Macao Water

The Macao Water Supply Company Limited (Macao Water) was established in 1932 as a private company. It was reorganized in 1982 to meet the rapid-growing needs of the Macao population.

Sino-French Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, a joint venture which was formed by Lyonnaise des Eaux and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited, too over of Macao Water in June 1985 with 85% of equity. In the same year, a 25-year water supply contract was also signed with the Macau Government.

In June 1997, Lyonnaise des Eaux and Compagnie de Suez merged to form "Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux". Then, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux changed its name to Suez. Ondeo was created in 2001 when Suez united its water-related companies under a single new brand. New World Infrastructure Limited later bought the equity of "SFH" from Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited in November 1997. In February 2003, NWS Holdings Limited managed the water projects in New World Group after the completion of reorganization of New World Group. Sino-French Holdings ( Hong Kong) Limited now is the joint venture from Ondeo Services and NWS Holdings Limited.

Suez and ONDEO

As a global services group, SUEZ is one of the world's top five independent producers of Energy, the world leader in Water Services, and number one in Waste Management Services in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Employing 180,000 people in 120 countries worldwide, SUEZ is firmly focused on its corporate mission of delivering the essentials of life to its customers.

ONDEO is the premier comprehensive water-related solutions provider, offering a complete range of engineering, processing, treatment, outsourcing and management services for cities and industries. As a united professional water service company, ONDEO employs more than 60,000 staff worldwide to meet customers' water solutions needs in 130 countries. ONDEO has built more than 10,000 water plants around the world and serves more than 110 million people in water and wastewater services. Its revenues reach 8.5 billion USD per year.

With the largest single private water research budget in the world - 107 million USD a year - ONDEO provides optimum water-related solutions, always aiming at enhancing the quality of water and the efficiency of water supply systems. It also designs and builds processing and treatment plants that help cities and industries to ensure the supply of high quality water.

Moreover, ONDEO creates partnerships with businesses to improve the productivity and efficiency of their processes and to ensure that water is returned to the environment safely.

At ONDEO, water is a passion.

NSW Holdings Limited

After the reorganization of the New World Group in February 2003, NWS Holdings Limited (after changing its name from Pacific Ports Company Limited) became the Group's flagship servicing company which embraces a diversified range of businesses in Hong Kong, Macau and in the mainland. These businesses can be broadly grouped under three main divisions: service, traditional infrastructure and ports. Its service arm comprises Facilities (Urban Property Management, General Security and the management of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre), Contracting (Hip Hing Construction and NWS Engineering), Transport (First Bus and First Ferry), Financial and Environmental. The traditional infrastructure portfolio includes energy, toll roads, water and sewage treatment projects, bridges and tunnel. For ports, NWS Holdings is principally engaged in container and cargo handling, logistics and warehouse management.

NWS Holdings Limited embraces a portfolio of businesses with extensive diversity and geographical scope. They cover service, traditional infrastructure and ports. In the service sector, we are well established in Hong Kong and plan to further expand the business into the mainland. As for traditional infrastructure, our investments will produce stable revenue for the Company. In addition, we anticipate that infrastructure projects will bring in substantial returns which attribute to the continuous growth of China economy. Our ports business is also well positioned to capture the immense opportunities in the mainland.

As a major conglomerate, NWS Holdings Limited endeavours to provide excellent services and produce good returns for our investors. Through synergy among our subsidiaries, we will pursue further growth and head for a leading position in the Greater China region.

The Macao Water Supply Co. Ltd. as one of the best managed water supply company in the world, is the showcase of ONDEO and NWSH in Asia.

Sino French Water Development Co. Ltd.

Sino French Water Development Company Limited (SFWD) is a contractual joint venture established by SUEZ in France and New World Development Company Ltd. in Hong Kong. It is set up to invest in China’s water market mainly in the fields of water provision, water treatment and industrial sewage treatment. With a total investment of over USD270 million, it has established 18 cooperative joint ventures in China, producing 3,910,000 cubic meters of water per day to more than 10 million people.

In principle of growing along the trend of time and joint developments, this water industry pioneer is leading the way to develop China’s water market with its advantages in terms of capitals, professionals, techniques and management skills by providing quality services to the customers and opportunities for the local staff to develop their talents. It also demonstrates to its partners and the local governments how the “win win” situation as a result of Sino-foreign cooperation has benefited the enterprises and the local economy.