CATY Cathay General Bancorp

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) announced today that it will be participating at the 3rd Annual Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett Asian Banking Conference in New York. Mr. Heng W. Chen, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will make a presentation at the conference on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, at 3:35 p.m. EST or 12:35 p.m. PST. Attendance to this event is limited to clients of Howe Barnes Hoefer & Arnett only. A live webcast of the conference will be available at the day of the conference and will be archived and available for reply for 14 days at http://www.howebarnes.com/. Cathay General Bancorp does not control the information contained on the Howe Barnes website, which is compiled and provided by a third party unrelated to Cathay General Bancorp. As such, Cathay General Bancorp is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on that website and also cannot accept responsibility for the privacy practices or security of that website. ABOUT CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP Cathay General Bancorp is the holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Founded in 1962, Cathay Bank offers a wide range of financial services. Cathay Bank currently operates thirty branches in California, nine branches in New York State, one in Massachusetts, one in Houston, Texas, two in Washington State, three in Chicago, Illinois, and representative offices in Taipei, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Cathay Bank's website is found at http://www.cathaybank.com/. DATASOURCE: Cathay General Bancorp CONTACT: Heng W. Chen of Cathay General Bancorp, +1-213-625-4752 Web site: http://www.howebarnes.com/ Web site: http://www.cathaybank.com/

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