5/12/08

Lee Shau Kee: Kim Chuang Hong Kong's legendary wealth

Lee Shau Kee 1928 January 29 was born in Guangdong Shunde, a child in his home town of private school education. His father Zhuang Silver opened in Guangzhou, Lee Shau Kee 7-year-old father had often to the "Putou" eat, and the business耳濡目染a young age. After graduating from primary school, his father began to work the silver Zhuang, develop from the stem. The current situation is volatile, he deeply realize that no matter of currency, coins, money coupons, as the political will of the changes overnight into a waste paper, which, he realized: a kind, is the hedge against inflation The best way.

1949, Lee Shau Kee only players with 1,000 yuan, came to Hong Kong alone. Initially, he had the Bonham Strand Rongchang, such as a money exchange shop a few of the sale of foreign exchange and gold, then the hardware and operating the business.

In 1956, Lee Shau Kee started to operate real estate, he and Kwok Tak-seng, such as eight FENG Jing Jubilee Wing Yip shareholders of the company, bought the Sha Tin hotel operators. In 1963, Lee Shau Kee and Kwok Tak-seng, FENG Jing Jubilee trio of Sun Hung Kai Company, known as the property of "three Jianxia." As the youngest of the Lee Shau Kee, known as the "real estate Xiaoxia." To 1972, Sun Hung Kai Properties shares will be listed on the "three Jianxia" have parted ways. Since then, Lee Shau Kee establishment of Wing Tai Chien-yeh, and in 1973, while Hong Kong's property and land prices plummeted, and constantly found purchase. In 1975, Lee Shau Kee of Henderson Land to set up the company, initial share capital of 150 million yuan, has only 20 sites, to 1993, Henderson Land in the territory, a total of nearly 600 sites. Today, Lee Shau Kee has become super-rich, the Hong Kong property sector Chizhafengyun figure, he's Henderson Land Development have very limited company, Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd., Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited, the Miramar Hotel Limited and Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Ltd. and other five listed companies, with market value of more than 70 billion Hong Kong dollar on the huge assets. Especially in the last 23, Lee Shau Kee is Yijuntuqi, business surged, the higher the standard, the estimated total wealth Yichao 8.5 billion U.S. dollars. According to February 1997, Li Ka-shing has been second place. Lee Shau Kee's success experience is what is it »

Congmingguoren from Lee Shau Kee, a remarkable memory of the count. Now, though he is nearly 70-year-old, but Henderson Land still Qinliqinwei of real estate projects, often in the company to work at 8 pm, 9:00 minutes. He counted quickly and accurately, the real estate firms in the famous "Iron thinking." His memories are even more alarming, Henderson's site, area, the price for what the development of animal husbandry, he knows. Lee Shau Kee sometimes personally guiding graphics, design, often into their own behalf as a user, put ourselves in residential consider how to design more practical, where small to open the door, wearing a child where he has their own opinion. As to which region suitable for the development of what real estate projects, he accurate and renowned attention to the property sector in Hong Kong. As Henderson Land architectural design reasonable, easy-to-use, very popular among customers. Only in 1992 as an example, Henderson Land completed this year, a total of 11 properties, the gross floor area of 1.9 million square meters, together with other stock sale, the group brought a total of more than 2.1 billion Hong Kong dollar on the gross margin.

Whether in good light the city, as construction of buildings do not misuse

It seems that in the Lee Shau Kee, Henderson Land has become "building manufacturing plants." More raw materials, finished products, bought back the land buildings, the sale of flats also make money and more to purchase land for future development, goods such as the Web. The property market well short, did not misuse. He said that if the property market is not short on a free hand, then, the company's so many employees how to do », and so can not market it to a good start from the floor.

Hong Kong real estate ups and downs the past several decades, Lee Shau Kee is Xianguaibuguai, stride. He said that 80 to 90 years, the future of Hong Kong greatly troubled, the Sino-British Hong Kong to negotiate the issue of sovereignty, immigration, etc., the impact on Hong Kong are great, Hong Kong's property market is supposed to be discussed, in fact not desalination Property prices steadily rose. Lee Shau Kee regardless of the real estate market well short, has been to create a building and as a result, whether mansion or Hong Kong small and medium-sized buildings, has always been popular ever, so he kept making money, the Regal ranking List to move forward step by step.

Do not earn ill-gotten wealth, the pursuit of success in our cause flu

Lee Shau Kee talk about the issue of personal wealth, said an old saying: "No justice and the rich and expensive, in Fuyun I like." He always believed that unscrupulous, not moral, have not developed the use, the person should have their own The principles and ideals.

Since the wealth of knowing that if Fuyun, then why in the past several decades to do business Zonghengchicheng »Lee Shau Kee that the cause of the sense of achievement, not entirely with the money. In his mind, so the property is the most important predictive ability and ability to identify, to buy land is like buying clothes, buy cheap Chuande a long time, then state your vision, and buy value. Everyone together to buy, who Shihuo, who is not Shihuo, "there are no material news", after a few years见分晓. In conclusion, the investment as a touchstone to distinguish between "high" and "low", Mingchaqiuhao, for the most successful of the realm. Apart from the Lee Shau Kee and fast-sighted investment, Dairenjiewu also focus on traditional human touch, not only recognize, as some businessmen of money do not know, the past several decades, his company almost Henderson and major property companies in Hong Kong cooperation that Fitch was known as "Baida" to Wang.

As the real estate sector "Big Brother", Lee Shau Kee of the Hong Kong Government to the public at the request of the property price pressure, will have to take the lead as the flats in Ma On Shan Sunshine City Zibianshenjia 8 percent for other real estate companies to make an example.

Although Lee Shau Kee Youshi reading small, but he quite Classical Chinese self-cultivation, bought, stored a large number of ancient books. As he has donated large sums to fund the University of Oxford, Oxford presented his "academicians" and "Dr." title. However, he has the media in society

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