09:42     C.P. POKPHAND<00043> - Announcement (2)                             

    As at the date of the Special General Meeting, the number of              
    issued shares of the Company was 2,158,480,786 Shares. As                 
    referred to in the Circular, CPI (including parties acting in             
    concert with it) and their respective associates and those                
    who are interested in or involved in the Subscription who                 
    were interested in a total of 1,067,506,584 Shares,                       
    representing approximately 49.46% of the issued share capital             
    of the Company, were required to abstain from voting on                   
    resolutions nos. 2, 3 and 4 at the Special General Meeting                
    and abstained from voting on such resolutions at the Special              
    General Meeting. As a result, only the Independent                        
    Shareholders holding a total of 1,090,974,202 Shares were                 
    entitled to attend and vote for or against the resolutions                
    nos. 2, 3 and 4 at the Special General Meeting. 8 Independent             
    Shareholders holding in aggregate 120,394,772 Shares attended             
    and voted at the Special General Meeting in person or by                  
    proxy. All the Shareholders holding a total of 2,158,480,786              
    Shares were entitled to attend and vote for or against the                
    resolutions nos. 1 and 5 at the Special General Meeting.                  
    There were no Shares entitling the holders to attend and vote             
    only against the resolutions at the Special General Meeting.              
                                                                              
    Following completion of the Subscription, the shareholding                
    interest of Worth Access together with the parties acting in              
    concert with it (including CPI) in the Company will be                    
    1,798,756,584 Shares, representing 62.25% of the issued share             
    capital of the Company immediately after completion of the                
    Subscription (assuming no issue or repurchase of shares in                
    the interim).                                                             
                                                                              
    As at the date of this announcement, the Directors comprise               
    nine executive Directors, namely Mr Jaran Chiaravanont, Mr                
    Montri Jiaravanont, Mr Dhanin Chearavanont, Mr Sumet                      
    Jiaravanon, Mr Prasert Poongkumarn, Mr Min Tieanworn, Mr                  
    Thirayut Phitya-Isarakul, Mr Thanakorn Seriburi and Mr                    
    Veeravat Kanchanadul, and two independent non-executive                   
    Directors, namely Mr Budiman Elkana and Mr Cheung Koon Yuet,              
    Peter.                                                                    
                                                                              
    By Order of the Board                                                     
    Dhanin Chearavanont                                                       
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer                                      
                                                                              
    Hong Kong, 21st April, 2005                                               
                                                                              
    The Directors of the Company jointly and severally accept                 
    full responsibility for the accuracy of information contained             
    in this announcement and confirm, having made all reasonable              
    enquiries, that to the best of their knowledge, opinions                  
    expressed in this announcement have been arrived at after due             
    and careful consideration and there are no other facts not                
    contained in this announcement, the omission of which would               
    make any statement in this announcement misleading.