FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        Report of Foreign Private Issuer


                        Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                          For the month of August 2004


                        Commission File Number 000-30678

                               GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.
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                 (Translation of Registrant's Name into English)

                                  Canon's Court
                               22 Victoria Street
                            Hamilton, HM 12, Bermuda
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant
foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
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Signatures
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Exhibit 1         Press Release dated August 31, 2004






Other Events.


     On August 31, 2004, Global Sources Ltd. issued a press release, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K and hereby incorporated by
reference herein.




Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit 99.1      Press Release dated August 31, 2004.






                                   Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                               GLOBAL SOURCES LTD.
                               (Registrant)


                               By:  /s/ Eddie Heng Teng Hua
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                                    Name:  Eddie Heng Teng Hua
                                    Title: Director and Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 1, 2004