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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080831
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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAIWAN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000804123
		IRS NUMBER:				042942862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		N-CSR
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04893
		FILM NUMBER:		081165764

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176622789

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 9110
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM N-CSR</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED<BR>
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES</B>
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Company Act file number: 811-04893</b></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">THE TAIWAN FUND, INC.</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">C/O STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,<BR>
2 AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE, P.O. BOX 5049,<BR>
BOSTON, MA 02206-5049</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">State Street Bank and Trust Company <BR>
Attention: Elizabeth A. Watson <BR>
Assistant Secretary <BR>
2 Avenue de Lafayette, P.O. Box 5049<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02206-5049
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Leonard B. Mackey, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Clifford Chance US LLP<BR>
31 West 52<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> Street<BR>
New York, New York 10019-6131</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-636-9242

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Date of fiscal year end: August&nbsp;31

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Date of reporting period: August&nbsp;31, 2008

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">THE TAIWAN<BR>
FUND, INC.(R)

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Annual Report<BR>
August&nbsp;31, 2008

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">THE TAIWAN<BR>
FUND, INC.<BR>
WHAT&#146;S INSIDE
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    <TD align="right">7</TD>
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    <TD align="right">14</TD>
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    <TD align="right">19</TD>
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    <TD align="right">20</TD>
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    Dear Shareholders,
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    We would like to present the Annual Report of The Taiwan Fund,
    Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) for the fiscal year ended
    August&#160;31, 2008. During this period, the Fund&#146;s net
    asset value (&#147;NAV&#148;) decreased by 21.03%* in
    U.S.&#160;dollar terms which reflects an adjustment for the
    US$3.19 per share distribution paid to shareholders in January
    2008. During the same period, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Index
    (&#147;TAIEX&#148;) decreased by 17.96%* in U.S.&#160;dollar
    terms.
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    On August&#160;31, 2008, the Fund&#146;s shares were trading at
    a price equal to US$14.32 per share, reflecting a discount of
    8.85% to the Fund&#146;s NAV of US$15.71. The Fund&#146;s shares
    were trading at a discount of 9.69% on August&#160;31, 2007.
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    On March&#160;22, 2008, Ma Ying-jeou was elected as President of
    Taiwan. The newly elected President promised to commence an
    economic program promoting closer ties with China. Analysts
    believe that the President&#146;s new policies&#160;&#151;
    including the i-Taiwan infrastructure projects which will boost
    domestic demand, relieve current investment restraints with
    China, provide direct links and ease applications for tourist
    visas for mainland visitors&#160;&#151; will reinvigorate the
    domestic economy. On the other hand, the appreciation of the
    renminbi, the introduction of higher wages, the creation of
    tougher labor standards in China and the rising costs of raw
    materials and energy have impacted the cost structure of
    Taiwanese companies manufacturing in southern China. Many
    Taiwanese-owned companies engaged in light manufacturing in
    China may have to transform their practices under these
    pressures by relocating labor-intensive activities to other
    countries or automating factories. The automation of factories
    may cause businesses to relocate to Taiwan, which could lead to
    higher wages for skilled employees and an increase in tax
    revenues in Taiwan. Moreover, as restrictions on most financial
    market investments in China
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    *&#160;&#160;Returns for the Fund are historical total returns
    that reflect changes in net asset value per share during each
    period and assume that dividends and capital gains, if any, were
    reinvested. Returns for the TAIEX are not total returns and
    reflect only changes in share price but do not assume that cash
    dividends, if any, were reinvested, and thus are not strictly
    comparable to the Fund&#146;s returns. Past performance is not
    indicative of future results of the Fund.
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">are lifted, it should be easier for
    Taiwanese companies to seek to raise money by investing in
    mainland opportunities. On the other hand, many Taiwanese
    companies in China may seek to initiate more business in Taiwan
    because they will find that the Taiwan market offers them higher
    valuations than the market in China.
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    Given the current state of the global economy, it may take time
    for financial markets to recover from slowing global economic
    activity, financial de-leveraging and rising investor risk
    aversion. The downturn that commenced last year has progressed.
    The fallout, starting with the collapse in U.S.&#160;housing
    activity, has since spread to rising defaults in sub-prime
    mortgages, huge bank losses on mortgaged-related securities, a
    U.S.&#160;consumer downturn, weakness in U.S.&#160;employment
    and is now extending to sluggishness in the global economy, a
    collapse in commodity prices and a decline in the rate of
    inflation.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Taiwan GDP growth for the second quarter of 2008 came in
    slightly below expectations at +4.3% YoY, marking a significant
    slowdown from the first quarter +6.3%. The GDP is mainly being
    dragged down by a huge reduction in capital expenditures as
    corporations became rather bearish and reluctant to invest
    amidst a challenging global macro backdrop. Market volatility is
    predicted to continue over the coming months. Valuations in
    Taiwan are significantly below the region&#146;s average and the
    recent correction in commodity prices is positive for equity
    markets. The new Taiwanese government&#146;s agenda to
    strengthen ties with China has been on track, i.e., revisions to
    the investment cap with China, weekend chartered flights,
    further liberalization on cross-strait transportation and
    capital movements. Hence we remain positive on the Asia emerging
    markets and confident that Taiwan is at the beginning of a
    multi-year structural re-rating story. Investor interest is
    expected to return to this region once global uncertainty clears
    and conditions normalize.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Thank you for your continued support.
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Sincerely,
    </FONT>
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    <IMG src="b72389a1b7238901.gif" alt="-s- Harvey Chang">
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    Harvey Chang
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investment
    Performance</FONT></B>
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    The Fund&#146;s net asset value (NAV) decreased by 21.03%* in
    U.S.&#160;dollar terms from September&#160;1, 2007 to
    August&#160;31, 2008. In the same period, the Taiwan Stock
    Exchange Index (TAIEX) decreased by 17.96%* in U.S.&#160;dollar
    terms. The Fund underperformed the TAIEX by 3.07% during the
    fiscal year.
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    The underperformance of the Fund was primarily due to sector
    allocation. On a sector basis, the Fund&#146;s overweight
    positions in the technology sector, especially in the IC design
    and printed circuit board (PCB) substrate sector, affected
    performance. However, an overweight position in the retail
    sector and stock selection in the shipping sector contributed
    positively to the Fund&#146;s performance in the same period.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Market
    review</FONT></B>
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    The Taiwan equity market was very volatile during the fiscal
    year ended August&#160;31, 2008. The TAIEX dropped by 21.55% in
    NT dollar terms. With the increasing participation of retail
    investors in the first half of 2008, the TAIEX climbed back to
    the 9,000 level and hit 9,309 in early May in anticipation of an
    improved economy after the presidential election. But concerns
    over inflation and exposure to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
    crisis in the U.S.&#160;led to a 24% correction which resulted
    in the TAIEX closing at 7,046 on August&#160;31, 2008.
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    In terms of sector performance, tourism outperformed while
    appliance and machinery underperformed. In terms of fund flows,
    proprietary traders and local institutions were net buyers with
    NT$40.7&#160;billion and NT$91.8&#160;billion, respectively,
    while foreign investors were net sellers with
    NT$233.6&#160;billion.
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    *&#160;&#160;Returns for the Fund are historical total returns
    that reflect changes in net asset value per share during each
    period and assume that dividends and capital gains, if any, were
    reinvested. Returns for the TAIEX are not total returns and
    reflect only changes in share price but do not assume that cash
    dividends, if any, were reinvested, and thus are not strictly
    comparable to the Fund&#146;s returns. Past performance is not
    indicative of future results of the Fund.
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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">&#160;4
    </FONT>
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    &#160;&#160;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Economic
    Outlook</FONT></B>
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    In the second quarter of 2008, Taiwan&#146;s real gross domestic
    product (GDP) grew by 4.32%, compared with the same quarter of
    the previous year. Due to the decreasing private fixed capital
    formation and modest private consumption, the real domestic
    demand contributed -1.46&#160;percentage points to the change in
    real GDP. In the external sector, real exports and imports of
    goods and services increased by 9.16% and 1.09% respectively,
    and net exports contributed 5.78&#160;percentage points to the
    change in real GDP.
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    Looking ahead to the second half of 2008, we expect the market
    to remain volatile but private consumption is expected to
    continue weakening. Meanwhile, the world economic slowdown is
    expected to be deeper and more protracted, and external trade
    will downshift. For 2008 as a whole, real GDP is forecasted to
    grow by 4.30%, and CPI will advance 3.74%.
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    According to the latest world economic forecasts, the global
    economy in 2009&#160;may still be gloomy. However, Taiwan&#146;s
    exports and investments are expected to remain resilient owing
    to closer economic ties with China and other emerging economies.
    Combining the improved contribution from private consumption,
    real GDP growth for 2009 is revised to 3.40%. Regarding CPI, we
    expect the price of raw material and grains to be moderating,
    and hence forecast the annual change rate of CPI to be 1.91%.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investment
    Outlook and Strategy</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The KMT&#146;s victory in the Legislative Yuan election began a
    period of significant outperformance for the Taiwan market,
    which ended with the inauguration of Ma as president. Despite
    bearish market conditions, we still anticipate unique upside
    opportunities for Taiwan from government policies to open trade
    and investment links with China, reform tax laws to encourage
    capital repatriation, and stimulate domestic demand by opening
    PRC tourism and accelerate infrastructure spending. However, now
    that the optimism has worn off, we will have to wait for these
    policies to generate substantive results, and that may not be
    until the second half of 2009.
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    Looking into first half of 2008, financial result revisions
    breadth has been very poor over the summer and technology
    companies also have difficulties meeting consensus estimates. We
    believe that year-over-year tech earnings growth will improve in
    2009 given that we believe
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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">5&#160;
    </FONT>
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    &#160;&#160;
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">2008 will provide a lower base. In
    the short term, tech shares will continue to be adversely
    effected by rising production costs in China and slow global
    demand. However, we are still looking for deep value stocks,
    especially companies with strong market positions and innovation
    capabilities. Looking forward, stabilized U.S. economic data and
    a weakening NT$ should also support Taiwan&#146;s export sector
    and tech supply chain.
    </FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    During 2008, strong concerted efforts by global central banks to
    contain and lower inflation have led to declines in commodity
    prices. As a country with a high level of savings and a low
    level of government and private sector debt, Taiwan is well
    positioned to withstand the negative impact from a possible drop
    in lower commodity prices. We do believe that if global energy
    prices and U.S.&#160;interest rates can remain at moderate
    levels, higher growth from regional economies will again lead to
    outperformance in stock markets.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Looking forward to 2009, we expect lower oil prices and fiscal
    stimulus to set up a moderate recovery, and we look for
    increased government spending in Taiwan such as the i-12
    Projects. Low valuation, changes in government and easing of
    travel and investment restrictions could finally mean we are
    reaching a trough in relative performance after eight years of
    underperformance. Taiwan has yet to aggressively implement a
    stimulus package, meanwhile, the proposed tax reform should go
    through, and we see the tax reform as the first step of positive
    changes in policy.
</DIV>

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    In the year ahead, we aim to achieve solid performance through
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">bottom-up</FONT>
    stock selection. We are confident that the Taiwan stock market
    and solid economic conditions will provide investment
    opportunities for investors for the foreseeable future. Thank
    you for your support and we look forward to presenting our
    strategy again in coming reports.
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Sincerely,
    </FONT>
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    <IMG src="b72389a1b7238904.gif" alt="Shirley Yang"><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Shirley Yang
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Portfolio Manager
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">&#160;6
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Portfolio
    Snapshot</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; color: #A32638">Top Ten Equity
    Holdings*</FONT></B>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Holdings
    As Of August&#160;31, 2008 </FONT>%
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
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    6.4
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    Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
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    6.2
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    Hon Hai Precision Industries Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
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    4.7
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    MediaTek, Inc.&#160;
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    4.2
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    Au Optronics Corp.&#160;
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    Pou Chen Corp.&#160;
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    President Chain Store Corp.&#160;
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    Ruentex Industries, Ltd.&#160;
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Synnex Technology International Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 7pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; color: #A32638">Top Ten Equity
    Industry Weightings*</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 5pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="89%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Weightings
    As Of August&#160;31, 2008 </FONT>%
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Financial Services
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10.3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Semiconductor Manufacturing
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10.3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    PC&#160;&#038; Peripherals
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    10.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    IC Design
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    8.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Telecommunications
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7.2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    TFT-LCD
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Electronic Components
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Electronics
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Textile
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Automobiles, Tires&#160;&#038; Accessories
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; color: #A32638">Top Ten Equity
    Holdings**</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 5pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Holdings
    As Of August&#160;31,
    2007</FONT><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"> </FONT>%
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    MediaTek, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Hon Hai Precision Industries Co.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.9
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    China Steel Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Synnex Technology International Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Au Optronics Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.9
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Silicon Precision Industries Co.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.9
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Merry Electronics Co. Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.9
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ruentex Development Co. Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.7
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 7pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 11pt; color: #A32638">Top Ten Equity
    Industry Weightings**</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 5pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="89%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Weightings
    As Of August&#160;31, 2007 </FONT>%
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    PC&#160;&#038; Peripherals
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    IC Design
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12.0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Semiconductor Manufacturing
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    9.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Electronic Components
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    8.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Telecommunications
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Financial Services
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6.0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    TFT-LCD
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.6
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Construction
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Iron&#160;&#038; Steel
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.3
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Electronics
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 2pt">
<TD colspan="5" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=222 length=228 -->
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    * </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Percentages based on total net assets at August&#160;31, 2008.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    ** </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Percentages based on total investments at August&#160;31, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">7
    </FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Sector
    Allocation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=491 length=492 -->

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <IMG src="b72389a1b7238902.gif" alt="PIE CHART"><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">
    </FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Fund holdings are subject to change and percentages shown above
    are based on total net assets as of August&#160;31, 2008. The
    pie chart illustrates the allocation of the investment by
    sector. A complete list of holdings as of August&#160;31, 2008
    is contained in the Portfolio of Investments included in this
    report. The most current available data regarding portfolio
    holdings and industry allocation can be found on our website,
    <U>www.thetaiwanfund.com</U>. You may also obtain updated
    holdings by calling
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(800)-636-9242.</FONT>
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">8
    </FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">The
    Taiwan Fund,&#160;Inc.<BR>
    </FONT><FONT style="color: #A32638">&#160;&#160;Schedule of
    Investments/August&#160;31, 2008 (Showing Percentage of Net
    Assets) </FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=491 length=492 -->



<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="59%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="16%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="16%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
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<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">US$<BR>
    </FONT></I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">V</FONT>ALUE<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">S</FONT>HARES</I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(N</FONT>OTE
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">1)</FONT></I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">COMMON
    STOCKS&#160;&#151; 91.9%</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>BASIC INDUSTRIES&#160;&#151; 27.2%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Automobiles, Tires&#160;&#038; Accessories&#160;&#151;
    3.6%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,450,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,616,336
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    China Motor Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,800,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,229,057
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Yulon Motor Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,567,067
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,692,695
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    10,538,088
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
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<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Cement&#160;&#151; 1.6%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Asia Cement Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,240,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,718,879
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
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<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Chemicals&#160;&#151; 0.7%Sesoda Corp.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<TD>
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<TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Electric&#160;&#038; Machinery&#160;&#151; 0.9%Teco Electric
    and Machinery Co., Ltd. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Food&#160;&#151; 3.4%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Great Wall Enterprise Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,800,339
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    5,334,894
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Uni-President Enterprises Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,200,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,567,823
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    9,902,717
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Glass&#160;&#151; 1.8%Taiwan Glass Industrial Corp. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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</TD>
<TD>
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Iron&#160;&#038; Steel&#160;&#151; 2.2%China Steel
    Corp.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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</TR>
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</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Paper&#160;&#151; 1.0%Chung Hwa Pulp Corp.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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</TR>
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<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Petroleum Services&#160;&#151; 1.7%Formosa Petrochemical
    Corp. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
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<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Plastics&#160;&#151; 0.9%Formosa Plastics Corp. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Retail&#160;&#151; 3.6%Far Eastern Department Stores Co.,
    Ltd. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    President Chain Store Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,400,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    7,100,006
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    10,516,916
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Textile&#160;&#151; 3.8%Far Eastern Textile Co., Ltd.
    &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Ruentex Industries, Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    8,500,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,899,613
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    11,149,816
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Tourism&#160;&#151; 0.9%Ambassador Hotel</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Transportation&#160;&#151; 1.1%U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.
    &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL BASIC INDUSTRIES
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    79,328,539
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>FINANCE&#160;&#151; 10.3%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Financial Services&#160;&#151; 10.3%Cathay Financial Holding
    Co., Ltd. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    First Financial Holding Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,897,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,443,972
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    7,500,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,361,374
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    8,160,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,106,158
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,795,421
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Taishin Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    15,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,637,263
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,500,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,019,786
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL FINANCE
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    30,033,002
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>MISCELLANEOUS&#160;&#151; 3.0%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Athletic Footware&#160;&#151; 2.4%Pou Chen Corp. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Other&#160;&#151; 0.6%Taiwan Secom Co., Ltd. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    8,918,817
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>TECHNOLOGY&#160;&#151; 51.4%</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Electronic Components&#160;&#151; 5.1%Everlight Electronics
    Co., Ltd. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    500,029
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    971,900
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,330,401
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,243,241
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Unimicron Technology Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,545,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,979,105
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    14,859,204
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Electronics&#160;&#151; 4.3%Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
    &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Synnex Technology International Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,300,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,445,558
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    12,725,538
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>IC Design&#160;&#151; 8.8%MediaTek, Inc.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Novatek Microelectronics Corp. Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,516,878
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,289,823
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Orise Technology Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,070,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,262,953
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Pixart Imaging, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    364,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,921,682
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Ralink Technology Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    629,986
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,896,441
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    RichTek Technology Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    375,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,127,180
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    25,700,026
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">9
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
    statements.
    </FONT>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Schedule
    of Investments/August&#160;31, 2008
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=492 -->
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">US$<BR>
    </FONT></I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">V</FONT>ALUE<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">S</FONT>HARES</I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(N</FONT>OTE
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">1)</FONT></I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>TECHNOLOGY&#160;&#151; (continued)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>PC&#160;&#038; Peripherals&#160;&#151; 10.1%Asustek Computer,
    Inc. &#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Clevo Co.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,699,950
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,199,187
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,000,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,993,976
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    GeoVision, Inc.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    168,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    889,594
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,700,760
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    13,701,617
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Inventec Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,200,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,483,670
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    29,366,814
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Semiconductor Manufacturing&#160;&#151; 10.3%Advanced
    Semiconductor Engineering,  Inc.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Siliconware Precision Industries Co.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,000,074
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    5,548,964
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    10,050,426
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    18,770,058
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Wafer Works Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    350,229
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,188,233
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    29,986,710
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Telecommunications&#160;&#151; 7.2%Chunghwa Telecom Co.,
    Ltd.*</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Merry Electronics Co., Ltd.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,700,866
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,084,835
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    21,052,865
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="9">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>TFT-LCD&#160;&#151; 5.6%Au Optronics Corp.&#160;</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,850,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,417,322
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    InnoLux Display Corp.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,383,924
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    5,579,430
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    16,231,824
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL TECHNOLOGY
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    149,922,981
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL COMMON STOCKS<BR>
    (Identified Cost&#160;&#151; $263,976,685)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    268,203,339
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">P</FONT>RINCIPAL<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">US$<BR>
    </FONT></I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">A</FONT>MOUNT<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">V</FONT>ALUE<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">NT$</FONT></I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(N</FONT>OTE
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">1)</FONT></I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt; color: #A32638">COMMERCIAL
    PAPER&#160;&#151; 6.0%</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Cheng Lung&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    149,745,540
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,748,098
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    First Taisec Securities&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    113,820,762
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,609,004
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Li Peng Enterprises Taiwan&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    99,845,990
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,165,895
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Ruentex Industries, Ltd.&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    35,944,449
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,139,719
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Shens Glory, Inc.&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    33,914,180
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1,075,343
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Siliconware Precision Industry&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    99,654,616
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,159,827
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Taigene Electric Machinery Co.&#160;(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    24,926,523
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    790,365
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER<BR>
    (Identified Cost&#160;&#151; $17,914,463)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    17,688,251
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">M</FONT>ATURITY<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">A</FONT>MOUNT<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">US$</FONT></I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD colspan="9" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">REPURCHASE
    AGREEMENT&#160;&#151; 0.1%</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    State Street Bank and Trust&#160;Co.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 16pt">
    0.35% dated 8/25/08 due 9/2/08 (collateralized by U.S. Treasury
    Bill 1.71%, 12/4/08, market value $174,160)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    168,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    168,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS&#160;&#151; 98%<BR>
    (COST&#160;&#151; $282,059,148)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    286,059,590
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, NET&#160;&#151;  2%
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    5,817,890
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    NET ASSETS&#160;&#151; 100%
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    291,877,480
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Legend:</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">NT
    $&#160;&#150; New Taiwan dollar
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">US
    $&#160;&#150; United States dollar
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">&#160;*&#160;
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Non-income
    producing
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(a)&#160;
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Certificates
    of Deposit and Commercial Paper that are traded through Bills
    Finance Corporations must be guaranteed by either a bank, a
    trust company or a Bills Finance Corporation. Since there is no
    recognized credit rating system in the Republic of China, the
    guarantee may not be comparable to a guarantee issued by a
    U.S.&#160;institution.
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">10
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
    statements.
    </FONT>
</DIV>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Financial
    Statements</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">STATEMENT
    OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES<BR>
    August&#160;31, 2008
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="69%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="14%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">Assets</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Investments in securities, at value (cost $282,059,148)
    (Notes&#160;1 and 2)&#160;&#151; See accompanying schedule
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $286,059,590
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Cash
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,202
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Cash in New Taiwan dollars (cost $3,188,259)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,188,259
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Dividend receivable
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,061,188
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Prepaid expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    45,935
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Interest receivable
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    9,316
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    292,367,490
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Liabilities</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Accrued management fee (Note&#160;3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    119,317
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Taiwan stock dividend tax payable (Note&#160;1)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    107,908
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Other payables and accrued expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    262,785
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total liabilities
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    490,010
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Net Assets</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $291,877,480
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net Assets consist of (Note&#160;1):
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Paid in capital
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $299,848,560
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Undistributed net investment loss
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (2,875,730
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Accumulated net realized loss on investments in securities and
    foreign currency
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (9,058,789
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net unrealized appreciation on investment securities and foreign
    currency
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    3,963,439
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Net Assets</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $291,877,480
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Net Asset Value, </B>per share
    ($291,877,480/18,574,946&#160;shares outstanding)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $15.71
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">STATEMENT
    OF OPERATIONS<BR>
    For the Year Ended August&#160;31, 2008
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="15%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="15%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">Investment Income</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Dividends
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    12,948,120
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Interest
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    362,479
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    13,310,599
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Less: Taiwan witholding tax (Note&#160;1)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (2,604,776
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total Income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    10,705,823
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Expenses:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Management fee (Note&#160;3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Basic fee
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,556,478
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Performance adjustment
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (179,794
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Directors compensation (Note&#160;3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    528,833
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Custodian fees and expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    527,293
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Administration and accounting fees (Note&#160;3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    317,917
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Legal
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    274,281
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Shareholder communications
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    136,984
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Audit
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    98,672
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Insurance fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    92,656
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Delaware franchise tax
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    74,605
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    CCO compliance expense
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    60,201
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Transfer agent fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    32,791
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Miscellaneous
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    21,892
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Taiwan stock dividend tax (Note&#160;1)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    366,049
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6,908,858
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Management Fee Waiver
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (923,096
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    5,985,762
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    <B>Net investment income</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,720,061
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment and Foreign
    Currency Transactions (Note&#160;1)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net realized gain on:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Investment securities
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    16,330,531
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Foreign currency transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    9,795,527
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    26,126,058
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Investment securities
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (111,578,566
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (29,576
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (111,608,142
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net realized and unrealized loss
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (85,482,084
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (80,762,023
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">11
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
    statements.
    </FONT>
</DIV>
</DIV><!-- END PAGE WIDTH -->
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<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="width: 90%; margin-left: 5%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Financial
    Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=492 -->
<DIV style="margin-top: 24pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">STATEMENTS
    OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="78%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="8%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="8%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I>Year Ended<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I>Year Ended<BR>
    </I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>August&#160;31, 2008</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>August&#160;31, 2007</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">Increase (Decrease) in Net
    Assets</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Operations:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net investment gain
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    4,720,061
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,639,548
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency
    transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    26,126,058
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    50,828,687
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
    investments and foreign currency transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (111,608,142
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    50,286,498
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (80,762,023
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    103,754,733
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Distributions to shareholders:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    From net investment income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (7,012,484
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net realized gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (45,229,040
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total distributions to shareholders
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (52,241,524
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Capital stock transactions:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Proceeds from issuance of shares in stock dividend (2,209,374
    and 0 shares, respectively)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    36,565,140
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total (decrease) increase in net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (96,438,407
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    103,754,733
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Net Assets</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Beginning of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    388,315,887
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    284,561,154
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    End of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    291,877,480
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    388,315,887
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Undistributed net investment (loss) income end of period
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (2,875,730
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2,329,181
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">12
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
    statements.
    </FONT>
</DIV>
</DIV><!-- END PAGE WIDTH -->
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<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always"><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></H5><P>

<DIV style="width: 90%; margin-left: 5%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Financial
    Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 6pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #A32638"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=492 -->
<DIV style="margin-top: 24pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">FINANCIAL
    HIGHLIGHTS
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 7pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="18" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>Year Ended August&#160;31,</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>2008</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>2007</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>2006</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>2005</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <I>2004</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Selected Per Share Data</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net asset value, beginning of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    23.73
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    17.39
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    14.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    12.78
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    12.89
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (c)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Income from Investment Operations:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net investment income (loss)(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.27
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.16
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    *
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.08
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.03
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (4.91
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6.18
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2.68
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.93
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total from investment operations
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (4.64
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    6.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2.68
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.11
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Less Distributions:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    From net investment income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.43
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.05
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.03
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    From net realized gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (2.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    Total distributions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (3.19
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.05
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.03
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Capital Share Transactions:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 14pt">
    (Dilution) to net asset value, resulting from issuance of shares
    in stock dividend
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.19
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net asset value, end of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    15.71
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    23.73
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    17.39
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    14.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    12.78
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Market value, end of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    14.32
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    21.43
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    15.83
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    13.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    10.99
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Total return</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Per share market value
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (20.29
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    35.38
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    19.05
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    21.68
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    (0.90
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    )%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    <B>Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Net Assets, end of year (000)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    291,877
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    388,316
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    284,561
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    241,554
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    209,166
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Ratio of expenses before fee waiver(b)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.97
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.94
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.92
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(e)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2.23
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(d)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    2.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Ratio of expenses before fee waiver, excluding stock dividend
    tax expense
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.87
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.77
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(e)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.93
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(d)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Ratio of expenses after fee waiver
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.71
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.77
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(e)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.93
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(d)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Ratio of net investment income (loss)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    1.35
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.02
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(e)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.45
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %(d)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    0.21
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Portfolio turnover rate
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    85
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    78
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    110
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(a)&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Based
    on average shares outstanding during the period.
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(b)&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Expense
    ratio includes 20% tax paid on stock dividends received by the
    Fund.
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(c)&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Restated.
    (Note&#160;6)
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(d)&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Ratio
    includes charge to the Management fee; see Note&#160;3. Without
    this charge the ratios would be 2.00%, 1.70%, 1.70% and 0.68%,
    respectively.
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">(e)&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Ratio
    includes reduction of the Management fee; see Note&#160;3.
    Without this reduction the ratios would be 1.98%, 1.82%, 1.82%
    and -0.04%, respectively.
    </FONT>
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">&#160;*&#160;&#160;&#160;
    </FONT>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">Amount
    represents less than $0.005 per share.
    </FONT>
</TD>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 10pt">13
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial
    statements.
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Notes
    to Financial Statements</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">1.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Significant
    Accounting Policies</FONT></B>
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), a Delaware
    corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of
    1940, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), as a diversified
    closed-end management investment company.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund does not invest directly in the securities of Republic
    of China (&#147;ROC&#148;) companies. Instead, it invests
    through a contractual securities investment trust fund
    arrangement. This arrangement was established by means of the
    Securities Investment Trust, Investment Management and Custodian
    Contract (&#147;Management Contract&#148;) among HSBC Global
    Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited, previously known as, HSBC
    Investments (Taiwan) Limited (&#147;Adviser&#148;), the Mega
    International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. previously known as,
    International Commercial Bank of China (Custodian), and the
    Fund. Under the Management Contract the Adviser manages and
    invests the assets of the Fund and the Custodian holds the
    assets. The Fund is the sole beneficiary of the assets held
    under the Management Contract and, as required by ROC
    regulations, its interest in the assets is evidenced by units of
    beneficial interest.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund concentrates its investments in the securities listed
    on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Because of this concentration, the
    Fund may be subject to additional risks resulting from future
    political or economic conditions in Taiwan and the possible
    imposition of adverse governmental laws of currency exchange
    restrictions affecting Taiwan.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The policies described below are consistently followed by the
    Fund in the preparation of its financial statements in
    conformity with U.S.&#160;generally accepted accounting
    principles.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Security
    Valuation.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;All securities, including those
    traded over-the-counter, for which market quotations are readily
    available are valued at the last sales price prior to the time
    of determination of the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share
    or, if there were no sales on such date, at the closing price
    quoted for such securities (but if bid and asked quotations are
    available, at the mean between the last current bid and asked
    prices, rather than such quoted closing price). In certain
    instances where the price determined above may not represent
    fair market value, the value is determined in such manner as the
    Board of Directors may prescribe. Foreign securities may be
    valued at fair value according to procedures approved by the
    Board of Directors if the closing price is not reflective of
    current market values due to trading or events occurring in the
    valuation time of the Fund. In addition, substantial changes in
    values in the U.S.&#160;markets subsequent to the close of a
    foreign market may also affect the values of securities traded
    in the foreign market. The value of foreign securities may be
    adjusted if such movements in the U.S.&#160;market exceed a
    specified threshold. Short-term investments, having a maturity
    of 60&#160;days or less are valued at amortized cost, which
    approximates market value, with accrued interest or discount
    earned included in interest receivable.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Repurchase
    Agreements.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;In connection with
    transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Fund&#146;s
    policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying
    collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the
    principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including
    accrued interest, at all times. If the seller defaults, and the
    fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the
    collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Foreign Currency
    Translation.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;The financial accounting
    records of the Fund are maintained in U.S.&#160;dollars.
    Investment securities, other assets and liabilities denominated
    in a foreign currency are translated into U.S.&#160;dollars at
    the current exchange rate. Purchases and sales of securities,
    income receipts and expense payments are translated into
    U.S.&#160;dollars at the exchange rate on the dates of the
    transactions.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Reported net realized gains and losses on foreign currency
    transactions represent net gains and losses from disposition of
    foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between
    the trade dates and settlement dates of security transactions,
    and the difference between the amount of net investment income
    accrued and the U.S.&#160;dollar amount actually received. The
    effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on
    investments in securities are not segregated in the Statement of
    Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of those
</DIV>
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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Notes
    to Financial Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">1.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Significant
    Accounting Policies&#160;&#150;
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">continued</FONT></I>
</TD>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">securities, but are included in
    realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments in
    securities.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Forward Foreign Currency
    Transactions.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;A forward foreign currency
    contract (&#147;Forward&#148;) is an agreement between two
    parties to buy or sell currency at a set price on a future date.
    The Fund may enter into Forwards in order to hedge foreign
    currency risk or for other risk management purposes. Realized
    gains or losses on Forwards include net gains or losses on
    contracts that have matured or which the Fund has terminated by
    entering into an offsetting closing transaction. Unrealized
    appreciation or depreciation of Forwards is included in the
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is carried on a net
    basis. The portfolio could be exposed to risk of loss if the
    counterparty is unable to meet the terms of the contract or if
    the value of the currency changes unfavorably. As of
    August&#160;31, 2008 the Fund had no open Forwards.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Indemnification
    Obligations.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;Under the Fund&#146;s
    organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are
    indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the
    performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the
    normal course of business the Fund enters into contracts that
    provide general indemnifications to other parties. The
    Fund&#146;s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown
    as this would involve future claims that may be made against the
    Fund that have not yet occurred.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Taxes.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;As
    a qualified regulated investment company under Subchapter M of
    the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund is not subject to income
    taxes to the extent that it distributes all of its investment
    company taxable income and net realized capital gains for its
    fiscal year. In addition to federal income tax for which the
    Fund is liable on undistributed amounts, the Fund is subject to
    federal excise tax on undistributed investment company taxable
    income and net realized capital gains. The Fund is organized in
    Delaware and as such is required to pay Delaware an annual
    franchise tax. Also, the Fund is currently subject to a Taiwan
    security transaction tax of 0.3% on equities and 0.1% on mutual
    fund shares of the transaction amount.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s functional currency for tax reporting purposes
    is the New Taiwan dollar.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission guidance,
    the Fund implemented the provisions of Financial Accounting
    Standards Board Interpretation No.&#160;48
    (&#147;FIN&#160;48&#148;), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income
    Taxes, on February&#160;29, 2008. The Fund has reviewed the tax
    positions for the open tax years of August&#160;31, 2005 through
    August&#160;31, 2008 and has determined that the implementation
    of FIN&#160;48 did not have a material impact on the Fund&#146;s
    financial statements.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Investment
    Income.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;Dividend income is recorded on the
    ex-dividend date; except, where the ex-dividend date may have
    passed, certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded
    as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Taiwanese companies typically declare dividends in the
    Fund&#146;s third fiscal quarter of each year. As a result, the
    Fund receives substantially less dividend income in the first
    half of its year. Interest income, which includes accretion of
    original discount, is accrued as earned.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Dividend and interest income generated in Taiwan is subject to a
    20% withholding tax. Stock dividends received (except those
    which have resulted from capitalization of capital surplus) are
    taxable at 20% of the par value of the stock dividends received.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Distributions to
    Shareholders.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;The distributable income
    from the assets held under the Management Contract, which is
    limited to cash dividends and interest income received, may be
    distributed to the Fund only once in each year at the
    Fund&#146;s discretion and is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
    Realized capital gains and stock dividends may also be
    distributed to the Fund. Within the above limitations the Fund
    will, under current ROC regulations, be able to remit out of the
    ROC the proceeds of income and capital gains distributions, unit
    redemptions and other distributions of assets held under the
    Management Contract.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund distributes to shareholders at least annually,
    substantially all of its taxable ordinary income and expects to
    distribute its taxable net realized gains. Certain foreign
    currency gains (losses) are taxable as ordinary income and,
    therefore, increase
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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Notes
    to Financial Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">1.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Significant
    Accounting Policies&#160;&#150;
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">continued</FONT></I>
</TD>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(decrease) taxable ordinary income
    available for distribution. Pursuant to the Dividend
    Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;),
    shareholders may elect to have all distributions automatically
    reinvested in Fund shares. (See the summary of the Plan.) Unless
    the Board of Directors elects to make a distribution in shares
    of the Fund&#146;s common stock, shareholders who do not
    participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash
    paid by check in U.S.&#160;dollars. Income and capital gain
    distributions are determined in accordance with income tax
    regulations, which may differ from U.S.&#160;generally accepted
    accounting principles. No capital gain distributions shall be
    made until any capital loss carryforwards have been fully
    utilized or expired.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for
    foreign currency transactions, losses deferred due to wash
    sales, net operating losses, post October loss deferrals and
    dividend redesignations. Permanent book and tax basis
    differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in
    reclassifications to paid in capital. For the year ended
    August&#160;31, 2008, the Fund decreased undistributed net
    investment income by $(2,912,488), increased paid in capital by
    $13,310,505, and decreased accumulated net realized gain by
    $(10,398,017). These reclassifications have no effect on the net
    assets or net asset value per share.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Security
    Transactions.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;Security transactions are
    accounted as of the trade date. Gains and losses on securities
    sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Use of
    Estimates.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;The preparation of financial
    statements in conformity with U.S.&#160;generally accepted
    accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
    assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
    liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
    reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from
    operations during the reporting period. Actual results could
    differ from those estimates.
</DIV>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<TR>
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    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">2.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Purchases
    and Sales of Securities</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For the fiscal year ended August&#160;31, 2008, purchases and
    sales of securities, other than short-term securities,
    aggregated $281,113,501 and $295,915,316, respectively.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">3.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Fees
    and Other Transactions with Affiliates</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Management
    Fee.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;As the Fund&#146;s investment
    adviser, HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited,
    previously known as HSBC Investments (Taiwan) Limited, receives
    a basic fee that is computed daily at an annual rate of 1.30% of
    the Fund&#146;s average net assets. The basic fee is subject to
    monthly performance adjustments based on the Fund&#146;s
    investment performance as compared to the Taiwan Stock Exchange
    Index over a rolling
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">36-month</FONT>
    period (the &#147;performance adjustments&#148;). The basic fee
    may increase or decrease by + or -0.30% depending on the
    fund&#146;s performance.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    During the period ending August&#160;31, 2006, the basic fee
    included a one-time charge of approximately $154,000 as a
    further revision to correct errors in the calculation of
    performance fee adjustments for the fiscal years prior to 2000
    (See footnote 6).
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    On February&#160;1, 2007, the Adviser has agreed to waive a
    portion of the basic fee so that the basic fee will not exceed
    1.10% of the Fund&#146;s average daily net assets.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The performance adjustments remain unchanged by this fee waiver.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Effective January&#160;1, 2008, the Adviser has agreed to waive
    a portion of the basic fee so that the basic fee will not exceed
    1.00% of the Fund&#146;s average daily net assets. The
    performance adjustments remain unchanged by this fee waiver.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For the year ended August&#160;31, 2008, the management fee,
    including the performance adjustments, and management fee waiver
    was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.990% of average net assets.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Directors
    Fees.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;No director, officer or employee of
    the Adviser or its affiliates will receive any compensation from
    the Fund for serving as an officer or director of the Fund. The
    Fund pays each of its directors who is not a director, officer
    or employee of the Adviser an annual fee of $20,000 plus $2,500
    for each Board of Directors&#146; meeting or Committee meeting
    attended, and $2,500 for each meeting attended by telephone. In
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    16
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Notes
    to Financial Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 27pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">3.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Fees
    and Other Transactions with Affiliates&#160;&#150;
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">continued</FONT></I>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">addition, the Fund will reimburse
    each of the directors for travel and out-of-pocket expenses
    incurred in connection with Board of Directors&#146; meetings.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Administration
    Fees.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;State Street Corporation
    (&#147;State Street&#148;) provides, or arranges for the
    provision of certain administrative and accounting services for
    the Fund, including maintaining the books and records of the
    Fund, and preparing certain reports and other documents required
    by federal
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT> state
    laws and regulations. The Fund pays State Street a fee at the
    annual rate of 0.11% of the Fund&#146;s average daily net assets
    up to $150&#160;million, 0.08% of the next $150&#160;million,
    and 0.05% of those assets in excess of $300&#160;million,
    subject to certain minimum requirements. The fund also pays
    State Street $130,000 per year for certain legal administrative
    services, including corporate secretarial services and preparing
    regulatory filings.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">4.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Fund&#160;Shares</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At August&#160;31, 2008, there were 20,000,000&#160;shares of
    $0.01&#160;par value capital stock authorized, of which
    18,574,946 were issued and outstanding.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">5.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Distributions</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The tax character of distributions made by the Fund during the
    year ended August&#160;31, 2008 are as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="73%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="22%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Year ended<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>August 31, 2008</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ordinary income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18,375,850
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Net long term capital gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33,865,674
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    52,241,524
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As of August&#160;31, 2008, the components of distributable
    earnings on a tax basis were $0 of Undistributed Ordinary
    Income, $0 of Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain, $2,698,437
    of Unrealized Appreciation and $(10,669,517) of post October
    capital and currency losses.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized
    appreciation and depreciation is attributable primarily to the
    tax deferral of losses on wash sales. At August&#160;31, 2008,
    the aggregate cost basis of the Fund&#146;s investment
    securities for income tax purposes was $283,324,150. Net
    unrealized appreciation of the Fund&#146;s investment securities
    was $2,735,440 of which $45,600,063 related to appreciated
    investment securities and $42,864,623 related to depreciated
    investment securities.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under current tax law, certain capital and net foreign currency
    losses realized after October&#160;31 within the taxable year
    may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the
    following tax year. For the tax year ended August&#160;31, 2008,
    the Fund elected to defer net capital losses of $7,793,786 and
    net foreign currency losses of $2,875,730 arising between
    November&#160;1, 2007 and August&#160;31, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">6.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Prior
    Periods Restatement</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    On August&#160;31, 2004, the Fund restated its statement of
    changes in net assets for the year ended August&#160;31, 2003
    and its financial highlights for the years ended August&#160;31,
    2000 through 2003 to reflect correction of errors in the
    calculation of management fee performance adjustments recorded
    by the Fund during these years and prior. The incorrect
    performance adjustments were calculated based on average net
    assets of the Fund over a period different than the period over
    which average net assets of the Fund should have been calculated
    as stipulated in the Management Contract and resulted in
    overpayments being made to the investment adviser. The
    cumulative effect at September&#160;1, 1999, and the yearly net
    effect, of these
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    17
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Notes
    to Financial Statements
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
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</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">6.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Prior
    Periods Restatement&#160;&#150;
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">continued</FONT></I>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">corrections on net assets, net
    asset value per share and the ratio of expenses were as follows:
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>NAV Per<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Expense<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Net Assets</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Share</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Ratio</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Cumulative effect at September&#160;1, 1999
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,088,492
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.06
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    n/a
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Effect on Year Ended August&#160;31, 2000
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    58,392
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.02
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Effect on Year Ended August&#160;31, 2001
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (163,948
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.06
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Effect on Year Ended August&#160;31, 2002
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (4,479
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Effect on Year Ended August&#160;31, 2003
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    121,015
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">7.&#160;</FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Recent
    Accounting Pronouncements</FONT></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standard Board
    issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
    (&#147;SFAS&#148;) 157, Fair Value Measurements, which clarifies
    the definition of fair value and requires companies to expand
    their disclosure about the use of fair value to measure assets
    and liabilities in interim and annual periods subsequent to
    initial recognition. Adoption of SFAS&#160;157 requires the use
    of the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
    transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
    participants at the measurement date. SFAS&#160;157 is effective
    for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
    November&#160;15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal
    years. At this time, management is in the process of reviewing
    the Standard against its current valuation policies to determine
    future applicability.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, in March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards
    board (&#147;FASB&#148;) issued Statement of Financial
    Accounting Standards No.&#160;161, &#147;Disclosures about
    Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities&#148;
    (&#147;SFAS&#160;161&#148;). SFAS&#160;161 is effective for
    fiscal years and interim periods beginning after
    November&#160;15, 2008. SFAS&#160;161 requires enhanced
    disclosures about the Fund&#146;s derivative and hedging
    activities. Management is currently evaluating the impact the
    adoption of SFAS&#160;161 will have on the Fund&#146;s financial
    statement disclosures.
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</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Report
    of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">To the
    Board of Directors and</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Shareholders of</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>The Taiwan Fund, Inc.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and
    liabilities of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;),
    including the schedule of investments, as of August&#160;31,
    2008, and the related statement of operations for the year then
    ended, and the statement of changes in net assets and the
    financial highlights for each of the two years in the period
    then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights
    are the responsibility of the Fund&#146;s management. Our
    responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
    statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The
    financial highlights for each of the three years in the period
    ended August&#160;31, 2006 have been audited by other auditors,
    whose report dated October&#160;19, 2006 expressed an
    unqualified opinion on such financial highlights.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
    Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those
    standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
    reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and
    financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund
    is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an
    audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our
    audits included consideration of internal control over financial
    reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
    appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
    expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund&#146;s
    internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we
    express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a
    test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
    the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles
    used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
    evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our
    procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of
    August&#160;31, 2008, by correspondence with the custodian. We
    believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
    opinion.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In our opinion, the financial statements and financial
    highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material
    respects, the financial position of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. as of
    August&#160;31, 2008, the results of its operations for the year
    then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial
    highlights for each of the two years in the period then ended,
    in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
    the United States of America.
</DIV>

