Holding(s) in Company

Hidong Estate PLC
19 April 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.
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  1.  Name of company                      2.  Name of shareholder having a 
                                               major interest
      Hidong Estate PLC                        Mr TWG Charlton
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  3.  Please state whether notification    4.  Name of the registered holder(s) 
      indicates that it is in respect of       and, if more than one holder, 
      holding of the shareholder named in      the number of shares held by 
      2 above or in respect of a               each of them
      non-beneficial interest or in the
      case of an individual holder if it
      is a holding of that person's
      spouse or children under the age of
      18
      Beneficial                               Thomas William George Charlton
                                      
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  5.  Number of     6. Percentage of    7. Number of shares/   8. Percentage of
      shares/amount    issued class        amount of stock        issued class
      of stock         (any treasury       disposed               (any treasury
      acquired         shares held by                            shares held by
                       company should                            company should
                       not be taken                              not be taken
                       into account                              into account
                       when                                      when
                       calculating                               calculating
                       percentage)                               percentage)
                          
      10,000            0.6%             nil                     N/a
      
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 9.  Class of security                10.  Date of            11.  Date company
                                           transaction             informed
     Ordinary shares                      1 March 2005            19 April 2005
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 12.  Total holding following this    13.  Total percentage holding of issued
      notification                         class following this notification
                                           (any treasury shares held by company
                                           should not be taken into account
                                           when calculating percentage)
      211,997                                       12.37%
                                     
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 14.  Any additional information      15.  Name of contact and telephone number
                                           for queries
                                               Lim Kim Teck 00603 2093 3392
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 16.  Name and signature of authorised company official
      responsible for making this notification
      Lim Kim Teck
Date of notification _19 April__2005 _________
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