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Philip Kwok (businessman)

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He returned to Hong Kong to help his family business at Wing On in 1970 and became the chairman of the company in 1983. During the Hong Kong dollar crisis in 1985, the
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in 1989 but soon quit the party over the controversy of the political model of the SAR government after 1997. In 1990, he co-founded the
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Kwok was born on 6 December 1938 to Kwok Lam-po and Sylvia Li Yuet-sheung. His grandfather, Kwok Chuen, was the founder of the
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with a bachelor's degree of science in Physics. He later obtained master and doctoral degrees in Physics in
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and chairman of the Shotokan Karate International of Hong Kong. He currently resides at
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Kwok is married to Maxine Kwok Li Yuen-kwan, daughter of Dr. Li Shu-pui and
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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where he became the founding vice-chairman. He was appointed
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Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong politicians
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SBS
JP
Wing On Company
Hong Kong
Progressive Hong Kong Society
New Hong Kong Alliance
Liberal Democratic Federation of Hong Kong
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Alma mater
St. Paul's Co-Educational College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
SBS
JP
Chinese
Wing On Company
four big families of Hong Kong
St. Paul's Co-Educational College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
IBM
Wing On Bank
Hang Seng Bank
Urban Council
Progressive Hong Kong Society
Executive
Legislative Councils
Maria Tam
Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee
Group of 89

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