CHRISTOPHER CHENG BECOMES NEW CHAIRMAN OF HKGCC

The Chairman of USI Holdings Ltd and Managing Director of Wing Tai Corporation Ltd Christopher Cheng has been elected Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC) for the coming year.

At the first meeting of the new General Committee immediately after HKGCC's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 24 April, Christopher Cheng was elected Chairman of HKGCC. Mr Cheng was the Deputy Chairman of the Chamber last year and has served on the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council for 14 years. The Chairman of the past two year, C C Tung, Chairman of Orient Overseas (International) Ltd, stepped down after the AGM.

Succeeding Mr Cheng as Deputy Chairman is Anthony Nightingale, Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. The two Vice-Chairmen are respectively Dr Lily Chiang, President of E1 Media Technology Ltd, and David Eldon, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.

Two new members have joined the General Committee of HKGCC, the governing body of the Chamber. They are namely Jeffrey Lam, Managing Director of Forward Winsome Industries Ltd, and Manohar Chugh, Chairman of Nisha Electronic Industries Ltd. They were elected at the AGM to replace C C Tung and Simon Lee who retired from the General Committee.

Other members on the General Committee are Graham Brant, Chan Wing Kee, Linus Cheung, Tony Fung, Dr Hari Harilela, James Hughes-Hallet, John Hung, Raymond Kwok, Denis Lee, Victor Li, J B M Litmaath, Liu Guoyuan, Dr Liu Jinbao, the Hon Henry Tang, Anthony Wu, Alex Ye, K K Yeung, Andrew Yuen, and HKGCC's Legislative Council representative the Hon James Tien.

Bios of Christopher Cheng, Jeffrey Lam and Manohar Chugh are attached.

For further information, contact Dr Eden Woon on 2823-1211.