Au Tak (1840–1920), or Au Chak-mun , was a Hong Kong entrepreneur. He was the proprietor of a furniture shop and the property developers in Central District

Central, Hong Kong

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 on Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

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. He was used to the director of Tung Wah Hospital

Tung Wah Hospital

Tung Wah Hospital is a hospital in Hong Kong under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Located above Possession Point, at 12 Po Yan Street in Sheung Wan, it is the first hospital established in Colonial Hong Kong for the general public in the 1870s.-History:The hospital was declared for construction...

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In 1912, Au went into partnership with Sir Kai Ho

Kai Ho

Sir Kai Ho Kai, CMG, JP, MRCS , , born Ho Shan-kai , was a Hong Kong Chinese barrister, physician and essayist in Colonial Hong Kong. He played a key role in the relationship between the Hong Kong Chinese community and the British colonial government. He is mostly remembered as one of the main...

 to form a company to develop a piece of land formed by land reclamation

Land reclamation

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 in Kowloon Bay

Kowloon Bay

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. It was planned to build a residential garden estate, but the plan failed and the company went into liquidation

Liquidation

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 in 1924, the year after both Au and Ho died. In 1925, the land was taken over by the British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong

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 Government as the use of the airport

Kai Tak Airport

Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as the Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, 30 km to the west...

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