Yuet-keung Kan | |
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簡悅強 | |
Life member of the Court of University of Hong Kong | |
In office 1 February 1972 – 2012 | |
Life member of the Council of Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
In office 1983–2012 Serving with Sir Run Run Shaw, Sir Quo-wei Lee and Dr. Hon-chiu Lee | |
Chairman of the Council of Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
In office 1971–1982 | |
Preceded by | Sir Cho-yiu Kwan |
Succeeded by | Sir Quo-wei Lee |
Personal details | |
Born | Hong Kong | 26 July 1913
Died | 14 September 2012 Hong Kong | (aged 99)
Spouse(s) |
Ida, Lady Kan
(m. 1940; died 1999) |
Education | Diocesan Boys' School |
Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (BA, 1934) London School of Economics (LLB, 1937) |
Occupation | politician, banker, solicitor |
Kan Yuet-keung | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 簡悅強 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 简悦强 | ||||||||||||
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Sir Yuet-keung Kan GBE JP (Chinese: 簡悅強, 26 July 1913 – 14 September 2012) was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 1960s and 1970s. He also served as chairman of the Bank of East Asia for 20 years.