In November, Harvard Business Review China interviewed Mr. Sammy Lee, Executive Chairman of Lee Kum Kee Group. Mr. Lee explained that the Group’s 1,000 years vision will guide its continued business expansion. He also provided an in-depth analysis of the Group’s corporate culture, values, leadership philosophy, and strategic direction.

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On November 18th, Shanghai Infinitus Mall once again received the “Annual Shopping Center for Exquisite Life” award at the “The Best BANG Awards · Annual Urban Lifestyle Grand Ceremony” organized by the nation’s leading fashion lifestyle new media, BANG Media.

This marks the 4th consecutive year we have received this honor, solidifying Infinitus Mall’s reputation as a premier urban shopping landmark in Shanghai. It also serves as recognition of our team’s continuous efforts in creating an attractive leisure destination for Shanghai citizens and sharing modern lifestyle with them.

In October, H Properties was awarded the honorary title of “Good MPF Employer” by the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority in Hong Kong. This is the second consecutive year that our company has received such honour.

The Award aims to foster employers’ compliance with MPF legislation, encourage employers to provide better retirement benefits for their employees, and recognize those who are exemplary in this cause.

Apart from being compliant with MPF legislation, H Properties has taken extra steps towards providing better retirement protection for our employees by offering MPF voluntary contributions for them.

In September, Shanghai Infinitus Tower successfully received the LEED Platinum certification. This is the second time that H Properties has achieved this high-level green certification in China, following Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza, further proving our continuous commitment to a sustainable world.

In September, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza achieved the prestigious SmartScore Gold Certificate.

The accolade reflects our ongoing commitment to exploring and implementing cutting-edge innovations and market-leading technologies for the betterment of our community. It also establishes our position as a best-in-class smart building in Hong Kong that excels in delivering exceptional user experiences, meeting high sustainability standards, and driving cost operational efficiency to ensure our building is future-proof.

On August 27th, H Properties Happier Tram officially launched in Hong Kong, conveying our unique concept of “Happiness” while also extending the happy connections with our tenants beyond the confines of our buildings and into a wider community. The Happier Tram will be driving through Hong Kong Island for about one month. During this period, we encourage our tenants to spread this joy to their families and friends by capturing and sharing photos of the tram on their social media at any time. As a special incentive, they will have the chance to receive specially prepared gifts and even join our exclusive tram outdoor party hosted in November (let us look forward to more exciting and happy moments together)!

In August, 20 Fenchurch street achieved WELL Core & Shell Certification™ at the Platinum level from Green Business Certification Inc., demonstrating our continuous commitment and undoubted abilities in improving human health and well-being through better building spaces.

On July 18th, 20 Fenchurch Street celebrated being 10 years old.

We invited our tenants and customers to join us to celebrate, sharing joyful day together. We prepared a special H-Properties coffee cart, Dragon’s Breath Popcorn, Lolly Lab Ice Cream and lots of nostalgic childhood games! Our customers had a great time and there was so much happiness!

In the first half of 2024, we have obtained Well Health & Safety Rating for Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza, Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza and Shanghai Infinitus Tower. 20 Fenchurch Street also successfully renewed the certification for 2024.

At H Properties, we believe that a happier world begins with prioritizing the well-being and safety of individuals. By achieving Well Health & Safety Rated certification, we have demonstrated our dedication to implementing best practices and rigorous standards across our properties, which reflects our unwavering commitment to creating healthier and safer spaces for our tenants, customers and communities.

Recently, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza has been awarded the prestigious WELL Building Standard™ Core & Shell Certification at Gold level!

WELL Building Standard™, initiated by International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) in 2004, is the world’s first rating system that focuses on the relationship between buildings and human health. The Standard assesses and monitors various elements within buildings that affect people’s physical and mental health, dedicated to enhancing the sustainability of buildings.

Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza has always prioritized the well-being of its tenants, customers, and staff. Thus, it achieved an exceptionally high level across all certification requirements, making it one of the few commercial buildings in Hong Kong to receive this certification.

