Page 10 - Sphere No.20 (Nov 2007)

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Shooting Stars
Liverpool
players took time off from
the Barclays Asia Trophy
soccer tournament in Hong
Kong to visit Fortress in
Central. R
H O N G K O N G
Team Spirit
An eight-strong team
from the A S Watson Group competed in
the energy-sapping Iron Man triathlon in
Switzerland. Inspired by great team spirit,
they completed the challenge of swimming
1.5 kilometres, cycling 40 kilometres and
running 10 kilometres.
S W I T Z E R L A N D
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Bali Calling
A traditional Balinese dance marked
the extension of Hutchison Telecommunications
International Limited’s Indonesian footprint
to Bali.
I N D O N E S I A
T
Fighting Drug Abuse
Hutchison Telecom Hong
Kong is helping to promote an anti-drug
message through a game played on mobile
phones. Evil Killer is designed to combat
the use of Ketamine and Ecstasy, the two
psychotropic drugs most commonly abused
by young people in Hong Kong. Players learn
about the harm these drugs can do as they
battle the evil cyber characters
“Evil K” and “Evil E”.
H O N G K O N G EDUCATIONAL CRUISE
Hongkong Electric’s
new Cruise and Learn scheme aims to
promote young citizens’ knowledge
of Hong Kong through educational
boat trips. The first participants were
200 teenagers and their parents, who
sailed around Hong Kong harbour
and watched the spectacular
Symphony of Lights while learning
about the city’s social and economic
developments. I
APPLAUSE!
Hutchison Telecom Hong
Kong was voted the Most
Innovative Mobile Operator
Service by Asian Mobile
News magazine.
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H O N G K O N G
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TALKINGTURKEY
A consortium comprising
Global Yatirim Holding, EIB Limas
and Hutchison Port Holdings has
been selected to hold the conces-
sion rights to the Port of Izmir in
Turkey. Izmir is one of Turkey’s ma-
jor container ports, with potential
to cater for the strong growth in
the volume of trade with Asia.
T U R K E Y
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