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  7.AFR Appointed New CEO
Hong Kong, Sept. 3, 2007 - Advanced Fiber Resources (AFR), a company specializing in high power handling, fiber optic devices and polarization maintaining devices, appoints Dr. X.L. Wang as its Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board.

Dr. Wang has a successful track record in fiber optic industry in the past decade. Prior to AFR, Mr. Wang was the GM of Telesis Technologies in China. Before that, Dr. Wang was the Corporate Vice President of Oplink Communications (NASDAQ: OPLK) and GM of the China operations. Prior to Oplink, Dr. Wang was the Director of New Product Introduction and Director of Operations at JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU), a Milpitas, California-based company. He managed various products, including interleaver, wavelength locker, integrated power monitoring devices, high power and free space isolators, proprietary compact and PM circulator, PM combiner and other PM products.

"Dr. Wang has successfully demonstrated his leadership in team building and product launch," said Mr. Bernard Fung, a board member of AFR. "Bringing Dr. Wang in is a strong commitment to AFR’s customers. I truly believe Dr. Wang will bring AFR to the next level in product engineering and technical services."

"It is my honor to have the opportunity to work for AFR", said Dr. X.L. Wang. "Together we will provide more complete product portfolio and better service to our customers."

Prior to his industrial experience, Dr. Wang was a Visiting Researcher at NEC Opto-Electronics Research Lab in Tsukuba, Japan and Associate Professor in Tianjin University, China.

Dr. Wang received his Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degrees in Laser Engineering in Tianjin University, China. Dr. Wang published 20 technical papers in lasers and held one US patent in fiber optics.

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