Ho Hung Ngai

Robert Hung-ngai Ho, was a journalist and businessman from Hong Kong, and a member of the Ho Tung family.

Biography

He was born in 1932 into a Eurasian family, the grandson of Sir Robert Ho Tung and the only son of General Ho Shai Lai. He studied at Lingnan School and Pui Ching Middle School in Hong Kong. He then pursued studies in the United States, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University in 1956 and a Master of Science in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1958. After graduation, he worked as an English-language newspaper reporter in Pittsburgh and as a Washington correspondent for *National Geographic* magazine. Upon returning to Hong Kong, he assisted his father in running the *Kung Sheung Daily News* and served as chairman of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.

After retiring, he settled in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1989, focusing on Buddhist studies. In 1994, he established the Canadian Tung Lin Kok Yuen in Vancouver, and in 2005 founded the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, funding Buddhist research and academic programs. He also established the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation in Hong Kong, sponsoring various cultural exhibitions.

In 2006, he donated 4 million Canadian dollars each to the University of Toronto and the University of British Columbia to support Buddhist studies. After a US$5 million donation to Stanford University in 2008, the university renamed its Buddhist Studies Center after his foundation.

In 2009, he donated 15 million Canadian dollars to Vancouver General Hospital to establish a research center, and in 2011 gave 10 million Canadian dollars to Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver to establish a mental health center.