HONG KONG -- The sixth-generation scion of the Swire family made a surprise announcement Friday evening, resigning as chairman of the Hong Kong-listed flagship conglomerate Swire Pacific and its key real estate arm Swire Properties.
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Heir leading Hong Kong's Swire group to make abrupt departure for UK
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Swire Pacific Chairman Merlin Swire, center, attends an earnings conference in 2019. He will leave the post in August, returning to the U.K. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
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