27 March 1997
                                    ANNOUNCES DIVIDEND PAYMENT
                                    STECON announces its dividend payment as follows: 
          Initial name: Sino-Thai Engineering and Construction Plc     
          Company name: STECON       
          Dividend/share: No dividend payment     
          For the period: 12 months    
          Ending date: December 31, 1996       
          XD date:  -           
          Payment date:   -    
 Translated by the Nation
                                
                                
                            