April 1 (Reuters) - Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd OCBC.SI :

* Says acquisition of Wing Hang will be accretive to ocbc bank's earnings per share and return on equity by 2017

* Oversea-chinese banking corp- acquisition expected to reduce bank's common equity tier 1 CAR and tier 1 CAR from 14.5% to 11.0% and total CAR from 16.3% to 12.5% based on capital position as at 31 Dec 2013

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