Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce futures and options contracts based on China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) shares onMonday,19 December 2005.

Contract months of the CCB Futures and Options available for trading on 19 December will be December 2005, January, February, March and June 2006.

The multiplier for the futures contracts will be 1,000. The size of the options contracts will be one board lot of the underlying shares, or 1,000 shares.

The latest information on the futures and options contracts traded on HKEx's derivatives market, including contract specifications, is available on the HKEx website.