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To: Francois Goelo who wrote (1487)	1/1/2000 10:34:00 PM
From: architect*	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1567

Francois, Happy "Western World" New Year, Chinese New Year still 3 months away. <ggg> john ATS might interest you as an Asian play. Price $4 5/8. APT Satellite Holdings Limited (ATS) is a listed company on both the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, APT Satellite Company Limited, was established in 1992. It primarily provides high quality satellite transponder services for international and Asia-Pacific broadcasting and telecommunication sectors and has achieved remarkable performance. The Principal Shareholders of the Group are renowned China and South East Asia corporations. After the listing in December 1996, they directly and indirectly hold an aggregate of 75% of the issued shares of APT Satellite Holdings Limited. The relations between the Group and its Principal Shareholders enable the Group to establish strong competitive advantages in both international and Asia-Pacific markets, including China. The Group is managed by a team of experts in the satellite-related industry. Many of whom have about 20 to 30 years' experience in the development, launch, telemetry and control, and telecommunication of satellites. The Group currently operates two in-orbit satellite, APSTAR-I and APSTAR-IA, through its own satellite control centre located in the Tai Po Industrial Estates, New Territories. The Group's third satellite, APSTAR-IIR, was successfully launched in October 1997. The Group intends to participate in the direct broadcasting satellite service in the region and is also planning to launch a high-powered satellite to satisfy the transponders demand by the year of 2000. Company profile messages.yahoo.com also very excited about the DTH (Direct to Home) possibilities for ATS. They could easily become the EchoStar (DISH) of Asia. messages.yahoo.com direct satellite TV messages.yahoo.com Own 3 satellites that cover 75% of the worlds population Sold transponders on Latest Satellite to Loral for 33 million Will be broadcasting direct TV into CHINA like Direct TV Will provide VSAT and high speed internet access to companies in China via VSAT Great financials compared to other companies that have satellites. Potential merger and investment partner for US, European, Asian companies that want to break into China. 75% of world population messages.yahoo.com pcclf connection Message 11229668 LOR ownership of ATS Message 10862960 LOR and ATS messages.yahoo.com LOR and ATS messages.yahoo.com valuation model ragingbull.com 12/23 news messages.yahoo.com 300,000 share buys messages.yahoo.com 12/15/99 news messages.yahoo.com The collection of developments surrounding Asia, the pacific rim, telephony, internet, and television / interactive media, and broadband will soon lead us higher. This is really ground level. In time... All is well, load up... friend who works for GS just told me APT is one of three companies to get the DBS license from China!!!!! Wow!!!! What other publicly traded companies are tied into Chinese satellite systems? I know this question was asked earlier, but if ATS is the only choice, we seriously might have a nobrainer on our hands. LOR leases satellite acess from ATS. biz.yahoo.com only so many earth orbitals... :o) location location location messages.yahoo.com 12/23/99 news adr.com 10 firms seek chinese TV license messages.yahoo.com 100% leased messages.yahoo.com other satellite companies quote.yahoo.com