Major Companies Based in SingaporeAuthored by LENG KE The author doesnt bear any responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided All rights reserved

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Singapore , a small Southeast Asia island with only 704 square kilometers area without any natural resources, constantly surprises the world with its excellent performance. With numbers of Singapore based companies ranks into the worlds top players in their respective fields, its ambitious merchant empire territory comes into form.

Aetos Security Management AETOS is a one-stop security service provider, which

specializes in armed protection services for key installations and strategic industries, such as the airports, ports and key installations in the defense industry. A fully owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings since 1 April 2004 as a result of governments incentive in revamping the local armed security service sector.

Services Provided by Aetos Security Management

Professional Armed and Unarmed Security Services Security management and alarm monitoring services through

the state-of-the-art 24-hour Joint Operations Centre Training and Consultancy Services Provision, Customization, Commissioning and Maintenance of Integrated Security Systems

Aspial Corporation The only listed jewellery corporation specialized in

contemporary fashion jewellery. Owns the Aspial, Lee Hwa, Goldheart and Citigems brands

Lee Hwa (27 retail stores), Leader in contemporary jewellery.

Specialized in Purplegold range of products as well as its Destinee series. Goldheart (24 retail stores), offers a wide range of high quality jewelry pieces for the modern discerning consumer. High standard and forefront of fashion trend Citigems, cheap, targets at younger adults and at cheaper prices

Aurigin Technology Aurigin Technology is in the business of design, development

and manufacture of automation machines and manufacturing solutions for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging and Smart Labels / RFIDs as well as for new developmental products such as Optoelectronics, MEMS, Photonics industries etc.

Bee Cheng Hiang Produces Asian-style foodstuff, especially that of Singaporean

Cuisine. Started in 1933 in Singapore. Now owns 28 outlets in Singapore and 48 outlets located in Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Philippines. Famous products, Bakkwa, Smoked and roasted strips of pork.

BreadTalk A listed bakery based in Singapore and was founded in April

2000. Selling a wide range of bread, cakes, buns and pastries. Currently has 24 outlets in Singapore, and more than 20 shops oversea Signature food items are chicken and pork floss buns. Distinct see thru kitchens feature contribute to its fast growth and success.

CapitaLand Listed Southeast Asias largest property

company. Operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, China, Thailand and India. President and CEO Liew Mun Leong graduated from NUS civil engineering in 1970.

Group structure

Real Estate CaptiaLand Commercial and Integrated Development Limited CapitaLand Residential --Australand (listed, 53.3% ownership) CapitaLand Retail Limited Raffles Holdings (listed, 58.9% ownership) Hospitality The Ascott Group (listed, 67.9% ownership) Financial Services CapitaLand Financial --CapitaMall Trust (listed, 33.9% ownership) --CapitaCommercial Trust (listed, 37.4% ownership) Ascott Residence Trust (listed)

Changi International Airport Services CIAS was incorporated in December 1977 as an independent

ground handling company providing professional ground handling services to a diverse clientele of 25 international airlines at Singapore Changi Airport. In June, 2005, CIAS was bought by DNATA Group based in Dubai with Temasek Holdings remaining shareholding.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Worlds fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor

foundry. Listed on SGX and NASDAQ. Offers leading-edge technologies down to 90 nanometer (nm), enabling todays system-on-chip designs Alliance with IBM, AMD, Infeneon, Samsung, Agere Systems. Main operation in Woodland Industrial Park

Chartered's customer base is primarily high-growth,

technologically advanced companies operating in the communication, computer and consumer sectors Provide comprehensive wafer fabrication services and technologies to semiconductor suppliers and system companies. Chartereds strategy is based on open and comprehensive design enablement solutions, manufacturing enhancement methodologies, and a commitment to flexible sourcing.

CISCO Security Private Limited One of the three commercial security companies authorised to

provide armed security officers Fully-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings An department of Singapore Police Force(SPF) branched out as the commercial and Industrial Security Corporation.

City Developments Limited

Listed international property and hotel conglomerate involved in real estate development and investment, hotel ownership and management, as well as the provision of hospitality solutions. Established in 1963, Singapore. global presence in over 20 countries spanning Asia, Europe, North America and Australasia, CDL has more than 250 subsidiaries and associated companies together with 5 listed companies on notable stock exchanges. CDL is one of the biggest commercial landlords in Singapore with almost 5 million square feet of lettable office, industrial, retail and residential space. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C), the London-listed international hotel arm of CDL, is a dynamic hotel group that owns and operates over 110 hotels in 18 countries around the world

ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited

The largest transport company in Singapore, as well as the second largest in the world ComfortDelGro was formed on 29 March 2003 through the merger of two land transport giants - Comfort Group and DelGro Corporation. with a fleet of 39,100 buses, taxis and rental vehicles. Operate in Singapore, China, Malaysia,UK, Ireland, Australia, Vietnam. overseas ventures account for up to 40% of the company's revenue 75% ownership of SBS Transit with more than 2,700 buses on 204 routes Owns 3 taxi companies in Singapore, fully owned Confort Transportation with 10,000 taxis. CityCab with 4,7000 cabs, Yellow-Top Taxis with 890 taxis.

In 2003 SBS transit started to run the the North East Line (NEL) of Singapore SMRT Also run car rental, automotive engineering and vehicle inspection, outdoor advertising, car dealership. ComfortDelGro Engineering handles more than 15,600 taxis, over 3,000 private passenger cars and 2,000 commercial vehicles every month. It is currently the authorised workshop for seventeen insurance companies in Singapore. 500 public buses in Shanghai , 640 buses in Austrilia, 35% share of Scottish Citylink. 7800 taxies in China, 4200 taxis in UK.

Creative Technology Limited

Creative is the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for the personal computer (PC) and the Internet. Creative was founded in Singapore in 1981 with the vision that multimedia would revolutionize the way people interact with their PCs. Famous for its Sound Blaster sound cards ( commonly known as portable multimedia player) and for launching the multimedia revolution in 1989. Creative is now driving digital entertainment on the PC platform with products like its highly acclaimed ZEN line of digital audio players. more than 5,000 employees worldwide. CEO and Chairman Sim Wong Hoo. The US subsidiary of the company is known as Creative Labs, Inc.; this name is commonly (but incorrectly) used to refer to the entire company.

Has labs in Europe and Asia as well. Creative's worldwide corporate headquarters, Creative Resource, is based in Singapore. Located within the International Business Park for high-tech industries in Singapore, Creative has also gained some attention for a legal battle with media player rival Apple Inc in 2006. Produces sound cards, gaming sound system, CD-ROM, Graphics card, web-cameras, digital audio players, optimal mice, keyboards.

DBS Bank Limited

Set up in 1969 as development financing institution led by Singapore government. Currently the Largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets and among the larger banks in Asia. DBS(HK) is the 5th largest in Hong Kong after merging Kwong On Bank in 1999 and Dao Heng Bank in 2001. Operates in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonisia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, US. Dominate consumer banking, treasury, and market, asset management, securities brokerage, equity and debt fund raising in Singapore and Hong Kong. In 1998 merged POSB, giving it a dominant market share with over 4 million customers.

Flextronics International Ltd

contract electronics maker which provides electronics manufacturing facilities to original equipment manufacturers (OEM) listed on NASDAQ It also provides supporting supply chain services, including packaging and transportation throughout the world, as well as design and after-sales Flextronics have manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 15.8 million square feet On 4th June 2007, Flextronics offered to purchase Solectron for US3.6b and thus making Solectron a subsidiary of Flextronics

1969 - Founded in Silicon Valley as Flextronics Inc by Joe McKenzie. 1980 - Sold to Bob Todd, Joe Sullivan, and Jack Watts as the new owners. Todd became CEO. 1981 - Becomes the first U.S. manufacturer to go offshore by setting up a manufacturing facility in Singapore. 1987 - Went public. 1990 - Return to private in a leveraged buyout and is reorganized as Flextronics International Ltd., with Singapore as its new base. 1994 - Went public for the second time. Michael Marks became CEO in January 1994. 1996 - Closed its contract electronic manufacturing plant in Richardson, Texas. Acquired two companies in Hong Kong - the Astron Group and FICO Plastics Ltd. and the Ericsson Business Networks production facility in Karlskrona, Sweden 1998 - Annual revenue surpasses $1 billion in fiscal 1998 ending March 31, 1998. 2000 - Ranked third on Industry Week's list of '100 Best-Managed companies

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Fraser and Neave Limited

Singapore based foods and beverages group listed on SGX Founded in 1883 as a soft drink base. F&NL ventured into the business of brewing in 1931, dairies in 1959 and glass bottle manufacturing in 1972, property development and management in 1990 and publishing & printing in 2000. F&N has established itself as a leader in the Food & Beverage arena in Singapore and Malaysia since the 1930s.

Remarkable Achievement

Asia Pacific Breweries Produces Tiger Beer as well as Heineken , Anchor Beer, Baron's, and ABC Stout. F&N Foods Manufacturer of fresh milk, pasteurize juice and tea ice cream and other dairy products under brands like F&N Magnolia, F&N Farmhouse, F&N Daisy, F&N Fruit Tree Fresh and F&N Nutritea. F&N Holdings Berhad, F&N Coca-Cola Manufactures Coca-Cola and F&N branded soft drinks such as F&N, 100Plus and F&N Seasons in Malaysia. The company also manufactures, distributes and sells dairy products under F&N's stable of brands Full subsidiary Frasers Centrepoint is among the top three developer in Singapore. Fully owns Singapores biggest publishing and printing companyTimes Publishing.

Hyflux Limited

Founded in 1989 as Hydrochem (S) Private Limited, a trading company selling water treatment systems in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia and later, China. Best known for being largely responsible for the technology behind Singapore's water recycling plants, whose output has been named "NEWater Hyflux technologies are based in the use of Semipermeable membranes and reverse osmosis and are capable of extracting potable water from residual, seweage and salt waters. Consumer products like water dispensers that extract humidity from the air, tap filters and water pitchers are also available. Listed on SESDAQ January 2001 , and ungraded to SGX mainboard in 2003 as the first water treatment be first listed in SESDAQ as well as SGX mainboard. Currently operates in Singaporem China, Indonisia, Malaysia, Dubai.

Jetstar Asia Airways Private Limited

Asian offshoot of low cost airlines Qantas Jetstar Airways(Thailand). Main base is Singapore Changi Airport. Temasek Holdings( 19%), Qantas(49), Two Singaporean prominent business men Tony Chew(22%) and FF Wong(10%) Merged Valuair on 24 July 2005.

Jurong Port

Started in 1965. Before being awarded its port license by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore in 2001, its a division under the JTC Corporation. Currently Singapores second port operator. The Port is well-equipped with facilities and services to handle containers and a variety of cargo including different types of bulk, break-bulk, palletized and project cargo

Keppel Corporation Limited

One of Singapores earliest company to regionalize. One of Singapores biggest multinational company diversify its operations in offshore and marine, property, infrastructure sectors, investment. the Group's geographical presence extends as far as Germany, USA, the Middle East, Azerbaijan, Brazil and Nicaragua

MediaCorp

Group of commercial media specialized in television and radio broadcasting, periodical and newspaper pubulishing Runs 6 TV channels and 14 radio channels. Fully owned by Temasek Holdings Monopoly of free to air-free radio in Singapore

MobileOne (M1)

Founded in 1997 and now is Singapores second telecommunication operator . with more than one million customers provides a full range of mobile voice and data communications services over its 2G/3G/3.5G network. also provides international call services to both mobile and fixed line customers. It has partnered operators globally to provide its customers coverage and roaming services in over 200 countries and territories listed on the Singapore Exchange and its current major shareholders are SunShare Investments Ltd(29.73%), Keppel Telecoms Pte Ltd(17%) and SPH Multimedia Private Limited(13.94%).

