The Hong Kong and China Gas Company

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The Hong Kong & China Gas Co Ltd.
Towngas
Company typePublic
Industry Public utility
FoundedHong Kong
(1862;162 years ago (1862))
HeadquartersNorth Point, Hong Kong
Key people
Peter Lee Ka-kit & Martin Lee Ka-shing, Chairmen
Peter Wong Wai-yee, Managing Director
Products Gas supply, water supply, emerging environmentally-friendly energy, telecommunications
Revenue HKD 40,927m(2020)
Number of employees
2,495 (2020)
Website towngas.com
Footnotes /references
41.51% Associate of Henderson Land Development
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  3. 1 2 "Tai Po Gas Production Plant" (PDF). The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. "Towngas – Gas Production". The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. "Towngas – Network". The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. Cheung, Victor (4 October 2007). "Henderson makes $42.86b offer for Towngas control". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  7. Victor Cheung, "Henderson Land all set to take over Towngas" Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine , The Standard , 9 November 2007
  8. Victor Cheung, Henderson Land gets control of Towngas Archived 22 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine , The Standard , 8 December 2007
  9. Farmer, Hugh (27 August 2016). "The Hongkong and China Gas Company Ltd – explosion 14th May 1934, 42 killed". The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  10. "Legislative Council Panel on Economic Services Gas Safety" (PDF). Economic Development and Labour Bureau. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 12 April 2011.

Notes

    ^  A: Named after the plant's first manager, R.C. Whitty
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited
Traditional Chinese 香港中華煤氣有限公司
Simplified Chinese 香港中华煤气有限公司