https://www.scmp.com/rss/193316/feed Hutchison Whampoa is a Fortune 500 company and one of Hong Kong’s largest listed companies. It is 49.97 per cent owned by the Cheung Kong Group, a property company. Hutchison’s origins date back to two companies founded in the 19th century – Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock, established in 1863 by British merchant John Duflon Hutchison, and Hutchison International in 1877. In 1977, Hutchison became Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. Its operations include ports, with operations across Europe, the Americas, Asia,... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Reporters SCMP Reporters When the Australian-Chinese activist Tse Tsan-tai and the British journalist Alfred Cunningham published the first print run of the South China Morning Post in November 1903, Hong Kong was already a bustling entrepot teeming with a vibrant business community that served foreign merchants in their commercial activities. At least a dozen of those companies that preceded the birth year of the Post remain to this day. AS Watson, 1828 The company traces its roots to 1828 as the Canton Dispensary and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3240188/watson-hsbc-and-star-ferry-many-hong-kongs-oldest-businesses-predated-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3240188/watson-hsbc-and-star-ferry-many-hong-kongs-oldest-businesses-predated-post?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:15:13 +0000 Watsons Water delivery workers ended a two-and-a-half-day strike yesterday after the company promised to address manpower shortages and an increase in outsourcing - which the union described as the 'core issues' behind the strike. After a one-hour meeting with the management in the morning, the strikers ended their sit-in at 3pm, and resumed their duties. Union organiser Leung Wai-yum said: 'We understand that more time should be given to the company to settle the contract issues [of outsourced... https://www.scmp.com/article/1006702/watsons-workers-call-strike-and-resume-duties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1006702/watsons-workers-call-strike-and-resume-duties?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:00:00 +0000 About 300 truck drivers and delivery assistants from Watsons Water planned to stage a strike at the Tai Po plant at 8am today - if the No 8 signal was not in force, a Confederation of Trade Unions official said. It would be an extension of the two-day strike staged in July last year, when the company promised workers a list of measures to improve their commission income and workload but failed to deliver, he said. https://www.scmp.com/article/688894/watsons-water-staff-strike?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/688894/watsons-water-staff-strike?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Name: Rainbow Woo Wing-tung School: Diocesan Girls' School Grade: Form Three Sport: Athletics (javelin) Achievements: Rainbow is the Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association's top-ranked women's javelin thrower. The 15-year-old was champion in women's javelin in the first three rounds of the Watsons Water Athletic King Championships 2005. She set a new Hong Kong Age Group record in girls' Grade B javelin during round three of the Watsons Water Hong Kong Age Group Athletic Meet last year and... https://www.scmp.com/article/506139/rainbow-hopes-break-40m-barrier?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/506139/rainbow-hopes-break-40m-barrier?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:00:00 +0000