Neptune Orient Lines Limited

global transportation company, with core businesses involved in container transportation and supply chain management. More than 110 container vessels all over the world annual revenues of around US$8 billion NOL is the largest shipping and logistics company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange two principal operating brands: APL and APL Logistics. APL, has been facilitating world trade since 1848 and is one of the shipping industrys leading and most recognized global brands. NOL Group also ranks among the worlds leading container terminal operators with facilities, located in Asia and the Americas, which handled more than 4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) in 2006

NTUC FairPrice

Singapores biggest supermarket chain with 180 supermarket and over over 50 outlets of Cheers convenience islandwide. A co-operative of NTUC, Owned by about 500,000 Singaporeans Has partnered with Exxionmobil to run several stations with FairPrice branding at the minimarts at their stations. Purpose to do this is control fuel price by FairPrices riht to set price. First established in 1973 to control rising oil and daily price duo to oil crisis.

FairPrice tied up with oil company ExxonMobil to open FairPrice Express and Cheers outlets at seven Esso and Mobil stations as a pilot project. The station will be run by NTUC FairPrice Co-operative, which sets the fuel prices and run the station's minimart and ExxonMobil will supply the fuel, and will sell its oil products inside the FairPrice run stations. This pilot project turned out to be successful, and all the stations will be converted to either FairPrice Express or Cheers with the co-operative taking over the management of each station. ExxonMobil also announced that all the stations will be renamed to Esso by year-end. FairPrice launched its FairPrice Plus membership programme in April 2007, offering banking solutions and promotions at all FairPrice supermarkets islandwide for all supermarket customers. FairPrice has ventured into China with seven hypermarket opened in various places

Osim International Limited

Established in Singapore in 1980 by Ron Sim. a global leader in branded healthy lifestyle products. Listed in the Singapore Stock Exchange OSIM operates a wide point-of-sales network with more than 1,100 outlets in more than 360 cities over 28 countries in Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, United Kingdom and North America.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited

one of Asia's leading financial services groups and one of the largest financial institutions in the combined Singapore-Malaysia market with total assets of S$170 billion. extensive network of over 420 branches and representative offices in 15 countries and territories including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, Brunei, Myanmar, Japan, Korea, Australia, UK and USA more than 330 branches and offices in Indonesia operated by OCBC Bank's subsidiary, PT Bank NISP. Founded in 1932 by merging the Chinese Commercial Bank Limited (1912), the Ho Hong Bank Limited (1917) and the Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited (1919).

OCBC Subsidiaries

one of the leading stock and futures broking firms in Singapore providing full brokerage services for equities and derivatives trading. the largest asset-based life insurance company in Singapore and Malaysia, with S$32.4 billion in assets and more than 2 million policyholders. Singapore's first pure Internet bank with a mandate to aggressively pursue innovative e-Commerce initiatives in the buyer-advocate space. the fourth oldest bank in Indonesia. With total assets of Rp 20 trillion (S$.3.4 billion) as of December 2005. Supported by a distribution network of over 250 branches and offices and also more than 15,000 shared ATMs nationwide.Bank NISP whose 72.29% shares are owned by OCBC Banks subsidiary the largest asset management companies in South-east Asia with total assets under management of more than S$34 billion

Pacific Internet

The largest telco-independent Internet communication Service Provider in the Asia Pacific region with direct presence in Singapore,Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, India, Malaysia. The group runs a round-the-clock IP network with strong international peering relationships. Offer integrated access, data, and value-added services to customers with interests in commercial centers in Asia and globally Based in Singapore but doesnt have a big local market share.

PSA International

PSA operates 26 port projects in 15 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas, with a global capacity of 111 million TEUs over 66km of quay length. The company's flagship operations are PSA Singapore Terminals and PSA HNN. PSA Singapore Terminals is the worlds largest container transshipment hub, handling about one-fifth of the world's total container transshipment throughput, and 6% of global container throughput. It has a network of 200 shipping lines serving 600 ports in 123 countries. PSA HNN was formed in 2002 through the merger of two established terminal operating companies. After the merger, PSA HNN became part of the PSA group. PSA HNN is PSAs largest investment in Europe and it operates terminals in the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam, handling containers, cars and general cargoes.

Brief history of PSA The Port of Singapore Authority was formed on April 1, 1964 to take over the functions, assets and liabilities of the Singapore Harbour Board. On August 25, 1997, a parliamentary bill was passed to corporatise the Port of Singapore Authority, and PSA Corporation Ltd was corporatised on October 1, 1997.[1] PSA restructured in December 2003, with PSA International Pte Ltd becoming the main holding company for the PSA Group of companies

Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited

Singapore based telecommunication service provider owned by Richard Li, son of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing It is also involved in: investment and development of properties technology-related businesses (Internet and interactive multimedia services) computer, engineering and other technical services, and hotel operations . . Operated in China, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam.

Popular Holdings

Singapore based company that publishes, distributes, and retails books for the local education market. It has subsidiaries in countries such as Canada, PRC, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Republic of China. Founded in 1924 as Ching Hing Company. In 2005, the company formed a subsidiary to operate English schools (bushiban) in Republic of China to exploit the local market for English education

Raffles International

The Singapore based hotel chain in the Raffles Holdings group, which is owned by Los-Angeles, CA, based Colony Capital, LLC. The group manages two brands of hotels under their arm, Raffles and Swisstel, with 41 hotels and resorts in 35 destinations, including the historical Raffles Hotel as the flagship. Started in 1989 to oversee the restoration of Raffles Hotel and the restructuring of raffles city. Reopen in 1991, purchased Swissotle chain in 2001, Took over Westin Stamford and Plaze in2002. In 2005 Faffles Holding announced the sale of the chain to its current onwer, Colony Capital. The sale included all its 41 hotels and resorts and also its hotels under development. This included Raffles Hotel, which is on a 100 year lease to Colony Capital. The hotel has developed around 50 food and beverage concepts in their portfolio Ranks the worlds top 20 hotels.

