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FONG YUN WAH

$5

779

1982.

DUKE WELLINGTON HOUSE

9TH FLOOR,

27

NO. 14-24 WELLINGTON STREET.

HONG KONG

TEL. 5-231582, 5-244706

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF MR. FONG YUN WAH, M.B.E., J.P.

Born in the province of Kwangtung, China, December, 1924.

Studied in King's

College, Hong Kong. Suspended studies on account of the Pacific War. Eldest son of Mr. Fong Shu Chuen, M.B.E., a businessman.

Mr. Y.W. Fong has six daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren:-

Mei, Albert, Irene, Grace, Maryanne, Doris and David, are all graduates either from universities of the U.S.A., or Canada. A daughter, Mabel, is at present an under-graduate of the Simon Fraser University of Burnaby, B.C., Canada. The seven grand chilren are named as follows:- Ka-wai, Ka-yeung, Carolyn, Shiu-tak, Wai-ping, Robert & Wai-chung.

Wife's name: Mrs. FONG Tam Yuen Leung, a Director of the "HIP SHING HONG DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., Hong Kong.

Mr. Y.W. Fong has three brothers and two sisters and are all in Hong Kong. Daughter-in-law:- Mrs. FONG Tang Judy.

POSTS PRESENTLY HELD : --

Chairman & Managing Director of fifty different companies, Hong Kong.

Chairman: FONG SHU FOOK TONG FOUNDATION FUND LTD., Hong Kong.

Appointed JUSTICE OF PEACE of Hong Kong in the year 1968.

Presidents of:- Aberdeen Kaifong Assn., Scouts Assn., Western District, & Surf Life Saving Ass., Hong Kong.

Vice-President:- Real Estate Developers of Hong Kong.

Supervisor: Aberdeen Kaifong Assn., Fong Shu Chuen Primary School, Hong Kong. Director: Far East Stock Exchange, Hong Kong.

Member of: Scout Council of Hong Kong.

Patrons: University of Hong Kong Arts Assn., Yale-China Assn., Hong Kong. Appointment:- Fellow Member of the Advisory Council of International Fellows of the University of Bridgeport, U.S.A., 1980.

Annual Governor of Hong Kong Life Saving, Hong Kong.

Member of Advisory Council, Red Cross, Hong Kong Branch.

HONOURS:

Presidential Award by World Life Saving in 1978, Hong Kong.

Member of British Empire, 1967.

Certificate of Appreciation by the U.S. Consul-General of Hong Kong, on the occasion of its Bi-Centenary Anniversary in 1976.

Citation of Merit World Life Saving, June, 1979, Hong Kong.

Honorary Citizenship awarded by:- the cities of PLAINS, GEORGIA, U.S.A.,

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, U.S.A., 1979. d City in Winnipes in 1984

on

Hon. Doctorate of Commercial Science by the "JOHN DEWĚEY UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF AMERICA, November, 1979.

POSTS FORMERLY HELD:

Principal Director of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, 1956-57, Hong Kong. Chairman of:- Po Leung Kuk (Charity Organization for Children & Women), 1966/67. Tung Koon District Clansman Assn., Hong Kong.

Aberdeen Kaifong Assn., Aberdeen Kaifong Association's Community Centre, Management Committee, Hong Kong. Tung Wah Athletic Assn., Hong Kong. Vice-President:- Confucius Hall, Hong Kong.

Director of:- H.K. Rehabilitation for the crippled.

Community Chest, Hong Kong.

Road Safety Assn.,

Advisor to:- Pok Oi Hospital, Lok Sin Tong, Chung Sing Benevolent Assn., H.K. Chartered Member:- Tai Ping Shan Lion Club, Hong Kong.

Member of the Advisory Council, The Friendship Force, U.S.A.

Member of the Council of International Fellows, University of Brideport, Connecticut, U.S.A.

HKK 027/6

CECEIVED IN REGISTRY 20 NOV 1985

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