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Au Tak

Au Tak

Hong Kong entrepreneur

Au Tak (also spelled Au Tack; Chinese: 區德; 1840–1920) or Au Chak-mun (區澤民) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur. He was the proprietor of a furniture shop and the property developers in Central District on Hong Kong Island.[1] He used to be the director of Tung Wah Hospital.[2]

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In 1912, Au went into partnership with his son-in-law's father Sir Kai Ho to form a company to develop a piece of land formed by land reclamation in Kowloon Bay. It was planned to build a residential garden estate, but the plan failed and the company went into liquidation in 1924, after both Au and Ho had died.[1] In 1925, the land was taken over by the British Hong Kong Government as the use of the airport.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Kai Tak Airport History | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".
  2. [2]
    "Hong Kong Journals Online" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    Kai Tak Airport 1925-1998
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