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DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited 
About DBS
Headquartered in Singapore, DBS is one of the largest financial services groups in Asia with operations in 15 markets. The largest bank in Singapore as measured by assets, and a leading bank in Hong Kong, DBS' "AA-" and "Aa2" credit ratings are among the highest in the Asia-Pacific region. DBS has leading positions in consumer banking, treasury and markets, asset management, securities brokerage, equity and debt fund raising. Beyond the anchor markets of Singapore and Hong Kong, DBS serves corporate, institutional and retail customers through its operations in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines. More information about DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank can be obtained from thr DBS website
Hang Seng Bank Limited
Founded in 1933, Hang Seng Bank's business focus is Hong Kong and mainland China. Its modern and dynamic way of banking is dedicated to the timely satisfaction of increasingly sophisticated customer needs.
As a strongly capitalised bank, Hang Seng provides a wide range of highly tailored personal wealth management, commercial banking, corporate and institutional banking, treasury services and private banking services.
Hang Seng's main focus continues to be the pursuit of excellence for its customers. In Hong Kong, the Bank has over 150 branches and automated banking centres. Its Mainland network includes branches in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and Nanjing; four sub-branches (three in Shanghai and one in Shenzhen) and representative offices in Xiamen and Dongguan. The Bank also operates a representative office in Taipei and a branch in Macau.
Hang Seng is among the 33 constituent stocks of the Hang Seng Index, a benchmark index that tracks the performance of the Hong Kong stock market. The Bank is also quoted on SEAQ International in the United Kingdom and offers investors in the United States a Sponsored Level-I American Depositary Receipts Programme.
Horwath Hong Kong CPA Limited
Horwath Hong Kong CPA Limited is a member firm of Horwath International, one of the top 10 accounting and business-consulting network in the world. The company's core business is the provision of audit and other assurance, internal audit, corporate governance, due diligence, litigation support, matrimonical dispute advisory and other services to local and international clients.
Horwath has a tradition of being a pioneer on the accounting front:
- The first accounting firm in Hong Kong to go on-line with our website
- The first international accounting firm approved by the PRC Ministry of Finance to have full member firms operating in China
- Horwath is one of only a few accounting firms approved by the Stock Exchange to act as reporting accountants for IPO assignments
- Horwath China, our network in China, is one of the largest in terms of country-wide reach
Horwath Hong Kong CPA's clients range from public companies listed locally and overseas to family owned businesses and entrepreneurs in a wide variety of industries.
Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited
Lam Soon is recognised as a leading name in Southeast Asia, a reputation that has been built up over the group's prolonged and proud history in the region.
Founded in Singapore in the 1930s, Lam Soon first began trading in edible oils, rice and copra. As the company continued to develop and expand, Lam Soon started its oils and fats processing business in Singapore and Malaysia in the late 1940s.
In 1961, Lam Soon began operating in Hong Kong, and the group is now a renowned entity in the food supply market. Not only is Lam Soon the major player in edible oils and home care products in Hong Kong, it also owns one of the largest foreign-owned flour mills in China, and is the largest independent easy open ends manufacturer in Greater China.
A major milestone to this success came in 1972, when Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE Stock Code 0411). In 1991, Lam Soon Food Industries Limited, one of the subsidiaries of the Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Group, was also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and was later privatised in 2002.
In 1997, Hong Leong Group Malaysia became one of the major shareholders of the Group.Hong Leong is one of the largest conglomerates in Malaysia, while core businessincludes financial services, manufacturing, distribution, property and infrastructure development, etc.
Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd.
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), a public company (0316) listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. OOCL is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies. As one of Hong Kong's most recognized global brands, OOCL provides customers with fully-integrated logistics and containerized transportation services, with a network that encompasses Asia, Europe, North America and Australasia.
OOCL is well respected in the industry with a reputation for providing customer-focused solutions, a quality-through-excellence approach and continual innovation. OOCL pioneered transportation coverage of China and is an industry leader in information technology.
Taifook Securities Group Limited
Established in 1973, Taifook Securities Group Limited ("Taifook"; Stock Code: 0665) has been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1996. Taifook is well known for providing investment banking and brokerage services to hundreds of institutional investors and nearly 85,000 individual investors, with over HK$28 billion in client assets under management as of December 2006.
Taifook has the largest retail client base and the most extensive distribution network of 11 branches in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as 5 liaison offices in major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu.
As one of the leading securities firms in Asia with an enviable reputation for innovation and service excellence, Taifook has been awarded the "Best Domestic Securities House" by numerous international and local institutions for 8 consecutive years, including FinanceAsia, Asiamoney, Euromoney and Capital Magazine. Taifook was also the first financial institution in Hong Kong and China to acquire ISO Quality Management System Certification and BS 7799 Information Security Management Systems Certification, both of which were updated to ISO 9001:2000 Certification in 2002 and ISO 27001:2005 Certification in mid-2006 respectively. The Group is renowned for its outstanding achievements in IT application and enterprise governance. In 2005, Taifook was awarded the "Best Practice in Enterprise Governance Award" by Best Practice Management Group. In August 2006, the Group won the "Best IT Governance" award in the "2006 MIS IT Excellance Awards" by MIS Asia, an influential IT publication in Asia, in recognition of its outstanding achievements in promoting corporate governance through IT application.
Official Media Sponsor
SCMP Classified Post
The South China Morning Post is widely recognised as Asia's most respected and trusted source of English language news on Hong Kong, China and the rest of Asia.
