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Chairman of the Hip Shing Hong Group of Companies and Managing Director of the Kam Wah Investment Company Limited, Dr. Fong Yun-wah is a successful entrepreneur.  His education was interrupted by war and under the guidance of his father Mr Fong Shu-chuen, he devoted his energies to the management of his father's business with notable success.  

Dr. Fong is one of the very prominent philanthropists in the local community.  Through the Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation and the Fong's Family Foundation, he annually sets aside a portion of his business profits to support education, social welfare, and charity work both in Hong Kong and on the mainland.  He has contributed significantly towards promoting academic exchange between mainland China and Hong Kong and leadership training programmes for talents from the mainland.  In recognition of his outstanding contributions, Dr. Fong was bestowed the honour as one of the Ten Champions in Charity of China in 1997.

Dr. Fong's contribution to cultural activities, education and social welfare has won him worldwide recognition.  He is an honorary citizen of Dongguan and Heyuan in Guangdong, the city of Plain in Georgia and the city of Corpus Christi in Texas, U.S.A., and the city of Winnipeg in Canada.  An asteroid has been named after him by the International Asteroid/Comet Naming Committee.  He has been made an honorary professor/consultant to many mainland universities, and awarded honorary doctorates by the Hong Kong Baptist University and universities abroad.  Dr Fong is a Justice of the Peace and a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.  His remarkable achievement also won him the Award for Outstanding Contribution in Education from Peking University in 1998.

Dr. Fong and the Fong's family have maintained very close ties with The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  The University has greatly benefited from the family's generous contributions over several decades.  The Fong Shu Chuen Building, named after the late father of Dr. Fong, and the Fong Yun Wah Hall are purpose-built facilities on campus to accommodate the University's Chinese Language Centre.  Dr. Fong has been a member of the Board of Trustees of United College since 1966.