Far Property set to expand footprint to Zambia
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Spreading wings: Ottapathu
The company, which is owned by Choppies Group directors Ramachandran Ottapathu and Farouk Ismail, maintained a strong asset growth, recording P1.38 billion of assets while reducing the loan to asset ratio to 33% in the six months ended December 2016.
In a statement accompanying their results for the six months period, Ottapathu said they are looking to acquire more properties locally and internationally, noting that acquisition of new investment properties in South Africa and Zambia are under negotiation.
Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...