We firmly believe that a healthy and high-quality environment enhances people’s creativity and fosters happier and more fulfilling experiences. Going forward, we will continue to strive to create healthier, happier, and more sustainable spaces.

In April, Sky Garden was honored with a prestigious award “Best For Dazzling Views of London for 2024” hosted by DesignMyNight, a renowned website platform where people can share their reviews of venues across London and other locations in the UK.

This year’s awards received an overwhelming number of votes from netizens, making the competition incredibly fierce. Sky Garden being crowned the winner is a testament to its deserved status as an iconic attraction in London and reflects the tremendous efforts of everyone involved in making it an extraordinary destination for the public to enjoy.

On March 26th, at the annual award ceremony hosted by BACAO Life Guides, a leading new media in Shanghai, Shanghai Infinitus Mall was honored with the ‘Annual Innovative and Dynamic City Landmark Award’ for its outstanding activities throughout year 2023, including being ‘pet-friendly’.

Receiving the landmark honor from BACAO Life Guides for the second consecutive year demonstrates Shanghai Infinitus Mall’s continuous efforts on providing a high-quality shopping environment and esteemed customer experience, thus offering Shanghai citizens a premium leisure space.

On March 14th, H Properties was honored with the ‘Real Estate Investment Management Services of the Year Award’ by the Hong Kong Commercial Times.

The accolade serves as a testament to our unwavering commitment and ongoing efforts to creating values for our stakeholders.

Recently, H Properties Limited was once again honored with the “Caring Company” award by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, in recognition of our company’s positive contribution in the areas of “Caring for the Community”, “Caring for Employees”, and “Caring for the Environment”. This marks the fifth consecutive year that our company has received this honor.

In January, H Properties became a New Alliance Member – Strategic Partner of Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance organized by @HKGBC. Together, we will work hand in hand to build a Greener world.

In December, Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza was awarded the LEED certification (Platinum) by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). This is the highest level of LEED certification, representing the highest achievement among green buildings. This is one of the highest recognitions on Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza for its environmental and sustainable design, construction and operational practices.

LEED is the most widely used and well recognized green building rating system around the world. It signifies a certification for those that ‘create healthy, highly efficient, cost-saving green buildings’.

On December 16th, Lee Kum Kee Group celebrated its 135th anniversary. As one of Group’s eight business units, we displayed H Properties’ company positioning, brand image and brand motto in the form of a booth. We also designed an interesting game to interact with the guests.

H Properties was honored as “SportsHour Company”.

Founded and launched by InspiringHK Sports Foundation in 2021, the “SportsHour Company Scheme” encourages Hong Kong companies to promote employees and family members’ participation in one hour of physical activities daily, fostering a healthy lifestyle as part of the company culture thus improving business efficiency.

Adhering to the core values of “Si Li Ji Ren”, we have been committed to promoting employees to achieve a tri-balance on “Health, Family and Career”, for example, we encourage employees to establish good exercise habits and maintain good health by carrying out ‘10,000 steps a day’ campaigns and setting up running clubs.

Since 2020, the “Pet-Friendly” initiative implemented at Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza has received unanimous praise from our neighbourhood. From Oct 2023, H Properties determined to extend this popular initiative to more buildings in Shanghai and Guangzhou, endeavouring to bring more joyful experiences to our tenants and customers.

In October, 20 Fenchurch Street was proud to have won the International “Green Apple Awards 2023” on projects including Biodiversity and Community Engagement, Paper No More, Service Provider Sustainability, Project Go Dark, Project Living Wall and ESG Project.

The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation – an international, independent, non-profit, non-political environment group that began in 1994 to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practices around the world.

In July, 20 Fenchurch Street was invited by Warner Brothers to participate in the promotional activities for its new Barbie movie. The Sky Garden, along with many other iconic landmark buildings in London such as the OXO Tower, London Eye, Trafalgar Square, was turned into PINK on July 12th to show our support for the movie.

This grand event generated quite a few media reports and became a popular topic in the city.

