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Tung Chao Yung

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Tung Chao Yung (董兆榮 better known as 董浩雲, pinyin: Dōng H?oy?n, born 18th of the Chinese calendar|eighth lunar month in 1912; died April 15, 1982), also known as C. Y. Tung, was a China|Chinese shipping magnate, the founder of the Oriental Overseas Line (now Oriental Overseas Container Line or OOCL). He was the father of Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

C. Y. Tung was a legend in China. He built his shipping empire from virtually nothing. At the peak of his career, he owned a shipping fleet with over 150 freight ships; his fleet's cargo capacity exceeded 10 million tons. He was one of the world's top seven freight moguls; he was often called the Aristotle Onassis|Onassis of the Orient.

Tung believed in the importance of education. In September of 1970, he bought the famous oceanliner RMS Queen Elizabeth to convert it into a floating university S.S. Seawise University to keep the World Campus Afloat program alive. On January 9, 1972, the ship caught on fire during refurbishing and sank into Hong Kong's harbor. The wreckage of the ship was featured in a James Bond movie. He did not give up the plan because of this setback. He bought a smaller oceanliner Atlantic to complete the plan. He cooperated with various Universities (e.g. University of Pittsburgh) to run the academic programs at sea.

Politically Tung was aligned with Kuomintang regime of the Republic of China on Taiwan; indeed the company emblem of the OOCL is a plum blossom, the national flower of the Republic of China. After his death, however, the OOCL went into financial trouble, and it was the government of the People's Republic of China which rescued the company from the brink. This paved the way for C.Y.Tung's son, Tung Chee Hwa, to become the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997.



  • All ships of the OOCL have names that begin with the word "Seawise", which is a pun on C. Y. Tung's initials.


  • At the time of his death, C. Y. Tung was the owner of Seawise Giant, the largest ship ever built.




  • http://www.jwb.com.cn/big5/content/2002-09/16/content_127623.htm his biography in Chinese

  • http://www.semesteratsea.com/aboutus/historyofship_70to00.html his involvement with the World Campus Afloat

  • http://www.semesteratsea.com/ Semester at Sea


Category:1912 births|Tung, Chao Yung
Category:1982 deaths|Tung, Chao Yung category:Hong Kong entrepreneurs|Tung, Chao Yung

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