The call has come from Villa Fans Combined (VFC) and the Aston Villa Shareholders Association (AVSA).

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Malaysia formed a minority-shareholder watchdog group in 2001, and Thailand initiated the Shareholders' Association last year, at the urging of their governments and securities regulators.

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In February he proposed that the government set up a regulatory body called the Hong Kong Association of Minority Shareholders, which would protect the rights of investors (the proposal is under study).

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Stanning is the niece of a Whitbourne Community Shop Association committee member and the granddaughter of one of its shareholders.

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