The Business Times, 1 May 1989

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 45/12/88 MONDAY, MAY 1, 1989 75 CENTS
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  • 495 1  -  CONSORTIUM AIMS TO RESTORE FIRE-GUTTED REGENT IN 18 MONTHS By ELAINE KOH,LEE HAN SHIH THE HONG LEONG GROUP has partnered two heavyweights in a $60-million venture to rebuild the fire-gutted Regent Hotel in Manila. Despite Hong Leong's size and diversity, it has been estimated
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  • 454 1 USC News and Features LOWER PRICES are not the main reason why so many US manufacturers are abandoning their domestic suppliers and turning to firms in South Korea, Taiwan and other Pacific Rim nations. Low cost ranked only fifth among the
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  • 125 1 AP THE NUMBER of jobs generated by US exports rose 8 per cent in 1987 to 5.8 million as export-re-lated work at factories, farms and other production sites created a ripple effect that boosted employment elsewhere in the economy, the Commerce Department said. Because growth
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  • 157 1 Reuter TAIWAN has expressed anger and regret that it was included in the United States' annual list of nations with significant trade barriers to US products. US Trade Representative Carla Hills had on Friday named 34 countries, including Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, India
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  • 450 1 AFP, UPI CAMBODIAN resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday that he was prepared to give up his demand for the dismantling of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK). He was speaking upon arrival in Jakarta for talks with Phnom Penh Prime Minister
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  • 348 1 MAY DAY ADDRESS THE PRIME MINISTER has urged employers to maintain workers' trust and confidence by sharing the good times, but cautioned at the same time against pushing wage increases too far. Singapore must avoid repeating yesterday's mistakes by watching closely wage levels,
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  • 835 1 By ANNA TEO CONCERNED WITH growing evangelical zeal among religious groups, the government is considering legislative sanctions to back clear ground rules, such as a Declaration of Principles, that will be drawn up to ensure religious harmony in Singapore. A
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    • 365 1 BAIMKIIMC3 a BT special supplement THE LONG-TERM TEST for the Singapore financial supermarket is how to maintain its relevance to countries in the region as well as major financial centres worldwide. Prominent overseas bankers will give an update on the latest trends in their respective countries in BT's Banking and
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  • MANAGEMENT
    • 1486 2 The Economist. IMAGINE PRODUCTS on the supermarket shelf selecting the customer, rather than the other way round. A revolution in the business of collecting and interpreting information about what people buy is bringing that day closer. Companies that master this new intelligence will aim their marketing and
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    • 846 2  -  Using information to stay competitive Spotlight on Management By CH'NG CHIN HON Ch 'ng Chin Hon is a consultant at Ernst and Whtnncy Consultants Pte Ltd MOST MARKETING PLANS begin with the customer. He is perceived as someone with a number of needs to be satisfied.
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    • 760 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING A NOTE, memorandum, employee newsletter or report on a piece of paper ultimately ends up in the waste paper basket often half-read, or even unread. But no one has ever tossed a video into a trash can, says Peter
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    • 794 2  -  michael skapinker on the characteristics of top managers MICHAEL SKAPINKER FT ARE BRITISH chief executives a breed apart? What distinguishes them from directors who never quite make it to the top? Some researchers think they have found at least one of the answers: high achievers
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 394 3 NYT AT AN extraordinary symposium of senior Thai, Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian officials, the Thai government has forcefully pressed its case to be the new hub of Indochinese economic development after the Cambodian problem is resolved. The Thai Prime Minister, Chatichai
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    • 271 3 AFP A PROPOSAL by Australia's Prime Minister Bob Hawke for increased economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region was open to socialist countries, Australian envoy Richard Woolcott said in Manila at the weekend. Mr Woolcott, who is Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade,
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    • 223 3 AFP THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) is prepared to normalise lending to Hanoi and Phnom Penh after Vietnam withdraws its troops from Cambodia and a political settlement is reached in the conflict, officials of the financial institution said last Saturday. The bank is also keenly awaiting
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    • 516 3 Proposal to set up new finance company AFP THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) will consider at its May 4-6 annual meeting in Beijing a proposal for a new company designed to boost financing of the region's private sectors. The proposal to set
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    • 256 3 AFP TAIPEI is sending its first official delegation to Beijing to attend a meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in what observers called a milestone move which could ease political tension across the Taiwan Strait. The unprecedented visit could also encourage economic relations between
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    • 870 3 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time AAAS MH653 0910 PEN MAS MH630 0920 KUL SIA SQ103 0950 KUL CPX CX7I0 1000 CGK KLM KL841 1055 ams/khi GU GA960 1100 CGK SIA SQ105 1105 KUL MAS MH642 1120 KUL RBA B1421 1130 BWN Of A Of 6
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    • 280 3 AP THE United States is considering upgrading its diplomatic relations with Laos within the coming year. The move would restore ties to ambassadorial level as they were before communist forces took control in 1975. Each country is now represented by a charge d'affaires,
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    • 248 3 AFP A SUMMIT of the "seven poorest peoples" will be held in Paris on July 15 to denounce the "hegemony of the seven richest nations", the organisers, the International League for the Rights and the Liberation of Peoples (ILRLP), said. The summit, known as
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    • 175 3 AFP AN OPPOSITION PARTY with strong roots in parts of northern India has split into three, six weeks after the death of its leader in the United States, news reports said. A majority faction of the centrist Lok Oal (Masses Party) announced a merger
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    • 325 3 Bernama JOHOR expects a capital inflow of M$423 million from several companies following an investment mission from Japan and South Korea to the state last month, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Haji Muhyiddin Haji Mohd Yassin said. Haji Muhyiddin, who is also the chairman
