Note 23 - Dividend payable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule of Dividends Payable [Table Text Block]

23.   Dividend payable

	As of December 31,
	2011		2010
	US$(’000)		US$(’000)
Dividend payable to Series A convertible stock holders		5		255

Dividend to Series A convertible preferred stockholders 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 outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid approximately US$657,000 and US$912,000 dividends to its Series A convertible preferred stockholders, respectively. The outstanding dividend payable of approximately US$5,000 as of December 31, 2011 was paid by the Company in February 2012.