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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -ONE Championship Co-Founder and Group President Hua Fung Teh said on Wednesday that launching an initial public offering has always been part of the company's plan.

"We have definitely been in conversations with exchanges, both in the West and over here," he said on a panel at the Reuters Next summit in Singapore.

(Reporting by Jun Yuan Yong; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)