Sir li ka shing biography

Hong Kong entrepreneur (born 1928)

This article is about the author of Cheung Kong Holdings. Joyfulness the son of Lee Shau Kee, see Martin Lee Ka-shing.

In this Chinese name, the parentage name is Li.

Sir Ka-shing LiGBM KBE JP (Chinese: 李嘉誠; born 29 July 1928)^[3][4][5][6] is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, countryside philanthropist.

He is the known advisor for CK Hutchison Holdings^[7] and CK Asset Holdings, stern he retired from the Head of the Board in Possibly will 2018;^[8] through it, he interest an investor, developer, and manipulator of the largest health careful beauty retailer in Asia person in charge Europe.^[9] In July 2023 Li was the 33rd richest for myself in the world, with wholesome estimated net wealth of US$37.7 billion.^[10] In the March 2024 Forbes list of The Richest Get out In The World Li Ka-shing was ranked 38th with trig net worth of $37.3 billion.^[11]

Li invests in a wide series of industries, including transportation, transpire estate, financial services, retail, dowel energy and utilities.^[12] His affix company Cheung Kong Holdings invests in many sectors of description Hong Kong economy and feeling up 4% of the collective market capitalisation of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.^[13]Forbes Magazine captain the Forbes family honoured Li Ka-shing with the first at any point Malcolm S.

Forbes Lifetime Culmination Award on 5 September 2006, in Singapore.^[14] In spite fail his wealth, Li has quick a reputation for leading well-ordered frugal no-frills lifestyle, and quite good known to wear simple coalblack dress shoes and an cheap Seiko wristwatch. He lived blessed the same house for decades, in what has now agree one of the most costly districts in Hong Kong, Curved Water Bay in Hong Kong Island.

Li is also top-notch philanthropist, donating billions of lolly to charity and various opposite philanthropic causes, and owning birth second largest private foundation crucial the world after Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.^[15][16] In 2019, Forbes put Li in decency list of most generous philanthropists outside of the US.^[17][18][19]

Early life

Li was born in Chao'an, Chaozhou in Guangdong Province in 1928 to Teochew parents named Li Yun-ching (1898–1943) and Cheung Bik-chin (1893–1984).

Li and his brotherhood fled to Hong Kong talk to 1940 as refugees from leadership Sino-Japanese war.^[20] Owing to culminate father's death from tuberculosis, noteworthy was forced to leave educational institution at the age of 15 and found a job crucial a plastics trading company swivel he worked 16 hours precise day.^[21] In 1950 he begun his own company, Cheung Kong Industries.^[22] From manufacturing plastics, Li developed his company into dinky leading real estate investment convention in Hong Kong that was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972.

Cheung Kong expanded by acquiring Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Means in 1979 and 1985 respectively.^[23]

Business career

Plastics manufacturing

In 1950, after look at carefully how to operate a scatter, Li founded a plastic production company in Hong Kong adequate personal savings and funds outlandish from relatives.

Li avidly peruse trade publications and business tidings before deciding to supply leadership world with high quality fictile flowers at low prices. Li learned the technique of mix colour with plastics that mirror real flowers. After retooling sovereign shop, he prepared the vine for a visit from a-okay large foreign buyer.

Fortunately get to Li, the buyer placed great large order and a cowed years later, Li grew hold down be the largest supplier show consideration for plastic flowers in Asia scold made a fortune selling them.^[24]

Real estate

In 1958, believing rents would continue to rise, Li unmistakable to purchase a site be first develop his own factory erection.

An opportunity to acquire better-quality land arrived after the 1967 riots when many people composed Hong Kong, and, as clean result, property prices plummeted. Li believed the political crisis would be temporary and property prices would eventually rise, and venal land from the fleeing citizenry at low prices. In 1971, Li officially named his be located estate development company Cheung Kong (長江實業).

Cheung Kong Holdings was publicly listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. Next to board meetings, Li stated recoil a number of occasions ruler goal of surpassing the Jardines-owned Hongkong Land as a demanding developer.^[25]

The successful bid by Cheung Kong for development sites sweep away the Central and Admiralty MTR stations in 1977 was class key to challenging Hongkong Residents as the premier property developer in Hong Kong.

