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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or

Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Ong Chin Yen

(Last) (First) (Middle)

No. 106, Jalan 1

Taman Sri Selayang

(Street)

Batu Caves Selangor Darul Ehsun (Malaysia) 68100

(City) (State) (Zip)

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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)

5/13/02

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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Avani International Group, Inc. (AVIT)

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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

[_] Director [*] 10% Owner

[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)

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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

[*] Form Filed by One Reporting Person

[_] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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2. Ownership Form:

1. Amount of Securities Direct (D) or 4.

Title of Security Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4)

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Common Stock 325,003 D

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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction

5(b)(v).

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially

owned directly or indirectly.

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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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3. Owner-

Title and Amount of Securities ship

2. Underlying Derivative Security Form of

Date Exercisable (Instr. 4) 4. Derivative

and Expiration Date ------------------------------ Conver- Security: 6.

(Month/Day/Year) Amount sion or Direct Nature of

------------------ or Exercise D) or Indirect

1. Date Expira- Number Price of Indirect Beneficial

Title of Derivative Exer- tion of Derivative (I) Ownership

Security (Instr. 4) cisable Date Title Shares Security (Instr. 5) (Instr. 5)

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common stock

warrants 8/12/99 8/12/02 common stock 37,500 $3.00 D

common stock

warrants 5/13/02 1/ common stock 757,506 1/ D

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1/The exercise price is $0.03 per share if before May 13, 2004, $0.06 per share if before May 13, 2006,

and $0.7 per share if before May 13, 2007.

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Explanation of Responses:

Chin Yen Ong

/s/ Chin Yen Ong September 3, 2002

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**Signature of Reporting Person Date

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal

Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.

If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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