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Line 2: {{EngvarB\|date=May 2016}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2016}} {{family name hatnote\|[[Huo ~~(surname)~~\|Fok ~~/ Huo~~]]\|Henry Fok\|Fok Ying-tung\|lang=~~Chinese~~Hong Kong}} {{Infobox officeholder \|honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] \|name = Henry Fok \|honorific_suffix = ~~[[Grand Bauhinia Medal~~{{postnom\|country=HKG\|size=100%\|GBM]]}} \|other_names = 霍英東 \|image = Henry Fok.jpg \| office = [[Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference\|Vice Chairman of the ~~CPPCC~~Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]<br/>{{small\|(8th, 9th, 10th)}} \| term_start = 2713 March ~~1993~~2003 \| term_end = 28 October 2006 \| 1blankname = Chairman \| 1namedata = ~~[[Li Ruihuan]]<br />~~[[Jia Qinglin]] \| term_start1 = 27 March 1993 \| term_end1 = 13 March 1998 \| 1blankname1 = Chairman \| 1namedata1 = [[Jia Qinglin]] \| office2 = Delegate to the [[National People's Congress]]<br/>{{small\|([[7th National People's Congress\|7th]], [[8th National People's Congress\|8th]])}} \| term_start2 = March 1988 Line 30 ⟶ 36: \|death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2006\|10\|28\|1923\|5\|10}} \|death_place = [[Peking Union Medical College Hospital]], [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China\|China]] \|resting_place = [[Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery]] \|spouse={{marriage\|Elaine Lui Yin-nei\|1943\|2006\|reason=d}}<br>{{marriage\|Elaine Fung Kin-nei\|1958\|2006\|reason=d}}<br>{{marriage\|Lam ~~Sue~~Sook-~~tun~~duen\|1968\|2006\|reason=d}} \| children=10 sons and 3 daughters<br>{{Collapsible list\|title = With Lui\|[[Timothy Fok\|Timothy Fok Tsun-ting]]~~<br>Fok~~\|[[Ian ~~Tsun-wan<br>~~Fok\|Ian ~~Tsun-yu<br>~~Fok ~~Man~~Chun-~~fong<br>Fok~~wan]]\|Benjamin ~~Man-bun<br>~~Fok ~~Man~~Chun-~~sun<br>Fok~~yue\|Patricia ~~Hin-yeung<br>~~Fok ~~Hin~~Lai-~~suen<br>Fok~~ping\|Nora ~~Hin-kwong<br>Fok Hin-kung<br>~~Fok Lai-~~ping<br>Fok~~lor\|Lily ~~Lai-na<br>~~Fok Lai-lai}} {{Collapsible list\|title = With Fung\|Thomas Fok Man-fong\|Nelson Fok Man-bun\|Manson Fok\|David Fok Hing-yeung}} {{Collapsible list\|title = With Lam\|Donald Fok Hin-suen\|Danny Fok Hin-kwong\|Michael Fok Hin-keung}} \|module = {{Chinese \|child=yes\|t=霍英東\|s=霍英东\|p=Huò Yīngdōng\|j=Fok3 Jing1 Dung1}} }} '''Henry Fok Ying Tung''' (10 May 1923 – 28 October 2006) was a Hong Kong businessman. He has [[Ancestral home (China)\|ancestral root]]s in [[Lianxi Village]], [[Panyu]], now part of [[Guangzhou]], Guangdong. Fok was the vice-chairman of the [[National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]] of PRC since March 1993, and was possibly the most powerful [[Hongkonger]] in the politics of the People's Republic of China. In 2006, the [[Forbes]] Magazine ranked Henry Fok the 7th wealthiest tycoon in Hong Kong and 181th wealthiest tycoon in the world, with an established net worth of $3.7 billion. Henry died in Beijing, 2006. '''Henry Fok Ying Tung''' {{postnom\|country=HKG\|GBM}} (10 May 1923 – 28 October 2006) was an entrepreneur and politician in Hong Kong. From 1993 until his death, Fok served as Vice Chairman of the [[National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]. He was one of the Hong Kong's wealthiest persons. ==Biography== Fok was born on 10 May 1923 in Hong Kong to an ethnic [[Tanka people\|Tanka]] family.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/10872\|title = 白手起家、美女、兄弟鬩牆，所有戲劇元素都到齊：富可敵國的香港霍家傳奇\|date = 5 January 2015}}</ref> Fok's father died in a boating accident when he was just seven. He studied at [[Queen's College, Hong Kong\|Queen's College]], but was not able to finish junior high due to the [[Second Sino-Japanese War\|Japanese invasion]] in 1937. He worked as a labourer during that time while helping to run the family's small boat business.{{Citation needed\|date=January 2013}} ===Business=== Line 58 ⟶ 67: He was the President of the [[Chinese General Chamber of Commerce]] in Hong Kong, the President of the [[Hong Kong Football Association]], and the President of the [[Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong]]. He was also the Chairman of Henry Fok Estates Ltd and the Yau Wing Co of Hong Kong. In the 1980s Fok organized the effort to bail out [[OOCL]] from bankruptcy shortly after its founder [[Tung Chao-yung]] ~~passed away~~died.