The board of directors of Able Engineering Holdings Limited announced the following changes: Mr. YAU Kwok Fai will cease to be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 1 April 2024 to devote more time on his leadership and strategic responsibilities of the Group, Mr. YAU will remain as an executive Director and the Chairman of the Board. Following Mr. YAU's resignation as the CEO, Mr. LEE Hang Wing James will be appointed as the CEO with effect from 1 April 2024. The biographical details of Mr. LEE are set out as follows: Mr. LEE, aged 54, has over 30 years of experience in construction, project management, property development, architectural practice, corporate management and construction innovation technologies.

Mr. LEE obtained a Bachelor of Science (Architecture) and a Bachelor of Architecture from The University of Sydney, Australia in 1991 and 1994 respectively. He is an Authorized Person (List of Architects) under the Buildings Ordinance of Hong Kong, a Registered Architect under Architects Registration Ordinance of Hong Kong, a BIM Asset Information Professional and a BIM Project Information Professional (BSI, UK), a Fellow Member of Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers, a Member of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an Ordinary Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate Administrators, and a Professional Member of Hong Kong Interior Design Association. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. LEE held various positions in construction company, real estate developers, bank, hotel & investment company and architectural practices.

This included his position as architectural assistant in various companies in Australia and Hong Kong (1990-1995); associate (architect), construction manager, investor relations manager and project manager in several architectural practices and enterprises in Hong Kong (1995-2012). Mr. LEE also served as a deputy general manager of the Corporate Services Department at Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited which is a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 02388) (2012-2014). Subsequently, from January 2014 to March 2016, Mr. LEE acted as a senior deputy project director (on-site) of Paul Y. Engineering Group Limited ("Paul Y"), which primarily provides full-fledged engineering construction and project management and property service.

He was then appointed as the chief executive officer and an executive director of Paul Y for the period from March 2016 to December 2023. Mr. LEE was appointed as the First Vice-President of the Hong Kong Construction Association of its 71 st and 72 nd Council (2021-2023) and acted as a member of the Building Contractors Committee and Planning Sub-Committee of the Land and Development Advisory Committee, under the Development Bureau of The Government of the HKSAR (2021-2023), a board member of the Construction Industry Council (2021-2023) and was awarded as the Outstanding People ­ MiC Advocator by the Construction Industry Council (2022). Mr. LEE was also a board member for the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board under Labour Department (2022-2023), a member of the Building, Civil Engineering and Built Environment Training Board for the Vocational Training Council (2021-2023).

In addition, Mr. LEE currently serves in various roles within the industry and the society. He is a Board Member of the Construction Innovation and Technology Application Centre, a Committee Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Professional Assessment Committee, an Election Committee Subsector Voter under the Real Estate and Construction Sub-Sector and a Member of Management Committee of the Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development of The University of Hong Kong. Mr. LEE is also a member of the Fourteenth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Guangzhou Committee.