Press Release
Realord Chairman Dr. Bryan Lin wishes you a Happy Chinese New Year 2022
Dear Colleagues, Shareholders and Friends with different sectors of the community,
The Year of the Ox is gone while the Year of Tiger is coming. In this coming Chinese Lunar New Year, on behalf of Realord Group, I would like to express Chinese Near Year greetings and the best wishes to you and your family, especially the one who always care and support Realord Group!
2021 is big time in the history of Chinese communist party and the PRC, and one of the most significance years for Shenzhen after reform and opening-up, and also a great year for Hong Kong integrating into national development and cooperating with mainland China.
It was such an inspiring year and there were many unforgettable and energetic moments. We solemnly celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and the 24th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to the motherland. The Hong Kong’s electoral system has been improved and the principles of “patriots ruling Hong Kong” have been adopted. we organized thousands of taxis to parade to celebrate the establishment of new legislation council.
It is the 16th year of the establishment of Realord Group. We are grateful for the one who always accompanies us going through these years. In 2021, the Group's property investment, securities, finance, environmental protection, auto parts and other businesses segments have achieved remarkable results.
This year, Realord Group has completed the acquisition of The Sincere Company (stock code: 0244), a classical department store in Hong Kong. Sincere also became the designated sponsor of Miss Hong Kong 2021 Pageant and held different events to explore online retails and live-stream retails. At the same time, Sincere also planned to enter into the mainland commercial and retail market, injecting a new momentum into its diversified development.
This year, Caribbean Education Industry Group joined into the Group. The company holds about 1.82 million square meters of educational real estate projects in Grenada, and also holds a complex project consisting of university town, resort and hotel with no less than 4 million square meters in the Republic of Panama. This will continue to expand the Group's operation scale, market position and geographic footprint, and help the Group to develop new sectors of overseas education and immigration business.
This year, Realord Group was constituted into FTSE Russell global stock index, which further enhanced the company’s popularity among domestic and foreign capital markets and it has been greatly recognized by the majority of investors.
Once again, I wish you all a prosperous New Year of the Tiger, a happy family, happiness and health, and all the best. Thanks!
CCTV Interview: Dr. Bryan Lin Looks forward to a recovery on Hong Kong’s economy and people’s livelihood
(December 20, 2021, Hong Kong) To celebrate the smooth emergence of the Hong Kong's new Legislative Council Election unedr Improving Electoral System, a thousand taxis had launched a parade in Hong Kong on the morning of December 25. Around a hundred volunteers had placed national flags of the People's Republic of China on taxis early in the morning and posting posters with slogans like "New Election System, New Legislative Council, New Future". The event is organized by Taxi Drivers & Operators Association. Taxi Drivers & Operators Association Chairman Dr. Bryan Lin hopes that the new members from Legislative Council Election will focus more on the economy and people's livelihood, so that Hong Kong's economy will recover soon. He also looks forward to the resume of quarantine-free cross-border will attract more tourists and help revive the taxi industry.
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Hartman Group and Tron Founder reached a strategic cooperation to boost local economic development in Grenada
(Dec 22, 2021, Grenada) Recently, Mr. Justin Sun, and his team had arrived in Grenada, a beautiful island country in the Caribbean, and had a special trip to Hartman Group and visited Hartman University Town and Resort Project.
Hartman Group, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong listed company Realord Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1196) in Grenada, is deeply involved in the Caribbean market. The Hartman University Town and Resort Project developed and constructed by Hartman Group, is the only one citizenship by investment plan covering education sector recognized by the Grenada government. Adhering to the concept of continuous innovation and pursuit of excellence, the Group meticulously empowers its every single project, to create a more sustainable ecosystem.
The strategic cooperation goal is to introduce more than 1000 outstanding talents which will be expected to generate more than 220 million US dollars in revenue for the Group.
Hartman Group and Mr. Justin Sun fully exchanged the development prospects of Grenada and the advantages and opportunities of Hartman University Town and Resort Project in the post-covid19 era. Through an in-depth discussion, in order to jointly boost the local economic development of Grenada, they reached a long term strategic cooperation intention and signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
Mr. Justin Sun emphasized that he will promote the digital development of Grenada’s trade, investment and governance by his years of experience in the digital field industry, and he will work with Hartman Group and related government departments to face the new challenges of digital transformation in the post-covid19 era, so as to grasp the new opportunities of the global digital economy.
With an excellent environment and comprehensive supporting facilities of Hartmann University Town, Hartmann Group will in-depth cooperate with Mr. Sun to introduce a digital institute to the University Town, to help build a global digital teaching center. In this beautiful pure land, the goal is to introduce more than a thousand outstanding digital talents from around the world, and cultivate international talents for the future development of the digital economy.
