CapitaLand Q2 Net Profit Up Near 6 Fold (The Straits Times)

Source : The Straits Times, July 31, 2007

SINGAPORE - CAPITALAND, Southeast Asia's biggest developer, on Tuesday posted a 480.6 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit due to higher luxury home sales and office rentals in its home base of Singapore.
The firm earned net profit of $912.6 million in the April-June quarter, up from a restated $157.2 million in the same period a year ago.

CapitaLand earns up to 80 per cent of its profits abroad, but like Singapore's other big property developers - Keppel Land and City Developments - it has benefitted from a surge in prices in the Republic's real estate market.

Office rents have risen 46 per cent in the past 12 months in Singapore, beating increases in rival financial centres such as Tokyo and Hong Kong, while prices for private homes have risen to the highest level in nearly a decade. -- REUTERS

CAPITALLAND LIMITED 2007 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT

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