SBS Transit

formed in 1973 through the merger of three private bus companies and listed on the then Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES), now known as SGX, in 1978 as Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited. In November 1997, Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited was renamed DelGro Corporation Limited (Now ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited) and the subsidiary Singapore Bus Services Limited, was separately listed on the SGX. Singapore Bus Services Limited changed its name to SBS Transit Ltd in November 2001 to reflect its bi-modal status as a bus and rail operator. operates 234 route services with a scheduled fleet of more than 2,700 buses. The buses serve 16 interchanges and more than 3,000 bus stops. In 2003, SBS Transit started its light rail operations in Sengkang and also started operating its Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, the North East Line (NEL) in the same year. In 2005, SBS Transit began operating the Punggol LRT System.

Their major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services. SBS Transit currently operates 75% of the scheduled bus market share in Singapore. 91% of the buses are air-conditioned. The North East Line (NEL) is one of the worlds first fully automatic underground heavy rail systems. Built at a cost of $4.6 billion, the NEL has 16 stations and is 20-km long.

SembCorp Industries Limited

a leading utilities and marine group. The Group provides centralized utilities and energy to industrial customers in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Asia and the Middle East. global leader in marine and offshore engineering and also a provider of environmental management services in the region. total assets exceeding S$7 billion and employs more than 8,000 employees three core businesses Utilities, Environmental Management and Marine & Offshore Engineering.

SIA Engineering Company Limited

a major provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in the Asia-Pacific and is part of the Singapore Airlines Group client base of more than 80 international carriers and aerospace equipment manufacturers. non-SIA customers contributed approximately 41% of SIA Engineering Group's business. has approvals from 23 national aviation regulatory authorities to provide MRO services for aircraft registered in the United States of America, major European countries and Japan among others.

SMRT Corporation

Singapores premier multi-modal public transport service provider offering integrated transport services island-wide. Established in 1987, SMRT has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since July 2000. SMRT Trains operates the 51 stations along the North-South and EastWest lines of the Mass Rapid Transit network. It uses a third rail for power collection. SMRT Light Rail operates and manages the 14 stations along the light railBukit Panjang LRT Line. SMRT Buses operates a fleet of more than 800 buses, serving selected housing estates in northern and north-western Singapore. SMRT Taxis manages about 2,000 taxis.

SilkAir (Singapore) Private Limited

Wholly subsidiary and regional wing of Singapore Air Lines. operates scheduled passenger services from Singapore to 26 cities in Southeast Asia, South Asia and China. erves 29 out of 50 short haul destinations in the Singapore Airlines group network, and flew 1.56 million passengers in 2006. It made a profit of S$30 million, as turnover rose 20.4% to $415 million.[ 1 . There are only two classes of cabins available on all flights of SilkAir - Business and Economy Class SilkAir uses DigEplayer, which is a handheld device, as their in-flight entertainment.

Brief history

Tradewinds Pte Ltd was formed in 1975 as the tours and travel arm of Singapore Airlines. Tasked with developing and wholesaling holiday tours, Tradewinds exclusively marketed SIA holiday packages in the early 1980s. On 21 February 1989, Tradewinds the Airline was unveiled, catering to passengers holidaying in exotic destinations in the region, including Pattaya, Phuket, Hatyai, Kuantan and Tioman. As the carrier developed, regional business destinations such as Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Yangon were added On 01 April 1992,. Tradewinds was renamed SilkAir. This change marked the carriers evolution from a holiday resort airline to a full-fledged regional carrier. The companys Tours & Travel Division was restructured into a wholly-owned subsidiary of SilkAir, retaining the name Tradewinds Tours & Travels Pte Ltd]

Singapore Technologies Engineering

a global defense and engineering group of over 100 subsidiaries in 29 cities in 17 countries. Its customer base covers over 60 countries. The US is a key market for the Group. Its growth in this market is spearheaded by its US headquarters, VT Systems Inc. (VTS), set up in 2001 in Virginia Core businesses: Aerospace, Electronics, Land Systems, Marine.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited

the largest mobile network operator in the Asia Pacific outside of the People's Republic of China. The Group is the second largest satellite operator in the Asia Pacific. A former government monopoly privatized in 1992, SingTel divested its postal operation SingPost in 2003 and now concentrates on providing internet service provider(SingNet), mobile phonen and fixed line telephony services. largest company listed on the Singapore Exchange with a market capitalisation of about S$40 billion (US$24 billion) as of May 2004 SingTel has launched its pay TV service in July 2007, named mio TV. majority-owned by state investment vehicle Temasek Holdings. Chua Sock Koong serves as its current CEO, having replaced long-serving CEO Lee Hsien Yang (brother of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) in April 2007.

Serving both the corporate and consumer markets In Singapore, SingTel has had more than 128 years of operating experience and has played an integral part in the development of the city as a major communications hub in the region. In Australia, Optus serves more than six million customers. provides direct connections from Singapore to more than 100 countries. operates a pan-Asian chain of world-class data centres, providing a suite of managed hosting telco solutions branded EXPAN. employs about 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$13.15 billion (US$8.41 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.78 billion (US$2.42 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2007.

Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA)

National carrier of Singapore. The world's second largest carrier by market capitalization. Ranks amongst the top 15 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger kilometers. The 8th largest airline in Asia and ranked 6th in the world for international passengers carried. 17th in Fortune'sWorlds Most Admired Companies rankings in 2007. owns regional airline SilkAir, 49% of the British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways and 49% of Tiger Airways. Temasek Holdings is the majority shareholder with 55% shareholding strong brand name as a trendsetter in the aviation industry, particularly in terms of service excellence, innovation, and safety,[coupled with consistent profitability has diversified into ground handling, aviation engineering, air catering, and travel tour marketing. has over 50 subsidiaries and associates

flies to 65 destinations in 35 countries on five continents from its primary hub in Singapore operates trans-Pacific flights, including two of the world's longest non-stop commercial flights from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey and Los Angeles, California on the A340 SIA's in-flight entertainment system, KrisWorld, was introduced in 1977. Long-range aircraft using the Wiseman 3000 system offer on-demand movies, audio and Nintendo games in all classes.

