Zakaria Yatim J

This is an application by the defendants for an order of the Court that an order made on January 11, 1984 granting leave to the plaintiffs to issue a writ and leave to serve the notice of the writ on the defendants in Singapore be set aside.

The plaintiff company carries on business in Malaysia and its registered office is at No. 84, Jalan Ampang, Fourth Floor, Denmark House, Kuala Lumpur. The first defendant is a company which carries on business in Singapore and its registered office is at No. 6 Cecil Street, Singapore. The second, third, fourth and fifth defendants are residents in Singapore. In 1978 the plaintiff company was a subsidiary of the first defendant company. The plaintiffs averred that the first defendant company was represented at the board of directors of the plaintiff company by the second, third, fourth and fifth defendants, who were senior officers in the first defendant company.

The third defendant was the Managing Director, the fourth defendant was the General Manager and Director and the fifth defendant was the Executive Director. On January 12, 1978 the third meeting of the board of directors of the plaintiff company was held at the Company's