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|other_names = 霍英東
|image = Henry Fok.jpg
| office = [[Vice Chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference|Vice
| term_start =
| term_end = 28 October 2006
| 1blankname = Chairman
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| 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
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|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
| children=10 sons and 3 daughters<br>{{Collapsible list|title = With Lui|[[Timothy Fok|Timothy Fok Tsun-ting]]
{{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}}
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'''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==
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In the 1980s Fok organized the effort to bail out [[OOCL]] from bankruptcy shortly after its founder [[Tung Chao-yung]] 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.
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===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
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===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:
* [[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
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 first Hong
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