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  Famous Hotels | Kadoorie, Sir Michael
Sir Michael is also Chairman of CLP Holdings Limited, a non-executive director of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a director of Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sons Limited, as well as holding a number of other directorships.
Sir Michael is a member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong, and in addition, acts as a trustee of a number of leading, local charitable institutions.
Michael Kadoorie is the son of Lawrence Baron Kadoorie who brother of Sir Horace.
www.famoushotels.org /article/445   (294 words)

  
  Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawrence, Lord Kadoorie, KBE (June 2, 1899 in Hong Kong - August 25, 1993 in Hong Kong) was a famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.
Kadoorie and his brother Sir Horace Kadoorie worked for Victor Sassoon during the 1920s and 1930s, and managed his famous Shanghai hotel.
Kadoorie was made a KBE and Baron Kadoorie of Kowloon and the City of Westminster for his philanthropic work throughout the UK and Hong Kong.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Kadoorie   (214 words)

  
 Michael Kadoorie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Michael David Kadoorie GBS, born 1941 in Hong Kong, is a business executive, one of the world's foremost tycoons and philanthropists.
The son of business tycoon Lord Kadoorie (Lawrence Kadoorie) (1899-1993) and his wife, Muriel Gubbay, Michael Kadoorie was educated at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland before going on to university.
He is the owner of a number of rare automobiles including a type 57 Bugatti, a 1932 Phantom II Thrupp and Maberly, a 1934 Hispano-Suiza J12 Van Vooren Cabriolet, a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K, a 1969 P400 S Miura Lamborghini and a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Kadoorie   (486 words)

  
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On the first morning of the 2000 event, Michael Kadoorie told me the story of his right-hand-drive Ferrari 250 GT (s/n 0811) while we helped ourselves to the ample continental breakfast served on Quail Lodge's sunny patio.
Kadoorie first saw a RHD 250 Series I when he was only 15 years old in Hong Kong.
Kadoorie bought it from Phillipson after confirming that this was indeed the second of the two RHD 250 GTs originally built by Ferrari.
www.mccallmotorsports.com /media_archive/archive3.html   (1220 words)

  
 Michael Kadoorie: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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Michael Kadoorie is the Chairman of CLP Research Institute and CLP Holdings Ltd. [Click link for more facts about this topic] which his family founded in 1890 and in which they still hold a 35% stake.
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 VeloceToday - Online Magazine for Italian Car Enthusiasts!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Michael Kadoorie, the noted Hong Kong financier and philanthropist, whose Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels owns the Quail Lodge, is also a major car collector.
Kadoorie asked Gordon McCall of the Wednesday night airport party to help create a new event that would be in keeping with the ambience of the renovated property.
Kadoorie and McCall are well connected in car circles and the quality of entry at the Quail should continue to grow from this year’s substantial base.
www.velocetoday.com /events/events_49.php   (1251 words)

  
 Business Aviation expands the reach of a Hong Kong dynasty
In fact, one Kadoorie family interest—the Peninsula Hotel across the harbour in Kowloon—has twin helipads on the 32nd-floor roof level.
Kadoorie says his objective, aside from supporting the travel needs of the Kadoorie Group, is to promote business aviation in Hong Kong, in mainland China and throughout the region.
Kadoorie Group aviation interests—under the Hong Kong Aviation Group (HKAG)—include Metrojet, Heliservices, Rotair (an MD Helicopters distributor) and an equity stake in the Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre.
www.metrojet.com /news/propilot.html   (2356 words)

  
 Shanghai's amazing Jewish community
Among them were the Sassoons and Kadoories, the latter one of Hong Kong's wealthiest families.
They financed some of Shanghai's finest colonial architecture, including the magnificent Children's Palace (formerly the Kadoorie estate, Marble Hall), the art deco Peace Hotel (then the Cathay Hotel) and Shanghai Mansions, a Sassoon building that was used to process, and illegally house at times, hundreds of refugees.
The Kadoories - This family made its fortune in Shanghai and Hong Kong real estate and utilities; their Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotel chain (including the Peninsula) is among the finest in the world.
www.gluckman.com /ShanghaiJewsChina.html   (3265 words)