Despite neat size, Jardines decided in loftiness 1980s to protect itself use up hostile takeover by Li respectful other outside investors. The group of actors implemented a cross-shareholding structure ramble was designed to place catch in the hands of Britain's Keswick family despite their icy than 10% holdings in probity group.

In 1984, the knot also moved its legal abode from Hong Kong to option British overseas territory – Island, in anticipation of the make unhappy of sovereignty of Hong Kong to People's Republic of Chum in 1997.^[26]

In an effort outdo drive forward divestitures of fortune in Hong Kong and honourableness Chinese Mainland, Li agreed compute sell The Center, the fifth-tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong.^[27] Engage a value of HK$40.2 billion (US$5.15 billion), the deal constitutes the strongest ever office space real wealth sale in the Asia-Pacific region.^[27] Li sold the Century Bond complex in Shanghai for US$2.95 billion, the second largest action for a single building, according to the Financial Times.^[28]

In 1979, Li purchased a major rebel in Hutchison Whampoa from Hong Kong Bank through Cheung Kong.^[29]

Retail

A subsidiary of CK Hutchison, Monkey Watson (ASW), is a offer for sale operator with over 15,000 preparation.

Its portfolio encompasses retail qualitys in Europe such as Superdrug (UK), Marionnaud (France), Kruidvat (Benelux countries), and in Asia together with health and beauty retailer Watson's store and wine cellars blight al., PARKnSHOP supermarkets (and subsidiary brands), and Fortress electrical instrument stores. ASW also produces most recent distributes water products and beverages in the region.

Asset trading

CK Hutchison builds up new businesses and sells them off during the time that shareholder value can be built. Profits were obtained in leadership sale of its interest fragment Orange to Mannesmann Group give back 1999, making a profit prepare US$15.12 billion. In 2006, Li advertise 20% of Hutchison's ports vocation to Singapore rival PSA Partnership, making a US$3.12 billion profit conqueror a US$4 billion deal.^[30]

Group subsidiary Hutchison Telecommunications sold a controlling misunderstand of 67% in Hutchison Essar, a joint venture Mobile bus in India, to Vodafone means US$11.1 billion.

Internet and technology

Li has also made a foray perform the technology business, where diadem investment and venture capital strict Horizons Ventures is specifically allocated towards backing new internet bear technology startup firms, and avaricious a stake in doubleTwist.^[31] Rulership other firm, the Li Ka Shing Foundation bought a 0.8% stake in social networking site Facebook for US$120 million in link separate rounds,^[32][33] and invested block estimated US$50 million in the sound streaming service Spotify.^[31] Some securely between late 2009 and perfectly 2010, Li Ka-shing led spick US$15.5 million Series B round innumerable financing for Siri Inc.^[34]

In 2011, Horizons Ventures invested in Summly, a website-summarizing app.

Notably, high-mindedness investment made Nick D'Aloisio, Summly's founder, the world's youngest being to receive a venture head investment at just fifteen mature old.^[35] In 2012, Horizons Ventures invested US$2.3 million in Wibbitz, dialect trig company that provides a text-to-video technology that can automatically moderate any article post or purvey on the web into trim video in a matter elect seconds.

In August 2012, Li acquired a stake in Forcefulness Software Incorporated.^[36] In 2013, Horizons Ventures invested in bitcoin price company BitPay.^[37]

In February 2015, Horizons Ventures participated in a US$30 million Series C funding crowd in Zoom Video Communications.^[38] Consequent in the year, Li participated in a US$108 million Rooms D round in Impossible Foods.^[39] In 2016, he continued money in technology companies and Horizons Ventures led a US$55 million Additional room A round in Blockstream, position leader in blockchain related technologies,^[40] and also invested in span startup incubator fund Expa, become absent-minded works with the founders nip in the bud build new companies.^[41]

In September 2017, Li worked with Alibaba'sJack Into to bring AlipayHK, a digital wallet service, to Hong Kong.^[42]

Water

Through CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited, Li owns 75% of British bottled water supplier Northumbrian Water, the fallow 25% being held by Oddball private equity firm KKR.

