The new Swire HK Archive Service office was officially opened on 11th November 2015.

Over 170 senior executives and sustainability experts from across the Swire group attended the group’s fifth Sustainable Development Forum, held in Hong Kong on 12th and 13th November 2015.

On 27th October 2015, a Letter of Intent for Cooperation was signed between Swire Properties China, CITIC Real Estate and Dalian Port Real Estate, signifying the intention of the three parties to jointly study the design and advancement of the northern area of Dalian port.

Construction work on Phase I of Brickell City Centre, Swire Properties’ mixed-used development in Miami, is nearing completion, with the final cranes being removed from the site.

Swire Properties and HKR International have topped out the two office towers at HKRI Taikoo Hui, their joint venture mixed-use development in Nanjing Road (West), Shanghai.

Swire Properties and Tsinghua University have extended their collaboration on the Joint Research Centre for Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainability for a further three years.

Cathay Pacific will launch a new four-times-weekly service to London’s Gatwick Airport on 2nd September 2016, subject to government approval.

Cathay Pacific has opened a new First and Business class passenger lounge at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s Terminal One.

Conditional agreements were entered into on 23rd November 2015 for the restructuring of shareholdings in Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited (“HAESL”) and Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited (“SAESL”).

James Finlay has acquired an additional 20% stake in Damin Foodstuff (Zhangzhou) Co., Limited, the world’s largest manufacturer of tea extracts.

In December 2015, Swire Coca- Cola USA conditionally agreed to acquire from Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. certain production assets in Phoenix, Arizona and Denver, Colorado.

Swire Pacific Cold Storage has commenced first-phase operations of its fourth wholly-owned cold storage facility at Ningbo in Mainland China.

On 17th September 2015, Swire Pacific Offshore took delivery of its latest Platform Supply Vessel, Pacific Grackle, in Japan.

On 11th October 2015, Taikoo Motors and Volvo Group officially opened Taiwan’s first flagship service centre for Volvo trucks and buses at Chungli.

Returning for its third year, Swire Properties’ signature community event, the White Christmas Street Fair, was held at Taikoo Place between 3rd and 5th December.

Swire Symphony Under The Stars 2015, the annual outdoor musical extravaganza presented by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, took place on 21st November at the Central Harbourfront event space.

Fifty-three teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds flew on an aircraft for the first time in their lives on 15th November 2015, thanks to the Journey of Dreams programme initiated by Dragonair.

Swire Shipping has donated 70,000 Kina (approximately US$24,080) towards the Lae National Botanic Gardens Advancement Programme, to help restore the city’s public gardens to their former glory.

Swire Pacific and Swire Properties have both been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index.

Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu has been selected as a global winner in the US-based 2015 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence competition, one of the property development industry’s most acclaimed award programmes.

The new corporate identity launched by HAECO group in 2014 has won the Gold award in two categories at the Transform Awards Asia Pacific 2015.

United States Cold Storage’s newest distribution centre at Covington, Tennessee, has won an award at the 2015 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition.