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HK farmers denounce tycoon land grab

Edit Taipei Times 09 Nov 2014
Hong Kong farming villages bordering China are locked in a bitter struggle against property developers accused of “land hoarding,” as resentment of the territory’s vast wealth gap fuels democracy protests ... Henderson, led by Hong Kong’s third-richest man Lee Shau-kee (李兆基), is a major landholder in Ma Shi Po, says Liber Research Community, a Hong Kong think tank focused on urban planning ... ....

Trouble in Hong Kong? Beijing calls in tycoons

Edit Taipei Times 25 Sep 2014
As trouble brews in Hong Kong, who is Beijing going to call?. The billionaires ... The central business district is Hong Kong’s “lifeline” as a global financial center and occupying it would be “tantamount to destroying the Great Wall” — a potent national symbol — billionaire property developer Lee Shau-kee (李兆基) told Hong Kong reporters after the meeting with Xi. “Hong Kong will lose its advantage and its prosperity will wane ... ....

HK’s financial hub braces for possible protest shutdown

Edit Taipei Times 13 Jun 2014
Democracy protests over the past year have stoked friction and unnerved Beijing leaders fearful of an opposition democrat taking the territory’s highest office ... The protest could start as early as July 1 ... Peter Woo (吳光正), head of property and retail conglomerate Wharf Holdings, as well as property mogul Lee Shau-kee (李兆基) have cautioned that any paralysis of the main business hub would damage the territory’s reputation ... ....
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