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    • 206 3 AP THE HOT LINE, the link set up between Washington and Moscow more than 25 years ago to reduce the risk of an accidental war. has been sold to a Swiss firm. The hot line was part of a division Western Union
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    • 323 3 AP COMPANIES that wait until 1992 before setting up business in Western Europe may be too late, a European Community (EC) leader has warned Americans. Sir Leon Brittan, a vice-presi-dent of the European Commission, told a
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    • 202 3 Reuter PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher has won the respect of Britons but not their affection during her 10 years in office, an opinion poll showed last Saturday. As many as one in four are ready to support her through thick and thin
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 330 4 Reuter THE SWISS GOVERNMENT has announced plans to ease taxes on trading in shares and bonds, but angered the country's banks by saying it wanted to impose new taxes on the funds they manage for wealthy clients. Announcing a tax reform programme
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    • 101 4 DBS FINANCE will raise its interest rates for car loans from tomorrow in line with firmer interest rates in the local money market. Loans for terms of two, three, four and five years will each be increased by 0.125 percentage point. The revised
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    • 295 4 The move takes effect from today Bernama MALAYSIA'S Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein has announced an increase in the statutory reserve requirements for banking institutions under its supervision in order to mop up large excesses in bank liquidity. From today, the statutory
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    • 244 4  -  By HONG LEE TIAM STARTING TODAY, car buyers may be entitled to a revolving credit line of up to $20,000 if they have Citibank as their financier. The concept behind Citibank s new product, AutoPlus is: "Why tie up a small fortune
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    • 228 4 AFP THE BANK OF CHINA. Beijing's foreign exchange offshoot, will take part in the financing of a HK$2 15 billion (US$276 million) government tunnel project in Hongkong, the project s management annnounced last Friday. The facility for the Tate's Cairn road tunnel
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    • SMALL CHANGE
      • 118 4 THE PACKAGE to attract bankers to Singapore to do business does not necessarily come only in the form of Government incentives and taxes Right in the heart of the financial centre at Change Alley Aerial Plaza, a textile store is giving bankers special rates to
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      • 99 4 DURING a press interview with a visiting Chrysler group during a road show organised by Daiwa Singapore recently, the economic record of Singapore was highlighted by the group's vice-president Mr Frederick Zuckerman. He said he was very impressed by the country and it had definitely
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    • 294 4 Bernama SUBSCRIPTIONS totalling US$45.25 million (M$120 million) have been received following the marketing and placement of units in the Malaysia Growth Fund in Japan and other markets. Arab Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd said in a statement that the minimum underwritten size of the
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 344 4 Reuter SEVEN Latin American debtor nations have agreed to set up a mechanism of permanent contact to press their demands for debt reduction, Brazilian Finance Minister Mailson Nobrega said. Mr Nobrega told a news conference on Saturday after a one-day
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    • 167 4 AFP THE HONGKONG government is studying the possibility of using the Foreign Exchange Fund for short-term bond issues, a Monetary Affairs Branch official said here Saturday. Principal Assistant Secretary Kwong Ki Chi said the government was considering issuing Foreign Exchange Fund bonds with
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    • 444 4 Gold Financial futures AT THE NEW YORK Comex last Friday, Spot Gold dropped to US$376.60/377.10, its lowest level in 32 months, before it recovered slightly to close at US$377.80/378.30. Although the net weekly loss was only US$6.50 per troy oz, the psychological impact of the new low was severe. Values
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    • 182 4 Gold futures on Apr 28 1989 100 troy ounces; USS per troy ounce Open High Lew SrtHe May 377.30 378.00 377.50 377.90 -5.40 Jun 382.00 383.50 379.60 380.50 •5.60 Jut 382.70 -5.50 Aug 386.50 387.50 383.80 384.80 -5.50 Oct 391.50 391.50 389.00 389 80 -5.50 DK 396.00
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    • 983 4 ASIAN currencies generally declined last week with the notable exception of the Taiwan dollar which soared after a US Treasury report said the Taiwan and South Korean units were still undervalued. The Japanese yen fell though it was unaffected by Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's resignation announcement Tuesday. The
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    • 174 4 SECURITY prices closed mixed in thin, quiet trading last week, T-bill yields werehigher across the board as the market was still flushed with securities. There is also a perceptible uneasiness among the various houses over the near term movement of local interest rates, which had come under
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 184 5 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN RUBBER market ended the week on a weaker note after drifting narrowly on a lack of support ahead of a long weekend. Brokers said there was no interest at all and traders were also unwilling to commit themselves in this bearish market. A firmer Japanese market
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    • 137 5 Bernama TIN FUTURES closed marginally higher in light trading on the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE). Traders attributed the strength of the market to pre-weekened covering and renewed widespread buying demand. Turnover rose to 546 tonnes from 454 last Friday due to anticipation of firmer prices next week.
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    • 144 5 Telerate Fuel oil prices were most steady throughout the week. Some downside potential was seen for mid to end May barrels as buy sell indicators drifted apart. Prompt barrels remain in tight sup- ply and sellers hope the scattered signs of regional demand lend support to
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    • 237 5 CRUDE palm oil closed lower in sympathy with losses in palm oil futures and chicago soyoil futures overnight. Trading remained listless with prices again locked in a narrow range, as operators stayed at the sidelines in the absence of fresh developments and ahead of a long weekend. May
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    • 185 5 Reuter CBT SOYBEAN futures closed down last Friday, with bigger losses in old crop months than in new crop, as news strikes had ended in most Brazilian ports sparked a sharp sell-off and unwinding of spreads, traders said. Higher than expected deliveries against the May contract on first notice
