Temasek benefits in crisis even as pitfalls lie ahead

Financial Times, 1 Oct 2008, John Burton and Paul Betts

"Plenty of potential pitfalls remain for Temasek. The outlook is uncertain for China’s banking sector, where Temasek has stakes in Bank of China and China Construction Bank.

There are also concerns about the situation in South Korea’s banking sector, where Temasek has an interest in Hana Financial Group.

For the moment, amid the current global crisis, Temasek’s safest investments appear to be those in Standard Chartered, Barclays and Singapore’s DBS."

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