Intermost To Head Egan's China Y2K Task-Force Martyn Williams, Newsbytes 08/11/98 Newsbytes News Network (c) Copyright 1998 Post-Newsweek Business Information, Inc. All rights reserved.
SHENZHEN, CHINA, 1998 AUG 12 (NB). Egan Systems, Inc., has chosen Intermost Holdings, Ltd., to manage the daily operations of its newly established Tech 2020 task-force in China.
Intermost is one of six "model information companies" recognized by the Chinese government and brings to Tech 2020 a database of more than two million Chinese company records and business information.
Tech 2020, in which Egan holds a 51 percent stake, will work on upgrading and technical support of computer systems in China with an initial focus on problems caused by the year 2000 problem.
"Our goal is for Tech 2020 to become China's technology sourcing agent and clearinghouse for private and government operations, through at least the year 2020," said Andy Lin, vice president of Intermost .
Following the appointment of Intermost , Egan announced Intermost president, Jun Liang, will be president of Tech 2020, Andy Lin will become chief executive officer and Edward Egan, president of Egan Systems, will be chairman of the board as well as US director.
Egan Systems, a specialist in the COBOL computer language, announced the formation of Tech 2020 earlier this week and said it expects the venture to record revenues of $100 million within 3 to 5 years (Newsbytes, August 11, 1998).
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