HKVCA Delegation to Taiwan October 21-22, 2003

Program:

1) Optional Oct 19-22

Taiwan Business Alliance Conference
(on invitation basis complimentary)

Oct 19	12:00-21:00	Registration / Welcome Reception
Oct 20	09:00-18:00	Opening Ceremony / 1st Summit Forum / Luncheon / Workshops
Oct 21	10:00-18:00	2nd Summit Forum / Luncheon / Workshops
Oct 22	Full day	Taipei Cultural Tour/ Hsinchu Technology Tour / Kaohsiung Industry Tour / Hualien Leisure Tour
(Details of the program as per attached file) For registration, please complete the attached form and return to us asap. Also, please indicate which session you wish to attend. Invitation will be issued to participants upon receipt of their registration.

 

2) HKVCA Trip Oct. 23-24

Oct. 23, 2003 (Thu) (09:30 - 17:30) -- DAY 1

Morning Meet at the lobby of Sherwood Hotel at 9:00 am
1.	Pacific Venture Partners
2.	Asia Vest Partners
Luncheon at 3/F Sherwood Hotel with Taiwan VC Funds (Board of Directors of TVC)
Afternoon
1.	China Development Industrial Bank (CDIB)
2.	Vincera Ventures
3.	Executive Yuan Development Fund

Oct. 24, 2003 (Fri) (09:30 - 14:30) -- DAY 2

Morning
1.	Over the Counter (OTC)
2.	Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. (TSEC)
3.	Polaris Securities Corp. - presentation of new regulation and IPO
Luncheon hosted by Polaris Securities

Hotel / Air ticket / Visa Arrangements
All delegates will make their own hotel and international travel arrangements. Cost of joint meals and gifts to hosts will be shared amongst participants.

Members participating: JAFCO Investment, Walden International, AsiaTech Ventures, GEMS, Goldman Sachs, China Merchants, William E. Simon & Sons

If you wish to join the delegation, please contact
Ms. Monica Lo
Tel: (852) 2845-6100
Fax: (852) 2526-2713
Email: mlo@hkvca.com.hk

IDG World Expo Asia announced this two-day event to bring together some of the world's leading private equity investors, innovators, and thought leaders in high technology to discuss the issues most crucial to the future of high tech entrepreneurship and the global economy. Also, the importance of Intellectual Property Protection will also be highlighted in addition to Technology Investing.

HI-TECH VENTURE SUMMIT 2003 is an exclusive investment conference uniting venture capital and innovation. The summit, which features VCs, Consulting Firms, Hi-tech companies (Call for Business Plan) presentations, interactive workshops and networking, will attract senior level executives from a variety of industries including: Wireless, Internet, Telecommunications, Software, I.T Infrastructure, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Security & Biometrics, Professional Services, Corporate Finance, Law Firms, Investment and Venture Capital.

This summit is the premiere venture capital conference for venture capitalists, angel investors, executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, incubators, investment bankers, successful entrepreneurs, premier service providers and industry leaders. Whether your company is seeking early stage funding, follow on funding, or exposure; or you are an investor seeking new investment opportunities, Hi-Tech Venture Summit 2003 - is the event to attend.

Please contact the Project Manager - Mr. Paul Szeto at (852) 2233 9347 or through email at paul_szeto@idgexpo.com.hk.

The Small Business Corporation (SBC), Korea cordially invites you to attend the Executive Luncheon profiling 5 Korea’s major SME enterprises, which is to be held on 13 October, 2003 in Hong Kong.

SBC is fully subsidized by the Korean Government. Its function is to effectively implement government policies and programs for sound growth and development of SMEs. For more information about SBC, please visit http://www.sbc.or.kr

Date:		13 October 2003 ( Monday)
Time:		10:30 am to 14:00 pm
Venue:		Salon 4, J.W. Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong

For enquires, please contact Ms Angel Lee at 3107 1336

The aim of the conference is to facilitate an informal and stimulating dialogue between corporations, investors with a long-term view, financial and professional intermediaries, and regulators on how sound corporate governance can be effectively implemented in Asia.

