Mission And Quality Policy Statement

 

Mission

 

Kowloon Development Company Limited, with its core business in property investment and development, is listed on 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 products/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 language movies.

 

Redevelopment of the Group's flagship property, Pioneer Centre, a commercial complex in Mongkok, was completed before the Company was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited 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 59.93% 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 the PRC.  

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 of the Group 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.

Over the course of 2006, through a series of major land acquisitions, the Group has secured a number of sizeable pieces of land in Macau and three cities in the Mainland China, namely Tianjin, Foshan and Shenyang. Accordingly the Group's landbank has significantly increased to 5 million sq. m. gross floor area with 480,000 sq. m. in Macau and 4,300,000 sq. m. in China. These moves have laid a solid foundation for the Group's property development in the years ahead.

The Group pursues a three-tier development strategy with exposure in three major markets of the Greater China region, namely Hong Kong, Macau and the PRC. Further to exploring potential investment opportunities in Hong Kong and Macau, the pace of the Group's business development in China will be accelerated. Management is confident that with the existing investment and development plans, the Group is entering a period of rapid growth and expects this impetus will provide sustainable and solid momentum to the Group's earnings for the years to come.

 

 

 

 
 

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