Staff Reporters

January 23 Austin Engineering Limited Proposed code: ANG Issue price: $0.20

20/1/04 AMP Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,694,124 ordinary shares (5.66%)

16-Jan-04 Has settled the purchase by Mincor of the 24% joint venture interests of its fellow participants in the Miitel Joint Venture.

PUBLIC comment is sought on a report reviewing the Business Enterprise Centre Network.

DAVE Favell has joined Mt Pleasant-based PCT Engineers as business manager.Mr Favell has been in Singapore for the past four years working for a multinational company as project

Top Gun Training Systems, chief executive officer, Wayne Berry; Former World Champion Marathon Swimmer, Shelly Taylor-Smith; Marketing guru, Winston Marsh; Human Development Consult

Proposed code: CAS Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold and base metal explorer

15/1/04 Fast Scout Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,008,411 ordinary shares (17.997%) to 7,419,323 ordinary shares (19.052%)

23-Jan-04

DUBAI-BASED airline Emirates has appointed Richard Vaughan to take the position of senior vice president for east Asia and Australasia, replacing Keith Longstaff.

QRSCIENCES Holdings's 61 per cent owned subsidiary QRSciences Limited has sold two further prototype QR scanners in North America and will earn more than $600,000 in 2004 from the s

On Tuesday February 10 the Labor Business Roundtable is conducting a luncheon titled New Jobs, New Investment - Initiatives for a Growing WA Economy, at the Sheraton Hotel.

MARK Gibberd has been named the inaugural head of Curtin University of Technology's Margaret River Centre for Wine Excellence.

19/1/04 James Arthur Wall and Mary Margaret Wall became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,269,464 ordinary shares (11.4%)

19/1/04 Clough Engineering Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 20,807,385 ordinary shares (23.02%) to 15,807,385 ordinary shares (13.78%)

22-Jan-02 5,521,250 ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 3 February 2004

Provision of Consultancy Services for Preston Industrial Park Stucture Plan: Water Resources and Vegetation Management Strategy

EXPERIENCED mining engineer Brett Lambert has been appointed general manager of Taipan Resources.

THE fundraising world was stunned by the largesse of Joan Kroc, wife of McDonalds founder Ray Kroc, who left US$2 billion to the Salvation Army.

Proposed code: MDG Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: Gold explorer

14/1/04 Mineral Commodities Ltd increased its relevant interest from 4,791,418 ordinary shares (15.5%) to 4,914,207 ordinary shares (17.4%)

Investment Company Of The West Ltd 9/1/04 Panga Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

View Resources Ltd 6/1/04

Q-Vis Ltd 13-Jan-04 Lodges response to ASX query.

Functional currency overview and eligibility

Pacific Data Systems Pty Ltd $35,565.60

WA Business News welcomes notices and photos for the record's Appointments page.

Straits Resources Ltd

ASG Group Ltd 14-Jan-04 Has completed the acquisition of ASSIST Pty Ltd.

GRD NL

Consolidation reference manual

A DISCUSSION paper about how the proposed National Mine Safety Framework could be effectively implemented has been released for public comment.