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Sir Robert Ho Tung Bosman, KBE JP (22 December 1862 – 26 April 1956, Chinese: 何東), also known as Sir Robert Ho Tung, was a businessman and philanthropist in British Hong Kong. Known as "the grand old man of Hong Kong" [1] ( Chinese : 香港大老 [2] ), he was knighted in 1915 ( Knight Bachelor ) and 1955 ( KBE ).
12 de jun. de 2022 · Published: 11:15am, 12 Jun 2022. Why you can trust SCMP. Sir Robert Ho Tung: Public Figure, Private Man by May Holdsworth, pub. Hong Kong University Press. Decades after his death, Sir...
22 de dic. de 2023 · A man for all seasons: Sir Robert Ho Tung. The Eurasian multi-millionaire blazed a trail through the commercial and social life of Macao and Hong Kong leaving a legacy that endures today. ARTICLE BY. Mark O'Neill. PUBLISHED. 11 May 2021. READING TIME.
30 de jun. de 2020 · Jun 30 , 2020. Hotung was the only person knighted twice in the history of Hong Kong and was also awarded decorations from the Republic of China, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and...
15 de jun. de 1997 · By MAGGIE FARLEY. June 15, 1997 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. HONG KONG — This city’s history--a tale of surprising power seeded in a questionable past, a story of opium and opportunism, business...
26 de may. de 2020 · A grandnephew of the Eurasian comprador Robert Hotung, Ho was born into one of Hong Kong’s most prominent families of the prewar era. But he made his own fortune and forged his formidable...
Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862–1954) is a compelling figure in Hong Kong history. He is regularly portrayed as the colony’s greatest philanthropist and wealthiest man of his day, the first Chinese to live on the Peak, and, at the end of his life, the “Grand Old Man of Hong Kong.”
