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Henry Cheng

Henry Cheng

Hong Kong businessman

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Henry Cheng Kar-shun, GBM, GBS (Chinese: 鄭家純; born 11 December 1946) is Hong Kong's billionaire property developer.

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Cheng is the elder son of Cheng Yu-tung, who founded Hong Kong-listed New World Development, of which Henry succeeded his father as chairman.[1] Cheng is Chairman of NWS Holdings, New World China Land, and New World Department Store China. He is also a standing committee member of the Eleventh Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.[2][3]

In the 2012 Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, Cheng initially supported Henry Tang but switched to support the eventual winner, Leung Chun-ying. Leung's second Secretary for Development, Paul Chan, became embroiled in a property and credibility scandal, similar to the first, Mak Chai-kwong. Cheng was the first public figure to offer support.[4]

Cheng has six children (from oldest to youngest): Adrian, Sonia, Brian, Christopher, Chak-Wang and Chak-yin.

In 2016, Henry Cheng donated RMB$300 million to China Internet Development Foundation to support cyber security training.[5]

He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.[6]

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    "Corporate | New World Development Company Limited Official Website". www.nwd.com.hk. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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    New World Development Company Limited (Hong Kong Stock)[dead link]
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    "New World China Land Directors' Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
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    Tycoon backs Paul Chan in flats row, SCMP, 8 August 2012
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    Billionaire donates 300 mln yuan to cybersecurity training
  6. [6]
    "Appendix to the 2017 Honours List" (PDF). Hong Kong SAR Government. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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