Charles Yeung
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Charles Yeung 楊釗 | |
|---|---|
| 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 (until 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 entrepreneur and politician. 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 (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 HK$1.24 billion and invested more than $2 billion in developing the site.[4]
Yeung is chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Charles Yeung, Glorious Sun Enterprises LTD: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.
- ^ "Glorious Sun rises on Tsim Sha Tsui's One Peking". 25 June 2003.