Former SHK Chairman Walter Kwok Dies at 68

Walter Kwok, the former chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, died on Saturday morning at the age of 68. He had been hospitalized since late August after suffering a stroke while at his home.

Walter Kwok Source: Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat & Panipat

Kwok was the oldest of three sons who inherited the fortune of Kwok Tak-seng, a grocery wholesaler from Guangdong province, China, who immigrated to Hong Kong after World War II.

Walter, also known by his Chinese name Ping-sheung, was kidnapped in 1997 by a Hong Kong gang leader nicknamed “Big Spender,” who also held Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s son Victor Li for ransom.