In January, HWPG's twin-block office complex in Hung Hom, Harbourfront, is completed.

Hutchison Delta Ports signs a 50-year equity joint venture with Jiangmen Shipping Company to own and operate Gaosha Cargo Terminals in Jiangmen.

Hutchison Telephone's Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) digital network commences operation.

HWL, together with Richard Li, sells the remaining 36.4 per cent interest in STAR TV to The News Corporation Limited.

The Harbour Plaza Hotel, with 415 rooms and 101 serviced apartments, opens for business.

Hutchison Communications Limited launches the first batch of advanced services on Network Eight - the company's state-of-the-art optical fibre digital telecom network.

Hutchison Telephone becomes the first mobile telephone operator in the world to provide commercial services on the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital cellular network.

HWL, in partnership with OTB Card Company Limited, a subsidiary of Dao Heng Bank Group Limited, and Visa International, launches the ComPass Card.

HWL buys over Pacific Century Corporate Access which is engaged in the provision of satellite telecommunications equipment and services using Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology.

The group, in partnership with Cable & Wireless and CITIC, successfully launches AsiaSat 2, Asia's most powerful satellite.

To the commercial complex in Whampoa Garden adopts a brand-new design concept and is renamed 'Wonderful Worlds of Whampoa'.

HWL, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation enter into a joint venture agreement for the joint development of a commercial complex with gross floor area of over 130,000 square metres at the Hung Hom reclamaton area.

The Shantou Bay Bridge opens for traffic.