Straits Trading : Proposed Acquisition Of An Office Building In Melbourne, Australia

The Straits Trading Company Limited is a Singapore-based conglomerate-investment company with operations as well as financial interests in resources, property and hospitality. The Company's investments include majority or strategic stakes in Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad, a tin producer; Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad, which is dual listed on Bursa Malaysia and the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited; ESR Group and Far East Hospitality Holdings as well as a diversified property portfolio and real estate investment that is wholly owned by the Company. Its segments include Resources, Real Estate and Hospitality. The Resources segment includes the smelting of tin concentrates and tin bearing materials, the production of various grades of refined tin metal, and the sale and delivery of refined tin metal and by-products. The Real Estate segment comprises property investment, sales and leasing, property development, and property and real estate fund management.