AS Watson, the retail arm of CK Hutchison Holdings controlled by Hong Kong’ richest man Li Ka-shing, is celebrating a 175th anniversary that’s not, Hong Kong shareholder activist David Webb has discovered. Watson seems to have change both its birth date and birthplace.
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