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    </FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Philadelphia,
    Pennsylvania</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">October&#160;17, 2008</FONT></B>
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Other
    Information
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(unaudited)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I><FONT style="color: #A32638">Federal Tax
    Information.</FONT></I>&#160;&#160;The Taiwan Fund, Inc. has
    made an election under Internal Revenue Code Section&#160;853 to
    pass through foreign taxes paid by the Fund to its shareholders.
    For the year ended August&#160;31, 2008, the total amount of
    foreign taxes paid that will be passed through to shareholders
    and foreign source income for information reporting purposes
    will be $2,908,478 (representing taxes withheld plus taxes on
    stock dividends) and $13,086,104, respectively.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For the year ended August&#160;31, 2008, The Taiwan Fund, Inc.
    designates a long term capital gain dividend of $33,865,674 for
    purposes of the dividends paid deduction.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Results
    of Annual Stockholder Meeting Voting Held January&#160;21,
    2008</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    1.)&#160;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The stockholders of the Fund elected Bing Shen, Benny T. Hu,
    Harvey Chang, Christina Liu, Joe O. Rogers, Michael F. Holland,
    M. Christopher Canavan,&#160;Jr. and Anthony Kai Yiu Lo to the
    Board of Directors to hold office until their successors are
    elected and qualified.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="83%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>For</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Withheld</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Bing Shen
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,973,324
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47,241
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Benny T. Hu
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,071,598
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    948,967
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Harvey Chang
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,973,559
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47,006
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Christina Liu
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,972,279
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    48,286
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Joe O. Rogers
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,080,881
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    939,684
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Michael F. Holland
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,080,580
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    939,985
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    M. Christopher Canavan Jr.&#160;
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,992,155
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    28,410
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Anthony Kai Yiu Lo
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&nbsp;
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    7,973,072
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47,493
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Share
    Repurchase Program</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The Board of Directors of the Fund, at a meeting held on
    April&#160;23, 2001, authorized the Fund to repurchase up to 15%
    of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock. The Fund
    will purchase such shares in the open market at times and prices
    determined by management of the Fund to be in the best interest
    of stockholders of the Fund. As of August&#160;31, 2008 no
    shares have been repurchased by the Fund.
</DIV>
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    20
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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Other
    Information
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(unaudited)
    (continued)</FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Privacy
    Policy</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Privacy
    Notice</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Taiwan Fund, Inc. collects nonpublic personal information
    about its shareholders from the following sources:
</DIV>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;
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    <TD align="left">    Information it receives from shareholders on applications or
    other forms;
</TD>
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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    Information about shareholder transactions with the Fund, its
    affiliates, or others; and
</TD>
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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;
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    <TD align="left">    Information it receives from a consumer reporting agency.
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    <B>The Fund&#146;s policy is to not disclose nonpublic personal
    information about its shareholders to nonaffiliated third
    parties (other than disclosures permitted by law).</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund restricts access to nonpublic personal information
    about its shareholders to those agents of the Fund who need to
    know that information to provide products or services to
    shareholders. The Fund maintains physical, electronic, and
    procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to
    guard it shareholders&#146; nonpublic personal information.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Proxy
    Voting Policies and Procedures</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A description of the policies and procedures that are used by
    the Fund&#146;s investment adviser to vote proxies relating to
    the Fund&#146;s portfolio securities is available
    (1)&#160;without charge, upon request, by calling
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-636-9242;</FONT>
    and (2)&#160;as an exhibit to the Fund&#146;s annual report on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-CSR</FONT>
    which is available on the website of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT></U>
    Information regarding how the investment adviser voted these
    proxies during the most recent
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    period ended June 30 is available without change, upon request,
    by calling the same number or on the Commission&#146;s website.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Quarterly
    Portfolio of Investments</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund files with the Securities and Exchange Commission its
    complete schedule of portfolio holdings on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-Q</FONT>
    for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The
    Fund&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-Q&#146;s</FONT>
    are available on the Commission&#146;s website at
    <U><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT></U>
    Additionally, the Portfolio of Investments may be reviewed and
    copied at the Commission&#146;s Public Reference Room in
    Washington,&#160;D.C. Information on the operation of the Public
    Reference Room may be obtained by calling
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330.</FONT>
    The most recent
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-Q</FONT>
    is available without charge, upon request, by calling
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-636-9242.</FONT>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Certifications</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s chief executive officer has certified to the New
    York Stock Exchange that, as of February&#160;27, 2008, he was
    not aware of any violation by the Fund of applicable New York
    Stock Exchange corporate governance listing standards. The Fund
    also has included the certifications of the Fund&#146;s chief
    executive officer and chief financial officer required by
    Section&#160;302 and Section&#160;906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    of 2002 in the Fund&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-CSR</FONT>
    file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the period
    of this report.
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Summary
    of Dividend Reinvestment and<BR>
    &#160;&#160;Cash Purchase Plan </FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">What
    is the Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the
    &#147;Plan&#148;) offers shareholders of the Fund, a prompt and
    simple way to reinvest their dividends and capital gains
    distributions in shares of the Fund. The Fund will distribute to
    shareholders, at least annually, substantially all of its net
    income and expects to distribute annually its net realized
    capital gains. Computershare Trust&#160;Company, N.A. (formerly,
    EquiServe Trust&#160;Company, N.A.) (the &#147;Plan
    Administrator&#148;), a federally chartered trust institution,
    acts as Plan Administrator for shareholders in administering the
    Plan. The Plan also allows you to make optional cash investments
    in Fund shares through the Plan Administrator.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Who
    Can Participate in the Plan?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you own shares in your own name, you can elect to participate
    directly in the Plan. If you own shares that are held in the
    name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should
    contact your nominee to arrange for them to participate on your
    behalf.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">What
    Does the Plan Offer?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Plan has two components; reinvestment of dividends and
    capital gains distributions, and a voluntary cash purchase
    feature.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><U><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Reinvestment
    of dividends and capital gains distributions</FONT></U></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you choose to participate in the Plan, your dividends and
    capital gains distributions will be promptly invested for you,
    automatically increasing your holdings in the Fund. If the Fund
    declares a dividend or capital gains distribution payable in
    cash, you will automatically receive shares purchased by the
    Plan Administrator on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise
    on the open market.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If a distribution is declared which is payable in shares or cash
    at the option of the shareholder and if on the valuation date
    (generally the payable date) the market price of shares is equal
    to or exceeds their net asset value, the Fund will issue new
    shares to you at the greater of the following: (a)&#160;net
    asset value per share or (b)&#160;95% of the market price per
    share. If the market price per share on the valuation date is
    less than the net asset value per share, the Fund will issue new
    shares to you at the market price per share on the valuation
    date.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    All reinvestments are in full and fractional shares, carried to
    three decimal places. In the case of foreign
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(non-U.S.)</FONT>
    shareholders, reinvestment will be made net of applicable
    withholding tax.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><U><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Voluntary
    cash purchase option</FONT></U></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Plan participants have the option of making investments in Fund
    shares through the Plan Administrator. You may invest any amount
    from $100 to $3,000 semi-annually. The Plan Administrator will
    purchase shares for you on the New York Stock Exchange or
    otherwise on the open market on or about February 15 and
    August&#160;15. If you hold shares in your own name, you should
    deal directly with the Plan Administrator. Checks should be made
    payable to &#147;Computershare&#148;. The Plan Administrator
    will not accept cash, traveler&#146;s checks, money orders, or
    third party checks for voluntary cash purchase. We suggest you
    send your check to the following address to be received at least
    two business days before the investment date: Computershare,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;The</FONT>
    Taiwan Fund, Inc. at P.O.&#160;Box&#160;43010, Providence, RI
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02940-3010.</FONT>
    The Plan Administrator will return any cash payments received
    more than thirty
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Summary
    of Dividend Reinvestment and<BR>
    &#160;&#160;Cash Purchase Plan
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">days prior to February 15 or
    August&#160;15, and you will not receive interest on uninvested
    cash payments. If you own shares that are held in the name of a
    brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your
    nominee to arrange for them to participate in the cash purchase
    option on your behalf.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Is
    There a Cost to Participate?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Each participant will pay a pro rata portion of brokerage
    commissions payable with respect to purchases of shares by the
    Plan Administrator on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise
    on the open market. Otherwise, there is no charge to
    participants for reinvesting dividends and capital gains
    distributions, since the Plan Administrator&#146;s fees are paid
    by the Fund. Brokerage charges for purchasing shares through the
    Plan are expected to be less than the usual brokerage charges
    for individual transactions, because the Plan Administrator will
    purchase stock for all participants in blocks, resulting in
    lower commissions for each individual participant.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For purchases from voluntary cash payments, participants are
    charged a service fee of $.75 for each investment and a pro rata
    share of the brokerage commissions.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Brokerage commissions and service fees, if any, will be deducted
    from amounts to be invested.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">What
    Are the Tax Implications for Participants?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    You will receive tax information annually for your personal
    records and to help you prepare your federal income tax return.
    The automatic reinvestment of dividends and capital gains
    distributions does not relieve you of any income tax which may
    be payable on dividends or distributions.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If the Fund issues shares upon reinvestment of a dividend or
    capital gains distribution, for U.S.&#160;federal income tax
    purposes, the amount reportable in respect of the reinvested
    amount of the dividend or distribution will be the fair market
    value of the shares received as of the payment date, which will
    be reportable as ordinary dividend income
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT> long
    term capital gains. The shares will have a tax basis equal to
    such fair market value, and the holding period for the shares
    will begin on the day after the payment date. State, local and
    foreign taxes may also be applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Once
    Enrolled in the Plan, May I Withdraw From It?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    You may withdraw from the Plan without penalty at any time by
    calling the Plan Administrator at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-426-5523,</FONT>
    by accessing your Plan account at the Plan Administrator&#146;s
    web site, <U>www.computershare.com/equiserve</U> or by written
    notice to the Plan Administrator.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you withdraw, you will receive, without charge, stock
    certificates issued in your name for all full shares, or, if you
    wish, the Plan Administrator will sell your shares and send you
    the proceeds, less a service fee of $2.50 and less brokerage
    commissions. The Plan Administrator will convert any fractional
    shares you hold at the time of your withdrawal to cash at the
    current market price and send you a check for the proceeds.
</DIV>

