09:23 EMPEROR (CHINA)<00296>&<02955> - Announcement (1) The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement. EMPEROR ENTERTAINMENT HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Stock Code : 296) RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING AND CHANGE OF TRADING STOCK NAME Results of the Vessel SGM The Board is pleased to announce that at the Vessel SGM, the resolutions in relation to (i) the Vessel Acquisition; (ii) the Vessel Whitewash Waiver; and (iii) the refreshment of Issue Mandate were duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll and the resolutions in relation to, inter alia, (i) the Subscription; and (ii) the refreshment of Repurchase Mandate were duly passed by the Shareholders by show of hands. Change of Trading Stock Name Further to the change of the Company's name from "Emperor (China Concept) Investments Limited" to "Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited" and the adoption of the new Chinese name of "*" which took effect from 4th January 2005, the Company's trading stock name on the Stock Exchange will be changed to "EMPEROR E HOTEL (*)" with effect from 18th February 2005 in order to reflect the change of the name of the Company. The stock code of the Company on the Stock Exchange will remain unchanged as "296". Reference is made to the Company's circular dated 18th January 2005 ("Vessel Circular") and the Company's announcement dated 17th January 2005 in relation to the change of the Company name. Terms used in this announcement shall have the same meaning as those defined in the Vessel Circular unless the context requires otherwise. Results of the Vessel SGM The Board is pleased to announce that at the Vessel SGM held today, the resolutions in relation to (i) the Vessel Acquisition; (ii) the Vessel Whitewash Waiver; and (iii) the refreshment of Issue Mandate were duly passed by the Independent Shareholders by way of poll and the resolutions in relation to, inter alia, (i) the Subscription; and (ii) the refreshment of Repurchase Mandate were duly passed by the Shareholders by show of hands. Secretaries Limited, the share registrar of the Company in Hong Kong, acted as the scrutineer for the purpose of the vote-taking at the Vessel SGM. As at the date of the Vessel SGM, there were a total number of 792,412,980 Shares in issue. Worthly Strong, its associates and their respective concert parties, which held 204,678,600 Shares as at the date of the Vessel SGM, abstained from voting at the Vessel SGM in respect of the following three resolutions. The remaining 587,734,380 Shares were held by the Independent Shareholders who were entitled to attend and vote for and against at the Vessel SGM. No Shareholder was required to vote only against the resolutions proposed at the Vessel SGM. The poll results in respect of the ordinary resolutions of the Vessel Acquisition, the Vessel Whitewash Waiver and the refreshment of the Issue Mandate are as follows: Ordinary resolutions No. of votes (%) FOR AGAINST To approve the Vessel Acquisition *132,219,255 (100%) 0 (0%) To approve the Vessel Whitewash Waiver *132,219,255 (100%) 0 (0%) To approve the refreshment of Issue Mandate *132,219,255 (100%) 0 (0%) * The total number of registered Shareholders voting at the Vessel SGM in person and by proxy or corporate representative is 6.