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The Board holds scheduled meetings regularly, with additional meetings convened as and when necessary.
The annual meeting calendar providing scheduled dates for meetings of the Board, Board Committees and
shareholders is prepared and circulated to the Directors at the beginning of each year so that the Directors
can plan accordingly and fit the year’s meetings into their respective schedules. The calendar also includes
closed period for dealings in Company’s shares by Directors and principal officers.
A total of five (5) Board of Directors Meetings were held in the financial year ended 30 June 2014. Details of
the attendance of each Director are as follows: -
Name of Directors
Meeting
Attendance
Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Hamid
(Independent Non-Executive Chairman)
5/5
Dato’ Sri Tiong Chiong Hoo
(Deputy Executive Chairman)
5/5
Dato’ Wong Sie Young
(Chief Executive Officer)
5/5
Dato’ Sri Dr Tiong Ik King
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)
5/5
Mdm Tiong Choon
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)
4/5
Mr Tiong Chiong Hee
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)
4/5
Mr John Leong Chung Loong
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
5/5
Dato’ Wong Lee Yun
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
5/5
Datuk Talib Bin Haji Jamal
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
4/5
4.2 Directors’ Training
All the Directors had attended the Mandatory Accreditation Programme (MAP) and are encouraged to attend
continuous education programmes to update their skills and knowledge and to keep abreast with the latest
developments on a variety of areas relevant to the Group’s business.
The conferences, seminars and training programmes attended by each individual Director during the financial
year are as follows: -
Director
Course Title
Date of Attendance
Gen (Rtd) Tan Sri Abdul Rahman
Bin Abdul Hamid
Advocacy Sessions on Corporate Disclosure
for Director
5 September 2013
GST Implementation & its Implication
22 October 2013
Briefing Session on Corporate Governance
Guide: Towards Boardroom Excellence (2nd
Edition) – An Update
25 March 2014
Dato’ Sri Tiong Chiong Hoo
GST Implementation & its Implication
22 October 2013
Dato’ Wong Sie Young
Bursa Malaysia Corporate Social Responsibility
Statement ReportingWorkshop for Practitioners
(Sustainability Reporting Awareness)
19-20 August 2013
Tropical Peat 2013: Good Plantation Practices
for Oil Palm on Tropical Peatland
7 September 2013
GST Implementation & its Implication
22 October 2013
PIPOC 2013: Green Opportunities from the
Golden Crop
19-21 November 2013
Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Annual Palm &
Lauric Oils Conference & Exhibition
3-5 March 2014
Biomass Asia Conference 2014
9-11 June 2014
KPI & KRA: Appreciating Strategic Tools to
Drive Organizational Growth
25-27 June 2014
statement on corporate governance (cont’d)