ICal sync issues (times are incorrect)

Hi guys
I am having some strange issues with iCal at the moment. As you can see below when I send out invities people are receiving two seperate times in the body of the email, and in the ics attachement.
I have done some browsing and can confirm the following:
1/ All my calendars (iCloud, iCal) are set to Singapore timezone as well as having Time Zone support ON
2/ My iPhone is set to Time Zone support on and to Singapore time
Screenshot of the email attached.
Any help or suggestions are much appreciated.

you may want to check your time settings on your macpro first: system preference>date&time>time zone... make sure you have the right time zone and city, then in system preference>date&time>date&time... check "set date & time automatically".
then in ical: ical>preferences>advanced, make sure you have "Turn on time zone support" selected.
finally on the iphone: settings>general>date&time, make sure you have time zone support selected and the right time zone/city.
hope this helps.

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