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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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Award
Winner |
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Business/
Finance
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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
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Global
China Group Holdings Limited (Stock Code:1105)
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Number of Shares Outstanding (as at February 29, 2004)
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1,834,535,074 |
Market
Capitalization
(as at February 29, 2004) |
HK$1,174.10
million |
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Major
Shareholder:
Luckman Trading Limited
(owned by Mr. Ho Tsu Kwok, Charles)
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45.86%
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| 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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5th
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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 |
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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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