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    • 138 5 CBT SOFT RED winter wheat futures rallied late last Friday, with spot May sharply higher, as the White House said President Bush may announce subsidies for Soviet grain purchases next week. Spot May jumped some 14 cents a bushel briefly on active mixed short covering. Sharply lower than expected
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    • 232 5 ASIAN CURRENCY deposit rates for 1 ended Apr 28 average the week BIO PRICES High Low US S 7 doys 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 norths 9 months 1 2 month 9 13/16 9 15/16 9 15/16 10 1/16 10 1/8 10 1/4 s 10
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    • 494 5 Indicates the average of the prime lending rates of 12 major banks In S'pore PLR of banks at the close of business on Friday, Apr 28 as supplied by the Association of Banks in Singapore: BANK PLR ABN Bank 6 Allied Irish Bonk PLC 6% American Express
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    • 127 5 Chinese Produce Exchange Saltan' noon doting prices on April 29 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 103.00 Old drum FOB 1)3.00 Now drum FOB 117.00 Copra Mixed (loot*) 61 Pepper U. jitjA uUt* rnumw wniiB FOB NtW 640.00 Sarawak white FOB taq NIW 650.00 Sarawak special black FOB
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    • 163 5 London Commodity Exchange Buyer/Seller closing prices on Apr 28 (£/tonne unless specified). Previous closing prices in parenthesis. Coffee Basis in-stor« London, sellers option CIF London May 1160/H62 (1176/1178) High/Low 1169/1142 July 1108/1109 (1126/1127) High/Low 1116/1092 Soles (6974) Cocoa Moy 723/724 (721/722) High/Low 727/718 July 743/744 (741/742) High/Low 747/739
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    • 335 5 AP IRAN has signed a US$1.8 billion contract with a consortium of Japanese and Italian firms for the construction of an oil refinery in the city of Arak, Teheran radio reported. The refinery, in central Markazi province, will be Iran's seventh, and
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    • 240 5 UPI THE SOVIET UNION bought 1.15 million tonnes of US corn and sorghum, virtually assuring record sales to the Kremlin this year, the Agriculture Department said. Meanwhile, President George Bush met with a cabinet council to discuss a possible subsidised sale of grain to the
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    • 105 5 Reuter EXPERTS from several oilproducing countries outside Opec will meet in London on May 16 to review the world oil market and their plans to cut exports. "We have the current market situation on the agenda." Rashid al-Bar-wani, director of marketing at Oman's Ministry of Petroleum
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    • 368 5 Reuter MEMBERSHIP of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is selling at record high prices as the federal investigation into alleged fraudulent trading has faded from the headlines. At the CME. the world's second largest futures exchange after the nearby Chicago Board of Trade (CBT),
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    • 306 5 Bernama THE NETHERLANDS was the largest buyer of Malaysia's tin in the first two months of this year, the Malaysian statistics department said. A total of 2,699 tonnes was bought by the Netherlands in January and February. Japan (2,155 tonnes),
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    • 310 5 AFP INDONESIAN President Suharto has called on fellow Opec members to maintain oil production at quota levels in the face of rising international oil prices. Mr Suharto made the appeal on Saturday because "there are strong indications" that some members of
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    • 308 5 Reuter OIL PRICES eased on Friday, extending a decline begun earlier in the week on market talk of excess Opec supply and a likely rebound in North Sea output. Traders said North Sea Brent Blend, a world benchmark, was now quoted
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    • 822 5 AFP CRUDE oil prices came off the previous week's 20-month highs last week, partly due to a technical correction. but also coming under pressure from reports that Opec production recently went over 22 million barrels per day. Brent crude dropped below US$19 per barrel ahead of
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 1040 6  -  An important report on prospects for Asean-US relations has been released. The report, a collaborative effort by two research institutes, offers an assessment and recommendations for improved economic relations. DAVID CHEW of the Foreign Desk presents the main points. DAVID CHEW THE CONCEPT of an Asean-US initiative
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    • 872 6  -  By HARISH MEHTA ASEAN's staunchly anti-communist stance is being diluted and the common thread that bound the grouping on the Cambodian problem is stretching to breaking point, says an expert. Or Seiji Naya. vice-president for strategic planning, East-West Center, Hawaii, told BT in Manila
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    • 232 6 THOUGH the joint study, Asean-US Initiative: Assessment and Recommendations for Improved Economic Relations, was completed in nine months, it actually reflects the analysis of an idea that has been debated for at least six years. The US broached the idea of an Asean-US free
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    • 236 6 SEVERAL COMPONENTS of the proposed umbrella-type free trade arrangement have been listed in the joint report. Firstly, Asean and the US should draw up a set of guiding principles for trade and other economic ties. When formulating these principles, it is important to
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    • 708 6 AFP THE US MOVE against 34 countries accused of using unfair trade barriers to exclude US exports could lead' to retaliation and even provoke a global trade war, according to analysts. The US decision is contained in a report by US* Trade
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 337 7 GOLF AP BERNHARD LANGER of West Germany sank a 45-foot chip shot on Saturday to end the third round of the Spanish Open golf tournament with 67, two strokes ahead of his closest competitor. Working with his cross-hand-ed grip, Langer needed
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    • 98 7 AP THE CHAIRMAN of the Women's Professional Golfers' European Tour has resigned after 15 months in her position because of charges that she abused her position and was involved in a conflict of interest. Beverly Huke stepped down from the honorary position last Friday after facing
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    • 321 7 CRICKET AFP THE WEST INDIES fought back on Saturday after losing both opening batsmen cheaply and closed the second day of the fourth and final Test against India 119 behind with seven wickets standing. The West Indies had reduced India from an overnight 226 for four
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    • 144 7 AFP AUSTRALIA'S cricketers left for England on Saturday convinced they finally had the bowling strength to regain the Ashes on English soil for the first time in more than half a century. "All the ingredients are there for a very good series," skipper Allan Border
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    • 695 7  -  TENNIS By A SURENDREN In the quarter-final, he beat Jim Grabb 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 and that victory proved a great psychological boost to Jones, as he had lost to him in the qualifying round in Tokyo last week. He said: "It proved a transition for
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    • 453 7 AP TOP-SEEDED Chris Evert was to take on Monica Seles yesterday in her attempt to win the fourth consecutive Virginia Slims of Houston tennis tournament. Evert defeated Susan Sloane 7-6, 6-2 in the semi-finals on Saturday to advance, while Seles easily beat Carrie
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    • 212 7 BASKETBALL AP TRENT TUCKER'S 3-point goal with 10 seconds remaining climaxed an 11-0 run that wiped out a 10-point deficit in the final two minutes on Saturday, giving the New York Knicks a 107-106 victory over Philadelphia and a 2-0 lead in their best-of-5
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    • 281 7 ATHLETICS AP MARATHONS are not long enough for long-distance runner Joe Wills. Sometime just after midnight on May 13, he'll start a 75-mile (210-km) run from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. He figures to get there about noon. "I'm running at night primarily
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    • 256 7 CYCLING AP COLOMBIAN Omar Hernandez took the overall lead on Saturday in the 44th Tour of Spain cycling race after Luc Suykerbuick of Belgium won the sixth leg of the competition. Suykerbuick covered the 197.5 km between Bejar and Avila in five hours. 19 minutes and
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    • 208 7 AFP WORLD NUMBER ONE Ivan Lendl heads a strong draw of 64 players who will compete in what could be the final edition of the Tournament of Champions beginning in New York today. Lendl, who already has three singles titles including the Australian Open
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    • 86 7 THANK YOU SINGAPORE! FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE 1989 'FESTIVAL OF TENNIS' DHL SINGAPORE WOMEN'S TENNIS EPSON SINGAPORE SUPER TENNIS Special thanks to our sponsors who make these events possible and are working with us to bring top international tennis to Singapore. DHL WORLDWIDE EXPRESS EPSON SINGAPORE PTE LTD SINGAPORE
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  • THE ARTS
    • Article, Illustration
      486 8  - Calm BOOKS By CHUANG PECK MING A Sport Of Nature By Nadine Gordimer Penguin Books About $17, 396 pages. COMING FROM a racially-torn society, South African writer Nadine Gordimer is noted to be more psychologically than politically oriented in her writings. But in her latest novel, one doesn't see much
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    • Article, Illustration
      395 8 S. By John Updike Knopf. US$17.95, 279 pages (Also available In Penguin Books) WOMEN'S LIB may be back in fashion. Ordinarily, one hardly notices when a male writer has a woman as the leading character in his novel. But one becomes alert when the writer is of the stature
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    • 302 9 OPERA The Economist WAGNER'S Ring of the Nibelung, just performed in Warsaw, marks the first time the whole cycle has been given in Poland. The project is the child of Robert Satanowski, a wartime partisan who is now general director of the Teatr Wielki. Satanowski,
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    • 385 9  -  MUSIC By MALINI TAMBYAH A GROUP of Singaporean musicians in the midst of this bustling, modern city attempting a leap into the legendary world of Bohemia and the wild terrain of French romanticism. A difficult task. Nevertheless, the attempt must be commended. Last Tuesday's
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    • 800 9 AUTHORS The Economist. NOVELISTS do not often become leaders of governments. Like Benjamin Disraeli, Mario Vargas Llosa. who has written many novels and short stories, may be an exemption. Next month he stands a good chance of being nominated as the candidate of
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 659 9 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Possibly carps a bit (5) 6 Bursts of activity in health resorts, a lot (5) 9 Pop star very keen on North America (7) 10 The Italian ran out of order (5) 11 Lubricated with alcohol? (5) 12 See a learner admit he's funny (5) 13
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    • 1358 9 TV and RADIO 4> ty > Cary Grant challenges Robert Mitchum to a dual In 77m Grass Is Greener OUR CHOICE THE GRASS IS GREENER, Ch 12, 10.30pm An American millionaire (Robert Mitchum) falls for an English earl's wife (Jean Simmons). The earl is Cary Grant who challenges Mitchum to
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  • SES
    • 1635 10  -  W 1 Singapore By ANDREA BORCH THE SINGAPORE stock market looks ready to end its consolidation phase and head higher within the next couple of weeks. After reaching a new postCrash high on Friday, the Straits Times Industrials Index should start climbing
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 1017 11 New York FT WALL STREET will just not let go. Eighteen months after the Crash, the US stock market turned in a rally on the final two days of last week which was as sweet and innocent as anything before October 1987. The Dow Jones
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    • 257 11 AFP AUSTRALIAN stocks surged through the 1,500-barrier in late trading last Friday to close at a seven-week high. The All Ordinaries Index gained 48.2 points during the week to end at 1.500.7. its highest level since March 7. The All Industries Index gained 86.7 points
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    • 270 11 prrrnJ London pill Si 1 a AFP SHARES surged on the London Stock Exchange last week on the release of better-than-expected British trade figures for March. The market rose as fears of an increase in interest rates dissipated The FTSE 100-share index closed at 2,118.2,
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    • 144 11 AFP WEST GERMAN stocks last week stood up well to the Bundesbank's surprise decision to lift interest rates, as the DAX-30 spot trend indicator finished the week at 1,370.90, down 5.31 from the previous Friday. The Commerzbank index closed at 1,716.1. off a mere 1.3
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    • 741 11  -  Week ended April 28 Compiled by LOW GEOK PIN SCRIP ISSUES Malayan Floor: Proposed rights issue of three-for-four at $1 90 per share Proposed also bonus issue of one-for-seven Rights are entitled to bonus. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS City Developments is buying through its subsidiary, CD-Daiken Property Service Pte Ltd,
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    • 652 12 K j j Hongkong DBS Securities THE STUDENT UNREST in Beijing exploded into a massive rally across China, causing the Hongkong bourse to tremble at the beginning of last week. On Monday, light selling by cautious investors brought the index to close 14 points lower
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    • 585 12 ml T0ky 4 AFP SHARE PRICES advanced sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week as investors reacted favourably to Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita s resignation. The Nikkei Stock Average closed out the week at a record high of 33,713.35 yen.
