Bao Zhaolong
Pao Siu-lung JP (1895 – 11 November 1982), also known as Tai-suet, was a businessman and philanthropist from Ningbo, Zhejiang. He was a 28th-generation descendant of the Northern Song chancellor Bao Zheng and the father of shipping magnate Pao Yue-kong. He had three sons and four daughters.
Biography
In the early 1930s, Pao operated factories manufacturing shoes and hats in the Hankou area. By 1940 he had moved to Shanghai to establish and run a bank. In 1948 he relocated to Hong Kong where he continued his business activities.
Pao was active in philanthropy, founding the Pao Siu-lung Scholarship to support students’ higher education and funding the expansion of Soochow & Zhejiang Public School in Hong Kong. He later supported various charitable projects across mainland China.
He died on 11 November 1982 at the age of 87. In 1984, the Hong Kong government posthumously appointed him Justice of the Peace.
Facilities named after him
- Pao Siu-lung Building, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Pao Siu-lung Library, Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Pao Siu-lung Hall, University of Hong Kong
- Pao Family Gallery, Hong Kong Art Centre
- Pao Siu-lung Nursing Home, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
- Pao Siu-lung Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
- Zhaolong Hotel, Beijing
See also
- Pao Yue-kong family
- Pao Yue-kong
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060115035137/http://culture.zjol.com.cn/05culture/system/2005/12/27/006419634.shtml Zhejiang Online – Profile of the Pao family of Zhenhai
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070808000538/http://www.sjtu.edu.cn/intro/campusnav/BZL_Lib.htm Shanghai Jiaotong University Pao Siu-lung Library