The board of directors of Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. announced that Professor. Poon Chung Kwong has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the company and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the company, both with effect from October 25, 2012.

Poon Chung Kwong G.B.S., J.P., Ph.D., D.Sc, aged 72, is the President Emeritus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and had devoted 40 years of his life to advancing university education in Hong Kong before he retired in January 2009 from his 18-year presidency at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.