08:57     Changes of Designated Securities for Short Selling                  

                                                                              
    Stock Exchange Participants are advised that with effect from 7 February  
    2005, 15 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 7   
    existing Designated Securities will be removed from the list.  The total  
    number of Designated Securities for short selling will be 236.  The       
    revised list of all Designated Securities is available on the Exchange's  
    web site (http://www.hkex.com.hk).                                        
                                                                              
    For ease of reference, a letter "H" will be displayed at the top of the   
    stock page screen adjacent to the stock name of each Designated Security  
    to indicate that the security is eligible for short selling.              
                                                                              
    For details, please refer to Circular ED/CMDO/TMO/006/05 of 28 January    
    2005.