Hong Kong Investor Tycoon Makes Rare Call for Democratic Reforms

Value Partners Group Ltd. honorary chairman Cheah Cheng Hye made a rare public call for democratic reforms in Hong Kong at an event attended by mainland Chinese and local officials.

The Malaysian-born former fund manager — once dubbed “Asia’s Warren Buffett” — questioned that achieving “stability” alone could “make Hong Kong great again,” during a speech on Wednesday at the Hong Kong Capital Markets Forum.