Directors and Board Committees

Dr. Lee has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company for the last 47 years. He is the founder and chairman and managing director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited, and an executive director of Henderson Investment Limited. He has been engaged in property development in Hong Kong for more than 60 years. Dr. Lee is also the chairman of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited as well as a non-executive director of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited and Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited. In July 2007, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region awarded Dr. Lee the Grand Bauhinia Medal for his distinguished community service.

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Mr. Wong has been a Deputy Managing Director of the Company since July 2012. He joined the Group in 1981 and has been an Executive Director of the Company since January 1996. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Mr. Wong graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with distinction and holds a Master’s degree in International Real Estate. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and a registered professional surveyor. Also, he is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Real Estate and Construction of The University of Hong Kong. In addition, he is a member of the Hong Kong Housing Society. He is currently responsible for project management matters of the Group’s development projects.

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Mr. Lui has been an Executive Director and a Deputy Managing Director of the Company since April and July 2012 respectively. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. He joined the Group in 1977 and is currently responsible for the sales and marketing of a number of large residential developments as well as acquisition and disposal of non-core property investment projects of the Group. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Mr. Yip has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since September 2004. He is also a member of both the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. He joined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (“HSBC”) in Hong Kong in 1965 with working experiences in London, China and San Francisco. Mr. Yip worked in a number of departments of HSBC, which included trade services, corporate banking, group consultancy service and regional training. His previous assignment prior to becoming CEO China had been in personal financial services, covering jobs in marketing, card products, customer service and sales, with responsibilities over consumer business in Hong Kong. From January 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Yip was appointed chief executive China business, based in Shanghai; meanwhile, he was also a director of Bank of Shanghai, Ping An Insurance and Ping An Bank in China. Mr. Yip became a general manager of HSBC in April 2005 until his retirement from HSBC in June 2012. He was the executive vice president of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. and an independent director of DSG International (Thailand) Public Company Limited (whose shares were delisted voluntarily from the Stock Exchange of Thailand). Mr. Yip was the chief representative for the Asia-Pacific Region of Institute of International Finance from July 2012 to July 2015. He is currently an independent non-executive director of South China Holdings Company Limited and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., and an independent director of S.F. Holding Co., Ltd.

Mr. Yip is an elected associated member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London. He was educated in Hong Kong with an MBA from The University of Hong Kong. He has a Certified Financial Planner certificate issued by the Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong. Mr. Yip received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 1984 for his contribution to the banking industry and the community in Hong Kong. Mr. Yip was awarded the MBE by the British Government in 1984. In 1999, he was appointed Unofficial Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong. In 2000, he was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In June 2008, he was elected a member of Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Mr. Yip is active in community and youth activities in Hong Kong and is a member of a number of service organizations such as Hong Kong Committee for United Nations Children Fund and the 8th National Council of Red Cross Society of China.

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Professor Wong has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since May 2005. He is the Chairman of both the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Professor Wong studied Economics at the University of Chicago and graduated with a Doctorate in Philosophy. He is Professor of Economics at The University of Hong Kong. Professor Wong 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. In addition, he was appointed Justice of the Peace in July 2000.

Professor Wong serves as an independent non-executive director of Great Eagle Holdings Limited, Orient Overseas (International) Limited and Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited. In addition, he was an independent non-executive director of Link Asset Management Limited as the manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust and a member of the managing board of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation.

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Dr. Li was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company in May 2005. He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director, the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. He is also an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee and the remuneration committee of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited.

Dr. Li is the senior partner of Li, Tang, Chen & Co., Certified Public Accountants. He is also an independent non-executive director of Transport International Holdings Limited, Wong’s International Holdings Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited and China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited. Dr. Li was an independent non-executive director of RoadShow Holdings Limited (now known as Bison Finance Group Limited).

Dr. Li is a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, the chairman of its Public Accounts Committee, a past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a former convenor-cum-member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel.

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Dr. Fung has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since February 2010. He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and also holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was conferred the degrees of Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and by Hong Kong Baptist University.

Dr. Fung is the group chairman of Li & Fung Limited, chairman and non-executive director of Global Brands Group Holding Limited, and a non-executive director of Convenience Retail Asia Limited, all within the Fung Group. He is also an independent non-executive director of VTech Holdings Limited, Shui On Land Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited. Formerly, Dr. Fung was a non-executive director of Trinity Limited.

