09:22 CHINA INV HOLD<00132> - Announcement (4) cease to be subsidiaries of the Company. 3. Information of the Group and the Purchaser The principal business activities of the Group are manufacture and trading of fiberboards and veneers, property development and investment, hotel operation and investment holding. The Purchaser is a limited liability company established in the PRC. The Purchaser's principal business activities are development and sales of real estate, conducting civil engineering projects, property management and land valuation. To the best of the Directors' knowledge, information and belief, and having made due enquiry, the Purchaser and its ultimate shareholder are Independent Third Parties. 4. General The Disposal constitutes a major transaction for the Company under the Listing Rules. A circular containing details of the Disposal together with a notice to convene the SGM will be dispatched to the shareholders of the Company as soon as practicable. Trading in the shares of the Company on the main board of the Stock Exchange has been suspended since 2:30 p.m. on 18th August, 2003 and will remain suspended until further announcement. Definitions used in this announcement `Board' the board of directors of the Company `Company' China Investments Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability, the shares of which are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited `Developer' a company established in the PRC, an Independent Third Party `Development Agreement' the development agreement dated 6th February, 1993 entered into between Wise Lite Limited, Skyway Limited and the Developer in relation to the development of Lot No.18-07 and 18-08 located at District No.18, Jiang Bei, Huizhou, Guangdong Province, the PRC, into commercial buildings `Directors' the directors of the Company `Disposal' the transactions contemplated under the Preliminary Agreement `Group' the Company and its subsidiaries `HK$' Hong Kong dollars, the lawful currency of Hong Kong `Hong Kong' the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the PRC `Independent Third Party' party independent of and not connected with the Company and its connected persons (as defined in the Listing Rules), and is not a connected person of the Company `Land Bureau' (The Bureau of State Land and Resources of Huizhou City, the PRC *) `Listing Rules' The Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited `People's Government of (People's Government of Huizhou Huizhou City*) City' `Preliminary Agreement' the preliminary agreement on land use right transfer dated 6th February, 2005 entered into between the Vendors and the Purchaser in relation to, among others, the transfer of either the Sale Land or the Sale Shares `PRC' the People's Republic of China `Purchaser' (Bo Lou County Heng Xin Zhi Ye Ltd. *), a limited liability company established in the PRC, an Independent