Published date:2002-06-13
Taipei, Taiwan
AUO Corporation (the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409, NYSE: AUO), today announced the appointment of a new representative director by United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC) on the board of directors of the Company.
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The former representative director from UMC, Mr. Ing-Dar Liu, resigned from the Company's board of directors, citing personal reasons.
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Effective as of June 12, 2002, UMC's representative on the Company's board of directors will be changed from Mr. Ing-Dar Liu, whom the Company understands to have served as a director of UMC until May 14, 2002, to Mr. Hong-Jen Wu, Director and General Manager of UMC.
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Mr. Wu received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering from the National Taiwan University and he has been with UMC since 1980.