Deson Development International Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Song Sio Chong as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 May 2023. Biographical details of Mr. Song are as follows: Mr. Song Sio Chong, aged 68, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 May 2023. Mr. Song has more than 25 years of experience in structural design, site supervision and contract management. Mr. Song graduated from the Hong Kong Baptist College (now known as the Hong Kong Baptist University) Civil Engineering Department with a Diploma in June 1979 and was awarded Associateship in Civil and Structural Engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in November 1982. Mr. Song obtained a Master Degree of Business Administration and a Doctoral Degree of Chinese Literature from Hong Kong Chu Hai College (formerly known as Chu Hai University) in July 1983 and June 1988, respectively. He also obtained a Bachelor Degree in Law, Master Degree in Civil Law and Doctoral Degree in Constitutional and Administrative Laws from Peking University in July 1991, July 1996 and July 1999, respectively, and further received his Certified Postgraduate Examination Diploma in English Law and Hong Kong Law from The Manchester Metropolitan University of the United Kingdom (``UK'') in September 2001. Mr. Song is a member of both The Institution of Structural Engineers of the UK and The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer (Structural) in Hong Kong and a Class 1 Registered Structural Engineer in the People's Republic of China. Mr. Song was appointed as the honorary consultant of China Law Office from July 2003
to July 2008. He served as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit of the Government of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2008 and was a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies from 2016 to 2022. He has been a full-time professor of the Centre for Basic Laws of Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Region at Shenzhen University from 2010 to 2022. The Board further announces that with effect from 1 May 2023: Mr. Song has been appointed as the chairman of the nomination committee of the Board, a member of the audit committee of the Board and a member of the remuneration committee of the Board; and Ir Siu Man Po, an independent non-executive Director, has ceased to be the chairman of the Nomination Committee, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.