Transport International Holdings Limited announces that Mr. KWOK Kai- wang, Christopher ("Mr. Christopher KWOK") has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company and a director of its two subsidiary companies, namely, The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited ("KMB") and Long Win Bus Company Limited ("LWB"), with effect from 15 June 2023 to fill up the vacancy following the passing away of Mr. NG. Mr. Christopher KWOK, aged 36, has been an executive director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited ("SHKP", a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) ("SFO")) since April 2016 and a director of certain subsidiaries of SHKP. He joined the Sun Hung Kai Properties Group (the "SHKP Group") in 2011 and is primarily responsible for the leasing of residential, retail and commercial properties of the SHKP Group in Hong Kong and on the Mainland.
Besides, he assumes the overall responsibilities for the property business in Northern China. Mr. Christopher KWOK also assists the Chairman of SHKP in all other non-property businesses of the SHKP Group in which he is a non-executive director of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. In addition, Mr. Christopher KWOK is a member of the General Committee of the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong and an advisor and a member of the Development Committee of Hong Kong Foundation. He is also a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a vice- chairman of Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation.
Mr. Christopher KWOK holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from Harvard University and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Board of the Company further announces the appointment of Mr. WONG Hong Kit ("Mr. WONG"), in place of Ms. WONG Sze Lai, Susanna, as alternate director to Mr. KWOK Ping Luen, Raymond of the Company and of its subsidiary companies, KMB and LWB, with effect from 15 June 2023. Mr. WONG, aged 51, has around 29 years of experience in the field of auditing, accounting and financial management.
He is the Chief Financial Officer of non-property portfolio businesses of the SHKP Group, overseeing the finance function of the non- property business units. Before joining the SHKP Group, Mr. WONG was the Chief Financial Officer of HKT Group Limited. Prior to that, Mr. WONG was the Group Financial Controller of TOM Group Limited and the Associate Director of Finance in another listed company in telecommunications industry in Hong Kong.
Mr. WONG has also accumulated 10 years' experience in PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. WONG graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree in Business Administration, and is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.