YU MING INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 禹銘投資管理有限公司

Company secretary Cynthia Chen Si Ying allegedly dealt in the shares via her relatives before the takeover by Tian An China (0028). Also, a driver employed by Tian An parent Allied Group Ltd (0373) and his wife allegedly dealt. Interestingly, to discuss the takeover, Tian An Chairman Lee Seng Hui (referred to by the driver as the "eldest young master") took a trip to Beijing with middle-man Kin Chan of Argyle Street. Whom did they see there? Finally we note that the MMT notice was dated 29-Feb but it has taken 54 days for the SFC to announce this.

Justice Linda Chan rejects the Allied Props (0056) privatisation, partly because of the voting headcount. Neither she nor Senior Counsel William Wong, leading 2 more barristers, realise that the headcount on privatisations was scrapped years ago. She also dislikes that part of the payout was coming from Allied Properties itself, and there would be no such dividend if the scheme was rejected. The offer was at a 66% discount to NAV but was 99% approved as minority shareholders again threw in the towel, which says something about the state of corporate governance in HK.