Hundreds of people packed into the Sun Hung Kai Centre penthouse yesterday for a feisty session with the Kwok brothers.
Or at least that was what the media was hoping for. The Sun Hung Kai Property shareholders were borderline comatose. Not a question in sight.
The hacks poured in. What about land premiums? The government's housing policy? Shanghai's projects? The Wan Chai reclamation? What about SmarTone? The Zhuhai bridge? There was even a question in there on Article 23.
The Kwoks took every question in their stride. Their answers were eerily comprehensive. Almost as if someone had prepared written responses to each and every one. The Kwoks seemed to have every answer down pat.
It was unnervingly smooth.
The Kwoks didn't twitch once. Except for the occasional flipping of papers on the table each time they provided an answer. And a sudden jerk of their wrists as they seemed to tick some kind of checklist. There were also a few nods of approval coming from their PR people.