The board of directors of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited announced that the following will take effect from the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the company to be held on May 28, 2019: Dr. Lee Shau-kee will retire from the position of Chairman of the Company, Non-executive Director of the Company as well as the memberships of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee; and subject to the passing of the special resolution to amend the Company's Articles of Association at the AGM, Dr. Lee Ka-kit and Mr. Lee Ka-shing, both Non-executive Directors of the Company, have been appointed as Joint chairman of the Company (respectively and individually called "Chairman of the Company"), joint chairman of the Nomination Committee (respectively and individually called "chairman of the Nomination Committee") and members of the Remuneration Committee. Dr. Lee Ka-kit is a Member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a Member as well as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of One Country Two Systems Research Institute. He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2009, and was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the HKSAR in 2015. Dr. Lee is also a Vice Chairman of Henderson Development Limited and a Director of Hopkins (Cayman) Limited, Rimmer (Cayman) Limited, Riddick (Cayman) Limited. Mr. Lee Ka-shing is a Member of The Court of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also a Committee Member of the 13th Beijing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Lee is the son of Dr. Lee Shau-kee and the brother of Dr. Lee Ka-kit. Mr. Lee is also a Vice Chairman of Henderson Development and a Director of Hopkins, Rimmer, Riddick, Disralei Investment Limited, Medley Investment Limited, Faxson Investment Limited, Chelco Investment Limited and Macrostar Investment Limited.