The World Mahjong Tour, a leading Asia focused gaming media company has just announced they have formed their Advisory Board that will be led by the Chairman Gareth Chang along with fellow advisors, James Yao and Steve (San) Eng.

Pierre WUU and David Wang, the World Mahjong Founders said, "We are very excited to have the experience and worldwide contacts that our new advisory board brings to the table. All three have a proven track record and each brings a unique perspective to the business as we continue our rapid expansion into the Asian gaming marketplace."

All three new members of the Advisory Board are bringing a wealth of experience with them. Gareth Change was the Chairman and Chief Executive for the STAR TV Group, which is a multi channel satellite television network that reaches out to over 300 million viewers across 53 different countries across Asia.

Steve (San) Eng is a veteran private equity investor and entrepreneur and he is also a partner with Prime Investments. As well as being the owner of Skytian Holdings. James Yao is the Founder and Managing Partner of AsiaTech Ventures, a leading technology venture firm that is focused on the Greater China Region.

Another announcement that was made at the same time by World Mahjong Tour is the launch of their new MySpace Mahjong Application, The application is the first ever mulitplayer Mahjong game on MySpace.

"World Mahjong Tour continues to expand our Asian gaming presence via worldwide social networks such as MySpace and Facebook," said Pierre Wuu and David Wang, World Mahjong Tour Founders. "We already have over 100,000 Facebook users playing Mahjong online for free and we continue to lead and grow the worldwide Mahjong market outside of Asia."

- 2008-04-05