"Hopewell's cash flow situation is not sustainable, " says Charles Whitworth, an analyst at brokerage James Capel in Hong Kong.

CNN: HANGING ON AT HOPEWELL

"Investors are positioning themselves now to take advantage of further moves to open up the market, " says Stephen Wang of HSBC James Capel.

CNN: Another Lease on Life?

"It seems quite unlikely they would come back at this stage, " says Kasem Prunratanamala, an analyst for the James Capel brokerage firm in Bangkok.

CNN: Laying the blame for the Bank of Commerce troubles

"It has been more than a decade since there was a truly successful consumer product, " says Andrew Haskins, an analyst at James Capel Pacific in Tokyo.

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