Charles Yeung
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Charles Yeung 楊釗 | |
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| Member of the Provisional Legislative Council | |
| In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1947 (age 77) Huiyang, Guangdong, China |
| Political party | HKPA(-2005) DAB(2005-) |
| Alma mater | China Textile University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Charles Yeung Chun-kam, GBS, JP (born February 1947 in Huiyang, China) is a Hong Kong billionaire entrepreneur and academic. A Hakka, Yeung was a member of the Provisional Legislative Council which existed from 1996 to 1998 and councillor and the member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee.[1] He was the advisory professor of the China Textile University,[2] director of the Seng Heng Bank and adviser of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute.
Yeung is the Founder and Chairman of Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited[permanent dead link] (SEHK: 393), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[3]
Yeung is the real estate developer of One Peking, a landmark skyscraper located at the cross-section of Peking Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, across the street from Harbour City. Yeung acquired the site from the Hong Kong Government in auction in 1998 for $1.24 billion and invested more than $2 billion in developing the site.[4]
Yeung is currently the chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
References
- ^ "Positions of Wong, Kennedy Ying Ho". Web-site Hong Kong. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ "Database on LegCo members". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=960367&ticker=393:HK
- ^ http://www.scmp.com/article/419706/glorious-sun-rises-tsim-sha-tsuis-one-peking
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Members of the Provisional Legislative Council
- Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians
- Hong Kong billionaires
- Hong Kong entrepreneurs
- Hong Kong chief executives
- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Hong Kong Buddhists
- Hong Kong people of Hakka descent
- People from Huiyang
- Hong Kong politicians
- Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star
- Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
- Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong