Better guidelines needed for lifting of trading halts

WHEN Indonesian coal miner Resources Prima Group (RPG) requested on Thursday last week for its trading halt to be lifted after the company announced it had received two legal letters of demand, the time for trading to resume was seven minutes later.

On June 7, when digital satellite firm AddValue Technologies submitted its request to lift its trading halt after announcing that a major asset sale that had been delayed more than two years looked like it was nearing completion, trading was to resume 14 minutes later.

On July 1, when beauty products maker Best World asked for its trading halt to be lifted after announcing it had been granted a direct selling licence in China, the time for trading to resume was 29 minutes later.