Chang Loong Cheong, aged 61, joined the Company in March 1996 and is an independent non- e
xecutive Director of the Company. Mr. Chang holds a management certificate from the Hong Kong Management Association. He is also a director of Shanghai Xinhua Iron & Steel Company Limited and Orient International (Shanghai) Limited. Mr. Chang was a manager of Cathay Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, a member of the senior management of Island Navigation Corporation International Limited in West Africa and Orient Overseas Container Line Limited, and was general manager and a director of Noble Ascent Company Limited. Mr. Chang is also an independent non-executive director of China Technology Development Group Corp. |