 0106 TEL: *****1S (4 LINES) TELEX NO EMVES R*****9 VESSEL VOY ETA ETD SRI LIKU 8/89 MIRI/K. BELAIT 26/4 27/4 R«ccivtn| cargo at M 2 (PSA Manna Wharf) from Monday to Saturday. INA WHARF OFFICE TEL *****31) r
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      331 25 /ff Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd 1 TEL *****06 (20 Line*) TLX R*****1 R*****2 fe, I-. \S'!TK\ i STIWTS/ JAPAN/ STMTS SOME SPECIALIST IN RO-R0 HEAVY LIFT Hong Kong Yokohama 20/5 11/5 6/6 N a 16/5 21/5 Osaka 26/5 Senboku 11/5 2/1 Moji Tomakomai •For Discharging Only NOTE: ALSO
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      358 26 mSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC RIPUBLIC OP IRAN SHIPPING LINKS 1 KBE LOAD FOR KYOWA ROSE V-33 1/5 YAP, KOROR, TRUK, PONAPE, MUR KYOWA ROSE V-34 29/5 YAP. KOROR, TRUK, PONAPE, MJR tTTfm isa TRANSPORTACION MARITIMA, MEXICANA, S.A. DE C.V. HMMUmMIMCD *x nfffT ctUT/iwoci/eomwi MLTA Vl» MORELOS V 4 COL
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      545 26 0 T 0 EUROPE ViA SUE: HANJIN SHIPPING CO., LTD. I TO USA PACIFIC SOUTH WEST 1 HANJIN IE HAVRE MM QUEEN'S WAY MIDGE «W CHOYANC PARK 02V HANJIN OAKLANO WW S'pKi Lollm* R'W» H'kurf B'hovm F«tw 29* 17/5 11/5 19/5 21/5 22/5 TQ TAP EAST D 0P T S
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      233 26 IK INTEROCEAN UNE 78, 2nd Floor, Jolon im, Tomon Tun Or. ImmN, aOOOO KL. Tol: 71 Wm, *****04, ***** M TLX. NO. MA47M FAX: »-717J011 Ponong Off: Tot: *0431, 3*0402 ACCEPTING CARGOES FOR THE FOLLOWING PORTS LOADING FOR SYO. MELB. ADE BRIS. FREM. LE HVE, HBG. BREMEN. R DAM. GENOA,
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      612 26 ..17 Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) I Round-The-World West Bound (FE/EURO/USEC/CARIB/FE) *<tr EVER GLEEFUL ALSO ACOPTIM US WEST COAST OUTBOUND INBOUND 44 JUi JUUi W NUT OfIKCT IN KMT GSACI IN POUT Ml tftlK w DtKCT Mi ma aui« ■M CVM lIIT MM MMCT ma MI OUIM MIM Ml SMM LAX
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      923 27 VPWW PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES VSS\ p, L Building, 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 CONTAINER SERVICES FAR EAST M ACCEPTING MURURAN/TOMAKOMAI/HITACHI CARGO VIA HKG [JAKARTA I BANGKOK BELAWAN/STRAITS ~V| j QINGOAO VEtWL VOV SM BLW PCM PKL SM VESSEL VOY SM HKO OOA ■A GLORY MM MM »M
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      302 27 \r% i BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT IrrOM P KLAM STOR HAM fHAVIR lOM NAVK v» m up m an an an an m op mi *fi tfi an an on an u/j u/5 an i* m v> m 35 m an in an im an w
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      575 27 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europo Smrricm Of: r.T. iJMum lliti p.t. mm um P.T. MM MBBfIBM r.T. MM urn fiBEEEEHi VSUVOY KUTAI/17WB S. PANJANG/22 WB ANTWERP H'BURG/ ROAM/ADAM BREMEN 13/7 11/7 21/7 25/7 Port Md, Port Alexandria, Qww, TrtiiH. ALSO ACCEPTING roth containers, conventional cargo via t/s TO UK PORTS, HULL.