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    • 734 12 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Company Expiry/ Coupon Conversion period Interest Conversion term lor one ordinary maturity dale <%) payable share CK Tang Wrts *****990 Anytime to Moy 31. 1990 1 warrant plus (2 25 cash Crwjon Hop Wrts 1991 Anytime on or after March 1.6 warronts plus $1 60 cash 1987
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    • 782 12 JlJlllJ MBT BULLS took a breather after seven consecutive weeks of advance and the Kuala Lumpur stock market finished slightly lower across the board in moderately active trading last week. Attention, one dealer said, was concentrated on situational speculative stocks while most blue chips
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    • 1501 12 Current p® y n| dJ Book* CtoM Total lor the year Total toi Im< yea A B N A Enterprises Ajinomoto Asiatic Dev Avimo BAT Bata Bousteod Boosteadco C C M Carlsberg C entrepot nt City Dev Cold Storage H DBS 0 Keramat Dvnlop Est Essa Eu Yon
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  • WORLD MARKETS
    • 784 13 New York Reuter WALL STREET ended on a narrowly mixed note on Friday, with blue chips about even, but the broader market slightly ahead. Profit-taking on recent sharp gains weakened stocks, although news that the March leading indicators fell 0.7 per cent was a partial offsetting
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    • 978 13 London Reuter LONDON SHARES were mixed and drifting in dull afternoon trading on Friday, ahead of the long UK weekend as worries that the market was overbought prompted some profit-taking. The apprehensive mood was compounded by an easier Wall Street opening and by 1440 GMT, the FTSE
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    • 386 13 Reuter ANGLO-DUTCH foods-to-detergent group Unilever pIc-NV has pulled out of talks to buy the US luxury toiletries firm Faberge Inc because the price is too high. In February, Unilever said it had agreed in principle on a US$1.55 billion takeover of the Faberge
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    • 718 13 Forecast of improved earnings for the year stays Reuter ELECTRONICS GROUP NV Philips said business trends allowed it to maintain its forecast of improved earnings this year and the second quarter will show a significant rise in profit. "We see a substantial rise
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    • 345 13 Reuter A GROUP of financial institutions is interested in making an offer for Texas Air Corp unit Eastern Airlines Inc and is seeking more data on the strike-bound carrier, a lawyer for the group has said. The lawyer, Harry Gotimer of Kirlin,
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    • 818 13 Amsterdam AM 2t FLS ABN 440 0 8 Aeflon 102 0 2 Ahold 1103 2 Akio 1530 unch Alrenta 1610 0.2 AMEV 49 8 0 1 AMRO 79 1 07 Am Stad 152 8 -02 Berkel BOLS 140 8 1.1 Borsumy 1557 26 Buehrman Tetter ode 73.7 -0 1 Calve
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    • 507 13 FT GUINNESS, the UK drinks group, and Owens-Illinois, the US glass containermaker. are to sell United Glass, one of the largest manufacturers of glass packaging in Britain. The sale could realise more than £160 million (US$272 million) in total for the two companies, each
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    • 10 13 Vtonna. Stockholm and Zurich prtCM woro not •valtabl* on Friday
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    • 430 13 SOUTH EAST ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BERHAD (INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The Boord of Directors ore pleased to announce the oodited results of the Group and the Company for the twelve months ended January 31, 1989. Years Ended 31 January Operating Revenue Profit before taxation and extroordinory item
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  • 256 14  -  By BOEY KIT YIN CAMBODIAN LEADER Prince Norodom Sihanouk has become less confident of Asean s reliability and support because of the Thai initiative in welcoming Phnom Penh Premier Hun Sen to Bangkok this year, according to a French official who met the Prince
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  • 341 14 AP JAPANESE Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said in Bangkok yesterday that a just solution to the Cambodian conflict was needed before there could be any growth in economic relations between Indochina, and Thailand and its Asean allies. Mr Takeshita said at a dinner given
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  • 248 14 Bernama AN APPLICATION by a group of former Umno members to register the "Spirit of 46" as a political party has been rejected by the Registrar of Societies, Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub said. He explained that the application had
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  • 136 14 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday reminded certain groups not to turn the Hume Industries and the Multi-Purpose Holdings Berhad (MPHB) issue into a racial matter. Dr Mahathir, saying he was fed up with unceasing comments by groups
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  • 352 14 Campuses calm but protests expected on May 4 Reuter PRO-DEMOCRACY activists in Beijing yesterday dismissed government talks with official student representatives as a ploy to divide the protest movement, but cancelled elections for a new student union. Campuses
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  • 410 14  -  By TAN KEE WEE THE Housing and Development (H&D) Act will be amended soon to allow the private sector to form joint companies with the housing board to manage public housing estates. The role of these
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  • 136 14 AP WHITE HOUSE Chief of Staff John Sununu has warned against higher interest rates, saying that the economy remains "strong and robust". "It is a consumer issue to be worried about interest rates," as well as tax increases and international trade, Mr Sununu told
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  • 259 14 SINGAPORE'S workers do not need to resist automation fearing it will take away their jobs, said First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, because "jobs chase after people in Singapore". In his May Day message on Saturday, Mr Goh, who is also Defence Minister,
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  • 115 14 THE SUM of $60,000 for charity was raised last night at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Miss Union 1989-cum-May Day Dinner. Speaking at the dinner, NTUC president Oscar Oliveiro said the donation was one of the two new features of this year's celebrations.
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  • SATURDAY ROUNDUP
    • 132 14 THE CONSTRUCTION industry must globalise its services if it is to penetrate overseas markets. Local architects, engineers and construction firms were given this advice by Or Cham Tao Soon, chairman of the Construction Industry Development Board, at a workshop organised by the Institute of Engineers
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    • 157 14 A quick look at Saturday's main news THE INDONESIAN government is keen to send its people to work here. The workers need not be accommodated in Singapore for Batam Island could be used to house them. This was one of the topics discussed between
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    • 79 14 THE PRICE of Shell and BP s petrol went up by 4.2 cents per litre, confirming a BT report that oil companies were set to raise pump prices by about four cents a litre over the weekend. Shell and BP'S new
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  • LATE FILE
    • 39 14 UPI JAPAN will acquire 35 aircraft and nine warships and order an additional 36 warplanes and six vessels in fiscal 1989 to improve its anti-submarine and air defence capabilities, according to Defence Agency officials.
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    • 59 14 Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said yesterday the duty of every minister is to serve the people irrespective of race. "There is no Malay minister serving only the Malays or Chinese minister for only the Chinese," he said when meeting the residents of
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    • 62 14 Reuter THE Dutch government could be toppled in a row over how to finance a massive environmental scheme aimed at cutting pollution by 70 per cent. Joris Voorhoeve, Liberal faction leader in parliament, on Saturday threatened to force a vote of confidence on proposals to trim
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    • 39 14 AFP ONE-PARTY rule in Poland has effectively ended due to a "political and intellectual process which has lasted for years", Polish Prime Minister Mieczyslaw Rakowski said yesterday in an interview in Madrid. AFP
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    • 39 14 AFP PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino will meet key Philippine senators next week to forge a consensus on her government's plan to drop its sovereignty claim on the Malaysian state of Sabah, a government statement said.
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    • 29 14 Reuter SIX GUNMEN claiming they were communist rebels shot dead two members of President Corazon Aquino's security force in front of a Manila church yesterday. Reuter
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    • 24 14 Reuter ITALIAN film director Sergio Leone, 60. died in Rome early yesterday after suffering a heart attack, his family said.
