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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd Wins the Top Prize of
The 2018 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards


5/11/2018


Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd won the Best Report Award of the 2018 Best Annual Reports Awards organized by The Hong Kong Management Association and co-organized by South China Morning Post. The Panel of Adjudicators commended the annual report of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd as "an excellent, all-rounded report with in-depth evaluation of its business operations, accomplishments, and sustainable development, exhibiting high standard of transparency and accountability".

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:
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd

"General" Category:
Gold: CLP Holdings Ltd
Silver: HSBC Holdings plc
Swire Pacific Ltd
Bronze: The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd
Link Real Estate Investment Trust
MTR Corporation Ltd

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category:
Gold: Securities and Futures Commission
Silver: Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
Bronze: The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Honourable Mention:
  • Hang Seng Bank Ltd
  • Hong Kong Housing Society
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority
  • Hysan Development Company Ltd
  • The Land Registry
  • Swire Properties Ltd

Sustainability Reporting Award:
"General" Category
  • CLP Holdings Ltd

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
  • The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Excellence Award for Charitable Organizations:
  • The Hong Kong Jockey Club
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

Excellence Award for First-Year Listed Companies:
  • Razer Inc
  • Wharf Real Estate Investment Co Ltd

Excellence Award for H Share & Red Chip Entries:
  • Bank of China Ltd
  • Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd
  • Lenovo Group Ltd

Excellence Award for Small Size Entries:
  • Champion REIT
  • Competition Commission
  • Equal Opportunities Commission
  • Oxfam Hong Kong
  • Shandong International Trust Co, Ltd

Best New Entry:
"General" Category
  • Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Ltd

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
  • Competition Commission

Citation for Design:
  • Airport Authority Hong Kong
  • Hospital Authority
  • Kerry Properties Ltd
  • Qingdao Port International Co, Ltd
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

Citation for Environmental, Social and Governance Disclosure:
  • Drainage Services Department
  • Hang Lung Properties Ltd
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Lenovo Group Ltd
  • Sa Sa International Holdings Ltd

Citation for Design:
AIA Group Ltd

Australasia-Hong Kong 2018 Sustainability Reporting Award:
Sanford Ltd

(Listed according to the alphabetical order of company names)

The Awards Presentation Ceremony was held on Monday, 5 November, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. This year, a total of 92 reports (69 from General and 23 from Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations categories) were reviewed by the Panel of Adjudicators.

Organized by The Hong Kong Management Association since 1973 and co-organized with the South China Morning Post since 2007, 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:
Mr Patrick Wu (Chairman)
Regional Managing Director, Greater China, Duff & Phelps

Ms Jill Cheshire
Director, Jill Cheshire Design

Mr Edward Chiu
Accounting Internship Co-ordinator, Centennial College

Mr Paul Day
Board Director, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute; and
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
(Representing Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute)

Dr Keith Lam
Former Vice Chairman - Finance and Administration, Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong; and
Deputy Principal, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
(Representing Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong)

Mr Derek Mok
Vice President, The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts; and
Chief Investment Officer, Fubon Convoy Asset Management (HK) Ltd
(Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts)

Mr Steve Ong
Senior Vice President, Head of Accounting Affairs, Listing Department, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd
(Representing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd)

Ms May Tsue
Fellow Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries; and
Joint Company Secretary, CNOOC Ltd
(Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries)

Dr Raymond Wong
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programmes and Associate Professor of Accounting College of Business, City University of Hong Kong

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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 5 November 2018

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