Guan Jinghong
Eddie Kwan King Hung (born 1957 – died June 2023) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and accountant. Known as the "Immigration Godfather", he was the founder and former chairman of Goldmax Immigration Consulting (Group) Limited.
Biography
Eddie Kwan's ancestral hometown was Kaiping, Guangdong. He attended secondary school at Yuet Wah College in Macau and graduated in 1978 from the accounting program of Hong Kong Polytechnic. In 1980, he immigrated to Canada with his parents and continued working in accounting. During the Hong Kong immigration wave, many friends consulted Kwan about immigration matters, and he gained experience through direct contact with Canadian immigration authorities.[1]
In 1990, Kwan resigned from his position as an accountant and studied immigration law at the University of Calgary. He then founded Goldmax Immigration Consulting Limited and worked full-time as an immigration consultant.[2]
Reportedly, in his first year of business, he kept operations low-cost and already handled 30 immigration cases in the first month, with 400 cases in the first year. Goldmax's famous advertising slogans — "Forever friends, forever service.", "I can help you.", and "Guaranteed approval or your money back." — became widely known through commercials on the program *Publicity Easy* on TVB, though his earliest ads appeared on ATV.[3]
On July 19, 2023, Goldmax Group issued an obituary stating that Eddie Kwan had passed away in June 2023 (exact date pending confirmation) at the age of 66 (some reports say 65).[4]