Singapore Airlines Cargo

fully owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines and was formed in 2001 the world's third biggest cargo airline in terms of international freight tonne kilometers. managing an 8 billion tonne kilometre capacity through a fleet of 14 all-cargo aircraft and the cargo holds of 96 passenger aircraft operated by Singapore Airlines owns a 25% stake in Great Wall Airlines, a new cargo airline based in Shanghai . operates dedicated cargo flights to 36 destinations in 18 countries, of which 25 are served by both Singapore Airlines passenger aircraft and SIA Cargo aircraft. alliance with Lufthansa Cargo, SAS Cargo Group to form WOW Alliance and Japan Airlines Cargo

Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC)

Oil company. SPC is involved in the exploration and production of petroleum, refining, trading and petroleum product distribution. Headquartered in Singapore, SPCs presence in Asia-Pacific includes China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. Listed on 25 Oct 1990 on SGX Mainboard. achieved revenue of S$899.6 billion in 2006 and had a market capitalization of S$2.7 billion. owns half of the 285,000 barrels per day (bpd) Singapore Refining Company (SRC) plant, a complex refinery capable of cracking crude oil. The refining of crude oil to petroleum products remains central to the Groups operations. Given the complexity of its refining facilities, SPC is able to refine heavy, medium and light crudes. SPC buys crudes from some 13 countries with the bulk of its supplies coming from the Middle East. The API gravity of these crudes range from 18 (mostly heavy/sour crudes) to 45 (mostly light/sweet crudes). In 2006, the Group processed more than 51 million barrels of crudes through SRC, its jointly-owned refinery on Jurong Island.

owns a storage terminal for petroleum products at Pulau Sebarok to support its marine bunker operations and trading and marketing activities. The 220,000 cubic metres terminal consisting of 13 tanks is equipped with a deepwater jetty up to 160,000 tonnes displacement. SPC is reputed as a reliable supplier of quality aviation fuel in the Asia-Pacific region with more than 30 years of aviation fuel sales and marketing expertise. Retail Sales and Development include a network of 39 service stations in Singapore, 28 of which were taken over from BP when BP was exiting the retail business in Asia

Singapore Power

provides electricity and gas transmission, distribution services, and market support services to more than a million customers in Singapore the only electricity company in Singapore.With assets of S$18.3 billion at end March 2007, it is one of the largest corporations in Singapore. incorporated as a commercial entity in October 1995 to take over the electricity and gas businesses of the state provider, the Public Utilities Board

PowerGas - The sole licensed gas transporter and gas system operator, transporting both natural gas and town gas. It owns and operates all the gas pipelines in Singapore and is responsible for delivering gas to users through its gas pipe network. It operates a town gas system as well as a natural gas system which is transmitted from Sumatra. SP AusNet - Singapore Power International Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Power Limited, owns a 51% interest in SP AusNet. SP AusNet's electricity transmission and distribution networks, along with the gas distribution assets, enable it to deliver a full range of energy-related products and services to industrial and domestic customers in Victoria, Australia. SP PowerAssets - Formed in Oct 2003, it is the sole provider of electricity transmission and distribution services in Singapore. It holds the Transmission License and owns the electricity transmission and distribution Network of Singapore including major transmission and distribution assets like substations and underground cables with an approximate network value of S$6.5billion (as at 31st Mar 06) SP PowerGrid - Formed in Oct 2003, has been appointed by SP PowerAssets to manage its business including the management of the transmission network and the operation of the distribution network. ISP PowerGrid has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification in network development and management. Its wide range of expertise includes network planning, project management, network management, control and communications and condition monitoring. SP Services - Provides integrated customer services for electricity, water and piped gas supplies in Singapore. It is the Market Support Services Licenses providing meter reading services, meter data management, facilitates customer registration and transfer between retailers, serves as a conduit to buy electricity from the wholesale electricity market on behalf of retailers or contestable consumers, provide electricity at published tariffs for residential and small businesses. It also provides billing and payment collection for utility providers including for electricity transmission, water charges, sanitary appliance fee, gas supply charges, and refuse charges.

Singapore post

Singapores leading provider of domestic and international postal services has more than 60 post offices, about 80 authorised postal agencies, close to 200 Self-service Automated Machines (SAMs), more than 660 stamp vendors and over 800 postboxes located throughout Singapore. serve as one-stop convenience centres for postal, agency and financial products and services, and form one of the most extensive networks of any retail business in Singapore. One of the most efficient postal operators in the world, SingPost has received global recognition in the World Mail Awards for the Quality category in May 2007. the dominant logistics provider in the domestic market, with global service offerings to more than 220 territories/countries. Major businesses: Mail, Logistics, Retailing

Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH)

a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, Internet and new media, television and radio, outdoor media, and property. employs more than 3,500 staff in its operations spanning three locations. 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating in 20 cities around the world Print SPH publishes 14 newspapers in four languages in Singapore and more than 90 magazine titles in Singapore and the region. Every day, 2.7 million people, or 83 percent of people above 15 years old, read one of SPH's news publications. In addition, the company also holds a 40 percent stake in MediaCorp Press Pte Ltd which publishes free newspaper Today.

TV

SPH continues to maintain a business interest in free-toair television with a 20 percent shareholding in MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd which operates channels 5, 8, U and TV Mobile. Radio Under a 80 percent-owned joint venture company, SPH UnionWorks, SPH operates two entertainment radio stations, Radio 100.3 in Mandarin and Radio 91.3 in English Outdoor Media SPH has ventured into outdoor advertising through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SPH MediaBoxOffice (SPHMBO), Singapores largest outdoor motion display advertising network media company with five large LED screens at strategic locations, 400 plasma & LCD screens island wide, and large-format billboards at the heart of the city. SPHMBO has a potential reach of at least 13 million viewers per month and best access to shopping centres and national libraries. In addition, SPH holds a 35 percent stake in TOM Outdoor Media Group, a leading outdoor advertising company in China

Property SPH owns and manages Paragon, the prime retail and office complex in the heart of Orchard Road, Singapore's main shopping belt. Paragon houses international brands and luxury-good boutiques, restaurants serving wide-ranging cuisines, and lifestyle facilities such as spas and a fitness club. SPH is also developing Sky@eleven, a 43-storey up-market residential condominium on its former Times Industrial Building site at Thomson Road Internet and News Media SPH's presence on the Internet includes the online editions of its key newspapers, which together enjoy over 110 million pageviews with 7 million unique visitors every month, and are used by major brands to reach out to a predominantly professional, manager, executive and businessman (PMEB) audience. In addition, SPH's expansion of its online and new media initiatives include a revolutionary mobile advertising and information service, ZapCode; recruitment and job search service, ST701; and STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print), a portal that connects, engages and interacts with readers on the Web and via mobile phone messaging.

StarHub Limited

second largest mobile operator and the sole cable television operator in Singapore First started in 1998. officially launched in April 2000. In January 1999, StarHub acquired internet service provider CyberWay and it became a subsidiary within the StarHub group. In 2001, Singapore Power divested its shares in StarHub and sold its 25.5% stake to ST Telemedia for S$400 million. BT Group subsequently divested its 18% stake as a result of consolidation, after accumulating debt acquired during the bidding round for 3G licenses in the United Kingdom In 2002, the company merged with Singapore's sole cable television operator, Singapore Cable Vision. As a result of the merger, it acquired SCV's cable television as well as broadband internet access operations StarHub was publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange in October 2004, and a new wholly owned subsidiary known as StarHub Online was formed in 2005 to provide broadband internet services. On 12 January 2007, Qatar Telecom acquired a quarter of ST Telemedia's shares in StarHub. Starhub is currently a full-fledged telecommunications company providing a full range of services over mobile, internet and fixed platforms

Mobile services: over a million customers and is the second largest mobile network operator with 30% market share as of June 2005.

Cable TV: the sole cable television operator in Singapore. Its hybrid fibrecoaxial network reaches 99% of households in Singapore, with 412,000 households subscribing to its cable television services and a penetration rate of 37.4% in 2004

Internet service: Starhub provides broadband internet access on the same network it uses for cable television services using cable modems based on the CSIS standard and it currently has 46.2% of the residential broadband market Fixed Network Service: provides a wide range of fixed network services, broadly categorized as data services and internet protocol and voice services.

Tiger Airways Private Limited

A low-cost airline based in Singapore. Incorporated in 2003. Hub at Singapore Changji Airport.The airline flew into a period of relative difficulty for the aviation industry with rising oil prices and intense competition from other airlines. The airline held off imposing fuel surcharges as its competitors have done. Tiger Airways now flies to more than 25 destinations across 8 countries in AsiaPacific on a fleet of brand new Airbus A320 aircraft. profitable recording a S$1 million profit for the quarter ending 30 September 2007. January 2007, set up its Australia subsidiary to compete with Australia domestic low-cost carriers namely Virgin Blue and Qantas Jetstar. November 2007, announced that it would start a Korean based subsidiary. Food and beverage need to be purchased on flight. No flight entertainment. Planning to be listed at the end of 2007 or early 2008. Currently 5 jets in service. the airline confirmed the letter of intent signed in June for the purchase of 30 aircraft with 20 more on option. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between 2011 and 2014.

Tiger Aviation Group 100% owns Tiger Airways. The Tiger Aviation Group consists of Tiger Airways Singapore and Tiger Airways Australia, both 100% owned by the Tiger Aviation Private Limited. The Tiger Aviation Group's shareholders are: Singapore Airlines Limited (49%); Indigo Partners LLC, the investment firm founded by Bill Franke (24%); Irelandia Investments Limited, the private investment arm of Tony Ryan and family (16%); and Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd (11%). business model is based on Europe's successful Ryanair, which uses its very low cost base to offer competitively low fares on a consistent basis. It also involves scrutinising every single aspect of the business to remove non-essential costs but not cutting any corners in passenger safety, security and punctuality. 85% of flights are booked direct at www.tigerairways.com. Outsourcing aircraft maintenance to reputable companies such as Singapore Airlines Engineering Company to ensure high safety standards are achieved at competitive rates.

Valuair Limited

A Singapore based budget airline. Lunched in 2004 with initial service to Hong Kong and Bangkok. now mainly operates scheduled services to major cities in Indonesia. differentiate from its competitors by offering free hot meals, wider legroom and assigned seating, and marketed itself as a low fare airline. On the 24 July 2005, Jetstar Asia and Valuair and Qantas merged to form Orange Star, in the first major consolidation of Southeast Asia's crowded low-cost airline industry. Jetstar Asia and Valuair said they would continue to operate their normal routes under their own brands in the meantime, with little or no change to the service offered by either airline. airline industry veteran Lim Chin Beng, Malaysia's Star Cruises and Asiatravel.com, have now become minority shareholders in the merged company. Valuair of today is operated by Jetstar Asia crews and inflight entertainment

United Overseas Bank Limited

founded on 6 August 1935 by Kuching-born Datuk Wee Kheng Chiang, father of the present United Overseas Bank Group Chairman, Mr. Wee Cho Yaw, and a group of seven Chinese businessmen. a leading bank in Singapore and a dominant player in Asia-Pacific. at 31 December 2006, the UOB Group had total assets of S$161.3 billion and shareholders' equity of S$16.8 billion. It also achieved a record net profit after tax of S$2.6 billion in 2006 and its ROE stood at 17.0%. network of over 500 offices around the world comprises 72 offices in Singapore and over 450 offices in Australia, Brunei, Canada, China, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA and Vietnam. Service:personal financial services, private banking, commercial and corporate banking, investment banking, corporate finance, capital market activities, treasury services, futures broking, asset management, venture capital management, general insurance, life assurance, stockbroking services interests in travel and leasing.

Venture Corporation Limited

a leading global electronics services provider Founded in 1984, the Venture group comprises about 30 companies with global clusters of excellence in South-East Asia, North-East Asia, the Americas and Europe, and employs more than 13,000 people worldwide. market capitalization of about S$3.5 billion places it among the top and finest of companies on the exchange. In 2005, Venture achieved a whopping sales figure of S$3.2 billion and has a compounded average growth rate (CAGR) of 33% since 1989.

