Fairwood Holdings Limited — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2000

May 18, 2000

FAR EAST TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Far East Technology International Limited (the "Company") will be held at the Penthouse, Far East Consortium Building, 121 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong on Tuesday, 27 June, 2000 at 3:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

1. To receive and consider the audited Financial Statements and the Reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended 31 December, 1999.

2. To re-elect Directors and to fix their remuneration.

3. To re-appoint Auditors and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration.

4. To consider and, if thought fit, pass with or without modification, the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:

"THAT:

(a) subject to paragraph (c) of this Resolution, the exercise by the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) of all the powers of the Company to allot, issue and deal with additional shares of HK$1.00 each in the capital of the Company and to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers be and is hereby generally and unconditionally approved;

(b) the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution shall authorise the Directors of the Company during the Relevant Period (as hereinafter defined) to make or grant offers, agreements and options which might require the exercise of such powers after the end of the Relevant Period;

(c) the aggregate nominal amount of share capital allotted or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be allotted (whether pursuant to an option or otherwise) by the Directors of the Company pursuant to the approval in paragraph (a) of this Resolution, otherwise than pursuant to a Rights Issue (as hereinafter defined), shall not in aggregate exceed 20% of the aggregate nominal amount of share capital of the Company in issue as at the date of passing this Resolution; and

(d) for the purpose of this Resolution:

'Relevant Period' means the period from the passing of this Resolution until whichever is the earliest of:

(i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company;

(ii) the expiration of the period within which the next annual general meeting of the Company is required by the Articles of Association of the Company or any applicable law to be held; and

(iii) the revocation or variation of the authority given under this Resolution by an ordinary resolution of the members of the Company in general meeting.

'Rights Issue' means an offer of shares open for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to the holders of shares on the register of members of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion to their then holdings of such shares (subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors of the Company may deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements or having regard to any restrictions or obligations under the laws of, or the requirements of, any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory outside Hong Kong)."

By Order of the Board

Chow Kwok Wor

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 17 May, 2000

Notes:

(1) A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and, in the event of a poll, vote in his stead. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

(2) In order to be valid, a form of proxy and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, must be deposited at the registered office of the Company at 16th Floor, Far East Consortium Building, 121 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong not later than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Please also refer to the published version of this announcement in the Hong Kong Standard & Hong Kong Economic Times.