SYDNEY, April 19 -- AsiaNet METALINK LTD... YAKUM: Metalink Ltd., a global provider and developer ofwireline and wireless broadband communication siliconsolutions, today announced that it has been informed by itscustomer, Tellion Inc., that it passed KT Corp.'s benchmarktesting for utility pole-mounted VDSL products, whichincorporated Metalink's long-reach Total-VDSL solution. www.metalinkBB.com KAGOOR NETWORKS... SAN MATEO: Kagoor Networks announced its partnership withFujitsu Asia Pte Ltd (Fujitsu Asia) to augment its ability toserve Asian carriers and service providers. www.kagoor.com ING APPOINTMENT... SINGAPORE: ING Financial Markets today announced theappointment of Brett Williams as Vice President, Debt MarketResearch, Asia, effective 19 April 2004. Based in Singapore,Mr. Williams will cover financial institutions and will reportto Tim Condon, Head of Financial Markets Research, Asia. ARTIFICIAL LIFE... HONG KONG: Hong Kong based Artificial Life, Inc. a leadingprovider of intelligent agent based mobile and Internettechnology and applications today announced that it haslaunched its first portal for mobile applications available at:www.botme.com. DF CHINA... HONG KONG: The directors of DF China Technology, Inc.publishes the presentation at the shareholders' meeting held onMarch 25, 2004 in San Francisco. The contents of thepresentation are available at http://www.dichainsoftware.com. HUANENG POWER... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. today held aboard meeting in Beijing, during which the purchase of a numberof power plant assets and equity interests were approved. HUANENG FINANCIALS... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. today announcedits unaudited results for the three months ended March 31,2004. Under the PRC Accounting Standards, for the first quarterof 2004, the Company realised operating revenues of RMB6.461billion and a net profit of RMB1.404 billion, representingincreases of 24.97 per cent and 24.58 per cent, respectively,over the same period last year. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)