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CLP Holdings Ltd won the top prize of
The 2007 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards

19/11/2007

CLP Holdings Ltd won the Best Report Award of the 2007 Best Annual Reports Awards organized by the Hong Kong Management Association and co-organized by the South China Morning Post. The 12-member Panel of Adjudicators commended it as "an exemplary report which continued its remarkable record for an overall excellence in all aspects and a tradition of innovation and distinction."

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:

	"General" Category
	Gold:	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
*	Silver:	HSBC Holdings plc
		Transport International Holdings Limited
*	Bronze:	Airport Authority Hong Kong
		MTR Corporation Limited
		Swire Pacific Limited
	Citation for Achievement in Design:
	Winner:	CLP Holdings Limited
*	Nominees:	The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
		Hysan Development Company Limited
		Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
		MTR Corporation Limited
	Citation for Achievement in Corporate Governance Disclosure:
	Winner:	Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
*	Nominees:	CLP Holdings Limited
		The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
		Karrie International Holdings Limited
	"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
	Gold:	Securities and Futures Commission
	Silver:	Hong Kong Monetary Authority
	Bronze:	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
	Citation for Achievement in Design:
	Winner:	Hong Kong Housing Society
*	Nominees:	City University of Hong Kong
		Hong Kong Police Force
		Hong Kong Trade Development Council
	Citation for Achievement in Corporate Governance Disclosure:
	Winner:	Securities and Futures Commission
*	Nominees:	Hong Kong Housing Society
		Hong Kong Monetary Authority
		The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
*	Honourable Mentions:
		Bank of China Limited
		BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited
		Companies Registry
		Hang Seng Bank Limited
		Hong Kong Housing Society
		The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
		Hysan Development Company Limited
		Karrie International Holdings Limited
		Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
		Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
		Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited
*	(Listed according to the alphabetical order of company names)

All trophies were presented on Monday, 19 November by Dr The Hon David K P Li GBM JP, Chairman of The Hong Kong Management Association; Mr Howard Gorges, Chairman of the Panel of Adjudicators.

This year, a total of 114 reports (78 from General, 22 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. The Best Report was selected from the 78 submitted voluntarily from the General category.

An exhibition organized by the Association will be held to publicly display all the 100 annual reports. Details are as follows:

Date:	20 � 21 November 2007
Time:	9:00 am � 9:00 pm
Venue:	Admiralty 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

	Mr Howard Gorges, Vice Chairman, South China Brokerage Company Ltd (Chairman);
	Mr Eddie Chan, Executive Committee Member, Institute of Fianncial Planners of Hong Kong (Representing Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong);
	Mr Colin Chau, Senior Vice President, Listing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (Representing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd);
	Ms Jill Cheshire, Director, Jill Cheshire Design;
	Mr Charles Grieve, Director of Accounting Policy, Corporate Finance Division, Securities and Futures Commission (Representing Securities and Futures Commission);
	Mr Caspar Li, President, Tribourne Ltd;
	Mr Ernest Mak, Creative Director, Leo Burnett (Representing Leo Burnett);
	Mr Maurice Ngai, Director, Head of Listing Services, KCS Limited (Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries);
	Professor Richard Petty, Deputy President, CPA Australia, Associate Dean, Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Representing CPA Australia);
	Mr James Soutar, Executive Director, FrontPoint Management (Hong Kong), Ltd (Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts Ltd);
	Dr John Tang, Director, Compliance, Ernest & Young, China; and
	Mr Richard Winter, Deputy Chairman, Quam Ltd (Representing Hong Kong Securities Institute)