Poor old KS mightn't be so highly paid, but amahs don't get interims like this
There is a myth around town that Li Ka-shing is one of the lowest-paid board members around with his reported $5,000 a year earnings as chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings.
But your correspondent is not just yet shedding salty tears for the property tycoon.
While it would barely pay a month's rent anywhere in Hong Kong, Mr Li has more than adequate compensations for his paltry Cheung Kong reimbursement.
Not least of these are his dividends from his personal stake in the property group - which he recently raised to 33.6 per cent.
Given that Cheung Kong yesterday announced it was raising its interim dividend from 30 cents to 33 cents per share, Mr Li will pick up a tidy $254.6 million without lifting a finger.
His payouts from Cheung Kong show no signs of abating - given Mr Li's undertaking to at least maintain the company's current record dividend level for the forseeable future.
