Five from Hong Kong and Macau make list of 100 commended by Beijing for contributions to country’s reforms
- Surviving members of the group are former WHO chief Margaret Chan and businessman Tsang Hin-chi
- Other three are the late Henry Fok Ying-tung, Wong Kwan-cheng, and Macau tycoon Ma Man-kei
Five people from Hong Kong and Macau have been commended – some of them posthumously – by Beijing for their “outstanding contributions” to the country’s reform and opening up.
They are among a list of 100 people compiled by the Communist Party’s awards office.
The list was published by the party’s mouthpiece, People’s Daily on Monday.
Those selected come from a wide range of professions, including scientists, economists, grass-roots party cadres, model workers, state enterprise managers, and private entrepreneurs.
Hong Kong property tycoons like Li Ka-shing, Lee Shau-kee and Cheng Yu-tung were not included on the list.
Fok, who died in 2006 aged 83, was among the first batch of Hong Kong businessmen who invested in the mainland during its initial phase of reform.