I get up at 8.30am, but I don't like getting up. I'd prefer not to, really. I always have a shower in the morning whether I need it or not. Then I sit down with a cup of coffee and watch BBC World with my one-year-old daughter, Lara. I only get to see her in the morning because she's in bed by the time I get home. She likes to sit on my knee while I watch the news. Then I kiss Lara goodbye and leave her with Daisy, our wonderful and efficient helper. I call a taxi at 9.15am to get to work. I just bought a new car, but I never drive it.
I am the chairman of the Sovereign Group, a company that provides advice on offshore tax arrangements. We have 26 offices around the world and I run the group. I am also a barrister, but I'm not practising in Hong Kong.
When I get into our office, which is in the Kinwick Centre on Hollywood Road, there are usually about 200 new e-mails waiting for me. About 150 of them are tax-related - clients wanting advice and my other offices reporting in or wanting directions. The other 50 are Art Foundation-related matters.
I first came up with the idea of the Sovereign Art Foundation 10 years ago in Spain. I've always been interested in art and I'm a collector. I'm actually just back from a trip to Spain and London. I bought three paintings by the lateTerry Frost. He's a famous artist - one of Britain's leading contemporary painters - so I'm quite pleased with those.
We finally managed to start work on the foundation three years ago and launched it in 2003. It is a registered charity in Hong Kong that helps emerging artists and tries to promote Asian art, to raise public awareness and appreciation of it. In Europe, business and the arts go hand in hand because businesses know it's a good idea to support the arts and are very involved in all its forms. But I don't think that's the case in Asia, so I want to try to raise awareness and increase the involvement of businesses in art, and in doing so, raise money for charitable causes.
The main way of doing that at the moment is through the Sovereign Art Foundation, where we encourage established artists to submit their work and attempt to win the Asian Art Prize, which includes a cheque for US$25,000.