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Raymond K.F. Ch'ien has served as chairman of our board since January 1999, and served as executive chairman of our board from April 2001 until August 2005 at which point he became chairman of our board. He served as acting chief executive officer between March 2004 and March 2005, and chief executive officer from March 2005 until August 2005. Dr. Ch'ien is chairman and a member of the executive and remuneration committees of our Hong Kong listed subsidiary, China.com Inc. Dr. Ch'ien is also chairman of MTR Corporation Limited and serves on the boards of HSBC Holdings plc, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Inchcape plc, Convenience Retail Asia Limited, VTech Holdings Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. Dr. Ch'ien received a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and a Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1994. In 1999, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star medal. | 