Yeo Hiap Seng Limited

an investment holding company as well as a drink manufacturer in Singapore and Malaysia produces its own Asian drinks and has the license from Pepsico to produce Pepsi, 7 Up, Mountain Dew, Mirinda and Mug Root Beer. history dated back to 1900. Founded by Yeo Keng Lian in Fujian, China, it was established in Singapore in 1935 as the Yeo Hiap Seng Sauce Factory was listed on 7 November 1968 and renamed to its present name YHS majority shareholder is Ng Teng Fong's Far East Organization, and it also develops houses and condominiums.

Temasek Holdings

an Asia investment house headquartered in Singapore a multinational staff of more than 300 people manage a portfolio of over S$160 billion, or more than US$100 billion, focused primarily in Asia. investor in diverse industry sectors such as banking & financial services, real estate, transportation & logistics, infrastructure, telecommunications & media, bioscience & healthcare, education, consumer & lifestyle, engineering & technology, as well as energy & resources. total shareholder return since its inception is more than 18% compounded annually corporate credit rating of AAA/Aaa by Standard & Poors and Moodys respectively. Ho Ching was appointed executive director of Temasek Holdings in 2002. She is the second wife of Lee Hsien Loong

In the early 1960s, the Singapore government took stakes in a variety of local companies, in sectors such as manufacturing and shipbuilding. Prior to the incorporation of Temasek Holdings in 1974, these stakes were held by the Ministry of Finance(the Ministry remains Temasek's sole shareholder)

Major Investment

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Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited (GIC)

global investment management company established by the Government of Singapore in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves network of eight overseas offices in key financial capitals around the world, GIC invests internationally in equities, fixed income, money market instruments, real estate and special investments. three subsidiaries: GIC Asset Management Pte Ltd (handles public markets), GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd (as name implies) and GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd (handles private equity investments). At staff strength of over 900, GIC manages well over US$100 billion dollars worth of investments, making it one of the largest private fund management companies in the world.

Jardine Cycle and Carriage Limited

a conglomerate that is involved in auto distribution and retail accounts for 13% of auto sales in Singapore. Its marques include Kia, Mercedes-Benz nand Mitsubishi. owns 200 subsidiaries. Significantly the group includes a 50% stake in Astra International of Indonesia, a leading conglomerate in Indonesia with business interests in automotive, agribusiness, heavy equipment, financial services, information technology and infrastructure. With a market capitalisation of over S$3 billion, it ranks among Singapore's top 20 listed companies

Jardine Matheson Group

an Asian-based conglomerate with extensive experience in the Region. Its business interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Jardine Lloyd Thompson. These companies are leaders in the fields of engineering and construction, transport services, motor trading, property, retailing, restaurants, hotels, financial services and insurance broking. Jardine Matheson Limited operates from Hong Kong and provides management services to Group companies, making available senior management and providing financial, legal, human resources and treasury support services throughout the Group.

Noble Group Limited

a global supply chain manager of agricultural, industrial and energy products profitability in 2005 with net profits of US$231 million representing a 36% ROE on US$11.7 billion in revenue the Group operates a network of over 80 offices in 39 countries serving more than 4,000 customers. a diversified portfolio of raw materials and natural resources ranging from coal, coffee and carbon credits to soybeans, sugar and steel.

Singapore Exchange Limited

inaugurated on 1 December 1999, following the merger of two established and well-respected financial institutions - the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX). first exchange in Asia-Pacific to be listed via a public offer and a private placement Singapore Exchange already acquired a strategic investment in Bombay Stock Exchange (5%) for US$42.7m. SGX has a 50-50 joint venture with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to list commodity futures on a Singapore-based platform called Jade, which aims to tap a fragmented but fast-growing market for derivatives. On June 15, 2007, TSE announced that it had purchased a 4.99% stake in SGX for 37.4 billion yen (US$303 million).Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) LSE( London Stock Exchange) is currently collaborating with Singapore Exchange (SGX) - calling it a major strategic partner in Asia - and is planning to take a large stake in SGX by the end of 2007. the forefront of exchanges globally in attracting international issuers and is rapidly emerging as Asia's offshore risk management centre for international derivatives

Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation Limited

an electronics contract manufacturer based in Singapore a part of the Straits Times Index Service provided: manufacturing, testing, supply chain management, original design and manufacturing, and post manufacturing service.

Allgreen Properties Limited

develops complex residential and corporate construction projects on freehold and leasehold land in Singapore the property development arm of Malaysian tycoon, Robert Kuok

Hongkong Land Company, Limit

the property development arm of Jardines a leading property investment, management and development group with a major portfolio in Hong Kong, where it owns and manages some five million sq. ft of prime office and retail space in the heart of the Central business district. Once the biggest property company in the world, with a heavy exposure to the Hong Kong real estate During 1980s, the companys CEO Trevor Bedford was overoptimistic about the Hong Kong real estate market and expanded aggressively by joint ventures. During the property slup which started in 1982, a number of its joint ventures became problematic. In August 1983, Bedford was removed by Chairman Simon Keswick, who replaced him with David Davies under whom the company experienced a painful reconstruction. during the reconstruction period it had been forced to sell the 34% stake in Hong Kong Electric, for HK$3 billion in January 1985 to reduce debt levels[3]. New policies were framed to not be involved in further joint ventures and to concentrate on developing its rental property portfolio, on Hong Kong Island alone its primary share listing in London. The Company's shares are also listed in Bermuda and Singapore

United Overseas Land Limited

a large property conglomerate based in Singapore in Asia. The UOL Group has over 40 subsidiaries and associates in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Vietnam and China Besides residential, commercial and retail properties, UOL Group together with its listed hotel subsidiary Hotel Plaza Limited owns 13 hotels in Singapore, Australia, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Myanmar. The recent acquisition of Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts management rights brings a further 11 hotels in Singapore, United States of America, Bangladesh, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Philippines and Thailand into UOL Groups hotel management portfolio. The Groups diversified portfolio also includes the lifestyle business with interests in spa and restaurants.

