29 TOP HONG KONG COMPANIES INCLUDING
AIA, HSBC INSURANCE, RICOH, RIMOWA, SA SA RECEIVE
HONG KONG BUSINESS MAGAZINE HIGH-FLYER AWARDS FOR 2008
The 4th annual Hong Kong Business High-Flyer awards were presented in Hong Kong yesterday.
The Awards, which recognised 29 Hong Kong enterprises for their performance in their respective industries – retail, logistics, insurance, hospitality, and transportation, among others – handed highest honours to AIA Pension & Trustee Ltd, which received the Hong Kong Business Most Outstanding Enterprise Award for its industry leadership, outstanding business practices and strategic capabilities in the field of mandatory provident fund and pension services.
>Mr Peter Crowe, Managing Director of AIA Pension & Trustee Co Ltd ; Mr Paul Cheng, Chief Executive Officer of Autotoll Limited ; and Ms Rebecca Kwan, General Manager of Lan Kwai Fong Hotel @ Kau U Fong were among the special guests at the fourth annual Hong Kong Business High-Flyer Awards held last night by Hong Kong Business and Edipresse Group.
Other winners included DB Schenker, Ricoh, HSBC Insurance(Asia-Pacific)Holdings, Eu Yan Sang, and Sa Sa. All awardees received a High-Flyer trophy from Edipresse-Asia CEO and Hong Kong Business Publisher Barrie C. Goodridge and are featured in the Hong Kong Business High-Flyers Annual 2009 special issue.
In congratulating this year's winners Goodridge said: “Tonight we celebrated with some great companies from just about every category of business. 2008 was a great year for all of them and we are happy to be able to celebrate their success”
When asked about the economic outlook Goodridge added: “It's cold out there…and I'm not just talking about the weather! But Hong Kong is a resilient place full of ambitious and talented people. As we have in the past….we will grab this economic cycle as an opportunity and turn it into profit. That's what we always do and that's what I'm very confident we'll do again.”
The complete list of Hong Kong Business's 2008 High-Flyers and their respective categories follows:
AIA Pension & Trustee Co. Ltd – Enterprise Award
Altruist Financial Group Ltd – Financial Planning
Autotoll Limited – Intelligent Transport Systems
Blue Heaven (China) Crystal Lighting Ltd – Crystal Lighting
Canadian International School of Hong Kong – International Education
CASH Financial Services Group Limited – Financial Services & Investments
DB Schenker – Logistics
EIG Global (HK) Ltd – Beauty & Skincare Group
Eu Yan Sang – Chinese Medicine
Fortis Insurance Company (Asia) Limited – Insurance-Health
Numsight Consulting Ltd – Strategy and Marketing Consultancy
Pacific Cigar Co Ltd – Lifestyle Concepts
Redev Properties Ltd – Commercial Real Estate Investments
Ricoh – Office Equipment & Document Solutions
Rimowa Far East Ltd – Executive Luggage
Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd – Retail Chain
Schmidt Marketing–Leica Camera – Optical Technology
Sky Shuttle Helicopters Limited – Luxe Travel
Sound Concepts Ltd – Professional AV Consultant
Thomas, Mayer & Associés – Law Firm
Ultra Active Technology Ltd – Innovative Technology
Windy City International Ltd – American Upscale Casual Dining
Event sponsors were Glow Concept, Lindt Lindor, Aster Spring, Siglo and Eu Yan Sang.
ABOUT HONG KONG BUSINESS (www.hkbusiness.com.hk)
Launched in 1982, Hong Kong Business is now in its 28th year of publication and is the only English-language monthly dedicated to reporting business, commerce, finance, industry, technology, transport, shipping, travel and tourism in Hong Kong and mainland China. It is a member of the Edipresse Asia family of publications.
ABOUT EDIPRESSE GROUP (www.edipresse.com)
Hong Kong Business is published by the Edipresse Group, an international publishing group headquartered in Switzerland. The group is active in newspapers, magazines and electronic publishing. It publishes more than 200 titles and websites, and employs 3,000 people. Edipresse is present in 15 countries and territories. The company has operations in Switzerland, Spain, France, Poland, Ukraine, Russia and Romania, as well as several Asian countries, such as China (including Hong Kong , Beijing, Shanghai and Macau), Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. It is one of the world’s leading publishers of business, lifestyle, fashion and service magazines. Its flagship titles in Hong Kong are Hong Kong Business; Home Journal and Hong Kong Tatler.
