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CLP Holdings Limited Won the Top Prize of
The 2013 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards


14/11/2013


CLP Holdings Limited won the Best Report Award of the 2013 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 CLP as "a top quality and all-rounded report. It is highly transparent and lots of integrated communication of sustainability measures and initiatives. CLP continues to set a very high standard."

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: The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited
Swire Pacific Limited
Bronze: Hysan Development Company Limited
The Link Real Estate Investment Trust
MTR Corporation Limited

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

Honourable Mentions:
  • Hang Lung Properties Limited
  • Hong Kong Housing Society
  • HSBC Holdings plc
  • The Land Registry
  • Transport International Holdings Limited
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Sustainability Reporting Award:

"General" Category
  • CLP Holdings Limited
"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
  • Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
Citation for Design:
  • Airport Authority Hong Kong
  • ANTA Sports Products Limited
  • China Construction Bank Corporation
  • Hong Kong Police Force
  • Hongkong Post
Citation for Corporate Governance Disclosure:
  • CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Hong Kong Productivity Council
  • Sa Sa International Holdings Limited
Best New Entry:

"General" Category
  • China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd.
"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
  • Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Judges` Special Award:
  • Airport Authority Hong Kong
Australasia-Hong Kong Sustainability Reporting Award:
  • CLP Holdings Limited
(Listed according to the alphabetical order of company names)

The Award presentation ceremony was held on Thursday, 14 November, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. This year, a total of 104 reports (82 from General, 22 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 104 annual reports. Details are as follows:

Date: 22 and 23 November 2013
Time: 8:00 am - 10:00 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), Chairman , Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau; Past Chairman and President, CPA Australia; (Representing CPA Australia);
  • Ms Jill Cheshire, Director, Jill Cheshire Design;
  • Dr Neale O`Connor, Visiting Associate Professor, Accounting, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore;
  • Dr Keith Lam, Deputy Principal, HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College;
  • Dr Albert Lung FCS, FCIS, Committee Member, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries);
  • Mr Steve Ong, FCA, FCPA, Vice President, Head of Accounting Affairs, Listing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (Representing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited);
  • Dr John Tang, National Director, Independence - China, Ernst & Young;
  • Mr Trini Tsang, Board Director, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute; and Director, Wocom Securities Ltd (Representing Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute);
  • Mr Chris Tse, Vice Chairman (Development), Institute of Financial Planners of Hong Kong; and Director, Asia, FTSE Group (Representing Financial Planners of Hong Kong); and
  • Ms Cheri Wong, Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts
    (Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts).
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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 14 November 2013.

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