Li Ka-shing, founder of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. (Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Hong Kong’s richest man broke his silence on Aug. 16. Li Ka-shing, the nonagenarian founder of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., the city’s most important conglomerate, published statements in Chinese- and English-language newspapers urging a halt to the unrest wracking the territory.