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Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing has added to his collection of British utilities after a consortium led by his flagship Cheung Kong Holdingsagreed to buy Wales and West Utilities, the UK gas company, for £645m. 香港亿万富翁李嘉诚(Li Ka-shing)旗下的英国公用事业企业又多了一家，此前由长江实业(Cheung Kong Holdings)牵头的一个财团同意斥资6.45亿英镑收购英国天然气公司Wales and West Utilities(WWU)。 The deal adds another strand to Mr Li's long-term strategy of buying utilities in the UK, Canada and Australia because they offer stable regulatory environments, common law jurisdictions and predictable returns. 这笔交易是李嘉诚收购英国、加拿大和澳大利亚公用事业企业（因为此类企业具有稳定的监管环境、普通法司法管辖以及可以预计的回报）的长期战略的最新动作。 Wales and West Utilities manages gas transportation assets and gas distribution as well as meter services in Wales and the south west of England, the Cheung Kong-led consortium said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday. The consortium was advised by Nomura. 长江实业牵头的财团昨日在提交给香港交易所(HKEx)的一份声明中表示，WWU公司在威尔士及英格兰西南部从事管理天然气运输资产、天然气输配及气表服务工作。野村(Nomura)为该财团提供咨询服务。 The company's distribution network supplies 7.4m customers over an area covering about one-sixth of the UK. | 
