According to documents disclosed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 9, Wu Caihua increased his holdings at an average price of HK $0.101 per share on October 5.$CHING LEE (03728.HK)$100000 common shares worth about HK $10100. After the increase, Wu Caihua's latest number of shares is 726 million shares, and the proportion of long positions has increased from 71.62% to 71.63%.
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