Chow Yei-ching, (

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: 周亦卿; 1 September 1935 – 29 July 2018) was a Hong Kong businessman who was the chairman, managing director and chairman emeritus of

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, an international conglomerate, comprising

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and

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, engineering, construction, insurance, investments, information technology, food/beverage, and car dealership businesses. The Group holds two publicly listed companies in Hong Kong – Chevalier International Holdings, Ltd. and Chevalier Pacific Holdings, Ltd. and one publicly listed company in Singapore – Chevalier Singapore Holdings, Ltd.

Political career

In 2001, Chow was appointed

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of the

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in Hong Kong.

Affiliations

*President, Japan Society of Hong Kong *President, Ning Po Residents Association, Ltd. *Permanent Honorary President of the Hong Kong Alumni Association of

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Personal life

Chow was born in

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. His widow, Miyakawa Michiko, is of

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descent, and they had seven children. His

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actor Carlo Ng. They lived in

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, near the main headquarters of

. He died aged 82 on 29 July 2018, three years after learning he had

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Public service

*Vice patron of

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(2001) *Founding President of the International Ningbo Merchants Association Co Ltd

*President of The Japan Society of

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*Permanent Honorary President of the

Alumni Association *Consultative Professor of

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*Lecture Professor of

Sichuan University Sichuan University (SCU) is a national key public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is wholly funded by the Ministry of Education. SCU is one of the top universities of China, and a Class A Double First Class Univer ...

Chow donated money to multiple universities in Hong Kong and China to raise public awareness of education. These include

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, and

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Foun ...

Awards and honours

*Honorable Decorations from

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, Japan *Doctor of Social Science honoris causa,

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(2013) *

Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight ...

, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon ( Japan/2008) *Honorary Degree of Doctor of Social Science, The City University of Hong Kong (2008) *

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 ...

(Hong Kong/2004) *

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, Gold Rays with Rosette ( Japan/1998) *Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws,

(1997) *Honorary University Fellow,

(1997) *Officier de l'

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(

/1996) *Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration,

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(1995) *Officer in the Order of the Crown (

/1993)

External links

Chevalier websiteHong Kong Polytechnic siteCity University of Hong Kong (CHK) PDF siteChow's business backgroundChow's philanthropy to the University of Toronto

References

1935 births 2018 deaths Hong Kong chief executives Hong Kong philanthropists National Taiwan University Officers of the Order of the British Empire Officers of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Businesspeople from Ningbo 20th-century philanthropists {{HongKong-bio-stub