HY, this is actually very interesting and the whole reason for why I am having this conspiracy theory, we have also heard Solomon saying last year in a CC(Q3!?) that the ownership is a bit blurry in the sense that it is higher than stated in the financial reports!
IF they would be able to sell a part of this "excess ownership" to Chinese speculators (before an IPO in HK) it would be close to jackpot, imo it would even make a lot of sense....win-win, we need the money and Chinese investors, I'm sure, would love to come in "cheap" in a Chinese food-company a year before it is IPO'd.