Emperor Group

Emperor Group is a diversified group of companies founded by Albert Yeung in Hong Kong. Albert Yeung's father, Mr Yeung Shing, opened a watch shop named "Shing On Kee Watch Shop" in 1942, setting the business foundation. In recent years, the Group has entered overseas markets, including Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, mainland China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, European countries and America. There are 7,000 employees and over 500 subsidiaries and branch offices of the Group.

As of 1989, the Emperor Group's investments included a printing service, investment and property holdings, the wholesale and retailing of furniture, infoline and money-lending services, securities and future brokerage services, entertainment, laser disc and video rental, and the supply of equipment for the pager business and Taiwan and mainland China. In 1992, it acquired 30% of the shares of the Hong Kong Daily News.

Established in 1978, the Emperor Financial Capital Group is now one of the largest financial services institutions in Hong Kong. It has also expanded its frontiers to Macau and South-east Asia. The group has 2 arms:

Emperor Financial Services Group, is engaged in the business of forex, bullions and precious metals.

Emperor Capital Group Limited (: 717), mainly provides brokerage services in securities and futures.

Real estate investment and property development of Emperor Group are mainly managed by Emperor International Holdings Limited (: 163). Formally established in 1990, it originally had interests in Hong Kong. From 2005, taking advantage of Macau's growing gaming and tourism industry, the group began to acquire a number of local prime properties there. Beginning from 2006, the group has engaged in property development projects in Beijing. As of February 2011, the total value of the group's properties has reached HK$ 20 billion. In Hong Kong, the group has become the second largest landlord of ground-floor shop spaces on Russell Street in Causeway Bay where retail rents have risen to become the second highest in the world, ranking only below that of Fifth Avenue in New York.