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Asian earnings to grow: Australia's Toll Holdings

Singapore, June 14: Toll Holdings Ltd, Australia's top transport group, sees Asian earnings in excess of 20 per cent of group total over the next five years, Toll's Chief Executive Officer Paul Little said on today.

Toll, which on Wednesday made a cash offer to buy the rest of Singapore's Sembawang Kimtrans for as much as US$ 156 million, also said it plans to remain as the main shareholder in airline Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd .

Speculation has been rife about Toll's likely sale of a 62.3 per cent stake in Virgin, which at the current market price is valued at about A$ 1.6 billion ($1.34 billion).

He also said the group was in talks to form a venture with India's Tata Group.

Reuters

Bangladeshi arrested for illegal employment scam

Singapore, May 19: A local in Singapore has jailed a Bangladesh national Abul Basher Md Khabiruddin for 24 weeks and fined him 32,500 Singapore dollars on charges of conducting illegal employment activities. The prosecution took into consideration the rest of the 44 charges during sentencing by the local court yesterday. The Manpower Ministry said it has been monitoring illegal employment activities by Abul Basher for several months and arrested him on March 13......
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