Siemens in Hong Kong / Macau
1911
Siemens opens a sub-office of the Chinese representative office in Hong Kong
1958
Jebsen & Co. is appointed to represent the interests of S&H and SSW in Hong Kong.
1968
Siemens delivers a telephone exchange with10,000 subscriber lines for Hong Kong Telephone Company.
1970
Cabel & Wireless of Hong Kong orders 700 telegraphs from Siemens Industries in Melbourne.
1971
Siemens receives a follow-up order to expand Hong Kong’s telephone exchange to accommodate 100,000 subscribers.
1976
The company supplies all of the communications equipment for Hong Kong’s first subway line.
1986
Siemens supplies 22,000 luminaires for Hong Kong Bank.
1987
The company opens a provisional office for what is later to become Siemens Ltd.
1989
Siemens delivers the first magnetic resonance scanner to St. Theresa Hospital in Hong Kong
1991
The company opens its first office in Macao.
1992
Siemens and Soares da Costa are awarded a contract for the turnkey construction of the Macao airport.
1998
As a supplier for Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport, Siemens provides the world’s largest fully automated baggage handling system, the telephone system, the world’s largest cargo handling center and Asia’s most efficient airmail center.
2003
Siemens supplies high-tech locomotives to Kowloon-Canton Railways Corporation.
2006
Siemens installs a traffic management system linked with the local rapid transit rail system