Dr. Fung has held key positions in major trade associations. He is the past chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (1994-1996), the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association (1989-1991) and the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (1993-2002). He was a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region delegate to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (1998-2003). He has been awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2008.

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Dr. Leung has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since July 2012. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Dr. Leung is the chairman and an independent non-executive director of Transport International Holdings Limited.

Dr. Leung has been active in public service for 40 years and he served as Commissioner of the Civil Aid Service from 1993 to 2007, chairman of the Broadcasting Authority from 1997 to 2002, council chairman of City University of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2003 and Pro-Chancellor of City University of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2016. He is the council chairman of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Mr. Leung has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since July 2012. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Company. Mr. Leung graduated from The University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and completed Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program. He was an independent non-executive director of Tern Properties Company Limited.

Mr. Leung started his career with Bank of America in 1977 and joined Wardley Limited (a member of HSBC group) in 1984. He then joined the Company in 1986 and worked until his retirement in 2006.

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Mrs. Leung has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since March 2013. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting and Business Administration from The University of Hong Kong. She was the vice-chairman and the chief executive of Hang Seng Bank Limited, the chairman of Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited, a director of various subsidiaries of Hang Seng Bank Limited, a director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and the Group General Manager of HSBC Holdings plc prior to her retirement from the HSBC group in June 2012.

Mrs. Leung is currently an independent non-executive director of First Pacific Company Limited, Li & Fung Limited, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. She was an independent non-executive director of Swire Pacific Limited, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, China Construction Bank Corporation and QBE Insurance Group Limited as well as the deputy chairman, managing director and chief executive of Chong Hing Bank Limited.

Mrs. Leung is a member of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development of the Home Affairs Bureau and the Public Service Commission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and a Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. She is also a council member, the treasurer and the chairman of the finance committee, and a member of the human resources policy committee of The University of Hong Kong. Mrs. Leung was the chairman of the board of governors of Hang Seng Management College and Hang Seng School of Commerce, a court member of the Hong Kong Baptist University, and a member of the advisory board and the chairman of the investment committee of the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation from 2005 to 2010. She was also a member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, the advisory committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, the Banking Review Tribunal, and the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the Executive Council and the Legislature, and Officials under the Political Appointment System of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the chairman of the executive committee of The Community Chest of Hong Kong, and a member of the board of directors and the finance committee of the Hospital Authority.

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Mr. Fan has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since March 2018. He graduated from The University of Hong Kong with an honours degree in Economics and Business Management and also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Beijing. He is a Barrister-at-Law in Hong Kong, and in England and Wales as well as an Attorney-at-Law in the State of California, U.S.A.

Mr. Fan has over 30 years of experience in business management. He was a director and then managing director of CITIC Pacific Limited (now known as CITIC Limited) from 1990 and 1992 respectively to 2009. In addition, Mr. Fan was a deputy chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited from 1997 to 2009 and an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited from 2003 to 2009. He is currently an independent non-executive director of HKR International Limited. Mr. Fan is also the managing director of Hong Kong Glory Limited, a family investment company.

Mr. Fan has a long record of public service in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development as well as a member of the board of directors of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, the Hospital Authority and the Financial Services Development Council. Mr. Fan was a non-official member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, and a non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission.

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Sir Po-shing Woo has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since August 1972. He was admitted to practise as solicitor in England and Hong Kong and is also a fellow of The Hong Kong Management Association, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, The Institute of Management and The Institute of Directors of England. He was awarded an Hon.LLD. by City University of Hong Kong and is a fellow of King’s College of London as well as honorary professor of Nankai University of Tianjin. He is also the founder of the Woo Po Shing Medal in Law and the Woo Po Shing Overseas Summer School Travelling Scholarship, both at The University of Hong Kong, and the Woo Po Shing Professor (Chair) of Chinese and Comparative Law at City University of Hong Kong. Sir Po-shing Woo is also a director of Henderson Development Limited. He is the father of Mr. Woo Ka-biu, Jackson.

