Talk:Hongkong Land/Archives/2016

Update of out-of-date information
As an employee of Hongkong Land, I would like to propose the following changes to be made on this article.


 * Key People: Ben Keswick (Chairman and Managing Director)
 * Revenue: US$1.9 billion (FY 2014)
 * Number of employees: 1,435 (31 Dec 2014)
 * Underlying profit attributable to shareholders: US$930 million (FY 2014)
 * Gross assets excluding cash: US$30 billion (31 December 2014)

First two paragraphs should be rewritten as below to reflect the Company's latest development, kindly note that both factual and grammatical changes are involved.

Hongkong Land (Chinese: 置地控股有限公司; pinyin: Zhìdì Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsi) is a leading property investment, management and development groups with premium commercial and residential property interests across Asia. It owns and manages almost 800,000 sq. m. of prime office and luxury retail property in key Asian cities, principally in Hong Kong and Singapore. Its Hong Kong Central portfolio represents some 450,000 sq. m. of prime property. In Singapore it has a further 165,000 sq. m. of prestigious office space mainly held through joint ventures, while MCL Land, its subsidiary, is a well-established residential developer. Hongkong Land also has a 50% interest in a leading office complex in Central Jakarta, and a number of residential and mixed-use projects under development in cities across Greater China and Southeast Asia, including a luxury retail centre at Wangfujing in Beijing.

Hongkong Land was founded in 1889 and is one of Asia's longest established property groups. Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd is incorporated in Bermuda. It has a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange as its primary listing, and secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. The Group's assets and investments are managed from Hong Kong by Hongkong Land Limited. Hongkong Land is 50% owned by Jardine Matheson Holdings.

Under "Presence in Hong Kong", in the fourth paragraph CENTRAL Rat Race has now raised some HK$25 million as at 31st December 2015.

Under "Commercial Buildings" of "Buildings":
 * The Forum has been completed so "(under redevelopment)" should be removed.
 * Marina Bay Link Mall to be added under Singapore
 * Under Jakarta, there are five projects:
 * 1) World Trade Centre 1
 * 2) World Trade Centre 2
 * 3) World Trade Centre 3 (under development)
 * 4) World Trade Centre 5 (formerly Wisma Metropolitan I)
 * 5) World Trade Centre 6 (formerly Wisma Metropolitan II)
 * One project under Phnom Penh, now named EXCHANGE SQUARE (formerly The Embassy Site)
 * One project under Beijing:
 * 1) WF CENTRAL (formerly Wangfujing site)
 * Last paragraph of the section should be rewritten as below:

In addition, Hongkong Land has several hotel interests, including a small luxury hotel in Beijing at WF CENTRAL in Wangfujing which is under construction.

Under "Residential Buildings": * NorthPine Land developed residential properties include Greenwoods Village, Wind Crest, Kahaya Place, Forest Ridge, South Hampton and Kohana Grove * One and Two Roxas Triangle Its recent projects include Sol Acres, LakeVille, Hallmark Residences, and Palms@Sixth Avenue
 * Central Avenue should be added under Chongqing
 * Park Life should be removed from Shenyang
 * Indonesia should be added, with two projects:
 * 1) Anandamaya Residences
 * 2) Nava Park
 * Under The Philippines, it should be rewritten as below:
 * Under Singapore, one additional sentence should be added to MCL Land:
 * Vietnam should be added, with one project:
 * 1) The Nassim

These are my suggestions, and I am grateful for any editors who can help assessing and making the changes that are acceptable. I am happy to discuss any questions. Thank you. PriscillaAtHongkongLand (talk) 10:56, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Update according to FY 2015
As an employee of Hongkong Land, I would like to propose the following changes to be made on this article according to the Company's financial results 2015.

Revenue: US$1.9 billion (FY 2015)

Number of employees: 1,503 (31 Dec 2015)

Underlying profit attributable to shareholders - US$905 million (FY 2015)

Gross assets excluding cash - US$31 billion (31 Dec 2015)

Paragraphs to be rewritten as below to reflect the Company's latest development.

