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To: kenneth sawyer who wrote (24675)	11/25/1997 6:13:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 61433

A thread of dietitians, "thugs" ,comedians,novelists,and people from outer space.......what more can you ask for? A lawyer. Wait, a securities lawyer. Gary Korn

To: kenneth sawyer who wrote (24675)	11/25/1997 7:30:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Asia Pacific PC market grew 18 pct in Q3-Dataquest Reuters Story - November 25, 1997 19:01 %BUS %US %DPR %TW %ELC %KR %CN %SG %HK %ID %MY %AU %TH %EMRG 64050.KS CPQ 2306.TW GART V%REUTER P%RTR SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Dataquest Inc said the personal computer market in the Asia Pacific region grew 18 percent in the third quarters, led by strong growth in China, despite the currency crises in many Asian countries. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd became the number one vendor, jumping past Compaq Computer Corp , which slipped to number two position, after being number one in the Asia-Pacific region for eight straight quarters. Samsung had 7.1 percent of the Asia Pacific market in the third quarter, while Compaq had 6.7 percent. Dataquest said that PC shipments reached 2.2 million units in the quarter, up 18 percent from 1.9 million units a year ago. China led all countries with units surpassing 608,000. "Demand in China continued to be fueled by its strong economy that remains undisturbed by the currency crises," said Cherry Velarde, an analyst at Dataquest's Asia Pacific program. Velarde said that more than 27 percent of total units sold in the region went to China. Dataquest said Samsung moved to the number one position, even amid a severe economic downturn in Korea, because of the success of its home computer market. Acer Inc of Taiwan was the third largest vendor in the Asia Pacific region, with 6.7 percent of the market. While China led the region with the strongest growth, other countries also had a positive quarter, such as Taiwan, which grew 36 percent, Singapore, up 26 percent, Hong Kong, up 16 percent and Australia, which grew 10 percent. Dataquest said the currency crises had the most negative effect on PC markets in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia and Thailand the worst hit in the quarter. Indonesia and Thailand saw dramatic reductions in purchasing from the corporate sector and shipments fell five percent in both countries. Growth in the Malaysian PC market was also inhibited by the currency devaluation and resulting price increases, but unit shipments were up 18 percent in Malaysia. Dataquest, a market research firm based in San Jose, Calif., is a unit of the Gartner Group and has direct local operations in Japan and seven countries in the Asia Pacific region.