Vincent Lo

Vincent Lo
Traditional Chinese	羅康瑞
Simplified Chinese	罗康瑞
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Luó Kāngruì
Wade–Giles	Lo K'ang-jui
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Lòh Hōng seuih
Jyutping	Lo4 Hong1 seui6

Vincent Lo
The Honourable; Vincent Lo; GBM GBS JP
	羅康瑞
Born	Lo Hong-shui; 18 April 1948; Hong Kong
Alma mater	St. Joseph College; University of New South Wales
Occupation	Chairman of Shui On Group
Spouse(s)	Jean Ho (1985－?); Loletta Chu (2008－)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Lo Ying-shek; To Lei-kwan

Vincent Lo Hong-shui, GBM, GBS, JP (Chinese: 羅康瑞; born 18 April 1948) is the chairman of Hong Kong-based Shui On Group, a building-materials and construction firm. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1969.[1] Upon returning to Hong Kong, started business with the sum of HK$100,000 (US$16,700) borrowed from his father, a Hong Kong property tycoon.

In 1984, Lo began investing in Shanghai and built a hotel in partnership with the Shanghainese Communist Youth League. The Tiananmen Square crisis caused occupancy to plunge, and the league could not repay its construction loan. Lo assisted the league in dealing with the loan: Han Zheng was the Youth League secretary at the time, and is now mayor of Shanghai.

In association with Xu Kuangdi, a former Shanghai mayor, Han assisted Lo in gaining the right to develop a piece of land surrounding the hall where the Communist Party of China held its first meeting, now known as Xintiandi. The $170 million property development project is a 20,000 square meter complex of restaurants, bars and shops and is a prime entertainment spot in Shanghai.

In 1995, he bought his first cement plant in Chongqing, which has enabled the Shui On Group to become one of China's top three cement companies. Under Lo's direction, the Shui On Group is carrying out property development projects in other Chinese cities, such as Wuhan, Dalian, Foshan and Hangzhou, as well as Chongqing.

Family

Vincent Lo married his ex-wife Jean Ho (何晶潔) in 1985, they had 2 children together.

Vincent Lo and his current wife Loletta Chu married at 27 November 2008.

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References

Luo Kangrui (Baidu Encyclopedia) (in Chinese)

External links

Shui On Group
CNN Interview of Vincent Lo (transcript), 9 April 2007
Vincent Lo's channel on YouTube

Political offices
Preceded by Marvin Cheung	Chairman of the Hong Kong Airport Authority 2014–2015	Succeeded by Jack So
Preceded by Jack So	Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council 2015–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Kwong Ki-chi Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star	Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star	Succeeded by Maria Tam Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star

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[1] Luo Kangrui (Baidu Encyclopedia) (in Chinese)