Chiang Chen Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Chiang Chen
Native Name Lang:zh-hk
Honorific-Suffix:GBM OBE
Office:Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Chen Hsong Holdings Limited[1]
Term Start:1958
Term End:2018
Predecessor:Office established
Successor:Lai Yuen Chiang[2]
Birth Date:1923 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Heze, Shandong, China
Death Place:Hong Kong, China
Nationality:Hong Kong Chinese
Residence:Hong Kong

Chiang Chen GBM OBE[3] (29 August 192313 March 2022) was a Hong Kong industrialist.[4]

Biography

He was the founder and chairman of the Chen Hsong Holdings Limited since 1958. As a pro-Beijing entrepreneur, Chiang maintained good relations with the Chinese government, and was appointed a Hong Kong affair advisor. 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

Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to the modernisation of manufacturing industry in Hong Kong."[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Message from the Founder.
  2. Web site: Yuen Chiang Lai, Chen Hsong Holdings: Profile and Biography . .
  3. Web site: 蔣震博士, GBM, OBE. Young Industrial Awards of Hong Kong. Chinese. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong.
  4. News: New lawmaker makes her mark . 19 November 2012. South China Morning Post. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong.
  5. Web site: HKSAR PRECEDENCE LIST. August 2014. HKSAR Government. 17 August 2014. Hong Kong. https://web.archive.org/web/20091122154232/http://www.protocol.gov.hk/images/eng/precedence/prelist.pdf. 22 November 2009. dead.
  6. News: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20050622/4989959. zh:劉皇發、蔣震將獲頒大紫荊. 22 June 2005. Apple Daily. Chinese. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong.
  7. Web site: Culture and Promotion Office. The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong.
  8. Web site: Honorary Fellow Dr The Hon Chiang Lai-wan. Wong. Linda. City University of Hong Kong. 25 August 2014. Hong Kong. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204557/http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cityu/about/honorary/doc/citation_ChiangLaiWan_eng.pdf. 23 September 2015. dead.
  9. News: 15 March 2022 . zh:「注塑機大王」蔣震離世 享壽100歲 . https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/2318825/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E6%B3%A8%E5%A1%91%E6%A9%9F%E5%A4%A7%E7%8E%8B-%E8%94%A3%E9%9C%87%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%96-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD100%E6%AD%B2 . Headline Daily . Chinese . Hong Kong. https://archive.today/20220315045258/https://hd.stheadline.com/news/realtime/hk/2318825/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E6%B3%A8%E5%A1%91%E6%A9%9F%E5%A4%A7%E7%8E%8B-%E8%94%A3%E9%9C%87%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%96-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD100%E6%AD%B2 . 15 March 2022 . 15 March 2022.
  10. United Kingdom list:
  11. News: Industrialist Chiang Chen Receives President's Medal. Lindsay. Matthew. 1 April 2003. GW News Centre. 25 August 2014. United States.

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