Keppel's SPC sale
'We once sold Christmas Island to the Australians.'
MR LEE KHENG WEE: 'I am puzzled and disturbed by Tuesday's report ('PetroChina offer: SPC, Keppel surge') that Keppel Corporation has decided to sell its 45.5 per cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) to Chinese oil giant, PetroChina. SPC is profitable. I even recall a senior executive at a seminar saying that SPC's true value would be realised only in 2011. Naturally, many investors are probably rubbing their hands in glee at the stunning price spike in SPC's share price. But how many would stop to think of the sale's implication? To me, it means that every time I top up my petrol, there is a capital outflow to another country and more. What is Keppel's rationale? Lest anyone think I am just a fuzzy old badger, may I remind everyone we once sold Christmas Island to the Australians?'
'We once sold Christmas Island to the Australians.'
MR LEE KHENG WEE: 'I am puzzled and disturbed by Tuesday's report ('PetroChina offer: SPC, Keppel surge') that Keppel Corporation has decided to sell its 45.5 per cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) to Chinese oil giant, PetroChina. SPC is profitable. I even recall a senior executive at a seminar saying that SPC's true value would be realised only in 2011. Naturally, many investors are probably rubbing their hands in glee at the stunning price spike in SPC's share price. But how many would stop to think of the sale's implication? To me, it means that every time I top up my petrol, there is a capital outflow to another country and more. What is Keppel's rationale? Lest anyone think I am just a fuzzy old badger, may I remind everyone we once sold Christmas Island to the Australians?'