Mission And Quality Policy Statement

 

Mission

 

Kowloon Development Company Limited, with its core business in property investment and development, is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Management aims to position the Company as a developer and manager of top quality property in the Greater China region and a Blue Chip Stock Company in Hong Kong.

 

Quality Policy Statement

 

To accomplish the mission, Management has committed themselves to expanding the Company's business activities and to providing quality properties and services to its customers. As such, an efficient and effective quality system is established to continually meet internal and external customers' requirements. Management also places particular emphasis on staff performance and the quality of work which are considered as important attributes to the Company's success.

 

Brief History of Kowloon Development Company Limited

 

Kowloon Development Company Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on 24 January 1961.  Since then, the Company has primarily been engaged in investment in, as well as development and management of, properties in Hong Kong.

 

In 1982, the Company acquired approximately 11% shareholdings in The Kowloon Motor Bus Holdings Limited which was subsequently distributed to the shareholders as special interim dividend in specie in June 2001.

 

During the 1980s, the Group was also involved in the operation of cinemas and in the production and distribution of Chinese movies.

 

Redevelopment of the Group's flagship property, Pioneer Centre, a commercial complex in Mongkok, was completed before listing of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited effective on 4 July 1995.

On 18 December 2001, 51.5% of the shares of the Company were acquired by Intellinsight Holdings Limited (“IHL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polytec Holdings International Limited, and the Company became a subsidiary of the Polytec Group.  In January 2002, Polytec Holdings International Limited made a mandatory unconditional cash offer for the remaining shares and share options of the Company pursuant to the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers.  At present, IHL is holding 70.59% of the issued share capital of the Company. Under new Management, the Group has been playing an active role in the property market of Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China.  

In February 2004, the Group acquired an 80% interest in La Baie Du Noble, a property development project in Macau, which is a significant first step to establish a business presence in Macau. 

In November 2005, the Company acquired a 56.84% interest in Polytec Asset Holdings Limited ("Polytec Asset"), a property investment, development and trading company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 208). The majority of Polytec Asset's property development and investment portfolio is in Macau and it is the Group's property development and investment flagship in the Macau market. Polytec Asset is a subsidiary of the Company.

Through a series of major land acquisitions, the Group has secured a number of sizeable pieces of land. During the course of 2008, the Group has acquired approximately 120,000 sq m of attributable gross floor area for future development in Hong Kong and Zhongshan (Guangdong Province) at an aggregate cost of HK$1,671 million. As at 31 December 2008, the Group owned approximately 4,500,000 sq m of attributable gross floor area, of which approximately 1,100,000 sq m was held for future development and approximately 3,400,000 sq m was under development.

The Group pursues a three-tier development strategy with exposure in three major markets of the Greater China region. Management has committed to enhance the Group's competitive position in the property markets of Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China with the aim of becoming one of very few listed companies to have the capability to grow significantly in all three markets.

 

 

 

 
 

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