09:41 KWONG SANG HONG<00189>-Announcement&Resumption of Trading(2) (ii) at the Special General Meeting held on Wednesday, 5th January, 2005, voting by way of poll was demanded by the chairman of the Special General Meeting. A total of 959,899,416 KSH Shares (i.e. the entire issued share capital of KSH) were entitled to attend and vote for or against the special resolution at the Special General Meeting. Of these, a total of 764,852,078 KSH Shares were voted either in person or by proxy. 743,733,666 KSH Shares (representing approximately 97.2% of the KSH Shares voted at the Special General Meeting) voted for the special resolution and 21,118,412 KSH Shares (representing approximately 2.8% of the KSH Shares voted at the Special General Meeting) voted against the special resolution. The special resolution to approve and give effect to the Scheme was duly passed by not less than three-fourths of the votes cast by the KSH Shareholders present and voting in person or by proxy; and (iii) the Company's branch share registrar in Hong Kong, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited at 46th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, was appointed as the scrutineer in the Court Meeting and the Special General Meeting for the purpose of vote-taking. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PROPOSAL The Scheme will become effective when it is sanctioned (with or without modification) by the Supreme Court and an office copy of the Supreme Court order is delivered to the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda for registration and is registered. Registration is expected to take place in the morning on Friday, 21st January, 2005 (Bermuda time) (which will be the evening on Friday, 21st January, 2005 (Hong Kong time)). The KSH Shareholders will be notified of the exact date on which the Proposal becomes effective by further press announcement. The Scheme will lapse if it does not become effective on or before Thursday, 31st March, 2005 (or such other date as Power Jade and KSH may agree or as the Supreme Court may direct), and the KSH Shareholders will be notified accordingly by way of a press announcement. EXPECTED TIMETABLE The KSH Shareholders should note that the expected timetable for the Proposal is as follows: Hong Kong time 2005 Supreme Court hearing of the petition to sanction the Scheme (Note 1) . Friday, 14th January Last day for dealings in the KSH Shares . Monday, 17th January Latest time for lodging transfers of the KSH Shares to qualify for the Cancellation Price under the Scheme . 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, 20th January Record Time . 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 20th January Effective Date (Note 2) . Friday, 21st January Press announcement on the Effective Date and withdrawal of listing of the KSH Shares in The Standard and the Hong Kong Economic Times . Monday, 24th January Withdrawal of the listing of the KSH Shares on the Stock Exchange becomes effective (Note 2) . 9:30 a.m. on Monday, 24th January Cheques for cash payment under the Scheme to be despatched on or before . Monday, 31st January 1. All references to times and dates are references to Hong Kong times and dates, other than the reference to the expected date for the Supreme Court hearing of the petition to sanction the Scheme, which is a reference to the relevant date in Bermuda. For the period from 1st November, 2004 to 2nd April, 2005, Bermuda time is twelve hours behind Hong Kong time.