01-Jul-2014

APPOINTMENT

Deputy Chairman

Non Independent & Non Executive

45

SINGAPOREAN

Mr Chew Kwee San graduated with LLB (Hons) from the University of Nottingham and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1994 and then admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court in Singapore in 1995.

Mr Chew is currently an Executive Director of the Tecity Group of companies which is a privately-held investment group founded by the late banker and philanthropist, Tan Sri Dr Tan Chin Tuan. The Group manages an active global investment portfolio. The Tecity Group of companies has substantial shareholdings in The Straits Trading Company Limited. As an Executive Director, Mr Chew sits on the investment committee that oversees its investment operations. He is also a Council Member of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore and Council Member of the Tan Sri Tan Foundation in Malaysia.

He is a director and a member of the Audit Committee of FJ Benjamin Holdings Limited, a public listed company on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”).

FJ Benjamin Holdings Limited

Mr Chew's sister is Ms Chew Gek Khim, the Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited ("STC") and his mother is Dr Tan Kheng Lian, a substantial shareholder of STC which in turn owns 55.30% of the equity of the Company.

Mr Chew is the Executive Director of the Tecity Group of companies which have substantial shareholdings in STC which in turn owns 55.30% of the equity of the Company.

1. Indirect interest via sister, Ms Chew Gek Khim : 400,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in MSC

2. Indirect interest via father, Dr Chew Beng Kheng : 60,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in MSC