21.   Minister of State for Commerce Palaniappan Chidambaram also told reporters here that India was increasingly being seen by foreign investors as a better long-term investment destination than China.

22.   Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf underlined the need for greater peace and cooperation, saying the world would otherwise lose faith in South Asia as an investment destination.

23.   The data showed more than half of Taiwanese investors chose the eastern Jiangsu province as their investment destination.

24.   The other major Singapore investment destinations are Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Thailand.