Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Announces Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong announces that with effect from 28 February 2000, 24 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 12 existing Designated Securities will be removed from the list. The total number of Designated Securities for short selling will be 194. A list of the Designated Securities to be added and removed is attached for your information. The revised list of all Designated Securities is also available on the Exchange's web site (http://www.sehk.com.hk). 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.