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CLP Holdings Ltd won the top prize of
The 2009 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards


2/11/2009


CLP Holdings Ltd won the Best Report Award of the 2009 Best Annual Reports Awards organized by the Hong Kong Management Association and co-organized by the South China Morning Post. The Panel of Adjudicators commended it as "an outstanding report which continues its remarkable record for excellence in all aspects."

Apart from the Best Report Award, there are two categories of winning reports: General and Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations. The results are as follows:

Best Report Award: CLP Holdings Limited

"General" Category:

Gold: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
*
Silver: HSBC Holdings plc
MTR Corporation Limited
*
Bronze: Airport Authority Hong Kong
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Transport International Holdings Limited

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category

Gold: Securities and Futures Commission
Silver: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Bronze: Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority

* Honourable Mentions:

Hang Seng Bank Limited
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

* Citation for Design:

Awardees: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
Esprit Holdings Limited
Shui On Land Limited
Water Supplies Department
XinAo Gas Holdings Limited

* Citation for Corporate Governance Disclosure:

Awardees: Bank of China Limited
Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.
China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited
China Construction Bank Corporation
Companies Registry
COSCO Pacific Limited
Hong Kong Housing Society
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Best New Entry:
"General" Category
Awardee: ANTA Sports Products Limited
"Non-Profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
Awardee: Water Supplies Department

* (Listed according to the alphabetical order of company names)

The Awards presentation ceremony was held on Monday, 2 November, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. This year, a total of 121 reports (83 from General, 24 from Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations categories and 14 reports from the constituents of the Hang Seng Index) were reviewed by the Panel of Adjudicators.

An exhibition organized by the Association will be held to publicly display all the 107 annual reports. Details are as follows:

Date: 9 and 10 November 2009
Time: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Station, MTR

Organized by The Hong Kong Management Association since 1973, the Best Annual Reports Awards is an annual competition to encourage the publication of timely, accurate, informative and well presented annual reports for shareholders, stakeholders, employees and others who may have an interest in the performance and activities of the organizations in question.

The Panel of Adjudicators this year include:
- Professor Richard Petty (Chairman), President & Chairman of the Board, CPA Australia;
Associate Dean, Macquarie Graduate School of Management
(Representing CPA Australia)
- Mr Colin Chau, Senior Vice President, Listing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
(Representing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited)
- Ms Jill Cheshire, Director, Jill Cheshire Design
- Dr Keith Lam, Vice President, Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong;
Deputy Principal, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College
(Representing Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong)
- Mr Caspar Li, President, Tribourne Limited
- Mr Albert Lung FCIS, FCS, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries
(Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries)
- Mr Karl Lung, President, The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts
(Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts)
- Dr John Tang, Director, Compliance, Ernst & Young, China
- Mr Raymond Tong, Design Director, Leo Burnett Arc Hong Kong
(Representing Leo Burnett Limited)
- Mr Peter Wong, Group Managing Director, Taifook Securities Group Limited
(Representing Hong Kong Securities Institute)

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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 2 November 2009.

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Ms Helen Li, Public Relations Manager

Tel:2826 0538 Email:helenli@hkma.org.hk
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