The Lesedi la Rona could smash the record price for a diamond of $48.5 million, paid at a Geneva sale last year for the 12.03-carat polished "Blue Moon" diamond. Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau picked it up as a gift for his 7-year-old daughter.
Date: May 04, 2016
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Hong Kong art auction feels China's economic chill
Those figures were boosted by two purchases by Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, who set an auction record when he paid 48.6 million Swiss francs ($65.5million) for a blue diamond in Geneva at Sotheby's on November11, a day after paying 28.7 million Swiss francs for a pink diamond at Christie's.
Date: Nov 30, 2015
Category: Business
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Biggest Diamond in More Than a Century Unearthed in Botswana
Last week Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau paid 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million) at Sothebys in Geneva for a 12.03 carat blue diamond, the most ever spent on a jewel at auction. A day earlier he paid 28.7 million francs for a 16.08 carat pink diamond. Both purchases were for his 7-year-old
r and family, 4.57 billion pound, up by 785 million pound Earl Cadogan and family, 4.2 billion pound, up by 525 million pound Joseph Lau and family, 4.03 billion pound, down by 570 million pound Sir Philip and Lady Green 3.88 billion pound, no change Denis O'Brien, 3.85 billion pound, up by 486
Date: May 12, 2014
Category: Business
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Property Tycoon May Be Forced To Refund Mega-Luxury Housing Buyers
The announcement follows alleged corruption by its chairman, Joseph Lau, who faces bribery and money laundering charges. The Hong Kong-based developer said it received a preliminary hearing notice Friday from the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau of Macau (LPWT), that the chief executive of Ma
Date: Jun 18, 2012
Category: Business
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Hong Kong Billionaire To File Appeal If Luxury Housing Confiscated
Joseph Laus Chinese Estates Holdings said on Wednesday that if its luxury development is seized by the government in Macau, it will appeal that decision. Lau allegedly bribed former government official Ao Man-Long for the approval of five property sites in Asias gambling capital.
In Hong Kong, Chinese Estate Holdings Ltd. fell 1.7 percent after the property company, whose billionaire chairman Joseph Lau is facing corruption charges, said the Macau government may take back a land grant. Such a move would threaten 3.8 billion Hong Kong dollars ($500 million) worth of apartment
Date: Jun 07, 2012
Category: Business
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Hong Kong's Tsang Pledges Subsidized Homes, Inflation Relief
Hong Kong has been moving away from its laissez faire roots, said Joseph Lau, an economist at Societe Generale SA in Hong Kong. To avoid social tensions, more income redistribution is necessary, which means the government has to play a greater role.