Datacraft Asia Limited

the leading independent IT services and solutions provider in Asia Pacific. Specialising in customised business solutions, Datacraft helps clients plan, build, support and manage their IT infrastructures. applies its expertise in networking, security, converged communications, datacentre storage, Microsoft operating environments and contact centre technologies

Genting Group

Malaysias leading multinational corporation and one of Asias best-managed companies. The Group has over 40,000 employees globally, 11,000 acres of prime resort land and more than 200,000 hectares of plantation land. its subsidiaries and associates that comprises five listed entities with a combined market capitalisation of over US$22 billion (*as at 22 August 2007). The group's pioneer project is Genting Highlands Resort, the main attraction of the resort is its casino and theme park. It is one of the most popular tourist destination in Malaysia. Genting Group and its consortium partners won the bid in obtaining the second casino license and building an integrated resort, named Resorts World at Sentosa, in Singapore With the retirement of Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong( passed away in 2007), his son, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay has taken over the responsibilities as Chairman, President and Chief Executive of Genting Group.

Parkway Holdings

a medical company based in Singapore and is Southeast Asia's largest healthcare provider operations cover 14 hospitals with about 2,800 beds in countries including Brunei, India, Malaysia and Singapore. medical referral centres throughout the world including Bangladesh, Brunei, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Vietnam. 1,200 accredited specialists covering over 40 areas of specialty owns three private hospitals in Singapore, East Shore Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital

China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company

is one of the largest liner shipping companies serving companies all over the world. It is a government owned company of the People's Republic of China. ranks sixth largest in number of container ships and ninth largest in aggregate container volume in the world owns over 130 vessels (320,000 TEU capacity) and calls on over 100 ports worldwide.[1] contains 6 listed companies and has more than 300 subsidiaries locally and abroad, providing services in freight forwarding, ship building, ship repair, terminal operation, container manufacturing, trade, financing, real estate, and IT. The Group owns and operates a variety of merchant fleet of some 600 vessels with total carrying capacity of up to 35 million DWT

Haw Par Corporation Limited

listed on the Singapore Exchange since 1969 core healthcare and leisure businesses promote healthy lifestyles through its healthcare products, and oceanariums. healthcare products are manufactured and marketed under its various established brands such as Tiger Balm and Kwan Loong. Its renowned ointment Tiger Balm and product extensions such as Tiger Balm Medicated Plaster, Tiger Balm Joint Rub, and Tiger Balm Neck & Shoulder Rub, are used worldwide to invigorate the body as well as to soothe away aches and pains. owns and operates two oceanariums, namely the Underwater World Singapore at Sentosa and Underwater World Pattaya in Thailand. The Group also has interests in investment properties and manages its own portfolio of investments in securities.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

award-winning owner and operator of some of the worlds most prestigious hotels and resorts. over 10,000 rooms in 23 countries with 16 hotels in Asia, 14 in The Americas and nine in Europe and North Africa. is part of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited The first hotel of the Group "The Mandarin" opened in Hong Kong in September, 1963.

Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited

a retail company in Asia, with a legal base in Bermuda. a leading pan-Asian retailer which processes food, wholesales food and personal hygiene products in the Pacific Region and in China. It is a listed company on the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings on the Singapore and Bermuda stock exchanges Jardine Strategic, a publicly-listed holding company, has attributable 78% stake in the firm By the end of December 2003, the Dairy Farm Group and its related associations ran 2,570 outlets, Wellcome/Food World (supermarkets), 50% share of Maxim's Catering (restaurants), Giant (hypermarkets), Mannings/Guardian (health and beauty) stores; it also operates 7-Eleven (convenience stores) throughout the region, and IKEA (home furnishings) stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Among 956 stores in South Asia operated by Dairy Farm, 433 are in Singapore, 186 are in Malayasia, 222 are in Indonesia and 115 are in India. It now employs 56,800 people in the region and has around 2,000 sales from ongoing operations worth 4.5 billion US dollars in total. Dairy Farm was set up in 1886 by Sir Patrick Manson, a Scottish surgeon, and five well known Hong Kong businessmen.

Robinson & Co. Limited

a retail company which has department stores in Singapore and Malaysia. The company owns the Robinsons department store, John Little in Singapore and has franchise outlets of Marks and Spencer in both countries. The company has grown into one of the country's most renowned department stores. manages seven retail entities that trade under the following brands - Robinsons, John Little, Marks & Spencer, Principles, Trucco, River Island and Fat Face. John Little is a chain of department stores in Singapore. Established in 1845, John Little is the oldest department store in Singapore. Robinsons acquired a 76% stake on John Little and the whole company in the end of 1955 In 2006, OCBC sold its 29.9% stake in the group to Indonesia's Lippo Group (under Auric Pacific Singapore) for S$203 million as they could not own more than 5% in non-core assets

Cathay Organisation Holdings Limited

one of Singapore's leading leisure and entertainment groups with operation in Singapore and Malaysia. established on 18 July 1935 by the late Dato Loke Wan Tho and his mother In 1953, Cathay-Keris Films was formed. The studio, situated in out in East Coast Road, produced its own films in the Malay. Responding to the changing economic environment of the 1980s, Cathay Organisation rationalised its cinema business, selling out their cinema operations

Principal Activities:

Film exhibition and cinema management Film distribution and film library Family entertainment centre management Property letting, property and project management Computer system integration services Investment holding Hotel management Advertising and event organising services

Subsidiary Companies:Cathay Cineplexes Pte Ltd Cathay-Keris Films Pte Ltd Cathay Cineleisure International Pte Ltd Cathay Properties Pte Ltd Cathay Consultancy Services Pte Ltd Cathay Ed-Ventures Pte Ltd Cathay Leisure Holdings Pte Ltd Hangout Hotels International Pte Ltd Cathay Ad-House Pte Ltd Cathay Organisation Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd Cathay Cineplexes Sdn Bhd Camp Out Sdn Bhd Cathay Ad-House Sdn Bhd E2Max Centre Pte Ltd