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Businessman and socialite

Sir David Wing-cheung Tang, KBE (Chinese: 鄧永鏘; pinyin: Dèng Yǒngqiāng; Sidney Lau: Dang⁶Wing⁵Cheung¹; 2 August – 29 August ), was a Hong Kong businessman, philanthropist and socialite. He was best known for founding the Shanghai Tang fashion chain in , which he sold in to Richemont.^[1]

Early life and education

Tang was born into a prominent, affluent family in Hong Kong.

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His grandfather, Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (鄧肇堅), co-founded the Kowloon Motor Bus Company and was considered "one of Hong Kong's greatest philanthropists".^[2] At the age of 12, he moved with his parents to England. Following his primary education at La Salle Primary School, Tang was sent to board at The Perse School, Cambridge: he later claimed that he was then "aged 13, hardly able to speak a word of English".^[3] After leaving Perse in he went to King's College London to read Philosophy and then Law.

Career

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