Dividend Declaration

RNS Number:9644P
Tanjong PLC
19 September 2003

Announcement Body Information :

Entitlement date                                     :    17/10/2003

Entitlement time                                     :    05:00:00 PM (local 
                                                          time)

Entitlement subject                                  :    Interim dividend

Entitlement description                              :    Interim dividend of 
                                                          16 sen per share 
                                                          exempt from Malaysian 
                                                          Income Tax

Financial Year End                                   :    31/01/2004

Share transfer book & register of members will be    :    18/10/2003 to 20/10/2003
closed from (both dates inclusive) for the purpose
of determining the entitlements

Registrar's name, address, telephone no.

Principal Registrars :-
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU
England
Tel No. 02086392000

Branch Registrars :-
Signet Share Registration Services
Sdn Bhd
11th Floor, Tower Block
Kompleks Antarabangsa
Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel No. 603-21454337
Payment date                                         :    30/10/2003

A depositor shall qualify for the entitlement only
in respect of :

a)      Securities transferred into the Depositor's  :    17/10/2003
Securities Account before 4:00 p.m. (Malaysian time)
in respect of transfers

b)      Securities deposited into the Depositor's  :      15/10/2003
Securities Account before 12:30 p.m. (Malaysian
time) in respect of securities exempted from
mandatory deposit

c)   Securities bought on Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ("KLSE") on a cum 
entitlement basis according to the rules of the KLSE.

Entitlement indicator                              :    RM

Entitlement in RM (RM)                             :    0.16

Remarks:

Any employee of the Company who has exercised, or wishes to exercise, an option
to subscribe for shares in the Company granted to such employee under the
Tanjong Public Limited Company Employees' Share Option Scheme No. 2 should note
that the shares to be issued upon the exercise of such option will not confer on
any person any entitlement to the dividend unless as at the Record Date such
person is recorded as depositor of such shares under the Record of Depositors.

The Entitlement Time of 5:00 p.m. stated above refers to local time in Malaysia
and in the United Kingdom.

The times of 12:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. as stated above refer to Malaysian time.

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