Mr Peter Kwong Ching Woo was appointed to the Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Board as a Director of executive role and also as the Chairman on 26 May 2006. He was re-elected as Director at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2008.
Mr Woo has resumed the role of Chairman of Wheelock and Company Limited since 2002 after having formerly served as its Chairman from 1986 to 1996. He is also the Chairman of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited and Wheelock Properties Limited, both publicly listed companies in Hong Kong. He has for many years been actively engaged in community and related services, both locally and in the international arena, and has held various Government appointments in Hong Kong.
Mr Woo serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998 by the Hong Kong SAR Government. He has been appointed a non-official member of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government since June 2007. He had served as the Chairman of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2000, the Council Chairman of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1993 to 1997 and the Government-appointed Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2000 to 2007. He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund Committee set up in 1994 which he co-funded with the Hong Kong SAR Government. He also served as a Deputy Chairman in 1991 to Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, and as a member of the International Advisory Council of JPMorgan Chase & Co., National Westminster Bank, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Elf Aquitaine of France and General Electric of America. He has received Honorary Doctorates from various universities in Australia, Hong Kong and the United States.
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