This strategic cooperation has further consolidated the foundation for the steady and sustainable development of the Hartmann University Town Project, and at the same time will bring considerable benefits to the Hartmann Group. According to the signed strategic agreement, it will be expected to generate no less than US$220 million in revenue for the Group.
Located on the southern coast of Grenada and facing the Caribbean Sea and surrounded by Hartman National Forest Park, Hartman University Town and Resort Project includes university teaching area, student living area, medical center, commercial area, resort hotel and health villa area. The design adopts the concept of "people-oriented, integration of human and environment", with an ecological priority as the starting point, through active ecological governance and development, and integration of industrial layout to create a new educational and cultural landmark that reflects the highest standards of ecological design. The project is currently under construction.
What’s more, Mr. Justin Sun, as a strategic cooperation partner of this time, has full confidence in the future development of the Caribbean region, especially Grenada. He said: "The Caribbean has great potential to provide entrepreneurs with a good business environment, and given its unique geographical location, it may become the next Singapore."
Hartman Group will be deeply involved in Grenada, dedicated to be innovate, and cooperate with outstanding representatives in various fields. The innovative introduction of digital education concepts in the model of physical projects in Grenada and the Hartmann University Town and Resort Project can be described as a "combination of virtual and reality". It will be expected as a new way in the future.
CCTV Interview: Dr. Bryan Lin says Groups and Voters Are Enthusiastic for Voting Hong Kong in Legislative Council election 2021
(December 20, 2021, Hong Kong) The 7TH Hong Kong Legislative Council Election is being held, which is the first registration council election after the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's electoral system has been improved. On the 19th December, Dr. Bryan Lin, Committee Member of Election Committee of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chairman of Taxi Drivers & Operators Association, Chairman of Realord Group, said, that the 7th Legislative Council election was actively registered, with a total of 153 candidates People are competing for 90 seats. Various groups and all the people of Hong Kong voted actively and the atmosphere was quite enthusiastic. A large taxi parade was held at the Tsing Yi Container Terminal on the 18th December. More than 500 taxis hung the national flag of China and affixed slogans to patrol in Hong Kong, calling on Hong Kong citizens to vote for Legislative Council Election.
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CCTV interview: Realord Chairman says Hong Kong's retail & sales will continue to grow!
The 55th Hong Kong Brands & Products Expo (HKBPE) took place at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay that attracts Hong Kong citizens to visit and purchase. This year’s theme for the HKBPE is “Glamour Glowing‧Amazing Expo” with more than 800 booths. Founded in 1938, HKBPE is one of most classical large-scale trade fairs in Hong Kong.
Regarding the steady growth of Hong Kong’s economy, Dr. Bryan Lin, Realord Group (Stock Code: 01196) and Sincere Company (Stock Code: 00244.HK) Chairman, interviewed by CCTV in Central Shop of Sincere Department Store, said: The recent COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong is basically under control. Hong Kong Citizens tend to increase their out-of-home consumption, and the Consumption Voucher has further boosted the atmosphere in the retail & sales. As a new year approaches and the traditional consumption peak season arrives, we believe that Hong Kong’s retail & sales will continue to grow.
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"Hartman University Town and Resort" Project in Grenada wins 2021 OPAL
In December 2021, the Outstanding Real Estate Award London (OPAL) announced that the “Hartman University Town and Resort” Project in Grenada won the 2021 OPAL AWARD in category of property development / environmental, sustainable.
The OUTSTANDING PROPERTY AWARD LONDON (OPAL) 2021 was co-founded by Hossein Farmani, founder of Farmani Group, and art photographer Jesper Thomsen. It aims to recognize the efforts of talented international real estate developers, architects and interior designers who improve our daily lives through their practices and the well planned real estate and projects. The goal of the OPAL award is to recognize and appraise the one who makes contributions to mankind and architecture industry. The OPAL award is open to outstanding works from all over the world. The jury especially considers projects that are sustainable or provide innovative solutions for environmental protection. In recent years, it has become a benchmark award in the real estate development industry.
In this competition, the Hartman University Town and Resort in Grenada, designed by BAI Design International, which relies on the concept of "the unity of human and environment, people-oriented", combining the special ecosystem of Grenada and the Caribbean, fully integrating the original Caribbean island style, characteristic species reserve with the modern university science and technology education, and comfortable smart life mode to create a pleasant, beautiful and green and environmentally friendly outstanding real estate project!
Hartman University Town and Resort Project in Grenada, where the warm Caribbean sunshine and breeze are spilled from the semi-transparent dome of the teaching buildings to every single corner of the buildings. The environmental protection and energy saving system of the apartment makes full use of natural clean energy to provide daily life guarantee for every guest living there.
OPAL AWARD is another international blockbuster real estate award won by the Hartmann University Town and Resort Project following the TITAN Property Award, MUSE Design Award, Iconic World Award, and Architecture MasterPrize Award. It is also one of the few award-winning real estate development projects in Grenada, widely praised by local government officials and people from all walks of life.
