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CLP Holdings Limited Won the Top Prize of
The 2014 HKMA Best Annual Reports Awards


27/10/2014


CLP Holdings Limited won the Best Report Award of the 2014 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 with thoughtful use of design elements and an extensive sustainability section. CLP maintains the highest standards in terms of content and delivery."

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
MTR Corporation Limited
* Bronze: HSBC Holdings plc
Hysan Development Company Limited
The Link Real Estate Investment Trust
Swire Pacific Limited


"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category

Gold: Securities and Futures Commission
* Silver: Hong Kong Monetary Authority
* Bronze: The Hong Kong Jockey Club


* Honourable Mentions:
  • CITIC Limited
  • Hang Seng Bank Limited
  • Hong Kong Housing Society
  • The Land Registry
  • Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
  • Transport International Holdings Limited

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
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • New World Department Store China Limited
  • Next Media Limited

* Citation for Corporate Governance Disclosure:
  • Hong Kong Productivity Council
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
  • Jiangsu Expressway Company Limited
  • Sa Sa International Holdings Limited

Best New Entry:

"General" Category
  • Guodian Technology & Environment Group Corporation Limited

"Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations" Category
  • Urban Renewal Authority

Australasia-Hong Kong 2014 Sustainability Reporting Award:
  • CLP Holdings Limited

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


The Awards Presentation Ceremony was held on Monday, 27 October, at the Island Shangri-La Hotel. This year, a total of 106 reports (85 from General, 21 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:

  • Professor Richard Petty (Chairman) FCPA (Aust., Life), FAICD, Chairman, Australian Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong & Macau; Past Chairman & President, CPA Australia; Professor in Accounting and Finance, Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Representing CPA Australia)

  • Ms Jill Cheshire RIBA,HKIA, Director, Jill Cheshire Design

  • Dr P M Kam FCIS, FCS, FCPA, Former Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council (Representing The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries)

  • Dr Keith Lam CFPCM, FCGA, Former Vice Chairman - Finance and Administration, 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 Derek Mok CFA, CPA (Aust.), FCPA, FRM, Director and Secretary of the Board, The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts (Representing The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts)

  • Dr Neale O`Connor, Associate Professor, School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University;

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

  • Dr John Tang, Solicitor, FCPA, National Director, Independence - China, Ernst & Young; and

  • Mr Trini Tsang FHKSI, Board Director, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute; Director, Wocom Holdings Limited (Representing Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute).

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Issued by The Hong Kong Management Association on 27 October 2014.

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