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    All sale requests having an anticipated market value of
    $100,000.00 or more are expected to be submitted in the written
    form. In addition, all sale requests within thirty
    (30)&#160;days of an address change are expected to be submitted
    in written form.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Summary
    of Dividend Reinvestment and<BR>
    &#160;&#160;Cash Purchase Plan
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #A32638">Whom
    Should I Contact for Additional Information?</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you hold shares in your own name, please address all notices,
    correspondence, questions, or other communications regarding the
    Plan to: Computershare,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;The</FONT>
    Taiwan Fund, Inc. at P.O.&#160;Box&#160;43010, Providence, RI
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02940-3010,</FONT>
    by telephone at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-426-5523</FONT>
    or through the Internet at www.computershare.com/equiserve. If
    your shares are not held in your name, you should contact your
    brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee for more information and
    to arrange for them to participate in the Plan on your behalf.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Either the Fund or the Plan Administrator may amend or
    terminate the Plan. Except in the case of amendments necessary
    or appropriate to comply with applicable law, rules or policies
    or a regulatory authority, participants will be mailed written
    notice at least 30&#160;days before the effective date of any
    amendment. In the case of termination, participants will be
    mailed written notice at least 30&#160;days before the record
    date of any dividend or capital gains distribution by the
    Fund.</I>
</DIV>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">&#160;&#160;</FONT><B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Directors
    and Officers
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(unaudited)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth certain information concerning
    each of the directors and officers of the Fund.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
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    <TD width="23%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=maindata -->
</TR>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation or<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Employment During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Directorships in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Publicly-Held</FONT>
    <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and (Age)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Present Office with the Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Since</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Past Five Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Companies (Directors only)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" valign="top">
    <B><FONT style="color: #A32638">Directors Considered
    Independent<BR>
    Persons</FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Harvey Chang (57)<BR>
    21/F,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;172-1,</FONT>
    Section&#160;2,<BR>
    Ji-Lung Road Taipei,<BR>
    Taiwan, ROC 106
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chairman of the Board<BR>
    (since July 2005) and Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2005
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President and Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
    Taiwan Mobile Company Limited (September 2003 - present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director, Taiwan Mobile Company Limited (2003-present);
    Director, CX Technology Corp; Director, Lite-On Technology Corp.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Christina Liu (51)<BR>
    13 fl. No. 200 Keelung Road,<BR>
    Section 1,<BR>
    Taipei,Taiwan, ROC
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2005
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Economic Advisor, Daiwa Institute of Research (DIR)
    (2008-present); Legislator (People First Party, Two Consecutive
    Terms, First Chair National Legislative Representative),
    Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (2002-2007); Finance
    Committee Chair, Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China
    (2005-2007); Financial Law Reform Committee Chair, Legislative
    Yuan of the Republic of China (2005-present); Professor of
    Finance, National Taiwan University (1993-present); Adjunct
    Professor of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University of
    Beijing (2001-present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director, Taiwan Stock Exchange (1995-2002).
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Joe O. Rogers (59)<BR>
    2477 Foxwood Drive<BR>
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1986
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Manager, The Rogers Team LLC, (July 2001-present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee, The China Fund, Inc.
    (1992-present).
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    M. Christopher Canavan, Jr. (69)<BR>
    73 Brook Street<BR>
    Wellesley, MA 02482
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2003
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Independent Consultant (2000-present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Chairman of The Audit Committee, Bruker
    Biosciences, Inc. (2000-May 2007).
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Anthony Kai Yiu Lo (60)<BR>
    2/F Hong Villa<BR>
    12&#160;Bowen Street<BR>
    Hong Kong
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2003
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chairman and Co-CEO, Shanghai Century Acquisition Inc. (January
    2006 -present); Director, Prime Credit Ltd./Advantage Ltd.
    (2004-January 2006); Founder and Managing Director, Prime Credit
    Ltd./Advantage Ltd. (1999-2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Member of Listing Committee, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.
    (1996-May 2006).
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Bing Shen (59)<BR>
    1755 Jackson Street, #405 San&#160;Francisco, CA 94109
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Independent Consultant (2005-present); Director, Delta Networks,
    Inc. (June 2007-present); President, CDIB &#038; Partners
    Investment Holding Corporation (May 2004-August 2005); Executive
    Vice President, China Development Industrial Bank
    (&#147;CDIB&#148;) (March 1999-May 2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Supervisor, CTCI Corporation; Independent Non-Executive
    Director, Delta Networks, Inc.; Chairman, Audit Committee, Delta
    Networks, Inc. (June 2007-present); Chairman, Audit Committee,
    CTCI Corporation.
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Directors
    and Officers
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(unaudited)
    (continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 27pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
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    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation or<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Employment During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Directorships in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Publicly-Held</FONT>
    <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and (Age)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Present Office with the Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Since</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Past Five Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Companies (Directors only)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Directors Considered
    Independent Persons&#160;&#151; (continued)</FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Michael F. Holland (64)<BR>
    375 Park Avenue, Suite&#160;2108 New York, New York 10152
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chairman, Holland &#038; Company L.L.C. (1995-present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director, The Holland Balanced Fund, Inc., The China Fund, Inc.,
    Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Trust and Reaves Utility
    Income Fund; Trustee, State Street Master Funds and State Street
    Institutional Investment Trust.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Benny T. Hu (59)<BR>
    6F, 76 Tun Hwa South Road Section&#160;2, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1993
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chairman, CDIB Bioscience Venture Management, Inc.
    (August&#160;2001-present); Chairman, China Development
    Industrial Bank (June 2003-May 2004); Chairman, China
    Development Asset Management Corp. (June 2001-May 2004);
    Ambassador-at-Large, Republic of China (May 2001-May 2006).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director, USI Far East Corp. (2004-present); Supervisor, China
    Steel Corp. (2004-June&#160;2007); Supervisor, Winbond
    Electronics Corp. (2002-present); Director, China Development
    Financial Holding Corp. (June 2001-May 2004); Director, Yangming
    Marine Transport Corp. (2001-present); Supervisor (August
    2007-present) and Director (May 2003-August 2007), Taiwan High
    Speed Rail Corp.; Director, T-Join Transportation Co., Ltd.
    (June 2007 - present); Chairman and Managing General Partner,
    Whitesun Equity Partners; Chairman, Whitesun International.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    <B><FONT style="color: #A32638">Officers</FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Andrew Chen (44)<BR>
    24th/F, 99 Tunhwa South Road, Section&#160;2 Taipei, Taiwan ROC
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    CEO, HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan)
    Limited<FONT style="font-family: Symbol; font-variant: normal">&#217;</FONT>
    (Nov. 2004 - present); Research Director, JF Asset Management
    (Taiwan) Limited (Nov. 2002 -2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Adelina N Y Louie (42)<BR>
    Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific <BR>
    HSBC&#160;Investments <BR>
    (Hong Kong) Limited <BR>
    Level&#160;22 <BR>
    HSBC Main Building <BR>
    1 Queen&#146;s Road Central, <BR>
    Hong Kong
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Secretary and Treasurer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2004
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, HSBC Global Asset
    Management (Hong Kong) Limited (May 2006 - present); Chief
    Operating Officer, HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited
    (March 2004-April 2006); Area Commercial Manager, HSBC (UK) Ltd
    (February 2002-March 2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 13%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    &#160;<FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: Symbol; font-variant: normal">&#217;</FONT>&#160;As
    of June&#160;2, 2008, HSBC Investments (Taiwan) Limited changed
    its name to HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited.
    </FONT>
</DIV>
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    &#160;&#160;<B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Directors
    and Officers
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="color: #A32638">(unaudited)
    (continued)</FONT></I>
</DIV>

