DirectorsAccording to the Company Act 1965, director includes any person occupying the position of a company by any name called and also includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of a company are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director. This means that the function performed by the director is the indicator of a real director rather than his title. a director is a trustee or officer of the company as referred to in Section 4(1) of CA1965 and is liable for default occurring in the company by reason of its failure to comply with the Company Act 1965.NAME OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY DIRECTORS INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS Apollo Food Holdings Berhad 1) Mr Liang Chiang Heng (Chairman)2) Mr Liang Kim Poh 1) Mr Ng Chet Chiang2) Mr Abdul Rahim bin Bunyamin3) Datin Paduka Hajah Aminah binti Hashim 1) Datuk P Venugopal A/L VK MenonSilver Bird Group Berhad 1) Dato' Dr Gan Khuan Poh ( president)2) Richard George Azlan bin Abas3) Dato' Sri Talaat bin Husain 1) Dato' Lee Kok Chuan2) Adi Azuan bin Abdul GhaniIn both companies that we studied, which are Apollo Food Holdings Berhad and Silver Bird Holdings Berhad, both have more than two directors. It shows that they comply with section 122 (1) of CA 1965. Furthermore, in Apollo Food Holdings Berhad, there are three types of directors which are executive directors, independent non-executive directors and non-independent non-executive directors, while in Silver Bird Group Berhad there are only two types of directors, which are independent non-executive directors and non-independent non-executive directors. Silver Bird Group Berhad does not have any executive documents as it complies with the listing requirements of Bursa Malaysia. Bursa Malaysia also requires that company directors attend the training program prescribed by Bursa Malaysia as it is important to improve their skills and knowledge in accordance with paragraph 15.09. Furthermore, BM also requires the listed issuer to report in the annual report a brief description of the training attended by the directors and the reason for any absence from the training programme. All directors of Apollo Food Holdings Berhad have attended the training program prescribed to them and have declared the training program in the annual report. On the other hand, directors of Silver Bird Group Berhad have attended various training programs. However, the training programs attended are limited to being referred to in general phrases without specifically mentioning at least the title of the programs.
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