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Charles Yeung Chun-kam, GBS, JP (born February 1947 in
Huiyang Huiyang District ( postal: Waiyeung; is a district of Huizhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It was renamed in 2003 amid the restructuring of districts and counties in Huizhou. Formerly named Huiyang city (county level), its si ...
, China) is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician. A Hakka, Yeung was a member of the
Provisional Legislative Council The Provisional Legislative Council (PLC) was the interim legislature of Hong Kong that operated from 1997 to 1998. The legislature was founded in Guangzhou and sat in Shenzhen from 1996 (with offices in Hong Kong) until the handover in 1997 an ...
which existed from 1996 to 1998 and councillor and the member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee. He was the advisory professor of the China Textile University, director of the
Seng Heng Bank The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Macau) Limited () formerly known as the Seng Heng Bank Limited () established in 2009, is the third largest locally incorporated bank in Macau, China. In August 2007, Industrial and Commercial Bank of C ...
and adviser of the
One Country Two Systems Research Institute The One Country Two Systems Research Institute (OCTS; Chinese:一國兩制研究中心) is a Hong Kong think tank founded in 1990 by a group of pro-Beijing politicians. It is registered in Hong Kong as private non-profit company with limited ...
. Yeung is the founder and chairman of Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited (), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Yeung is the real estate developer of One Peking, a landmark skyscraper located at the cross-section of Peking Road and
Canton Road Canton Road is a major road in Hong Kong, linking the former west reclamation shore in Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Prince Edward on the Kowloon Peninsula. The road runs mostly parallel and west to Nathan Road. It st ...
in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,
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, 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. Yeung is chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yeung, Charles 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