
When John Chan followed his father Joe into a career in power engineering with CLP, he was setting out on a well-trodden path.
Sons of working fathers are nearly three times as likely as other children to take up the same careers, a New York Times study suggests – and CLP has a particularly strong tradition of fathers and sons working side by side.
The most prominent example is chairman Sir Michael Kadoorie and his son Philip. In this video, Philip recounts his childhood memories of going to Castle Peak and Black Point Power Station with his father, and the experience of trying to follow in his footsteps as he grew up.