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COMING SOON...
H O N G K O N G The Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees is scheduled
to open in October near Hong Kong’s former Kai Tak
Airport. The hotel will offer 702 wireless broadband Internet
accessible guestrooms and suites, one large banquet room
divisible into nine meeting rooms as well as two stylish
restaurants, a bar, business centre, fitness centre
and an outdoor swimming pool. H
✲ APPLAUSE!
HWL is ranked 281st
in the latest Fortune
Global 500, a list of
the world’s largest
corporations.
Shanghai Expo Donation
The Cheung Kong Group and Hutchison
Whampoa Limited (HWL) donated RMB100 million
(about HKD113 million) to support the construction
of the China Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai
Expo. Victor Li, Managing Director and Deputy
Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited,
Deputy Chairman of HWL and a member of the
Standing Committee of the National Committee
of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference (right), received a souvenir plaque from
Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Political Bureau
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shanghai
Municipal Committee, to mark the occasion.
C H I N A
CHALLENGER
I R E L A N D Ireland’s Shane Lowry won
the 3 Irish Open golf tournament and
immediately received warm words
of praise from Robert Finnegan,
Chief Executive of 3 Ireland. “As
Ireland’s newest entrant into the
mobile marketplace, 3 is delighted
that Shane showed how a young,
dynamic challenger can take on
the big established players
and win!” he said. T
Electric Switch
C H I N A Ningbo Beilun International Container Terminals
is introducing electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes (eRTGCs)
to save energy and reduce emissions and noise. By the end
of 2009 more than 30 RTGCs will be converted from diesel
to electric power. P