The board of directors of Henderson Land Development Company Limited announced that Mr. Au Siu Kee, Alexander has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company and a member of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Company, all with effect from 13 December 2018. Mr. Au had been on the Board for 10 years until he stepped down in June 2015 to devote time in advising Henderson Investment Limited, upon its new business development. Now that the new business of HIL is up and running smoothly and steadily, Mr. Au is able to rejoin the Board to fill the vacancy which arose recently. AU Siu Kee, Alexander, OBE, FCA, FCCA, FCPA, AAIA, FCIB, FHKIB, aged 72, was an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from December 2005 to June 2011. (a) Mr. Au currently is the chairman and a non-executive director of HSAM, the manager of Sunlight REIT.