Directorate Change

Jardine Matheson Hldgs Ld
06 October 2005

Jardine Matheson Group Management Changes

6th October 2005 - Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited today announced that Mr
Percy Weatherall would be retiring as Managing Director of the Company with
effect from the end of March 2006.  He will remain a member of the Board.  He
will be succeeded as Managing Director by Mr Anthony Nightingale.

Mr Weatherall will also be stepping down as managing director of Group companies
Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited, Hongkong Land Holdings Limited, Dairy Farm
International Holdings Limited and Mandarin Oriental International Limited at
the same time.  He will be succeeded in each of these positions by Mr Anthony
Nightingale.  Mr Weatherall will remain on the boards of these companies and
will also join the board of Matheson & Co. Limited in the United Kingdom where
he will be based.

Mr Nightingale first joined the Group in 1969 and has been a Director of Jardine
Matheson Holdings Limited since 1994.  He is currently chairman of Jardine Cycle
& Carriage Limited, Jardine Motors Group Limited, Jardine Pacific Limited and
MCL Land Limited; he is also a commissioner of PT Astra International Tbk.

Commenting on the moves Jardine Matheson Chairman, Mr Henry Keswick, said, 'We
are grateful for Percy Weatherall's leadership over the past five years.  He has
overseen a period of strong growth for the Group and steps down as Managing
Director at a time when all our businesses are performing well.

'In recent years Anthony Nightingale has been instrumental in building our
Southeast Asian interests, and he will bring significant experience to the role,
' he added.

With a broad portfolio of market-leading businesses, the Jardine Matheson Group
is an Asian-based conglomerate with extensive experience in the Region.  Its
business interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors Group, Hongkong Land,
Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Jardine Lloyd
Thompson.  These companies are leaders in the fields of engineering and
construction, transport services, motor trading, property, retailing,
restaurants, hotels and insurance broking.


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Jardine Matheson Limited
Neil M McNamara                                          (852) 2843 8227

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Rosemary Sayer                                           (852) 9096 4432
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