Li Ka-shing said on Tuesday the earnings from his ports-to-telecoms conglomerate fell 53%, mostly due to the absence of any sizable asset sales last year.

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Their stories of triumph and tribulation have been chronicled as cover stories in FORBES ASIA in the past year, including features on Li Ka-shing, Steve Wynn, Teresita Sy-Coson, Simon and Eleanor Kwok, Vincent Tan, Shyam and Hari Bhartia, as well as Morris Chang, the FORBES ASIA Businessman of the Year in 2012.

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Li Ka-Shing is playing host on the top floor of his cheung kong Center tower in Hong Kong's Central.

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Thanks to millions chipped in by Li Ka-shing (No. 9 on the billionaires list), Robert Kuok (No. 104), brothers Ronnie and Gerald Chan and others, Yau's institutes have trained hundreds of postgraduates.

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Signing up Li Ka-shing as one of its investors will certainly help put SecondMarket on the map in Asia.

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Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, is lowering prices on apartments developed by his flagship Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

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From his penthouse office 70 stories above Central district, Li Ka-shing commands sweeping vistas of Hong Kong's fabled harbor on one side and its equally renowned Peak on the other.

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"Don't quote me on this, but tom.com has a big Li Ka-shing premium attached to it, " says one Hong Kong-based fund manager, who doesn't own the stock but wishes he did.

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