Dong Zhaoyu
Tung Chao Yu (born 1924)[1], English name: Tung Chao Yu[2], was a Hong Kong shipping industrialist who once headed the Orient Overseas shipping enterprise[3].
Biography
Tung was born in 1924 in Dinghai County, Ningbo (now part of Dinghai District, Zhoushan). He was the third son of Shanghai industrialist Tung Jui-chang and his wife Tao. He was the younger brother of Tung Hao-yun, a world-renowned shipping magnate, and of Hong Kong shipping businessman Tung Chao Feng[3]. His wife was Ai Tsu-kit[1].
He studied at St. John's University, Shanghai. Later, he moved to Guangzhou to operate in the shipping industry, founding the Guangzhou branch of the China Shipping Company and serving as its manager, expanding business to Hong Kong and Singapore. In 1949, he relocated from Guangzhou to Hong Kong to engage in industrial and commercial ventures.
In 1964, he took control of the Orient Overseas shipping group in Hong Kong and also served as General Manager of Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry Company. He established Yuensung Investment Company Limited[4]. In 1971, he became a major shipowner in Hong Kong with an independent oil tanker fleet[1].
Tung Chao Yu and his wife were members and horse owners at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. They successively owned racehorses named “Justice Bao,” “Stranger,” “Businessman,” “Free Man,” “Happy Man,” “Rose Garden,” “People First,” “Graceful Lady,” “Sir Justice,” and “Navigator”[2]. All of these horses have since retired[5].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E5%85%86%E8%A3%95#cite_ref-tong_diary_1-0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E5%85%86%E8%A3%95#cite_ref-tong_2-1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E5%85%86%E8%A3%95#cite_ref-tong_family_3-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E5%85%86%E8%A3%95#cite_ref-4
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%91%A3%E5%85%86%E8%A3%95#cite_ref-5