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Swire Group

Swire Group, whose activities span property, aviation, beverages, marine services, and trading and industrial, is a Hong Kong-listed conglomerate. It is the parent of Hong Kong carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, and Dragonair, and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co (Haeco) is a subsidiary. Swire Pacific and Swire Properties are the main listed arms of the group, which also owns Swire Hotels.

Chairman / President

Merlin Swire

CEO / Managing Director

Guy Bradley

CFO / Finance Director

Rebecca Sharpe

Industry

Conglomerate

Website

swire.com

Headquarters address

London, England, UK

Year founded

1816

No 15 Shouson Hill is surrounded by a verdant green landscape. Photo: Emperor Group

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong hedge fund founder pays US$74.3 million for luxury Shouson Hill home

Matrix Properties, in which CoreView Capital’s Vincent Gao Leyi is a director, snaps up House 6 at the upscale No 15 Shouson Hill.

20 Nov 2025 - 3:17PM

Hong Kong property

Credit Agricole renews Pacific Place lease, reaffirming commitment to Hong Kong

10 Nov 2025 - 2:30PM

Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong an aviation hub for Greater Bay Area, beyond: Airport Authority chief

21 Oct 2025 - 4:56PM

Hong Kong

Coca-Cola goes green in Hong Kong with locally recycled PET bottles

Bottling partner Swire Coca-Cola starts using locally sourced recycled PET from Hong Kong supplier New Life Plastics.

16 Oct 2025 - 2:20PM

Coca-Cola has started using recycled plastic supplied by a local company. Photo: Eugene Lee

Hong Kong property

High-profile property sales add to Hong Kong’s market momentum

The flats, worth a combined US$9.4 million, were sold to entities linked to William Harry Tang, the son of ex-finance minister Henry Tang.

7 Oct 2025 - 4:06PM

Hong Kong property

Swire Pacific’s chairman buys US$6.4 million Hong Kong luxury flat

‘Significant capital’ is flowing into luxury homes in a sign of improved sentiment towards Hong Kong’s home market, Midland Realty says.

28 Sep 2025 - 9:26PM

Hong Kong society

WWII bomb in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay successfully disposed of after 9-hour effort

Defusing process, which required evacuating 6,000 residents near bomb site, took longer than expected due to heavy rain, police say.

20 Sep 2025 - 9:44PMvideocam

Officers from the explosive ordnance disposal bureau stand beside the shell casing on Pan Hoi street in Quarry Bay. Photo: Karma Lo

Your Perfect Week

What to do in Hong Kong, September 7-13

The Aubrey launches a new cocktail menu, chef Osamu Kamiyama takes over at Always Joy, the Hong Kong Philharmonic performs movie soundtrack hits, and fireworks go off in Macau.

6 Sep 2025 - 6:15AM

Hong Kong workers/labour rights

Hong Kong’s Swire Coca-Cola reinstates fired lorry driver after union strike

Union claims driver, who is a senior member, was unfairly dismissed, as media reports man allegedly knocked down woman in traffic accident.

6 Sep 2025 - 12:25AM

Hong Kong property

FWD expands office at Swire’s Taikoo Place to become largest tenant

The Devon House building will be renamed FWD Tower next year and become the insurer’s Hong Kong headquarters.

27 Aug 2025 - 4:20PM

Devon House at Taikoo Place. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong property

Swire Properties’ Chai Wan project priced at 11-year low for Eastern district

Headland Residences is Swire Properties’ largest residential project in 20 years.

26 Aug 2025 - 8:10PM

A unit in Swire Properties’ Headland Residences in Chai Wan. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong home sales on ‘upwards trajectory’ to 4-year high, agents say

CK Asset Holdings sold 74 of 159 units at Blue Coast II in Wong Chuk Hang as of 3pm on Sunday.

24 Aug 2025 - 6:01PM

Hong Kong property

Swire Properties set to start selling its largest residential project in 20 years

Developer says launch of 850-flat Chai Wan project comes as market sentiment has ‘improved quite a bit’ in the past six months.

20 Aug 2025 - 8:40PM

Cathay Pacific

Swire Pacific warns of uncertain outlook after first-half profit drop

Real estate division Swire Properties is making good progress with its US$12.7 billion investment plan, chairman Guy Bradley says.

7 Aug 2025 - 6:22PMvideocam

The diversified Swire Pacific group has interests in aviation, real estate and beverages. Photo: Fung Chang

International Property

Bangkok’s housing glut spreads to Phuket as developers eye tourist demand

Unsold inventory in Phuket rose to 4,982 units across 16 projects at the end of the fourth quarter last year, Colliers said.

