"MLT Challenge 2000"
A Message from CEO

- Focus on "California Club"
- Opening Online Shop Soon
- Expand Organic Foods Export
- Network Petaluma Chicken Sales

January 1, 2000
Torrance, California

MLT Trade Challenges the Year 2000

A Happy New Year, the Millennium 2000 !!

I am pleased to report to you that during the year of 1999 we made  significant progress toward the achievement of our long-term objectives although our short-term figures are not necessarily impressive for this specific financial period. During 1999 we have made a variety of investments in seeding for our future participation in the new business fields. That efforts concentrated on using much of our management resources including time. As a result, we have a smaller net profit than the previous year while renenues were up in the four consecutive years since MLT has started its business in 1996.

In the meantime, thanks to your continuous business and supports to us, we have successfully balanced the business startup loss during 1999 that eventually makes MLT truly qualified a profit-making business operation. As the year 2000 will celebrate MLT's 5th year of business, we wish to make this year a very successful and capitalize on the past efforts so as to open a new chapter of our business. The followings are our main agenda for the year 2000;

1) To open MLT online shopping service over Internet
2) To make  "California Club"  a success with possible expansion
3) To reinforce food export business specialized in "organic"
4) To orgainze extensive sales network of Petalumas  in Japan

Through our focused execution of these business agenda, we will achieve our business objectivess and become a player in linking multi-trades among the countries we serve in this challenging international food business. Thank you.

Best regards,

Shunichi Hosoi
CEO, MLT Trade International Inc.

(From the Editor: January 2000

A Happy New Year, the Millennium 2000 !!.

Although it was everyone's serious concern and nobody really knew over what may happen on the first day of the new Millennium, i.e. January 1, 2000, relative to Y2K, however,  I am happy to write this note that "No major issues and incidents" did occur around the globe. This is nothing but thanks to an incredible number of people who have done a good job. No missiles fired, no computer virus caused destruction, no airplane was in accident, no lifeline threatening did occur etc.

And we are now in Y2K and MLT has set its business plan ready for this new year. The restaurant business in Tokyo Nihonbashi has opened a new door and given us a new business dimension to MLT as we are directly exposed to the consumers. We serve "Petaluma organic chicken" as well as natural beef and other healthy foods while it present us a great opportunity to learn more about  food business.

MLT continues its efforts to keep updates on relative business information about the industry and hopes to bring readers with more valuable and interesting information. We target all our time and effort to "organic" foods so as to keep our eyes on "healthiness, freshness, cleanness" of our quality life today. And we always appreciate your support and welcome your comments and suggestions, thank you.

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