10:15 K. WAH INT'L<00173> - Announcement (7) venture contract dated 31st January 2005 entered into between the Joint Venture Parties in relation to, among other things, the increase in registered capital of the PRC Company and the transformation of the PRC Company into and the establishment of the Joint Venture Company `Joint Venture Parties' Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation, the Company, Mitsubishi and Tokyu `KWCM' K. Wah Construction Materials Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability, the shares of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange and an indirect 65.8% owned subsidiary of the Company `Listing Rules' Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange (as amended from time to time) `Mitsubishi' Mitsubishi Corporation , a company incorporated in Japan and listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange `PRC' the People's Republic of China `PRC Company' Shanghai Baosteelland Co., Ltd , a state-owned limited company and wholly-owned by Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation immediately prior to the entering of the Joint Venture Contract, Capital Increase Agreement and the Articles of Association, which will be transformed into the Joint Venture Company pursuant to the Joint Venture Contract, the Capital Increase Agreement and the Articles of Association. It was incorporated on 17th February 1993 in Shanghai, the PRC under the name of Shanghai Baosteel Real Estate Operation and Development Company and the name of which was changed to Shanghai Baosteelland Co., Ltd. on 1st July 2002. It is an investment holding company and is principally engaged in the business of property development and investment in the PRC. `RMB' Renminbi, the lawful currency of PRC `Shanghai Baosteel Group Shanghai Baosteel Group Corporation' Company , a state-owned corporation incorporated in the PRC and the sole shareholder of the PRC Company as at the date of this announcement `Shareholder(s)' the shareholder(s) of the Company `Stock Exchange' The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited `Tokyu' Tokyu Land Corporation , a company incorporated in Japan and listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange `Transaction' the transaction under the Joint Venture Contract, the Capital Increase Agreement and the Articles of Association For the purpose of this announcement, (1) the exchange rate of RMB1.05=HK$1 has been used; and (2) certain English translations of Chinese names or words in this announcement are included for information purpose only, and should