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With the help of Woo's son, P.S. Woo, who joined the
business in 1961, Kailey began to further diversify its operations.
In 1972, it changed its name to Kailey Enterprises Limited, later
forming the Kailey Group, comprising of Kailey Enterprises Ltd; also
listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the same year were Keyble
Co, Ltd, Kailey Associates, Kailey Curtis (pte) Ltd, Singapore, and
Kailey Senduruan Bhd, Malaysia. Kailey Group's subsidiaries were responsible
for property and real estate, investments, supplying plastic, hardware
and distributing hair fashion products and equipment respectively.
Born in 1929, Sir Woo Po Shing has largely been responsible for spearheading
the Kailey Group. Married in 1956 to Helen Fong Shuet Fun (Lady Helen
Woo), they have four sons and a daughter. An education at Hong Kong’s
La Salle College and King’s College, University of London in which
he obtained an LLB, stood Woo in good stead to establish his own law
firm Woo & Kwan in 1963, later known as Woo Kwan Lee & Lo. A successful
entrepreneur, Woo has played an active role in many private and public
organizations, promoting the arts, advancing the good of the community,
and pioneering many social causes. Such activities include the Hong
Kong tuberculosis Chest and Heart Disease Association, the Woo Po
Shing Gallery of Chinese Bronze Shanghai Museum, Woo Po Shing Overseas
Summer School Travelling scholarships and the Po Shing Woo's charitable
fund, to name but a few.
Leveraging on its business expertise and industry knowledge, the Kailey
Group continued to strive ahead in the 80s, maturing with a vigorous
Asian economic climate and setting a tough benchmark for many of its
competitors.
After the Group's privatization in 1990, Kailey has increasingly taken
advantage of the growing business opportunities in the PRC. Its many
China businesses include property development projects in Guangzhou,
Qingdao and Shanghai, involving hotels, offices, service and residential
apartments for commercial, retail, cultural and recreational use.
Today, Kailey operations comprises of businesses in almost every commercial
sector and has proved to be one of Hong Kong most successful family
enterprises.
Through generation to generation, Kailey has gone from strength to
strength. Today, the Group is run by P.S Woo's son, Dawson, and daughter,
Carmen. As it enters into a new millennium, the pair are determined
Kailey will remain one of Hong Kong's premier business bastions. With
a strong foothold in its accomplished past, the Group will forge ahead.
Sustaining its premier position and ever vigilant of new opportunities,
Kailey will soar to great heights of success.
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