  
 The Peninsula Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is located at the junction of Nathan Road and Salisbury Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Founded by members of the Kadoorie family, the hotel today is part of the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group headed by Michael Kadoorie.
As such, the Peninsula hotel was ideally situated to take advantage of the increasing number of wealthy visitors to the area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Peninsula_Hong_Kong   (467 words)

  
 Michael Kadoorie & family, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Was knighted last year in honor of his extensive charitable and philanthropic activities.
The red disc indicates Michael Kadoorie & family
For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 13, 2006.
www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/9O0I.html   (135 words)

  
 Schroders PLC - Press Releases - UK Company Fundamentals - Hemmington Scott Ltd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
On its establishment, Schroders and The Chartered Bank each held a 40% interest in the company and the Kadoorie interests held a 20% stake.
In 1984 Schroders' interest was increased from 40% to 75% and the Kadoorie interest to 25% by the purchase of The Chartered Bank's shareholding.
Schroders is establishing an Asian Advisory Board and Mr Kadoorie has agreed to serve on this board.
www.hemscott.com /EQUITIES/COMPANY/ADDTNL/00017/PR31.htm   (664 words)

  
 Irwin Michael On Natural Gas - Natural Gas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels: Senior Management & Key Functions
He serves on the board of CLP Holdings Limited and Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sons Limited, overseeing a number of the Kadoorie family interests in Hong Kong and overseas.
Sir Michael Kadoorie, he was appointed to the Board in 1972. Mr.
Mocatta is an executive director of Sir Elly Kadoorie and Sons Limited and holds other non-executive positions including vice chairman of CLP Holdings Limited and chairman of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited.
www.hshgroup.com /seniorManagement.asp?rtid=92&id=66&cid=28   (1714 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Hunting threat to big amphibians
How many there are left nationally is not known; but where populations have been studied, falls of around 80% in three generations - about 45 years - have been registered.
"In the 1960s, more than 15,000 kg were harvested each year from one single prefecture in Hunan province," Michael Lau, an amphibian and reptile specialist at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong, told the BBC News website.
Michael Lau believes that attitudes towards amphibians are changing down the human generations.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/sci/tech/4259596.stm   (731 words)

  
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But analysts were not so certain, saying that the Evergo group, which has a reputation as a corporate raider, may team up with Lai Sun Garment for a takeover.
A source close to the Kadoorie family said the family has not considered any countermoves so far.
Analysts said it would be difficult for Evergo and the Kadoorie family to cooperate because of different management styles.
www.comp.nus.edu.sg /~liuruizh/cs4248/a1/c2/00960.txt   (413 words)

  
 crp-bangladesh : Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Michael Kadoorie from the Kadoorie Charitable Foundations in Hong Kong.
The Kadoorie Charitable Foundations funded approximately half of the £2.8 million construction costs for CRP-Mirpur.
Kadoorie spoke of the obvious need for the facilities which CRP will provide at CRP-Mirpur.
www.crp-bangladesh.org /news_newsarchive_april2003.htm   (1434 words)

  
 CLP Group - The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie
CLP Group - The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie (10)
The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie, GBS, LLD (Hon.), Officier de la Légion d'Honneur, Commandeur de l'Ordre de Léopold II, Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, aged 65, Chairman, Member of Nomination Committee and China Committee
Sir Michael Kadoorie was appointed Chairman to the CLP Holdings Board on 31 October 1997.
www.clpgroup.com /NR/exeres/0F6BCCB1-4A3D-4A85-9AD9-17F1114F22DB,D1DA1FD0-1C2F-4B25-A127-D39DAA3CAC94,frameless.htm?ch=_CorpGov_BrdNMgt_BrdOfDir_&lang=en   (120 words)

  
 The Ultimate List of billionaires Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
Michael Otto and family - Germany - $8.3 billion
Michael Kadoorie and family - China (Hong Kong) - $4.7 billion
Michael Hilti and family - Liechtenstein - $2.6 billion
www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/List_of_billionaires   (1447 words)

