Cathay Financial Holdings publicly announces the date of overseas equity conference and related financial and business information

2006-09-25

1.Date of the investor/press conference:2006/09/28~2006/09/29 2.Location of the investor/press conference:Hong Kong and Singapore 3.Financial and business related information:Cathay Financial Holdings has been invited by UBS to hold one-on-one meetings at the Conrad Hotel Hong Kong on 28 Sep and Ritz-Carlton Millenia Hotel Singapore on 29 Sep 2006 to discuss its financial and business-related information for the first half of 2006 4.Any other matters that need to be specified:None