Fung Hon-chu
Fung Hon-chu,
JP (Chinese: 馮漢柱; 27 January 1911 – 9 August 1994) was a Hong Kong businessman and chairman of the Li & Fung
, a leading trading firm in Hong Kong.
Fung was born in Canton in 1911 to Fung Pak-liu, the founder of the Li & Fung Limited. He joined the family business as manager and arrived in Hong Kong in 1935 and set up a branch there in 1937. He succeeded his father as the director of the Li & Fung in 1945. In 1975, he became the chairman of the Li & Fung.[1]
He was also president of the Hong Kong Cotton Merchants Association and member of the
South China Athletic Association.[1]
From 1960 to 1966, he was the appointed member of the
Justice of the Peace in 1960 and was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1965.[1]
He died on 9 August 1994 in Hong Kong, aged 83. He married Charity Lee Pui-yiu and had two sons, Victor Fung and William Fung, both prominent businessmen in Hong Kong, and three daughters.[1]