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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
Industry
Business
Job Title
Founder, Cheung Kong Group
The Panama port deal still hung in the balance by the close of 2025. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong economy

Could 2026 be the make-or-break year of CK Hutchison’s Panama ports deal?

What began as a strategic exit for a Hong Kong conglomerate has devolved into a high-stakes stand-off between Washington and Beijing.

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Nina Wang trust donates HK$100 million to fire victims, surpassing Li Ka-shing

Hong Kong politics

Advisory panel urges US Congress to put Hong Kong on tighter sanctions leash

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Hong Kong society

Veteran suit maker recounts the rise and fall of Hong Kong tailoring industry

Master Woo, who dressed prominent figures such as tycoon Li Ka-shing, says greatest regret is not being able to pass on decades-long experience to next generation.

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Veteran tailor Benny Woo. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong property

Li Ka-shing’s CK Asset, SHKP among six bidders for MTR’s Tuen Mun site

The site, with a residential gross floor area of more than 600,000 sq ft, is expected to generate some 1,280 flats and car park spaces.

Crime in Hong Kong

Man arrested in Hong Kong over splashing red paint in CK Asset’s office lobby

Source says suspect demanded to speak to former company chairman Li Ka-shing before splashing paint in Cheung Kong Center’s lobby.

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2025 National Games

Hong Kong business chiefs, community gear up for National Games torch relay

Athletes such as fencer Kaylin Hsieh and businessmen like Sino Land chairman Daryl Ng and Henderson Land chairman Martin Lee are on list.

(From left) Chief Transport Officer Marie Sin, National Games Coordination Office Hong Kong head Yeung Tak-keung and Superintendent Aubrey Siu of the police force. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Millionaires and billionaires

China minted a new billionaire a day last year, Hurun’s Rich List says

A record 1,434 individuals, each with a net worth of more than US$700 million, have made it onto Hurun’s list of China’s richest people.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s CUHK eyes wider use of ‘painless’ liver cancer care after 96% success

Patient benefiting from histotripsy machine donated by Li Ka-shing says non-invasive treatment similar to ‘taking nap’.

US-China trade war

CK Hutchison gets encouraging signs of a deal with Panama government

Panama is still open to being flexible and reaching an amicable agreement with CK Hutchison, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.

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The Port of Balboa, located at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Panama City, is managed by the Hong Kong company CK Hutchison. Photo: AFP
Mergers & Acquisitions

CK Life unit merges with TransCode as Li Ka-shing firm eyes anticancer drugs

Upon completion of the transaction, CK Life will own about 9.1 per cent of TransCode’s outstanding common shares.

Company flags flutter outside Cheung Kong Centre. CK Life Sciences International is set to merge its subsidiary Polynoma with TransCode Therapeutics to boost its pipeline of anticancer drugs. Photo: Shutterstock
Health & Fitness

Li Ka-shing-backed focused ultrasound therapy treats 1 millionth case

The therapy, which uses ultrasound energy to treat a number of diseases including cancer, is gaining global traction, a US expert says.

Panama

China says top US envoy to Panama ‘spreading lies’ after ‘malign’ presence jibe

Exchange of sharp accusations is latest instance of US-China tensions flaring over strategically important Central American country.

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Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Cancer machine donated by Li Ka-shing on Hong Kong list of approved devices

With listing approved by authorities, device that destroys cancer cells with ultrasound waves could become more widely used in public hospitals.

Tycoon Li Ka-shing joins a press conference held by the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of medicine last year to demonstrate the histotripsy device donated by his foundation. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong homebuyers snap up the city’s first sale after rate cuts

New World Development and CK Asset Holdings sold 120 apartments, or 66 per cent of the 190 flats on offer at two locations in Hong Kong.

New World Development offered 120 units of its House Muse residential project in Kowloon City at K11 ATELIER in Quarry Bay on September 19, 2025. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s ‘Cassette King’ offers to sell luxury property to pare debt

David Chan plans to sell a three-storey mansion at 51 Mount Davis Road on Hong Kong Island to repay debt, he says in a phone interview.

Hong Kong property

CK Asset’s first-half profit falls 26% amid Hong Kong property market challenges

Profit falls to HK$6.3 billion (US$806.4 million) in the first half, below analysts’ expectations of about HK$14.2 billion.

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Hong Kong stock market

CK Hutchison says US$23 billion global ports sale delayed until 2026

The deal is taking much longer than expected because of the size and complexity, co-managing director Frank Sixt says.

A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal’s Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City. Photo: AP
First Mention

When Hong Kong got its first kidney dialysis treatment centre in 1981

Millions were raised to fund the medical centre, with charitable donations from the likes of the Jockey Club and businessman Li Ka-shing, reported the Post at the time.

Hong Kong property

Hong Kong’s Worfu mall faces seizure after US$190 million loan default

The mall was used as collateral by a joint venture backed by Schroders Capital and Chelsfield Asia’s fund.

Donald Trump’s China policy

China hawk to join Fed, exports surge, deflation risk

This week: Stephen Miran was nominated to the US Federal Reserve board, China’s July exports surged and Beijing waived preschool fees to boost population. Next week: US-China trade war pause may be extended, July economic data, humanoid robot games and more.

Stephen Miran. Photo: AP
Millionaires and billionaires

Tsz Shan Monastery book offers peek into Li Ka-shing’s philosophy

Titled ‘Eternity in Light’, the five-chapter tome features writings about the Tsz Shan Monastery to mark its 10th anniversary.

The Tsz Shan Monastery in Tai Po. Photo: Edmond So
Hutchison’s Panama ports deal

CK Hutchison’s US$22.8 billion ports deal flounders on Panama

New legal challenges in Panama add another hurdle to Li Ka-shing’s global port sale, while attempts to allay Chinese concerns about the deal risk inflaming US opposition.

Hong Kong

Revealed: the Li family home of 6 decades and focus of social media hoax

Located at 79 Deep Water Bay Road in the Southern district of Hong Kong Island, the mansion features three stories sitting atop an elevated podium with a swimming pool.

Hong Kong economy

Another storm brews for CK Hutchison under Panama ports partnership proposal

State partnership plan floated by Panamanian president could trigger significant losses for Hong Kong-based conglomerate, experts warned.

Balboa is one of two Panama Canal ports operated by a unit of CK Hutchison. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong property

Li mansion in Deep Water Bay is ‘not for sale’, CK Asset says in rebuke

Social media speculation of the impending sale of 79 Deep Water Bay Road is “entirely fabricated”, “false” and “groundless,” CK Asset said in a statement.

An undated photograph of the Li family’s mansion at 79 Deep Water Bay Road from a neighbouring hill on Hong Kong island. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong leader John Lee in safety pledge over bottled water deals

For the first time, the government has awarded contracts to mainland Chinese brands to supply drinking water to certain offices.

Hong Kong economy

Panama ports deal: Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison urges respect for rule of law

Panama’s president has floated the idea of state partnerships taking over ports operation in country.

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