08:48     Closing Indices of the Stock Markets                                

                                                                              
        STOCK MARKET                        CLOSING AS AT 28/03/05            
        ------------                        ----------------------            
     1. HONG KONG (HSI)(24/03/05)           13597.10  (-  6.51 )              
                                                                              
     2. BOMBAY (SENSEX)                      6510.74  (+ 67.87 )              
     3. JAKARTA (COMPOSITE)                  1100.240 (- 14.311)              
     4. JAPAN (NIKKEI-225)                  11792.30  (+ 31.20 )              
     5. KOREA (COMPOSITE)                     977.70  (+ 12.40 )              
     6. KUALA LUMPUR (COMPOSITE)              885.44  (+  2.04 )              
     7. MANILA (COMPOSITE)                   1986.95  (- 12.20 )              
     8. NEW ZEALAND (NZSX 50)(24/03/05)      3074.967 (- 29.918)              
     9. SHANGHAI (B SHARES)                    77.775 (-  0.259)              
    10. SHENZHEN (B SHARES)                   259.89  (+  0.22 )              
    11. SINGAPORE (STI)                      2144.36  (-  0.79 )              
    12. SYDNEY (ALL ORD)(24/03/05)           4131.6   (- 33.0  )              
    13. TAIWAN (WEIGHTED)                    6048.74  (- 17.17 )              
    14. THAILAND (SET)                        682.98  (-  4.34 )              
                                                                              
    15. NEW YORK (S&P-500)                   1174.28  (+  2.86 )              
    16. TORONTO (TSE 300)                    9482.37  (- 50.73 )              
    17. U.K. (MSCI UK) (24/03/05)            1488.25  (+  4.21 )              
    18. U.S.A. (MSCI USA)                    1103.40  (+  3.04 )              
    19. U.S.A. (NASDAQ 100)                  1472.71  (+  2.77 )              
    20. U.S.A. (NASDAQ COMPOSITE)            1992.52  (+  1.46 )