04 March 1997

ADDITION:STECON REPORTS A SUMMARY OF ITS AUDITED ANNUAL FINA

STECON reported a summary of its audited annual financial statement as follows: (In thousands) For 1 year ending December 31 1996 1995 STECON/STECON and subsidiaries Net profit(Loss) (159,507) 369,145 EPS(Baht) (5.32) 12.31 The auditor has explained in the auditor's report as follows: As noted in the financial note no.11, in 1996 the company did not record a net loss from non-transferrable marketable securities. This makes total assets and shareholders' equities Bt151.11 million too high. Translated by the Nation