Chinese-born shipping magnate of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore
Frank Tsao
Born
Tsao Wen-king
1925 (1925)
Shanghai, China
Died
(aged 94)
Singapore
Alma mater
St. John's University, Shanghai
Occupation(s)
Businessman, philanthropist
Parents
George Tsao Ying-yung (father)
Tsao Ng Yu-shun (mother)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
曹文錦
Simplified Chinese
曹文锦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Cáo Wénjǐn
Wade–Giles
Ts'ao Wen-chin
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Cou4 Man4 Gam2
Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-king (Chinese: 曹文錦; 1925 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese-born entrepreneur who established shipping and textiles businesses in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Tsao took over his family shipping business in Shanghai and moved it to Hong Kong when the Communists took over China. He founded International Maritime Carriers (IMC Group) in Hong Kong, before moving it to Singapore in the early 1990s.
Tsao helped build Singapore into an international shipping hub, and co-founded MISC and Unithai, the national shipping companies of Malaysia and Thailand, respectively, as well as Suntec City in Singapore. For his contributions, he was awarded the nobility title Tan Sri by the King of Malaysia, the Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong, and the Honorary Citizen Award, Singapore's highest honour for non-citizens.
Tan Sri FrankTsao Wen-king (Chinese: 曹文錦; 1925 – 12 August 2019) was a Chinese-born entrepreneur who established shipping and textiles businesses in Hong...
of the Hong Kong-Chinese shipping magnate, FrankTsao. For his help with establishing the business, Tsao was conferred the title of Tan Sri by the King...
January 1992 and was completed on 22 July 1997. Suntec City was designed by Tsao & McKown Architects with emphasis on Chinese feng shui. The five buildings...
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Vietnamese kitchen god Agni, Hindu stove and fire god Household deity Salamone, Frank A. (2004). Levinson, David (ed.). Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals...
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the original on 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2011-06-09. Conway, BR; Moeller, S; Tsao, DY. (2007). "Specialized color modules in macaque extrastriate cortex" (PDF)...
Stewart-Mukhopadhyay, geologist Wu Tsang, filmmaker and performance artist Doris Tsao, neuroscientist Ken Ward Jr., investigative journalist Elizabeth S. Anderson...
a felicitous joke as he runs off the set. "The Dish: New York Chef Brian Tsao". CBS News. Hill, Megan (March 9, 2015). "Taichi Kitamura Beats Bobby Flay...
the SCMP told columnists Philip Bowring, Steve Vines, Kevin Rafferty and Frank Ching – all of whom have criticised the government in commentaries to varying...
Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-59884-955-4. Tsao, Kimberley (February 15, 2023). "Turon, maruya, bitso-bitso and banana cue...
Chen in 2002; other Taiwanese players such as Chin-Lung Hu and Chin-Hui Tsao would also eventually sign with the Dodgers, largely growing fan support...
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Wang, former MLB player. Chien-Ming Chiang, Yomiuri Giants (NPB) Chin-Hui Tsao, former MLB player. En-Yu Lin, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB) Hong-Chih...
Surgery. 190 (5): 810–5. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.07.025. PMID 16226963. Tsao JI, Nimura Y, Kamiya J, Hayakawa N, Kondo S, Nagino M, et al. (August 2000)...
to the island. The KMT preferred hsien chu min (先住民, "First people"), or tsao chu min (早住民, "Early People") to evoke a sense of general historical immigration...