Chunghwa Telecom Official: Board to OK New Chairman Appointment Wed

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Chunghwa Telecom's board members will approve the appointment of its new chairman at an extraordinary meeting Wednesday, a company official said Tuesday.

The official, who asked not to be named, declined to say who will be the successor of 35.65%-government-owned Chunghwa Telecom's incumbent chairman Ho Chen Tan.

A Cabinet official, who also asked not to be named, said the Cabinet has approved the promotion of Chunghwa Telecom President Lu Shyue-Ching as the company's chairman.

The Cabinet official added the Cabinet has also approved Shaio-Tung Chang, a senior vice president of Chunghwa Telecom, as Lu's successor.

-By Jessie Ho, Dow Jones Newswires; 88622 502-2557; jessie.ho@dowjones.com

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Posted to the site on 19th August 2008