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Dr. Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung 55 was appointed Non-Executive Chairman in July 2003. He has been a member of the Board since 1998. Dr. Ch�ien is chairman of CDC Corporation and its subsidiary China.com Inc. He is also non-executive chairman of HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Limited as well as chairman and independent non-executive director of Hang Seng Bank Limited. He serves on the boards of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Inchcape plc Convenience Retail Asia Limited VTech Holdings Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Dr. Ch�ien is chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee and a Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. In addition Dr. Ch�ien is the honorary president and past chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. He was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong then under British Administration from 1992 to 1997 a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR from 1 July 1997 to June 2002 and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2006. Dr. Ch�ien was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993. He was made a Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1994 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star medal in 1999. Dr. Ch�ien received a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and became a Trustee of the University in 2006. | 