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MANILA, Philippines -- Japanese brewer Kirin would be interested in buying a stake in the beer business of Philippines' San Miguel Corporation, a senior official said Thursday.

Asked if Kirin would be interested in buying shares in San Miguel Brewery, Yoshinori Isozaki, who represents Kirin on the board of San Miguel Brewery's parent group, said: "If there is an opportunity."

"We are very interested in the beer business."

Kirin already owns 20 percent of San Miguel.

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• San Miguel Brewery reports 9.0% rise in H1 sales
• San Miguel serves up a second corporate shake-up
• Farmers want coconuts from San Miguel sale

• (UPDATE) Central bank hikes interest rates by 25 bps
• (UPDATE 2) Q2 growth slows to 4.6%
• (UPDATE) PSE to extend trading by two hours in 2009
• August inflation seen at 11.8-12.6%
• Mining investments reach over $200 million in Q2
• Peso rebounds against dollar
• Stock market seen taking a beating in 4th quarter
• Gov’t paid P406.8B in debts in first 7 months
• Steel Corp., BDO tussle over debt, rehab plan
• Alliance Global buying back P5B worth of shares
• MPIC signs deal on purchase of NLEx firm
• Philippines talks investment with Brunei, Kuwait