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Mr. Kwan has been a Non-Executive Director of the Company since July 1999 and is a member of both the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. As a managing partner with the solicitors firm of Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, Mr. Kwan has 56 years of experience in legal practice. He is a former director and advisor and currently a voting member of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, a past member of the Stamp Advisory Committee, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Scout Foundation Management Committee, vice chairman of the Scout Performing Arts Committee, chairman of Air Activities Committee, adviser of Air Activities Development Fund Committee, elected member of Scout Counsel of Hong Kong, chairman of Scout Association of Hong Kong Leadership Training Institute Foundation Management Committee, vice chairman of World Scout Foundation Baden-Powell Fellowship Hong Kong Chapter, president of the Hong Kong Branch of the King’s College London Association, member of the Hong Kong Philatelic Society, life member of the Federation of Inter-Asia Philately, president of FIAP Grand Prix Club, a permanent advisor of Wah Yan (Hong Kong) Past Students Association, a director and honorary secretary of Wah Yan Dramatic Society, a committee member and legal advisor of South China Athletic Association and former vice manager of its Football Section as well as manager of its Ten Pin Bowling Section and an honorary legal advisor of the Hong Kong Society for Reproductive Society.

Mr. Kwan was commissioner general and vice chairman of the Organizing Committees of the Hong Kong 1994, 1997, 2001 and 2004 International Stamp Exhibitions and was commissioner general and chairman of the Organizing Committees of the Hong Kong 2009 and 2015 International Stamp Exhibitions. He served on the Hong Kong Golf Club General Committee on several occasions in various capacities. He graduated from King’s College, London University and is a fellow of King’s College London, the Institute of Arbitrators and the Royal Philatelic Society, London.

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Mr. Kwok has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 21 December 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University. Mr. Kwok joined the Group in May 2008 and has participated in managing the hotels and serviced apartments of the Group in Hong Kong and mainland China. He is a director of a subsidiary in the hotel division of the Group. Prior to joining the Group, he worked in an international investment bank. He is also a director of Empire Group Holdings Limited.

Mr. Kwok is a nephew of Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond. He is also a grandson of Madam Kwong Siu-hing, who is the elder sister of Mr. Kwong Chun and also a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Mr. Kwok is a cousin of Messrs. Kwok Kai-fai, Adam, Kwok Kai-wang, Christopher and Kwok Ho-lai, Edward.

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Mr. Kwok has been an Executive Director of the Company since December 2014. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Mr. Kwok acted as an Alternate Director to Mr. Kwok Ping-kwong, Thomas from July 2012 until the resignation of Mr. Kwok Ping-kwong, Thomas as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company in December 2014. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He worked in an international investment bank prior to joining the Group in November 2008, and has substantial experience in corporate finance. He was the project director taking charge of certain key residential and commercial projects of the Group in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region. Since April 2013, he has taken up the overall responsibilities for the property business in Southern China.

In addition, Mr. Kwok is a vice-president of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a member of the Major Sports Events Committee, a member of board of directors of The Community Chest of Hong Kong, a member of the International Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Hong Kong, an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation and a vice-chairman of Hong Kong United Youth Association. He is also a standing committee member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a deputy chairman of Hong Kong Guangdong Youth Association, a member of All-China Youth Federation and a vice-chairman of Friends of Hong Kong Association Development Foundation.

Mr. Kwok is a nephew of Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond. He is also a grandson of Madam Kwong Siu-hing, who is the elder sister of Mr. Kwong Chun and also a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Mr. Kwok is a cousin of Messrs. Kwok Kai-wang, Christopher, Kwok Kai-chun, Geoffrey and Kwok Ho-lai, Edward.

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Mr. Kwok has been an Executive Director of the Company since April 2016. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Mr. Kwok holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He worked in an international management consultancy firm before joining the Group in 2011. He is responsible for sales, project management and leasing of major residential and commercial properties of the Group in Hong Kong and mainland China. He assists the Chairman of the Company in all other businesses, in particular, the non-property related matters. Mr. Kwok is also a non-executive director of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd.

In addition, Mr. Kwok is a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Mr. Kwok is a son of Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond. He is also a grandson of Madam Kwong Siu-hing, who is the elder sister of Mr. Kwong Chun and also a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Mr. Kwok is a cousin of Messrs. Kwok Kai-fai, Adam and Kwok Kai-chun, Geoffrey, and the younger brother of Mr. Kwok Ho-lai, Edward.

