News Release
26 Apr 2007
2007 Annual General Meeting of the Company
The Annual General Meeting of the Company ("AGM") was held at Concord Rooms, 8th Floor, Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, Wanchai, Hong Kong on 26 April 2007. The directors who attended the meeting including executive directors, namely Mr. Wang Mingquan (Chairman), Mr. Chen Xiaoping (Chief Executive Officer), Mr. Philip Fan Yan Hok (General Manager), Mr. Raymond Wong Kam Chung (Chief Financial Officer) and Ms. Zhang Weiyun, and independent non-executive directors, namely Sir David Akers-Jones, Mr. Aubrey Li Kwok Sing and Mr. Selwyn Mar, as well as Mr. Stephen Yiu of KPMG, the auditors of the Company.
In the AGM, the following resolutions were passed by the shareholders of the Company :
- Adoption of the audited financial statements and reports of the directors and auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2006;
- Declaration of a final dividend of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2006 of HK0.6 cent per share and a special dividend of HK0.4 cent per share;
- Re-election of directors of the Company, namely, Mr. Wang Mingquan, Mr. Chen Xiaoping, Ms. Zhang Weiyun and Sir David Akers-Jones; and the authorization given to the board of directors of the Company to fix the directors' remuneration for the year ending 31 December 2007;
- Re-appointment of KMPG as auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting; and the authorization given to the board of directors of the Company to fix the remuneration of auditors; and
- Approval of matters involving general mandates to issue new shares and repurchase shares.