New CEO of The Link Management takes office

(Hong Kong, 17 May, 2010) The Link Management Limited (the “Manager”), as the manager of The Link Real Estate Investment Trust (“The Link REIT”), today (17 May, 2010) announced that Mr George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY has commenced his role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager.

The Manager has earlier announced that Mr HONGCHOY would succeed Mr Ian ROBINS as its CEO.

Biography of Mr HONGCHOY George Kwok Lung

Mr. HONGCHOY, age 48, joined the Manager and was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in January 2009 and Executive Director of the Manager in February 2009. Mr HONGCHOY is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee of the Manager and also a Director of The Link Holdings Limited, The Link Properties Limited and The Link Finance Limited, being the principal subsidiaries of The Link REIT. Mr HONGCHOY became Chief Executive Officer and a member of Human Resources and Compensation Committee and Nomination Committee from 17 May 2010.

Mr. HONGCHOY holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Canterbury and a MBA degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Accountant under the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("HKICPA") and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He has over 22 years of experience in the investment banking, financial consulting and accounting sectors.

Mr. HONGCHOY is a Director of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and Hong Kong CyberPort Management Company Limited. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Human Resources Development in the Financial Sector of The Government of the HKSAR and a member of the Asia Executive Board of The Wharton School. He was a Council Member of HKICPA and Chairman of its Corporate Finance Committee in 2008.

Prior to joining the Manager, he was the Managing Director and Head of DBS Asia Capital Limited from 2004 until 31 December 2008. He was Director, Head of Diversified Industries of N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited from 2003 to 2004 and Managing Director of Investment Banking of J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited from 1992 to 2002.