Hongkong Land (Chinese: 置地控股有限公司; pinyin: Zhìdì Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsi) is a leading property investment, management and development group. Founded in 1889, Hongkong Land’s business is built on excellence, integrity and partnership. The Group owns and manages almost 800,000 sq. m. of prime office and luxury retail property in key Asian cities, principally in Hong Kong and Singapore. Hongkong Land’s properties attract the world’s foremost companies and luxury brands. Its Hong Kong Central portfolio represents some 450,000 sq. m. of prime property. It has a further 165,000 sq. m. of prestigious office space in Singapore mainly held through joint ventures, and a 50% interest in a leading office complex in Central Jakarta. The Group also has a number of high quality residential and mixed-use projects under development in cities across Greater China and Southeast Asia, including a luxury retail centre at Wangfujing in Beijing. In Singapore, its subsidiary, MCL Land, is a well-established residential developer. Hongkong Land Holdings Limited is incorporated in Bermuda and has a standard listing on the London Stock Exchange as its primary listing, and secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. The Group's assets and investments are managed from Hong Kong by Hongkong Land Limited. Hongkong Land is 50% owned by Jardine Matheson Holdings.

Hongkong Land has a portfolio of office and retail buildings in key Asian cities, with a list of blue chip multinationals and financial services tenants, as well as many of the world’s leading luxury retail brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Armani and Prada. Most of its projects outside Hong Kong are in joint venture with local developers, including the Keppel Group in Singapore, the CIFI Group in Shanghai and the Longfor and China Merchants groups in Chongqing.

The Landmark should be rewritten as Landmark Atrium, under "Presence in Hong Kong" and "Commercial Buildings - Hong Kong" of "Buildings".

The paragraphs under "Footprint in the rest of Asia" should be rewritten as below to reflect the Company's latest development.

In its commercial portfolio, in Singapore, it has attributable interest of some 1.8 million square feet of commercial space. Following One Raffles Link, the company developed One Raffles Quay, its second commercial complex in Singapore, in the Marina Bay area. It also has a one-third interest in the Marina Bay Financial Centre, a large commercial development that is taking shape as Singapore’s new central business district. The development was completed in 2012. The company owns a 50% stake in Jakarta Land, which is expanding its complex of commercial buildings in the central business district of Jakarta. Hongkong Land also owns prime office and retail space in Bangkok and Hanoi, with sites also under development in Beijing, the prestigious retail centre WF CENTRAL, and in Phnom Penh. In Macau, Hongkong Land has developed, in joint venture with Shun Tak Holdings, One Central Macau. This is a major mixed-use development on the waterfront comprising luxury residences, a premium retail development, the Mandarin Oriental Macau hotel and residences managed by the hotel. On the residential side, the company developed two luxury residential projects in Singapore, Marina Bay Residences and Marina Bay Suites. Both projects were fully sold. The company also has a 100% interest in MCL Land, a leading Singapore residential developer that is active in Singapore and Malaysia. Hongkong Land is also developing residences in Indonesia and the Philippines. Hongkong Land has also developed luxury residential properties and mixed-use projects in mainland China. In Beijing, there are residential projects such as Central Park and Maple Place. In Chongqing, there are Yorkville North, Yorkville South, Bamboo Grove and three other projects. In Chengdu, there is WE City, a mixed-use residential and commercial development. In Shanghai, Hongkong Land is now developing Parkville, which is located in a prime site in Pudong, Shanghai, for residential and commercial use.

Under "Commercial Buildings - Macau", there should only be one item: One Central Macau.

Under "Commercial Buildings - Beijing", it should be: In addition, Hongkong Land has several hotel interests, including a small luxury hotel at WF CENTRAL in Beijing Wangfujing which is under construction.
 * WF CENTRAL (under development)

Under "Residential Projects - Chongqing", a new project is added:
 * New Bamboo Grove

A new subsection under "Residential Projects": Shanghai
 * Parkville (under development)

Under "Residential Projects - The Philippines", a new project is added:
 * Mandani Bay (under development)

Under "Residential Projects - Singapore", a new project is added: J Gateway

These are my suggestions, and I am grateful for any editors who can help assessing and making the changes that are acceptable. I am happy to discuss any questions. Thank you. PriscillaAtHongkongLand (talk) 02:01, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Disclosure before editing
I am about to make some changes to this article, which I have proposed on this talk page on 4th January 2016. I have not received any feedback so far, but I believe the proposed changes are helpful and likely fall under the category of non-controversial edits, with references made to publicly available information.

I have a potential conflict of interest with Hongkong Land, as I am currently their employee and got tasked with improving this article about the company. Happy to discuss if you have any questions, thank you. PriscillaAtHongkongLand (talk) 03:48, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your disclosure. The article remains rather one-sided, but it is now up to others to re-shape it to be more balanced.  I trust that you and Hongkong Land will continue to respect that.Onanoff (talk) 11:15, 19 September 2016 (UTC)