NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the second interest payment on TCB ICULS at the rate of 2% per annum will be made on 7 February 2007 ("Second Interest Payment Date") for the period commencing from 8 February 2006 to 7 February 2007 to Holders of TCB ICULS whose names appear in the Record of Depositors at the close of business on 11 January 2007.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur will reposition itself as a business class hotel on completion of its RM25mil renovation and refurbishment by next month.

At first glance, Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary's decision to take control of Tradewinds Corp Bhd, then known as Pernas International Holdings, raised a few eyebrows, not least because of its messy corporate structure and debts tipping the scales at RM2.57bil.

Plantations group Tradewinds (M) Bhd, a company linked to Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, has sold its subsidiary company Tenaga Lestari (M) Sdn Bhd for US$2.3 million.

Regional stock markets fell on news that the Thai army took control of Bangkok in a coup, prompting investors to look for a safe haven. Share prices on Bursa Malaysia fell back in tandem. Its overall declining counters overwhelmed its advancing counters by 408 to 248.

Despite the recent interest in plantation counters, AmSecurities Sdn Bhd believes that this counter's weak results could retain its share price.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tradewinds Corp Bhd expects to return to profitability in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2006, and has targeted a net profit of over RM28.5mil.

KUALA LUMPUR 29 Jun - Tradewinds Corporation Bhd. (TCB) menjangka tinjauan pasaran minyak sawit mentah (MSM) dalam tahun ini menggalakkan dengan jangkaan bahawa harganya akan mengukuh.

KUALA LUMPUR 22 Jun - Tradewinds (M) Bhd. semakin hampir menjadikan segmen peladangan kelapa sawitnya sebagai sumber utama pendapatan berbanding penapisan gula yang sebelum ini mewakili sebanyak 60 peratus.

TRADEWINDS (Malaysia) Bhd expects to increase its domestic market share of refined sugar to 42 per cent from the current 26 per cent with the acquisition of Gula Patang Terap Sdn Bhd.

TRADEWINDS Corp Bhd is not expecting its hotel business to post a profit for its current financial year as prevailing low room rates in Malaysia pose a major challenge for it to deliver good returns.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Thirty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of Tradewinds Corporation Berhad will be held on Thursday, 29 June 2006 at 10.00 a.m. at the Mahkota Ballroom 2, Hotel Istana Kuala Lumpur, 73, Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur for the purposes:-

BANGI: Tradewinds Plantation Berhad (TPB) akan mengembangkan ladang tanaman sawit ke Indonesia sebagai langkah meluaskan kawasan tanaman sawit sedia ada di negara ini untuk mengukuhkan kedudukan perniagaan dalam sektor peladangan komoditi itu.

MALAYSIA offers a diversed range of cuisines. The restaurants that continue to mushroom in Kuala Lumpur provide an eclective selection.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tradewinds Plantation Bhd is likely to generate additional annual revenue of between RM6mil and RM12mil via its clean development mechanism (CDM) project undertaken with BioX Group B.V of Netherlands, said managing director Dr Radzuan Abdul Rahman.

Petaling Jaya: It was an extraordinary day for Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary yesterday when eight stocks in his stable of companies rallied and reached their respective 52-week highs.