MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

25.03.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

NEW  LIGHT  KNITTING  LTD.

 

 

Registered Office :

4/F., Wah Yuen Factory Building, 18 Elm Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon

 

 

Country :

Hong Kong 

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

02.07.1991

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

14687830

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited Company.

 

 

Line of Business :

Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler of all kinds of garments, etc.

 

 

No. of Employees :

15.  (Including associate)

1,500.  (China)

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory 

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Usually Correct 

 

 

Litigation :

Clear 

 


 

NOTES:

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 30th, 2012

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2012)

Current Rating

(30.06.2012)

Hong Kong 

A2

A2

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

Hong Kong - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

Hong Kong has a free market economy, highly dependent on international trade and finance - the value of goods and services trade, including the sizable share of re-exports, is about four times GDP. Hong Kong's open economy left it exposed to the global economic slowdown that began in 2008. Although increasing integration with China, through trade, tourism, and financial links, helped it to make an initial recovery more quickly than many observers anticipated, it again faces a possible slowdown as exports to the Euro zone and US slump. The Hong Kong government is promoting the Special Administrative Region (SAR) as the site for Chinese renminbi (RMB) internationalization. Hong Kong residents are allowed to establish RMB-denominated savings accounts; RMB-denominated corporate and Chinese government bonds have been issued in Hong Kong; and RMB trade settlement is allowed. The territory far exceeded the RMB conversion quota set by Beijing for trade settlements in 2010 due to the growth of earnings from exports to the mainland. RMB deposits grew to roughly 7.8% of total system deposits in Hong Kong by the end of 2011, an increase of over 59% since the beginning of the year. The government is pursuing efforts to introduce additional use of RMB in Hong Kong financial markets and is seeking to expand the RMB quota. The mainland has long been Hong Kong's largest trading partner, accounting for about half of Hong Kong's exports by value. Hong Kong's natural resources are limited, and food and raw materials must be imported. As a result of China's easing of travel restrictions, the number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 28 million in 2011, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined. Hong Kong has also established itself as the premier stock market for Chinese firms seeking to list abroad. In 2011 mainland Chinese companies constituted about 43% of the firms listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and accounted for about 56% of the Exchange's market capitalization. During the past decade, as Hong Kong's manufacturing industry moved to the mainland, its service industry has grown rapidly. Growth slowed to 5% in 2011. Credit expansion and tight housing supply conditions caused Hong Kong property prices to rise rapidly in 2010 and inflation to rise 5.3% in 2011. Lower and middle income segments of the population are increasingly unable to afford adequate housing. Hong Kong continues to link its currency closely to the US dollar, maintaining an arrangement established in 1983.

 

 

 

Source : CIA


Company name

 

NEW  LIGHT  KNITTING  LTD.

 

 

Company ADDRESS

 

4/F., Wah Yuen Factory Building, 18 Elm Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

PHONE:            2392 9984

FAX:                 2789 9810

E-MAIL:            nlfty@nlfty.net

 

 

MANAGEMENt

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Lau Siu Yuen

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Incorporated on:            2nd July, 1991.

 

Organization:                 Private Limited Company.

 

Capital:                         Nominal:           HK$4,000,000.00

Issued:             HK$4,000,000.00

 

Business Category:       Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Employees:                  15.  (Including associate)

 

Main Dealing Banker:     Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Banking Relation:          Good.


Company ADDRESS

 

Registered Head Office:-

4/F., Wah Yuen Factory Building, 18 Elm Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

China Factory:-

Zhongshan New Light Knitting Ltd.

Congtou, Shaqi, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China.

 

Associated Company:-

New Light Knitting Factory, Hong Kong.  (Same address)

 

 

BUSINESS REGISTRATION NUMBER

 

14687830

 

 

COMPANY FILE NUMBER

 

0316351

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Managing Director:  Mr. Lau Siu Yuen

 

 

CAPITAL

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$4,000,000.00 (Divided into 4,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

Issued Share Capital: HK$4,000,000.00

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS

(As per registry dated 02-07-2012)

 

Name

 

No. of shares

LAU Siu Yuen

 

2,000,000

LAU Siu Kam

 

2,000,000

 

 

––––––––

 

Total:

4,000,000

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DIRECTORS

(As per registry dated 02-07-2012

)

Name

(Nationality)

 

Address

LAU Siu Kam

4/F., 16 Elm Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

LAU Siu Yuen

Flat D, 6/F., Beacon Heights, 4 Lung Ping Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

LAU Siu Chung

Flat E, 4/F., Block 2, Beacon Heights, 2 Lung Ping Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

 

 

SECRETARY 

(As per registry dated 02-07-2012)

 

LAU Siu Yuen 

 

 

HISTORY

 

The subject was incorporated on 2nd July, 1991 as a private limited liability company under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.

