1996 — Page 111

Directors

The Directors as at 31 December 1996 were as follows:

The Hon Woo Pak Chuen, CBE, JP (Chairman)

Walter Kwok Ping Sheung (Vice Chairman)

Yu Shu Chuen

Raymond Kwok Ping Luen.

Ng Siu Chan

William Louey Lai Kuen

John Chan Cho Chak, CBE, LVO, JP

Charles Lui Chung Yuen

Sir Quo Wei Lee, CBE, LLD (Hon), DBA (Hon), D Litt (Hon), HonPhD, FCIB, FRCPEd (Hon), FHKCP (Hon), JP Winnie J Ng

Yam Kwan Pui Ying, Lily Teresa, JP

Isaac Chow Yiu Nam.

George Chien Yuan Hwei (Alternate Director to Walter Kwok Ping Sheung)

Tsim Tak Po (Alternate Director to Raymond Kwok Ping Luen)

Mrs Yam Kwan Pui Ying, JP, resigned as a Director of the Company on 10 March 1997. Mrs Dorothy Chan Yuen Tak Fai, JP, Acting Commissioner for Transport, was appointed to the Board on 10 March 1997.

In accordance with articles 99 and 101 of the Company's articles of association, all of the existing Directors with the exception of Messrs John Chan Cho Chak, Charles Lui Chung Yuen, Isaac Chow Yiu Nam and Mrs Dorothy Chan Yuen Tak Fai retire from the Board and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

Brief biographical details of the Directors of the Company are set out on pages 9 and 10 of this Annual Report.

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