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Genting HK confident about its 'risky' cruise market splash
Published Thu, May 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Kuala Lumpur
WHEN Genting Hong Kong (GHK) was told it would have to wait a decade for the cruise ships it ordered to be delivered, it simply shelled out 250 million euros (S$386 million) to acquire a couple of German shipbuilders to get its orders fast-tracked.
GHK chairman and chief executive Lim Kok Thay acknowledged wryly: "Hard way of doing business."
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