SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE CBE
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Sir Lawrence Kadoorie was born in 1899 and is a member of the
famous Shanghai family. Among many other business interests,
he is chairman of the China Light and Power Company, one of
the two privately-owned electricity generating companies in
Hong Kong (the other is the Hong Kong. Electric Company).
is an Anglophile who believes that the UK should seize the
opportunities offered by its links with Hong Kong to promote-
trade with China, which he sees becoming a major world
political and economic force. He and his brother, Horace
Kadoorie, have for many years provided assistance and relief
to farmers in the New Territories through the Kadoorie
Agricultural Aid Association.
He takes a great interest in
jade and is reputed to have one of the finest collections in
Hong Kong.
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