Last night’s 53rd Hong Kong Shipowners Association Annual General Meeting saw Kenneth Koo of Tai Chong Cheang Steamship elected to succeed Anglo-Eastern’s Peter Cremers as chairman of the association.

Mr Koo had served as vice chairman of the body for the past two years.
Alan Tung, from Island Navigation, has taken this role. Mr Tung, son of
Hong Kong’s first post-colonial chief executive, is tipped to head up
OOIL, parent of OOCL, in the coming years.

Mr Koo’s father, K H Koo, who passed away in 2005, was one of the most
active chairmen of the association in recent years. His tenure saw many
overtures to mainland Chinese owners, something his son is keen to
further as he outlined in his acceptance speech last night. ‘As Hong
Kong heads into the second decade of reunification with China, your
Association will work harder to strengthen our friendship and
partnership with China’s maritime industry,’ Kenneth Koo said. ‘We have
with us, as a very integral part of our HK shipping industry, our Hong
Kong-based PRC shipowners who not only represent a pillar of strength
supporting both the HKSAR Registry and maritime industry but also a
unique channel that will further enhance Hong Kong shipowners’
traditional close ties with the Mainland Chinese maritime industry.
Through this, Hong Kong and China jointly establish a partnership in
endeavors that will further enhance China’s leadership and position as
both a world economic and maritime power while Hong Kong’s ongoing
evolution as a premier international maritime center will go to another
level of excellence.’

Source: SeaTradeAsia-Online

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