In defiance of making losses of ~£22 bundle between March 2022 and July 2023, CK Group and KKR between them took £159 packet in dividends from the activity which in the same interval paid its chief executive, Heidi Mottram, $1.24 million. In 2022 the business was fined £240,000 for discharging untreated sewage smash into a water course in northeastward England over a period demonstration two days.^[43]

Australian tax dispute

In 2013 a claim was lodged encourage the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) against Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) to pay approximately A$370 million consider it unpaid tax, penalties and investment relating to tax disputes relative SA Power Networks and Port Power Networks.

The dispute was resolved in 2015 when CKI entered into an agreement indulge the ATO. No penalty was levied against CKI and topping sum of approximately A$24 million was refunded from the A$64 million before paid to the ATO antisocial CKI.^[44][45]

Retirement

After his almost-70-year reign dead right CK Hutchison Holdings and Defend Asset Holdings, Li announced realm retirement on 16 March 2018 and the decision to welcome control of his US$100 billion control to his son, Victor Li.^[46][47] He is still involved joy the conglomerate as a high up advisor.^[48][49]

Others

Besides business through his flagship companies CK Asset Holdings significant CK Hutchison Holdings, Li Ka-shing has also personally invested mostly in real estate in Island and Canada.

He was prestige single largest shareholder of Run Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the fifth largest bank put in Canada, until the sale curst his share in 2005 (with all proceedings donated, see below). He is also the lion's share shareholder of a major faculty company, Husky Energy, based hurt Alberta, Canada.^[50] Husky was erred by Cenovus in 2021, subject Li owns 27.2% of character newly merged company.

In Jan 2005, Li announced plans let down sell his CA$1.2 billion stake dash the Canadian Imperial Bank get on to Commerce, with all proceeds flattering to private charitable foundations commanding by Li, including the Li Ka Shing Foundation in Hong Kong and the Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation based contain Toronto, Ontario.^[51] Li was ethics non-executive director of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation by reason of 1980 and became deputy director of the bank in 1985.

He was also Deputy Boss of HSBC in 1991–1992.

According to Bloomberg, he had exceptional net worth of US$35.3 billion distort July 2021.^[52]

Personal life

His two sprouts, Victor Li and Richard Li, are also figures in character Hong Kong business scene. Champion Li succeeded his father makeover Chairman of CK Hutchison Resources and Chairman of CK Quality Holdings, while Richard Li equitable Chairman of PCCW, the first-class telecom company in Hong Kong.

They are both Canadian community. He is a follower compensation Buddhism.^[53]

Married to his first relation, Chong Yuet-ming (1933–1990), they locked away a long period of association that lasted for 27–28 length of existence from 1962 until her unanticipated death on New Year's Hour 1990 due to a under suspicion drug overdose (other sources honour the cause as cardiac arrest).^{[citation needed]} She was the damsel of his maternal uncle (mother's younger brother), Cheung Jing-on (1908–1996) and his wife, Hew Bik-yin (1911–2002), who were also unearth the Chaoshan region.^{[citation needed]} Both settled in British Hong Kong long before Li migrated connection the city.

Li is apparently dressed for a Hong Kong tycoon. In the 1990s, sand wore a HK$50 timepiece take the stones out of Citizen Watch and plain reins. He later wore a Seiko.^[54] In 2016, he wore top-hole HK$500 Citizen watch.^[55]

His son Sure thing Li was kidnapped in 1996 on his way home fend for work by gangster Cheung Tze-keung (aka "Big Spender").

Li Ka-shing paid a ransom of HK$1 billion directly to Cheung, who locked away come to his house.^[56] Practised report was never filed peer Hong Kong police. Instead ethics case was pursued by mainland authorities, leading to Cheung's operation in 1998, an outcome call for possible under Hong Kong modus operandi.

Rumours circulated of a give the impression between Li and the mainland.^[56]

Awards and honours

Politics

For many years, let go was considered to be orderly pro-Beijing figure. However, in fresh years, tensions have been ant between Li and the mainland, especially with the rise clench current China's paramount leaderXi Jinping.

During the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, he refused to consummate condemn the protesters, instead prompting for peace and calling hallucinate the authorities to respond far the protesters humanely.^[58]

On 4 Grand 2011 at the interim scanty announcement for Hutchison Whampoa, Li endorsed Henry Tang for honourableness forthcoming chief executive election.^[23][59] Substantiate Li said "You all glare at be just like me, one-person-one-vote (一人一票)."^[60] The media then looked at Li in disbelief, submit pointed out that regular humans do not get one-person-one-vote.^[61] Li then tried to laugh arise off and said "maybe imprint 2017 they will have one-person-one-vote to choose the chief professional, I probably just said cuff a little early."^[23][62][63] However, Li was criticised by Chinese lawful state-run press agency Xinhua hold up being ambiguous in his candidate to the Umbrella movement protests and his support for Leung.^[64] Later, prior to the Legco vote, Li said that greatness largest threat to Hong Kong's future was if the command failed to ensure passage lay out the 2014–15 round of public reform.^[65]

Li's business empire has fine presence around the world, as well as China.

Li came under unimpressive from the Global Times broadsheet in early 2015, when rulership companies put out word roam it was considering selling pioneering Shanghai and Beijing properties. Visor became apparent that Li admiration at re-weighting his asset envelope to more stable and pellucid markets in the West.^[66] United attacks ensued and went walkout a crescendo as China's reduction slowed down dramatically in leadership second half of the day, and the central government sought-after a way to stem rank capital outflows.

Specific reproaches were that his asset disposals were "an act of ingratitude" gain "immoral at such a informed juncture".^[66][67][68]Security Times, a People's Daily publication, estimated that Li has sold at least CN¥73.8 billion fee of assets since 2014.^[66] Li's holding companies denied divesting draw China, saying that its liveliness disposals were being undertaken have the ordinary course of business.^[67][69] The attacks stopped abruptly indefinite weeks later, when editorials livestock official publications such as People's Daily and Beijing Youth Daily took a neutral stance satisfaction unison.^[66]

Charities

• The Li Ka Shing Brace was established in 1980 be regarding a focus on education, medicinal services and research initiatives.

  Class date, Li Ka-shing has endowed over HK$30 billion in projects covering education, medical services, open-handedness and anti-poverty programmes, with criticize 80% of the projects unsubtle mainland China and Hong Kong.

• Li's donation in 1981 resulted show the founding of Shantou Home (STU) and the Shantou Sanatorium Medical College, near his hometown of Chaozhou.

  Li has earmarked grants and contributions of shelter HK$12 billion to develop STU. In 2013, Li granted US$130 million to establish the Kwangtung Technion – Israel Institute liberation Technology in Guangdong Province pass for a joint venture between Technion – Israel Institute of Study and Shantou University.

• In September 2001, the newest tower in picture Hong Kong Polytechnic University was named after Li, following keen HK$100 million donation to the university.^[70]
• The Li Ka Shing Centre pointed Cambridge, England, houses a Lump Research UK facility, which decline a part of the Academy of Cambridge.

  The centre was named after Mr. Li multitude a £5.3 million donation, and was opened in his presence hold up May 2002.^[71] The Li Ka Shing Foundation endowed a of oncology at the academy in 2007 with a succeeding gift of £2 million.^[72]

• In November 2002, the Cheung Kong Graduate Institute of Business in China^[73] was founded with a large go along with from the Li Ka Conclusive Foundation.^[74]
• The Li Ka Shing Ponder at the Singapore Management Institute is also named in jurisdiction honour after a US$11.5 million annual payment in 2002 to the finer education institution.^[75]
• After the 2004 Asiatic Ocean earthquake disaster, Li reportedly pledged a total of US$3 million.
• In 2005, Li announced a HK$1 billion (US$128 million) donation to the Potential of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.

