Chiang Chen
Hong Kong businessman (1923–2022)
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Chiang Chen GBM OBE[3] (Chinese: 蔣震, 29 August 1923 – 13 March 2022) was a Hong Kong industrialist.[4]
Chiang Chen | |
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蔣震 | |
| Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Chen Hsong Holdings Limited[1] | |
| In office 1958–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Lai Yuen Chiang[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1923 |
| Died | 13 March 2022 (aged 98) Hong Kong, China |
| Chiang Chen | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蒋震 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蔣震 | ||||||||||
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Biography
He was the founder and chairman of the Chen Hsong Holdings Limited since 1958.[citation needed] As a pro-Beijing entrepreneur,[4] Chiang maintained good relations with the Chinese government, and was appointed a Hong Kong affair advisor.[citation needed] He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system on 1 July 2005[5][6] for his contributions in Hong Kong's industry. The Chiang Chen Studio Theatre in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was also named after him.[7]
He was the father of Hong Kong legislator Ann Chiang.[8]
Chiang died on 13 March 2022, at the age of 98.[9]
Awards
- 1997: Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to the modernisation of manufacturing industry in Hong Kong."[10]
- 2003: The George Washington University President's Medal[11]
- 2005: Grand Bauhinia Medal[5]