Eleanor Jane Mak, the CEO of the prince’s Hong Kong-based family office, said she would get back to the Post later with comment as Dubai was still on its Eid break.

“We [have been in] contact every day but don’t want to bother them on Eid holiday, ” she added.

Mak was later seen at the office in Sheung Wan and left in a car, after telling a Post reporter she had no comment when asked about the website.

A signboard with his office’s emblem remained visible on the premises in the Shun Tak Centre. A portrait of the prince which used to hang on a wall at the reception had earlier been replaced with a painting.

Amira Lobaton, the private office’s head of business development, has also been contacted for comment.

The Hong Kong office last month said the inauguration ceremony would be postponed to late May just hours before it was scheduled to take place on March 28.

It gave “urgent matters in Dubai” that required the sheikh’s attention as the reason for the eleventh hour postponement.

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The decision to postpone the launch of the high-profile Hong Kong family office sparked questions from some about the prince’s commitment to the investment.

The Post reported last Tuesday that Maktoum had an alter ego as a singer-songwriter known as Alira who was popular in the Philippines.

Maktoum began his shift from a performer to a sustainability focused investor last year. No updates have been posted on Alira’s TikTok page since last June.

Maktoum started to attend investment forums in Dubai in the third quarter of 2023 and visited Hong Kong last December.

Lobaton said the day after news of Maktoum’s stage career broke that the family office remained committed to investment in Hong Kong.

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Government sources earlier said that only “basic” checks were performed before Maktoum was invited to the Wealth for Good in Hong Kong summit last month, as they feared an investigation into his background might offend the VIP.

Maktoum’s office also signed a memorandum of understanding to promote sustainable development with Hang Seng University during his visit to Hong Kong. He was also appointed an honorary professor in sustainability leadership at the ceremony.

The university subsequently updated a press release on the announcement, removing any mention of Maktoum and his office, but a spokesman said on Tuesday that the agreement and appointment remained in effect.

The now-defunct website said Maktoum was “born into the prestigious Al Maktoum family, renowned for their integral role in shaping Dubai’s modern landscape”, while Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, was his “uncle”.

In the website’s “gallery” section, which had displayed pictures of events he had taken part in, five events were listed, all from the second half of last year. Three were Hong Kong-related.

Mak earlier told the Post that the company registration of Maktoum’s family office in Hong Kong had started in mid-March after all paperwork was properly signed.

A government spokeswoman said on Wednesday that establishing family offices in Hong Kong did not require special approval. The government did not invest in or provide financial help to individual family offices in the city, she noted, adding that compliant family offices were welcomed.

The Post has contacted the university for comment.