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CLP Holdings Limited Won the Top Prize of
The 2012 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards


31/10/2012


CLP Holdings Limited won the Best Report Award of the 2012 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 the annual report of CLP as "a top quality report with standout design which continues to set the bar in overall excellence".

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: MTR Corporation Limited
Swire Pacific Limited
Bronze: Hang Lung Group Limited
The Link Real Estate Investment Trust
Transport International Holdings Limited

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

Honourable Mentions:
Companies Registry
COSCO International Holdings Limited
Hang Lung Properties Limited
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
HSBC Holdings plc
The Land Registry

Sustainability Reporting Award
Winner: CLP Holdings Limited
Finalists: Airport Authority Hong Kong
Securities and Futures Commission
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals


Citation for Design:
Awardees: ANTA Sports Products Limited
Hong Kong Police Force
Next Media Limited
Trinity Limited


Citation for Corporate Governance Disclosure:
Awardees: CITIC Securities Company Limited
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
Lenovo Group Limited

Best New Entry:

"General" Category
Awardee: Swire Properties Limited

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category

Awardee: Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited

(Listed according to the alphabetical order of company names)

The Award presentation ceremony was held on Wednesday, 31 October, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. This year, a total of 103 reports (85 from General, 18 from Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations categories) were reviewed by the Panel of Adjudicators.

An exhibition organized by the Association will be held to display all the 103 annual reports. Details are as follows:

Date: 9 and 10 November 2012
Time: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Venue: Hong Kong Station, MTR

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:
  • Professor Richard Petty (Chairman), Past Chairman and President, CPA Australia;
    Professor in Accounting and Finance, Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Representing CPA Australia)
  • Mr Michael Cheng, Advisor, 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, Deputy Principal, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College
    (Representing Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong)
  • Mr Craig B Lindsay, Director, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute;
    Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer, CITIC Securities International Investment Management (HK) Limited
    (Representing Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute)
  • Dr Albert Lung FCIS, FCS, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries
    (Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries)
  • Dr John Tang, National Director, Independence - China, Ernst & Young
  • Ms Cheri Wong, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts
    (Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts)
  • Mr Ronald Yam, Partner, RSM Nelson Wheeler
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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 31 October 2012.

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