[DESCRIPTION]ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES
IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP


FORM 5

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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Tsai                           Aaron
(Last)                         (First)                   (Middle)

1710 E. Division St.
(Street)

Evansville                       IN                        47711
(City)                         (State)                     (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

MAS Acquisition XVII Corp.
(Common Stock: No Trading Symbol)

3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Year

12/99

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

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

( V ) Director ( V ) 10% Owner


( V ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)

President, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer

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

( V ) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

* If Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.  Title of Security                  2.  Transaction Date
    (Instr. 3)                             (Month/Day/Year)
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------
a.  Common Stock, par value $.001
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

b.
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

c.
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

d.
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

e.
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

f.
- -------------------------------------  -----------------------

3.  Transaction  4.  Securities Acquired (A) or
     Code                 Disposed of (D)
     (Instr. 8)           (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
                     -------------------------------------------
                         Amount      (A) or (D)      Price
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------
a.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

b.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

c.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

d.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

e.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

f.
- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------


5.  Amount of Securities        6. Ownership Form:  7. Nature of Indirect
    Benificially Owned             Direct (D) or       Beneficial Ownership
    at End of Issuer's Fiscal      Indirect (I)        (Instr. 4)
    Year                           (Instr. 4)
    (Instr. 3 and 4)

- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------
a. 8,250,350                       I                  See explanation
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

b.
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

c.
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

d.
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

e.
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

f.
- -----------------------------  ------------------  -----------------------

Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.

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     Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
                             Beneficially Owned
                (e.g, puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of     2. Conver-    3. Transac- 4. Transac-   5. Number of
   Derative        sion or       sion        sion          Derivative
   Security        Exercise      Date        Code          Securities
   (Instr. 3)      Price         (Month/                   Acquired (A) or
                   of            Day/        (Instr. 8)    Disposed of (D)
                   Derivative    Year)                     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
                   Security                                --------------------
                                                                                                     (A)               (D)
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------
a.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------

b.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------

c.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------

d.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------

e.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------

f.
- ------------  --------------  ----------  -------------  --------- ----------


6. Date Exercisable         7. Title and Amount of Underlying   8. Price of
   and Expiration              Securities                          Derivative
   Date                       (Instr. 3 and 4)                     Security
   (Month/Day/Year)                                                (Instr. 5)

- ---------------------------  ---------------------------------
   Date           Expiration      Title           Amount or
   Exercisable    Date                            Number of
                                                  Shares
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------
a.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

b.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

c.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

d.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

e.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

f.
- --------------- -----------  -----------------  --------------  -------------

9. Number of        10. Ownership         11. Nature of
   Derivative           of Deriva-            Indirect
   Securities           tive                  Beneficial
   Beneficially         Security:             Ownership
   Owned at             Direct (D)            (Instr. 4)
   End of Year          or Indirect
   (Instr. 4)           (I) (Instr. 4)

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a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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e.
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f.
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Explanation of Responses:

(1) MAS Capital Inc. is controlled by Aaron Tsai. 8,250,000 shares are owned by MAS Capital Inc. and 350 shares are owned by John Tsai, brother of Aaron Tsai.

/s/ Aaron Tsai                                         January 31, 2000
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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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