Tung Chee-chen, GBS, SBS, JP is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman.
10 Facts About Tung Chee-chen
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Tung Chee-chen is the chairman and chief executive of shipping company Orient Overseas and a member of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, a pro-Beijing political thinktank.
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Tung Chee-chen earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Liverpool and master's in mechanical engineering from MIT.
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Tung Chee-chen served as chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association from 1993 until 1995.
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Tung Chee-chen was the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce chairman from 1999 to 2001.
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In 1996, Tung Chee-chen was appointed chairman and CEO of Orient Overseas Limited, one of the largest shipping companies in the world.
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Tung Chee-chen has acted as an independent non-executive director of the following companies:.
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Tung Chee-chen is the chairman of the Institute for Shipboard Education Foundation, a member of the board of trustees of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a member of the board of trustees of the International Academic Center of the University of Pittsburgh and the Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
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Tung Chee-chen was appointed member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council by the Hong Kong government in 2002.
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Tung Chee-chen was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Government in 2016 and an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Liverpool in 2009.