Cheng Wanqi
Ching Men Ky, retired Hong Kong basketball player, businessman, and founder of the United World Chinese Association.
Background
Ching Men Ky's ancestral home is Guangxi, born in Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. His grandfather Ching Bik Kam served as secretary to Sun Yat-sen, his father Ching Shing Hung was a Communist Party member[1], and his mother was Lui Wai Hing[2]. His wife is Ma Oi Lai. In his childhood, Ching moved with his family to Hong Kong and graduated from Form 5 at Tak Ming College in 1961[3]. As a player, he played for the Hong Kong Basketball League's Kwan On Basketball Team. In 1965, he became team leader and coach of the Kwan On Basketball Team. In 1969, he served as chairman of the Hong Kong Basketball Association, and in 1989, became the association's permanent honorary president. From 1972 to 2002, he was chairman of the Asian Basketball Confederation. In 1975, he assisted the Chinese Basketball Association in replacing the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association as the official Chinese representative within the Asian Basketball Confederation.[4] From 2002 to 2006, he became the first Chinese president of the International Basketball Federation.[5][6] He is currently president of the Hong Kong Taekwondo Association.
References
- ↑ Obituary of Ching Shing Hung. Wah Kiu Yat Po. 1976-06-16. Page 2 of the third section.
- ↑ Obituary of Lui Wai Hing. Ta Kung Pao. 1989-02-17. Page 3.
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E8%90%AC%E7%90%A6#cite_ref-3
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E8%90%AC%E7%90%A6#cite_ref-4
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E8%90%AC%E7%90%A6#cite_ref-5
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%8B%E8%90%AC%E7%90%A6#cite_ref-6