09:29     CHINA MER HOLD<00144> - Announcement (8)                            

    `CMCS'                         China Merchants Container                  
                                   Services Limited, a company                
                                   incorporated in Hong Kong and              
                                   an indirect wholly-owned                   
                                   subsidiary of the                          
                                   Company                                    
    `CMG'                          China Merchants Group                      
                                   Limited, a company                         
                                   incorporated in the PRC and                
                                   which is the ultimate holding              
                                   company of the Company                     
    `CMGW'                         China Merchants Godown Wharf               
                                   and Transportation Company                 
                                   Limited, a company                         
                                   incorporated in Hong Kong and              
                                   an indirect wholly-owned                   
                                   subsidiary of                              
                                   CMG                                        
    `CMSHC'                         (China Merchants Property                 
                                   Development Co., Ltd., being               
                                   the unofficial English name),              
                                   a company incorporated in the              
                                   PRC and which is 46.42% owned              
                                   by CMG                                     
    `CMSKIZ'                        (China Merchants Shekou                   
                                   Industrial Zone Company                    
                                   Limited, being the unofficial              
                                   English name), a company                   
                                   incorporated in the PRC and a              
                                   wholly-owned subsidiary of                 
                                   CMG                                        
    `Company'                      China Merchants Holdings                   
                                   (International) Company                    
                                   Limited, a company                         
                                   incorporated in Hong Kong and              
                                   whose shares are listed on                 
                                   the Stock Exchange                         
    `Directors'                    the directors of the Company               
    `Euroasia'                     Euroasia Dockyard Enterprise               
                                   and Development Limited, a                 
                                   company incorporated in Hong               
                                   Kong and an indirect                       
                                   wholly-owned subsidiary of                 
                                   CMG                                        
    `Exempt Continuing Connected   transactions of the Group                  
    Transactions'                  under the Joint Venture                    
                                   Agreement and the Licence                  
                                   Agreement, the Ming Wah                    
                                   Vessel Management Agreements,              
                                   the Euroasia Land Use                      
                                   Agreement, the Yiu Lian Land               
                                   Use Agreement, the CMGW Ship               
                                   Leasing Agreements, the CMSHC              
                                   Leasing Agreement, the                     
                                   Combined Services Agreement,               
                                   the Berthing Services                      
                                   Agreement and the Hempel                   
                                   Supply Agreement, each of                  
                                   which constitutes a                        
                                   continuing connected                       
                                   transaction and which is                   
                                   subject to the reporting and               
                                   announcement requirements,                 
                                   but exempt from the                        
                                   independent shareholders'                  
                                   approval requirement of the                
                                   Listing                                    
                                   Rules                                      
    `Group'                        the Company together with its              
                                   subsidiaries                               
    `Hempel-Hai Hong'              Hempel-Hai Hong (China)                    
                                   Limited, a Hong Kong joint                 
                                   venture company which is                   
                                   owned as to 64% by the                     
                                   Company and as to 36% by                   
                                   Hempel                                     
    `Hai Hong Industry'            Hai Hong Industry (Shenzhen)               
                                   Co. Ltd. (formerly known as                
                                   Shenzhen Hai Hong Chemicals                
                                   Co., Ltd.), a wholly                       
                                   foreign-owned enterprise                   
                                   established under the laws of              
                                   the PRC and a wholly-owned                 
                                   subsidiary of Hoi Hung HHH                 
    `Hoi Hung HHH'                 Hoi Hung HHH (BVI) Limited, a              
                                   company incorporated in the                
                                   British Virgin Islands and an              
                                   indirect wholly-owned                      
                                   subsidiary of the Company                  
    `Hoi Tung'                     Hoi Tung Marine Machinery                  
                                   Supplies Limited, a company                
                                   incorporated in Hong Kong and              
                                   a wholly-owned subsidiary of               
                                   CMG