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Singapore Airlines Annual Report 2007-08
70
The directors have pleasure in presenting their report together with the audited financial statements of the Group and of the
Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2008.
1 Directors of the Company
The names of the directors in office at the date of this report are:
Stephen Lee Ching Yen – Chairman
Chew Choon Seng – Chief Executive Officer
Chia Pei-Yuan (Independent)
Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang (Independent)
David Michael Gonski (Independent)
James Koh Cher Siang (Independent)
Sir Brian Pitman (Independent)
Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai (Independent) (appointed on 1 September 2007)
Christina Ong (Independent) (appointed on 1 September 2007)
2 Arrangements To Enable Directors To Acquire Shares And Debentures
Neither at the end of the financial year, nor at any time during that financial year, did there subsist any arrangements
to which the Company is a party, whereby directors might acquire benefits by means of the acquisition of shares and
share options in, or debentures of, the Company or any other body corporate, other than pursuant to the Singapore
Airlines Limited Employee Share Option Plan (“ESOP”), the Singapore Airlines Limited Restricted Share Plan (“RSP”) and the
Singapore Airlines Limited Performance Share Plan (“PSP”).
3 Directors’ Interests In Ordinary Shares, Share Options And Debentures
The following directors who held office at the end of the financial year have, according to the register of directors’
shareholdings required to be kept under Section 164 of the Singapore Companies Act, Cap. 50, interests in the following
ordinary shares, share options and debentures of the Company, and of related companies:
Direct interest Deemed interest
1.4.2007/ 1.4.2007/
date of date of
Name of Director appointment 31.3.2008 appointment 31.3.2008
Interest in Singapore Airlines Limited
Ordinary shares
Stephen Lee Ching Yen 10,000 9,400 - -
Chew Choon Seng 214,000 200,000 - -
Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang 4,000 3,800 - -
James Koh Cher Siang 4,000 3,800 - -
Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai - - 62,000 58,000
Options to subscribe for ordinary shares
Chew Choon Seng 1,194,000 1,194,000 - -
Conditional award of restricted shares
Chew Choon Seng 30,000 77,025 - -
Conditional award of performance shares
Chew Choon Seng 27,000 77,025 - -
Interest in SIA Engineering Company Limited
Ordinary shares
Chew Choon Seng 20,000 20,000 - -
Interest in Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited
Ordinary shares
Chew Choon Seng 10,000 10,000 - -
Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai - - 100,000 117,000
REPORT BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS