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Lee Shau-kee
李兆基
The latest news on Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist Lee Shau Kee, majority owner of Henderson Land Development.
Born
20 Feb 1928
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Business
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Businessman
Chief Secretary Eric Chan (front left) and former leader Leung Chun-ying (front right) were among political and business heavyweights who walked with the late tycoon’s coffin. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong society

Lee Shau-kee funeral: family ‘could not bear to say goodbye’ to Hong Kong tycoon

Children of Henderson Land founder thank public for their ‘love’ after funeral, with business elites and political heavyweights among attendees.

Hong Kong society

Vigil for Hong Kong’s Lee Shau-kee: political heavyweights, residents pay respects

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong exhibition commemorating late tycoon Lee Shau-kee to open on May 1

China economy

Hutchison criticism mounts, global CEOs at China Development Forum and more

This week: Hutchison heat mounts, Beijing’s consumption action plan and BYD’s fast-charging tech. Next week: Foreign CEOs at China Development Forum, US port fee hike hearing, foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea to meet, and more.

The Balboa port at the Panama Canal. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong property

2 of Hong Kong’s biggest developers miss profit goals amid slump

‘The global economy is expected to remain challenging in 2025’, says CK Asset chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi.

Hong Kong property

Henderson’s smooth succession: a tale of 2 brothers and a US$91 billion empire

Tycoon ensured a lasting legacy after he handed over control of the group to his two sons Peter Lee and Martin Lee well ahead of time.

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Hong Kong property

Tributes pour in for Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong’s ‘patriotic philanthropist’

Lee gave away some of his US$29.2 billion fortune to fund education, provide housing and elderly care for the city’s underprivileged.

Professor Zhou Qifeng, President of Peking University and Lee Shau-kee in 2011 visited the construction site of the Lee Shau Kee Humanities Buildings inside the Jingchun Garden which used to be an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong culture

Editorial | ‘Uncle Four’ a true Hong Kong success story

Tycoon Lee Shau-kee built a business empire and fortune, while giving back to the local and mainland community.

Henderson Land

Lee Shau-kee, founder of Henderson Land, dies at age 97

The entrepreneur built a business empire valued at more than HK$551 billion as of March 17, with interests in real estate, hotels, piped gas and a ferry operation.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong indie bands team up for 2-day event Un.tomorrow: First Assembly

Hong Kong collective Un.tomorrow, started by four local musicians, is putting on its first event, showcasing 10 indie bands from the city on March 9 and 10

Un.tomorrow is a new sound collective comprising local bands and musicians, debuting with a concert on March 9 and 10. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong politics

Funding cuts, cancelled shows leave Hong Kong arts groups unsure about ‘red lines’

Arts practitioners worry about creative freedom and lack of opportunities to appeal authorities’ decisions.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Pianist Paul Lewis’ touch sublime in Schubert recital series in Hong Kong

Performers who tackle Schubert’s piano sonatas need to understand how to bring out the layering of the composer’s musical ideas. Paul Lewis did that in spades in his concluding recitals in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong

Singer-songwriter JNYBeatz sets up Hong Kong’s first beatmaking school

Busy Hong Kong singer, songwriter and producer JNYBeatz talks about crossing genres and inspiring new producers in his latest project, Vision Music, Hong Kong’s first beatmaking school.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong mixed-media exhibition Make & Believe asks us to rethink reality

Make & Believe, a mixed-media exhibition at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun, blends art and technology, with moving pieces that prompt viewers to ask what is real and what imaginary.

A mechanical installation at Hong Kong mixed-media exhibition “Make & Believe”. The project held at Tai Kwun prompts viewers to question reality through its fusion of art and technology. Photo: Tai Kwun
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‘World’s top-ranked’ EMBA marks 25th anniversary

Faculty of Kellogg School of Management and HKUST Business School hail groundbreaking partnership and innovative Kellogg-HKUST EMBA course, which topped FT EMBA rankings for 11th time in 2022.

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Classical music

Review | Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov supreme in Beethoven violin sonata cycle

Violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov were on the same page throughout their performance of Beethoven’s 10 sonatas for violin and piano, their playing equal parts brilliant and illuminating.

Hong Kong housing

Explainer | Everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s newest youth hostel

Applications are being accepted for single and double rooms at Po Leung Kuk’s 27-storey youth hostel in Yuen Long.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Polymath pianist Kit Armstrong on being more than a performer

Former child prodigy Kit Armstrong is having something of a midlife crisis at 30 as he looks to make a contribution to classical music beyond touring as a concert pianist.

Los Angeles-born former child prodigy Kit Armstrong photographed with his grand piano in the church in northern France that has been his home since 2012. He performs in Hong Kong on December 11. Photo: Courtesy of Kit Armstrong
Fifa World Cup 2022

Opinion | Why China aren’t at Fifa World Cup – and what could boost their future chances

Two decades since China last qualified, research suggests that while some factors are not in the country’s favour, others can be changed at policy level.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Toilet paper shortages and other Hong Kong pandemic stories get musical spin

Composer Daniel Lo has created a multimedia concert based on poems about the pandemic from writer Ho Fuk-yan, on subjects that Hong Kong readers in particular can easily identify with.

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HK TECH FORUM

CityU’s 4th HK Tech Forum focuses on carbon neutrality and sustainable environment

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Multimedia opera Somnium: screens, strobe lights and strong singing

New work offers audiences an unusual sensory experience – singers’ performances are projected onto screens, while a “moon” pulses strobe lights. The performances are polished and the music accessible.

Art

Witchcraft-themed Hong Kong art exhibition looks at magic in modern world

Forget cackling witches casting spells, ‘Witches Own Without (W.O.W.)’, at art space Current Plans, examines magic in our modern world as a way for us to overcome contemporary problems.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong creators on their opera based on fantasy novel about moon journey

‘I couldn’t put the book down,’ says Diana Liao of German astronomer Johannes Kepler’s 17th century fantasy written in Latin. It led her to write an opera, Somnium, with composer Steve Hui.

The moon inspired a fantasy novel written in Latin by German astronaut Johannes Kepler in the 17th century, and it in turn has inspired an opera, Somnium, with libretto by Diana Liao and music by Steve Hui. Photo: Shutterstock
Coronavirus Hong Kong

Full-day classes at Hong Kong schools only if 90 per cent get third Covid jab

Education Bureau says secondary schools must ensure 90 per cent of students are triple vaccinated if they plan to hold full-day classes on campus from November.

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Authorities have ramped up vaccine requirements at schools ahead of the new academic year. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong politics

Animation pulled from Hong Kong event after directors decline to axe protest scene

Authorities asked directors of short film Losing Sight of A Longed Place to edit out one-second scene showing ‘illegal occupation’.

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Hong Kong at 25

Opinion | Carrie Lam deserves to be remembered for more than protests and pandemic

While the focus as Lam concludes her term will no doubt be on her toughest moments, they shouldn’t define her leadership. Lam has been a champion of art, innovation and heritage conservation, and has taken on seemingly intractable issues like housing and waste management.

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