SYDNEY, April 28 -- AsiaNet GLOBAL CONCERNS... HONG KONG: Global Sources' chairman and chief executiveofficer, Merle A. Hinrichs, has raised concerns over theTrade Development Council's impact on new HK$2 billionexhibition facilities in an address at the LegislativeCouncil's April 23 hearing regarding the future role of theTrade Development Council, a media statement said. www.corporate.globalsources.com GLOBE RECORD... SEOUL: Globe Telecom's service launched on April 17, 2004,under the service name of "MyGlobe Ringback" has surpassed100,000 subscribers in just one week of the launch withmultiple downloads by a majority of the users, a mediastatement said. www.widerthan.com JOYBA.COM CHINA... HONG KONG: Intac International, Inc., a content provider inChina providing Chinese students exclusively with a full-rangeof career development services through its Beijing Intac PurunEducational Development Ltd. joint venture with China'sMinistry of Education, announced in a press release the launchof its Internet career guidance and job search portalJoyba.com. www.joyba.com ENGINION APPOINTMENT... BERLIN: Ulrich Ruetz, former Chairman of the Managing Boardof BERU, has been elected member of the Supervisory Board ofEnginion, a press release said. TOSHIBA DESIGN... MOUNTAIN VIEW: Synopsys, Inc., the world leader insemiconductor design software, announced in a press releasethat Toshiba Corporation, a world-class supplier ofsemiconductors, has taped out multiple 90-nanometersystem-on-chip designs for its audiovisual and office equipmentproduct lines using Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform. www.synopsys.com PLAYBOY MOVIES... LOS ANGELES: Playboy TV International, a leading provider ofhigh-quality, adult entertainment programming, has signed alicensing agreement with The Premium Movie Partnership inAustralia for 50 Playboy produced movies, which will air onmovie channels Showtime and Showtime Greats on Foxtel andAustar, a media statment said. www.ptvioriginals.com ATMEL MICROPROCESSOR... GRENOBLE: Atmel Corporation has now made available thePC7447A microprocessor, the extended-reliability version of theMPC7447A from Freescale Semiconductor, a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Motorola Inc., a media statment said. www.atmel.com BAT REPORT... LONDON: British American Tobacco posted a 3 per centincrease in operating profit at GBP640 million, affected by thetranslation of results at generally weaker exchange rates, apress release said. CHUNGHWA TELECOM... TAIPEI: Chunghwa Telecom posted revenues of NT$182.5billion,net income of NT$47.3 billion and fully-diluted earnings percommon share of NT$4.90, or US$1.44 per ADS for the year endingDecember 31, 2003, a media statement said. www.cht.com.tw (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)