Yue-Kong Pao
Sir Yue-Kong Pao CBE, JP (Chinese: 包玉剛; pinyin: Bāo Yùgāng), often referred to as "Sir Y.K. Pao" or just "Y.K.", was the founder of Hong Kong's World-Wide Shipping Group which in the 20 years from purchasing its first second-hand ship in 1955 became by far the largest shipping company in the world with over 20 million metric tons deadweight (DWT). Astutely anticipating the seriousness of the shipping downturn starting in the late 1970s he drastically reduced his fleet and was able to pay off associated debt and raise cash to diversify his interests notably through the purchase of a controlling stake in The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited (now known as Wharf (Holdings)) and later Wheelock Marden giving an exposure to Hong Kong real estate, shipping terminals, retail, ferries and trams. He was noted for his unmatched access to leaders in both the commercial and political arenas and was equally at ease with Western political leaders and the Chinese leadership in the run up to Hong Kong's ceasing to be a British colony in 1997 (for example Margaret Thatcher wrote the foreword to his biography published in 1990 and he was appointed a Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee planning Hong Kong's constitution after 1997). He was also a generous philanthropist notably in educational projects (helping set up universities, libraries and scholarship schemes). He died in 1991 but his corporate legacy continues to be controlled and run by his family.
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Waking Up
by: Happy RhodesWe're waking up
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I have never been afraid
To change the circumstances
Of the world
Cobwebs everywhere
Time for a deep sweep
We're waking up
Yes it's good
We're waking up
Like I knew we would
There's a breath of hope
For everyone to share
There's a growing force
Of people who care
In all the years of struggle
It seems we're making way
I have never been afraid to
Change the circumstances
Of the world
Cobwebs everywhere
It's time for a deep sweep
We're breaking out of
Cranium keep
We're waking up
After the sleep
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