NEW YORK, Aug. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ-GS: GSOL) Chairman and CEO Merle A. Hinrichs is scheduled to present at the Roth Capital Partners 2006 New York Conference on Wednesday, September 6th at 9:30 a.m. ET at the Westin New York at Times Square in New York City. (LOGO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) Global Sources' presentation will be webcast live and a replay of the webcast is scheduled to be available for 90 days. The link to the live webcast and replay will be available at Global Sources' corporate website: http://www.investor.globalsources.com/ . About Global Sources Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media. The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 530,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex, overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in 230 countries. The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more than 130,000 suppliers annually through 11 online marketplaces, ten monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 14 trade shows, including six China Sourcing Fairs. Suppliers receive more than 7 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com/ ) alone. Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 35 years. In mainland China it has over 1,400 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese- language media. Safe Harbor Statement This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27-A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21-E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The company's actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risks associated with the company's business, changes in general economic conditions, and changes in the assumptions used in making such forward-looking statements. Global Sources Press Contact in Asia: Camellia So Tel: +852-2555-5043 Email: Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia: Eddie Heng Tel: +65-6547-2850 Email: Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.: James W.W. Strachan Tel: +1-602-978-7504 Email: Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.: Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc. Tel: +1-415-433-3777 Email: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b DATASOURCE: Global Sources Ltd. CONTACT: For media in Asia, Camellia So, +852-2555-5043 or , or in U.S., James W.W. Strachan, +1-602-978-7504, or , both of Global Sources; for investors in Asia, Eddie Heng of Global Sources, +65-6547-2850, or ; or in U.S, Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton, +1-415-433-3777, or fax, +1-415-433-5577, or , both of Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc., for Global Sources Web site: http://www.globalsources.com/ http://www.investor.globalsources.com/ http://www.rothconference.com/

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