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Hong Kong entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Au Tak (also spelled Au Tack; Chinese: 區德; 1840–1920) or Au Chak-mun (區澤民) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur. He was the proprietor of a furniture shop and the property developers in Central District on Hong Kong Island.[1] He used to be the director of Tung Wah Hospital.[2]
Au Tak | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 區德 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 区德 | ||||||||||
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Au Chak-mun | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 區澤民 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 区泽民 | ||||||||||
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In 1912, Au went into partnership with his son-in-law's father Sir Kai Ho to form a company to develop a piece of land formed by land reclamation in Kowloon Bay. It was planned to build a residential garden estate, but the plan failed and the company went into liquidation in 1924, after both Au and Ho had died.[1] In 1925, the land was taken over by the British Hong Kong Government as the use of the airport.[3]
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