Deng Risun
Deng Yat‑sun GBS JP (Richard Y.S. Tang; born 23 September 1952; source: Hong Kong Who’s Who, 1994, p. 595), male, Hong Kong businessman. He is Chairman and Managing Director of Sunwah Group, Chairman of the Board of King Fook Holdings Limited, Chairman of Shanghai Shangmei Property Co., Ltd., and a director of Hang Seng Bank Limited, Miramar Hotel and Investment Co., Ltd., King Fook Jewellery Group Limited, King Fook Gold & Silver Jewellery Company Limited, King Fook Watch & Jewellery Company Limited, Commercial Radio Hong Kong Limited, and CR Enterprises Limited. He served as a member of the 11th, 12th, and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and is Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Police Band.
Early life
Deng Yat‑sun is the youngest son of Sir Tang Shiu‑kin (his elder brother is Tang Pak‑kin) and uncle of Tang Wing‑cheung. He graduated from St. Paul's Co‑educational College, earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Menlo College, California, and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.[1]
In January 2018 he was elected to the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.[2] He married at the beginning of 2017 and attended the annual memorial parade for Sir Tang Shiu‑kin with his wife,[3] but the marriage lasted only a few months and he remains single after the divorce.[4]
Honours
- Justice of the Peace (1997)
- Bronze Bauhinia Star (2000)
- Silver Bauhinia Star (2016)
- Gold Bauhinia Star (2023)
Public appointments
- Tang Shiu‑kin & Ho Tim Charitable Foundation
- Chairman, Investment Advisory Committee, Correctional Services Department Children Education Trust Fund
- Member, Appeal Board on Public Holiday Passports
- Member, Disciplinary Panel, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, Customs and Excise Department Children Education Trust Fund Committee
- Adviser, China Youth Historical and Cultural Education Foundation
- Member, Brightness Action Eye-care Fund
- Director, Hong Kong Jockey Club (2018–2022)
See also
- Tang Chi‑kong family
References
External links
- 'Deng Yat‑sun’s Entrepreneurial Story in Shanghai', Wen Wei Po, 26 February 2006.
- Tang family
- People from Nanhai, Hong Kong
- St. Paul's Co-educational College alumni
- Hong Kong businesspeople
- Sunwah Group
- Hang Seng Bank people
- Commercial Radio Hong Kong
- CPPCC National Committee Members for Hong Kong
- Members of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC
- Members of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC
- Members of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC
- Executive Council Members of the China Overseas Friendship Association