/KASE, February 16, 05/ - By the decision of Kazakhstan stock exchange's (KASE) Council dated February 15 of 2005 Halyk Finance JSC (Almaty) has been admitted to KASE's membership under the following categories:

• "К" (right to participate in trades in government securities traded at KASE, including securities of domestic executive bodies);
• "Р" (right to participate in trades in corporate (including foreign) securities included in KASE's official securities list, and also securities of international financial organizations and foreign government securities admitted to trading at KASE);
• "Н" (right to participate in trades in corporate securities admitted to circulation in KASE's "Non-listing securities" sector and state blocks of shares of privatized organizations).

[2005-02-16]