Sin Yat Ming, aged 65, was appointed in October 2005 and is also a Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. Prof. Sin holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, Canada, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK"). Prof. Sin had been a member of the Faculty of Business Administration of CUHK for over 35 years. He had also been a professor of Department of Marketing of CUHK and an associate director of CUHK's Center for Hospitality and Real Estate Research until July 2016 on his retirement. He is now the Honorary Institute Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business and Adjunct Professor, CUHK Business School. He is serving as the advisor for the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing. He is an independent non-executive director of Hung Fook Tong Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1446) listed on the Stock Exchange.