HKEx: Change Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that as of 17 November 2005 (Thursday), 11 additional securities have become eligible for short selling and seven designated securities were removed from the list.  The total number of designated securities for short selling is 278 after the revision. 

The securities added to the list of designated securities and the securities removed from such list are shown in the attachment. 

The revised list of all designated securities was circulated to Stock Exchange Participants on 10 November 2005 and has also been available on the HKEx website since.   

List of Additional and Deleted Designated Securities

1.      11 Additional Designated Securities

Code	ENGLISH SHORT NAME
194	LIU CHONG HING
197	HENG TAI
255	LUNG KEE
319	CHINA METAL
328	ALCO HOLDINGS
500	DVN (HOLDINGS)
752	PICO FAR EAST
754	HOPSON DEV HOLD
1175	FU JI CATERING
2877	SHINEWAY PHARM
8069	TONG REN TANG

2.      Deletion of 7 Existing Designated Securities

Code	ENGLISH SHORT NAME
167	IDT INT'L
332	NGAI LIKIND
590	LUK FOOK HOLD
647	JOYCE BOUTIQUE
983	SHUI ON CONS
1000	BEIJING MEDIA
1203	GUANGNAN (HOLD)