Kenny Wee swaps social columns for business pages
Catering boss Kenny Wee's name has featured frequently in the entertainment pages since his 2009 marriage to former actress and Miss Hong Kong contestant Suki Chui Suk-man.
Catering boss Kenny Wee's name has featured frequently in the entertainment pages since his 2009 marriage to former actress and Miss Hong Kong contestant Suki Chui Suk-man.
He also gained lots of attention last year when a group of celebrities took drugs at one of his restaurants, and another time for a quarrel with an actor.
But Wee recently broke into the business pages with his HK$200 million acquisition of Hong Kong's first free newspaper, Metro Daily, from Swedish publisher Metro International.
I dare not take risks – especially since I married four years ago
Sitting in his Italian restaurant Alba in Causeway Bay, Wee said he was not a typical businessman. "If I was, I would add 50 per cent more tables here," he said. "But my priority is people feeling comfortable." Nor is he a risk-taker.
"I dare not take risks," he laughed. "Especially since I married four years ago."
Being able to pay HK$200 million in cash to buy Metro Daily was possible, he said, because most of his wealth came from investing in the Singaporean stock market.
"Singapore's stock market is not turbulent; it is stable, unlike here in Hong Kong," he said.