Thursday, February 20, 2020

Zhu Minshen's Top Group rises 10% in a single session, independent of the Hang Seng: TEQSA, NSW LPAB have exposed students to uncertainty ,volatility never experienced before by Australian law students

by Ganesh Sahathevan



Top Education Group Ltd (1752.HK)HKSE - Currency in HKD0.340+0.030 (+9.68%)As of 11:39AM HKT. Market open.(click image to enlarge)



The sudden jump in Zhu Minshen's Top Group's share price is unexplained. The company has not made any announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) that could explain this vaulting jump in share price, and neither has the Hang Seng Index, a measure of the overall market sentiment moved very much; in fact the Hang Seng has moved down.

Anyone familiar with Asian markets would understand that this kind of share price movement is not necessarily a good thing. In fact it suggests volatility that may exceed what investors can tolerate (given risk appetite).


All this adds to the problems previously reported with regards Top Group,and only adds to the unprecedented level of uncertainty to which students, and in particular law students are exposed to.
Never before in Australia has a private company that is not a university been granted permission to grant law degrees, and never before to a listed company.

TEQSA and its chairman Nicholas Saunders, and the NSW LPAB and its chairman the Chief Justice NSW Tom Bathurst are responsible for the decision, and for the uncertainty that Top Group students are exposed to. Both organisations have chosen to remain silent.

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Monday, February 17, 2020


Zhu Minshen's Top Group valued at HK 2 Cents (current share price HK 27 cents): Deep discount, collapse in market price ignored by Australian regulator TEQSA, and NSW LPAB ,chaired by Chief Justice Bathurst, overseen by AG Mark Speakman

by Ganesh Sahathevan


Stock market analysis company Simply Wall St Pty Ltd  has valued Zhu Minshen's HKEX listed Top Education Group Pty Ltd  at just HK $ 0.02 Cents, compared to its current share price of HK$ 0.27.

The analysis is based on a 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Model  which as the name implies is based on expectations of future cashflows based on the most recent financials.





Top Group's share price and market price collapsed almost immediately after it was listed on the HKEX, on the strength of approvals granted it by TEQSA and the NSW LPAB. The NSW LPAB approval is unique, for a private company that is not a university has never ever been granted the privilege of issuing LLB degrees that entitle degree holders admission to practise law in Australia (see story below).

The NSW LPAB is chaired by the Chief Justice Of NSW Tom Bathurst,and overseen by the Attorney General NSW, Mark Speakman. Both men have refused to respond to queries on the issue of the Top Group license.

Despite the matters above (and those below) being in the public domain both Bathurst and Speakman continue to  maintain their silence despite  students placing reliance on their approvals to enrol in the Top Group LLB program.
The same can be said of TEQSA which is chaired by one Nicholas Saunders.


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Monday, May 27, 2019


Has the MOF's Urusharta Jamaah SB taken possession of these Tabung Haji assets held in Australia ? Proof is needed, given Dato Rozali being described as a Piety THP director

By Ganesh Sahathevan


                                         Is Team Azeez still pulling the strings at Tabung Haji
                                         and its subsidiaries, including TH Properties. 


The following are Tabung Haji assets held in Australia.The details have been extracted from the year end 31 December .Tabung Haji has a 50% interest in all of these via wholly-owned subsidiary TH Properties SB:


TH Properties Sdn. Bhd. and its jointly controlled entities: 


Piety Capital Pty. Ltd. Property development 

Piety THP Capital Pty. Ltd. Property development 

Piety THP Developments Pty. Ltd Property development management services 


The following are companies incorporated in Australia, in which Tabung Haji has a 10% interest:

Incorporated in Australia 

LTH Property Investment (L) Inc. and its trust fund: Rental of investment property

TH Trust* and its trust fund: Rental of investment property
(* Trust funds) 

