EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
LOO NGIN KONG

Loo Ngin Kong, a Malaysian citizen, aged 73, was appointed as Executive Chairman of NPC on 31 January 2002. He has over 30 years' experience in the fields of oil palm plantation and palm oil milling. He started his business venture in the plantation industry in the 1960s and 1970s when he was involved in oil palm cultivation and contracting works for Federal Land Development Authority ("FELDA") in Pahang Darul Makmur and Low Nam Hui Sdn. Bhd. and its subsidiaries and Johor Tenggara Development Authority in Johor Darul Takzim. He expanded his business to Sabah in 1981 when he acquired Growth Enterprise Sdn. Bhd., now a subsidiary of the Company. He also sits on the Board of various private limited companies. He is the father of Dato' Loo Pang Kee, a director and a substantial shareholder of the Company and the husband of Wong Siew Ying, a director and a deemed substantial shareholder of the Company.