The design of the entire university town is based on ecological priority, through wetland management, mangrove protection, quarry restoration and the protection of existing pigeon habitats and marine resources. Through the construction of the project, the ecological value will be maximized, new local landmarks will be established, and the life of the entire university community will be enriched, thereby bringing significant socio-economic and environmental benefits to the university city.
We believe that in the near future, the Hartmann University Town and Resort Project will surely become a shining pearl that illuminates the entire Caribbean region!
Ambassador and Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Embassy of Jamaica Antonia Hugh and Minister Counsellor of Embassy of Grenada Liu Chi visited Realord Group
(Hong Kong, 9 December 2021) Mr. Antonia Hugh, Ambassador and Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Embassy of Jamaica in People’s Republic of China and Mr. Liu Chi, Minister Counsellor of Embassy of Grenada in People’s Republic of China, visited the Realord Group. Dr. Bryan Lin, Chairman of Realord Group and Mr. Ma Chao, Chairman of Caribbean Education Industry Group Limited, introduced the main businesses of the group and the latest status of educational real estate investment projects in Latin America to the two guests. In addition to an in-depth discussions on those real estate projects in Latin America, the two ambassadors also introduced to the Group some investment projects related to urban gas, mineral development, infrastructure, wind and solar storage clean energy, smart grid, and new energy development in the Caribbean.
On December 2, 2021, Realord Group announced that the Deed of Gift that 70.5% of the shares of Caribbean Education Industry Group Limited held by Dr. Bryan Lin will be irrevocably undertaken to transfer to the Group. Caribbean Education Industry Group holds approximately 1.82 million square meters of an educational real estate development complex projects in Grenada, and lands with no less than 4 million square meters in the Republic of Panama, which will be planned as a comprehensive educational real estate project. This transfer will continue to expand the operating scale, market position and geographic coverage of Realord Group’s property investment, and at the same to develop new business segments in the future.
According to the "2021 International Education Exchange Open Report" released by the International Education Association IIE, mainland Chinese students have become the largest source of international students in the United States for 12 consecutive years. However, from 2020 to 2021, the number of Chinese college students will drop by 14.8% from the previous year.
The Blue Book of "China Study Abroad Development Report (2020～2021)" co-studied and compiled by the Globalization Think Tank (CCG) and the Development Research Institute of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics pointed out that self-funded is still in the main proportion of study abroad of Students in China. Thus, the trend of popularization of study abroad is more obvious. Despite the impact of the epidemic, travel may be temporarily suspended, but the willingness to go abroad to pursue high-quality education has not been substantially weakened. Due to factors such as Sino-U.S. relations, many Chinese student families have begun to consider choosing a country that is more livable and has a well-controlled epidemic.
Located in the Caribbean Sea, Grenada has been selected by National Geographic as one of the top ten travel destinations in the world. No global income tax, capital gains tax, and inheritance tax in there. It is one of the most open offshore investment centers in the world.
Caribbean Education Industry Group is committed to providing one-stop services for global overseas students and high-end European and American tourists from investment consulting, purchasing qualified units (or sharing), submitting citizenship applications, financing loans, tax planning, and overseas asset allocation and management.
In early 2021, the Hartman Group, a subsidiary of the Caribbean Education Industry Group, has invested in Grenada, a Caribbean country, by purchasing a large amount of lands and plans to develop a "Hartman University Town" project, which will integrate university living quarters, apartments, hotels, and resorts, as a comprehensive cultural tourism landmark education real estate project integrating with entertainment services. The project is expected to not only create job opportunities for the local area, but also inject new development impetus into Grenada and the Caribbean.
Hartman University Town is located in St. George, the capital of Grenada, adjacent to the international airport. Covering an area of 148 acres. It is developed by Hartman Education Enterprise Limited and is advanced communication with a US based university to establish a campus within the town provides a four-year curriculum, implementing the 2+2model, that is, studying in Grenada for two years, and then studying in the US for two years.
Hartman University Town is surrounded by mountains and waters, surrounded by dense tropical forests, dazzling Caribbean Sea and tranquil national parks. The plan adopts the concept of "people-oriented, harmony between human and environment", integrating environmental protection, ecology and humanities, providing comprehensive supporting facilities for academic research, experimentation, living and apartments, and it will become a pearl of education in the Caribbean in the future.
It is reported that the Hartman University Town and Resort Project in Grenada, together with its designer BAI Design International Limited, won the three platinum awards of Urban-Design, Conceptual and Property-Development of 2021 the Titan Property Awards, the highest selection of real estate design. In addition, this project also won 2021 ICONIC AWARDS, German and 2021 Architecture Masterprize, the United States, and 2021 MUSE International Creative Platinum Award.