747 CS Melbourne Trust Rental of investment property

THP Australia Capital Pty Ltd. and its subsidiaries: THP Amanah Pty. Ltd

THP Amanah Pty. Ltd. Trustee to the Piety THP Venture Fund which invests in the Bay Pavillions Trust

THP Treasury Pty. Ltd Trustee to the THP WP1 Trust 


Has the MOF's Urusharta Jamaah SB taken possession of these Tabung Haji assets held in Australia ? Proof is needed, given Dato Rozali's continued presence on the Piety THP board?
Are these the only assets in Australia, or are there other assets held via the various trust funds listed above?
The 2017 Annual Report is the latest available on the Tabung Haji website.


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Thursday, February 20, 2020


Dato’ Roszali Bin Othman, former Group MD, CEO of TH Properties still represents TH,Tabung Haji in the Australian PietyTHP venture :Why is he still there, have PietyTHP assets, business been transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd

by Ganesh Sahathevan

From the PietyTHP website:

Dato’ Roszali Bin Othman

Director
Dato’ Roszali Othman, 57, was appointed the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TH Properties on July 1, 2011 owing to his years of experience in the industry.

He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Land Surveying Sciences from the University of East London. He attended the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in 2004, and also the Oxford Advanced Management Program at Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2008.

He has held directorships in various companies since 2001 including Chief Operating Officer of Megara Properties (M) Sdn Bhd, Director of Property of Golden Hope Plantation Berhad / Golden Hope Development Sdn Bhd, and Director of Property of Island & Peninsular Berhad.

Dato’ Roszali is currently the Chairman of THP Bina Sdn Bhd, THP Hartanah Sdn Bhd, Thp-SBB JV Sdn Bhd, and TH Universal Builders Sdn Bhd, as well as a Board Member of TH Properties Sdn Bhd, THP Enstek Development Sdn Bhd, THP Sinar Sdn Bhd, THP Development Consultancy Sdn Bhd, THT-HCM JV Sdn Bhd, Ultimate Building Machine Sdn Bhd, Roadcare (M) Sdn Bhd, and HCM-TH Technologies Sdn Bhd. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (FISM).


Rozali is no longer the Group MD, CEO of THP, so the question arises why he has been allowed to remain on the Piety-THP Board. Readers will recall that the assets held in this JV are meant to have been transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd, and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry Of Finance Malaysia. 

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Coronavirus :Singapore diversifies while Australia spends millions to ensure dependence on Chinese students- Monash, Melbourne, RMIT have since 2009 preferred less overseas students, but Richard Marles may have forced their dependence

by Ganesh Sahathevan 



                                           Richard Marles,

As reported earlier today on this blog:

Singapore's Trade Minister Chan taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to wean his country's economy of China;Australia on the other hand has warned its citizens that doing so is racist, discriminatory, will destroy their country's multicultural fabric


Qantas could dispatch a raft of special flights to help retrieve tens of thousands of stranded Chinese students as soon as the coronavirus travel ban is lifted under a drastic plan being considered by the university sector.
The federal government extended the China travel ban for another week on Thursday, further  narrowing the window for 100,000 students to begin their first semester studies in Australia.


The exercise will not be cheap, and makes little sense but for a determination to ensure that Australia remains dependent on Chinese students.


In 2009 Richard Marles told the US Consul General that education was a growth area, but US officials said that his comments were not consistent with what they had been told by contacts at Melbourne, Monash and RMIT; that the universities were concerned that the dependence on foreign students was eroding the quality of their degrees(see Wikileaks excerpt below)


Marles was at the time federal Member for Corio and the new Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry.It appears that his government encouraged a dependence that has been hard to break. Marles is now in opposition and ought to take advantage of the opportunity presented by the coronavirus outbreak to correct past mistakes.

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Excerpt 
(Comment: Marles' comment is not in line with observations we have heard from Melbourne's big three universities - the University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and Monash University. These universities are concerned about the impact a growing foreign student population is having on the quality of their education system and plan to appeal to the federal government for additional funding rather than increasing revenue-earning foreign student numbers. Septel for additional details. End Comment.)

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Dato’ Roszali Bin Othman, former Group MD, CEO of TH Properties still represents TH,Tabung Haji in the Australian PietyTHP venture :Why is he still there, have PietyTHP assets, business been transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd

by Ganesh Sahathevan

From the PietyTHP website:

Dato’ Roszali Bin Othman

Director
Dato’ Roszali Othman, 57, was appointed the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TH Properties on July 1, 2011 owing to his years of experience in the industry.

He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Land Surveying Sciences from the University of East London. He attended the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in 2004, and also the Oxford Advanced Management Program at Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2008.

He has held directorships in various companies since 2001 including Chief Operating Officer of Megara Properties (M) Sdn Bhd, Director of Property of Golden Hope Plantation Berhad / Golden Hope Development Sdn Bhd, and Director of Property of Island & Peninsular Berhad.

Dato’ Roszali is currently the Chairman of THP Bina Sdn Bhd, THP Hartanah Sdn Bhd, Thp-SBB JV Sdn Bhd, and TH Universal Builders Sdn Bhd, as well as a Board Member of TH Properties Sdn Bhd, THP Enstek Development Sdn Bhd, THP Sinar Sdn Bhd, THP Development Consultancy Sdn Bhd, THT-HCM JV Sdn Bhd, Ultimate Building Machine Sdn Bhd, Roadcare (M) Sdn Bhd, and HCM-TH Technologies Sdn Bhd. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (FISM).


Rozali is no longer the Group MD, CEO of THP, so the question arises why he has been allowed to remain on the Piety-THP Board. Readers will recall that the assets held in this JV are meant to have been transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd, and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ministry Of Finance Malaysia. 

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020


Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd,Tabung Haji special audit may be required with regards investments in Australia

by Ganesh Sahathevan
                                         Is Team Azeez still pulling the strings at Tabung Haji
                                         and its subsidiaries, including TH Properties. 



The recent revelations by Tabung Haji and TH Properties Sydney based JV partner  requires a re-assessment of TH and TH Properties assets transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd. It also raises the question whether TH and TH Properties have retained assets within themselves that have not been accounted for, or held in off balance sheet entities.

Unless a thorough investigation is carried out, the above questions cannot be answered in any meaningful way.Ultimately it is Tabung Haji depositors who will suffer.

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 Govt to bear more than RM10.3b losses in Tabung Haji's rescue plan, if assets depreciate



KUALA LUMPUR: Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJSB), a wholly-owned unit of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, highlighted if the assets transferred from Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) were to depreciate further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
Among non-performaning assets transferred into UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
In a statement today, UJSB said the LTH rescue plan which was completed on December 28, 2018, involved a transfer of non-performing assets worth RM9.63 billion from LTH to UJSB in exchange for RM19.90 billion.
It consisted of two tranches of Sukuk totalling RM19.6 billion and RM300 million respectively in cash payable to LTH.
"The difference of RM10.3 billion between the consideration of RM19.9 billion and RM9.63 billion market value of assets is to be borne by the government to ensure that the financial health of LTH is restored," UJSB said.
It cautioned that if the value of the assets depreciates further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
The assets transferred into UJSB are made up of listed equity holdings, properties and one unlisted plantation asset.
The property assets transferred to UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
"The land was purchased by LTH at RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft. This is significantly higher than that paid for by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) at only RM75 per sq ft (or RM5.1 million for 1.568 acres)," the statement said.
The land was then purchased by UJSB from LTH at RM400 million (RM5,856 per sq ft), which does not reflect the actual market value of the TRX land.
The purchase was at 112.2 per cent premium to what LTH paid in April 2015 (RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft).
"In a recent valuation exercise conducted in March 2019, the market value of the said TRX land stood at only RM205 million.
"The huge difference between the market value and the purchase value of the land (95 per cent premium over market value), together with all the other assets acquired by UJSB, was needed to ensure the successful rescue and restructuring plan of LTH," UJSB said.
UJSB will bear significant losses as a result of impairment charges estimated at more than RM10 billion for the assets acquired from LTH.
It noted that the TRX land transaction itself will result in an impairment charge of RM195 million.
"With the transfer of assets now completed, UJSB will continue with its mandate and purpose, which are to carry out the rehabilitation and restructuring of assets under its care.
"We will maximise asset recovery value and redeem all monetary instruments issued by UJSB and subscribed by LTH in a timely manner," the statement said.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd,Tabung Haji special audit may be required with regards investments in Australia

