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</TD><TD class=row1 height=28 vAlign=top width="100%"><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"> Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: Ah Hua : Local banks not expected to have large exposure</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Local banks not expected to have large exposure to Dubai debt crisis
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 28 November 2009 2211 hrs
SINGAPORE: Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Finance Minister Lim Hwee Hua said on Saturday that she does not expect Singapore banks to have a large exposure, if any at all, to the Dubai debt crisis.
She said this is due to local banks being diversified in their risk taking.
Dubai World, a Dubai government investment firm, had asked for a six-month delay to repay a large portion of its US$80 billion debt.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a community event in Tampines, Mrs Lim added that Singapore businesses in Dubai may have already been preparing for this debt crisis.
"Our companies operating there, I'm sure, would not be very surprised by this sort of final announcement because for a while, they've been giving feedback about the difficulty with some of the projects," she said.
"So I believe that they would have been preparing for some of these eventualities, and the extent will depend on how much each company is actually exposed."
- CNA/so
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1021173/1/.html</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Posts: 1190
</TD><TD class=row1 height=28 vAlign=top width="100%"><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"> Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: Ah Hua : Local banks not expected to have large exposure</TD><TD vAlign=top noWrap> </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Local banks not expected to have large exposure to Dubai debt crisis
By Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 28 November 2009 2211 hrs
SINGAPORE: Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Finance Minister Lim Hwee Hua said on Saturday that she does not expect Singapore banks to have a large exposure, if any at all, to the Dubai debt crisis.
She said this is due to local banks being diversified in their risk taking.
Dubai World, a Dubai government investment firm, had asked for a six-month delay to repay a large portion of its US$80 billion debt.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a community event in Tampines, Mrs Lim added that Singapore businesses in Dubai may have already been preparing for this debt crisis.
"Our companies operating there, I'm sure, would not be very surprised by this sort of final announcement because for a while, they've been giving feedback about the difficulty with some of the projects," she said.
"So I believe that they would have been preparing for some of these eventualities, and the extent will depend on how much each company is actually exposed."
- CNA/so
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1021173/1/.html</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>