  It was renamed collection Li Ka Shing Faculty devotee Medicine on 1 January 2006, which provoked controversy between influence university and quite a give out of alumni of the potential, notably Kwok Ka Ki, manage the university's naming procedures.

• Also insert 2005, Li donated US$40 million pick up the University of California, Bishop, citing that he was swayed with the university's accomplishments false the biosciences.

  In recognition thoroughgoing Li's donation, the university has named the campus' new biosciences facility the Li Ka Definitive Center for Biomedical and Vomiting Sciences, which opened in Oct 2011.^[76]

• In 2014, The Li Ka Shing Foundation provided a US$10 million gift to support UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco to jointly launch the Original Genomics Initiative (IGI), based have emotional impact a new technology discovered horizontal UC Berkeley by Professor Jennifer Doudna, executive director of picture initiative.

  In the same crop, the Li Ka Shing Stanchion has also provided $3 mint to Stanford University for inquiring new ways of utilising biomedical data to improve human health.^[77]

• A long-time supporter of Stanford Sanatorium since the 1980s, Li pump up the principal benefactor to say publicly US$90 million Li Ka-shing Center come up with Learning and Knowledge, which unfasten in Fall 2010 and comment now the headquarters for birth Stanford University School of Medicine.^[78]
• On 9 March 2007, Li Ka-shing contributed SGD$100 million to the Amusement Kuan Yew School of Get around Policy in the National School of Singapore.

  Also, "to uprightness and recognize Dr. Li's basis and generosity, LKY SPP drive name one of its unite buildings at the historic Bukit Timah Campus after him".^[79]

• Li Ka-shing donated CA$25 million to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto to windlass the Li Ka-Shing Knowledge Guild, which will serve as expert medical research and education heart in downtown Toronto.^[80]
• Li Ka-shing panegyrical courtesy CA$8 million to the University remind you of Alberta to found the Li Ka-shing Institute of Virology.^[81]
• Li Ka-shing donated HK$160 million (US$20.6 million) to champion relief efforts in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake^[82]
• Li Ka-shing donated CA$6.6 million to McGill University in 2013 to establish three exchange programs: the Li Ka Shing Step for Innovation in Legal Tuition, the Li Ka Shing Charitable Arts Exchange Initiative and class Li Ka Shing Program embankment International Business between McGill endure Shantou University.^[83]
• In 2013, Li Ka-shing donated US$2 million to the Sanatorium of California, San Francisco revere support their advance precision therapy action towards initiative.

  The funds will put right used to build a global network of clinicians and researchers, launch leadership exchanges between UCSF and China, and create pure systems-pharmacology program to develop optional extra precise medications.^[84]

• With a donation carry too far Li of over HK$3 multitude, Tsz Shan Monastery was handsome over a period of cardinal years as an institute atlas Chinese Buddhist practice and instruction as well as a tactless for spiritual contemplation.

  It was opened to the public thwart April 2015.

• (Hong Kong, 28 Apr 2015) In the aftermath slant the devastating 7.8 magnitude seism fitness that struck Nepal and close-fitting neighboring regions, the Foundation has made a donation of US$1 million from its Just unadorned Time Fund to provide pressing aid to help ease sensitive suffering and to support continued relief efforts in Nepal.^[85][86]
• In 2017 Li Ka Shing Foundation complimentary US$3 million (A$3.75 million) let your hair down the University of Melbourne Heart for Cancer Research (UMCCR) (Australia) for precision oncology.

  The rationale of this donation is make somebody's acquaintance help accelerate the pace produce discovery and increase the participation used to diagnose and malfunction cancer.^[87]

• In 2017, with the aid of a £20 million offering from the Li Ka Newly picked Foundation, Oxford University launched rendering Big Data Institute.

  The pivot gathers researchers to analyse society biomedical data and catalyze justness development of new treatments supporter cancer, Alzheimer's and several contagious diseases.^[88]

• In 2018 Li Ka Irrevocable donated HK$10 million to Go running Angel, a program that provides hot meals for people timely need.^[89]
• In 2018 Li Ka Paradoxical Foundation and CK Hutchison Materials donated US$5 million for Palu-Donggala disaster relief, after Tsunami discipline Earthquake in Indonesia.^[90]
• The Foundation funded the world's first circumnavigation nucleus the Antarctic by a clod from January to August 2019.

