# Cheong Eak Chong

> Cheong Eak Chong was a Chinese businessman of She ethnicity. He was born in Anxi County in Fujian in 1888, but left China in 1921 for Singapore. He began his business career there as a goldsmith, later diversifying into finance and opening a bank with offices in Hong Kong and focused his investments in the real estate and tourism industries in Singapore and Hong Kong, establishing a property empire whose eventual flagship was the Hong Fok Corporation. Throughout his career, Cheong contributed to poverty relief and development in his home county of Anxi, and he is commemorated in the names of a number of public institutions in Fujian.

*Chinese-Singaporean entrepreneur*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Founder ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Founders
- **Country:** Singapore
- **Born:** 1888
- **Died:** 1984-02-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Cheong Eak Chong was a Chinese businessman of She ethnicity. He was born in Anxi County in Fujian in 1888, but left China in 1921 for Singapore. He began his business career there as a goldsmith, later diversifying into finance and opening a bank with offices in Hong Kong and focused his investments in the real estate and tourism industries in Singapore and Hong Kong, establishing a property empire whose eventual flagship was the Hong Fok Corporation. Throughout his career, Cheong contributed to poverty relief and development in his home county of Anxi, and he is commemorated in the names of a number of public institutions in Fujian.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.4

## Sources
- [Cheong Eak Chong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheong_Eak_Chong)
- [تشيونج ياك تشونج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [鍾奕莊](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8D%BE%E5%A5%95%E8%8E%8A)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65581286)

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