Standard Chartered Bank, who sponsors the annual Hong Kong Marathon, is headquartered in what city?
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Hong Kong Marathon The Hong Kong Marathon (香港馬拉松), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around 70,000 runners take part each year across all events.
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Standard Chartered Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England. It operates a network of more than 1,200 branches and outlets (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) across more than 70 countries and employs around 87,000 people. It is a universal bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite its UK base, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 90% of its profits come from Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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The Landmark (Hong Kong) The Landmark () is an office and shopping development owned by Hongkong Land in Central, Hong Kong. It is commonly known as the home of numerous prestigious international brands and as a gathering place for well-heeled shoppers.
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Standard Chartered Korea Standard Chartered Korea (officially Standard Chartered Bank Korea Limited, formerly SC First Bank, Hangul: SC제일은행) is a banking and financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered. It was created by the acquisition of the former Korea First Bank by Standard Chartered in 2005.
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Cricket Hong Kong Cricket Hong Kong () is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Hong Kong. Its current headquarters is in So Kon Po, Causeway Bay. Established as the Hong Kong Cricket Association in 1968, CHK is Hong Kong's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member having been admitted as a member of that body since 1969. It is also a member of the Asian Cricket Council.
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CITIC Limited CITIC Limited () is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate holding company headquartered in the CITIC Tower, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island. It is 58% owned by the state-owned CITIC Group in Beijing and has shareholders around the world.
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The Chinese Club The Chinese Club () is a private business and dining club in Central, Hong Kong. Its members include senior local business people and, when originally established, those holding the high level, and exclusively Chinese, position of comprador in Western trading firms.
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Hong Kong Sports Institute The Hong Kong Sports Institute () is a sports institute in the Fo Tan, Sha Tin district of Hong Kong. The aim of the HKSI is to provide an environment in which sport talent can be identified, nurtured and developed to pursue excellence in sport. Other than sports facilities, the support given to athletes includes elite coaching and training, sports science, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, athlete affairs and education, applied research and sports information. The campus is located on reclaimed land on the bank of the Shing Mun River, next to the Sha Tin Racecourse.
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Shenzhen City Commercial Bank Shenzhen City Commercial Bank () is a commercial bank based in Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China.
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The Wall Street Journal Asia The Wall Street Journal Asia, a version of "The Wall Street Journal", provides news and analysis of global business developments for an Asian audience. Formerly known as "The Asian Wall Street Journal", it was founded in 1976 and is printed in nine Asian cities: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, and Tokyo. Average circulation for 2011 was 83,421. Its largest markets in order of importance are: Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, India and Vietnam.
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Sundown Marathon The Sundown Marathon, previously known as Adidas Sundown Marathon, is an annual Sports Tourism event that started in 2008. The race takes place in Singapore.
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Dah Sing Bank Limited Dah Sing Banking Group Limited () () is a bank based in Hong Kong with around 70 branches in Hong Kong, Macau and China. It was established in 1947. Affiliates include MEVAS Bank, Banco Comercial de Macau and Dah Sing Bank (China) Limited.
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Shek Mun Shek Mun () is an industrial and financial area in Sha Tin City, New Territories of Hong Kong.
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Bank of Beijing The Bank of Beijing () () is a bank based in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Founded on January 8, 1996 as Beijing City Commercial Bank (sometimes referred to as Beijing Commercial Bank), it adopted its present name in January 2005.
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St. James's Place plc St. James's Place plc (branded as St. James's Place Wealth Management) is a UK-based wealth management business. It is headquartered in Cirencester and has 20 regional offices throughout the UK among recently acquired offices in China and Hong Kong. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1997 and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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HSBC Bank Malaysia HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad was incorporated locally in Malaysia in 1994. It is part of the HSBC Group and is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc headquartered in London. The Group serves customers worldwide from around 8,000 offices in 87 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa.
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Kaohsiung International Marathon The Kaohsiung International Marathon is a city marathon held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan each February since 2010 by the Kaohsiung City Government and Chinese Taipei Track and Field Association, and is sponsored by the Mizuno Corporation. Events held include the full marathon (42.195 km), ultra half-marathon (23 km) and 3.5 km fun run. The event is officially accredited by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races, and attracted over 30,000 participants in 2013. The fifth edition of the marathon will be held on February 16, 2014.
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Bank of Canton Bank of Canton () was established in 1912 in Canton but registered as a British company in Hong Kong. This made it the first Chinese-owned bank in Hong Kong. At the time, all the other banks in Hong Kong were foreign, primarily British, including the locally incorporated but British-run Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB) bought a majority share in Bank of Canton in 1971. In 1988, Security Pacific succeeded in wholly acquiriing Bank of Canton, which became Security Pacific Asia Bank. When Bank of America acquired Security Pacific Corporation in 1993 it changed Security Pacific Asia Bank’s name to Bank of America (Asia). China Construction Bank acquired Bank of America (Asia) in 2006.
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Citibank (Malaysia) Citibank Berhad is a licensed commercial bank operating in Malaysia with its headquarters in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. Citibank Berhad operates as a subsidiary of Citigroup Holding (Singapore) Private Limited. Commencing its banking operations in Malaysia in 1959, Citibank Berhad was locally incorporated in 1994.
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List of companies of Hong Kong Hong Kong is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. Macau lies across the delta to the west, and the Chinese province of Guangdong borders the territory to the north. With a total land area of 1,106 km2 and a population of over 7.3 million of various nationalities, it ranks as the world's fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory.
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Prudential plc Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in London in May 1848 as "The Prudential Mutual Assurance Investment and Loan Association" to provide loans to professional and working people.
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Yokohama Marathon The Yokohama Marathon (横浜マラソン , Yokohama Marason ) is an annual marathon road running event for men and women over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres which is held in mid March in the city of Yokohama, Japan.