Skali Integrated with Surfchina.com Provides Comprehensive Chinese Websites Directory Search

Multimedia Super Corridor, 2 December 1999 -- Skali ( http://www.skali.com ) has integrated SurfChina.com, a Chinese-website search engine, to add another feature to its existing wide range of searches, guides and directory services currently organized within Skali Search page ( http://search.skali.com ). This service is branded as SurfChina@Skali

Search, directory services and internet guides, which form part of Skali's range of internet services from content aggregation, packaging and broadcast to communication and community building tools, are further amplified with this new search and navigational capability. At Skali , contents are organized into channels and further refined into various countries' related contents ranging from Realtime updated news, articles, guides etc. This feature complements Skali organized Chinese or China related contents.

SurfChina@Skali can be found at Search Skali page and on most Chinese and China related pages within Skali. Users can also enjoy this service directly by going to SurfChina@Skali at http://www.skali.com/misc/surfchina

"This is one of the steps taken by Skali to get itself closer to users who see relevancy in Chinese or China related information in their internet navigational behavior. Most of these users are Asian but we do not discount non-Asian users looking for these information as well.", says Tengku Farith, Alam Teknokrat's Executive Vice-Chairman, the company which manages Skali. " Naturally, Skali will expand its market reach catering various user groups, levels as well as geographical locations", he added.

Notes to the Editor:
1. About Skali ( http://www.skali.com )
This Internet channel is managed by Alam Teknokrat Sdn.Bhd. ( ALTEK ), a technology-centric service company based in Serdang, Kuala Lumpur. The channel, which was launched in the midst of 1997 with its first search channel, Altavista Skali ( http://altavista.skali.com ), acts as a Content Aggregator that aggregates current, informative and entertaining content. Skali has on-going plans to expand its contents and introduce more services for its users. Currently, Skali users may find the channel beneficial, with a range of search facilities, up-to-date news and information, Internet Guide and on-line tools, which are user-friendly and useful. Skali also provides opportunities for companies to forge one-on-one relationship with their existing and potential customers. These features are in line with Skali's mission in developing an interactive platform for on-line communities with more contents and increasing participation of Internet users.

2. About SurfChina.com ( http://www.surfchina.com )
SurfChina.com aims to provide its users with Chinese-related information. This information comes in the form of content (ranging from entertainment to business), China statistical data, web site directory listing and links to other Chinese-related web sites. SurfChina.com also offers Web Hosting services and online shopping for Oriental products. It has offices in the United States of America and Shanghai.

3. For further information, please contact:
Aimi Aizal Nasharuddin, Director Sales & Marketing, Alam Teknokrat Sdn Bhd
Tel: 6-03-9168 468;   Fax: 6-03-9168 458;   Email: aizal@skali.com