
Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Taiwan), TFT-LCD maker, is forecasting pre-tax profit of NTDlr1.08 bil for 2003, vs a previous forecast for a loss of NTDlr635 mil, on sales which are now expected to be NTDlr47.61 bil, vs NTDlr46.13 bil previously forecast. The company is forecasting a pre-tax profit of around NTDlr3.5 bil for 4th-qtr 2003.