High Fashion International Limited announced that Mr. Leung Hok Lim has resigned as (i) an independent non-executive Director, (ii) the chairman of the Audit Committee; and (iii) a member of the Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company, with effect from 1 September 2023 in order to spend more time with his family. Mr. Leung confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter relating to his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the Stock Exchange and the Shareholders. The Board would like to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Leung for his valuable contribution to the Company during his tenure of office.

Following the resignation of Mr. Leung, the Board announced that Mr. Wong Chun Sek, Edmund has been appointed as (i) an independent non-executive Director; (ii) the chairman of the Audit Committee; and (iii) a member of the Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company, with effect from 1 September 2023. Mr. Wong Chun Sek, Edmund, FCPA(Practising), FCA(ICAEW), CA ANZ, FCCA, FCG, HKFCG, CGP, aged 38, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, the chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company with effect from 1 September 2023. Mr. Wong has more than 15 years of experience in accounting, taxation and auditing.

He joined Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as an audit associate in September 2007 and left as an audit senior in November 2011. Mr. Wong subsequently joined Patrick Wong C.P.A. Limited as an audit manager in February 2012 and has been its practicing director since March 2013. Mr. Wong is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom, The Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors, The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Independent Non-executive Director Association, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and The Chartered Governance Institute.

Mr. Wong is an independent non-executive director of China Merchants Land Asset Management Co., Limited which is the manager of China Merchants Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust (the "Trust"), the Trust is listed on the Stock Exchange. He is also an independent non-executive director of Confidence Intelligence Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Wong has also served as an independent non-executive director of Deyun Holding Ltd. (now known as "Star Shine Holdings Group Limited") from December 2020 to September 2022 and an independent non-executive director of InvesTech Holdings Limited from June 2017 to May 2021, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Wong is currently a member of the Legislative Council, Electronic Committee and Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong. Mr. Wong obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Accountancy from Hong Kong Baptist University in November 2007, Master of Science in Applied Accounting and Finance Degree from Hong Kong Baptist University in November 2013, Master of Business Administration Degree from The Open University of Hong Kong (now known as "Hong Kong Metropolitan University") in October 2016, Master of Corporate Governance Degree from Hong Kong Open University in August 2017 and Master of Professional Accounting from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2021. The Board announced that Mr. Lam Din Yu, Well, Managing Director (China) of the Company, has been appointed as a member of the Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company, with effect from 1 September 2023.