20th Apr 2007 07:00
MTR Corporation Ltd20 April 2007 MTR Corporation Limited (the "Company") (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability) (Stock code: 66) Change of Alternate Director The Company is pleased to announce that Mr. Leung Cheuk-man has been appointedas an Alternate Director to Mr. Frederick Ma Si-hang, Secretary for FinancialServices and the Treasury, non-executive Director of the Company, with effectfrom 19 April 2007. Mr. Leung has taken over the post of Deputy Secretary forFinancial Services and the Treasury (Treasury)2 ("FS&T(Treasury)") from Mr.Martin McKenzie Glass with effect from the same date. Mr. Leung (aged 41) has not entered into any contract of service with theCompany and nor is Mr. Leung appointed for a specific term. He does not receiveany emoluments from the Company. Mr. Leung was not a director of any company listed on The Stock Exchange of HongKong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") during the past three years. Mr. Leung hasserved in various bureaux and departments of the Government of Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (the "Government") since 1987. Before joining FinancialServices and the Treasury Bureau, he was the Deputy Director-General of Tradeand Industry. He is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holdsa Stanford University Master of Science degree in Management. Mr. Leung is not related to any Directors, senior management or substantial orcontrolling shareholders of the Company except that he holds the post of DeputySecretary for FS&T(Treasury), and The Financial Secretary Incorporated whichholds shares in the Company in trust for the Government, is a controllingshareholder of the Company. As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Leung wasnot interested in any shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of theSecurities and Futures Ordinance ("SFO") as recorded in the register required tobe kept under section 352 of the SFO or as otherwise notified to the Company andthe Stock Exchange pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions byDirectors of Listed Issuers. In respect of Mr. Leung's appointment, there is no other information which isdiscloseable nor is/was he involved in any of the matters required to bedisclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of the provisions of rules 13.51(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the StockExchange, and there is no other matter relating to his appointment which needsto be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company. The Company hereby also announces that Mr. Martin McKenzie Glass ceased to be anAlternate Director to Mr. Frederick Ma Si-hang with effect from 19 April 2007.There is no matter relating to his ceasing to be an Alternate Director of theCompany that needs to be brought to the attention of the Company's shareholders.He also ceased to hold the post of Deputy Secretary for FS&T(Treasury) witheffect from the same date. By Order of the Board Leonard Bryan Turk Secretary Hong Kong, 19 April 2007 Members of the Board: Dr. Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung (Chairman)**, Chow Chung-kong(Chief Executive Officer), Professor Cheung Yau-kai*, David Gordon Eldon*,Christine Fang Meng-sang*, Edward Ho Sing-tin*, Lo Chung-hing*, T. BrianStevenson*, Frederick Ma Si-hang (Secretary for Financial Services and theTreasury)**, Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Dr. Sarah LiaoSau-tung)** and Commissioner for Transport (Alan Wong Chi-kong)** Members of the Executive Directorate: Chow Chung-kong, Russell John Black,William Chan Fu-keung, Thomas Ho Hang-kwong, Lincoln Leong Kwok-kuen, FrancoisLung Ka-kui, Andrew McCusker and Leonard Bryan Turk * independent non-executive Directors** non-executive Directors This announcement is made in English and Chinese. In the case of anyinconsistency, the English version shall prevail. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
MTR.L