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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: The Commies are Here		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Commies are Here]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 23:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shiv Nair has a Maltese ID card. That does not make him a national though he is often described (to our shame) as Maltese. I hope that is an error of the press. 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - It is. His ID card is A for Alien, not M for Maltese.]&lt;/strong&gt;

I wonder if he is a resident under the former residency scheme whereby this multi-millionare (or is it billionaire) is exposed to just Eur4,192 in income tax in this country if he has structured his affairs well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shiv Nair has a Maltese ID card. That does not make him a national though he is often described (to our shame) as Maltese. I hope that is an error of the press. </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; It is. His ID card is A for Alien, not M for Maltese.]</strong></p>
<p>I wonder if he is a resident under the former residency scheme whereby this multi-millionare (or is it billionaire) is exposed to just Eur4,192 in income tax in this country if he has structured his affairs well.</p>
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		By: La Redoute		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[La Redoute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 21:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1290672&quot;&gt;Victor&lt;/a&gt;.

It seems likely that Sai Mizzi Liang&#039;s appointment was Shiv Nair&#039;s initiative, not Mario Vella&#039;s.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1290672">Victor</a>.</p>
<p>It seems likely that Sai Mizzi Liang&#8217;s appointment was Shiv Nair&#8217;s initiative, not Mario Vella&#8217;s.</p>
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		By: Victor		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 19:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289847&quot;&gt;it-Tezi ta&#039; Mario&lt;/a&gt;.

I wonder whether Sai Liang Mizzi was chosen for a similar post.

That she is a pretty lady is indisputable, however I am not convinced about the qualifications presented.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289847">it-Tezi ta&#8217; Mario</a>.</p>
<p>I wonder whether Sai Liang Mizzi was chosen for a similar post.</p>
<p>That she is a pretty lady is indisputable, however I am not convinced about the qualifications presented.</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289763&quot;&gt;it-Tezi ta&#039; Mario&lt;/a&gt;.

Oh I see, is he charitable as well?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289763">it-Tezi ta&#8217; Mario</a>.</p>
<p>Oh I see, is he charitable as well?</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289847&quot;&gt;it-Tezi ta&#039; Mario&lt;/a&gt;.

Fancy business in Grenada, Somalia, Chad and Liberia.

And what these had in common.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289847">it-Tezi ta&#8217; Mario</a>.</p>
<p>Fancy business in Grenada, Somalia, Chad and Liberia.</p>
<p>And what these had in common.</p>
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		By: it-Tezi ta' Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[it-Tezi ta' Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shiv Nair seems to have a thing for placing attractive Chinese ladies in the limelight, so as to distract attention from his own shadowy presence.

http://www.free-press-release.com/news-ghana-new-target-of-chinese-fdi-1279107387.html

What has gone unnoticed is the presence at both the MOU signature ceremonies of a petite Chinese lady, Ms. Yi Qian Ran, whose business card describes her as Project Director of a Maltese company called British Borneo Holdings. Open source documents show that this company is the vehicle of Maltese Indian business man Shiv Shankaran Nair. 

Nair, whose business activities span three continents has been in the forefront of the Chinese invasion of Africa. Using his friendship with some of the most powerful decision-makers in Africa and Latin America, he has very discretely opened doors for his Chinese clients in over 13 countries.

His obsession with privacy is so great that no public pictures of him appear anywhere on the web.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shiv Nair seems to have a thing for placing attractive Chinese ladies in the limelight, so as to distract attention from his own shadowy presence.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.free-press-release.com/news-ghana-new-target-of-chinese-fdi-1279107387.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.free-press-release.com/news-ghana-new-target-of-chinese-fdi-1279107387.html</a></p>
<p>What has gone unnoticed is the presence at both the MOU signature ceremonies of a petite Chinese lady, Ms. Yi Qian Ran, whose business card describes her as Project Director of a Maltese company called British Borneo Holdings. Open source documents show that this company is the vehicle of Maltese Indian business man Shiv Shankaran Nair. </p>
<p>Nair, whose business activities span three continents has been in the forefront of the Chinese invasion of Africa. Using his friendship with some of the most powerful decision-makers in Africa and Latin America, he has very discretely opened doors for his Chinese clients in over 13 countries.</p>
<p>His obsession with privacy is so great that no public pictures of him appear anywhere on the web.</p>
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		By: it-Tezi ta' Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[it-Tezi ta' Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shiv Nair&#039;s company is BRITISH BORNEO HOLDING LIMITED. He holds various subsidiary companies in Malta and elsewhere, including Lonestar Holdings, Bureau Securitas, 

The company registration number (it is registered in Malta) is C 40540.

