Kan Yuet-keung served as chairman of the Bank of East Asia for 20 years.
25 Facts About Kan Yuet-keung
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Kan Yuet-keung has thirteen siblings and he ranked fourth amongst them.
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Kan Yuet-keung's father, Tong-po Kan, JP, was a founder of the Bank of East Asia.
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Kan Yuet-keung's youngest brother, Professor Yuet-Wai Kan, is a notable American physician who was awarded the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine in 2004.
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Kan Yuet-keung studied in Diocesan Boys' School in his early years.
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Kan Yuet-keung was enrolled to the University of Hong Kong and resided in Morrison Hall.
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Kan Yuet-keung graduated from the university in 1934 and obtained a BA degree.
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Kan Yuet-keung worked briefly in a firm in England after graduation and returned to Hong Kong in 1938, where he became a practising solicitor.
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Kan Yuet-keung had a fast-growing career in law, business and banking in Hong Kong.
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Kan Yuet-keung was director of Hong Kong Land and Harbour Centre Development Limited for some time.
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Besides, Kan Yuet-keung had taken over his family banking business, and served as chairman of the Bank of East Asia from 1963 to 1983.
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Kan Yuet-keung left the Council in 1975 but was re-appointed in 1979.
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Kan Yuet-keung was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1959 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Kan Yuet-keung left the Urban Council in 1961 and became an unofficial member of the Legislative Council.
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Kan Yuet-keung was named chairman of the government's Transport Advisory Committee.
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Kan Yuet-keung made a keynote speech in the Legislative Council, insisting those bombers be brought to justice and even death sentence for serious offences.
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Kan Yuet-keung was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1967 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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Kan Yuet-keung was knighted in the 1972 New Year Honours, and travelled to Buckingham Palace to receive the accolade in July.
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Kan Yuet-keung retired from the Legislative Council that same year, but continued to serve on the Executive Council.
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Kan Yuet-keung was called to hold talks with the strikers and successfully reconciled the dispute.
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Kan Yuet-keung was appointed life member of Court of the University of Hong Kong in 1972, he was appointed life member of the Council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1983.
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Kan Yuet-keung was the chairman of the Council of the Chinese University from 1973 to 1982, and from 1983 to 1996, he was the Pro-Chancellor of the Chinese University.
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In retirement, Kan Yuet-keung lived in Hong Kong but had almost withdrawn from public life.
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Kan Yuet-keung's funeral was quietly held at Hong Kong Funeral Home on 18 September 2012.
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Kan Yuet-keung is interred in the ossuary at Hong Kong Cemetery.