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\nSwire Pacific, one of Asia\u2019s largest conglomerates, said that the protests in Hong Kong have affected many of its businesses, but is in a financially strong position to weather any challenges that could come its way.Swire Pacific, whose businesses span aviation, real estate and offshore marine services, on Thursday reported a near twelvefold increase in first-half underlying profit to HK$15.85 billion (US$2.02 billion) from HK$1.27 billion last year, boosted by the sale of Cityplaza Three and\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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Swire Pacific, one of Asia\u2019s largest conglomerates, said that the protests in Hong Kong have...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-sy6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":118212,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/swire-pacific-posts-record-loss-in-first-half-as-covid-19-chokes-aviation-property-businesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":109746,"position":0},"title":"Swire Pacific posts record loss in first half as Covid-19 chokes aviation, property businesses","date":"August 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Swire Pacific, the single-largest owner of Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways, fell to its first-ever loss after absorbing substantial blows in the aviation, property and oil-related businesses triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.The group incurred an underlying loss of HK$5.48 billion (US$707 million) for the six months ended\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":161680,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/swire-pacific-chairman-buys-us6-4-million-hong-kong-luxury-flat\/","url_meta":{"origin":109746,"position":1},"title":"Swire Pacific chairman buys US$6.4 million Hong Kong luxury flat","date":"September 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Swire Pacific chairman Guy Bradley bought a luxury property in the Southern district of Hong Kong for HK$50 million (US$6.4 million), as affluent investors continue to show confidence in the city\u2019s home market. 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