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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation or<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Employment During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Directorships in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Publicly-Held</FONT>
    <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and (Age)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Present Office with the Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Since</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Past Five Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Companies (Directors only)</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 10pt">Officers&#160;&#151;
    (continued)</FONT></B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Richard F. Cook, Jr. (57)<BR>
    Foreside Compliance Services, LLC. <BR>
    Three Canal Plaza, Suite&#160;100 <BR>
    Portland, ME 04101
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Compliance Officer
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Employee of Foreside Fund Services, LLC (November 2005-January
    2006), Director of Foreside Compliance Services LLC, (January
    2006-present); Chief Compliance Officer, Guinness Atkinson Funds
    (November 2005-present); Chief Compliance Officer, The Japan
    Fund, Inc. (April 2007-present); Founder and Managing Member of
    Northlake, LLC (2002-present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Mary Moran Zeven (47)<BR>
    2 Avenue de Lafayette, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02111
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Assistant Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2005
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel, State Street
    Bank and Trust Company (2002 - present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Elizabeth A. Watson (54)<BR>
    4 Copley Place, 5th&#160;Floor<BR>
    Boston, MA 02116
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Assistant Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2007
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust
    Company (August 2007 - present); Vice President and General
    Counsel (May 2004-July 2007) and Chief Compliance Officer (July
    2004 - October 2006), Quantitative Investment Advisors, Inc.;
    Clerk (July 2004 - July 2007), Chief Legal Officer (January 2007
    - July 2007), Chief Compliance Officer (July 2004 - December
    2005), Quantitative Group of Funds; President and General
    Counsel, U.S. Boston Capital Corporation (May 2004 - July 2007);
    Principal, Watson &#038; Associates (2002 - 2004).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">United
    States Address
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Taiwan Fund, Inc.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2 Avenue de Lafayette
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    P.O. Box 5049
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Boston, MA
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1-800-636-9242
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>www.thetaiwanfund.com</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Investment
    Adviser
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Taipei, Taiwan
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Directors
    and Officers
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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    Harvey Chang, Chairman of the Board and Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Andrew Chen, President
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Benny T. Hu, Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Bing Shen, Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Christina Liu, Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Joe O. Rogers, Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Michael Holland, Director
</DIV>

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    M. Christopher Canavan, Jr., Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Anthony Kai Yiu Lo, Director
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Adelina N.Y. Louie, Secretary and Treasurer
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Richard F. Cook, Jr., Chief Compliance Officer
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Mary Moran Zeven, Assistant Secretary
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Elizabeth A. Watson, Assistant Secretary
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Administrator
    and Accounting Agent
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    State Street Bank and Trust Company
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Boston, MA
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Custodians
    </FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Taipei, Taiwan
</DIV>

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    State Street Bank and Trust Company
</DIV>

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    Boston, MA
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Transfer
    Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar
    </FONT>
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    Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Legal
    Counsel
    </FONT>
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    Clifford Chance US LLP
</DIV>

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    New York, NY
</DIV>

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    Lee and Li
</DIV>

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    Taipei, Taiwan
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt; color: #A32638; font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Independent
    Registered Public Accounting Firm
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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    Tait, Weller &#038;&#160;Baker, LLP
</DIV>

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    Philadelphia, PA
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;2. Code of Ethics.</B></U>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to the Fund&#146;s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>No information need be disclosed pursuant to this paragraph.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>There have been no amendments to the Fund&#146;s Code of Ethics during the reporting period for
Form N-CSR.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>There have been no waivers granted by the Fund to individuals covered by the Fund&#146;s Code of
Ethics during the reporting period for Form N-CSR.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Not applicable.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A copy of the Fund&#146;s Code of Ethics is attached as exhibit 12(a)(1) to this Form N-CSR.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Board of Directors of The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) has determined that the
Company has one member serving on the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee that possesses the attributes
identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item&nbsp;3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as &#147;audit committee
financial expert.&#148;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The name of the audit committee financial expert is M. Christopher Canavan, Jr.
Mr.&nbsp;Canavan has been deemed to be &#147;independent&#148; as that term is defined in Item
3(a)(2) of Form&nbsp;N-CSR.</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>
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</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Audit Fees</U></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, Tait, Weller &#038; Baker LLP
(&#147;Tait Weller&#148;), the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, billed the Fund
aggregate fees of US$57,500 and US$55,000, respectively, for professional services rendered for the
audit of the Fund&#146;s annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in the
Fund&#146;s annual report to shareholders.
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U>Audit-Related Fees</U></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, Tait Weller billed the Fund
aggregate fees of US$6,800 and US$6,500, respectively, for assurances and related services that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund&#146;s financial statements and
are not reported under the section Audit Fees above. Audit-Related Fees represent procedures
applied to the semi-annual financial statement amounts (reading the semi-annual report and
valuation and existence procedures on investments) as requested by the registrant&#146;s audit
committee.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c) <U>Tax Fees</U>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, Tait Weller billed the Fund
aggregate fees of US$13,200 and US$12,500, respectively, for professional services rendered for tax
compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. The nature of the services comprising the Tax Fees was
the review of the Fund&#146;s income tax returns and tax distribution requirements.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(d) <U>All Other Fees</U>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, Tait Weller did not bill the
Fund any fees for products and services other than those disclosed above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(e)&nbsp;The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee Charter requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve all audit
and non-audit services to be provided to the Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent registered public
accounting firm; provided, however, that the pre-approval requirement with respect to non-auditing
services to the Fund may be waived consistent with the exceptions provided for in the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;). All of the audit and tax services described
above for which Tait Weller billed the Fund fees for the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and
August&nbsp;31, 2007 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee did
not waive the pre-approval requirement of any non-audit services to be provided to the Fund by Tait
Weller.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(f)&nbsp;No disclosures are required by this Item&nbsp;4(f).

