This year's merger between DBS Group Holdings of Singapore and the Dao Heng Bank of Hong Kong illustrates the high price outsiders are willing to pay for quick entry--3.2 times book.
Representatives of around 40 countries will attend this conference, including pilots, self starters, countries interested in voluntarily adopting the DaO approach or learning about it, the donor community, principals of the United Nations system and its senior staff.
In the case of DAO and ME2 the sales figures show a sharp rise several weeks in, which can only have come from word of mouth sales.
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If you want to see the archipelago from Con Dao, ask around in the evening and you'll be able to hitch a ride with a fisherman early the next day.
With the view of bringing impetus to the QCPR, the outcome documents are expected to make recommendations on key strategic issues that will inform the second generation of DaO countries.
It is a timely opportunity to provide recommendations for the up-coming 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) that will inform the second generation of DaO process and UN system operational activities more generally.
The conference will build on the spirit and letter of previous DaO intergovernmental conferences (Maputo 2008, Kigali 2009, Hanoi 2010 and Montevideo 2011) to improve the coherence, effectiveness and relevance of the United Nations development system.
Animals Asia, the charity which runs the Vietnam Bear Rescue Centre in Tam Dao National Park, mounted a high-profile campaign to save the sanctuary, recruiting Ricky Gervais and other celebrities to its cause.
"Little officers or those with too big a belly will be moved to work in offices so they do not come into contact with the public, " Hanoi traffic police chief Col Dao Vinh Tang said.
Among the banks that Chau holds are Wing Hang Bank and Guoco, Dao Heng Bank's majority shareholder.
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