Hong Kong's tycoon Li Ka-shing

(AP)
Updated: 2007-01-19 09:55

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, who runs Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and Cheung Kong Holdings, smiles during a press conference in Hong Kong in this Aug. 22, 2002 file photo. Asia's richest tycoons are profiting mightily from the Chinese mailand's economic rise, with Li once again in the lead, Forbes magazine said Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007.[AP]