CINXE.COM

<html> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://news.cens.com:80/","20021119135032","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1037713832"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <title>The Taiwan Economic News Home Page</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="Author" content="Wen-Ming Ying, Ying Technologies"> <meta name="KeyWords" content="Taiwan, News, Business, Economic, English, Dialy, Online, Financial, Trade, Technology"> <mtea name="Description" content="Taiwan's Only English-Language Daily Economic News Web Service"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021119135032im_/http://www.cens.com/images/cens.ico"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <center><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="610"> <tr valign="TOP"> <td align="CENTER" width="118" bgcolor="#0071AD"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/news.gif" alt="CENS Mark" height="86" width="118"><br> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/c-cens1.gif" alt="CENS Chinese Mark" height="38" width="118"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/login"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/frontpage.gif" alt="Front Page" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/sample.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/sample.gif" alt="Sample" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/map.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/map.gif" alt="User's Guide" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/contact.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/contact.gif" alt="Contact Us" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/aboutus.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/aboutus.gif" alt="About Us" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/bilingual"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/bilingual.gif" alt="Bilingual" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/entrepreneurs"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/leaders.gif" alt="Entrepreneurs" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"><hr> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/roundup"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/roundup.gif" alt="Roundup" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"><hr>  <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/daily/digest.html"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/digest.gif" alt="General News Digest" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/link"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/link.gif" alt="Useful Link" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="CENTER"> <hr><a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/adinfo.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/adinfo.gif" alt="AD Info" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <hr></td> </tr> <td>  </td> </tr> </table> <table vspace="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/getadv?cat=home&id=a1" target="AdvWindow"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/adv/home/a1.gif" border="0" height="70" width="116"></a> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/getadv?cat=home&id=a2" target="AdvWindow"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/adv/home/a2.gif" border="0" height="70" width="116"></a> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/getadv?cat=home&id=a3" target="AdvWindow"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/adv/home/a3.gif" border="0" height="70" width="116"></a> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/getadv?cat=home&id=a4" target="AdvWindow"> <img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/adv/home/a4.gif" border="0" height="70" width="116"></a> </td></tr></table> </td> <td> </td> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <center><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/tnews.gif" height="66" width="341"> <br><b><font color="#FF0000" size="+1"> <meta name="HomePagePartOne"> Tuesday, November 19, 2002 <meta name="HomePagePartOne"> </font></b><br> <font color="#008080" size="-2">(Taiwan Standard Time)</font></center> <center> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/getadv?cat=home&id=b1" target="AdvWin dow"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/adv/home/b1.gif" border="0" height="60" width="468"></a> <hr> <meta name="HomePagePartTwo"> <table border="0" cols="4" cellpadding="0" cellspacing=" 2" width=" 500"> <caption><b><font face="Arial" color="#0080C0" size="1"> TAIWAN MARKET INDICATORS (  Nov 18, 2002  )</font></caption><tr bgcolor="#0080C0"> <td align="CENTER" width="25%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>TAIEX</b></font></td> <td align="CENTER" width="25%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>TAISDAQ</b></font></td> <td align="CENTER" width="25%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>US$ 1:NT$</b></font></td> <td align="CENTER" width="25%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><b>Call-loan Rate</b></font></td> </td></tr><tr> <td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#C6FBFF" width="100%"><tr> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#FF0000"> 4,790.61 </font></font></b></td><td><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/dnarrow.gif"></td> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#FF0000"> -22.92 </b></font></font></b></td></tr></table></td> <td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#C6FBFF" width="100%"><tr> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> 105.37 </font></font></b></td><td><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/uparrow.gif"></td> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> +0.65 </b></font></font></b></td></tr></table></td> <td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#C6FBFF" width="100%"><tr> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> 34.757 </font></font></b></td><td><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/uparrow.gif"></td> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> +0.047 </b></font></font></b></td></tr></table></td> <td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#C6FBFF" width="100%"><tr> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> 1.673% </font></font></b></td><td><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/uparrow.gif"></td> <td align="CENTER" width="49%"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"> <font color="#0000FF"> +0 </b></font></font></b></td></tr></table></td> </tr></table> <meta name="HomePagePartTwo"> <p></p> </center> <b><font face="Arial" color="#0000A0" size="3"><p>We provide the most current and comprehensive economic, financial, trade and industrial news information, among others, from Taiwan every Monday through Friday, helping you easily acquire a complete picture of business in Taiwan.</p> <p>We offer <font size="4" color="#FF0000" face="Arial Black">Free Access</font> to daily news summary, general news digest, bilingual editorials, and more. Please click <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/register.html">REGISTER</a> for more information, or <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/login">LOGIN</a> if you are already a member or registered regular reader.</p> <center> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/register.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/register1.gif" alt="Register" border="0" hspace="20"></a> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/cgi-bin/login"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/button/login.gif" alt="Login" border="0" hspace="20"></a> </center> <p> <font size="4" color="#FF0000">Register now</font> and read firsthand information of Taiwan Economic News.</p> </font></b> <hr size="10"> <p><b><font face="Arial" color="#990066" size="4">In addition, we also operate a trade website, and offer some commercial sections as follows:</font></b></p> <center><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="145" height="28" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/entrepreneurs"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/leaders.gif" alt="Entrepreneurs" border="0"></a></td> <td width="371" height="28" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="3">Profiles of successful businessmen and their operations.</font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="145" height="28" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/pr"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/press.gif" alt="Press Release" border="0"></a></td> <td width="371" height="28" bgcolor="#DBDBDB"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="3">Offering basic and current information on domestic firms in various business lines.</font></td> </tr> </table></center> <center><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="145" height="25"> <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/tbrand/tbrand.html"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/tbrand.gif" alt="Taiwan Brand Parade" border="0"></a> </td> <td width="371" height="25" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="3">A gateway to sourcing major quality product brands in Taiwan.</font></td> </tr> </table></center> <hr size="10"> <center><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td width="145" height="25"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20021119135032/http://www.cens.com/"><img src="/web/20021119135032im_/http://news.cens.com/images/tradesite.gif" alt="CENS Trade Site" border="0"></a> </td> <td width="371" height="25" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="3">Serving as bridge between Taiwan suppliers and global buyers.</font></td> </tr> </table></center> <hr> <center> 555 Chunghsiao E. Rd., Sec. 4, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.<br> Tel: 886-2-27681234 ext. 2814, 2816<br> Fax: 886-2-27629143<br> Address your questions or comments to <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/comment.html">news@cens.com</a><br> © 1997-2002 <a href="/web/20021119135032/http://news.cens.com/copyright.html">copyright</a>China Economic News Service.<br> All Rights Reserved. </center> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> </body></html>