The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from Monday, 14 May 2001, six additional securities will be eligible for short selling. The total number of designated securities for short selling will be 227. The designated securities to be added are listed as follows. The revised list of all designated securities is also available on the HKEx website (http://www.hkex.com.hk).

For ease of reference, on the Telextext 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.

List of Six Additional Designated Securities