Exhibit 31(a)

                         CERTIFICATIONS
                         ______________

I, Stephen F. Hiu, certify that:

  1.  I  have  reviewed  this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB  of
      IGENE Biotechnology, Inc.;

  2.  Based on my  knowledge, this report does  not  contain  any
      untrue statement  of a material fact or  omit  to  state  a
      material fact  necessary to make the  statements  made,  in
      light of the circumstances under which such statements were
      made, not misleading with respect to the period covered  by
      this report;

  3.  Based  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
      financial information  included  in  this  report,   fairly
      present in  all material respects the financial  condition,
      results of operations and cash flows of the small  business
      issuer  as  of,  and  for,  the  periods  presented in this
      report;

  4.  The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and
      I  are   responsible  for  establishing   and   maintaining
      disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in  Exchange
      Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small  business
      issuer and have:

          (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and  procedures,
          or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
          designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
          information  relating  to the  small  business  issuer,
          including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made  known
          to  us  by  others within those entities,  particularly
          during  the  period  in  which  this  report  is  being
          prepared;

          (b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the small  business
          issuer's   disclosure  controls  and   procedures   and
          presented  in  this  report our conclusions  about  the
          effectiveness   of   the   disclosure   controls    and
          procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
          report based on such evaluation; and

          (c)  Disclosed in this report any change in  the  small
          business   issuer's  internal  control  over  financial
          reporting  that  occurred  during  the  small  business
          issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
          issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
          report)  that has materially affected, or is reasonably
          likely   to  materially  affect,  the  small   business
          issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and

  5.  The  small  business  issuer's other certifying  officer(s)
      and  I  have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
      of internal control over financial reporting, to the  small
      business issuer's auditors and the audit committee  of  the
      small business  issuer's  board of  directors  (or  persons
      performing the equivalent functions):

          (a)   All   significant   deficiencies   and   material
          weaknesses  in  the  design or  operation  of  internal
          control  over financial reporting which are  reasonably
          likely  to adversely affect the small business issuer's
          ability  to  record,  process,  summarize  and   report
          financial information; and

          (b)  Any  fraud, whether or not material, that involves
          management  or  other employees who have a  significant
          role  in  the small business issuer's internal  control
          over financial reporting.


Date: August 13, 2004

          STEPHEN F. HIU
      ___________________
      /s/ STEPHEN F. HIU
          President