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T1 vs. GEN — MSI 2025 — Bracket Stage

The 2025 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational is kicking off, uniting top teams from five regions to compete for prestige and strategic positioning ahead of Worlds. As the second major event on the LoL Esports calendar, MSI brings two teams from each regional league into a high-stakes competition, testing their skills at the season’s midpoint. There’s more than just a trophy at stake: the victorious team and the next best-performing region will secure extra slots at the World Championship, elevating the competition. This year, the excitement begins on June 27...

Jul

Great Eastern offer: It’s time for everyone to move on

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IT WAS undeniably an attractive offer of S$30.15 that OCBC was making for each share in Great Eastern. Even the independent financial adviser called it “fair and reasonable” – compared to the “not fair but reasonable” billing for the S$25.60 offer in May last year. But a delisting vote needed to pass before the offer would be paid out. Close to 30 million Great Eastern shares were not held by OCBC. Three quarters of those shares needed to be cast in favour of delisting. Mathematically, the writing was on the...

Jul

OCBC, the Wongs and SGX are winners

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Great Eastern Holdings is set to resume trading following an EGM where 36% of shares of shareholders who voted in person or by proxy voted against delisting. Great Eastern Holdings (GEH) is likely to make a return to our terminals as a listed stock. In a way, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), the Wong family that stubbornly held out against delisting, and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) are winners. Singapore is a winner because Hong Kong is getting an insurance company IPO in FWD Group. Singapore will now have a listed insurer decades...

Jul

‘It’s our grandfather’s company, we won’t sell’, says Wong family as shareholders reject GE delisting bid

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SINGAPORE – Great Eastern (GE) may resume trading after a proposed delisting resolution failed to pass at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on July 8. At the meeting held at Great Eastern Centre, around 63.5 per cent of minority shareholders present and voting at the EGM voted in favour of the delisting resolution, falling short of the minimum 75 per cent required for the delisting to take place. GE had said in a June 9 circular to shareholders that the delisting would need the approval of a majority of at...

Jul

Active lifestyle the reason for my longevity, says Tun M

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PETALING JAYA: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who turns 100 today (July 10), credits an active lifestyle for his longevity. Speaking during an interview broadcast live on his social media, Dr Mahathir said he remains physically and mentally engaged, continuing to ride horses and cycle regularly, which he believes are key to his enduring health and sharpness. He recounted an episode during a trip to Argentina where he rode a horse up a mountainous trail, describing it as a challenging but rewarding experience. “I believe it has to...