Page 4 - Sphere No.13 (Dec 2004)
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In the buildup to the Beijing
Olympics,
Hutchison Whampoa,
Cheung Kong (Holdings)
,
Cheung Kong Infrastructure
Holdings
and
Hongkong Electric
have collectively donated HK$100
million towards building the National
Swimming Centre. The facility
will boast five pools, including
one with a wave-making machine
that is six times the size of an
Olympic pool.
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Corporate Video
Keeping pace with its fast-growing
operations globally,
HWL
in December
released its latest corporate video
entitled
Success Through Excellence
,
which is available on disc and via
HWL’s corporate website
.
The new three-and-a-half minute
promotional film captures the
company’s global strengths and reflects
its commitment to excellence in its five
key business sectors. The visual
approach is
highly contempo-
rary, utilising a specialised Hollywood-
style motion-control camera technique to
create some stunning visual effects that
connect all the diverse endeavours of
HWL in a seamless flow of images.
The film is further enhanced by a stirring
orchestral music track and a rich, lyrical
voice over.
T E L E C O M S
Hello Geo
Geo,
a new company
wholly owned by
HWL
, went to market with the UK’s
newest and largest dedicated fibre
communications network in October.
Geo provides a telecoms infrastructure
direct to telecom providers and UK
businesses with large data needs and
enables UK businesses to create their
communications networks ready to
scale for future growth.
UK
Until now, telecom suppliers have resis-
ted providing infrastructure direct to
customers, preferring to sell managed
services. Geo sets itself apart from other
network owners by concentrating on
infrastructure and not offering managed
services. Instead, Geo works easily with
companies with complementary abilities,
helping customers build solutions to best
meet their needs.
The UK company estimates that by 2008
its addressable market from this
sector will be worth up to £1.3 billion
(approximately US$2.4 billion).
Geo’s fully-owned backbone network
links all of the UK’s major commer-
cial centres with three primary
backbone rings spanning 2,000km
and an urban network in 12 cities
covering 325km.
For more information, see:
Chinese weekly newsmagazine
Yazhou Zhoukan
has named
Hutchison
“Top Chinese Company
in the World”, “Top EBIT Chinese
Company”, “Top Assets Chinese
Company”, “Top Chinese Company
in Hong Kong” and “Top
Conglomerate”. Hutchison was also
named No.2 in the category “Top
Turnover Chinese Company.”
Global Finance
named HWL “Best
Company in Asia – Conglomerates,”
IR Magazine
highly commended
it for “Best communications during
a takeover or merger,” and
FinanceAsia
named the company
“Best borrower in Hong Kong.”
Asia Equities Market Report 2004
,
published by the Institutional
Investor
Research
Group,
meanwhile named
Hutchison’s
Frank
Sixt “Best CFO -
Co n g l ome r a t e s
Sector (Sell-side
View)”. The survey
was based on
input from 105
investment professionals
and 227 sell-side analysts.
Noted
C O R P O R A T E
