Geoffrey Yeh Meou-tsen ( zh, t=葉謀遵, p=Yè Móuzūn, sl=Yip⁶Mau⁴Jun¹; 17 April 1931 – 16 October 2016) was a

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–based businessman who served as Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd.

Education and career

Yeh obtained a BSc degree in Civil Engineering from the

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in 1953 and subsequently an MSc degree from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences of

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in 1954. Yeh served as Chair of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, until its merger into the

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. Furthermore, he was Independent Non Executive Director of Hysan Development Co. Ltd. between 1979 and 2001 and as Independent Non-executive Director of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Ltd. from January 2001 to July 15, 2007. Yeh was Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd., founded by

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, the family patriarch.

Family

Yeh was married to Helen; they had a son, V-nee, and a daughter, Yvette. V-nee and his wife, Mira Yeh, a socialite, had a daughter, Nadya.

Legacy

* M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Student Center, Newmark Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering *In 2012, Yeh was inducted into the Engineering at Illinois Hall of Fame.

References

1931 births 2016 deaths Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni University of Illinois alumni Hong Kong businesspeople Members of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star {{HongKong-business-bio-stub