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[September 27, 2004]

Yap International Appoints Telecommunications Executive Joseph Weaver as President and Chief Operating Officer

LOS ANGELES, California, September 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Yap International, Inc. (YPIL.PK -OTC), a provider of Voice over Internet
Protocol ("VoIP") communication services and products, today announced that
it has appointed Joseph Weaver as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Yap International.


Mr. Weaver has 27 years of senior level management experience in the
telecommunications and technology sectors. He is a leader and motivator with
a history of outstanding performance and innovation.


Mr. Weaver has held numerous positions and consulted for many industry
leaders and leading edge companies in the telecommunication and technology
sectors including Bell Laboratories, AT&T, UC Hub, TGEC, DCI, LaTel,
PacketSwitch, TeleHub Communications Corporation and WebGear. In addition, he
has provided consulting services to Fortune 100 Companies such as IBM, and
Phillip Morris.


Mr. Weaver has negotiated and completed interconnection agreements with
many PTT's (post, telephone and telegraphs) that include PLDT of the
Philippines, China Telecom, Telecom New Zealand, VNPT (Vietnam Post and
Telecommunications Corporation) and Chungwa of Taiwan, booking revenues in
excess of USD$250 million a year.


Mr. Weaver also has extensive international business experience, having
spent 10 years as Managing Director of a company where he was directly
responsible for re-engineering the company's strategic direction. His efforts
resulted in revenue increase from USD$200 million to USD$1.5 billion in less
than three years. In this position Mr. Weaver managed the activities of 1,152
employees and four international business offices on four continents.


"The Company's proprietary technologies position Yap International to
rapidly become the industry leader in the VoIP marketplace," states Weaver,
"our products do not require our end users to have a computer or broadband
connection to take advantage of the significant cost savings that VoIP
provides. Our proprietary technology provides us extremely competitive
positioning in the global marketplace and enables Yap to address 90% of the
market that our competitors can not."


Weaver holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Bachelor of Arts Degree,
which he obtained at Widner University.


In order to create this position for Joseph Weaver, the Company also
announces that Jan Olivier has moved from President, to Chairman Of The Board
and will maintain his position as Chief Executive Officer of Yap
International.


About Yap International, Inc.


Yap International, Inc. is a multi-national Internet Communications
Company developing cost effective telecommunications through Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. The Company currently holds the
worldwide marketing rights for the only VoIP technology that requires no
computer or high speed Internet connection and works in conjunction with any
standard push button phone to access VoIP savings. The Company plans on
targeting the market of more than 1.1 billion telephones worldwide, but
specifically, the international calling market as it pertains to foreign-born
residents living in the United States and Canada. The company is
headquartered in Las Vegas with administrative offices in Vancouver and sales
offices in Los Angeles.


To learn more about Yap International, Inc. please visit us at
www.yapint.com

For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
Darren +1-604-601-8432
email: info@yapint.com

This media release may contain forward-looking statements regarding, but
not limited to, management, market potential, distributor success, market
size, international sales, marketing, future events and performance of the
Company which involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect
actual results. Investors should refer to documents that the Company intends
to file with the SEC for a description of certain factors that could cause
actual results to vary from current expectations and the forward-looking
statements contained in this media release.

Yap International, Inc.


For further information: Investor Relations: Darren, +1-604-601-8432, email: info@yapint.com

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