by Ganesh Sahathevan
                                         Is Team Azeez still pulling the strings at Tabung Haji
                                         and its subsidiaries, including TH Properties. 



The recent revelations by Tabung Haji and TH Properties Sydney based JV partner  requires a re-assessment of TH and TH Properties assets transferred to Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd. It also raises the question whether TH and TH Properties have retained assets within themselves that have not been accounted for, or held in off balance sheet entities.

Unless a thorough investigation is carried out, the above questions cannot be answered in any meaningful way.Ultimately it is Tabung Haji depositors who will suffer.

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 Govt to bear more than RM10.3b losses in Tabung Haji's rescue plan, if assets depreciate


KUALA LUMPUR: Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJSB), a wholly-owned unit of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, highlighted if the assets transferred from Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) were to depreciate further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
Among non-performaning assets transferred into UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
In a statement today, UJSB said the LTH rescue plan which was completed on December 28, 2018, involved a transfer of non-performing assets worth RM9.63 billion from LTH to UJSB in exchange for RM19.90 billion.
It consisted of two tranches of Sukuk totalling RM19.6 billion and RM300 million respectively in cash payable to LTH.
"The difference of RM10.3 billion between the consideration of RM19.9 billion and RM9.63 billion market value of assets is to be borne by the government to ensure that the financial health of LTH is restored," UJSB said.
It cautioned that if the value of the assets depreciates further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
The assets transferred into UJSB are made up of listed equity holdings, properties and one unlisted plantation asset.
The property assets transferred to UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
"The land was purchased by LTH at RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft. This is significantly higher than that paid for by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) at only RM75 per sq ft (or RM5.1 million for 1.568 acres)," the statement said.
The land was then purchased by UJSB from LTH at RM400 million (RM5,856 per sq ft), which does not reflect the actual market value of the TRX land.
The purchase was at 112.2 per cent premium to what LTH paid in April 2015 (RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft).
"In a recent valuation exercise conducted in March 2019, the market value of the said TRX land stood at only RM205 million.
"The huge difference between the market value and the purchase value of the land (95 per cent premium over market value), together with all the other assets acquired by UJSB, was needed to ensure the successful rescue and restructuring plan of LTH," UJSB said.
UJSB will bear significant losses as a result of impairment charges estimated at more than RM10 billion for the assets acquired from LTH.
It noted that the TRX land transaction itself will result in an impairment charge of RM195 million.
"With the transfer of assets now completed, UJSB will continue with its mandate and purpose, which are to carry out the rehabilitation and restructuring of assets under its care.
"We will maximise asset recovery value and redeem all monetary instruments issued by UJSB and subscribed by LTH in a timely manner," the statement said.

Tabung Haji & TH Properties -Developments in Australia suggest Team Azeez is still pulling the strings despite the change in management, are they still able to harm depositors' funds?

by Ganesh Sahathevan



                                         Is Team Azeez still pulling the strings at Tabung Haji
                                         and its subsidiaries, including TH Properties. 

As reported yesterday on this blog Tabunbg Haji's Australian JV partner has contacted this writer in an attempt to remove articles about Tabung Haji's JV in Sydney.


