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New Member of the United College Board of Trustees The United College Board of Trustees has recently elected Mr Wong Wai-kay, Ricky to its membership. The tenure of the new Trustee is from 1 May 2006 to 31 July 2008. Mr. Wong is the Chairman of City Telecom (HK) Limited (CTI) and its wholly own-subsidiary, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited. Mr. Wong graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics. He has extensive experience in telecommunications and computer industries. Mr. Wong joined IBM after graduation and later launched a business venture of his own in Canada in 1989. In 1991, Mr. Wong set up City Telecom Incorporation in Canada. A year later, he returned Hong Kong and set up CTI to provide competitively-priced IDD services. Under his leadership, CTI has played a major role in the liberalization of the telecommunications market in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited is one of the major fixed network operators in HK. Its network, which is the world¡¦s largest Metro Ethernet IP network, is connected by self-built fibre backbone to provide 1000, 100 and 10 Mbps broadband Internet access, telephony, IP-TV and corporate data services. CTI was successfully listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in August 1997 and the Nasdaq National Market in the USA in November 1999. Mr. Wong received several awards on his achievement in the IT industry : In addition, Mr. Wong is member of the Political Consultative Conference of Zhejiang Province, the non-executive director of Bossini International Holdings Limited (HKEX Ticker Symbol : 0592), and a member of the Advisory Committee on Electronic Engineering of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. |