** Shares of Hong Kong International Construction Investment
Management Group Co Ltd 0687.HK rise as much as 2.5 pct to
HK$2.43, their highest since Jan. 2, after the Hong Kong
property arm of HNA Group says it's in talks to sell land site
in the city
** Last week, Chinese conglomerate HNA Group HNAIRC.UL
said it had sold a majority stake in a Manhattan building in a
$422 million deal, the latest in a slew of asset disposals
undertaken by the group to ease an intensifying cash crunch
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** The Hong Kong-listed arm says it is in discussion with a
potential buyer for sale of a parcel of land at Kai Tak in
Kowloon but no legally-binding sale and purchase agreement has
yet been entered (https://bit.ly/2UkeoDV)
** Hong Kong International Construction Investment
Management Group has underperformed the Hang Seng Commerce &
Industry Index sector .HSNC by 9.5 percentage points in the
past one month
** The Hong Kong property sub-index .HSNP gains 0.4 pct,
and the benchmark index .HSI climbs 0.7 pct
(Reuters Messaging: donny.kwok.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)