Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited announces that with effect from 12 February 2001, 15 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 11 existing Designated Securities will be removed from the list. The total number of Designated Securities for short selling will be 221. A list of the Designated Securities to be added and removed is attached for your information. The revised list of all Designated Securities will be also available on the Exchange's web site (http://www.hkex.com.hk) from 12 February.
For ease of reference, on the stock page of each Designated Security, a letter "H" will be displayed at the commencement of the freetext area to indicate that the security is eligible for short selling.
