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Hong Kong, November 2, 2000---TOM.COM LIMITED ("TOM.COM" or "TOM") announced today the appointment of James Cheng as Director of Sales.

In this newly created position, Mr Cheng will leverage his successful background in the Internet and his extensive management experience to reinforce TOM's product development and advertising sales activities in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

James Cheng joins TOM from Lycos Asia where he was Vice President of Sales and General Director for Greater China from November 1999. As well as overseeing Lycos Asia's advertising sales operations, he was responsible for setting up and running its Greater China Operations.

Prior to joining Lycos Asia, James spent more than 17 years with Global Sources (formerly named Asian Sources), where he held several senior management positions including Regional General Manager. During this time he developed broad expertise in advertising sales and sales management and successfully established the company's operations in South East Asia.

James Cheng holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and an MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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