Zhou Xinian / 周希年
Zhou Xinian / 周希年 appears in Vol.269 小历史 | “不要怕，是技术性调整” as 牛奶公司’s board chair during the 置地饮牛奶 fight. The source says he and Phil Oram were alerted shortly before 香港置地 announced its offer.
The episode uses Zhou’s position to show Dairy Farm’s governance weakness. Even with a chair and prominent board network, Dairy Farm had dispersed shareholders and no obvious controlling block that could stop paper-shareholders from accepting Hongkong Land’s exchange offer.
Connections
- Dairy Farm International / 牛奶公司 / DFI, Phil Oram, and Hongkong Land-Dairy Farm Takeover / 置地饮牛奶 - source-specific role.
- Retail Shareholder Tender Mobilization / 散户要约动员 and Conglomerate Control in Colonial Hong Kong / 殖民期香港财团控制 - governance and shareholder-structure mechanisms.
- Henry Keswick / 亨利·凯瑟克 and Hongkong Land / 香港置地 - opposing side of the takeover.