TNAG-1008-FCO40-1258-Reports-on-leading-personalities-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 41

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TIEN Yuan-hao, Francis

Unofficial Member of Legislative Council, since 1974.

Born 1915 in Soochow, China; JP (1967), MBE (1971), OBE (1973).

Educated in both Shanghai, China and Manchester, and qualified as a mechanical engineer. Wife Grace; with 2 sons.

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Chairman and Managing Director of Manhattan Garments Ltd. and Cali Enterprises Ltd. and Director of Rediffusion Television Ltd.

Has been Chairman of Ready-to-Wear Festival, and the Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers Association. Vice-Chairman of the Trade Development Council and member of various boards and committees related to trade, industry and vocational training.

Current Chairman of Clothing Industrial Training Boards, Hong Kong Training Council, Clothing Industrial Training Authority and member of Textile Advisory Board and Board of Education. Chairman of the Extra-Mural Studies Advisory Board, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Tien is noted for his views on, and respected for his contribution in, the garment manufacturing field and his concern on the competitiveness of Hong Kong products in the overseas markets. He is generally not very eloquent but can be very persistent. He is quite popular among the Shanghai industrialists.

His interests are table tennis, hiking and horse-racing.

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