The 68-year-old Li is a leading member of one of the most prominent families in business and politics in Hong Kong, where family connections are crucial
Like David Rockefeller in the US and a succession of Rothschilds in Europe, David Li (李國寶) has long received the accolades that come to aristocratic bankers who combine wealth, political influence and public service.

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It has long been predicted that books are about to be replaced. Andrew Marr spent a month using one of the most recent gadgets
By andrew marr
If you are selling ebooks, I'm a hard sell. For one thing, my enthusiasm for traditional books is just this side of pervy. I live among mountains of them and always have, among the most beautiful mass-produced objects of all time. Some of my most treasured possessions are broken-backed, scribbled-in, jacketless books first read when a teenager; they've lasted longer than merely human friends. When I eventually become a nasty-minded, dribbling old man I'm sure I will be found creeping round second-hand bookshops, sniffing the produce, snuffling with pleasure.

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