何鸿燊逝世,享年98岁
据央视新闻消息,26日,港澳知名爱国企业家、第九届至第十一届全国政协常委何鸿燊在香港养和医院逝世,享年98岁。
Macao gambling tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun dies at the age of 98.
Stanley Ho retired from his positions as chairman of Macao's gaming operator SJM Holdings in June 2018.
何鸿燊于1921年11月25日在香港出生,祖籍广东。他是香港商人何东爵士的侄孙。其旗下的主要企业包括:澳门博彩控股有限公司、香港新濠国际集团、香港信德集团有限公司、澳门国际机场专营公司、澳门诚兴银行等。
何鸿燊曾多次受到中国国家领导人接见,曾参与见证中英、中葡谈判及香港、澳门回归祖国。他生前积极参与对祖国内地的经济建设、文化慈善等事业,为澳门的发展做出了突出贡献。
作为一名爱国的港澳同胞,他对国家建设的支持也体现在实际行动上。2001年,当时身为北京奥申委顾问的何鸿燊在得知北京申办2008年奥运会成功后,随即捐资用于兴建奥运场馆——国家游泳中心。
Ho spent HK$ 69.1 million ($8.8 million) to buy a horse-head red bronze statue during an auction in September 2007. The statue was one of 12 decorative taps - in the form of 12 Chinese Zodiac Signs - which were set for a foundation in Xiyang Lou area (or Western Mansions), a group of Baroque architecture in the Old Summer Palace.
In 2003, Ho also donated the pig-head statue of the Old Summer Palace to the mainland.
The red bronze horse-head statue was donated back by Ho and handed over to the National Cultural Heritage Administration in Beijing in November, 2019.