Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited announced that with effect from July 5, 2022, Dr. Mazlan Binti Othman has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and Mr. Niu Aimin has been appointed as a non-executive Director. Dr. Othman, aged 70, obtained a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1981, and became a lecturer at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in 1981. Dr. Othman was seconded to the Prime Minister's Department in 1990 to set up and head the Planetarium Division, which subsequently became the Space Science Studies Division in 1993.

She was appointed by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as Professor of Astrophysics in 1994. She was appointed as a Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vienna, Austria in 1999. Dr. Othman returned to Malaysia to become the founding Director General of the National Space Agency (ANGKASA) in July 2002.

In this capacity she established the National Observatory in Langkawi and National Space Centre in Selangor. She headed the National Angkasawan (Astronaut) Programme which saw the launch of the first Malaysian to the International Space Station in 2007. She was responsible for the launch of Malaysia Remote Sensing Satellites: TiungSAT and RazakSAT.

She attended the Advanced Management Programme (AMP169) at Harvard Business School in 2005. Dr. Othman resumed her post as Director of UNOOSA in December 2007 upon retirement from Malaysian Civil Service. She was appointed as the Deputy Director- General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) in June 2009 and she retired from the United Nations in December 2013.

Dr. Othman was appointed as the Project Director, Mega Science 3.0 at Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) from 2014 to 2016. She became the Professor Emeritus at UKM in 2015 and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Space Policy Institute of George Washington University from 2015 to 2016. Dr. Othman was elected as Senior Fellow of ASM in 2016.

She was the Director of the International Science Council (ISC) Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) from 2017 to 2021. Dr. Othman has not entered into any letter of appointment with the Company. Dr. Othman is entitled to terminate her appointment at any time by giving the Company notice in writing.

Her appointment is subject to normal retirement and re-election by the shareholders of the Company at the annual general meeting of the Company. The remuneration in connection with Dr. Othman's position as the independent non-executive Director will be determined by the remuneration committee of the Company with reference to her duties and level of responsibilities, the remuneration policy of the Company and the prevailing market conditions. As at the date of this announcement, (i) Dr. Othman does not hold any other positions within the Group, nor other major appointments and professional qualifications; (ii) Dr. Othman has no relationship with any Director, member of senior management of the Group or substantial or controlling shareholders of the Company; (iii) Dr. Othman did not hold any directorship in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years immediately preceding the date of this announcement; and (iv) Dr. Othman does not have, and is not deemed to have, any interests or short positions in any shares of the Company, underlying shares or debentures of the Company or any of its associated corporations (within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong).

Dr. Othman has confirmed that she has met the independence criteria as set out in Rule 3.13 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Save as disclosed herein, the Board is not aware of any matter in relation to the appointment of Dr. Othman that needs to be brought to the attention of the Stock Exchange or the Shareholders nor any information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Listing Rules. Mr. Niu, aged 56, respectively received his master's degree in 1991 in Aeronautical and Aerospace System Engineering and bachelor's degree in 1988 in Aerospace Mechanical Engineering with specialization of Airplane and Engine.

He was also an alumnus in Space Business and Management from International Space University in 2005. Mr. Niu has been undertaking international cooperation in space technology and its applications as well as space exploration since 1998. From 2021 to 2022, he assumed leadership roles at the BeiDou International Cooperation Center to promote applications of BeiDou/Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in various industries all over the world.

Mr. Niu served the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) as Senior Expert from 2011 to 2014 and Scientific Affairs Officer (P4) from 2011 to 2014 respectively, where he helped launch the United Nations Human Space Technology Initiative and the Access to Space for All Initiative, opened China Space Station to the world, implemented various scientific and technical projects, and organized United Nations workshops and expert meetings, in cooperation with different partners and all United Nations Member States. During his career at China Manned Space Agency from 1997, Mr. Niu assumed important roles in promoting international cooperation in human space flight and space exploration with rest of the world, software product quality assurance, procurement, planning and budgeting, satellite overall design, radio frequency and orbital resources applications and coordination. He has been a FRINCE2 practitioner in project management.

Mr. Niu has not entered into any letter of appointment with the Company. Mr. Niu is entitled to terminate his appointment at any time by giving the Company notice in writing. His appointment is subject to normal retirement and re-election by the Shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company.

The remuneration in connection with Mr. Niu's position as the non-executive Director will be determined by the remuneration committee of the Company with reference to his duties and level of responsibilities, the remuneration policy of the Company and the prevailing market conditions.