Butterfield & Swire Industries

Butterfield & Swire Industries was a public company, formed in 1969, and quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Butterfield & Swire (Hong Kong) Ltd was a major shareholder and supplied the management: the company itself was essentially a holding company and was formed to acquire the shares...

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Date(s) of creation: 1972-1973
Level: Series
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.15
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSS/2/15
callnumber_txt JSS/2/15
callnumber-sort JSS/2/15
prefix_number 15
title Butterfield & Swire Industries
scb_date_creation 1972-1973
scb_level Series
level_sort 4/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/
scb_extent 1 box
format Archive
description Butterfield & Swire Industries was a public company, formed in 1969, and quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Butterfield & Swire (Hong Kong) Ltd was a major shareholder and supplied the management: the company itself was essentially a holding company and was formed to acquire the shares of the Taikoo Sugar Refining Company Ltd, and Hong Kong Bottlers Ltd. At the same time capital was raised by share issue for further development. The Company subsequently acquired Duro Industries Ltd as a wholly owned subsidiary and obtained a shareholding in Metropole Hotels Ltd of Hong Kong
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
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hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.0015