Mr. Dew (67) was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 17 December 2002 and became an Executive Director and the Deputy Chairman of the Company on 13 February 2003. He was appointed the Chairman of the Company on 18 March 2003 and re-designated as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 July 2007. Mr. Dew graduated from the Law School of the University of Sydney, Australia, and was admitted as a solicitor and later as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. He is currently a non-practising barrister. He has a broad range of corporate and business experience and has served as a director, and in some instances chairman of the board of directors, of a number of public companies listed in Australia, Hong Kong and elsewhere. Mr. Dew is a non-executive director and the chairman of Allied Group Limited ("Allied Group") and Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited ("Allied Properties"), both are substantial shareholders of the Company. He is also a non-executive director of Yu Ming Investments Limited ("Yu Ming"). He was a director of Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited ("SHK") between 1996 and 2006. Allied Group, Allied Properties, Yu Ming and SHK are companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange").

Dr. Chee (44) was appointed an Alternate Director in March 2003 and subsequently an Executive Director of the Company on 6 June 2003. He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 1 July 2007. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degree (MBBS) from National University of Singapore and was a Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant Surgeon at Singapore General Hospital, the largest tertiary hospital in Singapore. Dr. Chee is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore and Fellow of the American Academy of Otorhinolargyngology and Head and Neck Surgery. He was sponsored by the Singapore Government to complete a clinical fellowship in Rhinology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ENT Programme. Dr. Chee was also a clinical lecturer in National University of Singapore. He has published in prestigious peer reviewed journals and conducted international courses in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Dr. Chee has also attended executive education courses for healthcare at Harvard Business School and finance at Michigan Ross School of Business. Dr. Chee is also a non-executive director of Arana Therapeutics Limited, a biotechnology company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, since 4 April 2007.

Mr. Wong (44) was appointed an Executive Director of the Company on 5 April 2000. He joined the Group in 1997 and is also the Finance Director of the Group. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Wong was the financial controller of other listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Wong has a Master's Degree in Business Administration and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He is the director of investment of Allied Group, the substantial shareholder of the Company. Mr. Wong was appointed an executive director of Yu Ming on 5 December 2008 and was an alternate director to Mr. Arthur George Dew in Yu Ming from November 2007 to December 2008. Allied Group and Yu Ming are companies listed on the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Chang (54) was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 October 2004 and became the Deputy Chairman of the Company on 24 November 2006. Mr. Chang is currently the managing director of Ceres Consultancy Limited and is a registered person under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. He was the managing director of Ceres Capital Limited from 2000 to July 2008. He has over 31 years of experience in banking, corporate finance, investment and management. Mr. Chang holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada since 1976 and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from York University in Toronto, Canada since 1977. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Tian An China Investments Company Limited, Royale Furniture Holdings Limited and APAC Resources Limited, all are companies listed on the Stock Exchange. He was an executive director of China Financial Leasing Group Limited from May 2002 to April 2007 and Trasy Gold Ex Limited from January 2006 to November 2007, both are companies listed on the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Li (44) was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 12 October 2004. He holds a Bachelor's Degree of Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom. He has 20 years¡¦ experience in auditing, accounting and financial management. Mr. Li is also an independent non-executive director of Shanghai Allied Cement Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange. He was an independent non-executive director of Xian Yuen Titanium Resources Holdings Limited from September 2005 to April 2007, The Hong Kong Building and Loan Agency Limited from October 2005 to July 2007 and Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited (Provisional Liquidators Appointed) from September 2006 to October 2008, all are companies listed on the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Procter (68) was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 September 2004. He graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Economics. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FFin.). Based in Australia, Mr. Procter worked in the Reserve Bank of Australia for over 30 years, holding various senior management positions. Since leaving the Bank, he has worked as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and has also undertaken private consulting work in the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in the areas of bank supervision, anti-money laundering and corporate governance respectively. Mr. Procter is currently a non-executive director of Bank South Pacific Limited, a company listed on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange, and an independent non-executive director of SHK, a company listed on the Stock Exchange.