Bangkok--16 Jul--Asian Banker Hong Leong Finance (HLF) celebrated its double jubilee on Saturday, 14 July to commemorate the opening of its new branch at Rivervale Mall and the refurbishment of its Holland Drive branch. In a move to be even closer to the heartlanders, Hong Leong Finance (HLF) has relocated its North Bridge Road branch to a new branch at Rivervale Mall in Sengkang. Rivervale Mall is located near the Rumbia LRT station, along the Sengkang LRT loop. Rivervale Mall is a popular shopping destination for residents living in the vicinity. The refurbishment of its Holland Drive branch is an on-going exercise to provide a comfortable and friendly environment for all its valued customers at all branches in HLF’s network. HLF invites all its customers to the double celebrations at Rivervale Mall and Holland Drive branches and enjoy special rates and giveaways: Earn as high as 2.4% pa for fixed deposits Pouch of Abundance for any fixed deposits or savings transaction Prosperity Chopsticks for opening or renewing fixed deposits Easy Shoppers’ bags for opening or renewing of Golden 55 Plus accounts Teacups of Treasures for opening Savings Account or Savers Plus Account with a minimum of $3,000 Additional rates of up to 1% on fixed deposits when customers invest in our regular premium insurance plan HLF’s brand new Rivervale Mall branch is located at 11 Rivervale Crescent, #01-07/08, Rivervale Mall. HLF’s Holland Drive branch is located at Block 45 Holland Drive #01-351. The celebrations at both branches will commence at 8.45 a.m. with banking hours extended up to 3 p.m. HLF has continued its strategy to be focused and be close to the heartlanders through a series of fixed deposits promotion drives to reward all its customers. HLF’s Golden 55 Plus fixed deposit was a major success with its senior customers and has collected over $1 billion of deposits within a year. HLF has also continued to expand its motor vehicle financing front and has recently acquired a hire purchase portfolio of a foreign bank for $405 million. Hong Leong Finance is the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group and is the largest finance company in Singapore. As at 31 December 2006, shareholders’ equity was $1.39 billion and total assets were over $7.5 billion. -- www.theasianbanker.com (July 16 2007)--