{"id":62288,"date":"2017-07-31T06:32:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T23:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-tycoons-seeking-uk-investments-must-go-with-eyes-wide-open\/"},"modified":"2017-07-31T06:46:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T23:46:39","slug":"hong-kong-tycoons-seeking-uk-investments-must-go-with-eyes-wide-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-tycoons-seeking-uk-investments-must-go-with-eyes-wide-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong tycoons seeking UK investments must go with eyes wide open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMajor investments outside of Hong Kong by the city\u2019s wealthiest families have raised questions about an exodus of wealth before 2047 and whether their actions represent moves by \u201csmart money.\u201d<br \/>\nLee Kum Kee Group, the Hong Kong company best known for its oyster sauce condiment, recently purchased a London office tower known as \u201cWalkie Talkie\u201d for a record \u00a31.3 billion (US$1.7 billion), landing one of the largest commercial property deals in the UK.<br \/>\nLee Kum Kee&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/companies\/article\/2104659\/hong-kong-tycoons-seeking-uk-investments-must-go-eyes-wide-open\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong tycoons seeking UK investments must go with eyes wide open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Major investments outside of Hong Kong by the city\u2019s wealthiest families have raised questions about&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-gcE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61996,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-oyster-sauce-maker-lee-kum-kee-to-buy-londons-walkie-talkie-building-for-1-3b\/","url_meta":{"origin":62288,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong oyster sauce maker Lee Kum Kee to buy London\u2019s \u2018Walkie Talkie\u2019 building for \u00a31.3b","date":"July 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s household oyster sauce maker Lee Kum Kee (LKK) announced on Thursday it will purchase a London commercial property for \u00a31.3 billion (US$1.7 billion) in the UK\u2019s biggest office deal ever. 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