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

Crime in Hong Kong

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

Hong Kong politics

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

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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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The Panama Canal will remain neutral despite recent agreements to enhance security cooperation between Panama and the United States, a Panamanian official says. Photo: AFP
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 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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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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Some experts have argued there is no “risk-free” exit for the Hong Kong company now that it is under pressure from three sides. Photo: AFP
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.

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.

Outgoing Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, seen in April 2024, has been slapped with sanctions, along with five others, by the US. Photo: Dickson Lee
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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Hong Kong housing

22 Hong Kong, mainland firms express interest in pilot Northern Metropolis scheme

Henderson Land Development, New World Development and Sino Land among those to signal interest, after Beijing official urged involvement.

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks retreat to 4-week low as more Trump tariffs loom

Investor jitters over tariffs set to be unveiled on April 2 outweigh a positive China manufacturing report.

People walk past Exchange Square in Central, home of bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, on March 28, 2025. Photo: Matthew Miller
Mergers & Acquisitions

Hutchison says it is evaluating spin-off of global telecoms business

‘From time to time, the [group] receives proposals and explores and evaluates opportunities that may be available,’ Hutchison said in a statement.

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A branch of CK Hutchison’s Three cellular telecommunications network in the United Kingdom. Photo: CK Hutchison
Hong Kong politics

‘Don’t act in concert with US hegemony’: Beijing signals anger over Hutchison deal

HKMAO shares scathing piece that warns Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate against making ‘historic mistakes’.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong group ‘will not sign Panama deal next week’, Beijing to launch probe

Beijing to launch antitrust probe into deal by Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings.

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Hong Kong politics

Fourth Beijing warning for Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison over Panama ports deal

Beijing’s offices overseeing Hong Kong affairs repost another scathing news article taking aim at company over sale to US consortium.

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CK Hutchison operates two ports at either end of the Panama Canal. Photo: AP
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | Hutchison, government in talks to see if there’s any way out as deadline nears

Sources say Hong Kong government approached Hutchison immediately after learning on March 4 about the surprise deal to sell its port operations.

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Hong Kong politics

Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison gets another Beijing warning over Panama ports sale

Beijing’s top offices on Hong Kong post article quoting residents urging firm to stand up to US pressure and to stand on the right side of history.

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Hong Kong politics

Eyebrows raised over Hong Kong’s Richard Li in Beijing, observers say

Younger son of tycoon Li Ka-shing rubbed shoulders with elites on weekend in nation’s capital, but observer says Beijing sees him as separate to controversial deal.

Richard Li (top right) is the younger son of Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. Photo: CNS
Hong Kong politics

City Beat | Beijing is upset, but why is it limiting criticism of Hutchison’s Panama deal?

Closer look at Beijing’s mixed ‘semi-official’ approach to voicing disapproval shows what is at stake in saga involving Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate.

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CK Hutchison Holdings has decided to sell 43 of its ports, including two in Panama, to a consortium led by US investment firm BlackRock. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Panama ports deal of strategic importance, say Hong Kong political heavyweights

‘Not easy’ for Hong Kong or mainland Chinese firms to take part in ‘some strategic projects’, NPC Standing Committee member Starry Lee says.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Li may swing BlackRock deal with just 15% of minority owners’ votes

Minority shareholders are also expected to support the sale to receive a special bonus of as much as HK$25 a share, they said.

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Hong Kong politics

BlackRock-Hutchison Panama ports deal: 25-year timeline to troubled waters

From Trump’s vow to retake Panama Canal to Beijing’s scathing attack on Hutchison’s deal, the Post chronicles the latest developments.

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CK Hutchison’s decision to sell its stakes in the Panama Canal ports is facing intense criticism. Photo: AFP
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.

CK Asset chairman Victor Li Tzar-kuoi. Photo: Handout
Mergers & Acquisitions

Hutchison stays mum on plan to sell port assets amid Panama spat, China rebuke

No event that might require disclosure was identified, Hutchison said, leaving the onus on shareholders to question the directors at its AGM on May 22.

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Hong Kong economy

Black eye for BlackRock-Hutchison Panama ports deal? Not so easy, say experts

Legal tools to smash the sale are not really available as Hong Kong is a very free place for business, observers say.

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