BANGKOK DOCK CO.
JAPANESE BIDDING FOR CONTROL SINGAPORE, June 12. Reports from Bangkok state that important Japanese interests are bidding for control of the Bangkok Dock Company, of which the biggest shareholders are United Engineers, Singapore. The Sports are unconfirmed, but it is stated that the Japanese are most anxious to increase docking facilities in Siam. Japanese control Malayan iron mining, and since 1921 9,000,000 tons of iron ore has been exported to Japan. The latest extension is an option over a Perak property valued at 1,500,000 dollars and estimated to hold 7,000,000 tons of ore. ,•■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 9
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96BANGKOK DOCK CO. Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 9
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