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            2015
          
        
        
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          PORTS
        
        
          UK PrimeMinister
        
        
          lauds Port Felixstowe’s success
        
        
          Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, paid Port of
        
        
          Felixstowe a visit. In his address, the Prime Minister praised the port’s
        
        
          success, saying the port was “fundamental to the success of the whole
        
        
          country” and has been “increasing Britain’s footprint in the world”.
        
        
          Stacking up
        
        
          Gdynia Container Terminal in Poland
        
        
          signed an agreement for the building of
        
        
          additional stacking yards as part of the
        
        
          terminal’s Stage III Expansion project,
        
        
          which includes the construction of a
        
        
          new quay.
        
        
          Terminal turns 45
        
        
          Hongkong International Terminals (HIT)
        
        
          celebrated its 45th anniversary. More
        
        
          than 1,000 staffmembers attended the
        
        
          party, where Hutchison Port Holdings
        
        
          GroupManaging Director Eric Ip andHIT
        
        
          Managing Director Gerry Yim thanked
        
        
          staff for their hard work and commitment
        
        
          to the company.
        
        
          The bigwinner -
        
        
          Northern Gas Networks
        
        
          Northern Gas Networks received
        
        
          the “Customer Focus Award” in the
        
        
          National Business Awards 2014. In the
        
        
          UK Customer Experience Awards 2014,
        
        
          the company won the highest prize, the
        
        
          “Overall Best Customer Experience” award,
        
        
          and five “Best Customer Experience”
        
        
          awards in different categories.
        
        
          INFRASTRUCTURE
        
        
          CKI completes
        
        
          acquisition of Envestra
        
        
          A consortium comprising Cheung Kong
        
        
          Infrastructure Holdings (CKI), Cheung
        
        
          Kong Holdings and Power Assets
        
        
          completed the acquisition of all shares of
        
        
          Envestra Limited, a leading natural gas
        
        
          distribution company in Australia, for a
        
        
          sum of approximately AUD1.96 billion.
        
        
          CKI companies win awards
        
        
          at the “Oscar” of utilities
        
        
          At the Utility Week Achievement Awards
        
        
          2014, UK Power Networks received the
        
        
          “Digital Utilities Award” and an award
        
        
          for “Supply Chain Excellence”. Another
        
        
          member of CKI, Wales &West Utilities,
        
        
          won the “Customer Care Award” and “IT
        
        
          Initiative of the Year”.
        
        
          
            “Fundamental to the success
          
        
        
          
            of the whole country.”
          
        
        
          UK Prime Minister Cameron
        
        
          on Port of Felixstowe
        
        
          PROPERTY
        
        
          Head for the Hills!
        
        
          The Chongqing Regency Hills joined
        
        
          hands with the Nanan Sports Bureau
        
        
          and
        
        
          
            Chongqing Morning Post
          
        
        
          to organise
        
        
          the “Challenge of Hiking”, a month-
        
        
          long event aimed at encouraging the
        
        
          general public to exercise more and to be
        
        
          environmentally conscious.