29.01.2016 - Govt does not monitor Temasek, GIC's investments in haze-linked firms: MOF
Mr Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Finance Minister, says that commercial decisions by GIC and Temasek Holdings are made independent of state involvement. The Government only monitors the performance of haze-linked companies that sovereign wealth fund GIC and investment firm Temasek Holdings have investments in, said finance minister Heng Swee Keat, and not their commercial decisions. Nonetheless, both are fully supportive of zero-burning policies for land clearance, he said. "GIC has also the Government that the palm oil companies in Indonesia that GIC invests in have confirmed that they observe zero-burning policies for their plantations...............................................Full Article: Source
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