Page 10 - Sphere No.17 (Sep 2006)

New Card
DBS Bank and
Hutchison
Whampoa
Limited have
relaunched their
co-branded ComPass Visa
card to offer consum-
ers greater protection
against fraud with
the adoption of an
enhanced chip. The new
card is also capable of capturing more
information such as customers’ spending behaviour. C
HELLO NINGBO
The Port of Felixstowe welcomed the
inaugural visit of the COSCO Ningbo, one of the world’s larg-
est container ships with a declared capacity of 9,449 TEUs. To
cope with the ever-increasing volume of international trade,
the port, owned by Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, has
been given permission to re-develop the southern part of
the port into a new deep-sea container terminal. P
U N I T E D K I N G D O M H O N G K O N G
BEAUTIFUL GIFT
Marionnaud, Europe’s largest retailer of perfumes
and cosmetics, has presented a cheque for EUR72,696 (about
USD93,000) to the Federation Nationale Solidarite Femmes
(FNSF), an association that campaigns against domestic
violence in France. The retailer will also assist FNSF by
establishing hotlines and publishing flyers to promote the
message of anti-violence.
In addition, Marionnaud, a member of the A.S. Watson
Group, has donated EUR51,612 to Cosmetic Executive Women
(CEW), an association that offers free beauty care to sick
women. It has signed a five-year partnership with CEW and
has also helped to raise funds by selling greeting cards in
Marionnaud stores.
C H I N A
Shopping Fun
A large shopping mall project in Guangzhou,
owned and run by Cheung Kong (Holdings) and Hutchison
Whampoa Properties, has been officially named the
Metropolitan Plaza Guangzhou. To be opened next year, the
project’s South Plaza will feature a streamlined ribbon-like
façade with computerised LED lighting. Having an outdoor
area of more than 11,300 square metres, the plaza will
entertain shoppers with live performances, concerts,
exhibitions and special events. H
F R A N C E
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8 SPHERE
Applause!
HWL was ranked eighth
in the Fortune Global 500 list
of China’s Top Companies and
259th in the World’s Largest
Corporations for 2005.
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