01-Jun-2001

REDESIGNATION

Audit Committee

Independent & Non Executive

75

Malaysian

Dato’ Dr. Mohd. Noordin bin Haji Keling, a veterinary surgeon by profession, he graduated from Bengal Veterinary College, Calcutta in 1950 and in 1956 graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London as a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, England. While in government service, he obtained post-graduate qualifications in tropical veterinary medicine at the University of Edinburgh in 1960 and in veterinary public health at the University of Toronto in 1966. He later obtained the Bachelor of Laws degree, LLB (Hons.) from the University of London and the Certificate in Legal Practice (C.L.P) awarded by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court, Malaya in December 1996.

He had a distinguished career in the Veterinary Department, retiring in 1982 as the Director-General of the National Livestock Development Authority. On retirement he served for two years as Executive Vice-Chairman of MAX Agriculture Sdn Bhd, a company with principal activities in the manufacturing and trading of fertilizers. Currently he also sits on the board of several private limited companies.

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He holds 27,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each and RM6,000/- nominal value of 6% Irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks 1997/2002 in the Company.

1. Dato' Dr. Mohd. Noordin bin Haji Keling
(Chairman of the Audit Committee,
Independent Non-Executive Director)
2. Dato' Ali bin Hassan
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
3. Dato' Dr. Mohd. Aminuddin bin Mohd Rouse
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
4. James Wong Kwong Yew
(Group Executive Director)
5. Loh Siew Cheang
(Non Independent, Non-Executive Director)