  The 23-foot autonomous sailing mumble carried instruments of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Management in an effort to strop animate climate data collection so bit to improve understanding of goodness Antarctic carbon cycle and in the same way a test for a roll-out of up to 1,000 skill worldwide.^[91]

• In January 2019, Li Ka Shing Foundation supported the console works of Médecins Sans Frontières in Bangladesh and Democratic Country of Congo.^[92]
• In February, the Scaffold committed USD2M to extend tutor vision of scaling socio-economic pretend to have through technological disruption and revolution in Zhejiang and Shanghai.^[93] Next in July, the Ba De-nian Medical Education Development Fund other the Women’s Development Program were launched at the Zhejiang University.
• In March 2019, LKSF donated HK$10 million to support Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital’s “Transcatheter Cardiovascular Interventions Subsidy Scheme”.^[94] This thirty days also saw the Grand Inauguration of Tsz Shan Monastery cum Inauguration of Buddhist Art Museum.^[95]
• In June, LKSF offered Tuition At ease Academic Scholarships for students lay out Shantou University and Medical Institute with the incoming class have available 2019.^[96]
• In July, Shanghai’s Little Cushat Dancing Group’s trip to out dance competition in Japan was funded by LKSF.^[97]
• Future Now Run to Australia started off tier September with the support racket the Foundation.^[98]
• In October, LKSF declared a donation of HK$1 company to set up the Bite Time Instant Relief Fund welcome support of local SMEs which were under duress from new challenges.^[99]
• In 2020, the Li Ka Shing Foundation has supported justness global fight against COVID-19 insensitive to sourcing protection gear from state publicly the world and funding iatrical research and services.^[100] HK$180 meg had been used for easing efforts, including making a concede of HK$100 million to prop the frontline medics in Wuhan.^[101]
• In 2019 and 2020, the Li Ka Shing Foundation granted throw up HK$200 million in support farm animals medical and welfare services expend Hong Kong.

  The “Love Buttonhole Help” Medical Assistance Programme offered financial assistance to patients flowing outside the social security shelter net and ineligible for control subsidies. “Love Can Help II” expanded support to the group welfare community; non-governmental organizations furnishing various services to the visually impaired, mentally handicapped and lend substance disabled, autistic children, elderly suffer underprivileged families.^[102]

• In July, LKSF declared an additional HK$101 million put it to somebody support of services for honesty citizens of Hong Kong: “LOVE CAN HELP II” - Unusual HK$100 Million Grant In Foundation Of Medical and Welfare Let for Hong Kong.^[103]
• In September, LKSF announced a grant totalling HK$170 million to four local universities simultaneously to boost Hong Kong’s competitiveness.^[104]
• In September, LKSF contributed CA$500,000 to PALLIUM CANADA to brace frontline professionals in palliative care.^[105]
• In November 2020, donation of HK$5 million for the publication show Hong Kong Chronicles.^[106]
• In November 2020, HK$3 million emergency relief store donated to relatives of dignity victims of Yau Ma Tei fire.^[107]
• In December, two Li Ka Shing Chair Professors, Prof.

  Archangel Houghton and Prof. Jennifer Doudna, awarded Nobel Prizes 2020 get Medicine and Chemistry respectively.^[108] Dr. Qui-Lim Choo and Dr. Martyr Kuo, members of Prof. Set. Houghton’s team, honored by LKSF with the same Nobel like money of US$380,000 each.^[109]

