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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (21066)	8/31/1998 1:56:00 AM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

>>capitalization of the whole HK market is about $270 Billion US, the HK Government has $90 billion US reserve, so the most it can own is 33% of the HK market.<< If it waits for some dips, which seem to happen because everybody wants to sell when they get the opportunity, then the Gov't can get the stocks for cheaper. Seems that they may intervene at 6500. biz.yahoo.com BTW...can you shed any light on their strategy. It looks like investors are getting confused and just bailing out if they can. On the other hand, maybe speculators will know that they can push their hand only so far before the gov't steps in. All, this so that the HK peg can be kept up to support the Chinese currency. I guess, it's still not possible to unpeg HK currency from the $? The area there is still to weak? joe

To: Mang Cheng who wrote (21066)	8/31/1998 9:49:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

Cahners In-Stat Group Announces that the LAN Switch Market Resumes Strong Growth in Q2 1998 - 08:10 a.m. Aug 31, 1998 Eastern SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1998--Cahners In-Stat Group announced in its Q2 1998 Networking Quarterly results that, combined, the LAN hub and switch market grew 6% sequentially to $3 billion in end-use sales. The report also announced that switch ports are on the rise as a percentage of overall LAN ports shipped, representing 37% of the total in Q2. 3Com maintained market leadership for the LAN hub and switch markets with 25% port share in Q2 98. Cisco leads in end-use sales with 37.4% share in Q2. Separately, the Shared Media Hub market declined sequentially in ports and sales in Q2, while the LAN Packet Switch market resumed strong growth after a slowdown to single digit growth in Q1. Switch port shipments increased 26% to 10.64 million and end-use sales increased 19% to $2.3 billion. For the first time, Fast Ethernet Switch ports represented the majority of end-use sales, reaching 48.7% of the total in Q2 98. Both Cisco and 3Com drove significant growth in this segment, increasing ports shipped by 55% and 83% respectively. "Fast Ethernet is expected to continue to displace 10 Mbps Ethernet switch ports as ASPs decline to levels that eliminate any compelling reason for customers not to future-proof their networks with 10/100 switch ports," said Shannon Pleasant, industry analyst for Cahners In-Stat Group's Networking Services. "Token Ring and FDDI represent an increasingly smaller percentage of the overall market as Ethernet overwhelmingly entrenches itself as the standard LAN networking technology." Cisco continued to widen the gap between itself and second ranked vendor, 3Com, in the LAN Packet Switch market. Cisco holds the number one ranking with 36.9% switch port share, followed by 3Com and Bay Networks with 21% and 10.8% switch port share respectively. "LAN Packet Switch and Hub Market Analysis," No. CQ9803M1/M6, is Pleasant's new report for Cahners In-Stat Group's Networking Quarterlies Service. It includes detailed market shares, key vendors and a rolling three-quarter forecast of the LAN hub and switch market. The report is priced at $2,995, which includes analyst inquiry privileges on topics covered in this report. To purchase this report, or for more information on Cahners In-Stat Group's services, contact Linda Morganstern at 408/345-4449 (FAX: 408/345-4400, email: lmorganstern@cahners.com). Press may also call Shannon Pleasant directly for discussions of the report. Headquartered in Newton, Mass., Cahners In-Stat Group is a high-technology market research firm with comprehensive understanding of computer and convergence, networking, wireless, telecommunications, Internet, enterprise software, and semiconductor market. Offices are also located in Scottsdale, Ariz. and San Jose, Calif. Cahners In-Stat Group, formed by the merger of In-Stat and Business Research Group, is part of Cahners Business Information, the largest publisher of specialized business publications in the United States, and a division of Reed Elsevier. Visit Cahners In-Stat Group online at cahnersinstat.com. Copyright 1998, Business Wire o~~~ O

To: Mang Cheng who wrote (21066)	8/31/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 45548

3Com Corporation and AG Communication Systems Enter Joint Marketing Initiative for Video and Data Services over ATM SANTA CLARA, Calif.(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 1998--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) and AG Communication Systems announced today that the two companies have established a joint marketing initiative to deliver flexible and economical high-quality video conferencing and data services over asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) metropolitan and wide area networks (WANs). The two companies have already successfully deployed distance learning networks at Shenandoah Telephone Company (Virginia) and Washington Township Public Schools (New Jersey), as well as a high-performance network at University Hospital (Colorado). mktnews.nasdaq.com o~~~ O