Tycoon Li Ka-shing gives US$13mil to Chinese city at virus epicentre


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing waves goodbye to journalists after announcing his retirement as chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd at a news conference in Hong Kong, China March 16, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Li Ka-Shing Foundation, a charitable organisation founded by the Hong Kong billionaire, has donated HK$100 million (US$12.9mil) to the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the new coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people.

(Reporting By Donny Kwok and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)

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