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PR089/14
14 October 2014

New Non-Executive and Independent Non-Executive Directors Join MTR Board

The MTR Corporation is pleased to announce the appointments of the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) Mr Wai Chi-sing as a Non-Executive Director and Mr James Kwan Yuk-choi, Ms Lucia Li Ka-lai and Mr Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun as Independent Non-Executive Directors effective today (14 October 2014).
"I welcome Chi-sing, James, Lucia and Benjamin to the MTR Board. Being experts in their respective fields and having rich experience in public service, they will bring an even broader perspective to the Board on the Corporation's businesses and offer valuable advice in our work to continue providing world-class services and delivering new railway projects to the people of Hong Kong," said Dr Raymond K F Ch'ien, Chairman of MTR Corporation.
The office of the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) was appointed as a Non-Executive Director by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in accordance with the MTR Ordinance. Mr Wai Chi-sing who currently holds the post of the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), by virtue of holding such post, becomes a Non-Executive Director of the Corporation.
Mr James Kwan Yuk-choi is currently a non-executive director of Towngas China Company Limited (Towngas) and a senior adviser to The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (HKCG) on a part-time basis. He also serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service of the Government. He was the President of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) in 2004/2005.
Ms Lucia Li Ka-lai (also known as Mrs Lucia Li Li Ka-lai) is a retired civil servant. She was Director of Accounting Services of the Government from October 2003 to January 2009. She is a Fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She has been a member of the Public Service Commission since February 2012, a member of the Communications Authority since April 2012 and a member of a task force formed by the Commissioner for Innovation and Technology to follow up the Director of Audit's Report No.
61 with regard to the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme since 15 July 2014. Mrs Li was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star medal by the Government in 2009.

Mr Benjamin Tang joined the Government in 1974 and since then he had served in various bureaux and departments. He worked on policy areas that covered district administration, sports and culture, transport, municipal services and the environment. Before his retirement in July 2012, he was the Director of Audit of the Audit Commission of the Government.

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On 21 August 2014, the MTR Board announced that it had approved the setting up of a Capital Works Committee and a Risk Committee. With effect from today, members of the two committees are as follows:

Capital Works Committee

Mr Edward Ho Sing-tin (Chairman) Dr Dorothy Chan Yuen Tak-fai
Mr James Kwan Yuk-choi
Mr Abraham Shek Lai-him
Mr Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun
Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) (Mr Wai Chi-sing)

Risk Committee

Mr Alasdair George Morrison (Chairman) Mrs Lucia Li Li Ka-lai
Mr James Kwan Yuk-choi
Mr Ng Leung-sing
Mr Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun
Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) (Mr Wai Chi-sing) Commissioner for Transport (Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan)
For other Board Committees, the composition is as follows with effect from today:

Audit Committee

Mr T Brian Stevenson (Chairman) Mrs Lucia Li Li Ka-lai
Professor Frederick Ma Si-hang
Mr Alasdair George Morrison
Commissioner for Transport (Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan)

Remuneration Committee

Dr Dorothy Chan Yuen Tak-fai (Chairman) Mr Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen
Mr Edward Ho Sing-tin
Mr T Brian Stevenson
Professor Chan Ka-keung, Ceajer (Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury) Secretary for Transport and Housing (Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung)

Nominations Committee

Professor Frederick Ma Si-hang (Chairman) Dr Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung
Mrs Pamela Chan Wong Shui
Ms Christine Fang Meng-sang
Mr Ng Leung-sing
Professor Chan Ka-keung, Ceajer (Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury) Secretary for Transport and Housing (Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung)

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Corporate Responsibility Committee Dr Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung (Chairman) Mrs Pamela Chan Wong Shui

Mr Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen Ms Christine Fang Meng-sang Mr Abraham Shek Lai-him Chief Executive Officer
Human Resources Director
Legal Director & Secretary
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