For registration details, please click http://www.acga-asia.org/loadfile.cfm?SITE_FILE_ID=166.

For inquiries, contact Jessica Ko, ACGA Administrator, on email: jessica@acga-asia.org or telephone (852) 2878 3733.

WHAT IS "SME MARKET DAY IN OSAKA"?
* A small-scale, SME-focused exhibition which serves as a one-stop platform for enterprises and SMEs in Western Japan to access a wide array trade services provided by HK's services providers.
* It aims to attract over 1,000 trade visitors who are, in particular, seeking to establish strategic partnership with HK services providers to explore the emerging mainland market.

HONG KONG SERVICES PROMOTION AT SME MARKET DAY IN OSAKA
- THE BEST CHANNEL TO PROMOTE YOUR SERVICES IN WESTERN JAPAN
Being a pioneer promotion of HK's wide range of services in Western Japan, this two-day exhibition is the perfect platform for your Company to:

• Market your excellent services to enterprises and SMEs in Western Japan;
• Explore a bonanza of business opportunity, establish face-to-face contacts and enter into co-operation with appropriate Japanese business partners who have unique business needs in tapping the mainland market.

JOIN THE HONG KONG SERVICES PROMOTION FOR A HASSLE-FREE EXHIBITION AND ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE:

• Two-day table-top exhibition at the exhibition centre "Mydome Osaka";
• A 30-minute presentation session;
• Pre-event business appointments with target Japanese business partners.

WHO SHOULD EXHIBIT:
Service providers from legal, accounting, logistics, licensing, banking & finance, etc.

For more information, please contact Mr. Jerry Lau (Tel: 2584 4061)

For program rundown, please click:
Or contact Mr. Albert Law at email: albertlaw@kwah.com

Launch of the Sustainable Development Fund

The Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) is open to applications from 6 September 2003.

The Fund has been established with a sum of HK$100 million to provide a central source of financial support for initiatives that aim to develop a strong public awareness of the concept of sustainable development and to promote sustainable practices in Hong Kong. Initially, a maximum of HK$10 million annually will be available for disbursement from the Fund. There will be two calls for applications each year. The deadline for the current round of applications will be 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 1 December 2003.

For detailed information on how to apply for a grant from the Fund, please visit www.susdev.gov.hk.
Should you have any enquiries or wish to find out more about the Fund, please feel free to contact the SDF Secretariat at 3150 8192 or email at sdf@sdu.gov.hk.

Digital View Limited

Nature Business: Advertising networks (video based "Narrowcasting")
Funds Required: Varies according to project - typically US$1m to US$10m

Project Details:
Narrowcasting video based advertising networks provide advertisers and brands with a highly targetted and often captive audiences in defined locations, for example in public transport (buses, trains, boats), retail chains, waiting rooms, washrooms, elevators and so on.

Digital View has already been engaged in a number of very significant and successful narrowcasting projects in Europe, USA and Asia and is now looking to expand into China. We have patent pending technology, market proven systems and well established infrastructure together with unparalleled market knowledge and expertise.

We are keen to meet VC's who are interested in developing this market.

Contact Details:
James Henry, Chairman
Digital View Ltd
Tel: (852) 2568 2433
Email: james.henry@digitalview.com
Address: 2201 Nanyang Plaza, 57 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Sohealthasia Ltd

Nature Business: Nature of Business: Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Market Research Consultancy

Funds Required: US$ 1,000,000

Project Details:
Sohealthasia is an already established company now seeking funding to expand its local operation to an Asia wide operation and establish local offices in Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Korea and Japan. For full business profile and detailed business plan please contact directly.

Contact Details:
Scott Davies, Director
Sohealthasia Ltd
Tel: (852) 2106 1733
Email: scott@sohealthasia.com
Website: www.sohealthasia.com
Address: Room B, 19/F, Tung Hip Commercial Building, 244-252 Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong

Microphotonics Technologies Company

Nature Business: The company is involved in manufacturing of solid-state lighting(LED) and photonics products. With our “know-how” experiences in the photonics technology, we shall become the first and leading player capable of local service with focusing on three rapid expanding segments in China: IT; Automotive; and Illumination lighting.

