The board of directors of Kidsland International Holdings Limited announced that, with the recommendation of the nomination committee of the Board, Mr. Albert Thomas da Rosa, Junior has been appointed by the Board as the independent non-executive Director with effect from 17 July 2024. The biographical details of Mr. da Rosa are set out below. Mr. da Rosa, Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS), aged 70, obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B. (Hons)), Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (P.C.LL.), and Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from The University of Hong Kong ("HKU") and his Bachelor in Religious Studies (BRSc) (cum laude) from the Pontifical Urbanian University (Rome).

Mr. da Rosa has practiced as a Hong Kong solicitor for over 40 years in general practice with a corporate commercial emphasis and is currently a consultant with Raymond Siu and Lawyers. He also qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, a registered practitioner of the High Court of Australia for practice as barrister in any Federal Court of Australia, and an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Standards and Development and a member of the Working Party for In-House Lawyers of The Law Society of Hong Kong since 2015 and 2020 respectively.

He sits on the Faculty Board of HKU Faculty of Law and is an external examiner of all three law schools in Hong Kong universities. He serves as a member of the Disciplinary Panel Pool of the Insurance Authority pursuant to the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) to decide on disciplinary actions against authorized insurers and licensed insurance intermediaries and as member of the Disciplinary Committee Panel of the Social Workers Registration Board pursuant to the Social Workers Registration Ordinance (Cap.

505). Between 1998 and 2014, he was appointed by the Chief Justice of Hong Kong as a member, a Deputy Tribunal Convenor, and finally the Tribunal Convenor of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal under Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159).

Between 2006 and 2020, he was appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as a member, a Deputy Chairman, and finally the Chairman of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) pursuant to the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112) to adjudicate on tax appeals. Since 2014, he is a member of International Association of Tax Judges.

Mr. da Rosa is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb). He is also a panel arbitrator of Asia Africa Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre. In 2009, he qualified as an Accredited Mediator of Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR U.K.).

He is also an accredited General Mediator of Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited, an Admitted General Mediator of The Law Society of Hong Kong, and a panel member of mediators of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. He is a fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (FHKIoD) and a fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (FHKSI). Between 2003 and 2009, he was a member of Academic and Accreditation Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) appointed pursuant to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.

571). Between 1996 and 2022, Mr. da Rosa continuously acted as non-executive director and independent non-executive director for various companies listed on the Stock Exchange. With 3 years prior to his present appointment as INED, he last served as a non-executive director of TCL Electronics Holdings Limited up to 2022.

He also acted as company secretary for various Hong Kong listed companies for over 25 years. Mr. da Rosa had been a non-executive director of Innovative International (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda and listed on the Stock Exchange, until his retirement at the conclusion of its annual general meeting held on 3 September 2001. Innovative was then an investment holding company and its subsidiaries were principally engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of antennae and car- related consumer products as well as strategic development and investment.

Innovative entered into a debt restructuring agreement in July 2001 for an amount of debt of approximately HKD 660 million. Receivers and managers of all the properties and assets of Innovative were appointed in October 2001 pursuant to the terms of composite guarantee and debenture granted to its secured creditors. Thereafter, Innovative entered into schemes of arrangement for restructuring in both Hong Kong and Bermuda.

The restructuring was completed in 2002 and with listing status retained and company name changed to Gorient (Holdings) Limited on 28 May 2003. The listing status of this company (then renamed as FDG Electric Vehicles Limited) was cancelled by the Stock Exchange on 31 January 2022. Since 2017, Mr. da Rosa became a member of the Central Management Committee for Catholic Diocesan Schools appointed by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in respect of about 100 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools of the Diocese.

He is also a member and director of various charities and charitable foundations in Hong Kong. The Board announced that Mr. da Rosa has been appointed as a member of the audit committee of the Board, with effect from 17 July 2024.