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Robin Chan, businessman and father of Hong Kong politician Bernard Chan, dies aged 90
- The veteran Thai-Chinese financier and father of Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan died on Monday aged 90
- Chief Executive Carrie Lam pays tribute to ‘an esteemed entrepreneur and philanthropist’
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Veteran financier and political leader Robin Chan Yau-hing, chairman of Asia Financial Holdings and father of Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan, has died at the age of 90.
His son, 57, a member of the cabinet of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, will take over the chairman role immediately while continuing as president of the company, according to an announcement on Wednesday.
Robin Chan, who died on Monday, was the eldest of six sons of Chin Sophonpanich, the founder of Bangkok Bank, one of the largest financial firms in Thailand.
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He was born in Shantou, Chaoyang, in the southern part of Guangdong province in 1932. He grew up and went to school in Hong Kong and then the US before beginning his banking career at Bangkok Bank.
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Political unrest was behind Sophonpanich’s decision to send Chan to Hong Kong in the 1950s; it was a way of diversifying the family’s business risks. The family is still actively involved in politics and business in Thailand and Hong Kong, with a wide range of interests spanning banking, insurance, hospitals, rice and hotels.
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