PERSONALITY NOTE
SIR YUE-KONG PAO CBE LLD JP
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Chairman and Chief Executive of the
Hong Kong his interests in property,
Zhajiang Province, China.
In
World Wide Shipping Group.
finance and banking. Born 1918
Educated Shanghai and then went into banking.
Took refuge in Hong Kong in 1949 and entered import/export business.
Purchased first ship in 1955 and formed World Wide shipping Group,
now the world's largest independent.
A director of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Chairman of Intertanko.
Chairman of Wheelock Marden Group.
Has
a joint venture with the Chinese in ship-building and shipping.
Although Sir Y K Pao does not visit Peking frequently, he has
and enjoys considerable
excellent connections
access to Chinese
He visited Peking in May last year when he called on
leaders.
Chairman Deng Xiaoping.
when the Prime Minister
He was also in Peking in December last year
signed the Hong Kong Agreement. He called
on Chairman Deng Xiaoping again at that time.
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Private Secretary
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