 

Apart from these, neither material change nor amendment has been ever traced and noted.

 

 

OPERATIONS

 

Activities:                      Importer, Exporter and Wholesaler.

 

Lines:                           All kinds of garments, etc.

 

Employees:                  15.  (Including associate)

1,500.  (China)

 

Commodities Imported: China, other Asian countries, etc.

 

Markets:                        Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Western Europe, etc.

 

Terms/Sales:                 L/C, T/T, etc.

 

Terms/Buying:               L/C, T/T, D/P, etc.

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Nominal Share Capital: HK$4,000,000.00 (Divided into 4,000,000 shares of HK$1.00 each)

 

Issued Share Capital:     HK$4,000,000.00

 

Mortgage or Charge:     (See attachment)

 

Profit or Loss:               Making a small profit every year.

 

Condition:                     Keeping in a satisfactory manner.

 

Facilities:                       Making rather active use of general banking facilities.

 

Payment:                      Met trade commitments as required.

 

Commercial Morality:     Satisfactory.

 

Bankers:-

·         Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

·         Citibank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

 

Standing:  Normal.

 

 

GENERAL

 

Having issued 4 million ordinary shares of HK$1.00 each, New Light Knitting Ltd. is equally owned by Mr. Lau Siu Yuen and Mr. Lau Siu Kam.  Being Hong Kong merchants, the two Laus are full brothers.  The directors of the subject’s are the two shareholders and Mr. Lau Siu Chung.

Incorporated in July 1991, the subject is trading in the following knitted commodities:-

·         Tee & Sweat Shirts (Include OEM), Briefs (Include OEM), Singlet - Men (Include OEM), Panties (Include OEM),

·         Singlet - Ladies (Include OEM),

·         Briefs & Panties - Children (Briefs include OEM),

·         Singlet - Children (Include OEM), etc.

The subject has had an associated company New Light Knitting Factory [NLKF] which is also located at the same operating address.  NLKF and the subject are engaged in the same lines of business and under the same management.

Most of the products are exported to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Western Europe, North America, etc.  Business is rather active.

The subject’s associated factories are in Congtou, Shaqi, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China.  It has three factories in Zhongshan City which are operated by Zhongshan New Light Knitting Ltd.  In total there are about 1,500 employees in the factories.

The subject and the factories are administered by the Lau family.  History in Hong Kong is over 21 years and eight months.

The subject owns a number of premises in Hong Kong.

On the whole, in view of the background and history of the subject, consider it good for normal business engagements.

 

 

MORTGAGE OR CHARGE

 

Date

Particulars

Amount

28-12-1993

Instrument:      Mortgage

Property:

42/11,151st parts or shares of and in Section B of New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 5808 (Flat D on 6/F. of Block 4 of Beacon Heights, Phase 4, 1-19 & 2-14 Lung Ping Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.)

Mortgagee:      Kincheng Banking Corporation, Hong Kong Branch.  [Merged into Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd.]

To secure all sums of money including general banking facilities

15-11-2007

Instrument:      Mortgage

Property:

42/11,151st parts or shares of and in Section B of New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 5808 (Flat D on 6/F. of Block 4 of Beacon Heights, Phase 4, 4 Lung Ping Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.)

Mortgagee:      Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

To secure all money, obligations and liabilities

30-03-2011

Instrument:      Charge Over Deposits - CD 1 (11)

Property:

1)   By fixed charge: all the Company’s rights in respect of (i) the sum(s) and (ii) all other sums in any currency

2)   By assignment: all Deposits held with my SCB Group Company

Mortgagee:      Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., Hong Kong.

To secure all moneys, obligations and liabilities

19-08-2011

Instrument:      Assignment of Insurance Policy (Two-Party)

Property:

All the rights, benefits and interests of the Borrower in the Insurance Policy as follow:

Name of the Insured: Lau Siu Kam

Insurer: HSBC Life (International) Ltd.

Policy No. 28004008-50

Effective Date of the Policy: 19-08-2011

Mortgagee:      Hang Seng Bank Ltd., Hong Kong.

To secure all moneys, obligations and liabilities whether at the date of the Assignment or at any time after the date of the Assignment owing to the Assignee


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.54.34

UK Pound

1

Rs.82.56

Euro

1

Rs.70.10

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

MNL

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

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