2003 LOTY : A Tribute to Excellent Leaders

The 2003 Leader of the Year ('LOTY'), the annual grand gala dinner of Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited, was successfully held on February 26, 2004 at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the event was officiated by Mr. An Min, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce of the PRC; Mr. Henry Tang, Financial Secretary of HKSAR and Global China's Chairman Mr. Charles Ho.

Selected by a Panel of 9 Judges chaired by Mr. Rafael Hui Si Yan, GBS, newborn leaders of 2003 included Sir Gordon Wu, Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd, who won the award for his perseverance in initiating the construction of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The honor also went to 96-year-old Professor Hu Shiu Ying, the Honorary Professor of Chinese Medicine in School of Chinese Medicine, CUHK, in paying tribute to her life-long devotion to botany and Chinese medicine research.

While health workers from Prince of Wales Hospital, led by Professor Sydney Chung and Professor Joseph Sung, were given a standing ovation from all guests for their tough fight against SARS attack, the research team of the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine in HKU received great acclaim from the audiences in recognition of their breakthrough in identifying SARS corona virus. Limelight also fell on pop star Mr. Andy Lau when presenting the award to Mr. Andrew Lau, Mr. Alan Mak and Mr. Felix Chong, the producers of the movie Infernal Affairs.

Chairman Ho, in his closing remarks, said the awardees of last year came from different sectors at all levels, showing that 'Hong Kong is a place inhabited with innumerous talents who have been contributing themselves to the society and these people are yet to be discovered.'

For details of the event, please visit: http://loty.singtao.com ;
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Category Award Winner

Business/
Finance

Sir Gordon Wu Chairman of Hopewell Holdings Ltd.
Education/
Academic
Professor Hu Shiu Ying Honorary Professor of Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, CUHK
Community/
Public Affairs
The SARS team at Prince of Wales Hospital
Innovation/
Technology
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Sports/
Culture/
Entertainment
Mr. Andrew Lau, Mr. Alan Mak and Mr. Felix Chong Executive Producer, Director and Screenplay of “Infernal Affairs”



Appointment of The Standard's New Senior Executives

In a bid to further the development of its English Newspaper The Standard, Global China named former BusinessWeek regional chief Mark L. Clifford as Publisher cum Editor-in-Chief starting from January 9, 2004 this year. Other newly appointed executives included John Berthelsen who joined as Deputy Editor, while Peter Neville and Philip Jay joined as Associate Publisher and Business Director respectively.

The new appointments are in line with the Group's strategy to position and further strengthen The Standard as a business newspaper. The Group would like to extend its warmest welcome to the four executives and is confident that, with their wealth of talent and expertise, their appointments will underscore the Group's commitment to building The Standard into a leading English-language source of business, financial and economic news on China.

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Sing Tao - San Francisco Bureau acquired Chinese Times

Sing Tao Daily (San Francisco Bureau) earlier this month announced its acquisition of the 80-year-old Chinese Times and would be taking up the distribution of the newly acquired daily immediately. According to Mr. Tim Lau, the Publisher of Sing Tao Daily (San Francisco) cum Chinese Times, a new editorial team is already well in place to revamp the Chinese Times into a modernised newspaper with up-to-date and comprehensive information. He said that, with the combined strength of the two dailies, the new face-lift of Chinese Times would be able to meet the information needs of the Chinese immigrants in North America and the newspaper would be launching in due course.

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Sing Tao Daily won Best Printing Award
& "Hall of Fame" Healthy Website Award


While striving hard to improve its content delivery, Sing Tao Daily never foregoes its printing quality. In the 15th Hong Kong Print Award, Sing Tao Daily was awarded the Best Printing Award under the category of 'Newspaper Printing' in recognition of its excellence in both printing and color separation.

The Hong Kong Printing Award is an annual event jointly organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Hong Kong Publishing Professional Society and the Graphic Arts Association of Hong Kong.

On the other hand, Sing Tao Daily also won the "Hall of Fame" Healthy Website Award after being recognized as one of the ten healthiest websites in Hong Kong for three consecutive years. The Ten Healthy Websites Contest was jointly organized by the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.

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Key Financial Information
Global China Group Holdings Limited  (Stock Code:1105)

 Number of Shares Outstanding
 (as at February 29, 2004)

 1,834,535,074
 Market Capitalization
 (as at February 29, 2004)
 HK$1,174.10 million

 Major Shareholder:
 Luckman Trading Limited
 (owned by Mr. Ho Tsu Kwok, Charles)

 45.86%
 Financial Year End  December 31
 Turnover
 (Twelve months ended December 31, 2002)
 HK$1,094 million
 Net Profit attributable to Shareholders
 (Twelve months ended December 31, 2002)
 HK$162.2 million
 Net Assets
 (as at June 30, 2003)
 HK$1,084.35 million


 

 

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Sing Tao Publishing -
'100 Idioms to Encourage Your Kids' ranked 2003 Best Seller




The parenting series published by STP has always been popular among parents and educationalists. The book '100 Idioms to Encourage Your Kids' was ranked as one of the Best Sellers by Commercial Press in 2003. Since the beginning of the year, STP has launched several new titles of different genres ranging from leisure and lifestyle, traveling to self-improvement etc. New attraction in March will be 'Who's Who', a guide book compiling the profile of most Hong Kong celebrities.

