NEW Watsons Celebrates Launch with Win@Watsons
Sparkling Consumer Promotion Dazzles Shoppers with "Win A Diamond a Day"

Hong Kong (5 July 2005)

Celebrating its most recent milestone, the launch of NEW Watsons, Hong Kong's largest personal store is running an exceptional new consumer promotion, Win@Watsons. From today until August 3, customers purchasing $50 or more at Watsons will have the chance to win one of 30 half carat certified diamonds in a special daily lucky draw.

Every day for 30 days, a 1/2 carat of certified diamond will be given away to one lucky customer. Diamonds were chosen as they are exciting and make ladies look good, feel great and have fun, which embodies what Watsons is delivering to their customers.

The Win@Watsons promotion campaign slogan, "Grasp the Dream", embodies the concept behind NEW Watsons, a fresh and exciting personal care retail experience that perfectly meets the dreams and demands of today's consumer and makes Watsons, My Personal Store for all health and beauty conscious shoppers in Hong Kong.

The exciting Win@Watsons promotion was kicked off today by celebrity Sandra Ng, immediately following the opening of the NEW Watsons flagship store at Capitol Centre in Causeway Bay.

Reflecting the significant value of these dazzling diamonds, Ng arrived in an armoured car escorted by armed guards carrying a special security box with diamonds. Upon her arrival, she passed the safe box to Mr. David Boynton, Managing Director of Watsons, before introducing the details of the promotion to the public and gathered media.

At the end of the event, Sandra joined Mr. Boynton in distributing gifts from NEW Watsons to the public at the shop front.

About A.S. Watson Group (ASW)
With a history dating back to 1828, the A.S. Watson Group (ASW) has evolved into an international retail and manufacturing corporation with operations in 31 markets worldwide. Today, the Group operates over 6,500 retail stores running the gamut from health & beauty, luxury perfumeries & cosmetics to food, electronics, fine wine and airport retail arms. Also an established player in the beverage industry, ASW provides a full range of beverages from bottled water, fruit juices, soft drinks and tea products to the world's finest wine labels via its international wine wholesaler and distributor. ASW employs over 87,000 staff and is a member of the world renowned Hong Kong-based conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited, which has major interests in ports and related services, telecommunications, property and hotels, retail and manufacturing, and energy and infrastructure with businesses in 52 countries.

About Watsons My Personal Store
Watsons My Personal Store is the largest health and beauty retail chain in Asia operating more than 1,000 stores and 680 pharmacies in 10 markets - Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China, Macau, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Korea and Turkey.

Building on its long-standing reputation for quality and innovation, Watsons caters to a variety of lifestyles with an unrivalled diversity of products. Watsons' mission is to help people around the world to "Look Good, Feel Great, Have Fun". We offer a unique experience to customers through professional advice, interesting shopping environments and the promise of great value every day.

In Hong Kong, Watsons operates more than 170 stores with over 2,000 employees. Watsons is Hong Kong's largest pharmacy chain with over 50 pharmacies served by 100 pharmacists, as well as 130 professionally trained health and fitness advisors. Watsons is also the largest beauty chain with over 1,000 cosmetics counters and boutiques featuring over 90 international brands.

Watsons is the flagship health and beauty operation of the A.S. Watson Group (ASW), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. ASW is the largest health and beauty retailer in the world, with outlets in 31 markets operated by over 87,000 staff. The Group operates 6,500 retail stores which serve more than 23 million customers per week worldwide.

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