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Mr. Kwong has been an Executive Director of the Company since October 1992. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. He graduated from the Zhong Nan Finance & Economics College of Wuhan in China. He worked for the Guangzhou office of the People’s Bank of China before coming to Hong Kong in 1962 to work for Eternal Enterprises Limited. He was transferred to Sun Hung Kai Enterprises Limited in 1963. In 1972, the Company became a listed company and he has worked for it ever since.

Mr. Kwong is the younger brother of Madam Kwong Siu-hing, who is the mother of Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond and the grandmother of Messrs. Kwok Kai-fai, Adam, Kwok Kai-wang, Christopher, Kwok Kai-chun, Geoffrey and Kwok Ho-lai, Edward. Madam Kwong is also a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

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Mr. Tung has been an Executive Director of the Company since December 2013. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Mr. Tung holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architectural Studies and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from The University of Hong Kong. He is a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects and a Registered Architect. Mr. Tung joined the Group in 1987 and has progressed through the ranks with increasing project management, sales and marketing responsibilities for a number of signature projects of the Group in Hong Kong, Singapore and China. He is also an executive director of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd.

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Mr. Fung has been an Executive Director of the Company since December 2013. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company and the chief executive officer of the Group’s non-property related portfolio investments. Mr. Fung obtained an undergraduate degree (Modern History) from Oxford University and holds a doctoral degree in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University. He was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. Mr. Fung was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University in 1993-1994 and a visiting Assistant Professor of History at Brown University in 1996-1997. Mr. Fung is a vice chairman and an executive director of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. as well as a deputy chairman and a non-executive director of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Transport International Holdings Limited. Mr. Fung was a non-executive director of RoadShow Holdings Limited (now known as Bison Finance Group Limited).

Mr. Fung joined McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey”), a global management consulting company, in 1997. He primarily served clients in China and Hong Kong, and also served institutions in Europe and Southeast Asia. Mr. Fung was the co-leader of the infrastructure practice for McKinsey. He was the managing partner of McKinsey Hong Kong from 2004 to 2010. In 2011, he became a director of McKinsey globally, being the first Hong Kong Chinese to become a director in McKinsey’s history. He was also the head of recruiting for the Asia region in McKinsey.

Mr. Fung is a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the president of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, an honorary treasurer of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, and a council member and an executive committee member of The Hong Kong Management Association. He is also a council member of Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund, a member of the board of the Asian Youth Orchestra, a member of the Advisory Committee on Gifted Education of the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and a member of the board of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Limited.

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Mr. Kwok has been an Alternate Director to Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond since July 2012. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Accountancy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also obtained an Executive MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management and the HKUST Business School in December 2017. His professional qualifications include being both a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. In addition, Mr. Kwok has been an alternate director to Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond at Wing Tai Properties Limited since April 2015.

Mr. Kwok has joined the Group since January 2010 and is now a sales and project manager, responsible for feasibility study, marketing and planning of new residential projects of the Group in Hong Kong. Before joining the Group, Mr. Kwok worked in a major international audit firm.

Mr. Kwok is a son of Mr. Kwok Ping-luen, Raymond. He is also a grandson of Madam Kwong Siu-hing, who is the elder sister of Mr. Kwong Chun and also a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance. Mr. Kwok is a cousin of Messrs. Kwok Kai-fai, Adam and Kwok Kai-chun, Geoffrey, and the elder brother of Mr. Kwok Kai-wang, Christopher.

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Mr. Woo has been an Alternate Director to Sir Po-shing Woo since October 2002. He holds a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong, Australia, England and Wales. He is an honorary director of Tsinghua University as well as a China-Appointed Attesting Officer appointed by the Ministry of Justice, PRC. Mr. Woo is a director of Kailey group of companies, the chief executive officer of Challenge Capital Management Limited and a consultant of Guantao & Chow Solicitors and Notaries. He had previously been a director of N M Rothschild & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited and then a partner of Ashurst Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was a partner in the corporate finance department of Woo Kwan Lee & Lo. Mr. Woo is currently an independent non-executive director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited. He was an independent non-executive director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. In January 2008, Mr. Woo was awarded 2008 World Outstanding Chinese Award by the United World Chinese Association and Honorary Doctor Degree from The University of West Alabama. He is the son of Sir Po-shing Woo.

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