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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
The Li Ka Shing Foundation and the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort are providing 5,000 domestic helpers with a free visit to the theme park. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation gifts 5,000 Disneyland tickets to domestic helpers

Expanded charity scheme will treat workers from six nations to free day at the theme park with meals and transport covered.

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Hong Kong politics

Ports row prompts Hong Kong investors to reassess stakes in Panama: John Lee

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong summons Panama envoy over court ruling on CK Hutchison ports concession

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US-China relations

Panama ports defeat shows China faces tougher test in Latin America

China pushed back after Panama stripped CK Hutchison of two Panama Canal ports as Beijing contends with more active US competition in Latin America.

Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

CK Hutchison takes Panama to arbitration after court voids canal port rights

Move comes after Beijing called ruling self-sabotaging and warned Panama would pay heavy political and economic price.

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Hong Kong economy

CK Hutchison faces limited legal options after Panama voids port rights: experts

Beijing will need to step in if the case is to be brought to an international court in The Hague, legal expert tells SCMP.

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Hong Kong economy

CK Hutchison tipped to sell remaining ports despite Panama court ruling: experts

But effort by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate will still face scrutiny from Beijing and deal may be re-evaluated, analysts tell SCMP.

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A container ship is guided by tugboats at a port in Panama. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Beijing, Hong Kong slam Panama court ruling on CK Hutchison ports concession

Supreme Court rules port contract of firm’s subsidiary ‘unconstitutional’.

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Hong Kong society

Wild boar carcass found near Li Ka-shing’s home in Hong Kong sparks brief scare

Video circulating online shows police and fire vehicles outside residence after security guard notifies authorities of strong odor.

Mainland China

Watson pivots to ‘instant retail’, community stores to revitalise China sales

Watsons currently operates more than 17,000 stores in 31 markets around the world.

A Watsons store in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, August 23, 2019. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Mergers & Acquisitions

Li Ka-shing’s CK Infrastructure gets nod to sell UK train leasing firm

Deal to dispose of UK Rails (Eversholt Rail), which was bought in 2015, ‘will generate substantial revenue’, company says.

Eversholt Rail leases passenger trains, as well as freight locomotives, to rail and freight operators. Photo: Handout
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

The sum exceeds HK$80 million donated by Li Ka Shing Foundation, which made its contribution a day after last month’s deadly blaze in Tai Po.

Hong Kong politics

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

Report says government’s ongoing crackdown on dissidents ‘has eliminated a once vibrant civil society and created an atmosphere of repression comparable to mainland China’.

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The advisory panel to the US Congress has recommended passing a law that would only allow Hong Kong to keep its official status as a US dollar trading hub if it followed all American sanctions. Photo: Felix Wong
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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