08:56     Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling                  

                                                                              
    Stock Exchange Participants are requested to note that with effect from   
    29/11/2002, 7 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and
    15 existing Designated Securities will be removed from the list.  The     
    total number of Designated Securities for short selling will be 166. The  
    revised list of all Designated Securities is available on the Exchange's  
    web site (http://www.hkex.com.hk).                                        
                                                                              
    For ease of reference, on the stock page of each Designated Security, a   
    letter "H" will be displayed at the commencement of the freetext area to  
    indicate that the security is eligible for short selling.                 
                                                                              
    For further details, please refer to Circular EBU/TMOC/RPS/227/02 of      
    21/11/2002.