Chung Sze-yuen
| The Honourable Sir Sze Yuen Chung GBE GBM | |
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| 1st Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council | |
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In office 1 July 1997 – 30 June 1999 | |
| Succeeded by | Leung Chun-Ying |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1974–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Woo Pak-chuen |
| Succeeded by | Sir Oswald Cheung |
| Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |
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In office 1980–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Yuet-Keung Kan |
| Succeeded by | Baroness Dunn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1917 |
| Alma mater |
St. Paul's College Saint John's University, Shanghai University of Hong Kong University of Sheffield |
Sir Sze-yuen Chung GBM GBE FREng [1] (traditional Chinese: 鍾士元; simplified Chinese: 钟士元; pinyin: Zhōng Shìyuán; Jyutping: Zung1 Si6 Jyun4; born 3 November 1917 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong mechanical engineer, industrialist, business executive and politician. He succeeded Sir Yuet-Keung Kan, as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in 1980 and served in the latter body until his first retirement from politics in 1988.
He once again became influential in Hong Kong politics when Tung Chee-Hwa assumed the office of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong; Tung appointed him as the Convenor of the Executive Council, from which he retired on 15 June 1999.[2]
Early life
Chung was born in 1917 to a middle-class family in Hong Kong. In 1936, he went to Shanghai and studied civil engineering at Saint John's University, Shanghai. In 1939, he married Cheung Yung-Hing in southeastern Chinese province of Jiangxi (Kiangsi).
Due to the spread of Second Sino-Japanese War, Chung had to return to Hong Kong in 1941 before his undergraduate degree could be completed. He continued his study in mechanical engineering at the University of Hong Kong and graduated. After graduation, he worked as a mechanical engineer for Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock. In 1948, he was awarded a scholarship from University of Sheffield. Three years later he earned his doctorate.
Chung returned to Hong Kong in 1951 and worked as mechanical engineer in a manufacturing firm for 1 year. In 1951, he established his own firm Chung Sze Yuen Engineering.
Honours
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1968)
- Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) (1975)
- Knight Bachelor (1978)
- Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE) (1989)
- Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) (1997)
- Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)[3] (1983)
References
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sidney Gordon |
Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council 1980–1985 |
Succeeded by Himself as Senior Member of the Executive Council |
| Preceded by Kan Yuet-keung |
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member in Executive Council 1980–1988 |
Succeeded by Lydia Dunn later became Baroness Dunn |
| Preceded by Himself as Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council |
Senior Member of the Executive Council 1985–1988 | |
| Preceded by Dame Rosanna Wong as Senior Member of the Executive Council |
Convenor of the Executive Council 1997–1999 |
Succeeded by CY Leung |
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
| Preceded by Woo Pak-chuen |
Senior Chinese Unofficial Member 1974–1978 |
Succeeded by Oswald Cheung |
| Senior Unofficial Member 1974–1978 | ||
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Tsang Hin-chi Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |
Hong Kong order of precedence Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |
Succeeded by Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal |