SYDNEY, April 1--AsiaNet/InfoQuest KOREAN GOLFER... SHANGHAI - Golfing success gained in Asia gave Korea's ChoiKyung-ju the confidence to export his talent into Europe andAmerica where he became the first ever Korean to qualify forthe prestigious US PGA Tour. http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com GOLF CLASSIC... SHANGHAI - Korea's Choi Kyung-ju has enjoyed golfing successall over the world. To date he has won in the States, Japan,Europe and twice on the Asian Tour at the 1999 Korean Open andthe 2003 SK Telecom Open. http://www.johnniewalkerclassic.com INDIAN GOLFERS... SHANGHAI - Six top Indian golfers have qualified for thestar-studded GBP1.25 million (USD2.35 million) Johnnie WalkerClassic which will take place in mainland China for the veryfirst time over Beijing's Pine Valley Golf Resort & CountryClub from April 21 to 24. HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE... SYDNEY - Proteome Systems announced the achievement of amilestone under a collaborative agreement with the US-basedHigh Q Foundation for the discovery of biomarkers formonitoring the progression of Huntington's disease and theeffectiveness of treatments in clinical trials. FOOTBALL CONFERENCE... MUNICH - Bavarian Prime Minister Dr. Edmund Stoiber and FIFAWorld Cup Organizing Committee chairman Lennart Johanssonannounced Wednesday in Munich plans for a major internationalevent in the world of football - the Visions of Footballconference, a gathering of football professionals from aroundthe globe, to be held on July 27-29 in Munich. http://www.visions-of-football.com ORE PRICES... RIO DE JANEIRO - Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the world'se negotiations for 2005 with ThyssenKrupp Stahl A.G.(ThyssenKrupp), one of the largest European steelmakers. http://www.cvrd.com.br NEW GM... SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. & TOKYO - OpenTV Corp., one of theworld's leading interactive television companies, todayannounced the appointment of technology and broadband veteranArata Hirao as general manager and representative director ofOpenTV's Japanese operations. http://www.opentv.com GSM REVIEW... LONDON - The Board of the GSM Association, the global tradeassociation, has called for an immediate review of the currentlicensing program proposed by MPEG LA and the companiesinvolved in this patent pool, for use of the Open MobileAlliance's (OMA) Digital Rights Management (DRM) 1.0standard. http://www.gsmworld.com/news/boilerplate.html SHAREHOLDERS LETTER... NEW YORK - Today a group of shareholders and former membersof senior management of Morgan Stanley sent a second letter tothe Board of Directors. CHINESE EXPANSION... CULVER CITY, Calif. - Small World Kids, Inc., a leadingmanufacturer, marketer and distributor of high-qualitychildren's products, through its subsidiary Small World Toys,announced the expansion of its Chinese operations, to be led byChinese manufacturing expert Rickie Ching. http://www.smallworldtoys.com GENERAL MOTORS... SHANGHAI - General Motors announced that Kevin E. Wale, GMEurope Vice President, and Chairman of Vauxhall Motor Co. andGM's UK Operations, has been named the new President andManaging Director of the GM China Group. Wale replaces PhilMurtaugh, who resigned from GM. http://media.gm.com http://www.gm.com CHUNGHWA TELECOM... TAIPEI - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd, announced its operatingresults for the year 2004. All figures were prepared inaccordance with US GAAP. http://www.cht.com.tw/ir/filedownload NETCENTREX REVENUE... PARIS & SAN JOSE, Calif. - NetCentrex, the leading enablerof converged voice-data networks and solutions, has announcedrevenue growth of more than 30% for 2004, with consolidatedresults totaling over EUR26 Million (US$34 Million). http://www.netcentrex.net (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)