contents
        
        
          i s s u e 3 2 D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 2
        
        
          Christmas is not only the global, festive, family
        
        
          season, but also a time for business that provides both
        
        
          opportunities and challenges in equal measure. this issue
        
        
          of
        
        
          
            Sphere
          
        
        
          unveils how the hutchison Whampoa Group’s
        
        
          divisions including property, telecommunications, hotels
        
        
          and retail prepare for this holiday season and contribute
        
        
          to bring joy and warmth to the Group’s customers all over
        
        
          the world.
        
        
          We also share the Group’s secrets of success in different
        
        
          divisions. hutchison Port holdings, as the leader in the
        
        
          world’s port business, is highly sophisticated in developing
        
        
          and deploying technology to enhance the quality and
        
        
          efficiency of services they deliver. We also unlock the
        
        
          secrets of the Group’s worldwide success with the Group’s
        
        
          unique ways of celebrity endorsement.
        
        
          as a keen and committed supporter of the communities
        
        
          in which we operate, the Group also contributes to
        
        
          nurturing of leaders through sponsoring the hutchison
        
        
          Chevening scholarship. We share how the Group offers
        
        
          life-changing experiences to their Chevening scholars that
        
        
          form the foundation for future contributions to society and
        
        
          business through this worthy initiative.
        
        
          happy reading and we welcome your feedback to
        
        
        
          24
        
        
          08
        
        
          18
        
        
          Published by Hutchison Whampoa Limited, 22/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong. Available on 
        
        
        
          . In-house editorial team:
        
        
          Laura Cheung, Jeremy Lau, Hans Leung, Irene Lau, Wendy Luk and Ada Chan. Editorial:
        
        
          Executive Counsel Limited. Design and production: Greg Crandall,
        
        
          Pierre Pang, Phoebe Yeung, Sun Leung, Scarlett Wong and Kelly Cheung –
        
        
          Asia City Media Group. Tel: 2850 5500. Colour separation and printing by bigboXX.com Limited.
        
        
          Copyright 2012 by Hutchison Whampoa Limited. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written permission of Hutchison Whampoa Limited.
        
        
          Opinions expressed herein are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. All currency conversions are approximations.
        
        
          COVER AND COVER STORY ILLUSTRATIONS: BERNARD CHAU
        
        
          02
        
        
          
            Newsbites
          
        
        
          What’s happening in
        
        
          the world of Hutchison
        
        
          Whampoa Limited
        
        
          08
        
        
          
            Cover Story
          
        
        
          ‘Tis the Season
        
        
          In the festive season, the
        
        
          Hutchison Whampoa Group
        
        
          excels to give the finest
        
        
          Christmas experiences to
        
        
          customers in all corners of
        
        
          the world.
        
        
          14
        
        
          
            Community
          
        
        
          Changing the World
        
        
          Recipients of the Hutchison
        
        
          Chevening Scholarship tell
        
        
          how their overseas study
        
        
          experiences changed their
        
        
          lives and equipped them to
        
        
          become leaders of business
        
        
          and society.
        
        
          18
        
        
          
            Ports
          
        
        
          HPH Advances
        
        
          through Technological
        
        
          Innovations
        
        
          Hutchison Port Holdings
        
        
          relentlessly drives its growth
        
        
          and worldwide operations
        
        
          with technological
        
        
          innovation, green
        
        
          initiatives, and state-of-the-
        
        
          art equipment.
        
        
          24
        
        
          
            Focus
          
        
        
          Celebrities Sparkle
        
        
          Their Magic
        
        
          Hutchison Whampoa
        
        
          shares the secrets of the
        
        
          Group’s unique, deep down,
        
        
          celebrity endorsement
        
        
          approaches that achieve
        
        
          impressive branding,
        
        
          marketing and sales around
        
        
          the globe.
        
        
          14