For many Chinese families, the approach of the Mid-Autumn Festival conjures up images of picnics under the moonlight and moon cakes, and for Hongkongers, Wing Wah moon cakes are as synonymous with the festival as the woman that it celebrates, Chang'O.
Interview Date: 2002/09
TAL Apparel Limited may not be a household name, but the companies it supplies are: Marks & Spencer, Goldlion, Giordano -- Not bad for a company that set up shop by accident.
Interview Date: 2003/01
Digging up Hong Kong's roads to replace ageing pipes could be a thing of the past if Oscar Chow gets his way. Since 1998, he has been promoting cutting-edge, "no-dig" pipe rehabilitation technologies, which in effect doubles the lifespan of underground pipes.
Interview Date: 2005/04
Founded in 1862, the Hong Kong and China Gas Company (HKCG) was the first public utility in Hong Kong. Its principal business comprises the production and distribution of gas, marketing of gas and gas appliances, as well as comprehensive after-sales services. Since the 1970s, town gas has been produced from naphtha and is one of the cleanest, most efficient and environmentally- friendly fuels.
The testing and certification industry has been added as a new economic pillar for Hong Kong’s future development
Interview Date: 2012/02
Established in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 1865, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation served the needs of the merchants of the China coast and financed the growing trade between China, Europe and North America. Today, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a principal member of the HSBC Group -- one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisation.
The company, whose premier brand is The Peninsula group of hotels, traces its roots to 1866 and two principal cities, Hong Kong and Shanghai. One of the first three companies to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, HSH has been under the stewardship of the majority owners, the Kadoorie family, for much of its history.
It's hard to imagine John Lee as a long-haired rocker playing in a rock'n'roll band in between his business studies at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Sporting a business-buzz cut and dressed in a conservative navy blue suit, the 50-year-old entrepreneur admits that while his appearance may look different, his passion for music remains unchanged.
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