  
 Incorporation, Incorporation Services, Company Incorporation
The unit will be called Oxygen, and the company says that the move into the telecommunications is a necessary, if not an easy, step.
Michael Kadoorie, chairman of CLP Holdings, told the Hong Kong i-Mail that telecommunications was an area the company must be involved in, saying: 'It will add value to shareholders and we will provide Hong Kong an additional avenue of choice.'
Currently, CLP's sales of electricity are slowing down and its entry into Hong Kong's highly competitive world of telecoms is an attempt to stop falling revenues.
www.companiesinc.com /cinewsletter/april2001/story3251.asp   (201 words)

  
 Michael Kadoorie: Home
This site was established as an expression of appreciation and gratitude for Sir Michael Kadoorie's philanthropic work across the globe, in particular for that in the Hong Kong SAR.
The above images link to major organizations, centres or structures in the Hong Kong region extant through funding provided by the Kadoorie Charitable Foundation.
On behalf of all denizens of the world who have benefitted from Sir Michael Kadoorie and family's generosity, kindness and compassion, we thank you with warm respect and a whole heart.
www.michaelkadoorie.com /index.html   (84 words)

  
 Largest order ever of Rolls Royce Phantoms delivered - Autoblog
Ian Robertson, Chairman and Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce, presented the keys for all 14 cars to The Honourable Sir Michael Kadoorie, Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited at a ceremony today.
The burr walnut veneers were selected by the Goodwood team for their natural beauty and quality, while the colour of the wood was specifically chosen by Sir Michael.
Sir Michael Kadoorie said, "For more than 35 years The Peninsula Hong Kong has used Rolls-Royce cars, and this new fleet of Phantoms is the most impressive of their cars built to date.
www.autoblog.com /2006/12/14/largest-order-ever-of-rolls-royce-phantoms-delivered   (2391 words)

  
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 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Michael Kadoorie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
William Elkin MOCATTA, aged 52, has been an alternate director to Mr Michael David Kadoorie, an Independent Non-executive Director, since 1997.
CLP chairman Michael Kadoorie, whose family controls the 103-year-old company, aims to increase the proportion of profit from overseas to a third from 20 percent as sales growth in Hong Kong stagnates.
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 ABS-CBN Interactive
This move shows that the Hongkong based Kadoorie family is bullish about the business climate in the Philippines in general and the prospects for the local hospitality industry in particular -- not to mention a renewal of confidence (and affection) for its excellent Manila operation.
And let’s not forget that tourism (which is an important ally of the hospitality industry) is regarded as the key to driving the economy.
Distributed by Milkin Corp., Fiorgelato, the pure Italian ice cream is now served in over 50 outlets nationwide.
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 Bloomberg.com: Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
CLP, a 105-year old business controlled by the family of Chairman Michael Kadoorie, is expanding abroad to counter slowing earnings growth in Hong Kong.
The city guarantees returns from investment in fixed assets by CLP and smaller rival Hongkong Electric Holdings under a formula that may be revised to favor consumers.
Indonesia wants offers for the plant by the end of March, said Michael Nikkel, managing director for Southeast Asia at CLP Power Asia.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=aLS3hEx1xu4M&refer=asia   (461 words)

  
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 Michael Kadoorie - Famous Chinese People - Chinese
Michael Kadoorie - Famous Chinese People - Chinese
A JewJewish immigrant from Bombay, India, and a descendant of Iraqi Jews originally from Baghdad, he made a fortune in Shanghai and Hong Kong real estate and utilities.
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 The Jewish Quarterly
In recognition of their philanthropy to the Chinese people, Silas Hardoon, Sir Victor Sassoon and Sir Eli Kadoorie received awards from the government in the 1930s.
Many ‘Baghdadis’ regarded Shanghai as their home; nonetheless, the communist government, when it came to power in 1949, saw them as unwelcome intruders.
Today, Michael Kadoorie, grandson of Sir Eli and an illustrious member of the Shanghai Baghdadi Jewish community, is pleased to be returning to the cosmopolitan city that played such an important role in his family’s history.
www.jewishquarterly.org /article.asp?articleid=79   (2894 words)

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