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 aFujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was firstMayor of Taichung after the Chinese retrocession of Taiwan from 1946 to 1947 when he resigned for theFebruary 28 Incident. After he moved to Hong Kong, he founded several banks including theOverseas Trust Bank and theHong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank. From the 1980s, he was the member of the National Committee of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and member of its standing committee from 1988 to 2003.

Wong was born in 1910 inQuanzhou,Fujian.^[1] He was graduated from the Jimei Middle School andXiamen University in 1935 in Economics and was an accountant for the two schools. He was the revenue commissioner ofTong'an District,Xiamen andQuanzhou during theSecond Sino-Japanese War and served as a financial adviser of theFujian Provincial Government.

After the victory, he was sent to Taiwan to represent theNationalist government to receive the surrender of Japan. Between 1946 and 1947, he was the deputy director of the finance department of theTaiwan Provincial Government and firstMayor of Taichung.^{[citation needed]} During his mayorship, he co-founded theChang Hwa Bank withLin Hsien-tang where he was the deputy chairman of the bank. At the timeFebruary 28 Incident broke out, where he was surrounded by a crowd withYen Chia-kan, the then director of the finance department of Taiwan Provisional Government while the city's military arsenal was looted byHsieh Hsueh-hung-led crowd of theTaiwanese Communist Party. Wong had to dress like a beggar in order to escape. He reassumed to the administration resumed the public order with the help of Lin Hsien-tang. On 4 April 1947, his resignation from the mayorship was approved by Taiwan Chief ExecutiveChen Yi.^[2]

Wong arrived in Hong Kong in 1947, he stayed and worked at theChiyu Banking Corporation on the recommendation of the bank's founderTan Kah Kee as an assistant manager. In 1955, Wong founded theOverseas Trust Bank and subsequently theHong Kong Industrial and Commercial Bank, until the two banks were taken over by the Hong Kong government in 1985. In the 1960s, he set up the Winco Paper Products and Tai Cheng Securities Ltd. and became the chairman of the two companies.^{[citation needed]} He was also a director of theTung Wah Group of Hospitals from 1969 to 1970.

He was first appointed to the Fujian Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1979. He was then appointed member of the National Committee of the 6thChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 1983 and became a member of standing committee for the 7th, 8th and 9th CPPCC from 1988 to 2003.^{[citation needed]} He was also a member of theSelection Committee, which was responsible for electing the firstChief Executive andProvisional Legislative Council. In 1997, he was among the first recipients of theGrand Bauhinia Medal, the highest honour of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.^{[citation needed]}

Wong died in Hong Kong on 1 May 2004, aged 95. He was the second Hongkonger to have his casket draped in theChinese national flag since the handover afterT. K. Ann.^[3] He was survived by his wife Wong Lin Chin-hwa and childrenPhilip Wong Yu-hong, who is also a businessman and politician, Patrick Wong Yu-pei and Kay Wong Yu-chen.^{[citation needed]}

• 1910 births
• 2004 deaths
• Xiamen University alumni
• Academic staff of Xiamen University
• Chinese government officials
• Hong Kong businesspeople
• Hong Kong bankers
• Mayors of Taichung
• People from Quanzhou
• Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal
• Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
• Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
• Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000
• Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005
• Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong

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