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Carrian was founded in 1977 by George Tan Soon-gin, who fled Singapore following a bankruptcy in 1974. [2][3] In 1979, Tan acquired a holding company that became his Carrian Investment Limited (CIL) for HK$700 million. Carrian Holdings Limited (CHL), a private company, controlled 53% of CIL equity, and Carrian Nominee, a company held 100% of ...
The 1997 Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. [1]
The sortable table below contains the three sets of ISO 3166-1 country codes for each of its 249 countries, links to the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes, and the Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLD) which are based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard with the few exceptions noted. See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes.
sogo-seibu.jp. The Seibu Department Stores, Ltd. (株式会社西武百貨店, Kabushiki-gaisha Seibu Hyakkaten) is a Japanese department store. The first store to trade under the name opened its doors in 1949. Seibu is typical of Japanese department stores with a wide variety of stores doing business on several floors. The company is now a ...
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) (Chinese: 香港 金融 管理 局; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 gam1 jung4 gun2 lei5 guk2) is Hong Kong's central banking institution. It is a government authority founded on 1 April 1993 when the Office of the Exchange Fund and the Office of the Commissioner of Banking merged. The organisation reports ...
Great Asian Railway Journeys is a 20-part BBC travel and history documentary series produced by Boundless [1] and presented by Michael Portillo, a former Conservative MP and Minister of State for Transport. [2] Following the format of the highly successful Great British Railway Journeys and related series with Portillo as presenter, each ...
Hong Kong Edko Films: Jack Ng: 2 Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In: HK$99,393,789 2024 Hong Kong Media Asia Films: Soi Cheang: 3 Warriors of Future: HK$81,821,966 2022 Hong Kong One Cool Film: Ng Yuen-fai: 4 Table for Six: HK$77,347,791 2022 Hong Kong Edko Films: Sunny Chan: 5 Cold War 2: HK$66,244,171 2016 Hong Kong/China Edko Films Sunny ...
FWD Group. FWD Group is an insurance company based in Hong Kong. [4][5][6][7] Founded in 2013 [8] as the insurance arm of Pacific Century Group, the company provides life and medical insurance, general insurance and employee benefits [9] in Asia. [10] As of 2021, the FWD managed approximately US$63 billion in assets. [11]