Automated Further Expands Into New Business Sector in China, Cooperates with China Southern Airlines to Develop World-Class Enterprise Content Management Solution (Company Overview‪)‬

Hong Kong, Oct 20, 2010 - (ACN Newswire) - Automated Systems Holdings Limited ("ASL" or the "Group") (SEHK stock code: 771), a leading IT services provider in Hong Kong is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guangzhou Automated Systems Limited ("ASL (Guangzhou)"), has just won its first and major project with China Southern Airlines Company Limited ("China Southern Airlines") (SEHK stock code: 1055, SHSE stock code: 600029), a famous airline in China. The two parties are to cooperate in developing a world-class enterprise content management ("ECM") solution. This project marks the success of ASL in its effort to expand services into China's aviation industry. China Southern Airlines is the largest airline in China in terms of fleet size, flight routes network and volume of passenger traffic. It also places emphasis on the development of corporate information technology ("IT"). In April 2009, China Southern Airlines was ranked 11th among the top 500 Chinese informationisation enterprises in 2008, and first among all airlines in China. In this project, ASL (Guangzhou) will provide a world-class ECM solution that will upgrade the Technical Document Management System ("TDMS") currently being used by China Southern Airlines as well as build a new system architecture and platform. China Southern Airlines will be responsible for developing maintenance workflow and migrating its existing data to the new platform. Implementation of the project has started at the headquarters of China Southern Airlines, located in Guangzhou.