Dr K.S. Lo

Singapore - Dr. Lo Ka Shui, GBS JP, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Great Eagle Holdings and Chairman of the Langham Hotels International Group was presented with the Asia Pacific Hotelier of 2004 award at today's 8th Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference held at the Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore.

The prestigious award is a tribute to Dr. Lo's dedication, commitment and achievement to the hotel industry in the region and particularly Hong Kong. As one of Hong Kong's leading property and hotel companies, Langham Hotel International is a dynamic, modern international hospitality ownership and management company which has become a real success story for an Asian home grown brand.

Langham Hotels International (LHI) is wholly owned by Hong Kong based Great Eagle Holdings Limited which is one of Hong Kong's leading property and hotel companies, developing, investing in and managing high quality office, retail, residential and hotel properties in Hong Kong, North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The group's extensive international hotel portfolio currently comprises eight properties with over 4,760 rooms in six gateway cities across the four continents, namely, London, Boston, Hong Kong, Toronto, Melbourne and Auckland.

In the fourth quarter of 2004, the Group opened Langham Place, a 1.8 million square feet complex in the prime shopping district of Mongkok, Hong Kong. It consists of a 600,000 square feet shopping mall, a 770,000 square feet intelligent office tower and the five-star Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong. The project which took over 14 years to materialize due to the complexity of multiple land ownership in the area is now singlely accredited for the revitalisation of Mongkok.

In Hong Kong, LHI owns, manages and operates the luxury 490-room Langham Hotel, Hong Kong, the all new 665-room five-star Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong, and the newly refurbished four-star 468-room Eaton Hotel Hong Kong. Internationally, it owns and operates four luxury hotels, including the 429-room Langham Hotel, London, the 325-room Langham Hotel, Boston, the 387-room Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the 410-room Langham Hotel, Auckland. In Canada, LHI owns and asset manages the four-star 1,590-room Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto. Of these, five properties are accredited by the prestigious "The Leading Hotels of the World" being some of the world's finest luxury hotels.

A cardiologist by training, Dr Lo, graduated in 1970 from McGill University in Canada, with B.Sc. in Biophysics, and in 1974 graduated from Cornell University with M.D.. On his return to Hong Kong, Dr. Lo joined the Board of Great Eagle Holdings in 1980.

Each year, the Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference honours an Asia Pacific Hotelier who has had the greatest impact on the region's hospitality industry. The Hotelier of the Year award was first presented at the 3rd Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference in 2000. Past recipients were Mr. Kwek Leng Beng, Executive Chairman of Hong Leong Group, Dr Hari Harilela, Chairman of The Harilela Group, Mr. Richard Hartman, Managing Director of InterContinental Hotels Groups, Mr. Gwee Liang Kheng, President and Chief Executive Officer of publicly listed company Hotel Plaza Limited, and also President and CEO of United Overseas Land and Mr. David Baffsky, Chairman of ACCOR Asia Pacific. This year's award a signature limited edition lead cristal piece entitled "The World is My Playground" depicts a pair of Chinese Dragon Fish, or Lungyu swimming through the waves. The Lungyu, symbolizes power and excellence, valiancy and boldness, heroism and perseverance, nobility and divinity. A mythical creature that overcomes obstacles until success is his, very apt words to describe this year's award recipient.

The Award Piece - The World is My Playground

A signature limited edition lead cristal piece by Liu Li Gong Fang, designed with a strong symbol of the Dragon fish philosophy. Dragon and Fish in Chinese Art Culture, are referred to as the divine mythical creature that brings with it ultimate abundance, prosperity and good fortune.

A pair of dragon fishes, flying with the wind with energetic, intelligent and ambitious and swimming through the waves, leaping over the dragon gate with battling oncoming obstacles, bravery and wisdom will accomplish with success in the end.

Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, the worlds leading hotel investment services group, provides clients with value-added investment opportunities and advice. In 2004, its success story includes the sale of 23,103 hotel rooms to the value of US$5.2 billion in 85 cities and advisory expertise on 132,498 rooms to the value of US$27.9 billion across 301 cities. Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels' services include transactions, mergers and acquisitions, financial advice and capital raising, valuation and appraisal, asset management, strategic planning, operator assessment and selection and industry research. Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) is the world's leading real estate services and investment management firm, operating across more than 100 key markets on five continents.

GREAT EAGLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Dr. Lo Ka Shui, GBS JP
Deputy Chairman and Managing Director

Dr. Lo was born in Hong Kong on February 19, 1947. He graduated in 1970 from McGill University in Canada, with B.Sc. in Biophysics, and in 1974 graduated from Cornell University with M.D.. Dr. Lo was trained and specialized in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, and did research in Nuclear Cardiology at the University of Michigan Hospital in USA until 1979.

On his return to Hong Kong, Dr. Lo joined the Board of Great Eagle Holdings in 1980 and is now the Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, and he is Chairman of the Langham Hotels International Group.

Dr. Lo is also a non-executive Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited and some other publicly listed companies in Hong Kong.

He is a Vice President of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a Trustee of the Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research and a Member of the Airport Authority. He is also a Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and was Chairman of the Main Board Listing Committee from 1992-1996. He was responsible for the development of the Growth Enterprise Market from 1998-1999 and was the founding Chairman of its Listing Committee from 1999 to 2003. Dr. Lo was also the immediate past Chairman of the Hospital Authority from 2000-2002.

Dr. Lo is married and has four children.

Langham Hotels International (LHI)
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Langham Hotels International is a dynamic, modern hospitality ownership and management company which operates the luxury Langham Hotels brand and other hospitality interests in prime locations within Hong Kong and overseas.

LHI is wholly owned by the publicly listed Great Eagle Holdings Limited (HKSE: 41), which was founded in 1963 and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.

The Great Eagle Group is one of Hong Kong's leading property and hotel companies. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Group develops, invests in and manages high quality office, retail, residential and hotel properties in Hong Kong, North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Its commercial property holdings include 2.36 million square feet of Grade-A office space in the prime commercial districts of Hong Kong. In the United States, it owns three office buildings with a total floor area of 685,000 square feet.

In the fourth quarter of 2004, the Group opened Langham Place, a 1.8 million square feet complex in the prime shopping district of Mongkok, Hong Kong. It consists of a 600,000 square feet shopping mall, a 770,000 square feet intelligent office tower and the five-star Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong.

LHI's extensive international hotel portfolio currently comprises eight properties with over 4,760 rooms in six gateway cities across the four continents, namely, London, Boston, Hong Kong, Toronto, Melbourne and Auckland.

In Hong Kong, LHI owns, manages and operates the luxury 490-room Langham Hotel, Hong Kong, the all new 665-room five-star Langham Place Hotel, Mongkok, Hong Kong, and the newly refurbished four-star 468-room Eaton Hotel Hong Kong. Internationally, it owns and operates four luxury hotels, including the 429-room Langham Hotel, London, the 325-room Langham Hotel, Boston, the 387-room Langham Hotel, Melbourne, the 410-room Langham Hotel, Auckland. In Canada, LHI owns and asset manages the four-star 1,590-room Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto.

Under the ownership and management of LHI, five Langham Hotels, namely the Langham Hotel, London, the Langham Hotel, Boston, the Langham Hotel, Hong Kong, the Langham Hotel, Melbourne and the Langham Hotel, Auckland, are accredited by the prestigious "The Leading Hotels of the World" being some of the world's finest luxury hotels.

LHI's Hong Kong portfolio also comprises three Eaton House furnished apartment buildings and two Yat Tung Heen Chinese Restaurants.

Sherona Shng
Vice President - Communications
(852) 3552 3938
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