Ma Man-kei

Ma Man-kei GML (Chinese: 馬萬祺; pinyin: Mǎ Wànqí; October 1919 – May 26, 2014) was a Chinese-Macanese businessman, tycoon, entrepreneur and politician. A strong supporter of the Chinese Communist Party, Ma was a proponent of the transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China, which took place in 1999.^[1] Ma was Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's (CPPCC) eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh sessions, beginning in 1993.^[1]

Ma was born in 1919 in Nanhai County, Guangdong.^[1] He moved to Hong Kong and opened his first business during the late 1930s.^[2] He later to Macau in the 1940s and expanded his business.^[1] He aided the Chinese Communist Party during the 1950s by importing commodities from Macau and Hong Kong to mainland China.^[1]

Ma served as the Vice Chairman of the committee which drafted the basic laws for the Macau Special Administrative Region and had a hand in the territory's transfer.^[1]^[2] He was also President of the Macau Chamber of Commerce for life.^[1] Ma was a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau.^[2]

Ma was also the chairman of the Chinese Literature Foundation.^[2] Deng Xiaoping penned the title for one of Ma Man-kei's poems in 1998.^[1]

In 2001, Ma was one of the first recipients of the Grand Lotus Medal of Honour.^[3]

Ma died at a Beijing hospital on May 26, 2014, at the age of 95, where he had been hospitalized with heart disease for several years.^[1] His funeral was held at the Macau Forum.^[4]

Minor planet 228158 Mamankei is named in his honor.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Prominent Macau entrepreneur Ma Man-kei dies at age 95". Hong Kong Economic Journal. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ma Man Kei passes away at 95". Macau Business Daily. 2014-05-28. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
^ Ho, Edmund (2001-12-21). "Boletim Oficial da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau 澳門特別行政區公報" [Official Bulletin of the Special Administrative Region of Macau] (PDF). Government of Macau (in Portuguese and Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
^ "600 attend Ma Man Kei funeral". Macau News. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
^ "M.P.C. 118219" (PDF). Minor Planet Center. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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[hkej-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Prominent Macau entrepreneur Ma Man-kei dies at age 95". Hong Kong Economic Journal. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-06-23.

[mbd-2] "Ma Man Kei passes away at 95". Macau Business Daily. 2014-05-28. Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-23.

[3] Ho, Edmund (2001-12-21). "Boletim Oficial da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau 澳門特別行政區公報" [Official Bulletin of the Special Administrative Region of Macau] (PDF). Government of Macau (in Portuguese and Chinese). Retrieved 2021-08-31.

[macaunews-4] "600 attend Ma Man Kei funeral". Macau News. 2014-06-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-23.

[MPC20191108-5] "M.P.C. 118219" (PDF). Minor Planet Center. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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