The first Intersource Hardware Asia opened in Hong Kong on Tuesday, 13 April. It is being organised jointly by Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd and Koelnmesse Pte Ltd and will last till 16 April. Represented there are 200 suppliers from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Austria and Taiwan. Since the next Practical World will not be held in Cologne again until 2006, the organisers of Intersource are reckoning on increased demand for their event next year. Dates: 13 to 16 April 2005.