Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa
Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa

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Payson Cha, prominent Hong Kong tycoon and chairman of conglomerate HKR International, dies of cancer at 77

  • Cha was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference between 1993 and 2013
  • The Cha family was valued at US$2.6 billion by Forbes in 2018

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Yujing Liu
Yujing Liu

Updated: 9:48am, 9 Nov, 2020

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Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa
Cha’s family is best known for developing Discovery Bay on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. Photo: Roy Issa

Corrected [8:45pm, 8 Nov, 2020]

  • [8:45pm, 8 Nov, 2020]

    This article has been amended to show that Payson Cha died in San Francisco, not Los Angeles.

  • [9:11am, 9 Nov, 2020]

    Article updated with a statement from the company regarding the appointment of a new chairman

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