Page 9 - Sphere No.18 (Feb 2007)

SPHERE 7
Newsbites
New Look Hutch Shops
Hutch shops in India are getting a vibrant new look.
A prototype store has opened in Mumbai to showcase the co-
lour pink and highlight the new brand identity. The new look
will be replicated in all Hutch shops in India.
I N D I A
FAMILY FESTIVAL
More than
50,000 people attended Kruid-
vat’s three-day “Family Festival” in Hol-
land. Participants enjoyed fashion shows,
workshops, makeovers, performances
by famous Dutch and Belgian artists and
activities for children. Meanwhile,
Drogas invited 350 colleagues from
Latvia, Lithuania and, for the first time,
new A.S. Watson family member Estonia,
to enjoy a “Sun and Fun Day”.
Back in the Group’s Hong Kong base,
more than 1,150 participants from 21
markets as diverse as Malaysia, Italy and
the Ukraine enjoyed the fourth A.S.
Watson Group Sports & Fun Day.
H O N G K O N G
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Thai Card Offer
Hutchison CAT has teamed up with
Minor Group to introduce an innovative prepaid
card, the Hutch Double Plus. It offers discounts to
Hutch prepaid card customers in Thailand.
T H A I L A N D
MACAU CALLING
Hutchison Telephone
(Macau) has been awarded a 3G
licence and plans to introduce
a variety of exciting high-speed
mobile data services within
a year. The company began
operating in Macau in 2001.
M A C A U
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APPLAUSE!
“TO LIVE”, published by TOM
Group’s publishing arm, Cite,
was named as favourite book in
the Ten Recommended Good
Books 2006 programme organised
by Radio Television Hong Kong
and the Leisure and Cultural
Services Department.
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