8 Jun 2025 - 12:01PMvideocam

Crashing waves on beach at Kalim beach Phuket. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong society

1880 Hong Kong members offered alternative club, but ‘not what we signed up for’

Swire Properties says it is arranging offers for members of closed club ‘as a gesture of goodwill’.

6 Jun 2025 - 11:26AM

Hong Kong economy

1880 Hong Kong club folds after 7 months, accused of owing staff unpaid wages

City’s branch of Singapore-based private club ceases operations allegedly owing rent and leaving more than 100 staff out of pocket.

1 Jun 2025 - 9:08PM

United States

Letters | Trump vs Harvard is a battle over future of US college education

Readers discuss the politicisation of higher education in the US, a British MP barred from entering Hong Kong, the demolition of a Swire hotel in Beijing, and the human-made tragedy of war.

22 Apr 2025 - 11:30AM

People cross the Harvard Yard at Harvard University on April 17. In the showdown between US President Donald Trump and Harvard University, support for the university is galvanising across the academic and political spectrum. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

China property

Swire Properties bullish on mainland China despite tariff war’s pall

Hong Kong developer says it is on the hunt for retail investments in Shenzhen amid the ‘onshoring’ of consumption, CEO says.

15 Apr 2025 - 4:44PM

Transformation of workspaces

Transformation of workspaces sees employee experience and well-being take the lead

The next generation of work environments, centred around the needs of employees, leads to higher productivity and improved wellness.

In partnership with:

Swire Properties

Hong Kong property

Swire Pacific earnings drop 85% as Hong Kong property slump hits projects, assets

Earnings at Cathay Pacific stabilised while the group switched its focus in the beverage business to Thailand and Laos from the US market.

14 Mar 2025 - 1:46PMvideocam

Exterior of One Pacific Place in Admiralty. Photo: Nora Tam

China property

Swire sees robust demand for flats at first mainland China residential project

Swire Properties said 94 per cent of the units at a residential project in Shanghai were sold.

10 Dec 2024 - 3:09PM

A rendering of the Lujiazui Taikoo Yuan Residences. Photo: Swire Properties

Hong Kong property

1 in 6 Hongkongers are eyeing home purchase in next 5 years: HSBC

Around 300,000 households will be in the market, exceeding expected supply, the lender estimates.

6 Dec 2024 - 7:09PM

Hong Kong property

As Hong Kong and Singapore age, health businesses loom larger in property market

As the average age in Hong Kong and Singapore rises, landlords and developers need to become more in tune with the medical industry.

13 Jan 2025 - 3:27PM

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developers to feel earnings pain amid high vacancy rates: Moody’s

Moody’s says office and retail property segments are likely to remain under pressure.

24 Oct 2024 - 6:32PMvideocam

Hong Kong’s office and retail property segments are likely to remain under pressure, according to Moody’s. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong politics

Beijing urges HSBC to keep backing mainland, Hong Kong’s development push

Xia Baolong, Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs, issues call in meeting with HSBC group chairman Mark Tucker.

19 Oct 2024 - 8:02PM

HSBC Building in Central. Beijing also used the meeting to voice its support for the “one country, two systems” governing principle. Photo: Eugene Lee

Urban biodiversity

Biophilic design at the heart of developer’s biodiversity strategy

Swire Properties’ Taikoo Square and Taikoo Garden aim to enhance urban biodiversity in key business district.

In partnership with:

Swire Properties

Hong Kong property

Swire Pacific, Wharf results dragged down by Hong Kong, China property markets

Subdued office rentals hit Swire Properties, while sluggish residential sales do the most damage to Wharf.

8 Aug 2024 - 5:59PM

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Swire Group

Hong Kong hedge fund founder pays US$74.3 million for luxury Shouson Hill home

Matrix Properties, in which CoreView Capital’s Vincent Gao Leyi is a director, snaps up House 6 at the upscale No 15 Shouson Hill.

Credit Agricole renews Pacific Place lease, reaffirming commitment to Hong Kong

Hong Kong an aviation hub for Greater Bay Area, beyond: Airport Authority chief

Coca-Cola goes green in Hong Kong with locally recycled PET bottles

Bottling partner Swire Coca-Cola starts using locally sourced recycled PET from Hong Kong supplier New Life Plastics.

High-profile property sales add to Hong Kong’s market momentum

The flats, worth a combined US$9.4 million, were sold to entities linked to William Harry Tang, the son of ex-finance minister Henry Tang.

