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Professor WONG Yue Chim Richard, aged 57, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since December 2003. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. He graduated from University of Chicago with Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Economics and is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost and Chair of Economics at The University of Hong Kong. He has been active in advancing economic research on policy issues in Hong Kong and China. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1999 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for his contributions in education, housing, industry and technology development. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in July 2000. He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of five other listed companies in Hong Kong, namely CK Life Sciences Int’l., (Holdings) Inc., Great Eagle Holdings Limited, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited, Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited and Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited, and The Link Management Limited, the manager of The Link Real Estate Investment Trust, a Hong Kong listed company. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited (formerly a listed company in Hong Kong) from June 1999 to June 2007 and a member of the Managing Board of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation from February 2004 to December 2007.
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