Note 24 - Dividend payable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Schedule of Dividends Payable [Table Text Block]

24.    Dividend payable

	June 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	US$(’000)		US$(’000)
	(Unaudited)
Dividend payable to Series A convertible preferred stock holders		294		255

Dividend to Series A convertible preferred stock holders was accrued at the per annum rate of 10% and calculated based on US$2.5 per share liquidation preference and the actual number of days of each share of the Series A convertible preferred stock was outstanding for each of the reporting period.  For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company paid approximately US$283,000 dividends to its Series A convertible preferred stockholders.