Chan Sui-kau explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Chan Sui-kau
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Honorific-Suffix:GBM, GBS, OBE, JP
Office:Chairman of YGM Group
Term Start:1949[1]
Term End:2018
Predecessor:Office established
Birth Date:1926 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Dongguan, Guangdong, Republic of China
Death Place:Hong Kong
Nationality:Hong Kong Chinese

Chan Sui-kau, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP[2] (; 22 October 1926 in Dongguan, Guangdong – 27 March 2018[3] [4]) was a Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist who is the founder of Yangtzekiang Garment Limited and the YGM Group.[5] Due to his contributions on Hong Kong's garment and textile industry, he is nicknamed the "King of Hong Kong's Garment Industry" by the media.[6] Besides serving in the garment industry, Chan, as a pro-Beijing entrepreneur, maintained good relations with the Chinese government, and was appointed as a National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference representing Hong Kong, serving in that post from 1993 to 2003.[5]

Chan held Honorary Doctorates from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the City University of Hong Kong.[5] The Chan Sui Kau and Chan Lam Moon Chun Hall in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a sports rehabilitation centre in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is named after him.[7] Chan was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system on July 1, 2008.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Company Overview - Our History. YGM Trading Limited. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325053546/http://www.ygmtrading.com/eng/about.htm. 25 March 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Recipients of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Honours and Awards Grand Bauhinia Medal (G.B.M.). 2008. Hong Kong Government. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong. 26 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181026204102/https://www.info.gov.hk/cml/eng/miscell/index2.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: 紡織大王陳瑞球心臟停頓離世 享年91歲. 27 March 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018-03-28 . 紡織大王陳瑞球離世 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180328011103/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180328/20345054 . 2018-03-28.
  5. Web site: HKU Honorary University Fellows. The University of Hong Kong. 25 August 2014.
  6. News: http://www.etwarm.com.tw/news/data.php?kind=n&id=101876. zh:東森房屋-香港文匯報供稿-紡織大王莞邑之光陳瑞球. 23 February 2011. Etwarm.com. Chinese. 25 August 2014. China. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234014/http://www.etwarm.com.tw/news/data.php?kind=n&id=101876. 3 March 2016. dead.
  7. http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/polyumilestones/09Dec/pdf/community28-29.pdf Dr Chan Sui-kau Honoured 運動康復中心以陳瑞球伉儷命名
  8. Web site: HKSAR PRECEDENCE LIST. August 2014. HKSAR Government. 17 August 2014. Hong Kong. https://web.archive.org/web/20091122154232/http://www.protocol.gov.hk/images/eng/precedence/prelist.pdf. 2009-11-22. dead.