Page 6 - Sphere No.25 (Aug 2009)

4 SPHERE
PATH FINDERS
H O N G K O N G A S Watson Group is stepping up its staff
development programme. Nine graduates have been selected
from a field of 650 to enter the Asia Future Leaders Programme,
while selected staff will get the chance to work on short-term
assignments in different regions through the Senior
Management Development Programme for Asia, Management
Development Programme for Asia and the Commercial
Management Programme for China. R
HORSE SENSE
U N I T E D K I N G D O M
3 UK has helped a young girl in
England keep her new foal called
Bertie. Phoebe Bone, 11, was given
a horse called Lily by her parents
but found that she was pregnant
with Bertie, doubling the costs. “I
was wondering if you would like
to use his pictures in your adverts
or if you would like to sponsor him
and maybe pay something towards his stable and
feed,” wrote Phoebe in a letter to the company. “I
would really like to keep Bertie but I don’t think that my mum and dad can afford
it.” 3 came to the rescue by paying the stable fees and giving Bertie a 3 blanket. T
Husky Leads the Way
C A N A D A Husky Energy has become the first
energy corporation in Canada to improve oil
production using renewable natural resources rather
than petroleum-based chemicals. The Government
of Alberta has announced funding to help Husky
research the application. I
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APPLAUSE!
Husky Energy has
received three awards
for its safe handling
and loading of rail
cars at its plant
operations.
Open for Business
H O N G K O N G Invest in Sweden Agency, a Swedish government
body which helps attract foreign investment to the country,
has opened an office in Hong Kong. “The Swedish Government
has been very receptive to foreign investments and has good
and stable systems that are conducive to business interests,”
said Canning Fok, Group Managing Director of Hutchison
Whampoa Limited (HWL), in his keynote speech at the official
opening. HWL is one of the largest foreign investors in Sweden.
Mr Fok (middle) at the Invest in Sweden Agency’s inauguration
cocktail party. C