21-May-2002

35,000

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31,637,000

All the 32,267,000 shares repurchased by the Company were retained as treasury shares. There were no resale of treasury shares and the total number of treasury shares cancelled by the Company was 630,000 ordinary shares (inclusive of this notification of cancellation). Simultaneous with the aforesaid cancellation of treasury shares, the Company had allotted and issued the corresponding number of 630,000 ordinary shares pursuant to the Employees' Share Option Scheme. As such, the total number of ordinary shares comprised in the issued and paid-up capital of the Company remain at 622,660,000

cc: Securities Commission