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The CLP Group () and its holding company, CLP Holdings Ltd () (), is a Hong Kong electric company that has businesses in a number of Asian markets and Australia. It is one of the two main electric power generation companies in Hong Kong. The other is Hongkong Electric Company. Incorporated in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate,〔 its core business remains the generation, transmission, and retailing of electricity.〔(Our operations: Assets and services ) CLP official website〕 ==History== The company was founded in Hong Kong in 1901 as China Light & Power Company Syndicate〔 with capital provided by Shewan Tomes and Company and the Kadoorie family.〔 In 1903, the company's first power station, with a generating capacity of 75kW, was commissioned in Hung Hom at the junction of present-day Chatham Road and Princess Margaret Road.〔( China Light & Power Co., Ltd.: 1901-1918 ). Sir Lawrence Kadoorie's Address to the Staff, on 8th March 1977, at the Peninsula Hotel〕〔(Rise of Electricity and the Community 1901-1945 )〕 By 1919, the company was supplying electricity for street lights in Kowloon.〔(Our history: 1901–1939; The beginning ) CLP official website〕 The Kadoorie family joined the CLP board of directors in 1930〔(The Matrix of Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of A Group of Baghdadi Indian Jews in the Intersection of Shanghai/Hong Kong (Draft only: please do NOT cite) ) Kwok Siu-tong, History Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong〕 and retain control of the company today. In 1983 the company established a 25/75 joint venture with Guangdong Nuclear Power for the construction and operation of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant.〔Ashoka Mody ''Infrastructure strategies in East Asia: the untold story'' World Bank p64〕 On 6 January 1998, CLP Holdings Limited replaced China Light & Power Company, Limited as the new holding company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.〔(Our history: 1997–2000; Regional expansion ) CLP official website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CLP Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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