Friday, July 04, 2008
On 27 June 2008, the Company completed the Acquisition of SinoSing Power from Huaneng Group. Immediately following completion of the Acquisition of SinoSing Power, TPGS became an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of Company and is owned as to 75% by Tuas Power, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and 25% by GSPL which is a subsidiary of Temasek. Temasek therefore became a substantial shareholder of a subsidiary of the Company and a connected person of the Company under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. By virtue of being an associate of Temasek, each of Tuas Power Connected Persons became a connected person of the Company for purposes of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.
posted on 7/4/2008 12:30:56 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
On 27 June 2008, the Company entered into the Sale and Purchase Agreements with the Buyer regarding the sale and purchase of the Aircraft in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. To the best knowledge, information and belief of the Directors having made all reasonable enquiry, the Buyer and its ultimate beneficial owner(s) are third parties independent of the Company and connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, and are not connected persons of the Company.
posted on 7/4/2008 12:26:28 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Thursday, July 03, 2008
There has been a lot of action within the Chinese oil industry lately and I think this might be a good time to sum all important news into a reasonable summary. First of all, China has three publicly traded oil companies: Petrochina (PTR), Sinopec (SNP) and CNOOC Ltd. (CEO). These companies went public on the NYSE first, then in Hong Kong and recently in Shanghai. Since Chinavestor is a china stock analyst for the U.S. investors, we'll cover NYSE listed ADRs only. Note: Hong Kong listed H-shares correlate very closely to the NYSE listed ADRs, so basically there is not much difference there. The difference comes in from Shanghai, China's domestic stock market because it is closed for foreigners and thus price distortions occur.
posted on 7/3/2008 1:33:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Shares of chinese companies listed on the U.S. exchanges opened up mixed. China Mobile (CHL), the world's largest mobile phone company by subscriber number came back strong in Hong Kong, signalling a good start for the day in New York. The positive outlook of the industry leader had a positive effect on smaller players such as China Ntecom (CN) and China unicom (CHU). All three Chinese telecom companies are between 2.38% and 1.55%.
posted on 7/3/2008 10:14:15 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Wednesday, July 02, 2008
High oil sent Wall Street lower today, the DJIA sinking 166.75 points to a two year low of 11,215.51 points. Shares of Chinese companies followed suit, the China ADR Index (CAI) losing 38.28 points to close at 701.88. The index is down 29.81% year-to-date (YTD), following negative Wall Street sentiment.
posted on 7/2/2008 6:07:20 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Tuesday, July 01, 2008
The Acquisition has already been approved by China Huaneng Group in accordance with its internal procedures, as well as by the board of directors and shareholders of the Company and the relevant governmental authorities. All conditions precedent in the Transfer Agreement have been satisfied. In accordance with the Transfer Agreement, the Company has made an one-off payment of the consideration in full to China Huaneng Group.
posted on 7/1/2008 8:32:50 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
The AGM was held at Meeting Centre, Shanghai Homeyo Hotel (上海航友賓館), 2550 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, the PRC on Monday, 30 June 2008. Shareholders representing 3,251,040,427 shares of the Company were present, in person or by proxy, at the AGM. The AGM was validly convened in compliance with the relevant requirements under the Company Law of the PRC and the articles of association of the Company.
posted on 7/1/2008 8:29:36 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
On 6 May 2008, the Directors of HSBC Holdings plc declared a first interim dividend for 2008 of US$0.18 per ordinary share. The dividend is payable on 9 July 2008 to shareholders on the Principal Register, the Hong Kong Overseas Branch Register or the Bermuda Overseas Branch Register at close of business on 23 May 2008 in cash in United States dollars, sterling or Hong Kong dollars, or a combination of these currencies and with a scrip dividend alternative.
posted on 7/1/2008 8:21:52 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Stocks in Asia and Europe rose at the end of the month as fears of a deep U.S. recession receded. Despite favorable global economic climate change, Chinese stocks haven’t regained their shine yet. As the chart on the page testifies Chinese domestic shares in Shanghai are off 35% year-to-date (YTD) a far cry for U.S. China stock investors whose benchmark, the China ADR Index is down by 16.7% YTD.
posted on 7/1/2008 9:32:12 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Monday, June 30, 2008
The rapid speed of globalization means English is becoming significantly important in people’s daily life. New Oriental’s major product such as English-language course and test-preparation courses right hit the target, since Chinese workforce puts an extremely high priority on education, and the fierce competition meant a rising demand on English education. Public schooling cannot keep up with the growing demand and people are turning to private educators to fill the void.
posted on 6/30/2008 11:38:35 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Friday, June 27, 2008
The ADS ratio of the Company has been changed from one ADS representing 50 H Shares to one ADS representing 10 H Shares. This ratio change was taken effect on 27 June 2008 (Eastern Standard Time). No additional H Shares will be issued by reason of this ratio change.
posted on 6/27/2008 8:22:25 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
The Company’s proposed profit distribution plan for the year 2007 was approved with a distribution of a cash dividend of RMB0.170 per share (including tax) to all of the Shareholders, totalling RMB836,100,000 (including tax) for the year 2007. To authorize the Board to issue additional H shares of the Company, during the relevant period, in an amount not exceeding 20% of the total issued H shares of the Company as at the date of this resolution and to make appropriate amendments to the Articles of Association accordingly, if necessary. 12. To authorize the Board to repurchase the H shares of the Company, during the relevant period, in an amount not exceeding 10% of the total issued H shares of the Company as at the date of this resolution and to make appropriate amendments to the Articles of Association accordingly, if necessary.
posted on 6/27/2008 8:17:01 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Thursday, June 26, 2008
There is not much to be happy for as far as Chinese stock trading goes today. Most of Chinese ADRs are giving up gains of previous days, such as Baidu.com after yesterday's $25 rally. As the following summary table shows, the China ADR index (CAI), a broad measure of the performance of Chinese ADRs, lost 23.48 points today and is down 25.8% year-to-date (YTD).
posted on 6/26/2008 11:19:54 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [1] Trackback
 Wednesday, June 25, 2008
In this volatile environment looking for momentum stocks is important. here is a list of stocks that portray such momentum measured by their 10- and 30-day moving averages or DMAs. the following five stock have their 10-DMA surpass of their 30-DMA. On the flip side all their current price is BELOW 10-DMA, a sign that their current rally may have some to a temporary halt. Still, I think this table is good to look at and check on the stocks that might be of your interest.
posted on 6/25/2008 6:05:14 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
On 25 June 2008, BOC and BOCHK entered into a subordinated credit facility agreement pursuant to which BOC agreed to extend a €660,000,000 subordinated credit facility to BOCHK. The Subordinated Loan allows BOC to take advantage of its adequate capital to strengthen BOCHK’s capital base and to meet BOCHK’s business development needs.
posted on 6/25/2008 10:40:05 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
As at the record date (i.e. 23 May 2008), there were totally 12,055,383,440 shares of the Company entitled to attend the EGM and to vote for or against the resolution tabled thereat. Shareholders and authorized proxies holding an aggregate of 9,906,082,864 shares of the Company, representing 82.17% of the total shares of the Company, were present at the EGM. Holders of 580,467,886 H shares of the Company, through HKSCC (Nominees) Limited, appointed the chairman of the Meeting as their proxy to attend and vote on their behalf. Holders of 998,372,440 H shares of the Company, through HSBC Nominees (Hong Kong) Limited, appointed the chairman of the Meeting as their proxy to attend and vote on their behalf.
posted on 6/25/2008 10:37:10 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback