Bonso Electronics International Retains Rivel Research for Institutional Investor Relations Services.

Business Editors

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001

Bonso Electronics International Inc. said today it has retained Rivel Research Group, Westport, Conn., for investor relations services that include identification of potential institutional investors.

Rivel Research specializes in matching small cap companies with managers of investment portfolios with a total equity value less than $100 million (non-13f filers) through a structured communications program involving research, direct contact and cultivation of relationships with interested firms on behalf of clients.

"Our corporate strengths and recent performance qualify Bonso for institutional investment consideration," said Anthony So, chairman, president and CEO of the company that has posted triple-digit growth in earnings during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. "Rivel Research has an impressive track record of communicating our kind of story to decision makers with predetermined interest in situations such as Bonso."

Rivel Research maintains a proprietary database profiling portfolio managers whose holdings are not required to be reported to the SEC under Rule 13f of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, by virtue of equity holdings under $100 million. "These firms are not easy to find, yet they are more open to information about smaller companies and more likely to take a position than 13f filers," said Brian Rivel, President of Rivel Research Group.

The initial phases of the program will take approximately three months. More information on Rivel Research and its methodology can be obtained at the company's web site, www.rivel.com.

About Bonso Electronics

Headquartered in Hong Kong, Bonso Electronics designs, develops, manufactures, assembles and markets a comprehensive line of telecommunications products, electronic scales and weighing instruments and health care products. Bonso products are manufactured in the People's Republic of China on behalf of customers primarily located in North America and Europe. Company services include product design and prototyping, production tooling, procurement of components, total quality management, and just-in-time delivery. Bonso also independently designs and develops electronic products for private label markets. For further information, visit the company's web site at http://www.bonso.com.

The statements contained in the press release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, government approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.