09:51     DB-HSI  @EC0509<04715> - Announcement (3)                           

    place no reliance whatsoever on the Index Compiler and Hang Seng Data     
    Services, For the avoidance of doubt, this disclaimer does not create     
    any contractual or quasi-contractual relationship between any broker,     
    holder or other person and the Index Compiler and/or Hang Seng Data       
    Services and must not be construed to have created such relationship.     
                                                                              
    Hong Kong, 17th March, 2005