The board of directors of Republic Healthcare Limited announced that Mr. Low Wee Siong (‘Mr. Low’) has been appointed as independent non-executive Director of the Company as well as the chairman of the Company's audit committee (the ‘Audit Committee’) and a member of each of the Company's nomination committee (the ‘Nomination Committee’) and remuneration committee (the ‘Remuneration Committee’) with effect from 30 September 2020. Mr. Low has more than a decade of experience in capital markets and corporate finance. Mr. Low is currently in legal practice as a director of Wong Tan & Molly Lim LLC. Mr. Low is also currently an independent director of Beng Kuang Marine Limited and Propnex Limited. The board announced that Mr. Leung Ho San Jason (‘Mr. Leung’) has tendered his resignation as an independent non-executive Director of the Company, and ceased to be the chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of each of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee with effect from 30 September 2020 in order to devote to his other business development. The board announced that Mr. Toh Han Boon (‘Mr. Toh’) has tendered his resignation as an executive Director of the company with effect from 30 September 2020 in pursuit of his own career development. Upon Mr. Toh's resignation, Mr. Toh also ceased to act as (i) an authorized representative of the Company (the ‘Authorized Representative’), and (ii) the compliance officer of the Company (the ‘Compliance Officer’) under Rule 5.24 and 5.19 of the GEM Listing Rules respectively. The board further announced that following Mr. Toh's resignation, the Authorized Representative and the Compliance Officer of the Company have been changed from Mr. Toh to Dr. Tan Cher Sen Alan, the chairman and the executive Director of the Company, with effect from 30 September 2020.