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In 2009 and 2010, it won Direct Bookselling Company of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards, [7] and the Queen's Award For Enterprise. [citation needed]In 2012, Book Depository was a finalist for the Fast Growth Business Awards' Retail/Leisure Business of the Year award, and won two UK Startup Awards, Online Business of the Year and Retailer of the Year.
It is a platform for established publishers to showcase their latest publications and renowned authors to meet and interact with the readers. The inaugural BookFest@Hong Kong was organized in 2008. By 2009, the annual BookFest has become a major event of the book industries in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. [3]
Both Hong Kong (a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China) and the Republic of Singapore are former British colonies which have maintained trade relations since the 19th century, and have both become important financial centres, maintaining diplomatic missions and trade offices to further their bilateral relations.
Assets under management in Singapore rose to $4.1 trillion in 2023, ahead of the $3.9 trillion managed in Hong Kong. Singapore’s race with Hong Kong to be the preeminent financial center of Asia ...
The company also changed ownership multiple times, being acquired by an Indonesian consortium in 1966, then a Hong Kong group, Jack Chia-MPH, in 1972 [10] and finally by Singaporean entrepreneur Simon Cheong in 1999. In 2002, Jalinan Inspirasi Sdn Bhd, acquired the company. This was the first time MPH became a wholly Malaysian-owned company. [3]
Page One began in 1983, when a small shop stocking handpicked art and design books opened in a shopping mall in Singapore. The small shop accumulated a loyal following over the years and evolved into a brand. [1] Since then, Page One has marked its presence with bookstores in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. [1]
The oldest part of the business, Commercial Press Hong Kong, commenced trading in 1914; Chongwa Hong Kong was started in 1927; Hong Kong Joint Publishing in 1948. Joint Printing (Hong Kong) Limited started in 1980 by the merger of two printers from China: Hong Kong Commercial Press Printing Office, established in Hong Kong in 1924 and in 1933 ...
It moved to Hong Kong following the occupation of China by the Japanese, and was ultimately sold to book seller Swindon Book Co. Ltd. in Hong Kong. The Singapore branch of Kelly & Walsh operated a bookshop from the 1880s until 1956 and also published "200 recorded titles" between 1887 and the mid-1950s.