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Seeds of speculation sown on Lis

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The rumour mill was in full swing yesterday - What Lai See wants to know is, who set it in motion?

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The scene was the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was there delivering a speech, so the press gang was out in force.

The speech drew to a close . . . and the grapevine began to swing.

Word had it the hotel's Summer Palace restaurant contained a pair of famous diners - None other than Li Ka-shing and his son Richard.

Questions buzzed through the hack pack. What were the Lis doing there? Were they meeting with the Lee-of-a-different-spelling?

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Not likely, says the director of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce.

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