meeting passed a resolution to appoint Dr. Shyue-Ching Lu as Chairman and Mr. Shaio Tung Chang as President of the Company.

Prior to his appointment as Chairman, Dr. Shyue-Ching Lu was President of Chunghwa Telecom, a role which he undertook in 1996. Before assuming the role of President, he served as the Deputy Director General of Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT) and a regulator at the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC). He also led and managed Telecommunication Laboratories, the R&D branch of DGT. Dr. Lu was instrumental to the transformation of DGT into Chunghwa Telecom, a state-owned enterprise. Under Dr. Lu's leadership, CHT competed effectively and maintained its leading position in a highly competitive market. Dr. Lu also contributed to CHT's NYSE listing in 2003 and privatization in August 2005, playing a crucial role in the preparations and participating in the deal roadshows to promote the Company. Dr. Lu received a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii.

Mr. Shaio Tung Chang was previously Senior Vice President of the Company and supervised the marketing, information technology and customer service departments. Prior to that, he served as head of CHT's Mobile Business Group and International Business Group. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

About Chunghwa Telecom

Chunghwa Telecom is the leading telecom service provider in Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom provides fixed line services, mobile services and Internet and data services to residential and business customers in Taiwan.

Information Source:    Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall