Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT): 201 lots.

Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT) was my first IPO application in donkey years. So, you can imagine I was somewhat excited.

When I heard that people who applied for 100 to 499 lots would get 80 lots if successful, I was even more excited! I applied for 201 lots!

Apparently, only 7 out of every 50 applicants were successful for the range of 100 to 499 lots. Chances were slim and chances were even slimmer for people who applied for 99 lots or less.

Chances improved markedly for those who applied for 500 to 999 lots. 33 out of every 50 applicants were successful and they would get 374 lots each! Wow!

This was an IPO that favoured the bigger players, it would seem. Be ready to either make a big killing tomorrow or be killed big time. I think the former is more likely.

Congratulations to all successful applicants!

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Asian Pay Television Trust: IPO

Sex for grades case: Guilty!

On so many occasions, I was simply amazed by how shameless some people are. Take the instance of Tey Tsun Hang, the disgraced NUS law professor. To any reasonable person, what Tey did was quite obviously wrong but instead of showing some shame and admitting his guilt, he insisted that he was innocent which resulted in a trial spanning 5 months.

For someone who knows the law but chose to break it, there can be no leniency. He should be given the maximum sentence of five years in jail and the maximum fine of S$100,000 on each charge, especially when he has shown no remorse.

Read: Sex for grades case.