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(g)&nbsp;For the fiscal years ended August&nbsp;31, 2008 and August&nbsp;31, 2007, Tait Weller did not bill the
Fund any non-audit fees. During this period, Tait Weller did not provide any services to HSBC
Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited (the &#147;Investment Adviser&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(h)&nbsp;Tait Weller notified the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by
Tait Weller to the Fund&#146;s Investment Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with the Investment Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund that were not
pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule&nbsp;2-01 of Regulation&nbsp;S-X, allowing the Fund&#146;s
Audit Committee to consider whether such services were compatible with maintaining Tait Weller&#146;s
independence.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The Fund has a separately-designated audit committee established in accordance with
Section&nbsp;3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the Fund&#146;s audit
committee are M. Christopher Canavan, Jr., Joe Rogers, Anthony K.Y. Lo, Bing Shen and Michael F.
Holland.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;6. Schedule of Investments.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Schedule of Investments is included as part of Item&nbsp;1.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Investment Companies.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The registrant has delegated to its investment adviser the voting of proxies relating to the
registrant&#146;s portfolio securities. The policies and procedures used by the investment adviser to
determine how to vote proxies relating to the registrant&#146;s portfolio securities, including the
procedures used when a vote presents a conflict of interest involving the investment adviser or any
of its affiliates, are contained in the investment adviser&#146;s Proxy Voting Guidelines, which are
attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;12(a)(4).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Company.</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)(1)

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of September&nbsp;30, 2008, the portfolio manager of the registrant is as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Shirley Yang</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ms.&nbsp;Yang has been the Portfolio Manager of the Taiwan Fund, Inc. since June&nbsp;30, 2007. Ms.&nbsp;Yang is
an Assistant Vice President of HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Prior to joining HSBC Global Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited, the registrant&#146;s investment
adviser, Ms.&nbsp;Yang worked at INVESCO Taiwan where she was a Senior Fund Manager (March&nbsp;2004 to June
2007). Prior to March&nbsp;2004, Ms.&nbsp;Yang worked at Prudential Asset Management, Taiwan (June&nbsp;2003 to
March&nbsp;2004) as an Investment Manager. Prior to June&nbsp;2003, Ms.&nbsp;Yang worked at E-Sun Financial
Holding Company (June&nbsp;2002 to March&nbsp;2003) as an Investment Manager.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)(2)

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of September&nbsp;30, 2008, Ms.&nbsp;Yang did not manage an account other than the Taiwan Fund, Inc.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)(3)

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Compensation</B>:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The investment adviser has structured a compensation program based on factors designed to attract
and retain key personnel as well as to provide incentives for top quality performance. The program
is designed to recognise the long-term nature of the firm&#146;s business, and to encourage retention
and continuity of service of the people who contribute to the organization&#146;s success.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The investment adviser, through a performance review system rewards both team and individual
contribution. Each individual has a job profile and a set of Key Performance Measures (&#147;KPMs&#148;) to
ensure that the year&#146;s objectives are clear and attainable. KPMs do not just reflect tangible
outputs of an individual&#146;s role; they also incorporate the behaviors and team efforts displayed by
each member of staff. Thus, the firm&#146;s portfolio managers are not assessed solely on the
performance of the funds that they manage.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Investment professionals typically receive a base salary and an incentive bonus. The total sum set
aside for bonus payments each year is a function of HSBC Global Asset Management&#146;s profitability as
a whole. In determining the amount to allocate to each individual, three factors are assessed:
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The performance of the local company;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The performance of the investment team; and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The performance of the individual.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">During the annual appraisal process, each department manager reviews his/her team&#146;s performance and
contribution to the adviser for the past year on an individual basis. Bonuses and raises are
awarded based on the individual&#146;s contribution to the team. Promotions are awarded to individuals
who have performed well beyond what was expected for their level.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)(4)

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Ownership of Securities: </B>The following table sets forth, for each portfolio manager, the aggregate
dollar range of the registrant&#146;s equity securities beneficially owned as of September&nbsp;30, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT">Portfolio Manager</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Owned</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="CENTER" valign="top">Shirley Yang
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">none</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees
to the registrant&#146;s Board of Directors during the period covered by this Form N-CSR filing.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the
registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are
effective, as of a date within 90&nbsp;days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR based on their
evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule&nbsp;30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act
(17&nbsp;CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules&nbsp;13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the 1934 Act (17 CFR
240.131-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>There were no changes in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the
registrant&#146;s second fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Item&nbsp;12. Exhibits</B></U>
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    <TD colspan="2">(a)(1) Code of Ethics is attached hereto in response to Item&nbsp;2(f).</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">(a)(2) The certifications required by Rule&nbsp;30a-2 of the 1940 Act are attached hereto.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">(a)(3) Not applicable.</TD>
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   <TD colspan="2">(a)(4) Proxy voting policies and procedures of the Fund&#146;s investment adviser are attached hereto in
response to Item&nbsp;7.</TD>
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    <TD>The certifications required by Rule&nbsp;30a-2(b) of the 1940 Act and Section&nbsp;906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left">THE TAIWAN FUND, INC.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Andrew Chen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Andrew Chen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">President of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>CODE OF ETHICS FOR PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE AND SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS</B></U>
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    <TD>This Code of Ethics (the &#147;Code&#148;) for The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) applies to the Fund&#146;s
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President and Treasurer (or persons
performing similar functions) (&#147;Covered Officers&#148;) for the purpose of promoting:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent
conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships.</TD>
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    <TD>full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents
that the Fund files with, or submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;)
and in other public communications made by the Fund;</TD>
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    <TD>compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations;</TD>
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    <TD>prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or
persons identified in the Code; and</TD>
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    <TD>accountability for adherence to the Code.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard of business ethics and should be
sensitive to situations that may give rise to actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest. The
Fund will expect all Covered Officers to comply at all times with the principles in this Code. A
violation of this Code by an employee is grounds for disciplinary action up to and including
discharge and possible legal prosecution. Any question about the application of the Code should be
referred to the Audit Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors ( the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;).
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    <TD><B>Covered Officers Should Handle Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Overview</I></B>. A &#147;conflict of interest&#148; occurs when a Covered Officer&#146;s private interest
interferes with the interests of, or his service to, the Fund. For example, a conflict of interest
would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member of his family, receives improper personal benefits as
a result of his position with the Fund.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the
Fund and already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the &#147;Investment Company Act&#148;) and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the &#147;Investment
Advisers Act&#148;). For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions
(such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of their
status as &#147;affiliated persons&#148; of the Fund. The compliance programs and procedures of the Fund and
HSBC Asset Management (Taiwan) Ltd., the Fund&#146;s investment
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">adviser (the &#147;Adviser&#148;) are designed to prevent, or identify and correct, violations of these
provisions. Certain conflicts of interest also arise out of the personal securities trading
activities of the Covered Officers and the possibility that they may use information regarding the
Fund&#146;s securities trading activities for their personal benefit. The Fund&#146;s Code of Ethics under
Rule&nbsp;17j-1 under the Investment Company Act is designed to address these conflicts of interest.
This Code does not, and is not intended to, replace these programs and procedures or the Fund&#146;s
Rule&nbsp;17j-1 Code of Ethics, and this Code&#146;s provisions should be viewed as being additional and
supplemental to such programs, procedures and code.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Although typically not presenting an opportunity for improper personal benefit, conflicts
arise from, or as a result of, the contractual relationship between the Fund and the Adviser of
which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, this Code recognizes that
the Covered Officers will, in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Fund or
for the Adviser, or for both), be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that
will have different effects on the Adviser and the Fund. The participation of the Covered Officers
in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship between the Fund and the Adviser and
is consistent with the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Fund.
Thus, if performed in conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the
Investment Advisers Act, such activities will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In
addition, it is recognized by the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) that the Covered Officers
may also be officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by other codes.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Covered Officer must not:
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    <TD>use his personal influence or personal relationships improperly to influence
investment decisions or financial reporting by the Fund whereby the Covered Officer
would benefit personally to the detriment of the Fund;</TD>
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    <TD>cause the Fund to take action, or fail to take action, for the individual personal
benefit of the Covered Officer rather than the benefit of the Fund; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>use material non-public knowledge of portfolio transactions made or contemplated
for, or actions proposed to be taken by, the Fund to trade personally or cause others
to trade personally in contemplation of the market effect of such transactions.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Covered Officer must, at the time of signing this Code, report all material business
affiliations outside the Fund and must update the report annually.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Covered Officers should avoid situations which involve the appearance of, or potential for,
conflicts of interest. Examples of these situations include:
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    <TD>accepting directly or indirectly, anything of value, including gifts and gratuities
in excess of $100 per year from any person or entity with which the Fund has current or
prospective business dealings, not including occasional meals or tickets to theatre or
sporting events or other similar entertainment, provided it is</TD>
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    <TD>business-related, reasonable in cost, appropriate as to time and place and not so
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    <TD>any ownership interest in, or any consulting or employment relationship with, any of
the Fund&#146;s service providers, other than its investment adviser or any affiliated
person thereof; and</TD>
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    <TD>a direct or indirect financial interest in commissions, transaction charges or
spreads paid by the Fund for effecting portfolio transactions or for selling or
redeeming shares other than an interest arising from the Covered Officer&#146;s employment,
such as compensation or equity ownership.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In situations involving a Covered Officer which involve the appearance of, or the potential
for, conflicts of interest, but where the Covered Officer believes that no significant conflict of
interest exist, the Covered Officer must obtain prior written approval from the Audit Committee
before becoming involved in that situation. No such approval shall be considered a waiver of this
Code.
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    <TD><B>Disclosure and Compliance</B></TD>
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    <TD>Each Covered Officer should familiarize himself with the disclosure and compliance
requirements generally applicable to the Fund;</TD>
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    <TD>each Covered Officer should not knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to
misrepresent, facts about the Fund to others, whether within or outside the Fund,
including to the Fund&#146;s directors and auditors, or to governmental regulators and
self-regulatory organizations;</TD>
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    <TD>each Covered Officer should, to the extent appropriate within his area of
responsibility, consult with other officers and employees of the Fund and the Adviser
with the goal of promoting full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure
in the reports and documents the Fund files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other
public communications made by the Fund; and</TD>
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    <TD>it is the responsibility of each Covered Officer to promote compliance with the
standards and restrictions imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.</TD>
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    <TD>Each Covered Officer must:</TD>
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    <TD>upon adoption of the Code or (thereafter as applicable, upon becoming a Covered
Officer), affirm in writing to the Board that he has received, read and understands the
Code;</TD>
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    <TD>annually thereafter affirm to the Board that he has complied with the requirements
of the Code;</TD>
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    <TD>not retaliate against any other Covered Officer or any employee of the Fund or their
affiliated persons for reports of potential violations that are made in good faith; and</TD>
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    <TD>notify the Audit Committee promptly if he knows of any violation of this Code.
Failure to do so is itself a violation of this Code.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Audit Committee is responsible for applying this Code to specific situations in which
questions are presented under it and has the authority to interpret this Code in any particular
situation. Any waivers sought by a Covered Officer must be considered by the Audit Committee.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of this Code shall be delivered to each employee of the Fund and each employee of the
Adviser annually together with a memorandum requesting that any violations of the Code be
communicated immediately to the Audit Committee.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund will follow these procedures in investigating and enforcing this Code:
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Audit Committee will take all appropriate action to investigate any potential
violations reported to it;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>if, after such investigation, the Audit Committee believes that no violation has
occurred, the Audit Committee is not required to take any further action;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>if the Audit Committee determines that a violation has occurred, it will consider
appropriate action, which may include review of, and appropriate modifications to,
applicable policies and procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the
Adviser or its board; or a recommendation to dismiss the Covered Officer;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Audit Committee will be responsible for granting waivers of this Code, as
appropriate; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any changes to or waivers of this Code will, to the extent required, be disclosed as
provided by SEC rules.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>V.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Changes To or Waivers of the Code</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No change to or waiver of any provision of this Code will be effective until the Fund
discloses the nature of any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of the Code in its Form
N-CSR, or on its website within five business days following the date of the amendment or waiver if
this method of disclosure has been established in its Form N-CSR and made available on its website
for twelve months. Any waiver of provisions of this Code will be reported in filings with the SEC
and otherwise reported to the Fund&#146;s stockholders to the full extent required by the rules of the
SEC and by any applicable rules of any securities exchange on which the Fund&#146;s securities are
listed.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Other Policies and Procedures</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by the Fund for purposes of Section&nbsp;406 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and forms applicable to registered investment
companies thereunder. Insofar as other policies or procedures of the Fund or the Adviser or other
service providers govern or purport to govern the behavior or activities of the Covered Officers
who are subject to this Code, they are superseded by this Code to the extent that they conflict
with the provisions of this Code.
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    <TD><B>Amendments</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any amendments to this Code must be approved or ratified by a majority vote of the Audit
Committee and the Board, including a majority of directors who are not interested persons as
defined in the Investment Company Act.
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>VIII.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Confidentiality</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Code will be considered
confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by
law or this Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the Audit Committee, the
Board, the Fund and its counsel and the Adviser and its counsel.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Internal Use</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Code is intended solely for the internal use by the Fund and does not constitute an
admission, by or on behalf of the Fund, as to any fact, circumstance or legal conclusion.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I have read and understand the terms of the Code. I recognize the responsibilities and obligations
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, Andrew Chen, President of The Taiwan Fund, Inc., certify that:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.;</TD>
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    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to
include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule&nbsp;30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or so caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90&nbsp;days prior to the filing
date of this report based on such evaluation; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period
covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</TD>
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    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant&#146;s auditors
and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial
information; and</TD>
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    <TD>Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Andrew Chen</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">President (principal executive officer) of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, Adelina Louie, Treasurer of The Taiwan Fund, Inc., certify that:
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    <TD>I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to
include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule&nbsp;30a-3(c) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule&nbsp;30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or so caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90&nbsp;days prior to the filing
date of this report based on such evaluation; and</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period
covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant&#146;s auditors
and the audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial
information; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">By:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Adelina Louie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Adelina Louie</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Treasurer (principal financial officer) of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>HSBC Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Proxy Voting Guidelines</U>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of August&nbsp;1, 2003

