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SIR LAWRENCE KADOORIE CBE

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). He

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 relicf

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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