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      324 27 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES IV TONEYWA VMM A-AN VI37V AGAN ¥141* MYANMA FIVE STAR UNE (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore P.Kelang Penang Bangkok "5 BANK LIKE NORTHBOUND TO UKC SPOKE ROAM HMBG HUU TAMATAI SAMOA VISN 27/4 24/5 28/5 12/1 FORTH BANK V24N 17/5 19/1 22/6 IVY BANK V24N
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      748 28 Kline K WYASAkI KI SI N KAISIIA. Ill) OOCL FORTUNE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET OOCL FAIR OOCL FORTUNE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE NEPTUNE GARNET V.v FEEDER VESSEL VOY OOCL FORTUNE 14 AMBASSADOR BRIDGE 22 NEPTUNE GARNET 20 OOCL FAIR 14 »w 5/4 127/4 29/4 3U/4 11/4 4/5 S/5 7/5 19/4 111/5 I
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      462 28 Tf •/te KALI OAS V 4? TULSIOAS V 41 KALI OAS V.43 TULSIOAS V.42 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Smpporc P KHmt Pcnai* Loading tar Mother ¥sl By Feeder By Feeder V 14 May I May I May Fram/Melb/Sr<in>A<M MI 1 June S May May Fram/Maft/SyttvAM .43 9
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      352 28 IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR SHIPMENT TO THE FAR EAST. LET US SHOW YOU THE WAY OUR GUARANTEED CONSOL NOW LOADING FOR... HONG KONG KEELUNG BUSAN YOKOHAMA TOKYO ETA 29/4 ETA 30/4 ETA 27/4 ETA 27/4 ETA 27/4 BOOK NOW! CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT *****11 (12 lines) *****55 (12 lines)
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      683 28 EAST/F/MI EAST FCL i LCL ETA SINGAPORE I DESTINATION DUBAI, DAMAN. KUWAIT, DOHA. MUSCAT, BAHRAIN ABU DHABI ft SMARJAH JEOOAH (LCI) WEEKLY AQABA. HODEIDAH H.KONG. KOBE. TOKYO, KEELUNG, KAOMSIUNG. MANILA BANGKOK. BUSAN. JAKARTA COLOMBO, KARACHI, BOMBAY. MAORAS. CALCUTTA TRIPOLI. ALEXANDRIA PORT SAID, PIRAEUS. CASABLANCA. LINNASOL. VALETTA. ADEN, DJIBOUTI VU Fa
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      1560 29 S go»« fdPIUHC AGfHCfS PTC. LID. $*W»t 8ook.n« *><*••«* l"—«U (nqiHfwS ft CU/AUSr (PA/StA OoftMtd iimn 2mra msm tmu* /mm 2ywii6 vmn 7/10IM [cimtivil ft ***** CIS *****U EXPORT OU NYK 1/5 27/5 1/5 3/6 r/6 10/6 1/6 17/6 FEEDER VSL N. Ivory 12N N. Emerald UBN N. Ivory 13N
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      897 29 sss 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 ***** POMM MESUK NAI TNONC SNIPPING 127 PmntStrw Cabin: JAYAPOH PENANG, Tat *****4ft22W Ta PASIR GUOANG. F B
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      289 30 [I SR-LINES INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MOMER OF EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN ft NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND ESEZa "VIA LAMMCA ACCEPTING CARGO FOR LIMASSOC, BEIRUT. IATTAAIA, ALEXANDRIA. PORT SAIO. PIRAEUS, THESSALORIKI, I2MR. MERSIN, ISTANBUL TO COLOMBO ft INDIAN SUB CONTINENT accapttnf for MAMAS. CALCUTTA, COCHIN. CHITTAGONG, TO FAR-EAST OUTBOUND RUMLAND