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    • 59 14 AFP TWO crewmen of a Peruvian freighter died and four others were missing after their lifeboat capsized off northern Japan yesterday. Maritime safety officials said that 10 of the 26 crewmen from the 6,896-ton Yacuwasi boarded the lifeboat after the freighter had taken in water in
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  • 113 14 Bernama THE PRICE of regular petrol throughout Malaysia will be raised three sen to 96 sen per litre from today. The move follows an increase of 4.2 cents per litre in Singapore by Shell and BP over the weekend. The two oil companies'
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    • 416 14 r Free clippings of BT exclusive stories Free copies of these exclusive stories in last week's Business Times are now available. 1. Tetra Pak is putting Singapore on the map in liquid packaging technology. 2. Faber Merlin understood to be close to selling its Kuala Lumpur flagship hotel to Singapore
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 70 15 AFP COASTAL AREAS near Jeddah port were threatened last Saturday with a huge oil slick after an Indian supertanker struck a reef and spilled nearly 5,000 tons of oil into the sea. Maritime sources there said the Saudi authorities were considering bringing charges against the
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      • 54 15 AP THOUSANDS of Brazilian dock workers in seven states have ended a three-day port strike for better pay, union officials said last Saturday. The strike did not affect oil shipments. The state oil monopoly Petrobras has its own loading terminals and workers, whose union did not
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      • 134 15 Lloyd's List MALTA is expecting to see a significant influx of tonnage to its flag during the remainder of the year as owners take advantage of reduced fees and changes in laws which will effectively allow offshore companies to operate directly from the island. According
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      • 100 15 Reuter MORE THAN 10 TONNES of hashish, Italy's biggest haul of the drug, have been found on board a Yugoslav ship. Italian police said the hashish, estimated to be worth more than 10 billion lire (US$7 million), was hidden in the false bottoms of
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      • 64 15 Reuter THE TANKER Exxon Philadelphia, carrying about 500,000 barrels of crude oil from Valdez, Alaska, was towed into Port Angeles, Washington, early last Thursday. The ship, en route to March Point near Anacortes, Washington, went adrift on the previous day due to engine problems.
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    • 193 15 Reuter TOKYO TANKER CO LTD, a tanker operating arm of Nippon Oil Co- Ltd, has ordered three very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from two Japanese shipbuilding yards, a Tokyo Tanker official has announced. The official said in Tokyo that his company had signed a
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    • 1066 15 AB Shpg VN 5 A8BS Line XM 3/4 ABC Contoinerline n 5 Accord Shpg VM 1/2 A/S XIII 3 Ahrenkiel liner XII 5 AC Toepler XIII 5 American Tpl XII 4 Arrow lines XI 5 Assoc Corrtoge XIII 5 ANl IH 1/2 A PC line VII 4
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    • 271 15 Seatrade Week COMPAGNIE General Maritime is to pull out of Atlantic Container Line subject to an acceptable offer from ACL's other shareholders for its 22.2 per cent stake in the consortium and its wholly-owned vessel Atlantic Cartier, Seatrade Week understands. It
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    • 325 15  -  By G DURAIRAJ UNIGLORY LINE, a major operator in the Malaysian containerised trade, has added Johor Port to the westbound leg of its Middle East service. On April 22. the weekly service made its first westbound call at the port with
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    • 467 15  -  By RAHITA ELIAS LEADING tank container leasing company Eurotainer will be appointing agents in Manila and Jakarta by early next year as part of its aggressive push into the Far Easi market. At the same time, the company will be increasing its
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    • 229 15 SOME US$33.7 MILLION has been invested by Orient Overseas Container Line in 7,300 new containers. This investment represents a five-fold increase over last year's purchases. The new containers, comprising both reefers and general-purpose containers, have been deployed in the line's Far East/America,
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    • 701 16 look bright for the future International Transport Journal ££2$HE ARABIAN PORTS of Dji- <-*bouti and Jeddah both saw a vtpick-up in the volume of cargo handled by them last year and proapects look bright for the future. The volume of transhipment
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    • 248 16 GOTHENBURG-BASED Kvaerner Ships Equipment has been awarded orders for the design of complete shipsets of io-ro access equipment for vessels being built in Norway and South Korea for Scandinavian owners. Swedish pulp/paper giant MoDo has chosen Kvaerner equipment for its new 12,000dwt paper carrier under
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    • 701 16 SECONDHAND TONNAGE brokers said Norwegian buyers bought three bulk carriers Pacific Lover, 18,863 dwt and built in 1977 bought for US$5.7 million, Casuarina of 49,000 dwt and built in 1981 for US$16 million, and Angel Two of 26,952 dwt and built in 1981 for US$6 million. Norwegian buyers are
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    • 161 16 ..-THE MAJOR shipping consortia between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member tines: •ACE (Far East/Europe): b*K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line rCho Yang Shipping ANRO (StraWs/Australia): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line .Djakarta Lloyd '-Nedlloyd Lines Neptune
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    • 922 16 THIS FORTNIGHTLY report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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    • 2275 16 Who acts for whom A B AB Shipping Boueteed Shpg Agenciee (S) ABBS Line SMS Pte Lid (SyTunae Setie (PK/KL) ABC Containerline NV Fargo Shpg Co (S) Accord Shpg Accord Shpg (S)/Accord Container Line (PtVPN) Ahrenklel Liner Kim Shpg (8). Alfred C Toepfer Oceenue Shipping Agency (SyMuWport Sdn Bhd (PK)
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    • 307 17 INTERNATIONAL PAINT, the world's leading supplier of marine coatings, is now offering to the marine industry "The Complete Option" a new range of anti-fouling products. As part of this range, International introduces the world's first third-generation SPC, Intersmooth Hisol 2000 the "Ultimate
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    • 754 17 THE DRY cargo freight market on Thursday remained fairly subdued with only scattered business reported, brokers said. No new business was mentioned on the key grain routes from the US Gulf, although the Baltic sub-indices for Gulf/Continent and Gulf/Japan were both marked up. The Baltic Freight Index was
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    • 11804 24 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore
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    • 1276 28 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Eastern Islond J4/5 alongside 0105/2300 Faith J7/8 alongside 0105/2300 Veaael Berth Arrival Departure proton a alongside 01W00 Shongnki J2 alongside 0105/2300 KEPPEL WHARVES Semporno Abodi J2 alongside 0105/2300 Chris Isabel KI6 alongside 02.06/1500 Sri Sokti Jl alongside 01.05/0600 Dade <33 alongside 08.05/2300 Twin Sister
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    • 224 28  -  By SHIRISH NAOKARNI STATE-OWNED Shipping Credit and Investment Company of India Ltd (SCICI) is set to promote a deepsea fishing company with a modern mother ship and a fleet of fishing trawlers. The project will require an investment of between 500 million and
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    • 98 28 SEAWARD MARINE Services Inc. the US operator in the Scamp Ltd network of underwater hull-cleaning and propeller polishing stations, recently received a multi-million-dollar contract from the US Navy for the supply of underwater maintenance services to its fleet over the next five years.
