{"id":88217,"date":"2018-05-15T05:33:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T22:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-minibuses-to-worlds-most-expensive-tower-how-hong-kong-tycoon-ma-ah-muk-made-and-kept-a-fortune\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T06:03:02","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T23:03:02","slug":"from-minibuses-to-worlds-most-expensive-tower-how-hong-kong-tycoon-ma-ah-muk-made-and-kept-a-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-minibuses-to-worlds-most-expensive-tower-how-hong-kong-tycoon-ma-ah-muk-made-and-kept-a-fortune\/","title":{"rendered":"From minibuses to world\u2019s most expensive tower: how Hong Kong tycoon Ma Ah Muk made and kept a fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHong Kong\u2019s \u201cKing of the Minibus\u201d, billionaire Ma Ah Muk, has a simple strategy for success in business: he is constantly on the lookout for \u201cexciting\u201d investment opportunities that will deliver long-term returns.
\nIt\u2019s a tactic that has served the 87-year-old magnate well. \u201cI have never lost any money in any investment,\u201d says Ma, who runs the city\u2019s dominant minibus fleet.
\nHis latest \u2013 and most high-profile \u2013 investment was the…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…From minibuses to world\u2019s most expensive tower: how Hong Kong tycoon Ma Ah Muk made and kept a fortune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cKing of the Minibus\u201d, billionaire Ma Ah Muk, has a simple strategy for...<\/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-88217","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-mWR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":149489,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/family-of-hong-kongs-minibus-king-sells-the-center-offices-at-34-loss-in-market-slump\/","url_meta":{"origin":88217,"position":0},"title":"Family of Hong Kong\u2019s \u2018minibus king\u2019 sells The Center offices at 34% loss in market slump","date":"February 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ma Ah-muk bought the floors in 2018 from Li Ka-shing\u2019s CK Asset as part of what was then the world\u2019s priciest property transaction.\r \r Source : South China Morning Post\r Read more...Family of Hong Kong\u2019s \u2018minibus king\u2019 sells The Center offices at 34% loss in market slump","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70870,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/from-cassettes-mini-buses-to-the-worlds-priciest-tower-a-peek-at-hong-kongs-buyers-of-the-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":88217,"position":1},"title":"From cassettes, mini buses to the world\u2019s priciest tower: a peek at Hong Kong\u2019s buyers of The Center","date":"November 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A consortium called C.H.M.T Peaceful Development Asia Property agreed to pay tycoon Li Ka-shing a record HK$40.2 billion (US$5.15 billion) for The Center office block in Hong Kong, in what agents say is the world\u2019s most expensive transaction for a single building. 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