HONG KONG -- For Swire Group, a 200-year-old British conglomerate with deep ties to Asia, Thursday's annual earnings conference at its flagship listed unit marked a renewed focus on greater China.
Swire Pacific sees "tremendous opportunity" ahead for China and Hong Kong, Merlin Swire, a sixth-generation scion of the Swire family that started the business, told reporters at his first earnings announcement as chairman of the flagship unit.
