{"id":9080,"date":"2020-08-17T11:34:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T11:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9080"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:42:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:42:02","slug":"landing-appoints-hk-legislator-as-non-exec-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/landing-appoints-hk-legislator-as-non-exec-director","title":{"rendered":"Landing appoints HK legislator as non-exec director"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Hong Kong legislator has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of casino investor Landing International.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- The former legislator Abraham Shek Lai Him has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of casino investment firm Landing International Development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement was made to the Hong Kong bourse on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shek has also been appointed as a member of the audit committee, the nomination committee and the remuneration committee. He will be\u00a0entitled to HKD300,000 per year (US$38,707) in fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Shek is an independent non-executive director at 17 other Hong Kong-listed public companies including  SJM Holdings, Far East Consortium International, and ITC\u00a0Properties Group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Shek is a veteran legislator in Hong Kong for the functional constituency representing the real estate and construction sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landing International promotes and operates Jeju Shinhwa World resort and foreigner-only casino on Jeju island, South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hong Kong legislator has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of casino investor Landing International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Abraham Shek Lai Him, a former Hong Kong legislator, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director (INED) of casino investment firm Landing International Development. He will also serve on the audit, nomination, and remuneration committees, receiving HKD300,000 annually. Mr. Shek holds INED positions at 17 other Hong Kong-listed companies, including SJM Holdings, and Landing International operates the Jeju Shinhwa World resort and foreigner-only casino in South Korea.","focusai_entities":"Abraham Shek Lai Him, Landing International Development, SJM Holdings, Far East Consortium International, ITC Properties Group, Jeju Shinhwa World","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Jeju island, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Shek's Strategic Impact?","query":"What specific strategic insights or governance enhancements is Mr. Shek expected to bring to Landing International's operational oversight, particularly concerning its Jeju Shinhwa World asset and its B2C licensing framework?"},{"label":"Governance & Market Expectations?","query":"How does Mr. Shek's extensive INED experience across diverse Hong Kong-listed entities, including SJM Holdings, position Landing International to navigate evolving regulatory landscapes and capital market expectations for its gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,157,16338],"tags":[29,1619],"class_list":["post-9080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9080"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9083,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9080\/revisions\/9083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}