Charles Yeung Chun-kam,
GBS,
JP (born February 1947 in
Huiyang,
China
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) 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
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National Committee. He was the advisory professor of the
China Textile University
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, director of the
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and adviser of the
One Country Two Systems Research Institute.
Yeung is the founder and chairman of Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited (), a company listed on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
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.
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
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,
Hong Kong, across the street from
Harbour City. Yeung acquired the site from the
Hong Kong Government
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in auction in 1998 for HK$1.24 billion and invested more than $2 billion in developing the site.
Yeung is chairman of the
Chinese General Chamber of Commerce
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.
References
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1947 births
Living people
Members of the Provisional Legislative Council
Hong Kong Progressive Alliance politicians
Hong Kong chief executives
Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Hong Kong people of Hakka descent
People from Huiyang
Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
Businesspeople from Guangdong
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026