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Tseng Cheng, OBE, JP〔(Government Logistics Department ). Gld.gov.hk. Retrieved on 19 October 2011.〕 (; 29 July 1915 – 28 August 2008) was a Hong Kong businessman, government advisor, public welfare advocate, and philanthropist. He has ancestral roots in Zhuhai, Guangdong). He was best noted for his positions as a Board Member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, Director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Disease Foundation. == Biography == Born on 29 July 1915 near Tangshan, Hubei, Tseng's father died when he was just fourteen. His father set his childhood ambition to study medicine, but to save without the expensive medical fees from his father, Tseng Cheng was forced to study civil engineering instead.〔(珠海新闻网 ). News.zhnews.net (13 September 2008). Retrieved on 19 October 2011.〕 He fled to Tianjin before the outbreak of World War II.〔(著名慈善家曾正先生辞世，我市侨界、教育界人士今日赴港吊唁-珠海新闻 ). News.zhnews.net (11 September 2008). Retrieved on 19 October 2011.〕 He studied at Diocesan Boys' School, where he finished the Junior Matriculation exam of the University of Hong Kong. Due to financial difficulties from his father's illness, he was not able to afford further education in Hong Kong. He left school at 17, and find work to support the family. He obtained work first as apprentices and later as piece worker for an engineering and construction company, where he was joined by his younger brother when he, too, reach 17. They both worked very hard for the next couple of years.〔Mr Tseng Cheng's pamphlet "Memorandum of wishes and family background."pp 1–2. 20 July 1997〕 From the age of 20 to 23, through money he saved from working, he completed university education in Canton, China, in a private college, Citizen's University 廣州國文大學 (now closed). He graduated from university just before the Japanese invasion in 1937. He took up an engineering job repairing bridges of the Kowloon Canton Railway damaged by the Japanese, and was involved in constructing the Humen Pearl River Bridge.〔 His family (mother and brother Pei) fled to the neutral French concession of Guangzhouwan (present day Zhanjiang) at the height of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. After the war, he became a successful real estate developer in Hong Kong, founding the Tseng Brother's Construction Company. A majority of his projects are located in Tsim Sha Tsui and Repulse Bay. In 1965, he was appointed by Governor Sir Robert Brown Black to the Hong Kong Housing Board (predecessor of the current Hong Kong Housing Authority). As a member, he was instrumental in encouraging the board to improve living conditions of the poor. He strongly advised the Housing Board to continue its program resettling the numerous dwellers of squatter housing into proper government built flats. He noted that poor living conditions was an indirect cause of public disturbances such as the Hong Kong 1967 Leftist Riots. He also served on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, advising Hong Kong Governor David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn.〔http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr90-91/chinese/lc_sitg/hansard/h910130.pdf〕 From 1975 to 1999, he became the Vice Chairman of the (Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association ), where he was involved in the redevelopment of Ruttonjee Hospital. He was promoted to Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2000.〔(Chinese Public Health ). Antitb.org.hk. Retrieved on 19 October 2011.〕 Tseng also contributed to the redevelopment of Grantham Hospital and Freni Home, nursing home. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals from 1959 to 1964, serving as Chairman from 1963–64〔(東華三院 / 前任主席芳名 ). Tungwah.org.hk. Retrieved on 19 October 2011.〕 and Board Member from 1982–2004. In 2003, he served on the Hong Kong SARS Expert Committee to shape Hong Kong's response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak. One of his last presentations included a Global Perspective on Public Health presentation at the Conference on Public Health and Inauguration of the World Association of Chinese Public Health Professionals.〔http://www.ha.org.hk/org/antitb/enc.pdf〕 He was awarded an Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995 for his contributions to Hong Kong society.〔http://www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/cad_bnc/126013c.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tseng Cheng」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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