TAI FOOK SECURITIES GROUP LIMITED Receives Capital “Best ...

To Business EditorsFor immediate releaseTAI FOOK SECURITIES GROUP LIMITEDReceives Capital “Best Brokerage Company” Award for 4 Consecutive Years(Hong Kong, 25 January 2006) Tai Fook Securities Group Limited (“Tai Fook”; StockCode: 0665) won the accolade of the “Best Brokerage Company” in the “6th OutstandingEnterprise Awards” organized by the Capital Magazine at the beginning of 2006, inrecognition of its outstanding achievements in innovation and service excellence as well as itscontribution to the Hong Kong economy. This is a prestigious award the Group has receivedfor four consecutive years from 2002 - 2006.Mr. William Lee, Tai Fook’s Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer said, “TheGroup is honored to receive the “Best Brokerage Company” award. In the past year, theGroup achieved resounding success in the areas of business expansion, informationtechnology development and corporate image building. The award is not only a recognition ofour exceptional performance in investment banking and retail brokerage services, but also theexcellent customer service and professionalism by the industry and the community.”Tai Fook continually has kept in step with evolving customer needs by offering brand new,flexible, one-stop global investment services, as underpinned by its fast growing customeracquisition in Hong Kong and China. The range of Taifook’s fully-integrated service offeringsincludes investment banking, retail brokerage, fund and asset management, wealthmanagement, margin financing, online trading services, institutional sales, IPO and placing,discretionary portfolio, nominee and custodian services, research, equities and derivatives,futures and options, forex and bullion.Being one of the largest securities houses in Hong Kong with an enviable reputation forinnovation and service excellence, Tai Fook was the first financial institution in Hong andChina to acquire ISO Quality Management Systems Certification and BS 7799 InformationSecurity Management System Certification. The Group has also been named the “BestDomestic Securities House” for six consecutive years by both international and local

institutions such as Euromoney, FinanceAsia and Asiamoney besides Capital magazine.Commenting on the Group’s future business strategies, Mr. William Lee said, “Tai Fookwill continue to provide one-stop global investment services, supported by advancedmulti-market, multi-product and multi-channel trading facilities. Ultimately, the Group hopes tobuild a sophisticated global securities platform that will support a regional ‘financialsupermarket’.”- Ends -About Tai Fook Securities Group LimitedEstablished in 1973, Tai Fook Securities Group Limited (“Tai Fook”; Stock Code: 0665) hasbeen listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1996. Tai Fook’s principal shareholderis Hong Kong's renowned Cheng Yu Tung Family, owner of New World DevelopmentCompany Limited and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited. Tai Fook is well known forproviding investment banking and brokerage services to hundreds of institutional investorsand nearly 80,000 individual investors, with over HK$18 billion in client assets.Tai Fook has the largest retail client base and the most extensive distribution network of 11branches in Hong Kong and Macau, as well as 4 subsidiaries in major cities in China includingBeijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.As one of the leading securities firms in Asia with an enviable reputation for innovation andservice excellence, Tai Fook was the first financial institution in the Greater China region tohave acquired the ISO Quality Management Systems Certification and BS7799 InformationSecurity Management System Certification. The Group has also been named the “BestDomestic Securities House” for six consecutive years by both international and localinstitutions such as Euromoney, FinanceAsia, Asiamoney and Capital magazine. In 2005, TaiFook was awarded the “Best Practice in Enterprise Governance Award” by Best PracticeManagement Group.* * * * * * * * * * * * * *For further enquiries, please contact our Group Marketing and Communications Department:Ms Fennie Lin: 852-2213 8832 / 9266 6977 / fennielin@taifook.comMs Polly Leung: 852-2213 8822 / 9630 0406 / pollyleung@taifook.com