H Properties sponsored the “The New World” exhibition which was hosted by Zaha Hadid Architects in Beijing from July 6th to October 3rd, as a special partner. Our CEO Mr. Ryan Ng and General Manager of Greater China Mr. Andy Ma attended the opening ceremony. During the exhibition, H Properties and Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza were introduced to public as an important part.

On March 24th, South China Morning Post, one of Hong Kong’s leading media, interviewed Mr. Ryan Ng, CEO of H Properties, who elaborated on the brand story as well as our investment strategy. We hope that we can bring more people happier working and living spaces filled with super happiness in the future.

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As of March, the Sky Garden on top of 20 Fenchurch Street reached the 10 million visitor milestone. It has become a must-see tourist attraction in London since opening in 2015 and now draws over 3,000 visitors every day.

In February, H Properties was authorized by the Hong Kong Promoting Happiness Index Foundation to use the “Happy company 5 years+” logo throughout 2023. This marks the fifth consecutive year that our company has received this honor, indicating the third-party organization’s recognition of our efforts in actively promoting and developing a happy working environment to improve employees’ happiness index.

On January 11th, Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza successfully won the Luban Prize, the most prestigious architectural honor in China. The Luban Prize is awarded every two years, known as the “Oscar in the field of China’s architectural quality”. Winning the award means that the construction quality of the plaza has reached an advanced level in China.

On January 5th, Shanghai Infinitus Mall won the “Modern Landmark of the Year” award at the “BACAO Life Guides 2022” annual event hosted by BACAO, one of Shanghai’s leading new media. In 2022, Shanghai Infinitus Mall had been actively expanding its online marketing channels through social media. The shops along the street on the first floor gained excellent online reputation and attracted more people to come and consume after brand optimization, thus winning the award.

On November 17th, in the 8th “The Best BANG Awards – City Life 2023” held by Shanghai BANG, Shanghai Infinitus Mall won the award of “Urban Shopping Landmark – Best Fashion Shopping Centre” for its excellent performance in actively responding to the CSR event of “Let’s Protect Shanghai”, innovatively expanding the use of new media and optimizing the brand tenants in the Mall in 2022.

In November, Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza won the “Architecture MasterPrize 2022 – Mixed Use Architecture”. The Architecture MasterPrize™ honours innovative designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of high quality architecture worldwide.

On November 17th, relying on its unique appearance design, ecofriendly and low-carbon materials as well as the high-quality office space, Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza won three big prizes from “Build4Asia Awards 2022” – Outstanding Architecture Award (Gold), Outstanding Interior Design Award (Silver) and My Favourite Architecture Project (online voting).

In November, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza won the Silver Award of “Best Green Practice in Malls” from “Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance Award 2022” organized by Hong Kong Green Building Council. The panel recognised the Plaza’s innovative solutions to minimise environmental impact and efforts in raising community concern on sustainability.

In November, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza won the Excellent Award of “HKIFM Excellence in FM Award 2022 (Office Building)” thanks to its excellent performance in integrating the building, service and people, to name a few – applying smart technologies, taking Green initiatives and building a happy customer experience team.

On August 17th, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza won the “Corporate Environmental Leadership Awards 2021” issued by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, which represented the high recognition of third-party organizations for Infinitus Plaza’s continuous efforts in promoting environmental protection.

In April, Hong Kong Infinitus Plaza received the “Quality Water Supply Scheme for Buildings – Fresh Water (Management System)” Gold award from the Water Supplies Department thanks to its excellent water supply system.

In February, our iconic building, 20 Fenchurch Street, was certified with the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Facility Operations and Management by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification is a good proof that our property management team has been always prioritising the health and safety of staff, occupants and visitors and preparing the building for a safe and confident post-COVID-19 return of staff to the office.

In January, H Properties Limited was authorised by the Hong Kong Promoting Happiness Index Foundation to use the “Happy Company” logo within a specified scope from 1 January to 31 December 2022. This is the fourth consecutive year that our company has been honoured with the right to use the Logo, which reflects the recognition of third-party organisations for our company’s continuous efforts to create a happy working environment and improve our employees’ happiness index.