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Proxy Voting Guidelines</U>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HSBC Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited (the &#147;Advisor&#148;) is an investment advisor registered
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, that serves as the investment manager for the
Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) pursuant to a Securities Investment Trust-Investment Management and
Custodian Contract dated August&nbsp;22, 2001 (the &#147;Management Contract&#148;) among the Fund, the Advisor
and the International Commercial Bank of China, the Fund&#146;s Taiwan custodian.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Taiwan Regulations Governing Securities Investment Trust Fund Enterprises (the &#147;SITE
Regulations&#148;) and the Taiwan Rules&nbsp;Governing the Use of Proxies for Attendance at Shareholder
Meetings of Public Companies (the &#147;Proxy Rules&#148;), the Advisor has the responsibility for exercising
voting rights (&#147;Voting Rights&#148;) on the shares of Taiwan companies held under the Management
Contract, and the Fund has delegated to the Advisor the duty to exercise Voting Rights with respect
to such shares. Under the SITE Regulations and the Proxy Rules, the Advisor must exercise the
Voting Rights on behalf of the Fund in a manner which is in the best interests of the Fund;
provided that the Advisor is required to vote in favor of proposals made or candidates for director
or supervisor nominated by the Board of Directors of the company issuing the shares which are being
voted (the &#147;Issuing Company&#148;) unless the Advisor determines that there is unsound management of the
Issuing Company which may cause damage to the interests of the Issuing Company or its shareholders
(&#147;Unsound Management&#148;). If the Advisor determines that there is Unsound Management with respect to
an the Issuing Company, the SITE Regulations and the Proxy Rules require that the shares at issue
be voted in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Advisor.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the U.S. Investment Advisors Act of 1940, the Advisor is a fiduciary that owes the Fund
a duty of care and loyalty with respect to all services it undertakes on the Fund&#146;s behalf,
including exercising Voting Rights. The Advisor is therefore subject to a fiduciary duty, within
the confines of applicable Taiwan law, to exercise Voting Rights in a manner the Advisor believes
is consistent with the Fund&#146;s best interests. In fulfilling its obligations to the Fund, the
Advisor will seek to act in a manner that it believes is most likely to enhance the economic value
of the underlying securities held for the Fund under the Management Contract.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Proxy Voting Committee</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In light of these fiduciary duties, and given the complexity of the issues that may arise in
connection with the exercise of Voting Rights, the Advisor has formed a Proxy Voting Committee (the
&#147;Committee&#148;) to address issues on behalf of the Advisor relating to the exercise of Voting Rights.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Scope of Committee Responsibilities</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall have responsibility for determining how to exercise Voting Rights. In
doing so, the Committee will seek to ensure that Voting Rights are exercised in the best interests
of the Fund, and that Voting Rights are exercised in a manner free from unwarranted influences.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall also establish the Advisor policies with respect to Voting Rights, with
such advice, participation and research as the Committee deems appropriate from Portfolio Managers
or other knowledgeable interested parties. The Committee shall be responsible for determining how
the Voting Rights policies will be applied to specific votes, in light of each Issuing Company&#146;s
unique structure, management, strategic options and probable economic consequences of alternative
actions.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In view of the requirements of Taiwan law with respect to the exercise of Voting Rights, the
Committee&#146;s primary focus will be on determining whether or not voting in favor of proposals made
by an Issuing Company&#146;s Board of Directors or management are consistent with the best interests of
the Fund as a shareholder. In circumstances where the Committee determines that voting in favor of
such a proposal (or a proposal supported by the Issuing Company&#146;s Board of Directors) is consistent
with the best interests of the Fund as a shareholder, the Committee will cause the Advisor to
exercise the Voting Rights in favor of the proposal following applicable Taiwan legal and voting
procedures. In circumstances where the Committee determines that voting shares in favor of a
proposal is clearly not in the best interests of the Fund as a shareholder, the Committee will
present the matter to the Board of Directors of the Advisor in a timely manner with a
recommendation that the Board of Directors adopt a resolution authorizing the Advisor to vote
against the proposal based on the fact that the proposal reflects Unsound Management. The Advisor
believes that any circumstance where the Board of Directors or management of an Issuing Company
makes or supports a proposal submitted to a shareholder vote which is clearly not in the best
interests of shareholders reflects Unsound Management.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee will adopt policies with respect to recurring shareholder voting matters, such
as the election of directors and supervisors, which it generally will follow with respect to these
recurring matters and which are attached to these voting guidelines. The Committee may, however,
determine that the subject matter of a proposal is not suitable for general voting guidelines and
requires a case-by-case determination. The Advisor believes that certain Voting Rights issues
require investment analysis &#151; such as approval of mergers and other significant corporate
transactions &#151; akin to investment decisions, and are therefore not suitable for general guidelines.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Article&nbsp;44 of the SITE Regulations, prior to voting at a shareholder meeting of an
Issuing Company in which the Fund holds shares, the Committee will prepare a written
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">report describing the assessment and analysis process used in determining how to exercise the
Voting Rights. In addition, if Voting Rights are exercised pursuant to a resolution of the
Advisor&#146;s Board of Directors, a written report of the exercise of Voting Rights will be submitted
to the Board after the shareholder meeting.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall obtain copies of shareholder meeting notifications and attendance cards
and shall retain a written record of the exercise of Voting Rights by the Advisor and the results
of the voting. This record shall be kept in consecutive order in files which shall be maintained
for at least five years after the shareholder meeting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Committee Membership</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee will be chaired by the Chief Investment Officer of the Advisor responsible for
the investment of the Fund&#146;s securities. The Committee shall also include the deputy portfolio
manager for the Fund, the Advisor&#146;s senior compliance officer and such other personnel with
investment and/or relevant experience as the Chief Investment Officer deems appropriate. No
employee of the Advisor whose responsibilities relate primarily to marketing or sales, and no
person with any investment banking, trading, retail brokerage or research responsibilities for the
Advisor&#146;s affiliates may serve as a member of the Committee or participate in its decision-making.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Circumstances Involving Conflicts of Interest</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In circumstances where the exercise of Voting Rights involves an actual or apparent conflict
of interest involving the Advisor or any of the Advisor&#146;s affiliates, the decision regarding the
exercise of Voting Rights will be made exclusively by members of the Committee who have no personal
involvement with or relationship to the matter which produces the conflict of interest. For
example, if an Issuing Company is an investment advisory client of the Advisor, no individual
associated with the Advisor who has any relationship or involvement with providing
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">advisory services to the Issuing Company shall participate in the decision with respect to the
exercise of those Voting Rights.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">VOTING POLICIES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee will analyze each exercise of Voting Rights individually. The Committee has
adopted the following voting guidelines, which represent the Committee&#146;s usual voting position on
certain recurring Voting Rights issues that do not involve unusual circumstances. With respect to
any Voting Rights issue, however, the Committee may vote differently than a voting guideline if the
Committee determines that doing so is in the best interests of the Fund.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;<I>Board of Directors</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee&#146;s general policy is to vote for nominees for director in uncontested elections,
except for nominees which have demonstrably poor records of representing shareholder interests.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;<I>Auditors</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee&#146;s general policy is to vote for approval of independent auditors, except for
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Auditors that have a financial interest in, or material association with, the
Issuing Company they are auditing, and are therefore believed not to be independent.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Auditors who have rendered an opinion to any company which is either not consistent
with best accounting practices or indicative of the company&#146;s financial situation.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;<I>Compensation and Benefits</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee&#146;s general policy is to recommend a vote against proposals regarding compensation
and benefits for senior executive officers and directors of issuing companies which are clearly in
excess of levels of compensation and benefits provided typically by Taiwan companies in similar
circumstances.
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<TYPE>EX-99.12(B)
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<DESCRIPTION>SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Andrew Chen, Chief Executive Officer, and Adelina Louie, Chief Financial Officer of The Taiwan
Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), each certify that:
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">This Form&nbsp;N-CSR filing for the Fund (the &#147;Report&#148;) fully complies with the requirements of
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Fund.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Andrew Chen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Andrew Chen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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