This unrivalled reputation for credible, reliable and authoritative coverage has been meticulously built from its Hong Kong base for nearly one hundred years. The result is that today the newspaper enjoys the largest market share in circulation and advertising of any English language newspaper in Hong Kong.
For Hong Kong's business community, the South China Morning Post is a vital source of news and analysis on political and economic events taking place across the region, with a special emphasis on Greater China.
Importantly, the newspaper retains its distinction as the number one medium in Hong Kong for English language newspaper advertising. Classified Post continues to strengthen its leadership in the market and maintain strong visibility, consolidating its leading position in recruitment advertising.
Classifiedpost.com, the online interactive recruitment web site, has been well received by advertisers and job seekers alike, recording some 13.8 million page views per month from users in and outside Hong Kong, with an average of 152,000 e-mail job alerts sent out each week.
Classified Post consists of the following sections: Secretarial & Administration, China Appointments, Merchandising & Purchasing, Computer & Technology, Building & Construction, Sales & Marketing, Media Appointments, Banking & Finance, Engineering, Education Sector, Hotels and Catering, Healthcare, Social Welfare and Overseas.
Sponsors
British Council Hong Kong
The British Council is the United Kingdom's international cultural relations organisation founded in 1934. The Council has offices in 233 towns and cities in 109 countries worldwide. They started their work here in Hong Kong in 1948.
The work of the British Council includes teaching English; providing the latest information about the UK; promoting British education and training; working closely with governments on reform and good governance and demonstrating the innovation, creativity and excellence of British science, arts, literature and design.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Deloitte's China practice provides services through a number of legal entities and those entities are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Swiss Verein).
The firm is one of the leading professional services providers in the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, with more than 6,000 people in ten offices including Beijing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou and Tianjin.
As early as 1917, an office in Shanghai was opened. Backed by their global network, they deliver a full range of audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to national, multinational and growth enterprise clients in China.
The firm has considerable experience in China and has been a significant contributor to the development of China's accounting standards, taxation system and local professional accountants. It also provides services to around one-third of all companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd.
Dragonair, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific Airways, is an award-winning international airline operating passenger and all-cargo services from the aviation hub of Hong Kong.
Widely recognised for our China services, we fly to 21 cities in the Mainland - more than any other non-Mainland airline - operating about 400 flights a week. In addition, our passenger network covers 30 business and leisure destinations throughout Asia, including Taipei and Tokyo.
With our international flight crew, and traditional Asian hospitality on the ground and in the air, we aim to provide a pleasurable and comfortable travel experience to all our passengers. As a result of our customer-focused service philosophy, Dragonair has been voted Best Airline - China in the internationally respected Skytrax traveller survey for five consecutive years.
Dragonair's fleet continues to expand on the back of the economic growth in China, and we remain committed to maintaining our position as the airline of choice to visit and trade with the country.
Hopewell Holdings Limited
Hopewell Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-based group, was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 1972 (stock code: 54). The Hopewell Group is one of the premier group of companies in Hong Kong with diverse business interests spread across property investment and development, highway infrastructure, hotel and hospitality, and construction businesses. The Group, with strong expertise in investment, development and engineering of major projects, focuses on Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region in the PRC and is founded on visionary strategic initiatives.
The involvement by the Group in the PRC projects can be traced back to the adoption of the Open Door Policy in the late 1970's. The Group's first project in the PRC was the 5-star hotel project in Guangzhou, the China Hotel. Since then, the Group invested in major power and transportation infrastructure projects in the Pearl River Delta region, initiating the trend of investment in such areas by Hong Kong enterprises.
The strategy of the Group is to capitalize on the Pearl River Delta regional demand induced by continued economic growth in the PRC. Building on its existing presence, Hopewell maintains its position as a pre-eminent developer. Over the years, the Group developed many large-scale projects in Asia, playing a significant role in improving the economies in many communities and raising the living standards of their people.
Michael Page International
Michael Page International is a leading professional recruitment consultancy specialising in the recruitment of permanent, contract and temporary positions on behalf of the world's top employers.
As of June 30th 2006, we employ 3,230 employees in 122 offices across 19 countries worldwide. First established in London in 1976, we've been bringing job seekers and employers together for more than 30 years.
We are listed on the London stock exchange and our turnover exceeds US$1 billion per year. We opened our first office in Hong Kong in 1994 and currently have offices in all of the main business centres around the world including London, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto.
SBM Success By MAGIC(TM) Training Methodology
The Company provides a variety fo training and coaching services to ensure that the clients have maintained the best calibre to maximize the profit with their business. Their services comprise: Coaching; Language training; and Softskills training.
In 2003, as a first mover, they introduced the SBM Success By MAGIC(TM) Training Methodology that was the first of its kind in the training and coaching world for empowerment. SBM is a unique and innovative training that applies psychology, management, marketing and coaching through magic activities. It has been adopted by large international companies in different sectors.
Texon International Group
Texon International are leading manufacturers of Cellulose, Non-woven and Steel material solutions and are world-class leaders in providing structural products for the global footwear industry.
Their technical knowledge, capabilities and expertise has allowed us to expand our markets and provide applications and solutions for other industries such as apparel & accessories, medical & hygiene, industrial filtration, construction, furniture, office accessories, automotive, geotextiles and agrotextiles.
University of Cambridge ESOL
Cambridge ESOL exams are the world's leading range of certificates for learners of English. Each year they are taken by over 1.75 million people, in 135 countries. They can help you gain entrance to a university or college, improve your job prospects and measure your progress in English.
Cambridge ESOL's world renowned Teaching Awards provide a route into the English Language Teaching profession for new teachers, and first class career development opportunities for experienced teachers.