Funds Required: US$ 3,000,000 for customer qualification and high volume production.

Project Details:
The proposed project presents a significant business opportunity. We are collaborating with the Tianjin Economic-Technology Development Area(TEDA). The moves of developing domestic LED vendor(s) for the handheld electronics applications is promoted favorably by TEDA and a group of the industry giants, namely Motorola, Samsung, and Sanyo, all located in Tianjian, as drive of cost reduction.

The company's founding team has a combined 50+ years of experiences in the optoelectronics and semiconductor industries. Our advanced design team is in the US while manufacturing facility will be located in China. We expect our revenue will grow more than 100% per year for next 5 years, reaching nearly $35 million with approximately $3.6 million of net income in 2008. We believe that focusing first on manufacturing and value-added solutions for the OEMs is the best way to meet today's dynamic business climate and achieve a maximum return on investment(ROI) in China.

Contact Details:
George Ma, President
Microphotonics Technologies Company
Tel: 562-607 8828
Email: georgewenma@msn.com
Address: 17626 Gerritt Ave, Cerritos, CA 90703, USA

IRFT.Inc

Nature Business: iRFT is founded by a team of RF/Analog design engineers and a TV/Tuner system expert to design Silicon Tuner and Demodulator for Digital and Analog TV.

Funds Required: US$ 3,000,000

Market Opportunity:
1. The TV tuner market is in a transition stage from analog tuner to digital tuner and from metal can tuner to silicon tuner. 2. Because of the cost advantage and small form factor, the Silicon Tuner is not only a substitute of metal can tuner in TV, Set Top Box market, it also opens up a new market application in LCD TV/Monitor, PDA/TV and in car TV etc..

Project Details:
We are a start up company that based in Silicon Valley, we have 3 full time and three part time engineers work on this project since 3/2003. We completed the architecture design and critical circuit block simulation for Low Noise Amplifier/Auto Gain Control Amplifier, Phase Lock Loop Frequency Synthesizer, Local Oscillators, I/O ESD protection structure and Package Modeling.

We plan to move the company back to Hong Kong or China and expect to complete the design in 7 months after the closing of the funding.

Contact Details:
Mr. Yee Wong, CEO&President
iRFT, Inc.
Email: yeewong99@yahoo.com
Tel: 9/26 ~ 10/5: China: 130-7553-7657 10/5 ~ 10/9: Hong Kong: 9654-4784
after 10/12: U.S.A.: 510-579-5842
Address: 460 Jacaranda Dr., Fremont, Carlifonia 94539, USA

Longcom Limited

Nature Business: CDMA Development

Funds Required: Varies according to project US$1M ~ US$3.5M

Project Details:
CDMA 1X & 1XEV-DO Source and Products

We, Longcom Limited, has been concentrating in China Telecommunication MKT since the incorporation in 2001. With our previous experience and contacts acquired in the handset distribution in PRC, we would like to take a step forward into the profit generating business.

We are honored to introduce the highly profit generating product, CDMA 1x PCMCIA Card. We wish to take the mentioned product as the initial product while deploying into various fields step at a time.

Briefly, the competitive edge of the MKT and our product can be described as follows:

1. Capacity of the MKT: CDMA MKT is expanding rapidly throughout Asia. China is already very well known as the biggest single MKT in the world, but besides PRC, southeast asian countries are accepting CDMA as the primary technology with help of the Korean and US major telecom companies.
2. Price Competitiveness & Protection
3. Various Revenue models: Our Marketing Strategy is based on the creativeness and realizing the reality. By the product itself, much revenue can be expected; however, we have created additional method of generating revenue.

We are keen to meet VC's who are interested in developing this profitable market.

Contact Details:
Mr. Leo Yoon, Managing Director
Longcom Limited
Email: leo@naoinhk.com
Tel: 2781 4121
Fax: 2781 0164
Address: Room 1101, 23 Hillwood Road, TST, Kowloon.