Readers may recall that Tabung Haji and TH Properties responded with a statement that said, among other things:

Lembaga Tabung Haji argued that all investments directly made by TH Properties were sourced from internal funds

That claim has been disputed by this writer, given Tabung Haji's cashflow problems that were evident from its financial statements: 

Tabung Haji bleeding billions in cash -Evidence from TH's audited cash flow statements has been available since at least 2016




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 Govt to bear more than RM10.3b losses in Tabung Haji's rescue plan, if assets depreciate



KUALA LUMPUR: Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (UJSB), a wholly-owned unit of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, highlighted if the assets transferred from Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) were to depreciate further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
Among non-performaning assets transferred into UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
In a statement today, UJSB said the LTH rescue plan which was completed on December 28, 2018, involved a transfer of non-performing assets worth RM9.63 billion from LTH to UJSB in exchange for RM19.90 billion.
It consisted of two tranches of Sukuk totalling RM19.6 billion and RM300 million respectively in cash payable to LTH.
"The difference of RM10.3 billion between the consideration of RM19.9 billion and RM9.63 billion market value of assets is to be borne by the government to ensure that the financial health of LTH is restored," UJSB said.
It cautioned that if the value of the assets depreciates further, the government will incur losses higher than RM10.3 billion.
The assets transferred into UJSB are made up of listed equity holdings, properties and one unlisted plantation asset.
The property assets transferred to UJSB include 1.568 acres at Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
"The land was purchased by LTH at RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft. This is significantly higher than that paid for by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) at only RM75 per sq ft (or RM5.1 million for 1.568 acres)," the statement said.
The land was then purchased by UJSB from LTH at RM400 million (RM5,856 per sq ft), which does not reflect the actual market value of the TRX land.
The purchase was at 112.2 per cent premium to what LTH paid in April 2015 (RM188.5 million or RM2,760 per sq ft).
"In a recent valuation exercise conducted in March 2019, the market value of the said TRX land stood at only RM205 million.
"The huge difference between the market value and the purchase value of the land (95 per cent premium over market value), together with all the other assets acquired by UJSB, was needed to ensure the successful rescue and restructuring plan of LTH," UJSB said.
UJSB will bear significant losses as a result of impairment charges estimated at more than RM10 billion for the assets acquired from LTH.
It noted that the TRX land transaction itself will result in an impairment charge of RM195 million.
"With the transfer of assets now completed, UJSB will continue with its mandate and purpose, which are to carry out the rehabilitation and restructuring of assets under its care.
"We will maximise asset recovery value and redeem all monetary instruments issued by UJSB and subscribed by LTH in a timely manner," the statement said.






Singapore's Trade Minister Chan taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to wean his country's economy of China;Australia on the other hand has warned its citizens that doing so is racist, discriminatory, will destroy their country's multicultural fabric (which is the best in the world)

by Ganesh Sahathevan


                                                  Chan Chun Sing,Singapore's Minister 
                                                  For Trade And Industry 


Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing has told members of the Singapore Chinese Chamber Of  Commerce and Industry (SCCI) at a closed door meeting  that he intends to use the current downturn in the tourism industry to in future  limit the number of tourists from China to just 20% of annual visitors. He has also requested that they diversify their supply chains away from China.

Singapore's tourism industry has become, like Australia's,  dependent on visitors from China. Like Australia Singapore is suffering the consequences of the ban on visitors from China due to the coronavirus emergency.

 Chan also told SCCI members that the Government Of Singapore  expects them to diversify their supply chains which have become overly concentred on China. He has warned that in the event of future crisis government support may not be forthcoming.


Meanwhile in Australia, every effort has been made to ensure that Australia's dependence on Chinese students, tourists, suppliers and investors remains unharmed. Government MPs and ministers have even gone so far as to say that diversifying away from China is somehow racist, discriminatory, and that it could harm the country's multiracial society (which they say is the most successful in the world).

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