Lo Hoi-sing was a Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 businessman, born in a Hong Kong communist family. He is famous for rescuing Chinese dissidents in the Operation Yellowbird

Operation Yellowbird

Operation Yellowbird or Operation Siskin , was a Hong Kong-based operation to help the Chinese dissidents who participated in Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 to escape arrest by the PRC government by facilitating their departure overseas via Hong Kong.After China's government announced the ...

 after Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...

. He was arrested in the operation in 1989. He was later released on the request of British Prime Minister John Major

John Major

Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

 during the negotiation of new Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , being built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from its predecessor, the closed Kai Tak Airport.The airport opened for commercial...

 in 1991.

Family

Lo Hoi-sing is the son Lo Fu (羅孚), a Chinese communist editor of a Hong Kong newspaper. He was born in 1949 after his family settled in Hong Kong. He was educated in Hong Kong and later continued his studies in the city of Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

. He has experienced the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

 in 1960s. He was later back to Hong Kong. He has been working for a Hong Kong communist newspaper.

When his father was arrested by Chinese communist government. He left his association of Chinese Communist Party.

Finally, he worked for as the chief representative in Beijing for Trade Development Council of Hong Kong. He resigned the post in early 1989 for seeking business opportunities on the trade between Hong Kong and PRC.

He died at Queen Mary Hospital

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Queen Mary Hospital , located in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, is the flagship teaching hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong...

 in Pok Fu Lam

Pok Fu Lam

Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District.Pok Fu Lam is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellet, around Telegraph Bay....

 12:20 in the mid-night from the combined effects of a lung infection, diabetes and a weak immune system.