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      97 30 T.SK LIME AtEKl y CONTAINERISED SERVICE H > e-[*EC OA' APffl V A EXPORTS TO TAIWAN A JAPAN HEMKS ACE V2O HAKUSAN II W CONTINENT V2l KABUKI 21 HEIMKS ACE V2l HAKUSAN II M IMPORTS FROM JAPAN TAIWAN HAKUSAN II VS CONTINENT V2l KABUKI ¥21 HEMKS ACE 21 HAKUSAN II
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      163 30 ft Regional Weather f m m <% •J r j s m rv i a MQMRCAMT WEATHER AND SEA CONOfTIOVIS AT 7JO AM. Aprfl 2S, 11 c A O" Wmd dree ton wrtfi sp*«d *> knon LiGENO 0 T »mp«rotur« c Th»*td*r»torm w*oth*r Wxd drccfton with speed *1 knon Rom
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      644 31 UN I PACIFIC TRANS TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE TEL: *****22 FAX: *****76 IRAQI LINE lUJI STiTf (l|T{ UMISt o* HIT IMf TMNS'O*' EAST BOUND SERVICE MV SINDBAD ETA S PORE 5/5 LOADING FOR S. Korea, Japan THROUGH B/Ls to BAGHDAD UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS UPTO AQABA I BAGHDAD
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      215 31 RICHFIELO MARINE AGENCIES |S| PTE HO T6L 2250U3 CO un«ti c 4 X 225>H5 TE.Ii AS ***** fIISHIP <•># i mr» m try t-»r rr* m. CALCUTTA/KARACHI/CHTGONG/CBO REGULAR CONVENTIONAL LINER SERVICE FORTUNE «WQHTM-vn 1M CAt-CUTTA/CMTQOWO IV* KARACHI Mttt PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING COUP., KARACHI. INDONESIA ft MALAYSIA KARACHI MIDDLE EAST GULF
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      595 31 SIGMA EXPRESS |S) PTE LTD FAX *****75 TLX RS ***** SHIP TEL: *****44 e Lines) ACCEPTING CARGOES FOR: COLOMBO HONGKONG BUSAN TOKYO KEELUNG 29/4 29/4 27/4 28/4 28/4 MUARA/LABUAN/KK KUCHING/SIBU BANGKOK KOBE/NAGOYA YOKOHAMA BOMBAY LE HAVRE/HAMBURG FELIXSTOWE/R'DAM KAOSHIUNG FREMANTLE SYDNEY/MELBOURNE ENQUIRIES ACCEPTED FOR OTHER 26/4 26/4 27/4 28/4 28/4 29/4
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      190 31 BALTIC ORIENT SHIPPING PTE LTD. BAY OF BENGAL SERVICE MM* M BM UL Ml CTI 5T C MONKAOI 02CM9 TIGER BAY (5N LUEVE 03W SUSAK MN A. GONCMAROV 07SIB f. STAROSTIH 07SIW TIGER BAY UN LEUVE WW 5/5 6/5 5/5 7/5 20/5 Zl/5 11/5 12/5 11/5 12/5 25/S 25/5 14/5
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      116 31 sM>FARGO shipping SW Tel: 224 0122 REGULAR EXPRESS FCL LCL SERVICE J PORT KELANG (FCL ONLY) 273N 2M KEELUNG. KAOHSIUNG JAKARTA (FCL ONLY) TOKYO, KOK. BUSAN (Fa ONLY) KARACHI. BOMBAY, COLOMBO (FCL ONLY) KITI BMUN 274N m 27/4, vs. m 2/5,9/5.1*5,23/5.3*5 m 7/1. M/S, an 2*4. 2*4. 3*4. *5 27/4,
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      165 32 ROCO CARRIERS NORTH QUEENSLAND/PAPUA NEW GUINEA SERVICES Liner services accepting FCL containers (GP and reefer) and breakbulk cargo for both north and southbound. Heavylift capacity upto 60 tons. Vessel S'pore Penang T'ville Loading For "ANKE" VISB 27-28/4 In Port 12/5 Townavllle, Port Moresby, Lae "ANKE" V2SB 24-25/5 21-22/5 10/6 (other
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