SYDNEY, Aug. 11--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CHUNGHWA TELECOM... TAIPEI: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. announced after the closeof trading in New York on August 9, 2005 that the company'ssecondary offering of 135.1 million American Depositary Shares(ADSs) by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications ofthe Republic of China was priced at US$18.98 per ADS. ESPN STAR... SINGAPORE: The Board of Directors of ESPN STAR Sportsannounced the appointment of Jamie Davis as the company's nextManaging Director with effect from 1 September 2005. FAST SEARCH... OSLO: Fast Search & Transfer, a developer ofenterprise search and real-time alerting technologies,announced the general availability of FAST InStream Version4.2. FAST InStream is an OEM-specific enterprise searchsolution developed specifically to meet the complexapplication-based search requirements of independent softwarevendors (ISVs). www.fastsearch.com MICREL INC... SAN JOSE, Calif: Micrel Inc has launched a family ofhigh-current power switches. www.micrel.com CALYPTO APPOINTMENTS... SANTA CLARA, Calif: Calypto Design Systems, Inc. hasannounced the appointment of two new members to the company'stechnology advisory board (TAB): Dr. Edmund Clarke, FORESystems Professor of Carnegie Mellon University's School ofComputer Science and Dr. Farid Najm, professor and vice chairof the University of Toronto's Electrical and ComputerEngineering (ECE) department. www.calypto.com MOON VOYAGE... NEW YORK: Space Adventures, Ltd. has announced theavailability of the first-ever tickets for a voyage to the farside of the moon. www.GoToOrbit.com CHIPS TALK... TOKYO: Tomoyoshi Sato, co-founder, CTO and Vice President ofIPFlex Inc., will present a paper on DAPDNA-2 processortechnology at Hot Chips 17 at Stanford University, an annualconference on high-performance chips on August 16. www.ipflex.com BIOSE PAPER... BOISE, Idaho: Boise Paper announced today that it isproceeding with investments following the completion of itsstrategic review announced on May 24, 2005. www.boiselabelrelease.com CVRD SUCCESS... RIO DE JANEIRO: CVRD said it has taken advantage of theopportunities offered bys the long cycle of mining andmetals. www.cvrd.com.br ARROW ASIA... HONG KONG: Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. has announced a franchisedistribution agreement with Imagic Technologies Co., Ltd., adesigner and manufacturer of customized compact cameramodules. www.arrowasia.com IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT... SYDNEY: In-flight entertainment, voice and data links willbe crucial battlegrounds for airlines in 2006 especiallylong-haul carriers like Qantas and Air New Zealand, accordingto analysts Frost & Sullivan. www.frost.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)