Shiv Nair&#039;s name is registered on the company records (MFSC) as SHIV PREYAN SHANKER.

His ID number is 40711A	.

His office address is 15/18, STRAIT STREET, 
VALLETTA.

His nationality is listed as BRITISH.

Bureau Securitas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nair&#039;s company. Its website describes it as the company&#039;s pathway to &quot;political penetration to the highest levels in selected emerging countries.&quot; Entry through the back door, in other words.

And now he&#039;s a Malta Enterprise official.

Nice.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shiv Nair&#8217;s company is BRITISH BORNEO HOLDING LIMITED. He holds various subsidiary companies in Malta and elsewhere, including Lonestar Holdings, Bureau Securitas, </p>
<p>The company registration number (it is registered in Malta) is C 40540.</p>
<p>Shiv Nair&#8217;s name is registered on the company records (MFSC) as SHIV PREYAN SHANKER.</p>
<p>His ID number is 40711A	.</p>
<p>His office address is 15/18, STRAIT STREET,<br />
VALLETTA.</p>
<p>His nationality is listed as BRITISH.</p>
<p>Bureau Securitas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nair&#8217;s company. Its website describes it as the company&#8217;s pathway to &#8220;political penetration to the highest levels in selected emerging countries.&#8221; Entry through the back door, in other words.</p>
<p>And now he&#8217;s a Malta Enterprise official.</p>
<p>Nice.</p>
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		By: it-Tezi ta' Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[it-Tezi ta' Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289712&quot;&gt;Chicken&lt;/a&gt;.

He&#039;s John Dalli&#039;s neighbour.

http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/915051898
Director Summary

Shiv Shankaran Nair has 1 current or previous company director or secretary appointments.
Short name - Shiv Nair 
Director ID : 915051898 
Year of Birth: 1961

Address
22/62 Portomaso
St.julians
Malta
VLT O8]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289712">Chicken</a>.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s John Dalli&#8217;s neighbour.</p>
<p><a href="http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/915051898" rel="nofollow ugc">http://company-director-check.co.uk/director/915051898</a><br />
Director Summary</p>
<p>Shiv Shankaran Nair has 1 current or previous company director or secretary appointments.<br />
Short name &#8211; Shiv Nair<br />
Director ID : 915051898<br />
Year of Birth: 1961</p>
<p>Address<br />
22/62 Portomaso<br />
St.julians<br />
Malta<br />
VLT O8</p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289739</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Shiv Nair has a habit of pouring money into places where civil conflicts would have reduced the country into a breeding ground of warlords, arms dealers and territorial clans. 

Governments are then &#039;encouraged&#039; to set up nationalised insurance agencies for anything that goes on there with that money. The trick seems to be getting their central banks as stakeholders, which are then taken over by Nair&#039;s newly set up &#039;companies&#039;. 

Infrastructure to be had and insured. Sweet. 

Anyone&#039;s guess where the money&#039;s coming from. 

What Kissinger&#039;s America did in the sixties, the people&#039;s republic&#039;s doing better.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Shiv Nair has a habit of pouring money into places where civil conflicts would have reduced the country into a breeding ground of warlords, arms dealers and territorial clans. </p>
<p>Governments are then &#8216;encouraged&#8217; to set up nationalised insurance agencies for anything that goes on there with that money. The trick seems to be getting their central banks as stakeholders, which are then taken over by Nair&#8217;s newly set up &#8216;companies&#8217;. </p>
<p>Infrastructure to be had and insured. Sweet. </p>
<p>Anyone&#8217;s guess where the money&#8217;s coming from. </p>
<p>What Kissinger&#8217;s America did in the sixties, the people&#8217;s republic&#8217;s doing better.</p>
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		By: it-Tezi ta' Mario		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[it-Tezi ta' Mario]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289502&quot;&gt;Anthony Briffa&lt;/a&gt;.

Shiv Nair was frequently in Joseph Muscat&#039;s company (or was it the other way round?) before the election last March. He principal business is brokering deals between resource companies and governments in what are politely termed less-developed countries.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/09/yes-mr-minister-we-had-worked-out-that-it-was-china-which-made-the-first-move/#comment-1289502">Anthony Briffa</a>.</p>
<p>Shiv Nair was frequently in Joseph Muscat&#8217;s company (or was it the other way round?) before the election last March. He principal business is brokering deals between resource companies and governments in what are politely termed less-developed countries.</p>
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