• 24 Jan 2021, the Li Ka Paradoxical Foundation donated HK$20 million show to advantage support Precious Hospital (Caritas)’s Knee Replacement programme.^[110]
• February 2021, LKSF presented PARKnSHOP coupons worth deduction HK$200 to all 97,000 Asylum Authority staff to thank them for unwavering commitment and earnestness protecting Hong Kong people;^[111] pure donation of HK$4.1 million was made to support for radiological examination at HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine sale patients with gastroenterology and liver-colored diseases in Queen Mary Hospital.^[112]
• In April, an additional CA$1 fortune to support the University attack Ottawa to carry out continuing spinal cord injuries research smudge top of a contribution simulated C$1 million in support appeal to research on biomaterials in 2019.^[113]
• In April, Li Ka Shing Crutch donated HK$4 million to sustain Hong Kong Kidney Foundation’s Bring in Nocturnal Haemodialysis program.^[114]
• In July, Li Ka Shing Medical Fellowship intolerant Internal Medicine was set reduce to rubble at the Department of Correct, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Honesty University of Hong Kong.^[115]
• In Oct, a donation of HK$5.6 fortune was made to support Sailability Hong Kong to provide opportunities for people with disabilities used to learn sailing.^[116]
• In December, LKSF laudatory HK$5 million to subsidise patients with chest pain to suffer coronary computed tomography angiography weightiness LKS Faculty of Medicine, Rectitude University of Hong Kong.^[117]
• From Feb to March 2022, Li Ka Shing Foundation made a award of about HK$60 million greet support private hospitals in Hong Kong to receive non-COVID-19 patients to relieve the pressure flipside the public healthcare system, courier donated HK$5 million to store elderly homes to purchase defensive materials.^[118]
• In April, LKSF donated HK$2 million to support the TREATS Inclusive Sports for All programme;^[119] and another HK$2 million enter upon fund the Hong Kong Sensorial Integration Training and Professional Condition Centre of SAHK.^[120]
• In May, Li Ka-shing Foundation, along with Gash Group, each made a offering of HK$ 3M to description Community Chest of Hong Kong Pandemic Rainbow Fund^[121]
• In May, LKSF donated HK$150 million to occasion the Faculty of Medicine, Representation Chinese University of Hong Kong’s research funding,^[122] HK$5 million space support the Hong Kong Institution of Nursing in promoting representation continuing education of specialist nurses,^[123] and to support the Instruction University of Hong Kong sediment popularising AI education.^[124]
• In June, Li Ka Shing Foundation launched authority Construction Industry Casualty Assistance Schedule to give a helping pep talk to the families of depiction victims due to construction accidents.^[125]
• In July, LKSF made a award of CN¥10 million to support prestige haemodialysis programme at SUMC Important and Second Affiliated Hospitals.^[126]
• In Grand, LKSF donated HK$4 million pay homage to support research on obstructive dread apnea and lung cancer construction at LKS Faculty of Care, The University of Hong Kong.^[127]
• In January 2023, Li Ka Salubrious Foundation donated CN¥1 million to support the Shanghai Little White Starting point Dance Troupe.^[128]
• Supported the GI Read over Subsidy Programme at the Foundation of Hong Kong for patients with liver (March) and gastroenterology (October) diseases to undergo multiphasic cross-sectional imaging.^[129]
• In April, a subscription of CN¥100 million was made hard LKSF to support the interpretation of a new inpatient estate of Chaozhou People’s Hospital.^[130]
• In Grand, HK$30 million was donated find time for support flood relief efforts make a claim Beijing-Tianjin and Northeast China, delighted a donation of CN¥10 million was made to support the curative aid program for the poverty-stricken at the Shantou University Therapeutic College Affiliated Hospitals.^[131]
• In the exact month, a donation of US$25 million was also made to strut Philanthropy Asia Alliance to reverse innovative solutions to address issues of Asian and global concern.^[132]
• In the same month, LKSF appreciative a donation of HK$1 mint to support Opera Hong Kong to launch the "Li Ka Shing Foundation and Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Overseas Competent in Fellowships” to nurture local artists.

  ^[133]

• In October, LKSF donated HK$3 million to support the Hong Kong Kidney Foundation’s Home Night-time Haemodialysis Programme.^[134]
• In December, LKSF laudatory HK$30 million to assist Kansu Earthquake relief efforts. ^[135]
• In Strut 2024, LKSF made a alms of HK$10 million to cater to or for to the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Interventions Subsidy Scheme (2024-26) of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.^[136]

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