PARTY TIME

Last night was party night. The company I work for is part of the Asia Partnership Fund Group (APFG), and to celebrate the acquisition of a second Stock Exchange-listed company a grand party was held for more than 2,000 people at one of Bangkok's top hotels.
APFG is primarily and investment company and a lot of the investment capital (more than US$750m) comes from Japan. The group has investments in Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Thailand.
Last night saw Group Lease, a motorcycle hire purchase financing company, officially join the group. Our chairman, Mr Mitsuji Konoshita, said it took him only five minutes to decide to acquire Group Lease after seeing all the company documents. Very much love at first sight, and sometimes it's the best way to do business. The group has grown so much in just a few years and Mr Mitsuji also indicated he wants to acquire more companies in Thailand at the rate of one every year. So while others might be looking elsewhere, APFG is committed to developing and expanding businesses in Thailand.