Quality Award Brochure 2012-English.p65 - Hong Kong ...

V AWARD SPONSORS & SUPPORTING UNIT
Founded in 1862, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas), was the first public utility to be
established in Hong Kong. Our core business in Hong Kong consists of the production and distribution of gas, the
marketing and sale of gas and appliances, together with comprehensive after-sales services. In mainland China,
our business includes downstream, midstream and upstream projects including piped city-gas projects and new
energy exploration and utilisation. In recent years, we have also diversified into the green energy business – the
operation of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling stations and the utilisation of landfill gas for example, and into
other utility sectors such as telecommunications, building services, water supply, wastewater treatment, etc.
Being the flagship of Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited (00423 HK), Hong Kong Economic
Times (“HKET”) launched in 1988 is the leading financial newspaper in Hong Kong in terms of circulation,
readership and advertising revenue. Its mission is to provide businessmen, executives, investors and professionals
with updated and relevant news, market information as well as analysis and thereby help enhance
Hong Kong’s competitiveness in the fast changing world economy.
Over the past years, HKET has attained high recognition among both advertisers and readers. According
to Nielsen Media Research AdEx data, HKET ranked top 3 in display advertisement revenue among local
newspapers and was the top financial newspaper in 2007. The newspaper has been steady in average daily
audited circulation (according to Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations) with 93,052 copies recorded
in the first half of 2009.
As an all-round media group, Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited has diversified its businesses
to Printed Media; Financial News Agency, Information and Solutions; Recruitment Advertising and Training;
and Lifestyle Portals, providing high quality information and services to the community at large.
43 The above company profiles are provided by the sponsors.