INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LIM TED HING

Lim Ted Hing, a Malaysian citizen, aged 55, was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of NPC on 25 February 2002. He currently sits on the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales ("ICAEW"). He obtained his Fundamentals of Accounting from the North East London Polytechnic in 1977. Upon completion, he joined Malvern & Co., a firm of public accountants based in London, as an Articled Clerk during which he completed the ICAEW professional examinations in 1983. He joined Ernst & Young in 1985 and was the Senior Manager of its office in Sandakan prior to joining Syarikat Tekala Sdn. Bhd. in 1994 as the Group Financial Controller. Later in June 1996, he was appointed as an Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer of Tekala Corporation Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, and its subsidiaries. Other than his business interest in Tekala Group, he also sits on the board of several other private limited companies. He has no family relationship with any other directors or major shareholders of the Company.