Ho Tsu Kwok Charles
Hong Kong businessman (1949–2025)
Charles Ho Tsu-kwok, GBM (Chinese: 何柱國; 23 June 1949 – 12 June 2025) was a Hong Kong businessman who was the chairman of the Sing Tao News Corporation Limited between 2001 and 2021 and an independent non-executive director of Shun Tak Holdings. As a member of the pro-Beijing camp, Ho maintained good relations with the Chinese government, and was appointed a National Committee Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference representing Fujian, serving in that post since 1998.2
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Born Jun 23, 1949, died Jun 12, 2025.1
About
Ho was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal, the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system by Chief Executive CY Leung on 1 July 2014, although the decision to award Ho with such an award sparked controversy in the Hong Kong media.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedDiocesan Boys' School3
Ho was born in Hong Kong on 23 June 1949. He had family roots in Fujian. He was the grandson of Ho Ying-chie, the founder and owner of the Hong Kong Tobacco Company Limited, and the brother of David Ho, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur. Ho founded the Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited in 2001.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson.6
- 2003 to 2025Standing member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference4
- 1998 to 2025Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference4
- Date not recordedChair, Sing Tao News Corporation Limited5
Personal life
Ho studied at Diocesan Boys' School in the early parts of his life before moving to the US to pursue higher studies. He returned to Hong Kong to assume the leadership of his father's company.
Ho disclosed information on his lung cancer diagnosis in February 2025. After receiving treatment in Hong Kong, he made a successful recovery and voiced his conviction about the right to smoke freely.
Ho died from complications of influenza on 12 June 2025, at the age of 75.
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Politics
In December 2021, it was reported that Ho was eligible to vote four times in the 2021 Hong Kong legislative election, yielding 0.0334058% of the total voting value (elected seats), which is 6721 times more than the value of an average voter's total voting value.
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Awards
Links
Sources
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