SYDNEY, JUNE 1 -- AsiaNet GLOBAL SOURCES... HONG KONG: Global Sources Ltd. is expanding its ChinaSourcing Fairs from Shanghai to include additional Fairs inHong Kong. www.chinasourcingfair.com VISA PROMOTION... SINGAPORE: Visa International has announced an exclusivepartnership agreement with the Tourism Authority of Thailand tooffer all Visa cardholders around the world extra benefits andperks when visiting Thailand. PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES... TOKYO and MILPITAS, Calif: Phoenix Technologies Ltd hasannounced the successful joint development of SecureAccess, anew device authentication security solution with NTT DATACORPORATION, a systems integrator based in Japan. www.phoenix.com ELECTRONICS EXHIBITION... MELBOURNE: DigitaLife2004, a Consumer Electronics exhibitionto be held in the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, will offer itspatrons the ability to carry their wallets, digitally, insidetheir mobile phones. SCHOTT TECHNOLOGY... MAINZ: The international SCHOTT technology group will bepresenting various products and solutions at the Optocom Taiwantrade fair, being held in Taipei, from June 9 - 12, 2004. www.schott.com PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES... MILPITAS: Phoenix Technologies Ltd and OSA Technologies, asubsidiary of Avocent Corporation, will deliver IntelligentPlatform Management Interface (IPMI) 1.5- and 2.0-compatibleproducts. www.phoenix.com OPPERBAS HOLDING... BRUSSELS & STOCKHOLM: Opperbas Holding B.V. is conducting aphase II clinical trial using its proprietary PEGylatedliposomes to prolong the half-life and hemostatic efficacy ofrecombinant factor VIII, a protein used to treat haemophilia A,a technology developed for Opperbas by the Israeli-based OmriLaboratories Ltd. research company. www.omrilaboratories.com MINITAB INC... STATE COLLEGE, Pa: Minitab Inc. announced it will beginshipping MINITAB Korean Release 14 for Windows, a fullytranslated, Korean language version of MINITAB 14 - thecompany's statistical software specially developed for qualityprofessionals. www.minitab.com ACCTON PRODUCT... HSINCHU: Accton has introduced Edge-Core Integrated Servicesthat integrates networking techniques and products. www.accton.com ING APPOINTMENTS... HONG KONG: ING Financial Markets today announced theappointment of two equity derivatives traders, Jean-Guy Renardand Martin Wevers, based in Hong Kong. They will report toTrinh Du, Head of Equity Derivatives Products in Asia. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)