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5	Subsidiaries                                                                                2014                                                2013      Overview
         Company                                                                                $m                                                  $m

Investments in subsidiaries, at cost                                                          1,209.1                                             1,209.1   Strategy
Loans to subsidiaries                                                                           490.0                                               490.0
Discount implicit in the interest-free loan to a subsidiary                                       21.9                                               21.9

Allowance for impairment losses                                                               1,721.0                                             1,721.0
                                                                                                 (28.9)                                             (28.9)

                                                                                              1,692.1                                             1,692.1

	 At 31 December 2014, the loans to the subsidiaries are unsecured, not repayable within the next 12 months and bore interest                               Performance
          rate of 3.48% (2013: 3.48%) per annum.

Name of company                     Principal activities                        Country of          Effective equity
                                                                              incorporation/  interest held by the Group

                                                                                 business

                                                                                              2014                                                2013

                                                                                                         %%                                                 Governance

The subsidiaries directly held by the Company are as follows:

StarHub Cable Vision Ltd. (1)       Provision of subscription television and  Singapore       100 100
                                    television broadcasting services

StarHub Mobile Pte Ltd (1)          Provision of mobile telecommunications    Singapore       100 100                                                       Financials
                                    services

StarHub Internet Pte Ltd (1)        Provision and operation of internet services Singapore    100 100

StarHub Online Pte Ltd (1)          Provision of broadband access services    Singapore       100 100

Nucleus Connect Pte. Ltd. (1)       Provision of high speed wholesale         Singapore       100 100
                                    broadband services

SHINE Systems Assets Pte. Ltd. (1)  Investment in, ownership or lease of      Singapore       100 100
                                    infrastructure assets for use by StarHub
                                    Group and its partners

StarHub (Mauritius) Ltd (2)         Investment holding company and for        Mauritius       100 100
                                    acquisition of info-communication and
                                    infotainment services

StarHub (Hong Kong) Limited (3)     Provision of telecommunication services   Hong Kong       100 100

StarHub Shop Pte Ltd (4)            Dormant                                   Singapore       100 100

StarHub, Inc. (4)                   Dormant                                   United States   100                                                 100

Other subsidiary indirectly held by the Company is as follows:

Foosti Pte. Ltd. (4) (5)            Dormant                                   Singapore       100 100

           (1)	 Audited by KPMG LLP Singapore                                                                                                     149
           (2)	 Audited by KPMG Mauritius, a member firm of KPMG International
           (3)	 Audited by another firm
           (4)	 Not required to be audited by laws of the country of incorporation
           (5)	 The company is currently in liquidation pursuant to a winding-up order by the High Court of Singapore issued on 14 January 2011.

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