Peter Wong Man-kong (; 9 January 1949 – 11 March 2019) was a politician and businessman from

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Business career

Peter Wong and his younger brother

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were born to , who founded Chung Wah Shipbuilding & Engineering Company. After Peter's graduation from

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in 1971, he returned to Hong Kong in 1972 to help run the company. Wong's businesses operated projects in

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and

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. Wong also served as independent director of various business, including MGM China, New Times Energy,

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, and Sun Hung Kai & Company, as well as chairman of several firms, among them MK Corporation, North West Development, Culture Resources Development, Silk Road Hotel Management, and Silk Road Travel Management. He was an executive at the China Chamber of Tourism as well as the Global Tourism Economy Forum, and aided the development of cultural tourism in northwest China. Wong received the

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in 2003.

Political career

Wong served on the

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as a representative from Hong Kong from 1993 until his death. During his time in office, he asked for review of the

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, and advised against reliance on foreign judges to hear constitutional legal cases. Wong also proposed several bills relating to national security. He traveled to Beijing on 2 March 2019 to attend the annual meeting of the NPC, only to return to Hong Kong two days later to treat an illness. Wong died on 11 March 2019, at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, aged 70.

References

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