Swire Pacific’s chairman buys US$6.4 million Hong Kong luxury flat

‘Significant capital’ is flowing into luxury homes in a sign of improved sentiment towards Hong Kong’s home market, Midland Realty says.

WWII bomb in Hong Kong’s Quarry Bay successfully disposed of after 9-hour effort

Defusing process, which required evacuating 6,000 residents near bomb site, took longer than expected due to heavy rain, police say.

What to do in Hong Kong, September 7-13

The Aubrey launches a new cocktail menu, chef Osamu Kamiyama takes over at Always Joy, the Hong Kong Philharmonic performs movie soundtrack hits, and fireworks go off in Macau.

Hong Kong’s Swire Coca-Cola reinstates fired lorry driver after union strike

Union claims driver, who is a senior member, was unfairly dismissed, as media reports man allegedly knocked down woman in traffic accident.

FWD expands office at Swire’s Taikoo Place to become largest tenant

The Devon House building will be renamed FWD Tower next year and become the insurer’s Hong Kong headquarters.

Swire Properties’ Chai Wan project priced at 11-year low for Eastern district

Headland Residences is Swire Properties’ largest residential project in 20 years.

Hong Kong home sales on ‘upwards trajectory’ to 4-year high, agents say

CK Asset Holdings sold 74 of 159 units at Blue Coast II in Wong Chuk Hang as of 3pm on Sunday.

Swire Properties set to start selling its largest residential project in 20 years

Developer says launch of 850-flat Chai Wan project comes as market sentiment has ‘improved quite a bit’ in the past six months.

Swire Pacific warns of uncertain outlook after first-half profit drop

Real estate division Swire Properties is making good progress with its US$12.7 billion investment plan, chairman Guy Bradley says.

Bangkok’s housing glut spreads to Phuket as developers eye tourist demand

Unsold inventory in Phuket rose to 4,982 units across 16 projects at the end of the fourth quarter last year, Colliers said.

1880 Hong Kong members offered alternative club, but ‘not what we signed up for’

Swire Properties says it is arranging offers for members of closed club ‘as a gesture of goodwill’.

1880 Hong Kong club folds after 7 months, accused of owing staff unpaid wages

City’s branch of Singapore-based private club ceases operations allegedly owing rent and leaving more than 100 staff out of pocket.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Letters | Trump vs Harvard is a battle over future of US college education

Readers discuss the politicisation of higher education in the US, a British MP barred from entering Hong Kong, the demolition of a Swire hotel in Beijing, and the human-made tragedy of war.

Swire Properties bullish on mainland China despite tariff war’s pall

Hong Kong developer says it is on the hunt for retail investments in Shenzhen amid the ‘onshoring’ of consumption, CEO says.

.css-f84qeq{font-family:Roboto Condensed,Roboto Condensed fallback,sans-serif;font-style:italic;}Transformation of workspaces sees employee experience and well-being take the lead

The next generation of work environments, centred around the needs of employees, leads to higher productivity and improved wellness.

Swire Pacific earnings drop 85% as Hong Kong property slump hits projects, assets

Earnings at Cathay Pacific stabilised while the group switched its focus in the beverage business to Thailand and Laos from the US market.

Swire sees robust demand for flats at first mainland China residential project

Swire Properties said 94 per cent of the units at a residential project in Shanghai were sold.

1 in 6 Hongkongers are eyeing home purchase in next 5 years: HSBC

Around 300,000 households will be in the market, exceeding expected supply, the lender estimates.

As Hong Kong and Singapore age, health businesses loom larger in property market

As the average age in Hong Kong and Singapore rises, landlords and developers need to become more in tune with the medical industry.

Hong Kong developers to feel earnings pain amid high vacancy rates: Moody’s

Moody’s says office and retail property segments are likely to remain under pressure.

Beijing urges HSBC to keep backing mainland, Hong Kong’s development push

Xia Baolong, Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs, issues call in meeting with HSBC group chairman Mark Tucker.

Biophilic design at the heart of developer’s biodiversity strategy

Swire Properties’ Taikoo Square and Taikoo Garden aim to enhance urban biodiversity in key business district.

Swire Pacific, Wharf results dragged down by Hong Kong, China property markets

Subdued office rentals hit Swire Properties, while sluggish residential sales do the most damage to Wharf.

Letters | Trump vs Harvard is a battle over future of US college education

Transformation of workspaces sees employee experience and well-being take the lead