Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong. It was a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL was an international corporation with a diverse array of holdings which included the world's biggest port,and telecommunication operations in 14 countries that were run under the 3 brand. Its businesses also included retail,property development and infrastructure.
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong,which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels,it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong. Operated since 1888,it was the first funicular railway in Asia.
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited,is a multinational conglomerate,based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015,as part of a major reorganisation,to become part of CK Hutchison Holdings.
CLP Group and its holding company,CLP Holdings Ltd,also known as China Light and Power Company,Limited,is an electricity company in Hong Kong. Incorporated in 1901 as China Light &Power Company Syndicate,its core business remains the generation,transmission,and retailing of electricity. It also has businesses in a number of Asian markets as well as EnergyAustralia in Australia. It is one of the two main electricity power generation companies in Hong Kong,the other being Hongkong Electric Company.
Sir Michael David Kadoorie,GBS is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman,and the chairman and 18% owner of CLP Group,Hong Kong's largest electricity producer. He also owns 47% of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels.
The Peninsula Hong Kong is a colonial-style luxury hotel located in Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon,Hong Kong. It is the flagship property of The Peninsula Hotels group,part of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group. The hotel opened in 1928 and was the first under The Peninsula brand. Expanded in 1994,the hotel combines colonial and modern elements,and is notable for its large fleet of Rolls-Royces painted a distinctive "Peninsula green".
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited,commonly known as HSBC and formerly known as HongkongBank,is the Hong Kong-based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group,for which it was the parent entity until 1991. The largest bank in Hong Kong,HSBC operates branches and offices throughout the Indo-Pacific region and in other countries around the world. It is also one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes for the Hong Kong dollar.
The Peninsula Hotels is a chain of luxury hotels operated by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. Founded by the Kadoorie family,the first hotel opened in 1928 and now stands as the oldest in Hong Kong.
Hongkong Land (HKL) is a property investment,management and development group with commercial and residential property interests across Asia. It owns and manages some 850,000 sq. m. of office and retail property in Asia,principally in Hong Kong and Singapore. Its Hong Kong portfolio represents some 450,000 sq. m. of commercial property,making it the single largest landlord in Central,Hong Kong. In Singapore it has 165,000 sq. m. of office space mainly held through joint ventures. While its subsidiary MCL Land is a residential developer. Hongkong Land also has a 50 per cent interest in World Trade Center Jakarta,an office complex in Central Jakarta that it shares with the Murdaya family 's Central Cipta Murdaya Group and a number of residential and mixed-use projects under development in cities across Greater China and Southeast Asia - including WF CENTRAL,a luxury retail centre in Wangfujing,Beijing.
Heliservices (HK) Ltd is a Hong Kong-based helicopter operator operating local and cross-border passenger charters and sightseeing services,including services from the rooftop helipad of the Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon,and from the Business Aviation Centre at Hong Kong International Airport. It also provides lifting and construction works services,aerial power line insulator washing for Hong Kong's power supply companies,and filming and photography services. The company has an operations and maintenance base near Shek Kong in the New Territories.
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited,doing business as Towngas,is the sole provider of territory-wide town gas in Hong Kong. Founded in 1862,it is one of the oldest listed companies in the territory.
The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family,originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad,Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai,British Raj India becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia;their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century,and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.
Jews were among the first settlers after Hong Kong became a British colony in 1841. The first Jews arrived in Hong Kong from various parts of the British Empire as merchants and colonial officials. Among the first wave,the Baghdadi Jews stood out especially,including representatives of the influential families of Sassoon and Kadoorie. The construction of the Ohel Leah Synagogue in 1901 marked the beginning of a fully fledged religious life for the city's local Jews.
The Peak Tower is a leisure and shopping complex located at Victoria Gap,near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island,Hong Kong. It also houses the upper terminal of the Peak Tram. Both the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram are owned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group,the owner of Hong Kong's Peninsula Hotel and other properties. The tower and tram are jointly promoted by the collective branding known as The Peak.
Sir Eleazer "Elly" Silas Kadoorie was a Baghdadi-born Jewish businessman and philanthropist active in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He was a member of the wealthy Kadoorie family that had large business interests in the Far East.
The Hongkong Hotel was Hong Kong's first luxury hotel modelled after sumptuous London hotels. It opened on Queen's Road and Pedder Street in 1868,later expanding into the Victoria Harbour waterfront of Victoria City in 1893.
Marco Polo Hotels is a hotel management company based in Hong Kong that operates hotels in Hong Kong,Mainland China and the Philippines. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wharf (Holdings) Limited. The company's chairman is chairman and managing director of Wharf (Holdings) Limited.
The Repulse Bay is a residential building and commercial arcade,located at 109 Repulse Bay Road in the Repulse Bay area of Hong Kong. It is owned by The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels,Limited (HSH) and operated by Peninsula Properties,a subsidiary of HSH.
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based,Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange. The majority of its business interests are in Asia,and its subsidiaries include Jardine Pacific,Jardine Motors,Hongkong Land,Jardine Strategic Holdings,DFI Retail Group,Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group,Jardine Cycle &Carriage and Astra International. It set up the Jardine Scholarship in 1982 and Mindset,a mental health-focused charity,in 2002.
Ronald James McAulay is a Scottish/Hong Kong billionaire businessman.
