Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited ( "Chow Tai Fook" or the "Company"; collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Group"; stock code: 1929), the largest jeweller listed in Hong Kong and one of the world's top few by market capitalisation with 86 years' heritage, is pleased to announce that the Group clinched the "Best Company for Leadership/ Luxury/ Asia" award for four consecutive years and Managing Director Kent Wong was named "CEO of the Year/ Luxury/ Asia" at the 2016 IAIR Awards presentation ceremony held on 11 March by International Alterative Investment Review (IAIR).

Chow Tai Fook, the fourth-time winner of the Best Company for Leadership/ Luxury/ Asia accolade, is acclaimed as a real leader in the luxury sector with "outstanding leadership and contribution in practising and promoting good corporate governance in the company" and "the award testifies to the company's dedication to meeting its customers' needs in creating precious up-to-date jewellery, without forgetting traditional values", according to IAIR Awards.

Managing Director Kent Wong said, "As a world-leading jeweller, Chow Tai Fook has earned unsurpassed reputation for leadership, innovation and creativity over the years. Our continuous success is attributable to our far-sighted strategies and innovative approaches to business development as well as long-standing commitment in the pursuit of excellence for product quality and service standard that reflects our corporate core value "Sincerity • Eternity". We also attach great importance to good corporate governance and best business practices with increasing efforts. We are grateful to IAIR for recognizing Chow Tai Fook's lasting leadership and remarkable achievement in the luxury industry."

Kent Wong, winner of the "CEO of the Year/ Luxury/ Asia" award, is commended for "being an undisputed leader with substantial experience in both operations and management in the jewellery industry" and his track record of "managing the world's leading listed jewellery kingdom that is the largest for sales and boasts a comprehensive vertically integrated business model that is one-of-a-kind for its scale and sophistication in the jewellery industry".

The IAIR Awards, organized by the IAIR magazine published by the IAIR research and publishing group headquartered in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's leading ranking and prizes for excellence in global economy and sustainability. The IAIR awards are voted by over 50,000 readers via online questionnaires and selected by the judging panel composed of IAIR's editorial staff who are international news professionals.