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To: DJBEINO who wrote (8273)	8/23/2000 8:09:24 AM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

Post Typhoon Announcement from Ase Group (NO EFFECT) TAIPEI, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- ASE Group, the world's leading independent IC back-end assembly and test service provider which consists of two major operation: ASE Inc. (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2311), the second largest independent IC assembly house in the world, and, ASE Test Limited (Nasdaq: ASTSF), the largest independent IC testing company in the world. ASE Group announced today that Typhoon Bilis, which aboard the southeast end of the Taiwan island last night have left the island at 11:00 am August 23, 2000 did not cause any damage to the company and its subsidiaries including ASE Inc. and ASE Test Limited in Nantze Export Processing Zone in Kaohsiung Taiwan. Although the government declared today a non working day, 70 percent of the workers of one of the three shift cycles still remain at work and the other two shifts were unaffected. These companies will recover the working time reduced during that one shift through overtime within a few days. As a result, both ASE Inc. and ASE Test Limited do not expect any adverse impact on its operations or its financial results. Contact: Joseph Tung email: joseph_tung@asek.asetwn.com.tw Jeffrey Chen email: jeffrey_chen@asek.asetwn.com.tw Tel:886-2-8780-5489 Fax:886-2-2757-6121 SOURCE ASE Group +++++++++++++++++ Taipei was largely unaffected by the typhoon, which hit southern Taiwan late Tuesday night with winds of up to 190 kph. Bilis lost some of its strength as it headed toward southern China's Fujian province. As of 0000 GMT Wednesday, it was located 80 kilometers west of Taiwan's outlying Penghu islands, weather officials said. The typhoon weakened to about 165 kph and was traveling at a speed of 20 kph, said Chien Kuo-chi, a weather forecaster at Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau.