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Fok (surname)
Fok is the surname of: * Alexander Fok (1843–1926), Imperial Russian general * Anthony Fok, Singaporean teacher, businessman and private tutor * Brian Fok (born 1994), Nigerian-born Hong Kong former footballer * Canning Fok (born 1951), Hong Kong business executive * Henry Fok (1923–2006), Hong Kong businessman * Fok Hing-tong (1872–1957), Hong Kong businesswoman and social reformer * Ian Fok (born 1949), Hong Kong politician, son of Henry Fok * Joseph Fok (born 1962), Hong Kong judge and lawyer * Katherine Fok (born 1941), former Hong Kong government official, Secretary for Health and Welfare from 1994 to 1999 * Kenneth Fok (born 1979), Hong Kong businessman and politician, grandson of Henry Fok and son of Timothy Fok * Mei-Ching Fok, Chinese planetary scientist in the United States * Fok Pui-yee (born 1950), former Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and politician * Timothy Fok (1946), Hong Kong politician, son of Henry Fok * Vladimir Fock (1898–1974), also spelled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fok
Alexander Viktorovich Fok (also Foch) russian: Александр Викторович Фок ; 6 September 1843 – 1926 ) was a lieutenant general of the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Biography Fok graduated from the Konstantinovskoe Artillery School in St. Petersburg in 1864, and from 1871-1876 served in the Special Corps of Gendarmes, an elite uniformed security police force responsible for state security. From 1877-1878, he saw combat in the Russo-Turkish War. From 1900, Fok was commander of the 4th East Siberian Rifle Brigade, and participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 121. During the Russo-Japanese War, Fok commanded the 4th East Siberian Rifle Division stationed at Port Arthur. He was noted for his precipitous retreat and failure to reinforce Colonel Nikolai Tretyakov at the Battle of Nanshan, leading directly to the Russian defeat. He was relieved of command on 21 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Fok
Anthony Fok is a Singaporean private tutor. Biography In 2004, Fok started a tuition center, Xue Hai Tutorial Centre, later renamed as Little Professors Education Group, during his undergraduate days in Nanyang Technological University (NTU). After graduation from NTU with a degree in accountancy and economics in 2007, Fok sold off the tuition center to his partner. Fok then worked at an accountancy firm but left after five months. He then joined the Ministry of Education to become a school teacher, teaching Economics, Principles of Accounts and Business Studies In 2012, Fok left the teaching career to pursue a PhD at the National Institute of Education The National Institute of Education (NIE) is an autonomous institute of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Ranked 12th in the world and 2nd in Asia by the QS World University Rankings in the subject of Education in 2015, the .... While studying, Fok set up another tuition center, JCEconomics.com, specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Fok
Brian Fok (; born 8 March 1994) is a Nigerian-born Hong Kong footballer who plays as a centre back for Hong Kong First Division club Happy Valley. Club career Born in Kaduna, Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and a Hong Kongese father, Brian started to have professional football training in Kaduna Football Academy at the age of 5. In 2004, he moved from Nigeria to Hong Kong. After moving in Hong Kong, Brian trained and played for the youth football team of HKFC Soccer Section, Yau Tsim Mong and Hong Kong Rangers. Brian completed his high school education at Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon). Brian was also the 200 meter dash champion for 4 years running at the Hong Kong Schools Sports Federation (HKSSF) Athletics Meet. In 2010, Fok played as an amateur for Rangers in Hong Kong Second Division. In 2011, Brian rejoined Rangers and made his professional debut in February 2012 as a late substitute against Tai Po. On 20 May 2012, Brian started as line-up against Kitch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canning Fok
Canning Fok Kin-ning (); born 1951 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong business executive. He is a director or chair of numerous management board in companies of Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa. He is hailed as the "King of Employees" since he has been one of the Hong Kong's top-five taxpayers in the past few years. Education Fok holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's University in Minnesota, United States, and a diploma in financial management from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Career Fok is considered Li Ka-shing's right-hand man, and has worked alongside the business magnate for over 40 years as his trusted lieutenant and dealmaker. Positions Fok worked as the following positions of the following companies. *Group Co-managing Director of CK Hutchison Holdings *Deputy Chairman of Cheung Kong Infrastructure *Chairman of Hongkong Electric Holdings *Chairman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fok
Henry Fok Ying Tung (10 May 1923 – 28 October 2006) was a Hong Kong businessman. He has ancestral roots in Lianxi Village, Panyu, now part of Guangzhou, Guangdong. Fok was the vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of PRC since March 1993, and was possibly the most powerful Hongkonger in the politics of the People's Republic of China. In 2006, the Forbes Magazine ranked Henry Fok the 7th wealthiest tycoon in Hong Kong and 181st wealthiest tycoon in the world, with an established net worth of $3.7 billion. He died in Beijing on 28 October 2006. Biography Fok was born on 10 May 1923 in Hong Kong to an ethnic Tanka family. Fok's father died in a boating accident when he was just seven. He studied at Queen's College, but was not able to finish junior high due to the Japanese invasion in 1937. He worked as a labourer during that time while helping to run the family's small boat business. Business After the war, he bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fok Hing-tong
Fok Hing-tong (; 1872–1957), also known as Huo Qingtang, was a Hong Kong businesswoman and social reformer. Wife of Ma Ying-piu, founder of the Sincere Department Store, she was the director and chairwoman of Chinese YWCA of Hong Kong and the leader of the 1920s anti-''mui tsai'' movement. Biography Born in 1872 in into a Christian family in Hong Kong with the family root in Shunde, Guangdong, Fok's father, Fok Ching-shang, was a Vicar of St. Stephen's Anglican Church and one of the earliest Chinese clergymen in Hong Kong. Rev. Fok had no sons and wanted his four daughters to marry Christians. Fok Hing-tong married Ma Ying-piu, an Australian-Chinese businessman who was also the founder of the Sincere Department Store, the first Chinese department store in Hong Kong. Fok accompanied Ma to Australia and returned to Hong Kong in 1894 before she convinced her husband to open the Sincere Company. When the first department store in 1900 at 172 Queen's Road Central, she also became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Fok
Ian Fok Chun-wan, SBS, JP (; born 12 May 1949) is the Chief Executive of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation and the life honorary chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. He is the incumbent Hong Kong delegate to the National People's Congress. Son of famous pro-China tycoon Henry Fok, he was graduated from the University of British Columbia with the Master of Business Administration. He was made Justice of the Peace in 2003 and was awarded Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 2005. He was first elected to the 11th National People's Congress in 2007 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2017. He is also the vice-chairman of the All-China Youth Federation and director of the Bank of East Asia The Bank of East Asia Limited, often abbreviated to BEA, is a Hong Kong banking and financial services company, headquartered in Central, Hong Kong. It is currently the largest independent local Hong Kong bank, and one of two remaining family .... References 1949 births Living people Dele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Fok
Joseph Paul Fok (, born 24 September 1962) is a Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. At 51 years and 28 days, he is the third youngest-ever judge to be appointed to the Court of Final Appeal, behind only Kemal Bokhary and Andrew Li (Andrew Li was appointed directly to the Chief Justice position). Early life Fok is one of five children of Dr Alison Bell and Dr Peter Fok Hin-tak. Fok obtained a Bachelor of Laws with honours from University College London in the United Kingdom in 1984. He attended the Inns of Court School of Law and passed the Bar Examination in 1985. He was called to the English Bar in 1985 and to the Hong Kong Bar in 1986. Legal career Fok was in private practice in Hong Kong from January 1987, and on a part-time ad hoc basis in Singapore between March 2002 and March 2006. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 1999. He was a member of Temple Chambers. Judicial career Fok was appointed a Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Fok
Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching (; ' Lo; born 12 December 1941) is a former Hong Kong government official. She was Secretary for Health and Welfare from 1994 to 1999. Fok was born in 1941 in Hong Kong and was graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1962 and joined the Hong Kong government as an Administrative Officer in September of the same year. She had served in various positions in the government including Labour Department, Social Welfare Department, the former Councils Branch, the former General Duties Branch, Home Affairs Department and Urban Services Department. She had also served as Secretary-General for the Office of the Unofficial Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils and the Standing Committee on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service. From 1983 to 1987, she was seconded to the Independent Commission Against Corruption where she served as Director of the Community Relations Department. She was promoted to Commissioner for Labour from 1992 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Fok
Kenneth Fok Kai-kong, JP (; born 2 July 1979) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He is the eldest grandson of tycoon Henry Fok and eldest son of Timothy Fok. He is the vice president of the Fok Ying Tung Group, vice president of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Biography Fok was born into the prominent pro-Beijing business family. His grandfather, Henry Fok, was a Hong Kong real estate developer, president of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Football Association, and was one of the first Hong Kong entrepreneur to invest in the mainland China in 1980s. He rose to become the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). His father, Timothy Fok, is also president of the Hong Kong Football Association and the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei-Ching Fok
Mei-Ching Hannah Fok is a Planetary Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center. She was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 2011 and elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2019. She has worked on the IMAGE, Van Allen Probes and TWINS missions. Early life and education Fok studied physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was awarded her Bachelor's degree in 1980, and remained there to study for a Diploma in Education. She earned her Diploma in 1984, then moved to Eastern Michigan University for her graduate studies. In 1987 Fok graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Master's degree in physics. She joined University of Michigan, Ann Arbor for her doctorate, which she completed in 1993. Research and career In 1993 Fok joined the Marshall Space Flight Center as a Research Associate. She moved to the Universities Space Research Association in 1995, where she spent six years as a staff scientist. In 2001 she became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fok Pui-yee
Fok Pui-yee (; born 1950) is a former Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and politician. She is also a former member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. Fok was born and raised in Hong Kong and graduate from the Jockey Club Industrial School. She began in the community services in 1973 and was the Residents' Committee chairwoman of the Kowloon Bay Resettlement Estate. In 1979, she co-founded the Hong Kong People's Council on Public Housing Policy with other grassroots activists such as Frederick Fung and was the treasurer, secretary and vice-chairwoman of the council. She was first elected to the Urban Council in 1986. She was a member of the Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government (JCPDG) and protested with other pro-democracy politicians in a hunger strike against the "mainstream proposal" of the drafting of the Basic Law of Hong Kong. In 1989, she ran in the re-election but was defeated by Mok Ying-fan supported by the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
