09:52     HIGH FASHION<00608> - Announcement (1)                              

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    High Fashion International Limited                                        
    (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability)                          
    (Stock Code: 608)                                                         
                                                                              
    PROPOSAL FOR ADOPTION OF CHINESE NAME                                     
                                                                              
    The board of directors (the "Board") of High Fashion                      
    International Limited (the "Company") resolved to                         
    adopt * as its Chinese name while the                                     
    English name remains unchanged. The Adoption of                           
    Chinese Name will be subject to the passing of a                          
    special resolution by the shareholders of the Company                     
    at the annual general meeting to be convened by the                       
    Company and the issue of a certificate of change of                       
    name by the Companies Registry in Hong Kong.                              
                                                                              
    CHANGE OF CHINESE NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSE                         
    The Board resolved that the Chinese name of the                           
    Company for identification purpose only be changed                        
    from "*" to "*" on 18                                                     
    April 2005 while the English name remains unchanged.                      
                                                                              
    PROPOSAL FOR ADOPTION OF CHINESE NAME                                     
    The Board of the Company resolved to adopt * as its Chinese Name ("       
    Adoption of Chinese                                                       
    Name").                                                                   
                                                                              
    It is intended that "*" be adopted as                                     
    the Company's Chinese name for the purpose of                             
    registration with the Companies Registry in Hong Kong                     
    under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance as part of                       
    the Company's official name in Hong Kong.                                 
                                                                              
    As the Company is a company incorporated in Bermuda,                      
    only its English name appears in its Certificate of                       
    Incorporation. Accordingly, the Company has been                          
    registered as an oversea company in its English name                      
    only under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance, Chapter                    
    32 of the Laws of Hong Kong (the "Companies                               
    Ordinance"). As an oversea company was allowed to                         
    register a Chinese name in Hong Kong notwithstanding                      
    the fact that only the English name of a company                          
    appears in the Certificate of Incorporation, the                          
    Board proposes the Adoption of Chinese name to                            
    formalize its use by the Company in Hong Kong and for                     
    the purpose of its registration in the Companies                          
    Registry under Part XI of the Companies Ordinance,                        
    Chapter 32.                                                               
                                                                              
    CONDITIONS                                                                
    The Adoption of Chinese Name will be subject to the                       
    passing of a special resolution by the shareholders                       
    of the Company at the annual general meeting to be                        
    convened by the Company and the issue of a certificate                    
    of change of name by the Companies Registry in Hong                       
    Kong.                                                                     
                                                                              
    EFFECT                                                                    
    Upon the Adoption of Chinese Name becoming effective,                     
    all existing share certificates bearing the existing                      
    name of the Company will continue to be evidence of                       
    title to the shares of the Company and will continue                      
    to be valid for trading, settlement and registration                      
    purpose. Also, the rights of the shareholders in the                      
    Company will not