The board of directors of China Ocean Fishing Holdings Limited announced that Mr. Lui Chun Pong ("Mr. Lui") has been appointed as a non-executive Director of the company, with effect from 2 October 2018. Mr. Lui is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, an associate member of the Taxation Institute of the Hong Kong and a Certified Tax Advisor in Hong Kong. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. Mr. Lui held senior positions at a number of Hong Kong companies listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with over 27 years of experience in financing and accounting, fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, company flotations, and real estate business development, including property development and investment in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and overseas countries. He was an executive director of Synergis Holdings Limited from December 2015 to March 2017. Currently, Mr. Lui is a non-executive director of Hsin Chong Group Limited and was an executive director from September 2015 to December 2016.