Zac Purton finished December with a flurry of winners, nailing a record-equalling six at Happy Valley on Boxing Day and a treble at Sha Tin on Sunday to reach 1,800 career victories in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire is in the crosshairs after CK Hutchison Holdings chose to sell its Panama Canal port assets to a consortium that includes U.S ...