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PERSONALITY NOTE
SIR YUE-KONG PAO CBE LLD JP
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Born 1918 Zhejiang Province, China. Widower.
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Chairman and Chief Executive of the Worldwide Shipping Group. Hong Kong his interests are in property, finance, banking and public
transport.
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 Worldwide Shipping Group.
Fleet halved in last five
years as company have disposed of
to retain core of profitable ships SO
to be able to capitalise quickly on any future upturn in shipping
market.
inefficient tonnage. Aim is
as
A director of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
Chief Executive of Dragonair Ltd. Chairman of Intertanko. Chairman
of Wheelock Marden Group. Member of Basic Law Drafting Committee.
Has a joint venture with the Chinese in ship-building and shipping.
Sir Y K Pao visits Peking regularly. He has excellent connections
and enjoys considerable access to Chinese leaders including Deng
Xiaoping.
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An indarrified Si yu Pao
is
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HKK OI Oli
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