Richard Li

Richard Li Tzar Kai is the Chairman of PCCW, the largest telecommunication company in Hong Kong and a leader in Asia’s information technology services industry. Richard Li is a member of the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ International Councilors Group in Washington, D.C., a Council Member of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Computer Society.

In 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS) devastated Asia and spread to 29 countries around the world, resulting in quarantines, travel restrictions, hysteria, and an estimated 774 deaths. Under the direction of Richard Li, PCCW rose to the aid of SARS victims by providing telecommunication services to patients, medical staff, and fundraisers. Richard Li volunteered PCCW to set video conferencing for quarantined SARS victims and volunteers to communicate with their families. Richard Li also directed PCCW to supply telephone hotline support for isolated patients and communities to receive medical and legal advice, a special story time program for children kept home to prevent infection, and call center support for charity fundraisers and community activists.

In addition to technical service, Richard Li and PCCW donated $1 million to the Business Community Relief Fund for victims of SARS. In his annual report for PCCW, Richard Li praised the company’s people for “their contribution to Hong Kong’s fight against SARS. Our people served the community through the company’s efforts to ease social and economic hardships- and many gave up their free time to work as volunteers.”

In 2007, PCCW volunteers participated in the District Elderly Campaign sponsored by the Oriental Daily News Charitable Fund, the Sun Charitable Fund, and Po Leung Kuk. The program supports the elderly by delivering gift packages to the elderly living in the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate.