Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with this report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Sherwin I. Seligsohn, Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, based on my knowledge,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


                                      
Date: May 13, 2003                       By: Sherwin I. Seligsohn
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                                             Sherwin I. Seligsohn
                                             Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer