Roberto Fung Kuan (August 6, 1948 – September 15, 2018) was a Chinese-Filipino restaurateur, businessman and philanthropist who founded the Filipino fast food chain Chowking.
Born to an immigrant family in Manila, Kuan studied business administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Asian Institute of Management. He ran Ling Nam, a Chinese restaurant in Binondo his family partially owned, for eight years and expanded it into a small chain. After learning of plans to remove him, Kuan resigned and started Chowking in 1985 on Henry Sy's advice.
In a Filipino fast food industry dominated by Western-style joints, Chowking offered Filipino and Chinese cuisine. The restaurant started expanding in 1989 and became very successful, growing to half the size of market leader Jollibee. Kuan served as Chowking's president until 2000, when he sold his 50% equity stake to the Jollibee Foods Corporation; Jollibee creator Tony Tan Caktiong was a founding business partner. By then, Chowking had 155 locations.
A member of the Episcopal Church, Kuan spent his later life working for various public institutions. He invested most of his time in St. Luke's Medical Center, where he served as chairman from 1996 to 2011. Ling Nam and Chowking saw continued success, with the latter remaining the nation's largest Chinese restaurant chain.
Roberto Fung Kuan (August 6, 1948 – September 15, 2018) was a Chinese-Filipino restaurateur, businessman and philanthropist who founded the Filipino fast...
Lee Kuan Yew GCMG CH SPMJ DK (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew; 16 September 1923 – 23 March 2015), often referred to by his initials LKY, was a Singaporean statesman...
over 600 locations worldwide. Hailing from a Chinese-Filipino family, RobertKuan graduated with an MBA degree in 1975. He became the CEO of Ling Nam,...
On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore...
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billionaire Robert Kuok, and the price he paid for success". Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Remembering Lee Kuan Yew:...
in Hong Kong or Kun Iam in Macau. In Hokkien, she is called Kuan Im (POJ: Koan-im) or Kuan Se Im (POJ: Koan-sè-im) In Teochew, she is called Kuang Im In...
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Brzezinski, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Deng Xiaoping, Charles de Gaulle, and Lee Kuan Yew. The opposite of Realpolitik is Idealpolitik. The term Realpolitik was...
Three Kingdoms, 三國演義 [Romance of the Three Kingdoms]. Translated by Moss Roberts. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, P31. Jiao, Tai; Guo, Weizhong, Discuss...
YouTuber, and child actor. In late March 2015, shortly after the death of Lee Kuan Yew, who is the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Yee uploaded a video...
1920 – 2 October 2010) was a Singaporean lawyer. She was the wife of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and the mother of Lee Hsien...
right wing led by Lee Kuan Yew and the left wing led by Lim Chin Siong. This caused PAP's massive majority to diminish. Lee Kuan Yew faced his first confidence...
Mo-ho chih-kuan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. Swanson, Paul L.; trans. (2004). The Great Cessation and Contemplation (Mo-ho Chih-kuan, Chapter...
Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2011. Lee Kuan Yew, "From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965–2000", HarperCollins...
Book Company. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-7-101-13020-1. Schellinger, Paul; Salkin, Robert, eds. (1996). International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia...
publishers of Guanxi: The China Letter. Guanxi, The art of relationships, by Robert Buderi, Gregory T. Huang, ISBN 0-7432-7322-2. China Characteristics – Regarding...
Outram campus. The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. NUS's affiliated faculty members and researchers...
Corfield (2011), p. xxv. "THE NEW CABINET WITH SIR ROBERT" (9 June 1956) Trocki (2008), p. 118. Lee, Kuan Yew (September 1998) Tan, Kevin (2008) Lee, Edwin...
Norton. p. 121. Thompson, Robert Grainger Ker (1970). Revolutionary war in world strategy, 1945-1969. Taplinger. p. 154. Lee, Kuan Yew (2000). From Third...
mandatory conscription system for able-bodied young males. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew had mentioned that he had wanted a conscription consisting both men and...
Mo Guanfu (Chinese: 莫觀扶; Wade–Giles: Mo Kuan-fu, Chinese: 莫官扶; Vietnamese: Mạc Quan Phù, ?–1801) was a powerful Chinese pirate throughout the South China...
Mexico Petro Poroshenko - President of Ukraine Lee Kuan Yew - Former Prime Minister of Singapore Robert De Niro - Actor, Director, Producer Llewellyn Sanchez-Werner...
the Old Rafflesians Association (ORA), includes former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong, as well as former Presidents Yusof Ishak, Benjamin...
Istana as a form of respect to the late prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew during his state funeral. 2020: On 29 January, the song was sung by members...
known as the Philo-Kuan Standard. Samuel Wickens, treasurer of the club, published this description in 1865 under the pseudonym Philo-Kuan.[better source needed]...
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