Sino Group
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| Sino Group 信和集團 |
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| Type | Public (SEHK: 0083) |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | Ng Teng Fong |
| Headquarters | Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PRC |
| Area served |  Hong Kong China |
| Key people | Robert Ng, Chairman |
| Industry | Property |
| Products | Real Estate, Hotels |
| Employees | 9,000 |
| Website | www.sino.com |
Sino Group (traditional Chinese: 信和集團) is one of the leading property companies in Hong Kong. Widely diversified, the Group comprises private holding companies owned by the Ng family, along with three publicly listed companies:
- Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited
- Sino Land Company Limited
- Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited
Sino Group's core business is developing residential, office, industrial and retail properties for sale and investment purposes. It is also a major player in hotel investment, as well as hotel and club management.
The Sino Group is currently employing more than 9,000 highly motivated individuals, dedicated to "Building You a Better Hong Kong." Attributed to a highly professional, and dedicated management team, Sino Group is widely known as a strong property developer for high quality projects and consistently meeting the expectations of our customers.
The Sino Group also has a significant presence in Singapore; Far East Organization, a sister company, is the island nation's largest private property developer. Over the years, Far East has developed over 700 properties in Singapore. The company has won international real estate's coveted FIABCI Prix d'Excellence in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
Yeo Hiap Seng, another sister company, specializing in the food and beverage business in the Asia-Pacific region, has established a profitable bridgehead in China's huge beverage market. Yeo Hiap Seng has also diversified into real estate development in Singapore and elsewhere.
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[edit] History
Sino Group was founded in the 1970s.
Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited, a holding company of Sino Land Company Limited, was publicly listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.
Sino Land Company Limited was publicly listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1981. In 1995, it became a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index.
In 1995, Sino Land Company Limited spun off its hospitality business interests to create the publicly listed Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
[edit] Operations
- Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Limited
- Sino Land Company Limited
- Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited
[edit] Sino Group of Hotels
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Island Pacific Hotel
- The Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers
- Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel
- City Garden Hotel
Singapore
[edit] Art in Hong Kong
In support of local art development, Sino Group has initiated "Art in Hong Kong", a project presenting a series of art exhibitions and activities at Sino Properties. "Art in Hong Kong" is open to all art organizations and art practitioners.
[edit] Vertical Green
Sino Group's residential and commercial project, Vision City and Citywalk, was recently rated Platinum by the Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method Society (HK-BEAM Society) for its eleven distinctive green features and designs including the Vertical Garden, Open Piazza, the hybrid water and air-cooled air-conditioning system and more.
To ascertain the overall green standards of a particular building, the HK-BEAM Society assesses over 100 stringent criteria which are mainly grouped into the following six categories:
1. Site
2. Material
3. Energy
4. Water
5. Indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and
6. Innovation and performance enhancement.
Vision City and Citywalk received high credits for most of the categories. In particular to Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Performance Enhancement that both have exceeded the HK-BEAM Society requirements, hence receiving three extra bonus points.
The eleven distinguish green initiatives of the project are as follows:
1. The 40,000 sq ft open piazza with landscaped water features provides ample space for leisure, and enhances shopper comfort with increased shade and noise absorption. It also creates a micro-climate to improve the air movement and quality.
2. Built 50 ft above the ground, the 8,000 sq ft Vertical Garden at Citywalk is the first and largest of its kind in Hong Kong. Ferns growing on the Vertical Garden are natural heat insulators and they play a key role in reducing ambient temperatures, providing thermal insulation, acoustical control and purifying air.
3. The coverage of soft landscape areas, including the ground floor, podium and roof floor of the premises is over 50%, substantially exceeding by 30% HK-BEAM’s outlined requirements.
4. The hybrid water and air-cooled air-conditioning system is about 20% better than a straight air-cooled system in energy saving.
5. The car park levels in the premises are ventilated indirectly from the main chillers’ ventilation fans instead of mechanically ventilated to save energy.
6. The condensed water collected from the air-conditioning system can be reused for air-cooled air-conditioning system.
7. Heat reclaimed from the central air-conditioning system is used to heat the indoor swimming pool.
8. A lever mixer has been installed in the bathroom of each residential unit that can save close to 40% of water annually.
9. Dual-flush water closets have been adopted in the premises, which can reduce the annual sewage volume by 43.1%.
10. Motion sensor taps have been installed in the shopping arcade’s washrooms to reduce water wastage.
11. The extent of modular and standardized design of the building is over 90%, which can help reduce material wastage.
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