Raymond Kwok
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Raymond Kwok Ping Luen JP
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 (born in 1952 in 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...

 with family roots in Zhongshan
Zhongshan
Zhongshan , also spelled Chungshan and historically known as Xiangshan or Siangshan, is a prefecture-level city in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province in southern China. Zhongshan, one of the few cities in China with an eponymous name, is named after Dr. Sun Yat-sen who was...

, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...

, China
China
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) is the vice-chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in 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...

. He is the chairman of SUNeVision
SUNeVision
SUNeVision Holdings Limited is an IT company under Sun Hung Kai Properties, one of the largest property developers in Hong Kong. It is engaged in operation of Internet services centers and provision of system management services, and the design and installation of Satellite Master Antenna...

 Holdings Ltd. and SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited. He is the youngest son
Son
A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female analogue is a daughter.-Social issues regarding sons:In pre-industrial societies and some current countries with agriculture-based economies, a higher value was, and still is, assigned to sons rather than daughters,...

 of Kwok Tak Seng
Kwok Tak Seng
Kwok Tak-Seng was a Chinese entrepreneur and the founder of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong.-Life:...

, and the youngest brother of Walter Kwok
Walter Kwok
Kwok Ping-sheung, Walter JP is the eldest son of Kwok Tak Seng and Kwong Siu-hing...

, and Thomas Kwok
Thomas Kwok
Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong , SBS, JP is the joint-chairmen of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong, with his brother Raymond Kwok....

, another vice-chairman of SHK Properties.

The Kwok brothers are the third wealthiest people in Hong Kong and Greater China Region, just after Li Ka Shing
Li Ka Shing
Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE, JP is a Chinese business magnate based in Hong Kong. He is the richest person of East Asian descent in the world and the eleventh richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of US$26.0 billion on 10 March 2011...

 and Lee Shau Kee
Lee Shau Kee
Lee Shau-kee GBM is a property developer and majority owner of Henderson Land Development , a property conglomerate with interests in properties, hotels, restaurants and internet services...

. Their combined wealth is estimated to be US$17 billion in Forbes' 2011 list of billionaires.

Raymond holds a law
Law
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 degree from Cambridge University, an MBA
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, an Honorary Doctorate  in Business Administration from the Open University of Hong Kong
Open University of Hong Kong
The Open University of Hong Kong is a Hong Kong university providing sub-degree, degree and postgraduate courses leading to awards and qualifications principally through a system of open access and distance education....

 and an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao...

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