On the other hand, World Link Publishing, the holding company of STP, participated in various large scale book exhibitions in January this year, including Taipei International Book Exhibition and Beijing Book Fair, with an aim of penetrating into China and international markets, as well as to further the development of its copyright trading.

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Job Market Education and Careers Expo 2004



The Education & Careers Expo 2004 held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on February 19-22  had attracted approximately 190,000 visitors. As one of the key exhibitors of this event, Job market, provided a series of seminars, on-site career consultancy services and career guidebooks to all visitors. The response from job seekers was overwhelming.

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Board Of Directors
Executive Directors:
Mr. Ho Tsu Kwok, Charles (Chairman)
 Mr. Jia Hong Ping
 Mr. Jim Sui Hing
 Mr. Lo Wing Hung 
 Mrs. Sy Wong Chor Fong
 Mr. Wong Wai Ming
 Mr. Yang Yiu Chong, Ronald Jeffrey
Non-Executive Director:
Mr. Leung Chun Ying
Independent Non-Executive Directors:
Ms. Ho Chiu King, Pansy
 Mr. Timothy David Dattels 
 Dr. Tong Yuk Lun, Paul 
 Mr. Tung Chee Chen





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2003年傑出領袖誕生

由泛華集團旗下星島報業集團主辦的第十屆「傑出領袖選舉」頒獎典禮,已於2004年2月26日假君悅酒店順利舉行。典禮由中國商務部副部長安民先生、香港特別行政區財政司司長唐英年先生及泛華集團主席何柱國先生主持,會場當晚星光熠熠,盡顯社會各界對這項年度選舉的重視。

「2003年傑出領袖選舉」共設有五個行業組別,由以許仕仁先生為主席的評審委員會,挑選出當中的得獎單位。獲「商業/金融」領袖獎的胡應湘爵士二十多年來一直倡建港珠澳大橋,其建議終在去年獲得落實興建;中文大學中醫學院榮譽講座教授胡秀英教授,雖已年屆九十六高齡,仍無損她在植物學研究的堅持,在「教育/學術」界別中獲選乃實至名歸。

另外,「創意/科技」組的得主為港大醫學院微生物學系,在沙士爆發期間找出致病的冠狀病毒,為抗炎工作帶來重大突破;「社區/公共事務」的領袖獎由威爾斯親王醫院抗沙士醫護人員獲得,以表揚他們無懼站在抗疫最前線的勇氣和貢獻;獲頒「體育/文化/娛樂」領袖獎的《無間道》電影監 製、導演及編劇劉偉強先生、麥兆輝先生及莊文強先生,憑著無限創意,在逆市中創作出叫好叫座的電影。

頒獎典禮整晚氣氛熱鬧,尤其當威院醫護人員上台領獎時,全場過百名嘉賓更即時起立,報以如雷掌聲,將當晚盛會推向高潮。頒獎典禮在一片感人的氣氛下完滿結束,身為主人家的何主席亦有感而發︰「香港是個藏龍臥虎的地方,有很多出色的人才,在各個行業默默耕耘,努力工作,為社會作出貢獻。」

有關活動詳情可瀏覽:http://loty.singtao.com ;
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組別 獲獎者
商業/金融 胡應湘爵士 合和實業有限公司主席
教育/學術 胡秀英教授 香港中文大學中醫學院中醫學榮譽講座教授
創意/科技 香港大學醫學院微生物學系(由袁國勇教授代表)
社區/公共事務 威爾斯親王醫院抗沙士醫護人員(由鍾尚志醫生及沈祖堯醫生代表)
體育/文化/娛樂 劉偉強先生、麥兆輝先生及莊文強先生 《無間道》電影監製、導演及編劇

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《英文虎報》精英加盟增強實力

泛華集團宣佈自二零零四年一月九日起正式委任 Mark Clifford 先生,John Berthelsen 先生, Peter Neville 先生及 Philip Jay 先生四位資深傳媒精英出任《英文虎報》的高級管理層職位。

Mark Clifford 出任《英文虎報》出版人兼總編輯。彼在加入泛華集團之前,為國際知名財經雜誌《商業周刊》亞洲區域總編輯,專責統管該雜誌所有駐亞洲編採事務。John Berthelsen 獲委任《英文虎報》副總編輯,在加入泛華集團之前為《亞洲時報》財經編輯。Peter Neville 獲委任《英文虎報》副出版人,而 Philip Jay 則為《英文虎報》業務拓展總監,專責該報的整體業務發展。

泛華相信隨著四位資深傳媒精英的加入,必能為《英文虎報》注入新思維、新活力。憑藉他們在財經領域的豐富管理經驗,以及現有編採隊伍的全力配合下,《英文虎報》的實力將進一步加強,並在不久的將來成為本區域英文財經訊息的主要來源,成為大中華區領先的英文財經報章。

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星島三藩市分社收購《金山時報》

星島報業集團三藩市分社宣布,成功收購北美洲一家老牌報紙《金山時報》,並即日接辦發行。三藩市《星島日報》在灣區發行已接近二十九年,《金山時報》則堪稱為最老資格的報紙,今年將邁進第八十周年。

據三藩市《星島日報》兼《金山時報》社長劉世添透露,在剛剛接手的過渡期,《金山時報》的版式改變不會太大,但新的團隊正在籌備改版工作,不日將以全新面貌與讀者見面。收購後兩份報紙互補長短,是獻給北美華人讀者最好的禮物。《金山時報》今後的編輯方針將緊扣灣區的新移民與新人口結構需要,提供富時代感、具高可讀性以及全面的新聞資訊給灣區華人。

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《星島》獲「香港印製大獎」及「十大健康網站至尊榮譽大獎」

《星島日報》務求精益求精,不但致力充實內容,革新版面,對報紙的印刷質素亦同樣講究,最近更憑著出眾的印刷和分色技術,力壓其他對手,勇奪第十五屆「香港印製大獎」報紙印刷組冠軍。「香港印製大獎」由香港貿易發展局、康樂及文化事務署、香港出版學會和香港印藝學會聯合主辦,多年來一直備受各行各業支持,參選作品數目屢創新高。

另一方面,《星島網》也因為連續三年奪得由影視及娛樂事務管理處及東華三院合辦的十大健康網站之一,而在今年獲頒「至尊榮譽大獎」。

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《求職廣場》參與「2004教育及職業博覽」

假灣仔會議展覽中心舉行的「2004教育及職業博覽」於2月22日圓滿結束,一連四日的展覽共吸引了逾19萬人次進場參觀。作為場中的一大參展商,泛華集團旗艦招聘雜誌《求職廣場》為參觀者舉辦了多個專題講座,並特別為是次活動推出三本特刊——《全方位進修指南》、《求職Notebook》和《求職動向2004》,務求帶給讀者最深入完備的市場資訊。

此外《求職廣場》誠邀多位工商界專業顧問,即場提供行業資訊及顧問服務,並邀請了各大教育機構代表,解答進修上的疑難。另外,參觀者如即場登記求職、查詢課程或登記成為《求職廣場》或《進修指南》網站會員都有機會贏得豐富獎品。

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 主要財務資料
 泛華集團控股有限公司 (香港上市公司編號:1105 )
 已發行股數 (截至2004年2月29日)  1,834,535,074
 市場總值 (截至2004年2月29日)  1,174.10百萬港元

 主要股東: Luckman Trading Limited
 (由何柱國先生全權擁有)

 45.86%
 財務年結  12月31日
 營業額
 (截至2002年12月31日止十二個月)
 1,094百萬港元
 股東應佔溢利淨額
 (截至2002年12月31日止十二個月)
 162.2百萬港元
 資產淨值
 (於2003年6月30日)
 1,084.35百萬港元

2004年3月第5期
主要新聞
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「星島出版」新書陸續有來!
《鼓勵孩子一百金句》
    入選2003香港暢銷書




「星島出版」的親子系列書籍一向深受家長及教師的推崇,而其中的《鼓勵孩子一百金句》更入選「2003年度商務暢銷書榜」之第27位,為去年度香港最暢銷之兒童書籍。

此外,今年一、二月份「星島出版」所推出的新書包括:《你完美的小五、小六孩子》、《你聰明的小三、小四孩子》、《你可愛的小一、小二孩子》、《江蘇、上海享樂遊》、《悠遊澳洲 --雪梨•昆士蘭》、《名醫告誡1000條》、《亞洲尋求共贏:合作促進發展──博鰲亞洲論壇2003年年會演講文集》中英版本等。與此同時,城中最受關注及最具收藏價值的書籍--《2004香港特區名人錄》將於3月出版,敬請密切留意!

另一方面,「華靈出版」一向熱衷參與業內交流活動,於2004年1月便參加了一年一度的「台北書展」及「北京圖書訂貨會」,將「華靈」及「星島出版」的品牌打進國內及國際市場,促進版權貿易的業務發展。

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董事局成員
執行董事
何柱國先生(主席)
賈紅平先生
詹瑞慶先生
盧永雄先生
施黃楚芳女士
黃偉明先生
楊耀宗先生
非執行董事
 梁振英先生
獨立非執行董事:
 何超瓊女士
 Timothy David Dattels先生 
 唐玉麟博士
 董建成先生

 







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