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    • 454 28 May 2 Shore testing of Type 23 propulsion plant, technical meeting, 1730 hrs, Institute of Marine Engineers, The Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane, London EC3. May 3-5 2nd World Container Congress to be held at the Hongkong Convention and Exhibition Centre. This will be the first dedicated congress
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    • 215 28 Fairplay A NEW LINER SERVICE is to be introduced by Belgian intermodal operator CMB Transport between Europe and the Indian Ocean from June 2. The operation will be run under the name of CMB Indian Ocean Services. It will be a
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    • 219 15 <N v £> J .O^ T>NES STP Distributors Cl't Pick-up in cargo for Arabian ports THE ARABIAN PORTS of Djibouti and Jeddah both saw a pick-up in the volume of cargo handled by them last year and prospects look bright for the future. PAGE II New anti-fouling agents unveiled INTERNATIONAL
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    • 535 22 f AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers '/l KALI OAS ¥.42 TULSIOAS 41 KALIOAS V 43 TULSIOAS V.42 Transit t«n» Smppore tMbourn* 11 dam Sinppore Mother yy 11 U(y 21 May 6 July IS )ut» P KtUnj Ptnanf loading lor: Bj FMdc By FMdar S May 5 May Frtm/Mafc/SrdnfM*
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    • 473 22 STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN BEAR Cotont»;K«ac<ii Dubai GOLDEN HARVEST Catanto/Karachi/DuDei CHINA SERVICE MV MINFU Huanfpu Sitanflui GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD a. T*lo* Ajrr StrMt SINGAPORE (104 TEL 5343W (10 LINES) Fat SJ4S04 S'pore P Gudang Penan* Mtoy 2WaH*y Apr V4May CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC
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    • 476 22 PHILI-ORIENT LINES PTE LTD HEAD OFFICE 63 ROBINSON ROAD c07-12 AFRO-ASIA BUILDING. SINGAPORE 0106. TELEX RS ***** PHILI FAX *****76 UNIf EAST/FAR EAST FCl ft LCI I VESSEL |ETA SINGAPORE I DESTINATION JEOOAN (LCL) WEEKLY AQABA. HOOCIOAH H.KONG KOBE TOKYO KEELUNG, KAOHSIUNG. MANILA. BANGKOK BUSAN. JAKARTA COLOMBO. KARACHI. BOMBAY. MADRAS.
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 1355 23 NiPltM HGCNCKS P1(. UO 000kinaj ft (u/>usr EXPORT 1 i:iiis.tMiM 'i < ill wlrJft.ifjMJLivJlfAJ', 1LH HOU NYK 31/5 3/6 7/6 10/6 14/6 17/6 21/6 24/6 FEEDER VSL N Emerald 08N N. Ivory 13N N Emerald 09N N Ivory UNMOTHER VSL O. Executive 87E Y Maru 10E O. Educator 71E O.
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    • 957 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** Hiil P. KELANC MESSRS MAI THONG SHIPPIN6 127 IWwSl rwt Pwant. Mtltysu M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 333 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. Ill I ft littiH 114 limn) FAX il'ilW)/ |(IM MS MW A/8 SSl.'MA. MS 18*1 A/l» SSCAI) r DSR-LINES m .E8 0E jTcnACHt seenesoeoe «0$*00 i oujunii INTEGRATED CONTAINER SERVICE MEMBER OF EACON SERVICE TO EAST MEDITERRANEAN NORTH CONTINENT EUROPE OUTBOUND 0 GROTEWOHL 409 RUEBELAND
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    • 98 24 T.S.R. LINE WEEKLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE iVIfH FIXED OA" ASRIVA, EXPORTS TO TAIWAN ft JAPAN 2522EHHIGZB USB CSCZ9 CSIE9I d C3 E*Ji HAKUSAN II V5 CONTINENT V21 KABUKI 21 HERHtS ACE V71 HAKUSAN II Vt CONTINENT VZ2 IMPORTS FROM JAPAN TAIWAN rTT^Mnrai?7TUTTTarrM[7Mi:.f CONTINENT V21 KABUKI V71 HERMES ACE 21 HAKUSAN II
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 188 24 4 v *J Regional Weather il 'd I i v; A 22 I m N m A m >* <s SV m m 4 "4 B SHfe SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. May 1, 1989 V* W«kJ (Vetton with speed m knot* On* halt tleche 5 knots
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 569 25 UN I PACIFIC TRANS. TRADING AGENCY PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE TEL: *****22 FAX: *****76 I IRAQI LINE IRAQI STATE ENTERPRISE FOR MARITIME TRANSPORT EAST BOUND SERVICE ETA S PORE LOADING FOR MV SINDBAO 5/5 S. Korea, Japan THROUGH B/L» to BAGMOAO UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS UPTO A OA 8 A
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    • 279 25 flICHFIELO MARINE AGENCIES [S| PTE LTD T6L 2250' 33 (10 Until s A X 225'IM TELtX AS ***** RlSMlP tm«i NETSANET VOY 15WB AB8AY WONZ VOY 20W8 WPI(rf iift-og E(hioy^jppW:?W ACCEPTING FCI. ANI) CONVENTIONAL P6N/PKQ ETA SPORE LOADING FOR 2M OARESSALAAM MOMBASA. DJIBOUTI ASSAB MASSAWA HOOEIOAH V7 DARE S3 ALA
