Press Release on May 1, 2001

HKCU and Education Department's SmallCampus.net
Adopted Q9 as an exclusive online Chinese character input system

Qcode Information Technology Limited ("Qcode"), high tech investment of Asia Orient Holdings Limited (stock code: 214, 40% share) and Culturecom Holdings Limited (stock code: 343, 30% share) is delighted to announce that Q9 Character Input System ("CIS") is adopted as the exclusive Chinese input method at SmallCampus.net, a web portal organized by Hong Kong Chinese University, HkedCity.net of Education Department of HKSAR and The Boys' and Girls' Club Association. Upon the portal's official launch on April 28, over 600 primary schools with over 1,000,000 students, parents and teachers will be able to use Q9 CIS web-based version on ALL online applications at SmallCampus.net, such as e-mail, online-diary, scheduler, timetable, web-page and photo album. With the availability of Q9 CIS online, students can enjoy the easy access of 9-key based Chinese input method anytime and anywhere.

TKenny Or, principal of SmallCampus.net, believes the Q9 CIS is the perfect input system for primary school students. "Unlike secondary school students, primary school students do not have the ability to learn keyboard-based Chinese input methods such as Chang Jei. Q9 users only need to identify the shape of the upper part a given character and do not need to learn stroke sequences or complicated input methods. Q9 CIS is the ideal solution for primary students to type Chinese character and learn the Chinese language."

Mark Leung, chairman of Qcode, concluded that, "Our group is delighted to work with Smallcampus.net and this cooperation shows that Q9 CIS is being recognized as the leading Chinese input methods and education tools in Hong Kong." Qcode and SmallCampus.net strongly believe that Q9 CIS in Chinese will be utilized by all teachers and students and can help them to input Chinese in most electronic appliance platforms without cumbersome learning process.

About SmallCampus.net
SmallCampus.net is an educational website established by Hong Kong Chinese University. Up to practicable date, Smallcampus.net has accumulated over 100,000 primary school student subscribers. The website is designed to inspire youngsters through learning over the boundless internet. The children can enjoy and share limitless fun on the Internet. SmallCampus.net is funded by Quality Education Fund and is fully supported by HKedCity.net of Education Department of HKSAR and The Boys' and Girls' Club Association of Hong Kong. Its mission is to develop a healthy, positive, safe, and interesting website for all children in Hong Kong.

About Qcode Information Technology Limited
Q9 CIS is a Chinese character input system utilizing 9-key numeric keypad as its sole input medium. Q9 CIS can be easily grasped by users who only require five minutes to learn and apply. Besides character input function, Q9 CIS contains other enhanced functions for education purpose such as name roll recall , phonetic search, stroke sequence, stroke order, traditional and simple character input, Pin Yin input and Chinese-English bi-directional dictionary. Such functions will probably make Q9 CIS one of the best input and education tools in the education segment in Hong Kong, PRC and the Greater China region.

Since its launch in October 1999, Q9 CIS has won many reputable awards, including Grand Prize of "2000 Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Customer Product Design", "International Invention Expo 2000 - Hong Kong Golden Prize", and "IT Excellence Awards 2000 - Product Category". The Group also plans to launch the enhanced version of Q9 CIS in 2001, which includes the Chinese-English translation system and Chinese Dictionary with comprehensive functions. This will further enhance the value of Q9 CIS in the education sector.

For further enquiries, please contact Connie Leung at 2550 2226.