Philip Fang
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Philip Fang Shun-sang (Chinese: 方順生; 28 March 1941 – 3 November 2013) was a Hong Kong simultaneous interpreter. He provided interpretation services in the United Nations (UN) from 1971 to 1999, having served as chief of its Chinese interpretation section.
方順生 Philip Fang | |
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Born | 28 March 1941 |
Died | 3 November 2013(2013-11-03) (aged 72) |
Occupation | Simultaneous interpreter |
Fang Shun-sang | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 方順生 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 方顺生 | ||||||
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Fang received his education in Hong Kong, the United States and the United Kingdom. Before he became chief of UN Chinese interpretation section, he served in the UN as a simultaneous interpreter and was stationed in New York City and Geneva.
In his later years, Fang suffered kidney disease. In 2011, he openly supported the prerequisite of being patriotic to China to be a popularly-elected Chief Executive of Hong Kong, while calling his sister Anson Chan, a pan-democrat, one of Hong Kong's "Gang of Four". Fang fell from his apartment on 3 November 2013 at the age of 72; he was suspected of committing suicide because of illness.