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Henry Fok: Inland China
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Henry Fok, one of the richest men in the world, singled out Arnold 'Arnie' Palmer, one of the game's greatest exponents, to design the first golf course in post-Revolutionary China. The product of their union was Chung Shan Hot Spring Golf Club, near Chungshan City in Guangdong Province, which officially opened 21 years ago.
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Dr. Fok is one of Hong Kong’s most respected entrepreneurs and has been instrumental to China’s opening to the world since the early days of that nation’s economic reforms. Dr. Fok is... no stranger to U of C and the Calgary Chinese community. With the help of his advisor, Mr. Ming Sze Ho, Dr. Fok founded the Calgary Canadian and Chinese Education Foundation in 1996 to promote understanding between the peoples of China and Canada. Over the last 10 years, he has generously supported the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, the Chinese Christian Wing Kei Care Centre, Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association , as well as a number of China-Canada educational exchanges at U of C.
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Fok's journey into Beijing's political inner sanctum began half a century ago during the Korean War, when he defied a United Nations embargo to smuggle vital medical supplies, including penicillin, into mainland China. It was ... widely claimed, though never proved, that he had smuggled guns over the border to further the Communist cause.
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Fok said the congress has already attracted wide attention from around the world. He said under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese people are not only emancipated from the plight of poverty, but are ... enjoying national independence. Moreover, China is taking great strides along the path leading to prosperity.
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According to a recent biography entitled "Li Ka Shing," the billionaire formed a partnership with two leading members of the Asian Triad organized crime families, Robert Kwok and Henry Fok, to form the China International Trust Investment Company (CITIC). A Rand Corporation report on CITIC noted that the Beijing-based investment firm had acted as a front for Poly Technologies Inc., an arms manufacturer owned directly by the Chinese army.
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"The contribution of the Fok Ying-tung Sports and Physical Education Foundation is not only on the commercial level but ... spiritually encourages athletes to achieve great performance," said Liu Peng, director of the State General Administration of Sports. "It is not only for the medal winners, but also for the entire sports society in China."
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