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GUANGDONG NUCLEAR PROJECT: LORD KADOORIE
1. SEE MIPT
2. LORD KADOORIE WAS BORN IN HONG KONG IN 1899 AND RAISED IN
CHINA, HIS FATHER HAVING ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN 1880. HE WAS
EDUCATED IN ENGLAND AND HONG KONG AND STUDIED LAW AT LINCOLN'S
INN.
3 HE MOVED TO HONG KONG TO LOOK AFTER THE FAMILY BUSINESS THERE, AND MARRIED MURIEL GUBBAY IN 1938. ALTHOUGH HE HELD
DIRECTORSHIPS IN NUMEROUS COMPANIES WITH EITHER A BASE OR
CONSIDERABLE INTERESTS IN HONG KONG, FROM THE BEGINNING
HIS INTEREST WAS CENTRED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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KADOORIE FIRST JOINED THE BOARD OF CHINA LIGHT IN 1930 AT
THE AGE OF 31, THOUGH HE HAD BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE COMPANY LONG BEFORE THAT. IN 1935 HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER CHAIRMAN OF
THE BOARD AND HAS HELD THIS POSITION CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 1956.
THE FORTUNES OF CHINA LIGHT AND THE KADOORIE FAMILY HAVE BEEN
ALL BUT SYNONYMOUS.
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