ARTICLE 1: DEFINITION 

1. For the purpose of this Agreement: 

(a). "investments' mean every kind of asset and in particular, though not exclusively, includes: 

(i) movable and immovable property and any other property rights such as mortgages, hens and pledges; 

(ii) shares, stocks and debentures of companies or interests in the property of such companies; 

(iii) a claim to money or a claim to any performance having financial value; 

(iv) intellectual and industrial property rights, including rights with respect to copyrights, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, trade secrets, technical processes and know-how and goodwill; 

(v) business concessions conferred by law or under contract, including concessions to search for, cultivate, extract, or exploit natural resources; 

(b) "returns" means the amount yielded by an investment and in particular, though not exclusively, includes profit, interest, capital gains, dividends, royalties or fees. 

(c) "investor" means: 

(i) any natural person possessing the citizenship of or permanently residing in a Contracting Party in accordance with its laws; or 

(ii) any corporation, partnership, trust, joint-venture, organization, association or . enterprise incorporated or duly constituted in accordance with applicable laws of that Contracting Party; 

(d) "territory" means: 

(i) with respect to the Kingdom of Cambodia, all land territory, the territorial sea, its bed and subsoil and airspace above. 

(ii) with respect to Malaysia, all land territory comprising the Federation of Malaysia, the territorial sea, its bed and subsoil and airspace above; 

(e) "freely usable currency" means the United States Dollar, Pound Sterling, Deutschmark, French Franc, Japanese Yen or any other currency that is widely used to make payments for international principal exchange markets. 

(i) The term "investments" referred to in paragraph 1 (a) shall only refer to all investments that are made in accordance with the law, regulations and national policies of the Contracting Parties. 

(ii) Any alteration of the form in which assets are invested shall not affect their classification as investments, provided that such alteration is not contrary to the approval, if any, granted in respect of the assets originally invested.