Wong Ker-lee

Wong Ker-lee
黄克立
Mayor of Taichung
In office
21 January 1946  7 April 1947
Chief ExecutiveChen Yi
Preceded byLiu Chun-chung
Succeeded byMo Ta-yuan (acting)
Lee Hui
Personal details
Born(1910-08-15)15 August 1910
Quanzhou, Fujian, Qing Empire
Died1 May 2004(2004-05-01) (aged 93)
Hong Kong, China
NationalityChinese
SpouseWong Lin Chin-hwa
ChildrenPhilip Wong
Alma materXiamen University

Wong Ker-lee, GBM (simplified Chinese: 黄克立; traditional Chinese: 黃克立; Jyutping: Wong4 Hak1 Laap6; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Khek-li̍p; 15 August 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was first Mayor of Taichung after the Chinese retrocession of Taiwan from 1946 to 1947 when he resigned for the February 28 Incident. After he moved to Hong Kong, he founded several banks including the Overseas Trust Bank and the Hong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank. From the 1980s, he was the member of the National Committee of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and member of its standing committee from 1988 to 2003.