1.   In the September capital expansion, the government agreed to waive its rights to the additional shares in favor of Tan.

2.   He said some of the interested parties were waiting to make sure shareholders endorsed the proposed capital expansion before concluding a deal.

3.   Imports of machinery and other capital goods were sluggish because South Korean companies reduced capital expansion amid an overall economic slump, the ministry said.

4.   It said that capital expansion and private consumption will remain sluggish for the rest of the year.

5.   In some cases, H-share companies took money they had promised would be for capital expansion, and instead loaned it to insolvent state owned companies.