wharf before 1912 the wharf holdings limited type public company industry conglomerate founded 1886 ; 130 years ago 1886 headquarters kowloon hong kong 1 area served hong kong key people chairman mr. peter woo parent wheelock and company limited website the wharf holdings limited five flag poles of the wharf near star ferry pier and ocean terminal . five flags are of the wharf harbour city cable tv wharf t & t and star ferry . wikimedia commons has media related to the wharf holdings . the wharf holdings limited chinese or wharf in short sehk 0004 is a company founded in 1886 in hong kong . as its name suggests the company s original business was in running wharfage and dockside warehousing and it was originally known as the hong kong and kowloon wharf and godown company limited . the company adopted its current name in 1986 . major holder is wheelock & co. even today the company is still the owner of the star ferry 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 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 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 owned 1974 2009 a former subsidiary . other holdings in hong kong include i cable cable tv and wharf t & t and modern terminals.the company also holds many properties in the tsim sha tsui area of kowloon . wharf holdings also owns operations and residential developments in singapore through its wheelock properties subsidiary . such properties include wheelock place and the former seaview hotel . on 26 july 2016 it was announced that wharf holdings through novel colour limited a wholly owned subsidiary is investing rmb 150 million to form wwe & company a social mobile shopping platform technology company . 2 references edit the wharf s official website indicates its head office is located in kowloon hong kong . corporate head office the wharf s official website walton brown and ecargo sign joint venture external links edit wharfholdings.com v t e hang seng index companies of hong kong finance hsbc holdings hang seng bank bank of east asia hkex china construction bank aia industrial and commercial bank of china ping an insurance boc hong kong holdings china life insurance company bank of communications bank of china utilities clp holdings hong kong and china gas power assets holdings china resources power property henderson land development sun hung kai properties new world development sino land hang lung properties china overseas the link reit china resources land ck property commercial and industrial ckh holdings wharf holdings hutchison whampoa swire pacific mtr corporation kunlun energy china merchants want want china citic limited china resources cathay pacific tingyi esprit holdings sinopec li & fung tencent holdings china unicom cnooc limited petrochina china mobile hengan china shenhua belle galaxy entertainment sands china lenovo mengniu retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the wharf holdings & oldid 732048487 categories hang seng index constituent stocksthe wharf holdings wheelock & coland developers of hong kongcompanies established in 1886history of foreign trade in chinaconglomerate companies of chinacompanies listed on the hong kong stock exchangewarrants issued in hong kong stock exchangeconglomerate companies of hong kong1886 establishments in hong konghidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataarticles containing traditional chinese language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa ol fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 07 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view