Au Tak

Au Tak
區德
Born1840
Died1920 (aged 79–80)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, property developer, educator
SpouseHo Wing-ching
Au Tak
Traditional Chinese區德
Simplified Chinese区德
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinŌu Dé
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingau1 dak1
Au Chak-mun
Traditional Chinese區澤民
Simplified Chinese区泽民
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinŌu Zémín
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingau1 zaak6 man4

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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Kai Tak Airport History | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".
  2. ^ "Hong Kong Journals Online" (PDF).
  3. ^ Kai Tak Airport 1925-1998