Obviously when you play, you play to win. That's our goal, to go out and win the region first and then hopefully do well in the playoffs.

I don't think we're your average first-year team. We have a lot of guys who have played before and have had success. We've got a lot of guys who are working and improving. We have high hopes for this year.

With today's 60-year-old, it's a very different generation of 60-year-olds than the last generation. These guys are riding motorcycles. The last thing they want is the kind of patronizing, help-me-do-something kind of tools.

Japan is a fast adopter of new ideas. If you're hot in Japan, you're hot really fast.

It will take approximately four months to get the existing bridge down. But we are still looking at opening the new south span by mid-2006.

First and foremost it's the size, the market cap of these Chinese companies. The magic number here in Singapore is $300 million (US$185 million). If the market cap is lower than that, most funds will usually stay away.