09:22     TOMSON GROUP<00258> - Announcement (3)                              

    "Group"   the Company and its subsidiaries;                               
                                                                              
    "HK$"   Hong Kong dollars;                                                
                                                                              
    "Hong Kong"   Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC;         
                                                                              
    "Listing Rules"   The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the    
    Stock Exchange;                                                           
                                                                              
    "PRC"   The People's Republic of China;                                   
                                                                              
    "Shares"   ordinary shares of HK$0.50 each in the issued share capital    
    of the Company;                                                           
                                                                              
    "Shareholders"   holders of the Shares;                                   
                                                                              
    "Stock Exchange"   The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;               
                                                                              
    "Tomson China"   Tomson (China) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong   
    Kong with limited liability and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the       
    Company;                                                                  
                                                                              
    "Vendor"   Yung Shin Investments Limited, a limited company incorporated  
     in the British Virgin Islands; and                                       
                                                                              
    "US$"   the lawful currency of the United States of America.              
                                                                              
    Note:   For the purpose of this announcement, the exchange rate between   
    HK$ and US$ at US$1 to HK$7.8 is used.                                    
                                                                              
    By Order of the Board of                                                  
    TOMSON GROUP LIMITED                                                      
    Tong Albert                                                               
    Executive Director                                                        
                                                                              
    Hong Kong, 18 January 2005                                                
                                                                              
    As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises three executive  
     directors, Madam Hsu Feng (Managing Director), Mr. Chuang Hsiao Chen     
    and Mr. Tong Albert, and three independent non-executive directors,       
    Madam Tung Wai Yee, Mr. Lu Yao-Tsu and Mr. Cheung Siu Ping, Oscar.