The Wharf Limited , or Wharf (九倉) in short, is a company founded in 1886 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. As its name suggests, the company's original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing, and it was originally known as The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited. The company adopted its current name in 1986.

Major holder is Wheelock & Co

Wheelock & Co

Wheelock and Company Limited is a Chinese financial real estate company based in Hong Kong. It was listed as #1249 on the Forbes 2000 list.The Group's principal activities are property investment, property development, property management and agency, and investment holding. The Group also involved...

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Even today, the company is still the owner of the Star Ferry

Star Ferry

The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon...

, although this icon of Hong Kong now forms a relatively small part of the company's portfolio. The Five Flag Poles, a set of flag poles flying flags of the company, are a short walk from the Star Ferry's Tsim Sha Tsui pier

Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier

Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier is a pier located on reclaimed land at the southernmost tip of Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui. Star Ferry operates the pedestrian ferry service across Victoria Harbour to Wan Chai and to Central on...

 and form a local landmark and meeting point.

In a more modern vein, the company owns two major flagship properties in the Harbour City and Times Square

Times Square (Hong Kong)

Times Square is a major shopping centre and office tower complex in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.The complex, owned by Wharf Properties Limited, part of The Wharf Limited group, was opened in April 1994.-History:...

 shopping centres in Hong Kong. Both owe their origins to the company's transportation heritage, as they are respectively built on the site of the company's original wharf, and on the site of the original depot of the Hong Kong Tramway, a former subsidiary.

Other holdings in Hong Kong include i-CABLE, Cable TV

Cable TV Hong Kong

Cable TV Hong Kong , previously known as Wharf Cable before October 1998, is owned and operated by i-CABLE Communications Limited...

 and Wharf T&T

Wharf T&T

Wharf T&T Limited , is, as of 2010, the second largest fixed line telecommunication operator in Hong Kong.A member of The Wharf , one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong, it was formerly known as New T&T Limited and Wharf New T&T Limited ....

, and Modern Terminals.The company also holds many properties in the Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui , often abbreviated as TST, is an urbanized area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsim Sha Tsui...

 area of Kowloon

Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. It is bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. It had a population of...

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Wharf Holdings also owns operations and residential developments in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 through its Wheelock Properties subsidiary. Such properties include Wheelock Place

Wheelock Place

Wheelock Place , is a 21-floor office tower and shopping mall on Singapore's Orchard Road. The building was completed in 1994 as Lane Crawford Place , but closed down in the late 1990s due to the Asian financial crisis. The building was then renamed Wheelock Place, which its owner, Wheelock...

 and the former Seaview Hotel.

External links

• wharfholdings.com