Vincent Lo
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Template:Infobox Chinese Vincent Lo Hong-sui, GBM, GBS, JP (Template:Zh-t; born 18 April 1948) is a Hong Kong businessman. He is the chairman of Hong Kong–based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969.Template:Citation needed Upon returning to Hong Kong, started business with the sum of HK$100,000 (US$16,700) borrowed from his father, Hong Kong property tycoon Lo Ying-shek.
In 1984, Lo began investing in Shanghai and constructed a hotel in partnership with the Communist Youth League.Template:Citation needed The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre caused occupancy to plunge, and the league could not repay its construction loan. Lo assisted the league in dealing with the loan: Han Zheng was the Youth League secretary at the time, and is now mayor of Shanghai.Template:Citation needed
He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Family
Vincent Lo married his ex-wife Jean Ho (何晶潔) in 1985, they had two children together.
Vincent Lo and his current wife Loletta Chu married on 27 November 2008.
References
External links
- Shui On Group
- CNN Interview of Vincent Lo (transcript), 9 April 2007
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong billionaires
- Hong Kong chief executives
- Hong Kong businesspeople in the real estate industry
- University of New South Wales alumni
- Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
- Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal
- Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians
- Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong politicians
- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members
- Hong Kong Affairs Advisors
- Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017