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Cheng Hon-kwan
Dr. Cheng Hon-kwan, GBS, OBE, JP (; born 16 May 1927) is a Hong Kong engineer and politician. He was the member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1980s and was chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority from 2000 to 2002. Education and government career Cheng was born in Hong Kong on 16 May 1927 and was educated in Beijing and Tianjin. He received Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Tianjin University in 1948 and moved to Hong Kong. He joined the Hong Kong government as an assistant structural engineer to the architectural office of the Public Works Department in 1953. He subsequently studied abroad in England and graduated with the Diploma of Imperial College in Concrete Structures and Technology from the Imperial College London in 1964. He returned to Hong Kong and became the chief structural engineer of the Buildings Ordinance Office of the Public Works Department by 1965. He retired from the government in 1977 and started h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Bauhinia Star
The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). It is awarded to those who have given distinguished service to the community or rendered public or voluntary services of a very high degree of merit. List of recipients 1998 * Mr. Joseph Wong, WONG Wing-ping, Joseph, G.B.S., justice of the peace, J.P. * Mr. Peter Woo, WOO Kwong-ching, Peter, G.B.S., J.P. * The Honourable Mrs. Rita Fan, FAN HSU Lai-tai, Rita, G.B.S., J.P. * Mr. John Estmond Strickland, John Estmond STRICKLAND, G.B.S., J.P. * Dr. Henry Hu, HU Hung-lick, Henry, G.B.S., J.P. * Mr. Rafael Hui, HUI Si-yan, Rafael, G.B.S., J.P.(Revoked in 2018) * Mr. Raymond Chow, Raymond CHO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |