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Wong Lai-kui is wife of Victor Li Tzar-kuoi ( Hong Kong-based businessman with Canadian citizenship. Hi is son of tycoon Li Ka-shing.) ---
Sorry for my poor english translation. The building stands where once were the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, demolished in 1995, Beaconsfield House, sold by the city government in 1996. It has a total area of ??117,100 m². Serves as the headquarters of the company Cheung Kong Holdings, whose chairman, Li Ka-shing, has fixed his residence on the top floor of the same ---- The building was designed by renowned architect Cesar Pelli and Leo A. Daly, and is considered both for its plasticity as their integration into the entorno.2 consulted with a Feng Shui master to the cast of the building absorb the negative energies that came from the "knife" Bank of China.1 Its exterior walls are made of panels of uniform cirstal 2.4 x 2.1 meters, giving its occupants a 360 degree panoramic view of the city. These panels are impregnated with fiber optics allowing to be lit differently depending on the season. Ls boast fastest elevators in the region, manufactured by Mitsubishi, moving at a speed of 9 meters per second. Each has a giant plasma TV on top of each cabin which continuously shows the Bloomberg TV channel --- Cheung Kong Center. It is a skyscraper in Hong Kong Central designed by Cesar Pelli. Located between the HSBC Hong Kong building and the Bank of China Tower has 62 floors with a height of 283 m (927 ft) and houses several banking firms. As is common in Hong Kong, colored lights on the sides of the building illuminated at night creating a spectacle of lights. The building sits on the combined sites of the former Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, which was demolished in 1995, Beaconsfield House, sold by the Government in 1996. The building has a total surface of 117.100 m² soil. The building is the headquarters of Cheung Kong Holdings. The top floor is used by the Chairman of Cheung Kong, Li Ka Shing, as their home. Cheung Kong had initially planned to redevelop the site of Hilton in a high-rise office complex for retail, giving a floor area of ??approximately 55.700 m². CKH wanted to expand the project to rebuild the hotel room combined with a neighboring area to gain greater efficiency, and began private talks with the Government in 1993 with the idea of ??acquiring a 3.100 m² adjacent parking lot of the government, and 1,700 m² site House Beaconsfield. The talks were finalized in August 1995. The building was designed by world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli and Leo A. Daly, and is considered both a work of art as an efficient work environment. Its external walls are uniform panels 2.4mx 2.1m glass, giving its occupants a 360 degree panoramic view over the entire city. These panels are impregnated with a series of optical fiber can be illuminated at night to show different messages depending on the season. Its large floor plates ranging from 20.000 to 22.000 square feet. Tenants can customize a plan office at very little cost, as its floor plan is without pillars. The offices are all designed with the advanced raised floor through which air conditioning and an advanced fiber optic network, accessible to all tenants is by pipeline. It has the most advanced lifting of the region, presented by Mitsubishi, with a maximum speed of 9 meters per second. Each lift has plasma screens in the top of each booth, showing Bloomberg TV. With years of experience in a wide range of projects, Leo A. Daly and Cesar Pelli have achieved the essential balance between aesthetics and functionality in all aspects of construction. ---- The Hong Kong Cheung Kong hit in the world grows The last time, thanks to a purchase agreement signed with France's Electricite de France (EDF). The EDF Board of Directors accepted the September 9th irrevocable offer to acquire 100% of the distribution networks of the French power in the UK conducted by the Chinese consortium on 29 July. The Asian consortium will meet £ 5.77 million (about HK $ 70,000 million), of which £ 3,200 will be awarded in the form of shares. The sale of the distribution network allows the French multinational company reduce its debt by about € 6,800 million. HL Kam, Managing Director of CKI said: "... the price of this transaction represents the largest investment undertaken by CKI in the UK since its shares admitted to trading fuern" ... "This project, once completed, will generate for CKI benefits immediately, as well as stable and regular income, to meet the stringent investment criteria CKI "..." to CKI attracted to regulated industries in the UK due to jurñidico system, financial infrastructure and strict law enforcement. " KS Tso, Director Genera of HK Electric said: "Once completed, this transaction will be the biggest acquisition undertaken by HK Electric" Global operators, born in Hong Kong HK Electric is the listed company through which acts Hongkong Electric Group, which brings together companies such as Hongkong Electric Company Limited (HEC), Hongkong Electric International Limited (HEI) and other subsidiaries. HEC was founded in 1889 that is principally engaged in generation and supply of electricity to the islands of Lamma and Hong Hong. HEI is the international investment arm of HEH and seek investment opportunities outside Hong Kong. "In addition to our investments in the retailing of gas in Northern Gas Networks in the area of ??power plants in Seabank Power in UK, HK Electric is pleased to have this opportunity to expand our portfolio with distribution businesses EDF power in the country, "Tso said and continued," This transaction, once completed, will enhance significantly our earnings from our investments outside Hong Kong from the current 35.5% in the first half of 2010. Through of these attractive assets continue diversifying our profit base outside Hong Kong and achieve growth. " The French group sells the distribution and increases in nuclear generation in the UK Vincent de Rivaz, EDF Energy EC and executive member of the Executive Committee of the EDF Group, said: "EDF has shown a consistent and growing commitment to the UK through the major investment that has taken place in the last 12 years. In addition together with partners that include Centrica, EDF Energy is now considering the construction of four nuclear reactors (EPR), subject these to be the appropriate structure for it. " |
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