Isheppard, thank for your DD time and for sharing, couple of correction, Fung was never the godfather of any of Li's sons I posted a correction to that in Nov. many has made that mistake, see link below, former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin is Godfather to one of Fung's son also Fung is the former chairman of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, I think way to much been made with the Li Ka-Shing's connection, that said, Robert Fung is still very well connected

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Another nexus for the Lis' relationships in Canada is Robert Fung, a Toronto financier who was Richard Li's mentor at the aggressive Toronto merchant bank Gordon Capital in the late 1980s. During Richard's two-year apprenticeship, Fung exposed him to the investment business and fishing trips in Northern Canada. He was no ordinary apprentice, of course: Richard, remembered on the Street principally as a playboy, later returned as Gordon's largest shareholder. The Lis sold the faltering investment banker to HSBC in 1998, which shut it down in 2002.

The Gordon flop aside, Fung's famed "gold-plated Rolodex" connected the Lis to names like Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien. Fung and Martin were roommates at the University of Toronto; Martin is godfather to one of Fung's sons. When Chrétien bowed out of politics in 1986, Fung ushered him into an advisory position at Gordon Capital. Chrétien later returned the favour by taking one of Fung's sons to Ottawa as a junior staffer.

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GLOBE Foundation Board of Directors

Robert A. Fung Robert Fung is currently an Advisor to Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. Mr. Fung is the former chairman of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, a corporation established to lead the $17 billion renewal of Toronto's waterfront. From 1980 to 1998, he served as Vice-Chairman and a Director of Gordon Capital Corporation. Much of his efforts focused on corporate finance in the natural resources sector, particularly in acquisitions in the oil and gas industry. From 1998 to 2001 he joined independent investment dealer Capital West as a Senior Partner. From 1967 to 1978, Mr. Fung was Vice-President and a Director of Dominion Securities Limited with responsibilities for its investment activities in Asia. He began his career in the investment industry in 1964 with Wood Gundy. Mr. Fung is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of private, public and charitable organizations. He is Chairman of Crystallex International Corporation, and Deputy Chairman of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is also on the boards of Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, and Export Development Canada.