Panama, which is also located in the Caribbean Sea in Latin America and about three hours' flight time from Grenada, is one of the earliest areas of Chinese immigrants over a 150 years history. There are 4.3 million people, on which approximately 6% of the population are Chinese. In order to improve the educational facilities and services for the local Chinese societies, Caribbean Education Industry Group plans to operate different levels of international school facilities such as kindergarten, elementary and middle school facilities in Panama, in which teaching Chinese, English and Spanish in parallel.
The Hartman University Town project was approved by the Grenada government in March 2021 and became a qualified citizenship by investment immigration project. According to public information, this project is also the only approved educational real estate project in the Caribbean Investment Immigration Program. According to the relevant laws of Grenada, invest at least US$220,000 into eligible projects approved by the government. The whole family, including spouse, children, parents, siblings, can apply for Grenada citizenship. At the same time, the subsidiary of the Caribbean Education Industry Group has also obtained the marketing agency license granted by the Grenada government and has become an officially recognized licensed marketing agency in Grenada, which can promote and Hartman University Town and resort projects around the world. According to the approval document of the Grenada government, the first phase of the Grenada government has approved the granting of quotas to nearly 4,000 families in the Hartman University Town project to apply for Grenada citizens. Based on an average investment of US$220,000 per household, the completion of the first phase of sales alone will bring up to US$880 million in revenue for the group. In addition to visa-free entry into China with a Grenada passport, there are more than 140 countries that exempt the passport or allow visas on arrival, including France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Singapore and other countries. For global business travelers who need to travel frequently and those who love to travel, having a Grenada passport will provide greater convenience for global travel. As long as you have a Grenada passport, you can apply for an American E-2 visa. The E-2 visa is for citizens of countries that have bilateral treaties with the United States. The E-2 visa has no schedule and no residency requirements. It is very suitable for investors who want to quickly start a business and live in the United States. In addition, the Ministry of Finance of Grenada announced the first half of the data of the Grenada Citizenship by Investment Program, and the investment in the Citizenship by Investment Program is on the rise. Statistics show that in the first half of 2021, Grenada received a total of 226 applications (176 in the first half of 2020), an increase of 28.4% over the same period last year.
In the first half of 2021, the total income of the citizenship by investment program was 119 million East Caribbean dollars, of which: real estate investment contributed 71 million East Caribbean dollars, the National Transformation Fund contributed 34 million East Caribbean dollars, and government expenses were 14 million East Caribbean dollars.
On August 18, 2021, the “Professional Wealth Management” (PWM) magazine under the “Financial Times” released its fifth annual report: “Global Citizenship Guide: 2021 Citizenship by Investment Project Ranking”, Grenada ranked the third. The four major pillars, including no residency requirements, efficient and clear application process, transparent and efficient due diligence process, which can include more affiliated applicants. The report stated: "Family inclusion, emphasis on due diligence, and enhanced supervision of real estate projects have become the future development trend of naturalization by investment projects."
Realord Group (1196.HK) was Granted “The Best Real Estate Development Award of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” & Chairman Dr. Bryan Lin was Granted “The Outstanding Leader of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”
(Hong Kong, 05 November 2021) – Realord Group Holdings Limited (“Realord Group” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”, stock code: 1196) is pleased to announce that Realord Group was granted “The Best Real Estate Development Award of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area”, and Dr. Bryan Lin, Xiaohui, Chairman of Realord Group was granted “The Outstanding Leader of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” in “The Leading 9+2 · The 2nd Greater Bay Area Navigation Award” Ceremony.
“The Leading 9+2·The 2nd Greater Bay Area Navigation Award” Ceremony and Development Forum was organized by Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, with aims to commend the outstanding enterprises, institutions, and individuals from Guangdong Province, Hong Kong or Macao that make a big contribution to the Greater Bay Area.
Realord Group has continued to deepen its efforts in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, actively responding to the government’s avocation to seize the opportunities of the Greater Bay Area and "Shenzhen to build a pioneering demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics" to carry out its businesses, such as property investment, urban renewal and indemnificatory housings development. Realord Group developed Realord Villas, an affordable housing project in Longhua District for corporate talents in Shenzhen. Later, Realord Group applied its own two properties in Longhua District and Nanshan District respectively to the government for launching “Guanzhang Electric Factory Urban Renewal Unit” and “Laiying Garden Urban Renewal Unit” to construct and develop indemnificatory housings in the Greater Bay Area.
Dr. Bryan Lin, Xiaohui, Chairman of Realord Group stated, “Realord Group has been actively participating in the development and construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, thanks to Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group and the supporting organizations for their recognition and support of Realord Group. In the future, Realord Group will continue to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities, bring out the best to integrate into China’s development, contribute tothe Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development, and jointly build a better future for the Greater Bay Area!”
