Tan Chong International Limited announced that Mr. Joseph Ong Yong Loke (‘Mr. Ong') has been re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director with effect from 30 March 2016. Following his re-designation, Mr. Ong ceased to be the Managing Director of the Company with effect from 30 March 2016. He remains as the Deputy Chairman of the Company.

Mr. Ong was appointed as an executive Director of the Company in March 1997. He was the Managing Director of the Company since its listing in July 1998 and appointed as a Deputy Chairman of the Company in November 2009. He holds a non-executive directorship in several subsidiaries and associates of the Group.