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      &lt;b&gt;NOTE 6&amp;#160;&amp;#160;&amp;#160; PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES&lt;/b&gt;
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    &lt;p align="justify" style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Prepayments and other receivables consisted of the following:&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;b&gt;June 30,&lt;/b&gt;
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            &lt;td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;b&gt;December 31,&lt;/b&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;b&gt;2013&lt;/b&gt;
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            &lt;td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              &lt;b&gt;2012&lt;/b&gt;
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            &lt;td width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td width="12%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff"&gt;Prepayments for raw material purchasing&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
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              441,829
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            &lt;td align="left" bgcolor="#e6efff" width="1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt;
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              1,310,112
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              Other receivables, net of $nil
              allowance
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              8,092
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            &lt;td align="left" width="2%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td align="left" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" width="1%"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/td&gt;
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              11,614
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              &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;
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                449,921
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              &lt;b&gt;$&lt;/b&gt;
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                1,321,726
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