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=CHINA BANK LINKED TO OOCL BAILOUT {{!}} JOC.com\|url=https://www.joc.com/china-bank-linked-oocl-bailout_19970309.html\|access-date=2021-12-02\|website=www.joc.com}}</ref> Fok developed the Zhongshan Hot Springs Hotel, which had a golf course designed by [[Arnold Palmer]].<ref name=":Chatwin">{{Cite book \|last=Chatwin \|first=Jonathan \|title=The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future \|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]] \|year=2024 \|isbn=9781350435711}}</ref>{{Rp\|page=58}} It was one of the first golf courses built in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp\|page=58}} In 2006, Forbes magazine listed Fok as the seventh wealthiest person in Hong Kong and the 181st in the world, with a fortune of US$3.7 billion. ===Political=== Line 68 ⟶ 81: ===Philanthropy=== Henry Fok founded the Fok Ying Tung Foundation in 1984, and it is now one of the largest philanthropic organisations in Hong Kong. Fok founded a high-technology business park in [[Nansha, Guangzhou\|Nansha District]], [[Guangzhou]].{{when\|date=February 2021}} He is said to have visited the site more than 500 times, and through the Foundation, pledged HK$800 million (US$100 million) to the [[Hong Kong University of Science and Technology]] in 2005 to support the initiative.<ref name=change/><ref>{{cite web \|title=$800m to Support Strategic Plan and China Initiatives \|date=27 July 2005 Line 81 ⟶ 94: ===Personal=== Fok's wife was Elaine Lui ({{zh\|t=呂燕妮\|labels=no}}), and he had two [[concubine]]s, Elaine Fung ({{zh\|t=馮堅妮\|labels=no}}) and Lam Sook-duen ({{zh\|t=林淑端\|labels=no}}), according to the ''[[Great Qing Legal Code]]'', which remained in force for Chinese people in Hong Kong until 1971. Some forms of [[polygamy]] remained legal in Hong Kong until it was outlawed in 1971.<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Lewis \|first=D. J. \|date=April 1983 \|title=A Requiem for Chinese Customary Law in Hong Kong \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0020589300040501/type/journal_article \|journal=International and Comparative Law Quarterly \|language=en \|volume=32 \|issue=2 \|pages=347–379 \|doi=10.1093/iclqaj/32.2.347 \|issn=0020-5893}}</ref> Among Fok's children, the best-known are: ~~Among Fok's children, the best-known are:~~ * [[Timothy Fok\|Timothy Fok Tsun-ting]] – [[Hong Kong Football Association]] chairman and [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong\|Legislative Council]] member. * [[Ian Fok Chun-wan]] – managing director, Yau Wing Co. Ltd.; Director, Fok Ying Tung Foundation Ltd, a former chairman of the [[Chinese General Chamber of Commerce]], whose son was convicted ~~for~~of drug possession in 2005. Fok had family roots in [[Panyu District]], [[Guangzhou]], Guangdong. ===Death=== On 28 October 2006, Fok died at the age of 83 at the [[Peking Union Medical College]] in Beijing, where he was being treated for cancer. He had been diagnosed with [[lymphoma]] in 1984 and the cancer had reappeared in 2004. His body was flown back to Hong Kong for a traditional funeral in accordance with his wishes. Fok was one of the ~~third~~first Hong ~~Konger~~Kongers to have his casket draped in the [[Flag of the People's Republic of China\|Chinese national flag]] since the handover (the others being [[T. K. Ann]] and [[Wong Ker-lee]]).<ref>{{cite web \|last=Cheng \|first=Jonathan Line 116 ⟶ 129: [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:Businesspeople in the oil industry]] [[Category:Deaths from cancer in ~~the People's Republic of~~ China]] [[Category:Deaths from lymphoma]] [[Category:Hong Kong billionaires]] Line 128 ⟶ 141: [[Category:Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]] [[Category:Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong]] ~~[[Category:Badminton in Hong Kong]]~~ [[Category:Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee members]] [[Category:Hong Kong Affairs Advisors]] [[Category:20th-century philanthropists]] [[Category:Alumni of Queen's College, Hong Kong]] ~~[[Category:20th-century businesspeople]]~~ [[Category:Tanka people]] [[Category:Arms trafficking]]