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Li Ka-shing
Li Ka-shing
Li Ka-shing is Hong Kong's richest person. He is chairman of the board of conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings.
Born
29 Jul 1928
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Business
Job Title
Founder, Cheung Kong Group
People look at collectable designer art toy Labubu at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on May 6, 2025. Photo: AFP
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Flags showing the logo of CK Hutchinson Holdings fly outside the company’s headquarters in Hong Kong on March 21, 2019. Photo: AFP
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10 arrested in Hong Kong in bribery case centred on CK Asset housing project

ICAC alleges that subcontractors offered site supervisors perks in exchange for lax oversight of steel rebar work on Anderson Road project.

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Beijing cautions Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison to ‘act with prudence’ over port deal

Warning by Ministry of Commerce comes after Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate pledged any sale would not violate laws amid antitrust probe.

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Hong Kong politics

Xia Baolong’s 4 ‘hopes’ viewed as ‘wake-up call’ for Hong Kong, Macau firms

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office director’s message takes aim at CK Hutchison Holdings and businesses with ties to the US, analyst says.

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Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings pledges Panama port deal won’t violate laws

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Chinese companies turn to Middle East region to hedge against US trade war

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing in rare public appearance, declines to discuss port deal

Tycoon appears at Kai Tak Stadium where Taiwanese band Mayday is playing string of shows, but declines to discuss controversial ports deal.

Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing attends a concert at Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday. Photo: Cable News
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously pass motion seeking unity against Trump tariffs

Some lawmakers also use Legislative Council session to call for tycoon Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison not to go ahead with selling Panama ports.

Some lawmakers have called for CK Hutchison not to go ahead with plans to sell its Panama ports. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong developer rushes out more flats amid surge of mainland buyers

SHKP raises prices by nearly 10 per cent after first two batches sold out at levels 20 per cent below second-hand flats.

Biomedicine: Companies

Pharus, an AI-powered cancer test developer, taps Hong Kong funds

Pharus Diagnostics, backed by Li Ka-shing, seeks Hong Kong funds for AI-driven cancer tests.

Hong Kong property

CK Asset to launch Kai Tak project soon, expects 5% rise in home prices

Some 723 units in the first two phases of Victoria Blossom have been approved for presale and could be offered to the market this quarter.

Executive director Justin Chiu Kwok-hung reaches out to a homebuyer during a project launch in 2020. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing appears in person for first time since ports deal

Elderly founder of CK Hutchison visits hospital to see demonstration of cutting-edge device donated by Li Ka Shing Foundation.

Li Ka-shing (left) with Dr Walton Li, CEO of HKSH Medical Group and Medical Superintendent of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. Photo: Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
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Hutchison ports deal: China’s foreign ministry tells parties to ‘act prudently’

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Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

In hot water: CK Hutchison's ports deal risks being dunked

The company’s Panama Canal ports are at the centre of a geopolitical storm that shows no sign of abating

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Crime in Hong Kong

SCMP alerts Hong Kong police over bogus lookalike report on tycoon Li Ka-shing

Fake article claims billionaire offered cryptocurrency investment advice during TV news interview.

The fake webpage about billionaire Li Ka-shing. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong politics

BlackRock ‘eyes control of 2 Panama ports in Hutchison deal, MSC family others’

Source says while consortium is seeking to buy portfolio, US firm aims to take 51 per cent stake in CK Hutchison’s interest in Panama ports.

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Hong Kong economy

‘Total misperception’ Panama Canal under China’s influence, official says

Panama has to do ‘very, very good job’ in explaining to US administration that there is no foreign interference, vice-minister says.

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Banking & finance

HKIC backs fintech unicorn WeLab to bring Hong Kong start-ups to Southeast Asia

The Hong Kong government’s investment arm has acquired an unspecified stake in the Li Ka-shing-backed consumer finance company.

Hong Kong Investment Corporation and WeLab signed a strategic partnership on Thursday. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong politics

CK Hutchison defends Panama ports concession, breaking silence on controversy

Subsidiary of Li Ka-shing’s firm denies claims made by Panamanian lawyers in challenge over ports that are part of wider US$23 billion deal.

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In the past month, Beijing has piled pressure on CK Hutchison to cancel its ports deal. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Can Panama’s audit give Hutchison a way out of geopolitical storm?

Anel Flores, Panama’s comptroller general, on Tuesday presented results of sweeping financial audit of ports concession with Hong Kong company.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing makes rare video appearance, first since Panama deal

Temasek Trust and Li Ka Shing Foundation donate two histotripsy systems worth S$12 million to health research centres in city state.

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Hong Kong politics

Could constitutional challenges further delay or even block Hutchison port deal?

No agreement has been signed so far, with Hutchison, BlackRock still negotiating amid Beijing’s antitrust probe and legal turbulence in Panama’s courts.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (third from right) visits Panama in February. Photo: AP
Hong Kong politics

How can Beijing antitrust probe affect Panama deal if Hutchison delays signing?

Market regulator empowered to put limits on sale or even halt deal under Anti-Monopoly Law, legal experts explain.

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The Chinese (R) and Hong Kong (L) flag. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Editorial | US playing dangerous game by targeting Hong Kong officials

Latest sanctions over national security law under the guise of human rights can only worsen already fraught Washington-Beijing relations.

Hong Kong politics

Hutchison’s Panama deal: Beijing warns of coercion that hurts countries

Beijing’s top office on Hong Kong also shares another scathing article over deal by Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate.

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