Wong Ker-lee, was a Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician.
12 Facts About Wong Ker-lee
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Wong Ker-lee was first Mayor of Taichung after the Chinese retrocession of Taiwan from 1946 to 1947 when he resigned for the February 28 Incident.
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Wong Ker-lee was graduated from the Jimei Middle School and Xiamen University in 1935 in Economics and was an accountant for the two schools.
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Wong Ker-lee was the revenue commissioner of Tong'an District, Xiamen and Quanzhou during the Second Sino-Japanese War and served as a financial adviser of the Fujian Provincial Government.
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Wong Ker-lee reassumed to the administration resumed the public order with the help of Lin Hsien-tang.
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Wong Ker-lee arrived in Hong Kong in 1947, he stayed and worked at the Chiyu Banking Corporation on the recommendation of the bank's founder Tan Kah Kee as an assistant manager.
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In 1955, Wong Ker-lee founded the Overseas Trust Bank and subsequently the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank, until the two banks were taken over by the Hong Kong government in 1985.
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Wong Ker-lee was a director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals from 1969 to 1970.
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Wong Ker-lee was first appointed to the Fujian Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1979.
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Wong Ker-lee was then appointed member of the National Committee of the 6th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1983 and became a member of standing committee for the 7th, 8th and 9th CPPCC from 1988 to 2003.
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Wong Ker-lee was a member of the Selection Committee, which was responsible for electing the first Chief Executive and Provisional Legislative Council.
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Wong Ker-lee was survived by his wife Wong Lin Chin-hwa and children Philip Wong Yu-hong, who is a businessman and politician, Patrick Wong Yu-pei and Kay Wong Yu-chen.