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    • 455 25 SIGMA EXPRESS |S) PTE LTO TEL *****44 FAX *****75 ACCEPTING CARGOES FOR: BANGKOK 4/5 BUSAN 4/5 BOMBAY 2/5 COLOMBO 5/5 HONGKONG 6/5 MUARA/LABUAN/KK 3/5 KOBE/NAGOYA 3/5 YOKOHAMA 3/5 LE HAVRE/HAMBURG 6/5 FELIXSTOWE/R'OAM 5/5 KEELUNG/KAOSHIUNG 4/5 FREMANTLE 6/5 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 5/5 LONG BEACH/LOS ANGELES 11/5 NEW ZEALAND PORTS 17/5 ENQUIRIES ACCEPTED FOR
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    • 167 25 BALTIC ORIENT SHIPPING PTE LTD. BAY OF BENGAL SERVICE G MONKADI 02CWBJ LUEVE TIGER BAY SUSAK MM A. GONCHAROVOSI89 P. STAROSTIN A7SIW TIGER BAY S7N LEUVE 04W A. GONCHAROV 09SI89 K0 13/5 17/5 */5 75/5 2*5 ROV OSS 189 24/5 29/5 31/5 VIETNAM RO/RO ft LO/LO SERVICE FULL CONTAINER SERVICE
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    • 38 25 REGULAR EXPRESS FCL LCL SERVICE 7 DATS TO TO USA/CANADA FRO* USA/CANADA/EUROPE/MEDITERRANEAN V*l brusscl C VEHOLME AimmKN AGENTS:FMGO SMIPPmG COMPANY (PTE.) LTD. 15. HOE CHIANG ROAO. *****. SANFORO BUILDING. SINGAPORE 02M TEL *****22 FAX *****7? TLX RS431I7 FASCO
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    • 260 26 11 ii ii ii Him ForwanJingisa mefntieio» 1t»M»R/SP€DAG gwupcdcomparxoi REGULAR LCL/FCL SERVICES TO: ports on Conference and Non-conference Sailings. Also accepting for Jakarta and Bangkok 151 Chin Sm« Rd #03-15, Manhattan Houaa, S'pora 0315 Tel: *****70 Tlx: RS ***** Fax: *****22 PENANG OfC: 04-*****0 JAKARTA OFC: 21-*****35 PT KLANG OFC
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    • 597 26 OcerhSeruice LCL/FCL SERVICE TO/FROM k operates over 600 terminals/offio« in U.S.A. maintains over 35,000 tractors ft trucks, serves over 60.000 points in U.S.A. Offers reliable LCL/FCL services. SINGAPORE £-£S *****22 (22 LINES) 02*1213 Contact: Elaine Teo, Esther Yap. 21-*****4 antra private limited x m 1988 (5 I.INCS) REGULAR LINER SERVICE
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 589 27 5 DC VAPOflES ff J 'PERUVIAN STATE LINE'' j SJE LOADING FOR CALLAO, MATARANI, ILO* AND ALL OTHER I PERUVIAN PORTS* WITH TRANSHIPMENT AT KOBE ON K I CPV THROUGH BILL OF LADING TO FINAL DESTINATION. W P. Kelang* HUGHEVERETT MANOLOEVERETT ROSEEVERETT Singapore 11/12 May 19/20 May 5/7 Jun VEA
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    • 260 27 Tgri '.ii.n;.'rr^fixTgTia-iv.u<mi ZIM GUAM *5 ZIM MELBOURNE 2*5 ZIM PIRAEUS 126 ACCEPT!* CAKO TO AOEIAIOE «A MELBOURNE AMO ALSO FU (X) OIAM LULU VESSEL ZIM KOPCR IN ETM ALX PIE VCE TRS IKPR lgw 1*5 22/S 7*5 m |3W 8,5 20ft IJIi W n It'lll M. i m '""fy" Pir
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    • 569 27 I- -I I -I "•'•a IMMMMTAKM (»TI) LTO WEEKLY LCL/FCL SERVICE FOR BOOKING ft ENQUIRIES. PLEASE CONTACT:BMQAPORC TEL: 717*711 (4 UNCI) TLX: 2M1t SKHST PA* TIM1 J. BAHNU TEL: (T>2aiH. 222M21. FAX: MMS3 P. KELANQ TEL; (Q3V3BT2S32/3 FAX: j 03 >*****11 BANGKOK TEL: (tpmBMB/7 FAX: U—IM ETA SMOAPORE PORT KELANQ
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    • 270 27 FL SHIPPING PTE LTD FINK LINF.H SHIPPING PTK I I I) ?Q SHf NTON *A CX MARINA MOUSt S PORf O.D' Tl PS .".'Ml fllNFR f«> ;?S?8* TKI 22'.4077 (12 I INKS) 7 =3 p* 1 SINGAPORE AGENTS: RAM) —WW PTE LTD TEL: *****77 TLX: 22SM PKELANG/K.LUMPUR AGENTS: JOHANN FREIGHT
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    • 411 27 PTC CONTAINER LINES 'CL LCl SERHCf m m m 7/5 KEELUNG/KAOHSIUNG 6/5 BANGKOK 7/5 MANILA 6/5 JAKARTA 6/5 PORT KELANG/PENANG 4/5 BUSAN 5/5 TOKYO/YOKO/KOBE 6/5 HONG KONG also adapting cargo to Huangpu/Shenzhen/'Fuzhot)/ Xiamen/Xingang/Shanghai SIN EUTE/M 6/5 RDM/HAM/ANT/LE HAVRE/GENOA 6/5 LDN/FLX/LVP/SOU 5/5 LA./NYC/SFO 5/5 VANCOUVER/TORONTO/MONTREAL imi .a 1 .T TIJl. ADEL/FREM
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 167 28 I a 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 Lae T'ville Loading For "ANKE" V2SB 24-25/5 26-27/5 6/6 12/6 Lae, Townsvtlle, Pt Moresby (via Tvllle) "A
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    • 752 28 I:' e Milsci OS K Lines. JLtd m FULL CONTAINER EXPORT TO: UK/CONTINENT ITRIO) riM H-kari Inane U I Mw Acopbm Car*) F«r aa isses STf u la J} 5 S S ■ENAUXR |IW UfS W S W MEDITERRANEAN (MED CLUB)* f- Wm I'ntM twWa Cm TrM a 8 «s
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