The board of directors of GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited announced with great sadness that the company has been informed on 15 October 2013 that Mr. Ng Kin Wah, an executive director of the company, passed away due to illness. Mr. Ng had been an executive director of the company since 2000. The executive role and function of Mr. Ng to the group will be shared among the Board and the management team of the Group.