Wong Ker-lee
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Wong Ker-lee | |
|---|---|
黄克立 | |
| Mayor of Taichung | |
| In office 21 January 1946 – 7 April 1947 | |
| Chief Executive | Chen Yi |
| Preceded by | Liu Chun-chung |
| Succeeded by | Mo Ta-yuan (acting) Lee Hui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1910 |
| Died | 1 May 2004 (aged 93) Hong Kong, China |
| Spouse | Wong Lin Chin-hwa |
| Children | Philip Wong |
| Alma mater | Xiamen University |
Wong Ker-lee, GBM (simplified Chinese: 黄克立; traditional Chinese: 黃克立; Jyutping: Wong4 Hak1 Laap6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Khek-li̍p; 15 August 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was first Mayor of Taichung after the Chinese retrocession of Taiwan from 1946 to 1947 when he resigned for the February 28 Incident. After he moved to Hong Kong, he founded several banks including the Overseas Trust Bank and the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank. From the 1980s, he was the member of the National Committee of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and member of its standing committee from 1988 to 2003.
Wong was born in 1910 in Quanzhou, Fujian.[1] He was graduated from the Jimei Middle School and Xiamen University in 1935 in Economics and was an accountant for the two schools. He was the revenue commissioner of Tong'an District, Xiamen and Quanzhou during the Second Sino-Japanese War and served as a financial adviser of the Fujian Provincial Government.
After the victory, he was sent to Taiwan to represent the Nationalist government to receive the surrender of Japan. Between 1946 and 1947, he was the deputy director of the finance department of the Taiwan Provincial Government and first Mayor of Taichung.[citation needed] During his mayorship, he co-founded the Chang Hwa Bank with Lin Hsien-tang where he was the deputy chairman of the bank. At the time February 28 Incident broke out, where he was surrounded by a crowd with Yen Chia-kan, the then director of the finance department of Taiwan Provisional Government while the city's military arsenal was looted by Hsieh Hsueh-hung-led crowd of the Taiwanese Communist Party. Wong had to dress like a beggar in order to escape. He reassumed to the administration resumed the public order with the help of Lin Hsien-tang. On 4 April 1947, his resignation from the mayorship was approved by Taiwan Chief Executive Chen Yi.[2]